Section 60. Registration statement

A. Deadlines for submitting registration statements. The owner seeking coverage under this general permit shall submit a complete VPDES general permit registration statement in accordance with this section, which shall serve as a notice of intent for coverage under the general VPDES permit for cooling water discharges of 50,000 gallons per day or less.

1. New facilities. Any owner proposing a new discharge shall submit a complete registration statement at least 30 days prior to the date planned for commencing operation of the new discharge.

2. Existing facilities.

a. Any owner covered by an individual VPDES permit who is proposing to be covered by this general permit shall submit a complete registration statement at least 210 days prior to the expiration date of the individual VPDES permit.

b. Any owner that was authorized to discharge under the general VPDES permit that became effective on March 2, 2008, and who intends to continue coverage under this general permit shall submit a complete registration statement to the board on or before February 1, 2013.

B. Late registration statements. Registration statements will be accepted after March 2, 2013, but authorization to discharge will not be retroactive. Owners described in subdivision A 2 b of this section that submit registration statements after February 1, 2013, are authorized to discharge under the provisions of 9VAC25-196-50 G if a complete registration statement is submitted on or before March 2, 2013.

C. The required registration statement shall contain the following information:

1. Facility name and address, owner name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (if available);

2. Operator name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (if available) if different from owner;

3. Does the facility currently have a VPDES permit? Permit Number if yes;

4. Listing of point source discharges that are not composed entirely of cooling water;

5. Listing of type and size (tons) of cooling equipment or noncontact cooling water processes;

6. The following information if any chemical or nonchemical treatment, or both, is employed in each of the cooling water systems:

a. Description of the treatment to be employed (both chemical and nonchemical) and its purpose; for chemical additives other than chlorine, provide the information prescribed in subdivisions 6 b, c, d, e and f;

b. Name and manufacturer of each additive used;

c. List of active ingredients and percent composition;

d. Proposed schedule and quantity of chemical usage, and either an engineering analysis, or a technical evaluation of the active ingredients, to determine the concentration in the discharge;

e. Available aquatic toxicity information for each proposed additive used; and

f. Any other information such as product or constituent degradation, fate, transport, synergies, bioavailability, etc., that will aid the board with the toxicity evaluation of the discharge;

7. Description of any type of treatment or retention being provided to the wastewater before discharge (i.e. retention ponds, settling ponds, etc.);

8. A schematic drawing of the cooling water equipment that shows the source of the cooling water, its flow through the facility, and each cooling water discharge point;

9. A USGS 7.5 minute topographic map or equivalent computer generated map extending to at least one mile beyond the property boundary. The map must show the outline of the facility and the location of each of its existing and proposed intake and discharge points, and must include all springs, rivers and other surface water bodies;

10. The following discharge information:

a. A listing of all cooling water discharges by a unique number;

b. The source of cooling water for each discharge;

c. An estimate of the maximum daily flow in gallons per day for each discharge;

d. The name of the waterbody receiving direct discharge or discharge through the municipal separate storm sewer system; and

e. The duration and frequency of the discharge for each separate discharge point; continuous, intermittent, or seasonal;

11. Whether the facility will discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). If so, the name of the MS4 owner. The owner of the facility shall notify the MS4 owner in writing of the existence of the discharge within 30 days of coverage under the general permit and shall copy the DEQ regional office with the notification. The notification shall include the following information: the name of the facility, a contact person and phone number, the location of the discharge, the nature of the discharge, and the facility's VPDES general permit number; and

12. 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.

D. The registration statement shall be signed in accordance with 9VAC25-31-110.

§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; § 402 of the Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Parts 122, 123 and 124.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 9, eff. March 1, 1998; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 10, eff. March 2, 2003; Volume 24, Issue 9, eff. February 6, 2008; eff. Volume 29, Issue 4, eff. March 2, 2013.