Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 260 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS › Part IX - River Basin Section Tables › Section 9VAC25-260-520 - Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean and small coastal basins

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
SEC.
CLASS
SP. STDS.
SECTION DESCRIPTION
1
I
a
The Atlantic Ocean from Cape Henry Light (Latitude
							 36°55'06" North; Longitude 76°00'04" West) east to the three mile limit
							 and south to the North Carolina state line. The Atlantic Ocean from Cape Henry
							 Light to Thimble Shoal Channel (Latitude 36°57'30" North; Longitude
							 76°02'30" West) from Thimble Shoal Channel to Smith Island (Latitude
							 37°07'04" North; Longitude 75°54'04" West) and north to the
							 Virginia-Maryland state line.
1a
III
All free flowing portions of the streams, creeks and
							 coves in Section 1 east of the east-west divide boundary on the Eastern Shore
							 of Virginia.
1b
II
a
Tidal portions of streams, creeks and coves in Section
							 1 east of the east-west divide boundary on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
2
II
a
Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from Old
							 Point Comfort Tower (Latitude 37°00'00" North; Longitude 76°18'08"
							 West) to Thimble Shoal Light (Latitude 37°00'09" North; Longitude
							 76°14'04" West) to and along the south side of Thimble Shoal Channel to its
							 eastern end (Latitude 36°57'03" North; Longitude 76°02'03" West) to
							 Smith Island (Latitude 37°07'04" North; Longitude 75°54'04" West) north
							 to the Virginia-Maryland border following the east-west divide boundary on the
							 Eastern Shore of Virginia, west along the Virginia-Maryland border, to the
							 Virginia Coast, (Latitude 37°53'23" North; Longitude 76°14'25" West)
							 and south following the Virginia Coast to Old Point Comfort Tower (previously
							 described), unless otherwise designated in this chapter.
2a
III
Free flowing portions of streams lying on the Eastern
							 Shore of Virginia west of the east-west divide boundary unless otherwise
							 designated in this chapter.
2b
III
Drummonds Millpond including Coards Branch.
2c
III
The Virginia Department of Agriculture experimental
							 station pond and its tributaries.
2d
III
The free flowing streams tributary to the western
							 portion of the Chesapeake Bay lying between the Virginia-Maryland state line
							 and Old Point Comfort.
2e
III
PWS
Harwood's Mill Reservoir (in Poquoson River's
							 headwaters - a source of water for the City of Newport News) and its
							 tributaries.
2f
III
PWS
Brick Kiln Creek and its tributaries from Fort
							 Monroe's raw water intake (at the Big Bethel Reservoir) to points 5 miles
							 upstream.
2g
III
PWS
Beaverdam Swamp and its tributaries (including
							 Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir) from the Gloucester County Water System raw water
							 intake to its headwaters.
3
II
a
Chesapeake Bay from Old Point Comfort Tower (Latitude
							 37°00'00" North; Longitude 76°18'08" West) to Thimble Shoal Light
							 (Latitude 37°00'09" North; Longitude 76°14'04" West) along the south
							 side of Thimble Shoal Channel to Cape Henry Light (Latitude 36°55'06"
							 North; Longitude 76°00'04" West).
3a
II
a,z
Little Creek from its confluence with Chesapeake Bay
							 (Lynnhaven Roads) to end of navigable waters.
3b
II
a
Tidal portions of Lynnhaven watershed from its
							 confluence with the Chesapeake Bay (Lynnhaven Roads) to and including Lynnhaven
							 Bay, Western Branch Lynnhaven River, Eastern Branch Lynnhaven River, Long
							 Creek, Broad Bay and Linkhorn Bay, Thalia Creek and its tributaries to the end
							 of tidal waters. Great Neck Creek and Little Neck Creek from their confluence
							 with Linkhorn Bay and their tidal tributaries. Rainey Gut and Crystal Lake from
							 their confluence with Linkhorn Bay.
3c
III
Free flowing portions of streams in Section 3b, unless
							 otherwise designated in this chapter.
3d
III
PWS
The impoundments on the Little Creek watershed
							 including Little Creek Reservoir, Lake Smith, Lake Whitehurst, Lake Lawson, and
							 Lake Wright.
3e
II
London Bridge Creek from its confluence with the
							 Eastern Branch of Lynnhaven River to the end of tidal waters. Wolfsnare Creek
							 from its confluence with the Eastern Branch Lynnhaven River to the fall line.
3f
III
Free flowing portions of London Bridge Creek and
							 Wolfsnare Creek to the Dam Neck Road Bridge at
							 N36°47'20.00"/W76°04'12.10" (West Neck Creek) and their free flowing
							 tributaries.
3g
III
Lake Joyce and Lake Bradford.
Statutory Authority
§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC §
						1251 et seq. of the federal Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Part
						131.