Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 640 - ALTERNATIVE DISCHARGING SEWAGE TREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS › Part II - Procedures › Section 12VAC5-640-230 - Application process for obtaining a Department of Environmental Quality General Permit using the Combined Application

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The process for obtaining a General Permit
				  consists of (i) filing a Combined Application with fee to determine the
				  suitability of a discharge point, (ii) obtaining confirmation of a suitable
				  discharge point from the department, and (iii) obtaining coverage under the
				  Department of Environmental Quality's General Permit. Once a General Permit
				  registration has been received, the owner shall file an application for a
				  construction permit as described in
				  12VAC5-640-240 and shall apply for
				  an operation permit in accordance with 12VAC5-640-266 before a discharge is
				  authorized.
B. All requests for
				  review of a suitable discharge point for discharging systems shall be by
				  written application on the Combined Application, signed by the owner or his
				  agent, and shall be directed to the department.
C. An application shall be deemed complete
				  upon receipt by the department of a signed and dated application and the
				  appropriate fee, containing the following information:
1. The property owner's name, address, and
				  telephone number;
2. The
				  applicant's name, address, and phone number (if different from subdivision 1 of
				  this subsection);
3. A statement
				  signed by the property owner, or his agent, granting the department access to
				  the site for the purposes of evaluating the suitability of the site for a
				  discharging system and allowing the department access to inspect the
				  construction, maintenance and operation of the discharging system after it is
				  installed. The applicant must secure and produce written permission for the
				  department to enter on any property necessary to evaluate the
				  application;
4. A site sketch on a
				  survey plat showing the locations of and setback distances from the proposed
				  discharge point and discharging system components to the following:
a. Location of existing or proposed houses
				  and other structures;
b. Property
				  boundaries;
c. Location of proposed
				  discharge point;
d. Existing and
				  proposed wells, springs, cisterns, or other sources of potable water within 200
				  feet upslope or 1,600 feet downslope of the proposed discharge point;
e. Actual or proposed discharging systems
				  within 600 feet of the proposed discharge point;
f. Recorded and proposed easements;
g. Existing and proposed overhead and buried
				  utilities such as water lines, electrical lines, phone lines, gas lines,
				  etc;
h. Sink holes located within
				  1,600 feet downslope of the proposed discharge point;
i. Other topographical features such as
				  wetlands, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, drainage ways, and swales, within 200
				  feet upslope and 600 feet downslope of the proposed discharge point;
j. Slope and side slope of any proposed dry
				  ditch channels;
k. Public water
				  supply intakes; and
l. Swimming or
				  recreational water use areas within one mile upstream or five miles downstream
				  of the proposed discharge point shown on a United States Geological Survey 7.5
				  minute topographic map or surveyed plat.
The site sketch should be to scale and accompanied by a
					 United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic map to provide
					 information relevant to offsite setbacks.
5. Copies of all easements required by
				  subdivision 2 of
				  12VAC5-640-450; however, at the
				  discretion of the department, the submission of easements may be postponed
				  until submission of the construction plan if the property owner submits the
				  name, address, and property location of each person that must grant an easement
				  to the owner;
6. If the discharge
				  is to a wetlands, the application must contain a wetland delineation map of the
				  geographic area for wetlands, stream, and open water on site and any other
				  correspondence, approval, or certifications from the U.S. Army Corps of
				  Engineers or the Department of Environmental Quality that wetlands were
				  properly identified and delineated;
7. A letter of denial from the department or
				  a certified site and soil evaluation report from a qualified person showing
				  that the requirements of
				  12VAC5-640-30 D have been
				  satisfied; and
8. Other information
				  that the department deems necessary to comply with the intent of this
				  chapter.