Section 480. Chowan and Dismal Swamp (Albemarle Sound Subbasin)

SEC.	CLASS	SP. STDS.	SECTION DESCRIPTION
1	II		Back Bay and its tributaries in the City of Virginia Beach to the Virginia-North Carolina state line and the Northwest River and its tidal tributaries from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to the free flowing portion, unless otherwise designated in this chapter and North Landing River and its tidal tributaries from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to the Great Bridge Lock of the Intracoastal Waterway and Salem Canal up to its intersection with Timberlake Road at N36°48'35.67"/W76°08'31.70". Includes West Neck Creek to the Dam Neck Road bridge at N36°47'20.00"/W76°04'12.10".
1a	III		The free flowing portions of streams in Section 1 and tributaries of Stumpy Lake.
1b	III	PWS	Stumpy Lake (raw water supply for the City of Norfolk) and feeder streams to points 5 miles upstream.
1c	II	PWS	Northwest River and its tributaries from the City of Chesapeake's raw water intake to points 5 miles upstream and points 5 miles downstream.
2	III		Intracoastal Waterway (portions not described in Section 1).
	VII		Swamp Waters in Section 2
			Dismal Swamp Canal and tributaries from the Deep Creek Locks downstream to the Virginia/North Carolina state line.
3	III	dd, ESW-3	Lake Drummond, including feeder ditches, and all interstate tributaries of the Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.
	VII		Swamp Waters in Section 3
			Feeder Ditch to Lake Drummond and tributaries.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR680-21-08.13, eff. May 25, 1988; amended, Volume 14, Issue 04, eff. December 10, 1997; Volume 20, Issue 09, eff. February 12, 2004; Volume 23, Issue 26, eff. August 14, 2007; Volume 26, Issue 12, eff. February 1, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1251 et seq. of the federal Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Part 131.