Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 610 - VIRGINIA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (VPDES) PERMIT REGULATION › Part III - Permit Application and Issuance › Section 9VAC25-610-92 - Application for a permit by existing users when a groundwater management area is declared or expanded on or after July 1, 1992

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Persons withdrawing groundwater when a groundwater
					 management area is declared or expanded on or after July 1, 1992, and not
					 excluded from requirements of this chapter by
					 9VAC25-610-50 shall
					 apply for a permit.
1. Any person
				  withdrawing groundwater in an area that is declared to be a groundwater
				  management area on or after July 1, 1992, shall file an application for a
				  groundwater permit within six months of the effective date of the regulation
				  creating or expanding the groundwater management area. The applicant shall
				  demonstrate the claimed prior withdrawals through withdrawal reports required
				  by Water Withdrawal Reporting Regulations (9VAC25-200), or other methods
				  approved by the department if reporting information pursuant to the Water
				  Withdrawal Reporting Regulations is not available. In the case of agricultural
				  groundwater withdrawals not required to report by Water Withdrawal Reporting
				  Regulations, estimates of withdrawal will be accepted that are based on the
				  area irrigated, depth of irrigation, and annual number of irrigations; pumping
				  capacity and annual pumping time; annual energy consumption for pumps, energy
				  consumption per hour, and pumping capacity; number and type of livestock
				  watered annually; number and type of livestock where water is used for cooling
				  purposes; or other methods approved by the department.
2. Any person withdrawing groundwater who
				  uses the withdrawal to operate a public water supply system shall provide a
				  copy of the waterworks operation permit, or equivalent, with the required
				  application for a groundwater withdrawal permit.
3. Any person who is required to apply for a
				  groundwater withdrawal permit and files a complete application within six
				  months after the effective date of the regulation creating or expanding a
				  groundwater management area may continue their existing documented withdrawal
				  until such time as the department takes action on the outstanding application
				  for a groundwater withdrawal permit.
4. Any person who is required to apply for a
				  groundwater withdrawal permit and files an incomplete application within six
				  months after the effective date of the regulation creating or expanding a
				  groundwater management area may continue to withdraw groundwater as described
				  in subdivision 3 of this section provided that all the information required to
				  complete the application is provided to the department within 60 days of the
				  department's notice to the applicant of deficiencies. Should such person not
				  provide the department the required information within 60 days, he shall cease
				  withdrawals until he provides any additional information to the department and
				  the department concurs that the application is complete.
5. A complete application for those persons
				  described in subdivision 1 of this section shall contain:
a. The permit fee as required by the Fees for
				  Permits and Certificates Regulations (9VAC25-20);
b. A groundwater withdrawal permit
				  application completed in its entirety with all maps, attachments, and addenda
				  that may be required. Application forms shall be submitted in a format
				  specified by the department. Such application forms are available from the
				  Department of Environmental Quality;
c. A signature as described in
				  9VAC25-610-150;
d. Well construction documentation for all
				  wells associated with the application submitted on the Water Well Completion
				  Report, Form GW2, which includes the following information:
(1) The depth of the well;
(2) The diameter, top and bottom, and
				  material of each cased interval;
(3) The diameter, top and bottom, for each
				  screened interval; and
(4) The
				  depth of pump intake;
e.
				  Locations of all wells associated with the application shown on United States
				  Geological Survey 7-1/2 minute topographic maps. The applicant shall provide
				  the latitude and longitude coordinates in a datum specified by the department
				  for each existing and proposed well. The detailed location map shall be of
				  sufficient detail such that all wells may be easily located for site
				  inspection;
f. A map identifying
				  the service areas for public water supplies;
g. Information on surface water and
				  groundwater conjunctive use systems as described in
				  9VAC25-610-104
				  if applicable;
h. Withdrawal
				  reports required by Water Withdrawal Reporting Regulations (9VAC25-200), other
				  documentation demonstrating historical water use approved by the department to
				  support claimed prior withdrawals if Water Withdrawal Reporting information is
				  unavailable or estimates of withdrawals as described in subdivision 1 of this
				  section to support any claimed prior withdrawal; and
i. A copy of the Virginia Department of
				  Health waterworks operation permit where applicable.