Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Deadlines
for submitting registration statements. The owner seeking coverage under this
general permit shall submit a complete VPDES general 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 noncontact
cooling water discharges of 50,000 gallons per day or less.
1. New facilities. Any owner proposing a new
discharge shall submit a complete registration statement at least 60 days prior
to the date planned for commencing operation of the new discharge.
2. Existing facilities.
a. Any owner covered by a VPDES individual
permit who 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 VPDES individual permit or a later submittal established by the
department.
b. Any owner that was
authorized to discharge under the expiring or expired VPDES general permit for
noncontact cooling water discharges of 50,000 gallons per day or less and that
intends to continue coverage under this general permit shall submit a complete
registration statement to the department at least 60 days prior to the
expiration date of the existing permit or a later submittal established by the
department.
B. Late registration statements. Registration
statements will be accepted after the expiration date of the general permit,
but authorization to discharge will not be retroactive.
C. The required registration statement shall
contain the following information:
1.
Facility name and address, owner name, mailing address, telephone number, and
email address (if available);
2.
Operator name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (if
available) if different from owner;
3. State Corporation Commission entity
identification number if the facility is required to obtain an entity
identification number by law;
4.
Current VPDES permit registration number (if applicable);
5. List of point source discharges that are
not composed entirely of cooling water;
6. List of type and size (tons) of cooling
equipment or noncontact cooling water processes;
7. The following information if any chemical
or nonchemical treatment is employed in each cooling water system:
a. Description of the treatment to be
employed (both chemical and nonchemical) and its purpose; for chemical
additives other than chlorine, provide the information prescribed in
subdivisions 7 b, c, d, e, and f of this subsection;
b. Name and manufacturer of each additive
used;
c. List of active ingredients
and percent composition of each additive;
d. Proposed dosing schedule and quantity of
chemical usage, and either an engineering analysis or a technical evaluation of
the active ingredients to determine the discharge concentration of each
contaminant;
e. Available aquatic
toxicity information for each proposed additive used;
f. Any other information such as product or
constituent degradation, fate, transport, synergies, bioavailability, etc.,
that will aid the department with the toxicity evaluation of the discharge;
and
g. Safety data sheet for each
proposed additive;
8.
Description of any type of treatment or retention being provided to the
wastewater before discharge (i.e., retention ponds, settling ponds,
etc.);
9. A schematic drawing of
the cooling water equipment that shows the source of the cooling water, its
flow through the facility, and each noncontact cooling water discharge
point;
10. A USGS 7.5 minute
topographic map or equivalent computer generated map extending to at least one
mile beyond the property boundary. The map must show the outline of the
facility and the location of each of its existing and proposed intake and
discharge points, and must include all springs, rivers, and other surface water
bodies;
11. The following discharge
information:
a. A list of all cooling water
discharges identified by a unique number, latitude, and longitude;
b. The source of cooling water for each
discharge;
c. An estimate of the
maximum daily flow in gallons per day for each discharge;
d. The name of the waterbody receiving direct
discharge or discharge through the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4);
and
e. The duration and frequency
of the discharge for each separate discharge point;
12. A determination of whether the facility
will discharge to a MS4. If the facility discharges to a MS4, the facility
owner must notify the owner of the MS4 of the existence of the discharge at the
time of registration under this permit and include that notification with the
registration statement. The notice shall include the following information: the
name of the facility, a contact person and contact information (telephone
number and email), the location of the discharge, the nature of the discharge,
and the facility's VPDES general permit registration number if a
reissuance;
13. The following
cooling water intake structure information:
a.
A determination of the cooling water intake source (e.g., groundwater, surface
water, third-party supplier); and
b. For surface water intakes or nonpotable
surface water received from a third-party supplier, the following information:
(1) Source water physical data (water body
description, hydrology, chemistry, and area of influence of intake
structure);
(2) Cooling water
intake structure data (screen size, through screen velocity, configuration of
intake, flows, a water balance diagram, and typical operations);
(3) Source water baseline biological
characterization data (any available studies);
(4) Cooling water system data (configuration
of the cooling water system and water reuse); and
(5) Operational status (description of
current and future production schedules); and
14. 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."
D. The registration statement
shall be signed in accordance with
9VAC25-31-110.
E. The registration statement shall be
delivered by either postal or electronic mail to the DEQ regional office
serving the area where the facility is located. 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 a three-month 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.
