Section 530. York River Basin  


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  • SEC.

    CLASS

    SP. STDS

    SECTION DESCRIPTION

    1

    II

    a,aa

    York River and the tidal portions of its tributaries from Goodwin Neck and Sandy Point upstream to Thorofare Creek and Little Salem Creek near West Point; Mattaponi River and the tidal portions of its tributaries from Little Salem Creek to the end of tidal waters; Pamunkey River and the tidal portions of its tributaries from Thorofare Creek near West Point to the end of tidal waters.

    2

    III

    Free flowing tributaries of the York River, free flowing tributaries of the Mattaponi River to Clifton and the Pamunkey River to Romancoke, unless otherwise designated in this chapter.

    2a

    III

    PWS

    Waller Mill Reservoir and its drainage area above Waller Mill dam which serves as a raw water supply for the City of Williamsburg.

    2b

    III

    PWS

    Jones Pond (a tributary of Queen Creek near Williamsburg which serves as the raw water supply for Cheatham Annex Naval Station) and its tributaries to points 5 miles upstream.

    3

    III

    Free flowing portions of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, free flowing tributaries of the Mattaponi above Clifton, and free flowing tributaries of the Pamunkey above Romancoke, unless otherwise designated in this chapter.

    VII

    Swamp Waters in Section 3

    Herring Creek from its headwaters at river mile 17.2 downstream to the confluence with the Mattaponi River and three named tributaries: Dorrell Creek, Fork Bridge Creek and Millpond Creek from their headwaters to their confluence with Herring Creek.

    Matadequin Creek and its tributaries, from below an unnamed tributary to Matadequin Creek at river mile 9.93 (between Rt. 350 and Sandy Valley Creek) downstream to its confluence with the Pamunkey River.

    Mattaponi River from its confluence with Maracossic Creek at river mile 57.17 to the head of tidal waters.

    Mechumps Creek from the confluence with Slayden Creek to the Pamunkey River, Slayden Creek and its tributaries to their headwaters, and Campbell Creek from the unnamed tributary at river mile 3.86 downstream to the confluence with Mechumps Creek.

    Reedy Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with Reedy Millpond at river mile 1.06.

    3a

    III

    PWS

    South Anna River and its tributaries from Ashland's raw water intake to a point 5 miles upstream.

    3b

    III

    PWS

    Northeast Creek and its tributaries from the Louisa County Water Authority's impoundment dam (approximately 1/8 mile upstream of Route 33) to their headwaters.

    3c

    III

    South Anna River from Route 15 upstream to a point 1.5 miles below the effluent from the Gordonsville Sewage Treatment Plant.

    3d

    III

    PWS

    Ni River and its tributaries from Spotsylvania's raw water intake near Route 627 to their headwaters.

    3e

    III

    PWS

    The North Anna River and its tributaries from Hanover County's raw water intake near Doswell (approximately 1/2 mile upstream from State Route 30) to points 5 miles upstream.

    3f

    III

    PWS

    Stevens Mill Run from the Lake Caroline water impoundment, and other tributaries into the impoundment upstream to their headwaters.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR680-21-08.18, eff. May 25, 1988; amended, Volume 14, Issue 04, eff. December 10, 1997; Volume 20, Issue 09, eff. February 12, 2004; Volume 22, Issue 11, eff. January 12, 2006; 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.