ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2456: environmental quality programs; terminations; repeal

Sponsor:  Representative Griffin, LD 14

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Overview

Repeals the termination dates for the Voluntary Remediation Program, Total Maximum Daily Load Program and Monitoring Assistance Program.

History

Voluntary Remediation Program

The Voluntary Remediation Program allows someone to submit a work plan to remediate a contaminated site to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). This work plan will be approved if ADEQ determines that the proposed remediation is likely to achieve safe levels or controls in a timely manner and comply with applicable laws and regulations. In return, ADEQ will not take any regulatory action against that person if the work plan is implemented (A.R.S. § 49-171 et seq.). This program terminates on July 1, 2020 (A.R.S. § 49-186).

Total Maximum Daily Load Program

Under the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program, ADEQ evaluates navigable waters to identify those that do not meet water quality standards. The agency creates TMDL for the out-of-compliance waters that estimates the amount of pollutants these waters can receive and still reach and maintain water quality standards. That TMDL is then implemented through permit limitations and ADEQ's Nonpoint Source Program (A.R.S. § 49-231 et seq.). The program terminates on July 1, 2020 (A.R.S. § 49-238).

Monitoring Assistance Program

The Monitoring Assistance Program helps public water systems comply with the monitoring requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act by collecting, transporting and analyzing baseline samples from these systems for certain categories of contaminants (A.R.S. § 49-360). It terminates on December 31, 2020 (Laws 2010, Chapter 277).

Provisions

1.    ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRepeals the termination dates for the Voluntary Remediation Program, Total Maximum Daily Load Program and Monitoring Assistance Program. (Sec. 1 and 2).

2.    Makes a conforming change. (Sec. 1).

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