Chapter 875. Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management RegulationRead Chapter
- Part I.Read allDefinitions and Applicability for Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Programs and Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Programs
- Section 10
- General
- Section 20
- Definitions
- Section 30
- Applicability of incorporated by references based on the dates that they became effective
- Part II.Read allVirginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program
- Article 1.Read allDefinitions, Purpose, and Applicability
- Section 40
- Definitions
- Section 50
- Purpose
- Section 60
- Applicability
- Article 2.Read allLand-Disturbing Activities
- Section 70
- Regulated land-disturbing activities
- Section 80
- Land-disturbing activities in a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area
- Section 90
- Activities not required to comply with the VESMA
- Article 3.Read allPrograms Operated by a VESMP Authority
- Section 100
- Criteria for programs operated by a VESMP authority
- Section 110
- Plan review requirements
- Section 120
- Plan review coordination with the department
- Section 130
- Long-term maintenance of stormwater management facilities
- Section 140
- Inspections
- Section 150
- Enforcement
- Section 160
- Hearings
- Section 170
- Variances and exceptions
- Section 180
- Reports and recordkeeping
- Article 4.Read allAuthorization and Review Procedures for VESMPs
- Section 190
- Review and evaluation of VESMPs
- Article 5.Read allVSMP Operated by the Department
- Section 200
- Criteria for a VSMP
- Part III.Read allVirginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program
- Article 1.Read allDefinitions, Purpose, and Applicability
- Section 210
- Definitions
- Section 220
- Purpose
- Section 230
- Applicability
- Article 2.Read allLand-Disturbing Activities
- Section 240
- Criteria for determining status of land-disturbing activity
- Section 250
- Regulated land-disturbing activities
- Section 260
- Land-disturbing activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
- Section 270
- State agency land-disturbing activities
- Section 280
- Activities not required to comply with the ESCL
- Article 3.Read allPrograms Operated by a VESCP Authority
- Section 290
- Criteria for programs operated by a VESCP authority
- Section 300
- Plan review requirements
- Section 310
- Plan review coordination with the department for solar projects
- Section 320
- Long-term maintenance of stormwater management facilities
- Section 330
- Inspections
- Section 340
- Enforcement
- Section 350
- Variances
- Section 360
- VESCP reporting and record keeping requirements
- Article 4.Read allReview Procedures for VESCPs
- Section 370
- Review and evaluation of VESCPs
- Part IV.Read allCertification of VESCP, VSMP, and VESMP Personnel
- Section 380
- Purpose
- Section 390
- Applicability
- Section 400
- Certificates and certifications
- Section 410
- Eligibility requirements
- Section 420
- Classification acknowledgment for the purposes of program compliance reviews
- Section 430
- Certification program fees
- Section 440
- Examination
- Section 450
- Reserved
- Section 460
- Discipline for certified personnel
- Part V.Read allCriteria and Requirements for Regulated Land-Disturbing Activities
- Article 1.Read allAdministrative Criteria
- Section 470
- Applicability
- Section 480
- Applicability of other laws and regulations; time limits on applicability of approved design criteria
- Section 490
- Grandfathering
- Section 500
- Stormwater pollution prevention plan requirements
- Section 510
- Stormwater management plan requirements
- Section 520
- Pollution prevention plans
- Section 530
- Applying for permit coverage
- Section 535
- Long-term maintenance of stormwater management facilities
- Article 2.Read allSoil Erosion Requirements
- Section 540
- Applicability
- Section 550
- Erosion and sediment control plan requirements
- Section 560
- Erosion and sediment control criteria, techniques, and methods: minimum standards
- Article 3.Read allWater Quantity and Water Quality Technical Criteria
- Section 570
- Applicability
- Section 580
- Water quality design criteria requirements
- Section 590
- Water quality compliance
- Section 600
- Water quantity
- Section 610
- Offsite compliance options
- Section 620
- Design storms and hydrologic methods
- Section 630
- Stormwater harvesting
- Section 640
- Linear development projects
- Section 650
- Stormwater management impoundment structures or facilities
- Section 660
- Comprehensive stormwater management plans
- Article 4.Read allWater Quantity and Water Quality Technical Criteria for Grandfathered Projects and Time Limits of Applicability Projects
- Section 670
- Definitions
- Section 680
- Applicability
- Section 690
- General
- Section 700
- Water quality
- Section 710
- Stream channel erosion
- Section 720
- Flooding
- Section 730
- Regional (watershed-wide) stormwater management plans
- Article 5.Read allCriteria for Land-Disturbing Activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
- Section 740
- Land-disturbing activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
- Section 750
- Land-disturbing activities in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas in rural Tidewater localities
- Article 6.Read allAdditional Criteria and Requirements for Land-Disturbing Activities by State Agencies and Federal Entities
- Section 760
- Soil erosion control and stormwater management for land-disturbing activities
- Section 770
- State agency land-disturbing activities
- Section 780
- Stormwater management permit applications
- Section 790
- Maintenance and inspections
- Section 800
- Reporting on stormwater management
- Section 810
- Technical criteria and requirements for state or federal projects
- Part VI.Read allStandards and Specifications Program
- Section 820
- Applicability
- Section 830
- Standards and specifications for state agencies, federal entities, and other specified entities
- Section 840
- Reserved
- Part VII.Read allVirginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permits
- Article 1.Read allDefinitions
- Section 850
- Definitions
- Article 2.Read allGeneral Program Requirements Related to MS4s and Land-Disturbing Activities
- Section 860
- Exclusions
- Section 870
- Prohibitions
- Section 880
- Effect of a permit
- Section 890
- Continuation of expiring permits
- Section 900
- Confidentiality of information
- Section 910
- Guidance documents
- Article 3.Read allPermit Applications
- Section 920
- Application for a permit
- Section 930
- Permit rationale
- Section 940
- Signatories to permit applications and reports
- Section 950
- Stormwater discharges
- Section 960
- Effluent sampling procedures
- Section 970
- Small municipal separate storm sewer systems
- Section 980
- General permits
- Section 990
- New sources and new discharges
- Article 4.Read allPermit Conditions
- Section 1000
- Conditions applicable to all permits
- Section 1010
- Additional conditions applicable to municipal separate storm sewer system permits
- Section 1020
- Establishing permit conditions
- Section 1030
- Establishing limitations, standards, and other permit conditions
- Section 1040
- Calculating permit conditions
- Section 1050
- Duration of permits
- Section 1060
- Schedules of compliance
- Article 5.Read allPublic Involvement
- Section 1070
- Draft permits
- Section 1080
- Statement of basis
- Section 1090
- Fact sheet
- Section 1100
- Public notice of draft permit actions and public comment period
- Section 1110
- Public comments and requests for public hearings
- Section 1120
- Public hearings
- Section 1130
- Criteria for requesting and granting a public hearing in a permit action
- Section 1140
- Controversial permits
- Section 1150
- Controversial permits reporting
- Section 1160
- Response to comments
- Section 1170
- Conditions requested by the Corps of Engineers and other government agencies
- Section 1180
- Decisions on variances
- Section 1190
- Appeals of variances
- Section 1200
- Computation of time
- Article 6.Read allTransfer, Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, and Termination of Permits
- Section 1210
- Modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination of permits
- Section 1220
- Transfer of permits
- Section 1230
- Modification or revocation and reissuance of permits
- Section 1240
- Minor modifications of individual permits
- Section 1250
- Termination of permits
- Article 7.Read allEnforcement of Permits
- Section 1260
- Enforcement
- Article 8.Read allMiscellaneous
- Section 1270
- Transition
- Section 1280
- Operators shall comply with the electronic reporting requirements set forth in Part XI of 9VAC25-31
- Part VIII.Read allFees
- Section 1290
- Purpose
- Section 1300
- Authority
- Section 1310
- Applicability
- Section 1320
- Exemptions
- Section 1330
- Due dates for permits
- Section 1340
- Method of payment
- Section 1350
- Incomplete and late payments
- Section 1360
- Deposit and use of fees
- Section 1370
- General
- Section 1380
- Fee schedules for municipal separate storm sewer system new permit issuance
- Section 1390
- Fee schedules for major modification of MS4 individual permits requested by the operator
- Section 1400
- Fees for individual permit or coverage under the General Permit of Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities
- Section 1410
- Fees for the modification or transfer of individual permits or of registration statements for the General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities
- Section 1420
- Permit maintenance fees