Waste to Energy Grant Program; established, report.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact amount of each grant or that they are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

Waste to Energy Grant Program

This bill establishes a grant program for localities in Planning District 23 to incentivize waste disposal through qualifying waste-to-energy plants, with the Department of Environmental Quality reporting on its impact.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes the Waste to Energy Grant Program to provide grants to eligible localities.
• Defines an 'eligible locality' as a county, city, or town in Planning District 23.
• Requires that waste be disposed of at a qualifying waste-to-energy plant to receive a grant.
• Specifies that the Department of Environmental Quality must report on the program's utilization and impact.

Who It Names or Affects

• Localities in Planning District 23, such as counties, cities, and towns.
• The Department of Environmental Quality which administers the grants and reports on them.

Terms To Know

Waste to Energy Grant Program

A program that provides grants to localities in Planning District 23 for waste disposal through qualifying waste-to-energy plants.

Qualifying Waste-to-Energy Plant

A facility located in Planning District 23 that burns waste to produce steam or other forms of useful energy, including heat and electricity.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how many grants will be awarded.
• It is unclear if the program has been funded by the General Assembly yet.

Official Summary Text

Waste to Energy Grant Program established; report.
Establishes the Waste to Energy Grant Program to incentivize eligible localities, defined by the bill as counties, cities, and towns located in Planning District 23, to dispose of their waste through use of a qualifying waste to energy plant, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that, for any year in which at least one grant is awarded by the Program, the Department of Environmental Quality must submit a report to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations detailing information on the utilization of the Program and its impact on waste management in grant recipient localities.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11.1 of Title 10.1 an article numbered 6, consisting of a section numbered
10.1-1197.12
, relating to Waste to Energy Grant Program established; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 11.1 of Title 10.1 an article numbered 6, consisting of a section numbered
10.1-1197.12
, as follows:

Article
6
.

Waste to Energy Grant Program
.

§
10.1-1197.12
.
Waste to
Energy
G
rant
P
rogram
established
; report
.

A.
As used in this section:

"
E
ligible
locality
" means

a county, city, or town located in
P
lanning
D
istrict 23
.

"
Qualifying waste to energy
plant
" means
a facility located in
P
lanning
D
istrict 23

t
h
at
combusts waste for the purpose of generating steam or other forms of useful energy, including industrial process heat, mechanical power, or electricity
.

B.
The Department shall establish the
Waste to Energy Grant Program
(
the
Program) to
incentivize eligible localities to
dispose of their waste through use of a qualifying waste to energy plant
.

C
.

Subject to appropriation by the
General Assembly
, the Department shall award
eligible
localities
a
grant of
$
30
,000
on a first-come, first-served basis
for
costs incurred in disposing

of their waste through use of a qualifying waste to energy plant.
In order to apply for a grant,
an
eligible locality

shall submit an application to the Department, which shall include
(i) the
qualifying waste to energy plant utilized
by the
eligible
locality
;
(ii) the
amount of waste disposed of at such plant
;
and (iii)
a signed agreement, bill of sale, or invoice between the
eligible locality
and
the qualifying waste to energy plant showing that such locality disposed of its waste at such plant.

The Department shall administer the Program and issue guidelines for its administration
.

D
.

No later than
December 31
of any year in which
grants are awarded pursuant to the Program
, the
Department shall submit a report
, including information on the utilization of the Program and its impact on waste management
and energy production
in
localities

receiving grants
pursuant to
subsection

C,
to the House
Committee on
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
,
the
Senate
Committee on
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
, the House Committee on Appropriations
,
and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations
.