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Symbol Key Roman type indicates existing text of regulations. Underscored language indicates proposed new text. Language that has been stricken indicates proposed text for deletion. Brackets are used in final regulations to indicate changes from the proposed regulation. TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT public participation process and the waste load allocations are adopted as part of 9 VAC 25-720 in STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD accordance with Virginia’s “Public Participation Procedures for Water Quality Management Planning.” Final Regulation Following is a list of TMDL reports and TMDL waste REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulatory load allocations affected by the amendments: action is exempt from the Administrative Process Act in 1. In the Potomac - Shenandoah River Basin (9 VAC 25- accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 4 c of the Code of 720-50 A): Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations a. “Benthic TMDL Development for South Run, provided such regulations do not differ materially from Virginia” - South Run benthic TMDL, located in those required by federal law or regulation. The State Fauquier County, proposes phosphorus reductions for Water Control Board will receive, consider and respond portions of the watershed and provides a total to petitions by any interested person at any time with phosphorus wasteload allocation of 0.038 tons/year. respect to reconsideration or revision. b. “Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Lewis Title of Regulation: 9 VAC 25-720. Water Quality Creek, General Standard (Benthic)” – Lewis Creek Management Planning Regulation (amending benthic TMDL, located in Augusta County and the City 9 VAC 25-720-50 and 9 VAC 25-720-130). of Staunton, proposes reductions of sediment, lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for portions Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia of the watershed. The WLAs are 40 tons/year for and 33 USC § 1313(e) of the Clean Water Act. sediment, 0 kg/year for lead and 0 kg/year for PAHs. Effective Date: May 2, 2007. 2. In the New River Basin (9 VAC 25-720-130 A): Agency Contact: Charles Martin, Department of "Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Chestnut Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 10009, Richmond, VA Creek, Fecal Bacteria and General Standard (Benthic)" 23240, telephone (804) 698-4462, FAX (804) 698-4136 or - Chestnut Creek benthic TMDL, located in Carroll and email [email protected]. Grayson Counties and the City of Galax, proposes Summary: sediment reductions for portions of the watershed and provides a sediment wasteload allocation of 18.9 The amendments include five new total maximum daily tons/year. To address a bacteria impairment, this load (TMDL) waste load allocations. The TMDLs were TMDL report also proposes bacteria reductions for developed in accordance with federal regulations (40 portions of the watershed. No regulatory amendments CFR 130.7). The TMDLs were subject to the TMDL pertaining to these bacteria reductions are proposed.

9 VAC 25-720-50. Potomac-Shenandoah River Basin. A. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs). TMDL Stream Name TMDL Title City/County WBID Pollutant WLA Units # Nitrate TMDL Development for Muddy Creek/Dry 1. Muddy Creek Rockingham B21R Nitrate 49,389.00 LB/YR River, Virginia TMDL Development for Blacks Run and Cooks 2. Blacks Run Rockingham B25R Sediment 32,844.00 LB/YR Creek TMDL Development for Blacks Run and Cooks 3. Cooks Creek Rockingham B25R Sediment 69,301.00 LB/YR Creek TMDL Development for Blacks Run and Cooks 4. Cooks Creek Rockingham B25R Phosphorus 0 LB/YR Creek TMDL Development for Muddy Creek and Holmans 5. Muddy Creek Rockingham B22R Sediment 286,939.00 LB/YR Creek, Virginia TMDL Development for Muddy Creek and Holmans 6. Muddy Creek Rockingham B22R Phosphorus 38.00 LB/YR Creek, Virginia 7. Holmans Creek TMDL Development for Muddy Creek and Holmans Rockingham/ B45R Sediment 78,141.00 LB/YR

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Creek, Virginia Shenandoah TMDL Development for Mill Creek and Pleasant 8. Mill Creek Rockingham B29R Sediment 276.00 LB/YR Run TMDL Development for Mill Creek and Pleasant 9. Mill Creek Rockingham B29R Phosphorus 138.00 LB/YR Run TMDL Development for Mill Creek and Pleasant 10. Pleasant Run Rockingham B27R Sediment 0.00 LB/YR Run TMDL Development for Mill Creek and Pleasant 11. Pleasant Run Rockingham B27R Phosphorus 0.00 LB/YR Run Total Maximum Load Development for Linville 12. Linville Creek Rockingham B46R Sediment 5.50 TONS/YR Creek: Bacteria and Benthic Impairments 13. Quail Run Benthic TMDL for Quail Run Rockingham B35R Ammonia 7,185.00 KG/YR 14. Quail Run Benthic TMDL for Quail Run Rockingham B35R Chlorine 27.63 KG/YR B41R Shenandoah Development of Shenandoah River PCB TMDL B55R 15. Warren & Clarke PCBs 179.38 G/YR River (South Fork and Main Stem) B57R B58R Shenandoah Development of Shenandoah River PCB TMDL 16. Warren & Clarke B51R PCBs 0.00 G/YR River (North Fork) Shenandoah Development of Shenandoah River PCB TMDL 17. Warren & Clarke WV PCBs 179.38 G/YR River (Main Stem) Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream 18. Cockran Spring Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James Augusta B10R Organic Solids 1,556.00 LB/YR River Basins Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream 19. Lacey Spring Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James Rockingham B47R Organic Solids 680.00 LB/YR River Basins Benthic TMDL Reports for Six Impaired Stream 20. Orndorff Spring Segments in the Potomac-Shenandoah and James Shenandoah B52R Organic Solids 103.00 LB/YR River Basins Benthic TMDL for Toms Brook in Shenandoah 21. Toms Brook Shenandoah B50R Sediment 8.1 T/YR County, Virginia 22. Goose Creek Benthic TMDLs for the Goose Creek Watershed Loudoun, Fauquier A08R Sediment 1,587 T/YR 23. Little River Benthic TMDLs for the Goose Creek Watershed Loudoun A08R Sediment 105 T/YR Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Impaired 24. Christians Creek Augusta B14R Sediment 145 T/YR Streams in the Middle River and Upper South River Watersheds, Augusta County, VA Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Impaired 25. Moffett Creek Augusta B13R Sediment 0 T/YR Streams in the Middle River and Upper South River Watersheds, Augusta County, VA Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Upper Middle Maximum Daily Load Development for Impaired 26. Augusta B10R Sediment 1.355 T/YR River Streams in the Middle River and Upper South River Watersheds, Augusta County, VA Total Maximum Daily Load Development for 27. Mossy Creek Mossy Creek and Long Glade Run: Bacteria and Rockingham B19R Sediment 0.04 T/YR General Standard (Benthic) Impairments Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development Rockingham, 28. Smith Creek B47R Sediment 353,867 LB/YR for Smith Creek Shenandoah Opequon Watershed TMDLs for Benthic 29. Abrams Creek Impairments: Abrams Creek and Lower Opequon Frederick B09R Sediment 478 T/YR Creek, Frederick and Clarke counties, Virginia Opequon Watershed TMDLs for Benthic Lower Opequon 30. Impairments: Abrams Creek and Lower Opequon Frederick, Clarke B09R Sediment 1,039 T/YR Creek Creek, Frederick and Clarke counties, Virginia Mill Creek Sediment TMDL for a Benthic 31. Mill Creek Shenandoah B48R Sediment 0.9 T/YR Impairment, Shenandoah County, Virginia 32. South Run Benthic TMDL Development for South Run, Fauquier A19R Phosphorus 0.038 T/YR Virginia 33. Lewis Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Lewis Augusta B12R Sediment 40 T/YR Creek, General Standard (Benthic) 34. Lewis Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Lewis Augusta B12R Lead 0 Kg/YR Creek, General Standard (Benthic) 35. Lewis Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Lewis Augusta B12R PAHs 0 KG/YR Creek, General Standard (Benthic)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsections B and C of 9 VAC 25-720-50 are not amended; therefore, the text of those subsections are not set out. 9 VAC 25-720-130. New River Basin. A. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs).

TMDL # Stream Name TMDL Title City/County WBID Pollutant WLA Units

1. Stroubles Benthic TMDL for Stroubles Creek in Montgomery County, Montgomery N22R Sediment 233.15 T/YR Creek Virginia 2. Back Creek Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Pulaski N22R Sediment 0.28 T/YR Load Development for Back Creek Watershed, Pulaski County, VA 3. Crab Creek Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Montgomery N18R Sediment 77 T/YR Load Development for Crab Creek Watershed, Montgomery County, VA 4. Peak Creek Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Pulaski N17R Copper 12 KG/YR Load Development for Peak Creek Watershed, Pulaski County, VA 5. Peak Creek Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Pulaski N17R Zinc 57 KG/YR Load Development for Peak Creek Watershed, Pulaski County, VA 6. Bluestone Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Tazewell N36R Sediment 81.4 T/YR River Load Development for Bluestone River 7. Hunting Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for Hunting Bland N31R Sediment 0 LB/YR Camp Creek Camp Creek Aquatic Life Use (Benthic) and E. coli (Bacteria) Impairments 8. Chestnut Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Chestnut Creek, Carroll, N06R Sediment 18.9 T/YR Creek Fecal Bacteria and General Standard (Benthic) Grayson

EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection B is not amended; therefore, the text is not set out. VA.R. Doc. No. R07-167; Filed March 12, 2007, 2:11 p.m.

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