PURPOSE

The purpose of this supplement is to update the information contained in the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council's Report on Environmental Management in Virginia which reported to the Governor and the 1973 General Assembly of Virginia.

THE ACT

The Environmental Coordination Act of 1973 (House Bill 1586) passed with amendments. A copy, as enacted, is attached as Appendix A. It is important to note that "this act shall be in force on and after July one, nineteen hundred seventy-four, and shall expire at midnight on July one, nineteen hundred seventy-four, unless it shall be reenacted by the General Assembly prior to that date."

RESOLUTIONS

As a result of this Report and the enactment of the environmental agency reorganization legislation, the 1973 General Assembly passed a resolution (House Joint Resolution No. 265) directing the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue its study of the consolidation of environmental agencies and other aspects of environmental problems.

Also passed were House Joint Resolution Nos. 99 and 236 which directed the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council's Committee on Environmental Management to specifically study matters relating to water pollution and vehicular noise pollution, respectively.