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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 708<\/a> and 710<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58830,"section_number":"10.1-2117","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2117\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77343,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:15","catch_line":"New or expanded facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_15\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81630,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:16","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.02\/62.1-44.19_16","url":"\/62.1-44.19_16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_16\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.02\/62.1-44.19_16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Technology-based standards and effluent limitations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may establish a technology-based standard less stringent than the applicable standard specified in § 62.1-44.19:15<\/a> based on a demonstration by an owner<\/span> or operator that the specified standard is not technically or economically feasible for the affected facility<\/span> or that the technology-based standard would require the owner<\/span> or operator to construct treatment facilities not otherwise necessary to comply with his waste load allocation<\/span> without reliance on nutrient credit<\/span> exchanges pursuant to § 62.1-44.19:18<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may include technology-based effluent concentration limitations in the individual permit for any facility<\/span> that has installed technology for the control of nitrogen and phosphorus whether by new construction, expansion, or upgrade. Such limitations shall be based upon the technology installed by the facility<\/span> and shall be expressed as annual average limitations. Such limitations shall not affect the generation, acquisition, or exchange of allocations or credits<\/span> pursuant to this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTECHNOLOGY-BASED STANDARDS AND EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS (\u00a7 62.1-44.19:16)\n\nA. The Board may establish a technology-based standard less stringent than the\napplicable standard specified in § 62.1-44.19:15 based on a demonstration\nby an owner or operator that the specified standard is not technically or\neconomically feasible for the affected facility or that the technology-based\nstandard would require the owner or operator to construct treatment facilities\nnot otherwise necessary to comply with his waste load allocation without\nreliance on nutrient credit exchanges pursuant to § 62.1-44.19:18.\n\nB. The Board may include technology-based effluent concentration limitations in\nthe individual permit for any facility that has installed technology for the\ncontrol of nitrogen and phosphorus whether by new construction, expansion, or\nupgrade. Such limitations shall be based upon the technology installed by the\nfacility and shall be expressed as annual average limitations. Such limitations\nshall not affect the generation, acquisition, or exchange of allocations or\ncredits pursuant to this article.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 708, 710.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}