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 9VAC25-630-50 - Contents of the general permit

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Any poultry grower, poultry waste end-user, or poultry waste
				  broker whose registration statement is accepted by the board will receive the
				  following general permit and shall comply with the requirements therein and be
				  subject to the VPA Permit Regulation, 9VAC25-32.
General Permit No. VPG2
Effective Date: February 17, 2021
Expiration Date: February 16, 2031
GENERAL PERMIT FOR POULTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT
AUTHORIZATION TO MANAGE POLLUTANTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA
				  POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND THE VIRGINIA STATE WATER CONTROL LAW
In compliance with the provisions of the State Water Control
				  Law (§ 62.1-44 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) and State Water Control
				  Board regulations adopted pursuant thereto, owners of confined poultry feeding
				  operations having 200 or more animal units, poultry waste end-users, and
				  poultry waste brokers are authorized to manage pollutants within the boundaries
				  of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except where board regulations prohibit such
				  activities.
The authorized pollutant management activities shall be in
				  accordance with the registration statement and supporting documents submitted
				  to the Department of Environmental Quality, this cover page, and Part
				  I-Pollutant Management and Monitoring Requirements for Confined Poultry Feeding
				  Operations and Part II-Conditions Applicable to All VPA Permits and Part
				  III-Pollutant Management and Monitoring Requirements for Poultry Waste
				  End-Users and Poultry Waste Brokers, as set forth herein.
Part I Pollutant Management and Monitoring Requirements
				  for Confined Poultry Feeding Operations
A. Pollutant management authorization and
				monitoring requirements.
1. During the period
				beginning with the permittee's coverage under this general permit and lasting
				until the permit's expiration date, the permittee is authorized to manage
				pollutants at the location or locations identified in the registration
				statement and the facility's approved nutrient management plan.
2. If poultry waste is land applied, it shall
				be applied at the rates specified in the facility's approved nutrient
				management plan.
3. Soil at the
				land application sites shall be monitored as specified in the following table.
				Additional soils monitoring may be required in the facility's approved nutrient
				management plan.
SOILS MONITORING
PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
UNITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Frequency
Sample Type
pH
NL
SU
1/3 years
Composite *
Phosphorus
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite *
Potash
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite *
Calcium
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite *
Magnesium
NL
ppm or lbs/ac
1/3 years
Composite *
NL = No limit, this is a monitoring requirement
							 only.
SU = Standard Units
*Specific sampling requirements are found in the
							 facility's approved nutrient management plan.
4.
				Poultry waste shall be monitored as specified below. Additional waste
				monitoring may be required in the facility's approved nutrient management plan.
WASTE MONITORING
PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
UNITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Frequency
Sample Type
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
NL
*
1/3 years
Composite
Ammonia Nitrogen
NL
*
1/3 years
Composite
Total Phosphorus
NL
*
1/3 years
Composite
Total Potassium
NL
*
1/3 years
Composite
Moisture Content
NL
%
1/3 years
Composite
NL = No limit, this is a monitoring requirement
								only.
*Parameters for waste may be reported as a percent,
								as lbs/ton or lbs/1000 gallons, or as ppm where appropriate.
5.
				Analysis of soil and waste shall be according to methods specified in the
				facility's approved nutrient management plan.
6. All monitoring data required by Part I A
				shall be maintained on site in accordance with Part II B. Reporting of results
				to the department is not required; however, the monitoring results shall be
				made available to department personnel upon request.