Department of Environmental Quality
State Water Control Board
Meeting:
Public Hearing - General VPDES Permits for Vehicle Wash Facilities and Laundry Facilities and Coin-Operated Laundries
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| Date / Time | 12/1/2011 1:30 pm | |
| Location | Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Richmond, VA 23218 | |
| Board Website | http://www.deq.virginia.gov | |
| Agenda document | agency has not posted | |
| Minutes document | minutes not taken | |
| Disability Friendly? Yes Deaf interpreter available upon request? Yes | ||
| Purpose of the meeting A public hearing to receive comments on the proposed amendment and reissuance of the General VPDES Permit for Vehicle Wash Facilities and Laundry Facilities (9VAC25-194) and the repeal of the General VPDES Permit for Coin-Operated Laundries (9VAC25-810). This rulemaking proposes to replace and update VAG75 (the VPDES car wash general permit) which expires October 16, 2012 and combine into this permit VAG72 (the VPDES coin-operated laundry general permit) which expires February 8, 2016. A secondary action associated with this rulemaking is the repeal of the VPDES coin-operated laundry general permit since the requirements of that permit (VAG72) are being incorporated into VAG75. The general permit will establish limitations and monitoring requirements for point source discharge of treated wastewaters from vehicle wash facilities and laundry facilities to surface waters. Significant amendments to 9VAC25-194 are to expand coverage to include more types of vehicle washing activities, added three reasons authorization to discharge cannot be granted (if the discharge violates the antidegradation policy in the Water Quality Standards at 9VAC25-260-30, if an approved TMDL contains a WLA for the facility or if central wastewater treatment facilities are reasonably available), added language to allow for ‘administrative continuances’ of coverage, added effluent limits pages for laundries and combined laundry and vehicle wash facilities and added five new special conditions. The public comment period on the proposals begins on October 24, 2011 and ends on December 27, 2011. DEQ accepts written comments by e-mail, fax and postal mail. All written comments must include the full name and address of the person commenting and be received by DEQ no later than the last day of the comment period. Both oral and written comments are accepted at the public hearing. In addition, the public may submit written comments through the public forum feature of the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall web site. DEQ prefers that comments, including a copy of supporting documents or exhibits, be submitted in writing. All testimony, exhibits and documents received are part of the public record. More detailed information on the proposal is available at the Town Hall website at www.townhall.virginia.gov and by contacting the DEQ representative named below. The public may review the documents at the following location: Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219. In addition, a question and answer period will be held immediately before the public hearing, beginning at 1:00 p.m. | ||
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Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
General business of the board
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This meeting is a public hearing to receive comment on the following proposed stage(s)
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| Contact Information | |
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| Name / Title: | Elleanore Daub |
| Address: |
629 East Main Street P.O.Box 1105 Richmond, 23218 |
| Email Address: | elleanore.daub@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (804)698-4111 FAX: ()- TDD: ()- |