Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Deadline for
submitting a registration statement.
1.
Operators of MS4s described under
9VAC25-875-970 B that are applying
for initial coverage under this general permit must submit a complete
registration statement to the department within 180 days of notice of
designation, unless the department grants a later date.
2. In order to continue uninterrupted
coverage under the general permit, operators of MS4s shall submit a new
registration statement no later than October 1, 2023, unless permission for a
later date has been granted by the department. The board shall not grant
permission for registration statements to be submitted later than the
expiration date of the existing state permit.
B. The registration statement shall include
the following information:
1. The name and
location of the MS4;
2. The name of
the owner or operator of the MS4;
3. The mailing address of the owner or
operator of the MS4;
4. The type of
MS4 (e.g., city, county, incorporated town, unincorporated town, college or
university, local school board, military installation, transportation system,
federal or state facility, or other);
5. If the MS4 is operated under the authority
of a city council or a county board of supervisors, indicate if public school
facilities are included in the application.
6. The name, title, mailing address,
telephone number, and email address for the following individuals:
a. The responsible official who meets the
criteria established in
9VAC25-875-940 A 3;
b. The MS4 permit contact; and
c. The annual permit maintenance fee
contact;
7. The following
receiving waters information:
a. The names of
the receiving surface waters to which the MS4 system discharges; and
b. Whether or not the receiving waters are
listed as impaired in the Virginia 2022 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment
Integrated Report;
8. The
names of any physically interconnected MS4s to which the MS4
discharges;
9. A list of all
existing signed agreements between the operator and any applicable third
parties where the operator has entered into an agreement in order to implement
minimum control measures or portions of minimum control measures;
10. For permittees previously covered under
the General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from MS4 effective
November 1, 2018, whose regulated MS4 is located partially or entirely in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed, a draft third phase Chesapeake Bay TMDL action plan;
and
11. 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."
C. The registration statement
shall be signed in accordance with
9VAC25-890-40 Part IV K
4.
D. An operator may file its own
registration statement, or the operator and other operators of MS4s may jointly
submit a registration statement. If responsibilities for meeting the stormwater
minimum control measures will be shared with other municipalities or
governmental entities, the registration statement must describe which
stormwater minimum control measures the operator will implement and identify
the entities that will implement the other stormwater minimum control measures
within the area served by the MS4.
E. The registration statement may be
delivered to the DEQ Central Office, Office of VPDES Permits or by electronic
mail to an electronic mailbox specified by the department. 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 of notice provided between the notification from the
department and the date after which such forms must be submitted
electronically.
