Information requested from Citizen Advisory Group during November 3, 2014 Meeting
- Fairfax Water requested the context in which the term “hydrologic regime” is used in VWP regulation.
· Term used in current regulation:
o Definition of surface water supply project
o Conditions applicable to surface water withdrawals, -110.A.3
· Term used in proposed regulation:
o New definition for hydrologic regime
o Definition of surface water withdrawal
o Conditions applicable to surface water withdrawals, -370.A.3
- Fairfax Water requested a chart of the exclusions to visualize the proposed restructuring of the exclusions of 4 through 15 of the current regulation at 9VAC25-210-60.B. Requested chart provided below:
Exclusion (current language in 9VAC25-210-60.B 4 through 15) / Current Reg Location / Proposed Reg Location
Agricultural surface water withdrawals from nontidal waters that total less than one million gallons in a single month. / -60.B.4 / -310.A.4.a
Surface water withdrawals from nontidal waters for all other purposes that total less than 10,000 gallons per day. / -60.B.5 / -310.A.4.b
Surface water withdrawals from tidal waters for nonconsumptive uses. / -60.B.6 / -310.A.5
Agricultural surface water withdrawals from tidal waters that total less than 60 million gallons in a single month. / -60.B.7 / -310.A.11.a
Surface water withdrawals from tidal waters for all other consumptive purposes that total less than two million gallons per day. / -60.B.8 / -310.A.11.b
Surface water withdrawals for firefighting or for the training activities related to firefighting, such as dry hydrants and emergency surface water withdrawals. / -60.B.9 / -310.A.6.a
Surface water withdrawals placed into portable containers by persons owning property on, or holding easements to, riparian lands. / -60.B.10 / -310.A.7
Surface water withdrawals for the purposes of hydrostatic pressure testing of water tight containers, pipelines, and vessels. / -60.B.11 / -310.A.6.b
Surface water withdrawals for normal single family home residential gardening, lawn, and landscape maintenance. / -60.B.12 / -310.A.6.c
Surface water withdrawals that are located on a property, such that the withdrawal returns to the stream of origin; not more than half of the instantaneous flow is diverted; not more than 1,000 feet of stream channel separate the withdrawal point from the return point; and both banks of the affected stream segment are located within that property boundary. / -60.B.13 / -310.A.8
Surface water withdrawals from quarry pits, such that the withdrawal does not alter the physical, biological, or chemical properties of surface waters connected to the quarry pit. / -60.B.14 / -310.A.9
Surface water withdrawals from a privately owned agriculture pond, emergency water storage facility, or other water retention facility, provided that such pond or facility is not placed in the bed of a perennial or intermittent stream or wetland. Surface water withdrawals from such facilities constructed in beds of ephemeral streams are excluded from permit requirements. / -60.B.15 / -310.A.10