TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT
STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 720
Final Regulation
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulatory action is exempt from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 4 c of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations provided such regulations do not differ materially from those required by federal law or regulation. The State Water Control Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 9VAC25-720. Water Quality Management Planning Regulation (amending 9VAC25-720-60).
Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1313(e) of the Clean Water Act.
Effective Date: June 4, 2014.
Agency Contact: Elizabeth McKercher, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698-4291, FAX (804) 698-4032, or email elizabeth.mckercher@deq.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The amendments add four total maximum daily load wasteload allocations for the James River Basin.
9VAC25-720-60. James River Basin.
A. Total maximum daily load (TMDLs).
| TMDL # | Stream Name | TMDL Title | City/County | WBID | Pollutant | WLA | Units |
| 1. | Pheasanty Run | Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James River Basins | Bath | I14R | Organic Solids | 1,231.00 | LB/YR |
| 2. | Wallace Mill Stream | Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James River Basins | Augusta | I32R | Organic Solids | 2,814.00 | LB/YR |
| 3. | Montebello Sp. Branch | Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James River Basins | Nelson | H09R | Organic Solids | 37.00 | LB/YR |
| 4. | Unnamed Tributary to Deep Creek | General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load for Unnamed Tributary to Deep Creek | Nottoway | J11R | Raw Sewage | 0 | GAL/YR |
| 5. | Unnamed Tributary to Chickahominy River | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for the Unnamed Tributary to the Chickahominy River | Hanover | G05R | Total Phosphorus | 409.35 | LB/YR |
| 6. | Rivanna River | Benthic TMDL Development for the Rivanna River Watershed | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, and Orange | H27R
H28R | Sediment | 10,229 | Lbs/Day |
| 7. | Jackson River | Benthic TMDL Development for the Jackson River, Virginia | Alleghany, Bath, Highland | I04R, I09R | Total Phosphorus | 72,955 | LB/GS1 |
| 8. | Jackson River | Benthic TMDL Development for the Jackson River, Virginia | Alleghany, Bath, Highland | I04R, I09R | Total Nitrogen | 220,134 | LB/GS |
| 9. | Little Calfpasture | Total Maximum Daily Load Development to Address a Benthic Impairment in the Little Calfpasture River, Rockbridge County, Virginia | Rockbridge | 132R | Sediment | 30.4 | T/YR |
| 10. | Phelps Branch | Phelps Branch Sediment TMDL Development Report for a Benthic Impairment in Appomattox County, Virginia | Appomattox | H06R | Sediment | 115.7 | T/YR |
| 11. | Long Branch | Sediment TMDL Development Report for Benthic Impairments in Long Branch and Buffalo River in Amherst County, Virginia | Amherst | H11R | Sediment | 16.2 | T/YR |
| 12. | Buffalo River | Sediment TMDL Development Report for Benthic Impairments in Long Branch and Buffalo River in Amherst County, Virginia | Amherst | H11R | Sediment | 306.4 | T/YR |
| 13. | Chickahominy River | Benthic TMDL Development for Chickahominy River, Virginia | Hanover, Henrico | G05R | Sediment | 294.03 | T/YR |
1 GS means growing season.
| EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsections B and C of 9VAC25-720-60 are not amended; therefore, the text of those subsections is not set out. |
VA.R. Doc. No. R14-4021; Filed April 15, 2014, 9:07 a.m.