Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
GDForum ID: 2899
    
Step 1
Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes
DEQ has incorporated relevant EPA integrated reporting guidance (EPA Guidance) into the Virginia 2026 Water Quality Assessment Guidance. The 2026 assessment guidance is designed to integrate or combine the 305(b) overall assessment of Virginia’s waters and separate out those waters impaired and needing a TMDL as per Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. The EPA Guidance and the Assessment, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Tracking and Implementation System (ATTAINS) provide five different assessment categories in which every AU will be placed. The EPA Guidance allows the states to subdivide the federal categories to address state programmatic needs. Virginia’s 2026 assessment guidance contains the categories and subcategories Virginia has chosen for enhanced tracking and data management purposes. Virginia’s 2026 assessment guidance contains a number of changes, all enumerated in Section 1 of the guidance.
 
Step 2
Guidance Document(s) for this Comment Forum
 
Document ID Document Title Current Document Proposed Document Revised Proposed
GM23-2002 Final 2024 Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual pdf Document     To Be Deleted
GM25-2003 2026 Water Quality Assessment Guidance n/a pdf Proposed Document
 
Step 3
Contact Information
 
Name:
Amanda Shaver
        Title:
 
Email:
amanda.shaver@deq.virginia.gov
 
Address:
PO Box 1105
 
City:
Richmond
State:  
VA
Zip:  
23218
 
Phone:
(804)774-8416
Fax:  
()-
 
Step 4
ORM Review
 
ORM Review in progress. Agency will be notified when ORM review is complete and the guidance document forum is ready to be submitted to Register.
pdf ORM Economic Review Form     posted: 2/3/2026         submitted to ORM: 2/3/2026
 
Step 5
The Virginia Register
 
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