Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 192 - VIRGINIA POLLUTION ABATEMENT (VPA) REGULATION AND GENERAL PERMIT FOR ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS AND ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section 9VAC25-192-60 - Registration statement

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The
				owner of an animal feeding operation. In order to be covered under the general
				permit, the owner shall file a complete VPA General Permit Registration
				Statement for the management of pollutants at animal feeding operations in
				accordance with this chapter. The registration statement shall be deemed
				complete for registration under the VPA General Permit if it contains the
				following information:
1. The animal feeding
				operation owner's name, mailing address, email address (if available), and
				telephone number;
2. The name,
				mailing address, email address (if available), and telephone number of the
				operator or contact person other than the owner, if applicable;
3. The farm name (if applicable) and location
				of the animal feeding operation;
4.
				The best time of day and day of the week to contact the operator or the contact
				person;
5. If the facility has an
				existing VPA or VPDES permit number, the permit number;
6. The type or types of animals (dairy
				cattle, slaughter and feeder cattle, swine, other) and the maximum number and
				average weight of the type or types of animals to be maintained at the animal
				feeding operation;
7. The types of
				wastes that will be managed at the facility and how much of each type of waste
				will be managed;
8. If waste will
				be transferred off-site, the type of waste and how much will be
				transferred;
9. The owner of any
				proposed pollutant management activities or those which have not previously
				been issued a valid VPA permit or VPDES permit must attach to the registration
				statement, the Local Government Ordinance Form (the notification from the
				governing body of the county, city or town where the operation is located that
				the operation is consistent with all ordinances adopted pursuant to Chapter 22
				(§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia);
10. A copy of the nutrient management plan
				approved by the Department of Conservation and Recreation ;
11. A copy of the Department of Conservation
				and Recreation nutrient management plan approval letter that also certifies
				that the plan was developed by a certified nutrient management planner in
				accordance with § 10.1-104.2 of the Code of Virginia; and
12. The following certification: "I certify
				that notice of the registration statement has been given to all owners or
				residents of property that adjoins the property on which the animal feeding
				operation will be located. This notice included the types and numbers of
				animals which will be maintained at the facility and the address and phone
				number of the appropriate Department of Environmental Quality regional office
				to which comments relevant to the permit may be submitted. (The preceding
				certification is waived if the registration is for renewing coverage under the
				general permit and no expansion of the operation is proposed and the department
				has not issued any special or consent order relating to violations under the
				existing permit.) I certify under penalty of law that all the requirements of
				the board for the general permit are being met and that this document and all
				attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with
				a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and
				evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
				persons who manage the system or those persons directly responsible for
				gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best of my
				knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
				significant penalties for submitting false information including the
				possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."