Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 151 - VIRGINIA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (VPDES) GENERAL PERMIT REGULATION FOR DISCHARGES OF STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY › Part IV - Sector Specific Permit Requirements › Section 9VAC25-151-160 - Sector H - Coal mines and coal mining-related facilities

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Discharges
				  covered under this section. The requirements listed under this section apply to
				  stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity from coal
				  mining-related areas (SIC Major Group 12) if (i) they are not subject to
				  effluent limitations guidelines under 40 CFR Part 434 or (ii) they are not
				  subject to the standards of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
				  1977 (SMCRA) (30 USC §
											1201 et seq.) and the Virginia Department of
				  Mines, Minerals and Energy's individual permit requirements.
The requirements of this section shall apply to stormwater
					 discharges from coal mining-related activities exempt from SMCRA, including the
					 public financed exemption, the 16-2/3% exemption, the private use exemption,
					 the under 250 tons exemption, the nonincidental tipple exemption, and the
					 exemption for coal piles and preparation plants associated with the end user.
					 Stormwater discharges from the following portions of eligible coal mines and
					 coal mining related facilities may be eligible for this permit: haul roads
					 (nonpublic roads on which coal or coal refuse is conveyed), access roads
					 (nonpublic roads providing light vehicular traffic within the facility property
					 and to public roadways), railroad spurs, sidings, and internal haulage lines
					 (rail lines used for hauling coal within the facility property and to off-site
					 commercial railroad lines or loading areas); conveyor belts, chutes, and aerial
					 tramway haulage areas (areas under and around coal or refuse conveyor areas,
					 including transfer stations); and equipment storage and maintenance yards, coal
					 handling buildings and structures, coal tipples, coal loading facilities, and
					 inactive coal mines and related areas (abandoned and other inactive mines,
					 refuse disposal sites, and other mining-related areas).
B. Special conditions. Prohibition of
				  nonstormwater discharges. In addition to the general prohibition of
				  nonstormwater discharges in Part I B 1, the following discharges are not
				  covered by this permit: discharges from pollutant seeps or underground drainage
				  from inactive coal mines and refuse disposal areas that do not result from
				  precipitation events and discharges from floor drains in maintenance buildings
				  and other similar drains in mining and preparation plant areas.
C. SWPPP requirements. In addition to the
				  requirements of Part III, the SWPPP shall include at a minimum, the following
				  items.
1. Site description.
a. Site map. The site map shall identify
				  where any of the following may be exposed to precipitation or surface runoff:
(1) Haul and access roads;
(2) Railroad spurs, sliding, and internal
				  hauling lines;
(3) Conveyor belts,
				  chutes, and aerial tramways;
(4)
				  Equipment storage and maintenance yards;
(5) Coal handling buildings and
				  structures;
(6) Inactive mines and
				  related areas;
(7) Acidic spoil,
				  refuse or unreclaimed disturbed areas; and
(8) Liquid storage tanks containing
				  pollutants (e.g., caustics, hydraulic fluids, and lubricants).