TITLE 1. ADMINISTRATION
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Agency Notice
Pursuant to §§ 2.2-4007.1 and 2.2-4017 of the Code of Virginia, the following regulations are undergoing a periodic review and a small business impact review: 1VAC20-10, Public Participation Guidelines; 1VAC20-20, General Administration; 1VAC20-40, Voter Registration; 1VAC20-45, Absent Military and Overseas Voters; 1VAC20-50, Candidate Qualification; 1VAC20-60, Election Administration; 1VAC20-70, Absentee Voting; 1VAC20-90, Campaign Finance and Political Advertisements; and 1VAC20-100, Ranked Choice Voting. The reviews will be guided by the principles in Executive Order 19 (2022). The purpose of these reviews is to determine whether the regulations should be repealed, amended, or retained in their current forms. Public comment is sought on the review of any issue relating to the regulations, including whether each regulation (i) is necessary for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare or for the economical performance of important governmental functions; (ii) minimizes the economic impact on small businesses in a manner consistent with the stated objectives of applicable law; and (iii) is clearly written and easily understandable.
Public comment period begins December 1, 2025, and ends December 21, 2025.
Comments must include the commenter's name and address (physical or email) in order to receive a response to the comment from the agency.
Following the close of the public comment period, a report of both reviews will be posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall and published in the Virginia Register of Regulations.
Contact Information: Nathan W. Joyner, Administrative Program Specialist, Department of Elections, 1100 Bank Street, First Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 864-8901, or email nathan.joyner@elections.virginia.gov.
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TITLE 12. HEALTH
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Report of Findings
Pursuant to §§ 2.2-4007.1 and 2.2-4017 of the Code of Virginia, the State Board of Health conducted a periodic review and a small business impact review of 12VAC5-590, Waterworks Regulations, and determined that this regulation should be amended. The board is publishing its report of findings dated June 8, 2025, to support this decision.
The Protected Safe Waters List (PWSL) was enacted to help ensure that all Virginians have access to an adequate and safe supply of drinking water and to adapt to emerging health concerns in drinking water treatment and distribution systems. It also requires the enactment of a simple and effective regulatory system for waterworks to achieve this mission and to create a way to improve waterworks through compliance and enforcement of the PWSL, Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) through 12VAC5-590. The regulation is necessary to comply with the requirements to retain primacy and to regulate water sources, site and construction of waterworks, water treatment techniques, distribution, monitoring and sampling for existing and emerging contaminants such as lead, bacteria, and viruses, radioactive substances, chemicals, and other substances known to cause health problems. This regulation also helps ensure that people served by waterworks are notified of any potential health risks that arise during monitoring and sampling and that waterworks are provided with technical assistance to aid them in complying with state and federal law.
As required by the PWSL, the regulation is clearly written and understandable by the regulants. The regulation needs to be amended to recognize improvements in technology that enable waterworks to operate more efficiently and with reduced costs, to respond to suggestions from external and internal stakeholders, and to improve clarity and style.
The regulation is required to conform to Virginia's PWSL and the federal SDWA and NPDWR to help ensure that Virginians have a safe and adequate supply of drinking water and to maintain Virginia's primacy for enforcement of the SDWA. No public comments were received. The regulation is written to minimize complexity. The regulation does not overlap, duplicate, or conflict with federal or state law or regulations other than to be at least as stringent as the NPDWR. As required by the Office of Drinking Water's state primacy agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, this regulation is at least as stringent as the NPDWR. This regulation was last reviewed and amended June 21, 2021. The types of amendments that are contemplated following the periodic review will help account for changes in regulations and guidance made by other agencies that impact the drinking water program and will enable small businesses to use newer and improved technology in their waterworks operations with the likely result of lower costs and greater efficiencies.
Contact Information: Grant Kronenberg, Director of Compliance and Enforcement, Office of Drinking Water, Virginia Department of Health, James Madison Building, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 629-0989, or email grant.kronenberg@vdh.virginia.gov.