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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 9. Environment
 Agency 25. State Water Control Board
 Chapter 820. General Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Watershedpermit Regulation for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Discharges Andnutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Virginia

  Section 20. Purpose, applicability, delegation of authority  

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  • A. This regulation fulfills the statutory requirement for the General VPDES Watershed Permit for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus discharges and nutrient trading in the Chesapeake watershed issued by the board pursuant to the Clean Water Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.) and § 62.1-44.19:14 of the Code of Virginia.

    B. This general permit regulation governs facilities holding individual VPDES permits or that otherwise meet the definition of existing facility that discharge or propose to discharge total nitrogen or total phosphorus to the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries.

    C. The director may perform any act of the board provided under this regulation, except as limited by § 62.1-44.14 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 23, Issue 02, eff. November 1, 2006; amended, Volume 24, Issue 21, eff. August 7, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.19:4 of the Code of Virginia; § 303 of the Clean Water Act.