Water discharge permitting and permits

Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES)

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.

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

Documents

Dominion Terminal Associates (VA0057576)

Permit Applications

• VPDES Permit Application, May 24, 2001
• VPDES Application Site Drainage Map, Version 1 (Clipped), May 24, 2001
• VPDES Application Site Drainage Map, Version 2, May 25, 2001
• VPDES Permit Application, May 22, 2006
• VPDES Permit Application, April 29, 2011
• VPDES Permit Application, April 5, 2016
• VPDES Permit Application, June 10, 2021

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2001
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2006
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2011
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2016
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2021 (not yet acquired and archived)

VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records

• Operations and Maintenance Manual, 2007

• Correspondence between Dan Wagoner (Dominion Terminal Associates) and Steven Long (VA DEQ) Regarding a Concerns Arising from a Routine Inspection, August 8, 2007
• Sludge/Biosolids-Residuals Monitoring Reports, 2014 Annual Report, February 10, 2015
• Best Management Practices Plan Monitoring Report, 2016 Annual Report, January 19, 2017
• Operations and Maintenance Manual, August 2021 (Revised)
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plant, August 2021 (Revised)

Massey Terminal (VA0057142)

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1986

Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals (VA0057142)

Permit Applications

• VPDES Permit Application, 1990
• VPDES Permit Application, 2016
• VPDES Permit Application, 2021

VPDES Permit Fact Sheets

• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1988
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1990
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1996
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 1999
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2001
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2006
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, Version 2, 2006
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2011
• VPDES Permit Program Fact Sheet, 2016

VPDES Related Correspondence and Other Records

• Operations and Maintenance Manual, 2008
• Pier IX Site Layout, December 17, 2010
• Operations and Maintenance Manual, March 15, 2011
• Operations and Maintenance Manual with Correspondence, April 2023