Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 890 - GENERAL VPDES PERMIT FOR DISCHARGES OF STORMWATER FROM SMALL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS › Section 9VAC25-890-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the
				  meanings defined in the Stormwater Management Act (Article 2.3 (§
									62.1-44.15:24 et seq.) of
				  Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia) and the Virginia Stormwater
				  Management Program (VSMP) Regulation (9VAC25-870) unless the context clearly
				  indicates otherwise, except that for the purposes of this chapter:
"Annual practice" means a nonstructural best management
				  practice such as street or storm drain cleaning that reduces pollution for one
				  compliance year upon implementation.
"Board" means the State Water Control Board. When used
				  outside the context of the promulgation of regulations, including regulations
				  to establish general permits, "board" means the Department of Environmental
				  Quality.
"Date brought online" means the date when the permittee
				  determines that a new stormwater management facility is properly
				  functioning.
"Department" or "DEQ" means the Department of Environmental
				  Quality.
"Ecosystem restoration projects" means practices implemented
				  to reestablish and maintain natural systems that prevent, reduce, or remediate
				  pollutant loadings. Examples of ecosystem restoration projects include stream
				  restoration, shoreline restoration, land-use conversion, and
				  reforestation.
"High-priority facilities" means facilities owned or
				  operated by the permittee with drainage to any permitted MS4 that actively
				  engage in one or more of the following activities:
(i) composting;
(ii) equipment storage, cleaning, and
				maintenance;
(iii) long-term bulk
				materials storage;
(iv) pesticide,
				herbicide, and fertilizer storage,
(v) recycling,
(vi) anti-icing and deicing agent storage,
				handling, and transfer;
(vii) solid
				waste handling and transfer, and
(viii) permittee owned or operated vehicle
				washing, maintenance, and salvage.
"MS4 regulated service area" or "service area" means for
				  Phase II permittees, the drainage area served by the permittee's MS4 that is
				  located within the 2020 census urban areas with a population of at least 50,000
				  or the 2000 and 2010 decennial censuses urbanized area as determined by the
				  Bureau of the Census. MS4 regulated service area may also be referred to as
				  "served by the MS4" as it pertains to the tables in Part II A of this
				  permit.
"Nontraditional MS4 permittee" or "nontraditional permittee"
				  means a government entity that operates a regulated MS4 that is not under the
				  authority of a county board of supervisors, a city council, or a town
				  council.
"Physically interconnected" means that one MS4 is connected
				  to a second MS4 in such a manner that it allows for direct discharges to the
				  second system.
"Pollutants of concern" or "POC" means pollutants
				  specifically identified in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved
				  total maximum daily load (TMDL) report as causing a water quality
				  impairment.
"Traditional MS4 permittee" or "traditional permittee" means
				  a local government that operates a regulated MS4 under the authority of a
				  county board of supervisors, a city council, or a town
				  council.
Statutory Authority: §
											62.1-44.15:28 of the Code of
					 Virginia.