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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Title 9. Environment
Agency 25. State Water Control Board
12/8/2023

Chapter 870.
Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) Regulation
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  • Part II.
    Administrative and Technical Criteria for Land-Disturbing Activities
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    • Section 40
    Authority
    Section 45
    Implementation date
    Section 46
    General objectives
    Section 47
    Applicability of other laws and regulations; time limits on applicability of approved design criteria
    Section 48
    Grandfathering
    Section 51
    Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act land-disturbing activity
    Section 52
    Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act land-disturbing activities in rural Tidewater localities
  • Part II A.
    General Administrative Criteria for Regulated Land-Disturbing Activities
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    • Section 53
    Applicability
    Section 54
    Stormwater pollution prevention plan requirements
    Section 55
    Stormwater management plans
    Section 56
    Pollution prevention plans
    Section 57
    Requesting an exception
    Section 58
    Responsibility for long-term maintenance of permanent stormwater management facilities
    Section 59
    Applying for state permit coverage
  • Part III.
    General Provisions Applicable to VSMPs and VSMP Authorities
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    • Section 100
    Applicability
    Section 102
    Authority
    Section 103
    Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act land-disturbing activities
  • Part III B.
    Department of Environmental Quality Procedures for Review of VSMPs
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    • Section 142
    Authority and applicability
    Section 144
    Virginia stormwater management program review
  • Part III C.
    Authorization Procedures for Virginia Stormwater Management Programs
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    • Section 146
    Authority and applicability
    Section 148
    Virginia stormwater management program administrative requirements
    Section 150
    Authorization procedures for Virginia stormwater management programs
  • Part IV.
    Technical Criteria and State Permit Application Requirements for State Projects
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    • Section 160
    Technical criteria and requirements for state projects
    Section 170
    Requirements for state stormwater management annual standards and specifications
    Section 180
    Administrative procedures: stormwater management permit applications
    Section 190
    (Reserved)
    Section 200
    Administrative procedures: maintenance and inspections
  • Part VIII.
    State Permit Conditions
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    • Section 430
    Conditions applicable to all state permits
    Section 440
    Additional conditions applicable to municipal separate storm sewer state permits
    Section 450
    Establishing state permit conditions
    Section 460
    Establishing limitations, standards, and other state permit conditions
    Section 470
    Calculating state permit conditions
    Section 480
    Duration of state permits
    Section 490
    Schedules of compliance
  • Part X.
    Transfer, Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, and Termination of State Permits
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    • Section 610
    Modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination of state permits
    Section 620
    Transfer of state permits
    Section 630
    Modification or revocation and reissuance of state permits
    Section 640
    Minor modifications of individual state permits
    Section 650
    Termination of state permits
  • Part XIII.
    Fees
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    • Section 700
    Purpose
    Section 720
    Authority
    Section 730
    Applicability
    Section 740
    Exemptions
    Section 750
    Due dates for state permits
    Section 760
    Method of payment
    Section 770
    Incomplete and late payments
    Section 780
    Deposit and use of fees
    Section 790
    General
    Section 800
    Fee schedules for municipal separate storm sewer system new state permit issuance
    Section 810
    Fee schedules for major modification of MS4 individual permits requested by the operator
    Section 820
    Fees for an individual permit or coverage under the General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities
    Section 825
    Fees for the modification or transfer of individual permits or of registration statements for the General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities
    Section 830
    State permit maintenance fees
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