Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A.
Deadlines for submitting registration statement. Any owner seeking coverage
under this general permit shall submit a complete general VPDES permit
registration statement in accordance with this chapter, which shall serve as a
notice of intent for coverage under the VPDES general permit regulation for
seafood processing facilities.
1. New
facilities. Any owner proposing a new discharge shall submit a complete
registration statement to the board at least 60 days prior to the date planned
for commencement of the discharge.
2. Existing facilities.
a. Any owner of an existing seafood
processing facility covered by an individual VPDES permit that is proposing to
be covered by this general permit shall submit a complete registration
statement at least 240 days prior to the expiration date of the individual
VPDES permit or a later submittal established by the board.
b. Any owner that was authorized to discharge
under an expiring or expired VPDES general permit for seafood processing
facilities and that intends to continue coverage under this general permit
shall submit a complete registration statement to the board at least 60 days
prior to the expiration date of the existing permit or a later submittal
established by the board.
c. Any
owner of an existing seafood processing facility adding a new process after
coverage under the general permit is obtained shall submit an amended
registration statement to the board at least 60 days prior to commencing
operation of the new process or a later submittal established by the
board.
3. Late
registration statements. Registration statements for existing facilities
covered under subdivision 2 b of this subsection will be accepted after the
expiration date of the permit, but authorization to discharge will not be
retroactive.
B. The
registration statement shall contain the following information:
1. Facility name, owner name, mailing
address, email address (where available), and telephone number;
2. Facility street address (if different from
mailing address);
3. Facility
operator name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number if
different than owner;
4. Does the
facility discharge to surface waters? Name of receiving stream or streams if
yes and, if no, describe the discharge or discharges;
5. Does the facility have a current VPDES
Permit? Include the permit number if yes;
6. The original date of construction of the
seafood processing facility building and dates and description of all
subsequent facility construction;
7. A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute
topographic map or other equivalent computer generated map with sufficient
resolution to clearly show the facility location, the discharge location or
locations, and the receiving water body;
8. Facility SIC code or codes;
9. Nature of business at the
facility;
10. Discharge outfall
information including latitude and longitude, seafood process, receiving
stream, discharge flow, and days per year of discharge for each
outfall;
11. Facility maximum
production information;
12.
Facility line (water balance) drawing;
13. Discharge and outfall descriptions for
different seafood processes that operate simultaneously;
14. Treatment and solid waste disposal
information;
15. Information on use
of chemicals at the facility;
16.
State Corporation Commission entity identification number if the facility is
required to obtain an entity identification number by law; and
17. The following certification: "I certify
under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under
my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted.
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or those
persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information
submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and
complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false
information including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing
violations."
The registration statement shall be signed in accordance with
9VAC25-31-110
of the VPDES Permit Regulation.
C. The registration statement shall be
delivered to the department's regional office where the seafood processing
facility is located by either postal or electronic mail. Following notification
from the department of the start date for the required electronic submission of
Notices of Intent to discharge forms (i.e., registration statements) as
provided for in
9VAC25-31-1020,
such forms submitted after that date shall be electronically submitted to the
department in compliance with this section and
9VAC25-31-1020.
There shall be at least three months' notice provided between the notification
from the department and the date after which such forms must be submitted
electronically.
Statutory Authority: §
62.1-44.15
of the Code of Virginia; § 402 of the Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Parts 122,
123, and 124.
