Chapter 31. Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit RegulationRead Chapter 
-  Part I.Read allDefinitions and General Program Requirements
 - Section 10
 - Definitions
 - Section 15
 - Permit rationale
 - Section 20
 - Purpose
 - Section 25
 - Applicability of incorporated references based on the dates that they became effective
 - Section 30
 - Federal effluent guidelines
 - Section 40
 - Exclusions
 - Section 50
 - Prohibitions
 - Section 60
 - Effect of a permit
 - Section 70
 - Continuation of expiring permits
 - Section 80
 - Confidentiality of information
 - Section 90
 - Guidance documents
 
-  Part II.Read allPermit Applications and Special VPDES Permit Programs
 - Section 100
 - Application for a permit
 - Section 110
 - Signatories to permit applications and reports
 - Section 120
 - Stormwater discharges
 - Section 121
 - [Repealed]
 - Section 130
 - Concentrated animal feeding operations
 - Section 140
 - Concentrated aquatic animal production facilities
 - Section 150
 - Aquaculture projects
 - Section 160
 - Silvicultural activities
 - Section 165
 - Requirements applicable to cooling water intake structures
 - Section 170
 - General permits
 - Section 180
 - New sources and new dischargers
 
-  Part III.Read allPermit Conditions
 - Section 190
 - Conditions applicable to all permits
 - Section 200
 - Additional conditions applicable to specified categories of VPDES permits
 - Section 210
 - Establishing permit conditions
 - Section 220
 - Establishing limitations, standards, and other permit conditions
 - Section 230
 - Calculating VPDES permit conditions
 - Section 240
 - Duration of permits
 - Section 250
 - Schedules of compliance
 
-  Part IV.Read allPublic Involvement
 - Section 260
 - Draft permits
 - Section 270
 - Statement of basis
 - Section 280
 - Fact sheet
 - Section 290
 - Public notice of permit actions and public comment period
 - Section 300
 - Public comments and requests for public hearings
 - Section 310
 - Public hearings
 - Section 315
 - Criteria for requesting and granting a public hearing on an individual permit action
 - Section 316
 - Controversial permits
 - Section 317
 - Controversial permits reporting
 - Section 320
 - Response to comments
 - Section 330
 - Conditions requested by the Corps of Engineers and other government agencies
 - Section 340
 - Decision on variances
 - Section 350
 - Appeals of variances
 - Section 360
 - Computation of time
 
-  Part V.Read allTransfer, Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, and Termination of Permits
 - Section 370
 - Modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination of permits
 - Section 380
 - Transfer of permits
 - Section 390
 - Modification or revocation and reissuance of permits
 - Section 400
 - Minor modifications of permits
 - Section 410
 - Termination of permits
 
-  Part VI.Read allStandards for the Use of Biosolids or Disposal of Sewage Sludge
 -  Article 1.Read allGeneral Requirements
 - Section 420
 - Purpose and applicability
 - Section 430
 - [Reserved]
 - Section 440
 - Permits and direct enforceability
 - Section 450
 - Relationship to other regulations
 - Section 460
 - Additional or more stringent requirements
 - Section 470
 - Exclusions
 - Section 475
 - [Repealed]
 - Section 480
 - Requirements for a person who prepares biosolids or sewage sludge
 - Section 485
 - Requirements for a person who land apply biosolids
 - Section 490
 - Sampling and analysis
 - Section 500
 - Definitions
 -  Article 2.Read allBiosolids Applied to the Land
 - Section 505
 - Universal requirements for land application operations
 - Section 510
 - Applicability; bulk biosolids; biosolids sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to the land
 - Section 520
 - [Reserved]
 - Section 530
 - General requirements
 - Section 540
 - Pollutant limits
 - Section 543
 - Soils monitoring
 - Section 547
 - Groundwater monitoring
 - Section 550
 - Management practices
 - Section 560
 - Operational standards, pathogens, and vector attraction reduction
 - Section 570
 - Frequency of monitoring
 - Section 580
 - Recordkeeping
 - Section 590
 - Reporting
 -  Article 3.Read allSurface Disposal
 - Section 600
 - Applicability
 - Section 610
 - [Reserved]
 - Section 620
 - General requirements
 - Section 630
 - Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage)
 - Section 640
 - Management practices
 - Section 650
 - Operational standards - pathogens and vector attraction reduction
 - Section 660
 - Frequency of monitoring
 - Section 670
 - Recordkeeping
 - Section 680
 - Reporting
 -  Article 4.Read allPathogens and Vector Attraction Reduction
 - Section 690
 - Scope
 - Section 700
 - [Reserved]
 - Section 710
 - Pathogens
 - Section 720
 - Vector attraction reduction
 
-  Part VII.Read allGeneral Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
 - Section 730
 - Purpose and applicability
 - Section 740
 - Objectives of general pretreatment regulations
 - Section 750
 - Incorporation of federal regulations
 - Section 760
 - Local law
 - Section 770
 - National pretreatment standards: prohibited discharges
 - Section 780
 - National pretreatment standards: categorical standards
 - Section 790
 - Removal credits
 - Section 800
 - Pretreatment program requirements: development and implementation by POTW
 - Section 805
 - Pretreatment requirements for testing for PFAS chemicals
 - Section 810
 - POTW pretreatment programs and/or authorization to revise pretreatment standards: submission for app
 - Section 820
 - [Reserved]
 - Section 830
 - Approval procedures for POTW pretreatment programs and POTW granting of removal credits
 - Section 840
 - Reporting requirements for POTWs and industrial users
 - Section 850
 - Variances from categorical pretreatment standards for fundamentally different factors
 - Section 860
 - Confidentiality
 - Section 870
 - Net/gross calculation
 - Section 880
 - Upset provision
 - Section 890
 - Bypass
 - Section 900
 - Modification of POTW pretreatment programs
 
-  Part VIII.Read allEnforcement
 - Section 910
 - Enforcement
 - Section 915
 - Local enforcement
 
-  Part IX.Read allMiscellaneous
 - Section 920
 - [Repealed]
 - Section 930
 - Transition
 
-  Part X.Read allPermitting and Enforcement Authority
 - Section 940
 - Authority of the Department of Energy for coal surface mining operations
 
-  Part XI.Read allVPDES Electronic Reporting Requirements
 - Section 950
 - Purpose and scope
 - Section 960
 - Definitions
 - Section 970
 - Types of data to be reported electronically by VPDES permittees, facilities, and entities subject to this part
 - Section 980
 - Signature and certification standards for electronic reporting
 - Section 990
 - Requirements regarding quality assurance and quality control
 - Section 1000
 - Requirements regarding timeliness, accuracy, completeness, and national consistency
 - Section 1010
 - Waivers from electronic reporting
 - Section 1020
 - Implementation of electronic reporting requirements for VPDES permittees, facilities, and entities subject to this part
 - Section 1030
 - Adoption by reference of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 127—Minimum Set of NPDES Data
 
- FORMS
 - FORMS (9VAC25-31)