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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 25. State Water Control Board
Chapter 670. Virginia Water Protection (VWP) General Permit for Facilities and Activities of Utility and Public Service Companies Regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the State Corporation Commission and Other Utility Line Activities
8/7/2026

9VAC25-670-27. VWP general permit and coverage; expiration; transition; continuation.

A. The general permit in 9VAC25-670-100 is effective August 2, 2026, and expires August 1, 2036. All applications or notifications received on or after August 2, 2026, will be processed in accordance with the VWP general permit regulation effective August 2, 2026. If there is not adequate time as allowed by § 62.1-44.15:21 of the Code of Virginia to make a permit coverage decision, the applicant shall reapply for coverage under the next consecutive VWP general permit or apply for a VWP individual permit, including payment of any required permit application fee. No refund of permit application fees shall be made.

B. Any coverage that is granted pursuant to 9VAC25-670-30 shall remain in full force and effect until 11:59 p.m. on August 1, 2036, unless the general permit coverage is terminated or revoked on or before this date. Where a permittee that has received general permit coverage desires to continue or complete the authorized activities beyond August 1, 2036, the permittee shall reapply for new general permit coverage or for a VWP individual permit, including payment of any required permit application fee. Activities in surface waters requiring a permit shall not commence or continue until VWP general permit coverage is granted and effective or a VWP individual permit is issued by the department.

C. In any case where an existing permittee has submitted a timely and complete notification or application for coverage under the next consecutive VWP general permit in accordance with this chapter and the board, through no fault of the permittee, does not issue the next consecutive VWP general permit with an effective date on or before the expiration date of the expiring VWP general permit, the conditions of that expiring VWP general permit and any requirements of coverage granted under it shall continue in force until the effective date of the next consecutive VWP general permit. Application may be made at any time for a VWP individual permit in accordance with 9VAC25-210. Activities in surface waters requiring a permit shall not commence or continue until VWP general permit coverage is granted and effective or a VWP individual permit is issued by the department.

Statutory Authority

§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; § 401 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.).

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 21, eff. August 2, 2016; amended, Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 4, eff. November 9, 2022; Volume 42, Issue 11, eff. August 2, 2026.

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