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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 25. State Water Control Board
Chapter 875. Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation
11/21/2024

9VAC25-875-310. Plan review coordination with the department for solar projects.

A. Any VESCP authority that does not operate a regulated municipal separate storm sewer system and for which the department did not administer a Virginia Stormwater Management Program as of July 1, 2020, shall notify the department if it decides to have the department provide the VESCP authority with (i) review of the erosion and sediment control plan required by § 62.1-44.15:55 A of the Code of Virginia and (ii) a recommendation on the plan's compliance with the requirements of Part V (9VAC25-875-470 et seq.) of this chapter for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts.

B. Any VESCP authority that notifies the department pursuant to this section shall within five days of receiving the erosion and sediment control plan forward the plan to the department for review. If the plan forwarded to the department is incomplete, the department shall return the plan to the VESCP authority immediately, and the application process shall start over. If the plan forwarded to the department is complete, the department shall review the plan for compliance with the requirements of Part V of this chapter and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with § 62.1-44.15:55 B of the Code of Virginia.

C. Any VESCP authority that notifies the department pursuant to this section shall within five days of receiving the resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan forward the resubmitted plan to the department for review. The department shall review the resubmitted plan for compliance with the requirements of Part V of this chapter and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with § 62.1-44.15:55 B of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§ 62.1-44.15:28 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 40, Issue 8, eff. July 1, 2024.

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