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== Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) ==
== Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) ==
The Clean Water Act established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program to limit pollutants getting into streams, rivers and bays. DEQ administers the program as the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES), and issues individual permits to both municipal and industrial facilities.


=== Dominion Terminal Associates ===
=== Permitting ===
'''NPDES Individual Permit'''
The [https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act U.S. Clean Water Act] established the [https://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-permit-basics National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program] to limit the release of pollutants into waterways like streams, rivers and bays. As part of the NPDES program, polluting facilities typically require water discharge permits.  
* NPDES ID: VA0057576<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250619151634/https://enviro.epa.gov/envirofacts/multisystem/summary-report?registryId=110040845280 Multisystem Summary Report.] ''U.S. EPA.'' June 16, 2025.</ref>


* Issued December 5, 2011, Re-issued September 13, 2021
Polluting facilities, referred to as point sources, are categorized according to discharge type and volume:
* Expires December 31, 2026


=== Kinder Morgan ===
:'''Major:''' Industrial discharges that require review by the [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)|U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)]] and sewage with a volume equal to or greater than 1.0 million gallons per day.
:'''Minor:''' Small industrial and commercial discharges and sewage of less than 1.0 million gallons per day.
:'''General:''' Small volumes of low potency pollutants.


=== Norfolk Southern ===
The EPA maintains the authority to review permits and permit applications for "major" dischargers in all states.
 
Virginia is authorized by the [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)|U.S. EPA]] to issues its own water discharge permits, which the [[Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ)]] does through its [https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/water/surface-waters-vpdes Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES)] program. VPDES permits for surface coal mines are issued by the [https://www.energy.virginia.gov/ Virginia Department of Energy] rather than the [[Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ)|VA DEQ]] under the Code of Virginia.<ref>[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title9/agency25/chapter31/section940/ Authority of the Department of Energy for coal surface mining operations], Code of Virginia, 9VAC25-31-940.</ref>
 
[[Coal Terminals in the Port of Virginia|Dominion Terminal Associates]] (VA0057576) and [[Coal Terminals in the Port of Virginia|Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals]] (VA0057142) are categorized as a "minor" industrial source under VPDES.
 
=== Enforcement ===
Permit compliance is enforced through scheduled routine inspections and inspections in response to residents' complaints to the [[Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ)|VA DEQ]]. [[Routine terminal inspection reports|Routine inspection reports]] and [[Coal dust complaints|inspections in response to residents' complaints]] are archived separately.


== Documents ==
== Documents ==


=== '''Dominion Terminal Associates''' ===
=== Dominion Terminal Associates (VA0057576) ===
 
==== Permit Applications ====
 
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Application - 20010524 38328942.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, May 24, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 Application 20060522 65614247.pdf|VPDES Application Site Drainage Map, Version 1 (Clipped), May 24, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 Application 20010525 42163551.pdf|VPDES Application Site Drainage Map, Version 2, May 25, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Application - 20090522 16638130.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, May 22, 2006]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Application - 20110429 56895562.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, April 29, 2011]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Application - 20160408 50084129.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, April 5, 2016]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 DLT Application 6 10 21 - 2021 Reissuance Application 25616721.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, June 10, 2021]]
 
==== VPDES Permit Fact Sheets ====
 
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Fact Sheet - 20010709 32614533.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Fact Sheet - 20060814 66639392.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2006]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Fact Sheet - 20110928 35559552.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2011]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 Fact Sheet 2016 2537787.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2016]]
* VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2021 (not yet acquired and archived)
 
==== VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records ====
 
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Operations and Maintenance Manual - 20070131 47635165.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual, 2007]]
 
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Correspondence - DEQ, Source, and-or General-Other - 20070808 13645101.pdf|Correspondence between Dan Wagoner (Dominion Terminal Associates) and Steven Long (VA DEQ) Regarding a Concerns Arising from a Routine Inspection, August 8, 2007]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Sludge or Biosolids-Residuals Monitoring Reports (inc. Annual Summary Reports - 20140210 51616312.pdf|Sludge/Biosolids-Residuals Monitoring Reports, 2014 Annual Report, February 10, 2015]]
* [[:File:VA0057576 - Best Management Practices Plan Monitoring Reports - 20170119 12187385.pdf|Best Management Practices Plan Monitoring Report, 2016 Annual Report, January 19, 2017]]
* [[:File:DTA - Operations & Maintenance Manual - Revised August 2021 55825213.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual, August 2021 (Revised)]]
* [[:File:DTA - SWPPP - Revised August 2021 30292728.pdf|Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, August 2021 (Revised)]]
 
=== Massey Terminal (VA0057142) ===
 
==== VPDES Permit Fact Sheets ====
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 19860206 16638768.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1986]]
 
=== Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals (VA0057142) ===


==== Permit Applications ====
==== Permit Applications ====


* [[:File:VA0057576 - Application - 20010524 38328942.pdf|VPDES Industrial Minor, Standards Limits Permit Application, May 24, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 -Application- 19901219 31185548.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, 1990]]
* VPDES Permit Application
* [[:File:VA0057142 2016-2021 KM TERMINALS - PIER IX APP 44505412.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, 2016]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 2021-2026 KNDRMORGN PIER IX & X COAL TERM INITAL PRMT APP 31852677.pdf|VPDES Permit Application, 2021]]


Air Permit Related Correspondence
==== VPDES Permit Fact Sheets ====
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 19880927 45763231.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1988]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 19900219 26536683.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1990]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 19960328 3295337.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1996]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 19990720 44092405.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1999]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 20010320 23441602.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2001]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 20060720 35375374.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2006]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Fact Sheet - 20060720 35375374.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, Version 2, 2006]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 2011-2016 KINDER MORGAN BULK TERMINALS PIER IX FACT SHEET 33791642.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2011]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 2016-2021 KM TERMINALS - PIER IX FS 15311463.pdf|VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2016]]


Draft Permits
==== VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records ====


=== '''Kinder Morgan''' ===
* [[:File:VA0057142 - Operations and Maintenance Manual - Industrial - 20080624 41382390.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual, 2008]]
* [[:File:Pier IX Site Layout 3976690.pdf|Pier IX Site Layout, December 17, 2010]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 KMBT PIER-IX OLD O& M MAN 03-15-11 52579589.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual, March 15, 2011]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 KINDER MORGAN PIER IX TERM REVISED O& M MAN 9-2011 22490127.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual, September 16, 2011 (Revised)]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 KMBT - PIER IX SWPPP 225361.pdf|Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, January 17, 2012]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 KM BLK TERM PIER IX-X CY 2016 SWME RPT 41637271.pdf|Annual Storm Water Report and Best Management Practices, 2016]]
* [[:File:VA0057142 Insp Rsp O&M 042723 13794932.pdf|Operations and Maintenance Manual with Correspondence, April 2023]]
*[[:File:VA0057142 PIER IX-X REVZD O&M MANUAL 7436939.pdf|Correspondence between Cory Steil (Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals) and Carl Thomas and Mark Kidd (VA DEQ) Regarding an Updated Operations Manual, July 15, 2013]]


=== '''Norfolk Southern''' ===
=== Norfolk Southern ===


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 22:44, 26 December 2025

Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES)

Permitting

The U.S. Clean Water Act established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program to limit the release of pollutants into waterways like streams, rivers and bays. As part of the NPDES program, polluting facilities typically require water discharge permits.

Polluting facilities, referred to as point sources, are categorized according to discharge type and volume:

Major: Industrial discharges that require review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and sewage with a volume equal to or greater than 1.0 million gallons per day.
Minor: Small industrial and commercial discharges and sewage of less than 1.0 million gallons per day.
General: Small volumes of low potency pollutants.

The EPA maintains the authority to review permits and permit applications for "major" dischargers in all states.

Virginia is authorized by the U.S. EPA to issues its own water discharge permits, which the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ) does through its Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) program. VPDES permits for surface coal mines are issued by the Virginia Department of Energy rather than the VA DEQ under the Code of Virginia.[1]

Dominion Terminal Associates (VA0057576) and Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals (VA0057142) are categorized as a "minor" industrial source under VPDES.

Enforcement

Permit compliance is enforced through scheduled routine inspections and inspections in response to residents' complaints to the VA DEQ. Routine inspection reports and inspections in response to residents' complaints are archived separately.

Documents

Dominion Terminal Associates (VA0057576)

Permit Applications

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records

Massey Terminal (VA0057142)

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals (VA0057142)

Permit Applications

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records

Norfolk Southern

References

  1. ↑ Authority of the Department of Energy for coal surface mining operations, Code of Virginia, 9VAC25-31-940.
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