Vol. 33 Iss. 11 (Final Regulation) 9VAC25-720, Water Quality Management Planning Regulation January 23, 2017

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Vol. 33 Iss. 11 - January 23, 2017

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TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT

STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD

Chapter 720

Final Regulation

REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The State Water Control Board is claiming an exemption from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 14 of the Code of Virginia, which exempts adoption, amendment, or repeal of wasteload allocations by the State Water Control Board pursuant to State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) if the board (i) provides public notice in the Virginia Register; (ii) if requested by the public during the initial public notice 30-day comment period, forms an advisory group composed of relevant stakeholders; (iii) receives and provides summary response to written comments; and (iv) conducts at least one public meeting.

Title of Regulation: 9VAC25-720. Water Quality Management Planning Regulation (amending 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: February 22, 2017.

Agency Contact: Craig Lott, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698-4240, or email craig.lott@deq.virginia.gov.

Summary:

The amendments revise two existing total maximum daily load wasteload allocations in the Tennessee-Big Sandy River.

9VAC25-720-90. Tennessee-Big Sandy River Basin.

A. Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs).

TMDL #	Stream Name	TMDL Title	City/County	WBID	Pollutant	WLA¹	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	21,732	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	322,234	KG/YR
10.	Beaver Creek	Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Beaver Creek Watershed	Washington, Bristol	O07R	Sediment	~~784,036~~ 310.91	~~LB/YR~~ T/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, Wise	P10R	Sediment	63	T/YR
13.	Cigarette Hollow	Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties	Dickenson, Russell, Wise	P10R	Sediment	0.4	T/YR
14.	Laurel Branch	Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties	Dickenson, Russell, Wise	P10R	Sediment	3.9	T/YR
15.	Right Fork	Lick Creek TMDLs for Benthic Impairments-Dickenson, Russell and Wise Counties	Dickenson, Russell, 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
21.	Beaver Creek	Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Beaver Creek Watershed	Washington, Bristol	O07	E. coli	~~1.23E+12~~ 4.38E+12	cfu/year
22.	Black Creek and tributaries	General Standard TMDL Development for Black Creek	Wise	P17	Alkalinity	0	kg/year
23.	Callahan Creek	Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Callahan Creek	Wise	P17	E. coli	1.74E+09	cfu/year
24.	Hutton Creek and tributaries	Fecal Coliform TMDL Development for Cedar, Hall, Byers, and Hutton Creeks	Washington	O05	Fecal coliform	0	cfu/year
25.	Cedar Creek	Fecal Coliform TMDL Development for Cedar, Hall, Byers, and Hutton Creeks	Washington	O05	Fecal coliform	1.55E+10	cfu/year
26.	Hall/Byers Creek	Fecal Coliform TMDL Development for Cedar, Hall, Byers, and Hutton Creeks	Washington	O05	Fecal coliform	7.85E+10	cfu/year
27.	Stock Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development Clinch River and Cove Creek Watershed	Scott	P13	E. coli	2.15E+12	cfu/year
28.	Blackwater Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development Clinch River and Cove Creek Watershed	Lee	P16	E. coli	1.13E+13	cfu/year
29.	North Fork Clinch River	Bacteria TMDL Development Clinch River and Cove Creek Watershed	Scott	P13, P15	E. coli	1.90E+13	cfu/year
30.	Moll Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development Clinch River and Cove Creek Watershed	Russell, Scott	P14	E. coli	2.29E+13	cfu/year
31.	Clinch River	Bacteria TMDL Development Clinch River and Cove Creek Watershed	Russell, Scott	P13, P14	E. coli	2.92E+14	cfu/year
32.	Clinch River and Plum Creek (near Tazewell)	E. coli Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Upper Clinch River Watershed	Tazewell	P01, P02	E. coli	2.09E+13	cfu/year
33.	Clinch River, Coal Creek, and Middle Creek (near Richlands)	E. coli Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Upper Clinch River Watershed	Tazewell	P01, P02, P03	E. coli	6.29E+13	cfu/year
34.	Garden Creek	Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Garden Creek	Buchanan	Q04	E. coli	3.86E+11	cfu/year
35.	Crab Orchard Creek	Bacteria TMDLs for Sepulcher Creek, Toms Creek and Crab Orchard Branch	Wise	P11	E. coli	0	cfu/year
36.	Little Toms Creek	Bacteria TMDLs for Sepulcher Creek, Toms Creek and Crab Orchard Branch	Wise	P11	E. coli	1.04E+10	cfu/year
37.	Sepulcher Creek	Bacteria TMDLs for Sepulcher Creek, Toms Creek and Crab Orchard Branch	Wise	P11	E. coli	1.39E+10	cfu/year
38.	Toms Creek	Bacteria TMDLs for Sepulcher Creek, Toms Creek and Crab Orchard Branch	Wise	P11	E. coli	2.61E+10	cfu/year
39.	Indian Creek	Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Indian Creek	Tazewell	P02	E. coli	1.75E+10	cfu/year
40.	Knox Creek and Guess Fork	Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Knox Creek and Pawpaw Creek	Buchanan	Q03	E. coli	4.53E+10	cfu/year
41.	Slate Creek	E. coli, Phased Benthic, and Phased Total PCB TMDL Development for Levisa Fork, Slate Creek, and Garden Creek	Buchanan	Q07	E. coli	5.29E+11	cfu/year
42.	Levisa Fork	E. coli, Phased Benthic, and Phased Total PCB TMDL Development for Levisa Fork, Slate Creek, and Garden Creek	Buchanan	Q04, Q05, Q06, Q07, Q08	E. coli	7.69E+12	cfu/year
43.	Lick Creek, Laurel Branch, Cigarette Hollow	Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Lick Creek	Russell, Dickenson	P10	E. coli	2.42E+11	cfu/year
44.	Little Creek	Fecal Coliform TMDL for Little Creek Watershed	Washington, Bristol	O07	Fecal coliform	8.29E+09	cfu/year
45.	Bear Creek	Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed	Wise	P11	E. coli	2.31E+12	cfu/year
46.	Clinch River, Little Stoney Creek, Staunton Creek, Fall Creek	Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed	Russell, Scott	P13, P14	E. coli	3.14E+12	cfu/year
47.	Russell Creek	Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed	Russell, Wise	P09, P10	E. coli	8.38E+12	cfu/year
48.	Guest River	Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed	Norton, Wise	P11	E. coli	9.49E+12	cfu/year
49.	Stony Creek	Bacteria and Sediment TMDL Development Lower Clinch River Watershed	Scott	P12	E. coli	1.00E+13	cfu/year
50.	Elk Garden Creek, Loop Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Russell	P06	E. coli	6.36E+12	cfu/year
51.	Swords/Hess Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Russell	P04	E. coli	7.04E+12	cfu/year
52.	Dumps Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Russell	P08	E. coli	9.90E+12	cfu/year
53.	Big Cedar Creek, Burgess Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Russell	P06	E. coli	1.34E+13	cfu/year
54.	Lewis Creek	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Russell	P04	E. coli	1.53E+13	cfu/year
55.	Clinch River	Bacteria TMDL Development for the Middle Clinch River and Tributaries	Tazewell, Russell	P01, P02, P03, P04, P05, P06, P07	E. coli	1.64E+13	cfu/year
56.	Middle Fork Holston River (VAS-O03R-02)	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River	Smyth	O03	E. coli	2.61E+10	cfu/year
57.	Middle Fork Holston River (VAS-O03R-01)	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River	Smyth	O03	E. coli	5.29E+10	cfu/year
58.	Middle Fork Holston River	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River	Smyth, Washington	O03, O04, O05	E. coli	7.62E+12	cfu/year
59.	Middle Fork Holston River	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River	Smyth	O03, O04	E. coli	1.04E+13	cfu/year
60.	Middle Fork Holston River	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Middle Fork Holston River	Smyth	O03, O04, O05	E. coli	3.56E+13	cfu/year
61.	Abrams Creek	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Washington	O12	E. coli	6.83E+10	cfu/year
62.	Possum Creek	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Scott	O13	E. coli	2.74E+11	cfu/year
63.	Big Moccasin Creek	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Scott, Russell	O14	E. coli	4.43E+11	cfu/year
64.	North Fork Holston River, Upper	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Bland, Washington, Smyth, Tazewell	O09, O10, O11, O12	E. coli	1.06E+13	cfu/year
65.	North Fork Holston, ~~lower~~ Lower	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Bland, Washington, Smyth, Tazewell, Scott, Russell	O09, O10, O11, O12, O13, ~~014~~ O14	E. coli	1.33E+13	cfu/year
66.	Laurel Creek	TMDL Development North Fork Holston River Watershed	Tazewell	O10	Temperature	2.85	J/m²/s
67.	South Fork Powell River	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Wise	P18	E. coli	1.08E+11	cfu/year
68.	Butcher Fork	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Wise	P18	E. coli	3.08E+11	cfu/year
69.	Wallen Creek	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Lee	P22	E. coli	1.16E+12	cfu/year
70.	North Fork Powell River	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Lee	P20	E. coli	2.17E+12	cfu/year
71.	Upper Powell River	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Wise	P17	E. coli	4.39E+12	cfu/year
72.	Middle Powell River	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Wise, Lee	P17, P18, P19	E. coli	9.65E+12	cfu/year
73.	Lower Powell River	E. coli and Phased Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Powell River and Tributaries (N.F. Powell River, S.F. Powell River, Butcher Fork, and Wallen Creek)	Wise, Lee	P17, P18, P19, P20, P21	E. coli	1.51E+13	cfu/year
74.	Straight Creek	Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Straight Creek	Lee	P20	E. coli	0	cfu/year
75.	Mainstem North Fork Holston River	General Standard (Benthic) Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Upper North Fork Holston River	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	O09, O10, O11	Chloride	862466	kg/year
76.	Wolf Creek	Bacteria and Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Wolf Creek	Washington	O06	E. coli	7.31E+13	cfu/year
77.	South Fork Holston River	E. coli TMDL Development for South Fork Holston River	Smyth, Washington	O01, O02	E. coli	7.52E+12	cfu/year
Notes: ¹The total WLA can be increased prior to modification provided that DEQ tracks these changes for bacteria TMDLs where the permit is consistent with water quality standards for bacteria.

B. Non-TMDL 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
VAS-P11R	VA0077828	Coeburn Norton Wise Regional WWTP	Guest River	7.56	001	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. R17-5012; Filed December 22, 2016, 8:51 a.m.

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