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Board accepts DEQ consent order, approves mitigation schedule and penalty
Summary
Gloucester County agreed to a draft consent order with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality resolving alleged chloride exceedances at the Beaver Dam outfall, including a civil penalty and a compliance schedule that requires the county to present an engineering option within 180 days.
The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution authorizing the county to execute a consent order with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) addressing three alleged permit exceedances for chloride discharges at Beaver Dam Outfall 001.
County attorney Mister Wilmot described the consent order as a means to resolve notice‑of‑violation allegations from DEQ. He told the board the civil penalty in the draft consent order totals $8,370.25 for three months of alleged exceedances (January–March 2025) and that DEQ offered a compliance framework rather than immediate escalated enforcement. "You are not constrained. You're not required to accept this consent order, but what it tries to do is resolve the situation between the county and DEQ," Wilmot said.
The nut graf: the consent order binds the county to a staged mitigation and reporting schedule that includes…
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