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State board adopts final Chesapeake Bay nutrient permit, removes proposed cross-tributary consolidation language
Summary
The State Water Control Board voted to adopt the final general VPDES watershed permit for total nitrogen and phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, after staff removed proposed language that would have permitted cross-tributary consolidation of load allocations following stakeholder and EPA input.
The State Water Control Board on April 7 adopted final amendments to the General Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System watershed permit that regulate total nitrogen and total phosphorus discharges and rules for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
DEQ permit staff said the general permit covers 142 point-source facilities in the watershed and described the public-review process, EPA review and the agency’s responses to comments. "We currently have 142 facilities covered by this permit," DEQ staff said, summarizing the program’s scope. Staff described EPA comments seeking clarification on…
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