Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 192 - VIRGINIA POLLUTION ABATEMENT (VPA) REGULATION AND GENERAL PERMIT FOR ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS AND ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section 9VAC25-192-70 - Contents of the general permit

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Any owner or animal waste end-user whose registration
				  statement is accepted by the board will receive the following general permit
				  and shall comply with the requirements therein and be subject to the VPA permit
				  regulation, 9VAC25-32.
General Permit No.: VPG1
Effective Date: November 16, 2014
Expiration Date: November 15, 2024
GENERAL PERMIT FOR POLLUTANT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR ANIMAL
				  FEEDING OPERATIONS AND ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
AUTHORIZATION TO MANAGE POLLUTANTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA
				  POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND THE VIRGINIA STATE WATER CONTROL LAW
In compliance with the provisions of the State Water Control
				  Law and State Water Control Board regulations adopted pursuant thereto, owners
				  of animal feeding operations having 300 or more animal units utilizing a liquid
				  manure collection and storage system, and animal waste end-users are authorized
				  to manage pollutants within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
				  except where board regulations prohibit such activities.
The authorized pollutant management activities shall be in
				  accordance with the registration statement, supporting documents submitted to
				  the Department of Environmental Quality, this cover page, Part I-Pollutant
				  Management and Monitoring Requirements for Animal Feeding Operations, Part
				  II-Conditions Applicable to all VPA Permits, and Part III-Pollutant Management
				  and Monitoring Requirements for Animal Waste End-Users, as set forth
				  herein.
A. Pollutant management and
				monitoring requirements.
1. During the period
				beginning with the permit's effective date and lasting until the permit's
				expiration date, the permittee is authorized to manage pollutants at the
				location or locations identified in the registration statement and the
				facility's approved nutrient management plan.
2. At earthen liquid waste storage facilities
				constructed after December 1, 1998, to an elevation below the seasonal high
				water table or within one foot thereof, groundwater monitoring wells shall be
				installed. A minimum of one up gradient and one down gradient well shall be
				installed at each earthen waste storage facility that requires groundwater
				monitoring. Existing wells may be utilized to meet this requirement if properly
				located and constructed.
3. All
				facilities previously covered under a VPA permit that required groundwater
				monitoring shall continue monitoring consistent with the requirements listed
				below regardless of where they are located relative to the seasonal high water
				table.
4. At facilities where
				groundwater monitoring is required, the following conditions apply:
a. One data set shall be collected from each
				well prior to any waste being placed in the storage facility.
b. The static water level shall be measured
				prior to bailing well water for sampling.
c. At least three well volumes of groundwater
				shall be withdrawn immediately prior to sampling each monitoring
				well.
5. In accordance
				with subdivisions 2 and 3 of this subsection, the groundwater shall be
				monitored by the permittee at the monitoring wells as specified below.
				Additional groundwater monitoring may be required in the facility's approved
				nutrient management plan.
GROUNDWATER MONITORING
PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
UNITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Frequency
Sample Type
Static Water Level
NL
Ft
1/3 years
Measured
Ammonia Nitrogen
NL
mg/L
1/3 years
Grab
Nitrate Nitrogen
NL
mg/L
1/3 years
Grab
pH
NL
SU
1/3 years
Grab
Conductivity
NL
umhos/cm
1/3 years
Grab
NL = No limit, this is a monitoring
						  requirement only.
6.
				Soil at the land application sites shall be monitored as specified below.
				Additional soils monitoring may be required in the facility's approved nutrient
				management plan.
SOILS MONITORING
PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
UNITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Frequency
Sample Type
pH
NL
SU
1/3 years
Composite
Phosphorus
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite
Potash
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite
Calcium
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite
Magnesium
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite
NL = No limit, this is a monitoring
						  requirement only. SU = Standard Units
7.
				Soil monitoring shall be conducted at a depth of between 0-6 inches, unless
				otherwise specified in the facility's approved nutrient management
				plan.
8. Waste shall be monitored
				as specified below. Additional waste monitoring may be required in the
				facility's approved nutrient management plan.
WASTE MONITORING
PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
UNITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Frequency
Sample Type
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Ammonia Nitrogen
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Total Phosphorus
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Total Potassium
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Calcium
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Magnesium
NL
*
1/year
Composite
Moisture Content
NL
%
1/year
Composite
NL = No limit, this is a monitoring
						  requirement only. *Parameters for waste may be reported as a percent, as
						  lbs/ton or lbs/1000 gallons, or as ppm where appropriate.
9.
				Analysis of soil and waste shall be according to methods specified in the
				facility's approved nutrient management plan.
10. All monitoring data collected as required
				by this section and any additional monitoring shall be maintained on site for a
				period of five years and shall be made available to department personnel upon
				request.