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and associated boards’ regulatory content, such as proposed final
regulations, Notices of Intended Regulatory Action, background information,
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Quick jumps for stormwater:
Stormwater
Regulatory Actions (all PDFs)
Stormwater
Runoff Reduction Methodology
Stormwater Water Quantity Workgroup
General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater
from Construction Permits
General
Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) regulatory
actions (all PDFs)
Quick jumps for Dam Safety:
Impounding Structure (Dam Safety) regulatory
actions (all PDFs)
Stormwater Regulatory Actions (all PDFs)
- Stormwater regulations
- Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) form - Local Program Delegation
- Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) form - Permit Fees
- Material from May 4, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from May 18, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 8, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 20, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 8, 2006, Part III Subcommittee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 16, 2006, Part II Subcommittee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 21, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 29, 2006, Part XIII Subcommittee Meeting
- Material from Sept. 21, 2006, Part II Subcommittee Meeting
- Material from Oct. 3, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from Oct. 12, 2006, Technical Discussion of Nitrogen and Phosphorus
Criteria
- Material from Oct. 16, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Environment Virginia presentation, April 12, 2007, on discussion
draft regulations
- Center for Watershed Protection Stormwater Report
- Material from May 22, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 14, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 26, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 29, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 21, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board Meeting, Sept. 20-21, 2007
- Revised Notice
of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) form - Amend Parts I, II and
III of the Virginia Stormwater Management Program Permit Regulations
to address water quality and quantity and local stormwater management
program criteria. Public comment period is from 02/18/2008 to 04/16/2008.
You may submit written comments pertaining to this notice by mail, the
Internet or facsimile.
Send such comments to:
Regulatory Coordinator
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
203 Governor Street, Suite 302, Richmond, VA 23219
To submit comments electronically, click
here (leads to Virginia Regulatory
Town Hall website), then click "NOIRA," then click "comment
period."
Comments may be faxed to the regulatory coordinator at (804) 786-6141.
All written comments must include the name and address of the commenter.
To be considered, comments must be received by 5 p.m. on 04/16/2008. For
additional information regarding this regulatory action, David Dowling
at (804) 786-2291.
- Material from June 10, 2008, Technical Advisory Committee
meeting
- Material from July 16, 2008, Technical Advisory Committee meeting
Stormwater Runoff Reduction Methodology
Site Plan Design Charrettes: DCR
is developing new state stormwater regulations that entail significant
changes to technical approaches for stormwater management design. As a
follow-up to a recent design charrette hosted by DCR, the American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will offer the following workshop about proposed
regulations. The workshop provides an opportunity for you to give DCR your
input. A team from the ASCE stormwater technical committee, working with
DCR staff and guest speakers, will provide an overview of the new regulations
and technical design approaches. Participants will then break into working
groups to prepare actual stormwater designs based on the new regulations
under consideration. Participants' comments will be requested as input
for draft stormwater regulations.
Runoff Reduction Method technical memo: The new Runoff
Reduction Method, jointly developed by the Center for Watershed Protection
(CWP) and the Chesapeake Stormwater Network (CSN), is described in the
technical memo referenced below. The memo outlines an innovative system
for stormwater design. While the memo provides extensive background research
on BMP performance, the method focuses on determining BMPs' capacity
to reduce the overall volume of runoff as well as pollutant removal.
The BMPs include conventional and innovative practices (e.g., pervious
parking, sheet flow to open space, green roofs, downspout disconnection,
etc.). The method also incorporates built-in incentives for environmental
site design, such as forest preservation and the reduction of soil disturbance
impervious surfaces.
The team wrote the memo as part of an "Extreme BMP Makeover" project,
funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. CWP and CSN also
closely worked with DCR to integrate the Runoff Reduction Method into
proposed stormwater management regulations and an updated stormwater
management handbook. This methodology has been tested in numerous site
plan workshops held across Virginia from January through May, 2008, by
the DCR and the Virginia chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Technical memo
Stormwater Water Quantity Workgroup
This is a workgroup
focusing on ways to put forward a stormwater management regulation that
closely integrates water quality and quantity criteria and focus more
attention to runoff volume reduction in ways that give developers "credit."
- Material from April 22, 2008, meeting
- Material from May 20, 2008, meeting
- Material from May 27, 2008, meeting
- Material from July 9, 2008, meeting
General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Permits
General Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
Systems (MS4) regulatory actions (all PDFs)
- Notice of Intended Regulatory
Action (NOIRA) form
- Current Permit Registration
Statement
- Regulations open for amendment
- Regulations for reference
- Permit for Coverage
issued prior to Jan. 29, 2005
- 2002 EPA TMDL Wasteload
Allocation memo
- Question and
answer document
- Federal regulations
- Other states' MS4 general permits
- Material from June 19, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from July 26, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from Aug. 22, 2007, Technical Advisory Committee
Meeting
- Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board Meeting, Sept.
20-21, 2007
- Public comment period information on proposed regulations
- Two public hearings were held during the public comment period
- Click
here for minutes from the Dec. 4, 2007, meeting held
at the Roanoke City Council Chamber, Noel C. Taylor Municipal
Building, 215 Church Ave. SW, Roanoke, Va.
- Click
here for minutes from the Dec. 6, 2007, meeting held
at the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control headquarters, 2901
Hermitage Rd., Richmond, Va.
- Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board Meeting, May 15, 2008
Impounding Structure (Dam Safety) regulatory actions (all
PDFs)
- Impounding Structure Regulations
- Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) form
- Material from May 1, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from June 13, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from July 13, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from the July 27, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from the Aug. 28, 2006, Alternative Procedures Subcommittee
- Material from the Sept. 6, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Table 1 Subcommittee
- Material from the Oct. 11, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Material from the Oct. 31, 2006, Technical Advisory Committee
Meeting
- Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (VS&WCB) meeting,
Nov. 15, 2006
- Public Comment Period Information on the Proposed Regulations
- Click
here, which links to the Virginia Town Hall, to access proposed
regulations and additional information on this regulatory action.
- The public comment period ends Oct. 19, 2007 at 5 p.m. Those wishing
to submit written comments pertaining to this notice may do so by mail,
the Internet or fax machine. Comments pertaining to this notice should
be sent to the Regulatory Coordinator at: Virginia Department of Conservation
and Recreation, 203 Governor Street, Suite 302, Richmond, VA 23219, or
faxed to the Regulatory Coordinator, (804) 786-6141. Electronic comments
my be submitted via this
link the Town Hall website .
Comments must be received or postmarked by 5 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2007, to
be considered.
- Five public hearings will be held during the public comment period.
The meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates and locations:
- Oct. 4, 2007 - Roanoke City Council Chambers, Noel C. Taylor Municipal
Building, 215 Church Avenue SW, Roanoke, Va. 24011
- Oct. 9, 2007 - Hampton City Hall, 22 Lincoln Street, 8th Floor,
Hampton, Va. 23669
- Oct. 10, 2007 - Henrico County Government Complex, Board Room, 4301
East Parham Rd., Richmond Va. 23228
- Oct. 11, 2007 - Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government
Center Lane, Verona, Va. 24482
- Oct. 16, 2007 - City of Manassas Council Chambers, 9027 Center Street,
Manassas, Va. 20110
- Material being provided to the board, TAC and those who commented
prior to the Feb. 1, 2008, VS&WCB meeting
- Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board
(VS&WCB)
meeting, Feb. 1, 2008
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