Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Virginia
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) and Virginia Pollution Abatement
(VPA) permits.
1. Application fees for all
new permit applications are due on the day an application is submitted and
shall be paid in accordance with
9VAC25-20-70 A.
Applications will not be processed without payment of the required
fee.
2. For reissuance of permits
that expire on or before December 27, 2004, the application fee for new permit
applications as set forth in this regulation is due on the day the application
is submitted.
3. An application fee
is due on the day an application is submitted for either a major modification
or a permit reissuance that occurs (and becomes effective) before the stated
permit expiration date. There is no application fee for a regularly scheduled
renewal of an individual permit for an existing facility, unless the permit for
the facility expires on or before December 27, 2004. There is no application
fee for a major modification or amendment that is made at the department's
initiative.
4. Permit maintenance
fees shall be paid to the department by October 1 of each year. Additional
permit maintenance fees for facilities that are authorized to land apply,
distribute, or market biosolids; are in a toxics management program; or have
more than five process wastewater discharge outfalls at a single facility (not
including "internal" outfalls) shall also be paid to the department by October
1 of each year. No permit will be reissued or administratively continued
without payment of the required fee.
a.
Existing individual permit holders with an effective permit as of July 1, 2004
(including permits that have been administratively continued) shall pay the
permit maintenance fee or fees to the department by October 1, 2004, unless one
of the following conditions apply:
(1) The
permit is terminated prior to October 1, 2004; or
(2) The permit holder applied or reapplied
for a municipal minor VPDES permit with a design flow of 10,000 gallons per day
or less between July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004, and paid the applicable permit
application fee.
b.
Effective April 1, 2005, any permit holder whose permit is effective as of
April 1 of a given year (including permits that have been administratively
continued) shall pay the permit maintenance fee or fees to the department by
October 1 of that same year.
B. Surface Water Withdrawal (SWW) and
Groundwater Withdrawal (GWW) permits.
1. All
permit application fees are due on the day an application is submitted and
shall be paid in accordance with
9VAC25-20-70 A.
Applications will not be processed without payment of the required fee. No
permit will be administratively continued without payment of the required
fee.
2. For reissuance of GWW
permits that expire on or before March 27, 2005, the application fee for new
permit applications as set forth in this regulation is due on the day the
application is submitted.
3.
Application fees for major modifications or amendments are due on the day an
application is submitted. Applications will not be processed without payment of
the required fee. There is no fee for a major modification or amendment that is
made at the department's initiative.
C. Virginia Water Protection (VWP) permits.
1. VWP permit application fees shall be paid
in accordance with
9VAC25-20-70 A.
Review of applications may be initiated before the fee is received; however,
draft permits or authorizations shall not be issued prior to payment of the
required fee. No permit or permit authorization shall be administratively
continued without payment of the required fee.
2. VWP application fees for major
modifications shall be paid in accordance with
9VAC25-20-70 A.
Review of applications may be initiated before the fee is received; however,
major modifications shall not be issued prior to payment of the required fee.
There is no application fee for a major modification that is made at the
department's initiative.
D. Land application fees for biosolids and
industrial residuals. The department may bill the land applier for amounts due
following the submission of the monthly land application report. Payments are
due 30 days after receipt of a bill from the department. No permit or
modification of an existing permit will be approved in the jurisdiction where
payment of the established fee by the land applier has not been received by the
due date; until such time that the fees are paid in full. Existing permits may
be revoked or approved sources may be reclassified as unapproved unless the
required fee is paid by the due date. No permit will be reissued or
administratively continued or modified without full payment of any past due
fee.
Statutory Authority: §§ 62.1-44.15:6,
62.1-44.16, and 62.1-44.19:3 of the Code of
Virginia.
