                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-2117)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Biological nutrient removal technology&#8221; means technology that
will typically achieve at least an 8 mg/L total nitrogen concentration or at
least a 1 mg/L total phosphorus concentration in effluent discharges.
		&#8220;Chesapeake Bay Agreement&#8221; means the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of
2000 and any amendments thereto.
		&#8220;Eligible nonsignificant discharger&#8221; means any publicly owned
treatment works that is not a significant discharger but due to expansion or new
construction is subject to a technology-based standard under § 62.1-44.19:15 or
62.1-44.19:16.
		&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund
established by Article 4 (§ 10.1-2128 et seq.).
		&#8220;Individual&#8221; means any corporation, foundation, association or
partnership or one or more natural persons.
		&#8220;Institutions of higher education&#8221; means any educational
institution meeting the requirements of § 60.2-220.
		&#8220;Local government&#8221; means any county, city, town, municipal
corporation, authority, district, commission or political subdivision of the
Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Nonpoint source pollution&#8221; means pollution of state waters washed
from the land surface in a diffuse manner and not resulting from a discernible,
defined or discrete conveyance.
		&#8220;Nutrient removal technology&#8221; means state-of-the-art nutrient
removal technology, biological nutrient removal technology, or other nutrient
removal technology.
		&#8220;Point source pollution&#8221; means pollution of state waters resulting
from any discernible, defined or discrete conveyances.
		&#8220;Publicly owned treatment works&#8221; means a publicly owned sewage
collection system consisting of pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and
force mains, and all other construction, devices, and appliances appurtenant
thereto, or any equipment, plant, treatment works, structure, machinery,
apparatus, interest in land, or any combination of these, not including an
onsite sewage system, that is used, operated, acquired, or constructed for the
storage, collection, treatment, neutralization, stabilization, reduction,
recycling, reclamation, separation, or disposal of wastewater, or for the final
disposal of residues resulting from the treatment of sewage, including but not
limited to: treatment or disposal plants; outfall sewers, interceptor sewers,
and collector sewers; pumping and ventilating stations, facilities, and works;
and other real or personal property and appurtenances incident to their
development, use, or operation.
		&#8220;Reasonable sewer costs&#8221; means the amount expended per household
for sewer service in relation to the median household income of the service area
as determined by guidelines developed and approved by the State Water Control
Board for use with the Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund established
pursuant to Chapter 22 (§ 62.1-224 et seq.) of Title 62.1.
		&#8220;Significant discharger&#8221; means (i) a publicly owned treatment
works discharging to the Chesapeake Bay watershed with a design capacity of 0.5
million gallons per day or greater, (ii) a publicly owned treatment works
discharging to the Chesapeake Bay watershed east of the fall line with a design
capacity of 0.1 million gallons per day or greater, (iii) a planned or newly
expanding publicly owned treatment works discharging to the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, which is expected to be in operation by 2010 with a permitted design
of 0.5 million gallons per day or greater, or (iv) a planned or newly expanding
publicly owned treatment works discharging to the Chesapeake Bay watershed east
of the fall line with a design capacity of 0.1 million gallons per day or
greater, which is expected to be in operation by 2010.
		&#8220;State-of-the-art nutrient removal technology&#8221; means technology
that will achieve at least a 3 mg/L total nitrogen concentration or at least a
0.3 mg/L total phosphorus concentration in effluent discharges.
		&#8220;State waters&#8221; means all waters on the surface or under the
ground, wholly or partially within or bordering the Commonwealth or within its
jurisdictions.
		&#8220;Water Quality Improvement Grants&#8221; means grants available from the
Fund for projects of local governments, institutions of higher education, and
individuals (i) to achieve nutrient reduction goals in regulations, permits, or
the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan or (ii) to achieve other
water quality restoration, protection or enhancement benefits.

HISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 1999, c. 257; 2005, cc. 704, 707, 709; 2006, c.
236; 2007, c. 924; 2015, c. 164.