Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
GDForum ID: 2257
Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes
This document provides guidance to maintain consistency with the requirements found in § 2.2-4006 A 14 of the Administrative Process Act (APA) for waste load allocations adopted, amended, or repealed by the State Water Control Board pursuant to the State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.). The procedures outlined in this guidance set forth the process to provide the public and stakeholders with an adequate opportunity to participate in the development and modification of TMDLs and Implementation Plans, 305(b)/303(d) Integrated Reports, non-TMDL waste load allocations, and TMDL priorities. This guidance memo replaces and revises Guidance Memo No. GM14-2016. The revisions clarify the steps the TMDL program must follow when initially announcing a new TMDL study to meet the APA exemption requirements. The revision provides additional clarity regarding the establishment of a formal advisory group. Where no advisory group is requested by the public, the document establishes that DEQ will still hold community engagement meetings to solicit public feedback. The document is also revised to include more detailed steps about public notice procedures and changes to clarify language and procedures to reflect current agency processes. The document includes additional explanation for processing non-TMDL WLAs and outlines the public notice procedures to meet the APA exemption and FOIA requirements. The procedures were modified to reflect the 2022 Act of the General Assembly to transfer certain SWCB authorities to DEQ. Also, appendices were removed to streamline the document.
 
[This forum has been finalized.]
Guidance Document(s) for this Comment Forum
 
Document ID Document Title Current Document Proposed Document
GM14-2016 Public Participation Procedures for Water Quality Management Planning pdf Document     To Be Deleted Deleted on 11/22/2023
GM23-2005 Public Participation Procedures for Water Quality Management Planning n/a pdf Proposed Document
 
Contact Information
 
Name:
Tony Cario
        Title:
 
Email:
anthony.cario@deq.virginia.gov
 
Address:
1111 East Main Street, Suite 1400,
P.O. Box 1105
 
City:
Richmond
State:  
VA
Zip:  
23218
 
Phone:
(804)814-7774
Fax:  
()-
 
ORM Review
 
ORM Approved (8/31/2023)
pdf ORM Economic Review Form     posted: 8/24/2023         submitted to ORM: 8/24/2023
 
The Virginia Register
 

Publication Date: 9/25/2023    Volume: 40  Issue: 3
The public comment period began upon publication and lasted for 30 days. It ended on 10/25/2023.
View Comments      There are 1 comments. The last comment was entered on 10/25/2023
Effective Date:  10/26/2023   
X
ID (You can leave this blank if your agency doesn't use custom document IDs)


Title


  (a new row will be created in the table)
X
Key in part of a contact name, email address or street address and select your contact




View Guidance Documents