DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Proposed Enforcement Action for Tecfusions Clarksville LLC
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing an enforcement action for Tecfusions Clarksville LLC for violations of State Water Control Law and regulations at the 250 Burlington Drive facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The proposed order is available from the DEQ contact listed or at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/permits/public-notices/enforcement-actions. The DEQ contact will accept written comments from May 19, 2025, to June 18, 2025.
Contact Information: Gary Wooldridge, Enforcement Specialist, Department of Environmental Quality, 1111 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, or email gary.wooldridge@deq.virginia.gov.
Proposed Enforcement Action for Ryland Corner LLC
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing an enforcement action for Ryland Corner LLC for violations of State Water Control Law and regulations and applicable permit at Northpoint Storage located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The proposed order is available from the DEQ contact listed or at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/permits/public-notices/enforcement-actions. The DEQ contact will accept written comments from May 19, 2025, to June 18, 2025.
Contact Information: Holly Shupe, Regional Enforcement Specialist, Department of Environmental Quality, Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193, telephone (571) 866-6923, or email holly.shupe@deq.virginia.gov.
Public Hearing and Public Comment Opportunity for Regional Haze Plan
Notice of action: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking comments and announcing a public hearing on a proposed plan to improve visibility impairment in Federal Class I areas. Federal Class I areas are defined in the Clean Air Act (42 USC § 7401 et seq.) as national parks over 6,000 acres and wilderness areas and memorial parks over 5,000 acres established as of 1977. Virginia is home to two such areas, the Shenandoah National Park and the James River Face Wilderness Area. If adopted, the Commonwealth intends to submit the plan as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP) in accordance with the requirements of §§ 110(a) and 169A of the Clean Air Act. The SIP is the plan developed by the Commonwealth to fulfill its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act regarding visibility improvement in Federal Class I areas.
Purpose of notice: DEQ is seeking comments on the overall plan and on the issue of whether the plan will enable the Commonwealth to meet reasonable progress goals by 2028 at the Shenandoah National Park and the James River Face Wilderness Area.
Public comment period: May 19, 2025, to June 19, 2025.
Public hearing: A public hearing will be conducted at the DEQ Blue Ridge Regional Office, 901 Russell Drive, Salem, VA 24153 at 1 p.m. on June 13, 2025.
Description of proposal: Virginia is required to demonstrate reasonable progress toward meeting the national goal of a return to natural visibility conditions by 2064 for each Class I Federal area within the state and for Class I Federal areas located outside the state that may be affected by emissions from sources within the state. The plan establishes baseline visibility conditions for 2000 to 2004, natural background visibility conditions in 2064, and the rate of uniform progress (glidepath) between baseline and background conditions. The plan establishes reasonable progress goals (RPGs), which provide for reasonable progress toward achieving natural visibility conditions, provide for improvement in visibility for the most impaired days over the period of the implementation plan, and ensure no degradation in visibility for the least impaired days over the same period.
In order to ensure that visibility goals are properly met and set, the regional haze SIP includes determinations, for each Class I area, of the baseline visibility conditions for the most impaired and least impaired days. The SIP also contains supporting documentation for all required analyses used to calculate the degree of visibility impairment for the most impaired and least impaired days. In addition, the plan includes a monitoring strategy for measuring, characterizing, and reporting of regional haze visibility impairment that is representative of all Class I areas within the state.
This set of RPGs must be met through measures contained in the state's long-term strategy covering the period from the present until 2028. The long-term strategy includes enforceable emissions limitations, compliance schedules, and other measures as necessary to achieve the RPGs, including all controls required or expected under all federal and state regulations by 2028. During development of the long-term strategy, the Commonwealth considered specific factors, such as the ongoing control programs, measures to mitigate construction activities, source retirement and replacement schedules, smoke management programs for agriculture and forestry, and enforceability of specific measures.
Federal information: This notice is being given to satisfy the public participation requirements of federal regulations (40 CFR 51.102). The proposal will be submitted as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP under §§ 110(a) and 169A of the Clean Air Act in accordance with 40 CFR 51.104. It is planned to submit all provisions of the proposal as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP.
Consultation with federal land managers (FLMs): As provided in 40 CFR 51.308(i), the FLMs were given the opportunity to comment on the proposed plan on September 3, 2024. FLM comments on all documents and responses to these comments may be found in Appendix G and Appendix H of the proposed plan.
How to comment: DEQ accepts written comments by email and postal mail. In order to be considered, comments must include the full name, address, and telephone number of the person commenting and be received by DEQ on the last day of the comment period. Both oral and written comments are accepted at the public hearing. DEQ prefers that comments be provided in writing, along with any supporting documents or exhibits. All testimony, exhibits, and documents received are part of the public record. This proposed plan is being concurrently reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
To review proposal: The proposal and any supporting documents are available at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/permits/public-notices/air. The documents may also be obtained by contacting the DEQ representative at the end of this notice. The public may schedule an appointment to review the documents between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. of each business day until the close of the public comment period at the following DEQ locations:
1. Main Street Office, 22nd Floor, 1111 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 698-4000;
2. Southwest Regional Office, 355-A Deadmore Street, Abingdon, VA 24210, telephone (540) 676-4800;
3. Blue Ridge Regional Office, 901 Russell Drive, Salem, VA 24153, telephone (540) 562-6700;
4. Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, telephone (540) 574-7800;
5. Piedmont Regional Office, 4949-A Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060, telephone (804) 527-5020;
6. Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193, telephone (703) 583-3800; and
7. Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern Boulevard, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, telephone (757) 518-2000.
Contact Information: Doris A. McLeod, Air Quality Planner, Air Planning Programs, Department of Environmental Quality, 1111 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 659-1990, or email doris.mcleod@deq.virginia.gov.
Wild Rose Solar Project LLC Notice of Intent for a Small Renewable Energy Project (Solar) - Nelson County
Wild Rose Solar Project LLC has provided the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) a notice of intent to submit the necessary documents for a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project (solar) in Nelson County, pursuant to 9VAC15-60. The proposed Wild Rose Solar Project will be located at 171 Buck Mountain Lane, Gladstone, Virginia with a geographic information system (GIS) centroid of Latitude 37.5817508, Longitude -78.8811615. The DEQ project number is RE0000349. The proposed project is a 90-megawatt alternating current photovoltaic ground-mounted solar facility. The proposed total project area is approximately 2,470 acres with approximately 650 acres of disturbance and will utilize approximately 217,608 photovoltaic panels.
Contact Information: Amber Foster, Renewable Energy Permit by Rule Coordinator, Department of Environmental Quality, 1111 East Main Street, Suite 1400, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 774-8474, or email amber.foster@deq.virginia.gov.
VIRGINIA CODE COMMISSION
Notice to State Agencies
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