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Virginia DEQ announces new environmental justice office
Published Friday, Apr. 23, 2021, 12:05 am
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality welcomed Renee Hoyos as director of the agency’s new environmental justice office on Thursday.
Hoyos, who has 14 years of experience as an environmental justice advocacy leader in Tennessee, will direct efforts on the continued development – with community and stakeholder input – of the environmental justice program at DEQ.
Prior to joining DEQ, Hoyos was the executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network, an organization focused on identifying, preventing and remedying water pollution through civic engagement, partnership building, and advancing water policy. Before that she served in Governor Gray Davis’s Administration
With more than 36,000 feet, or nearly 7 miles, of sewer pipe successfully rehabilitated beneath downtown Salem since 2018, city officials say a final 262 feet of problematic pipe blocks completion on a state-ordered project, but perhaps the tanning booth treatment will work in a pinch.
For taxpayers, that last stretch of sewer beneath West Riverside Drive is problematic to the tune of at least another $100,000. But the overall Salem sewer rehabilitation project is still looking to finish $250,000 below its $5.9 million budget, said Water Department Director Larado Robinson.
âThis is just kind of a standard thing, because weâre not alone,â Robinson said during a phone call. âThe Western Virginia Water Authority deals with this. Other jurisdictions throughout the United States deal with this.â
Posted On April 22, 2021
At its April 14 quarterly meeting, the State Water Control Board adopted regulations establishing two no discharge zones in Sarah Creek and Perrin River in lower Gloucester County. These areas are impaired by bacteria and have shellfish beds that have been closed to harvest due to bacterial contamination.
The new designations as no discharge zones prohibit the discharge of sewage from boats and will aid in preventing further degradation and improving water quality. Boaters in these areas will be required to use pump-out facilities.
No-discharge zones are federally designated bodies of water where discharge of sewage (whether treated or untreated) from all vessels is prohibited.
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