Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies, TMDLs, and MS4 Permits

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Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies,TMDLs, and
MS4 Permits

• Thomas A. Faha
• Water Permit Manager
• Department of Environmental Quality
• Northern Virginia Regional Office
• tafaha_at_deq.state.va.us

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Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies

• Potomac
• Rappahannock

To Secretary of Natural Resources in April 2004
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MS4 Permits

• Status of DEQ-NVRO

Total 26 15 Localities 3 Military Bases
2 VDOT Areas 2 College Campuses 2 Local
School Systems 1 Federal Installation
1 Airport
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MS4 Permit

• Effective Date December 9, 2002
• Expiration Date December 9, 2007
• Part I.B.1

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Allocations If a
TMDL is approved for any waterbody into which a
small MS4 discharges, the Board will review the
TMDL to determine whether the TMDL includes
requirements for control of storm water
discharges. If discharges from the MS4 are not
meeting the TMDL allocations, the Board will
notify the permittee of that finding and may
require that the Storm Water Management Program
required in Part II be modified to implement the
TMDL within a timeframe consistent with the TMDL.
Any such new requirement will constitute a case
decision by the Board.
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What does that mean ?

• Not Sure - well all learn specifics as we go
• For Sure - participate in Tributary Strategy
• For Sure - participate in TMDL development
• For Sure - participate in TMDL implementation