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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 25. State Water Control Board
Chapter 32. Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) Permit Regulation
10/31/2025

9VAC25-32-305. Permits.

A. No owner shall cause or allow any land application, marketing, or distribution of biosolids except in compliance with a permit issued by the department that authorizes these activities.

B. A separate biosolids use permit shall be issued for each political jurisdiction (county or city) where land application is proposed.

C. No person shall land apply Class B biosolids on any land in Virginia unless that land has been identified in an application to issue, reissue or modify a permit and approved by the department.

D. No person shall land apply, market, or distribute biosolids in Virginia unless the biosolids source has been approved by the department.

E. The permitting requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any land application of biosolids for a research project when such land is owned and operated by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. At least 30 days prior to commencing any land application of such biosolids, the institution of higher education shall notify the department and the owner of every adjoining property of its intent to land apply such biosolids. The institution of higher education shall comply with setback requirements in 9VAC25-32-560 and applicable recordkeeping requirements in this chapter.

F. The provisions of subsection E of this section shall expire on July 1, 2030.

Statutory Authority

§§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.19:3 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 24, eff. September 1, 2013; amended Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 5, eff. November 23, 2022; Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. September 24, 2025.

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