Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) operates a coalfired power plant in Chesapeake, Virginia. It maintains permits for its operations, including a Virginia solid waste management permit and a Virginia Pollutant Discharge...more
The Virginia State Water Control Board has proposed to reissue and amend the General VPDES Watershed Permit for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorous Discharges and Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Virginia...more
The State Water Control Board (“Board”) has proposed amendments to Virginia’s Water Protection Permit (“VWP”) regulations for the permitting and control of wetland impacts and surface water withdrawals. Many of the changes...more
In a significant setback for the Obama Administration, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has temporarily blocked implementation of the Clean Water Rule issued jointly by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...more
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EPA recently published proposed significant amendments to the generator portions of its hazardous waste regulations, including a major reorganization and consolidation of the generator requirements into one subpart of the...more
The Virginia State Water Control Board (“Board”) recently published long-awaited changes to the state’s petroleum aboveground storage tank (“AST”) regulations. This is a final regulatory action, and the changes become...more
Changes to Virginia’s air program that took effect August 13 offer greater flexibility for manufacturers, electric utilities, and other major sources of air pollutants. These changes reduce the rigidity of two key Virginia...more
In this Issue:
- Virginia’s Draft State Water Resources Plan
- Frequent Questions: Form R Part II
- Manufacturers and Temporary Workers
- Farms and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act...more
The severe drought in Virginia in 2002 saw several localities nearly exhaust available public water supplies and reenergized public policy concerns about Virginia’s water resources and their proper and sustainable management....more
In this Issue:
- Welcome
- Williams Mullen Announces Coastal Flooding Practice
- Federal Government Contracts
- New Challenges
- Green Certification
- Bankruptcy and Virginia...more
Virginia, North Carolina and other mid-Atlantic coastal communities are no strangers to severe weather and related storm surges and flooding. However, many of these communities are experiencing storm surges and tidal and...more