TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulatory action is exempt from Article 2 of 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, 9VAC25-720-90).
Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1313(e) of the Clean Water Act.
Effective Date: August 27, 2014.
Agency Contact: Elizabeth McKercher, Department of Environmental Quality, 625 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698-4291, FAX (804) 698-4116, TTY (804) 698-4021, or email elizabeth.mckercher@deq.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The amendments add one total maximum daily load wasteload allocation for the James River Basin and two total maximum daily load wasteload allocations for the Tennessee-Big Sandy 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 |
| 14. | Colliers Creek | Bacteria TMDL Development for Colliers Creek, North Fork Buffalo Creek, South Fork Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek, Maury River, and Cedar Creek and a Sediment TMDL Development for Colliers Creek | Rockbridge | 138R | Sediment | 103.4 | 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.
9VAC25-720-90. Tennessee-Big Sandy River Basin.
A. Total Maximum Daily Load total maximum daily load (TMDLs).
| TMDL # | Stream Name | TMDL Title | City/County | WBID | Pollutant | WLA | Units |
| 1. | Guest River | Guest River Total Maximum Load Report | Wise | P11R | Sediment | 317.92 | LB/YR |
| 2. | Cedar Creek | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for Cedar Creek, Hall/Byers Creek and Hutton Creek | Washington | O05R | Sediment | 1,789.93 | LB/YR |
| 3. | Hall/Byers Creek | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for Cedar Creek, Hall/Byers Creek and Hutton Creek | Washington | O05R | Sediment | 57,533.49 | LB/YR |
| 4. | Hutton Creek | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for Cedar Creek, Hall/Byers Creek and Hutton Creek | Washington | O05R | Sediment | 91.32 | LB/YR |
| 5. | Clinch River | Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Upper Clinch River Watershed | Tazewell | P01R | Sediment | 206,636 | LB/YR |
| 6. | Lewis Creek | Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Lewis Creek Watershed | Russell | P04R | Sediment | 40,008 | LB/YR |
| 7. | Black Creek | General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Black Creek, Wise County, Virginia | Wise | P17R | Manganese | 2,127 | KG/YR |
| 8. | Dumps Creek | General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Dumps Creek, Russell County, Virginia | Russell | P08R | Total Dissolved Solids | 1,631,575 | KG/YR |
| 9. | Dumps Creek | General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Dumps Creek, Russell County, Virginia | Russell | P08R | Total Suspended Solids | 316,523 | KG/YR |
| 10. | Beaver Creek | Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Beaver Creek Watershed | Washington | O07R | Sediment | 784,036 | LB/YR |
| 11. | Stock Creek | General Standard (Benthic) Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Stock Creek | Scott | P13R | Sediment | 0 | T/YR |
| 12. | Lick Creek | Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties | Dickenson, Russell and Wise | P10R | Sediment | 63 | T/YR |
| 13. | Cigarette Hollow | Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties | Dickenson, Russell and Wise | P10R | Sediment | 0.4 | T/YR |
| 14. | Laurel Branch | Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties | Dickenson, Russell and Wise | P10R | Sediment | 3.9 | T/YR |
| 15. | Right Fork | Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties | Dickenson, Russell and Wise | P10R | Sediment | 1.3 | T/YR |
| 16. | Middle Fork Holston River | Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River | Washington, Smyth | O05R | Sediment | 100.4 | T/YR |
| 17. | Wolf Creek | Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Wolf Creek | Washington | O06R | Sediment | 301.6 | T/YR |
| 18. | North Fork Holston River | Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the North Fork Holston River, Virginia | Scott, Washington, Smyth, Bland, Tazewell, Russell | O10R | Total Mercury | 11.9 | G/YR |
| 19. | Laurel Creek | Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed, VA | Russell, Tazewell | P05R | Sediment | 0.26 | T/YR |
| 20. | Thompson Creek | Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed, VA | Russell | P07R | Sediment | 0.22 | T/YR |
B. Non-TMDL waste load wasteload allocations.
| Water Body | Permit No. | Facility Name | Receiving Stream | River Mile | Outfall No. | Parameter Description | WLA | Units WLA |
| VAS-Q13R | VA0061913 | Pound WWTP | Pound River | 33.26 | 001 | CBOD5, JUN-NOV | 28 | KG/D |
| CBOD5, DEC-MAY | 47 | KG/D |
| TKN, JUN-NOV | 28 | KG/D |
| VAS-Q14R | VA0026565 | Clintwood WWTP | Cranes Nest River | 9.77 | 001 | BOD5 | 30 | KG/D |
| VAS-O06R | VA0026531 | Wolf Creek Water Reclamation Facility | Wolf Creek | 7.26 | 001 | CBOD5 | 249.8 | KG/D |
| VAS-P01R | VA0026298 | Tazewell WWTP | Clinch River | 346.26 | 001 | CBOD5, JUN-NOV | 76 | KG/D |
| VAS-P03R | VA0021199 | Richlands Regional WWTF | Clinch River | 317.45 | 001 | BOD5, JUN-NOV | 273 | KG/D |
| VAS-P06R | VA0020745 | Lebanon WWTP | Big Cedar Creek | 5.22 | 001 | BOD5 | 91 | KG/D |
| VAS-P11R | VA0077828 | Coeburn Norton Wise Regional WWTP | Guest River | 7.56 | 001 | CBOD5, JUN-NOV | 303 | KG/D |
| CBOD5, DEC-MAY | 379 | KG/D |
| VAS-P15R | VA0029564 | Duffield Industrial Park WWTP | North Fork Clinch River | 21.02 | 001 | BOD5 | 36 | KG/D |
| VAS-P17R | VA0020940 | Big Stone Gap Regional WWTP | Powell River | 177.38 | 001 | CBOD5, JUN-NOV | 110 | KG/D |
VA.R. Doc. No. R14-4100; Filed July 1, 2014, 10:16 a.m.