The Virginia Biosolids Council (VBC) Code of Good Practice has been providing guiding principles to its members for more than a decade. This year’s annual report provides progress on how the Council’s membership performed in 2024.
Our members are committed to the VBC Code of Good Practice, which reflects their dedication and ongoing effort to go beyond compliance with the state’s extensive regulatory requirements for biosolids. The Code also addresses social responsibility and the need for transparency to the public.
University research and assessments of biosolids quality have been the focus of our VBC membership this past year. Therefore, VBC has naturally engaged in the discussion surrounding PFAS, man-made components found in a variety of household and commercial products. VBC supports ongoing research at a test plot in Warsaw at the Eastern Virginia AREC as well as national research studies to evaluate PFAS.
In response to the EPA’s Draft Risk Assessment, VBC requested additional data to be considered from new and soon to be published research to ensure good science is included in any final policy or regulatory decisions.
VBC also continues its commitment to the use of sound data, research, and test plots to form scientific-based policy. To facilitate research here in Virginia, VBC initiated HB 2517 to exempt certain permitting requirements for land application of biosolids for a research project when the land is owned by an institution of higher education.
VBC members are committed to our Code of Best Practice.
Click HERE to find the 2024 Annual Report on the Code of Good Practice.
Click HERE to review past Annual Reports.