Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 630 - VIRGINIA POLLUTION ABATEMENT REGULATION AND GENERAL PERMIT FOR POULTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section 9VAC25-630-30 - Authorization to manage pollutants

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				Poultry grower. Any poultry grower governed by this general permit is hereby
				authorized to manage pollutants at confined poultry feeding operations provided
				that the poultry grower files the registration statement of
				9VAC25-630-40, complies with the
				requirements of
				9VAC25-630-50, and:
1. The poultry grower has not been required
				to obtain a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit or
				an individual permit according to
				9VAC25-32-260 B;
2. The activities of the confined poultry
				feeding operation shall not contravene the Water Quality Standards
				(9VAC25-260), as adopted and amended by the board, or any provision of the
				State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44 et seq. of the Code of Virginia). There
				shall be no point source discharge of wastewater to surface waters of the state
				except in the case of a storm event greater than the 25-year, 24-hour storm.
				Agricultural storm water discharges are permitted. Domestic sewage or
				industrial waste shall not be managed under this general permit;
3. Confined poultry feeding operations that
				use disposal pits for routine disposal of daily mortalities shall not be
				covered under this general permit. The use of a disposal pit by a permittee for
				routine disposal of daily poultry mortalities shall be a violation of this
				permit. This prohibition shall not apply to the emergency disposal of dead
				poultry done according to regulations adopted pursuant to §
										3.2-6002
				or Chapter 14 (§
										10.1-1400 et seq.) of
				Title 10.1 of the Code of Virginia;
4. The poultry grower shall obtain Department
				of Conservation and Recreation approval of a nutrient management plan for the
				confined poultry feeding operation prior to the submittal of the registration
				statement. The poultry grower shall attach to the registration statement a copy
				of the approved nutrient management plan and a copy of the letter from the
				Department of Conservation and Recreation certifying approval of the nutrient
				management plan that was developed by a certified nutrient management planner
				in accordance with §
										10.1-104.2
				of the Code of Virginia. The poultry grower shall implement the approved
				nutrient management plan;
5.
				Adjoining property notification.
a. Prior to
				filing a general permit registration statement for a confined poultry feeding
				operation that proposes construction of poultry growing houses after December
				1, 2000, the poultry grower shall give notice to all owners or residents of
				property that adjoins the property on which the proposed confined poultry
				feeding operation will be located. Such notice shall include (i) the types and
				maximum number of poultry that will be maintained at the facility and (ii) the
				address and phone number of the appropriate department regional office to which
				comments relevant to the permit may be submitted.
b. Any person may submit written comments on
				the proposed operation to the department within 30 days of the date of the
				filing of the registration statement. If, on the basis of such written comments
				or his review, the director determines that the proposed operation will not be
				capable of complying with the provisions of the general permit, the director
				shall require the owner to obtain an individual permit for the operation. Any
				such determination by the director shall be made in writing and received by the
				poultry grower not more than 45 days after the filing of the registration
				statement or, if in the director's sole discretion additional time is necessary
				to evaluate comments received from the public, not more than 60 days after the
				filing of the registration statement; and
6. Each poultry grower covered by this
				general permit shall complete a training program offered or approved by the
				department within one year of filing the registration statement for general
				permit coverage. All permitted poultry growers shall complete a training
				program at least once every five years.