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_ 376 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 280. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 G. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided for the Virginia Department of Health to conduct a cost analysis of implementing pending federal Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) regulations for Virginia local water systems and to implement pending federal Environmental Protection Agency Copper Rules for water system lead service lines. The report shall include the results of the cost analysis, possible funding models, and identify federal funding that may be available. The department shall submit the report to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by December 1, 2024. H. Out of this appropriation, $1,803,598 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, Virginia Public Water Supplies Law, Virginia Waterworks Regulations, and to support Office of Drinking Water programs. The Office of Drinking Water shall provide a report to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by October 1, 2025, describing actions taken to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations. I.1. Out of this appropriation, $25,000,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided for the Virginia Department of Health to provide one-time grants to localities to upgrade or replace existing drinking water infrastructure. The Department shall develop guidelines establishing: (i) criteria for grant eligibility; (ii) conditions to be included in the grants; and (iii) grant distribution priorities. Among the factors that shall be included in criteria for grant eligibility and in the grant distribution priorities shall be the financial condition of the locality wherein a grant is sought and a locality's effort to access additional funding for the proposed drinking water infrastructure project from other sources. Localities must be able to provide evidence of critical drinking water needs, such as occurrences of boil advisories, systems failures, or evidence of contaminants, such as polyfloroalkyl substances (PFAS) and gross alpha reactivity, in the drinking water. 2. To receive a grant, localities must provide proof of at least a 25.0 percent match for the cost of a project. No grant to a locality shall fully fund a drinking water project. 3. The Department shall report to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Appropriations and House Appropriations Committees on the number of applications received for grants, the total grants and grant amounts awarded, the localities to which grants will be awarded, and the description of drinking water infrastructure projects for which the grants will be used no later than December 1, 2025. 4. The Department shall give priority consideration for grants to Greene County and the Town of Bowling Green, as both localities have demonstrated outstanding critical drinking water needs. 5. The Department may use up to $250,000 of the funds in paragraph I.1. for administration costs of providing drinking water infrastructure grants to localities. 6. Any unexpended balances in paragraph I.1. at the close of business on June 30, 2025, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward and reappropriated for this purpose. 281. Environmental Health Hazards Control (56500) $16,139,037 $16,257,588 $15,739,037 $15,857,588 State Office of Environmental Health Services (56501) $6,796,977 $6,915,528 $6,396,977 $6,515,528 Shellfish Sanitation (56502) $3,685,755 $3,685,755 Bedding and Upholstery Inspection (56503) $954,406 $954,406 Radiological Health and Safety Regulation (56504) $4,701,899 $4,701,899 Fund Sources: General $8,551,846 $8,670,397 $8,551,846 $8,670,397 Special $3,616,036 $3,616,036 Dedicated Special Revenue $2,574,148 $2,174,148 Federal Trust $1,397,007 $1,397,007