                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOANS FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF CONTROL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (§ 62.1-229.4)

Loans may be made from the Fund, in the Board&#8217;s discretion, to a local
government for the purpose of constructing facilities or structures or
implementing other best management practices that reduce or prevent pollution of
state waters caused by stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces. The Board
shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and shall
determine the terms and conditions of any loan from the Fund. Unless otherwise
required by law, loans for such facilities, structures, and other best
management practices may be made only when loan requests for eligible wastewater
treatment facilities designed to meet the water quality standards established
pursuant to § 62.1-44.15 have first been satisfied. The Board shall give
priority (i) first to local governments that have adopted a stormwater control
program in accordance with § 15.2-2114, (ii) second to projects designed to
reduce or prevent a pollutant in a water body where the water body is in
violation of water quality standards established pursuant to § 62.1-44.15,
(iii) third to local governments subject to an MS4 discharge permit issued by
the Board in accordance with § 62.1-44.15:20, (iv) fourth to local governments
that have adopted a stormwater management program in accordance with the
stormwater management provisions of the State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et
seq.), and (v) fifth to all others.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 644; 2013, cc. 756, 793.