Chapter 31. Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit RegulationRead Chapter
- Part I. Definitions and General Program RequirementsRead all
- Section 10
- Definitions
- 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. Permit Applications and Special VPDES Permit ProgramsRead all
- 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- [Repealed]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. Permit ConditionsRead all
- 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. Public InvolvementRead all
- 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 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. Transfer, Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, and Termination of PermitsRead all
- 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. Standards for the Use of Biosolids or Disposal of Sewage SludgeRead all
- Article 1. General RequirementsRead all
- 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. Biosolids Applied to the LandRead all
- 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. Surface DisposalRead all
- 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. Pathogens and Vector Attraction ReductionRead all
- Section 690
- Scope
- Section 700
- [Reserved]
- Section 710
- Pathogens
- Section 720
- Vector attraction reduction
- Part VII. General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of PollutionRead all
- 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 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. EnforcementRead all
- Section 910
- Enforcement
- Section 915
- Local enforcement
- Part IX. MiscellaneousRead all
- Section 920
- Delegation of authority
- Section 930
- Transition
- Part X. Permitting and Enforcement AuthorityRead all
- Section 940
- Authority of the Department of Energy for coal surface mining operations
- Part XI. VPDES Electronic Reporting RequirementsRead all
- 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
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- FORMS (9VAC25-31)