Virginia Law

A. Deadline for submitting a registration statement.

1. Operators of MS4s described under 9VAC25-875-970 B that are applying for initial coverage under this general permit must submit a complete registration statement to the department within 180 days of notice of designation, unless the department grants a later date.

2. In order to continue uninterrupted coverage under the general permit, operators of MS4s shall submit a new registration statement no later than October 1, 2023, unless permission for a later date has been granted by the department. The board shall not grant permission for registration statements to be submitted later than the expiration date of the existing state permit.

B. The registration statement shall include the following information:

1. The name and location of the MS4;

2. The name of the owner or operator of the MS4;

3. The mailing address of the owner or operator of the MS4;

4. The type of MS4 (e.g., city, county, incorporated town, unincorporated town, college or university, local school board, military installation, transportation system, federal or state facility, or other);

5. If the MS4 is operated under the authority of a city council or a county board of supervisors, indicate if public school facilities are included in the application.

6. The name, title, mailing address, telephone number, and email address for the following individuals:

a. The responsible official who meets the criteria established in 9VAC25-875-940 A 3;

b. The MS4 permit contact; and

c. The annual permit maintenance fee contact;

7. The following receiving waters information:

a. The names of the receiving surface waters to which the MS4 system discharges; and

b. Whether or not the receiving waters are listed as impaired in the Virginia 2022 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report;

8. The names of any physically interconnected MS4s to which the MS4 discharges;

9. A list of all existing signed agreements between the operator and any applicable third parties where the operator has entered into an agreement in order to implement minimum control measures or portions of minimum control measures;

10. For permittees previously covered under the General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from MS4 effective November 1, 2018, whose regulated MS4 is located partially or entirely in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, a draft third phase Chesapeake Bay TMDL action plan; and

11. The following certification: "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."

C. The registration statement shall be signed in accordance with 9VAC25-890-40 Part IV K 4.

D. An operator may file its own registration statement, or the operator and other operators of MS4s may jointly submit a registration statement. If responsibilities for meeting the stormwater minimum control measures will be shared with other municipalities or governmental entities, the registration statement must describe which stormwater minimum control measures the operator will implement and identify the entities that will implement the other stormwater minimum control measures within the area served by the MS4.

E. The registration statement may be delivered to the DEQ Central Office, Office of VPDES Permits or by electronic mail to an electronic mailbox specified by the department. Following notification from the department of the start date for the required electronic submission of Notices of Intent to discharge forms (i.e., registration statements) as provided for in 9VAC25-31-1020, such forms submitted after that date shall be electronically submitted to the department in compliance with this section and 9VAC25-31-1020. There shall be at least three months of notice provided between the notification from the department and the date after which such forms must be submitted electronically.