Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Conservation and Recreation
 
Board
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board
 
chapter
Stormwater Management Regulations AS 9 VAC 25-870 [4 VAC 50 ‑ 60]
Action Amend the General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities found in Part XIV of the Virginia Stormwater Management Permit Program Regulations and its associated definitions found in Part I of those Regulations.
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 12/26/2008
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12/21/08  4:43 pm
Commenter: Joseph Nero, Capital Concrete Inc.

Pervious Concrete as a BMP Stormwater Management System
 

 The current VA DCR regulations do not address the use and recommend the use of Pervious Concrete as part of a Stormwater Management System. This omission makes it very difficult for the engineering community to design or recommend to local governments the use of a Pervious Concrete Stormwater Management System. Without the states formal approval, the local agencies are very reluctant to approve such designs. The Pervious Concrete Stormwater Management System has been in use accross the United States for the last fifteen years, so therefore there is adequate data showing the efficency of this system to greatly eliminate storm water runoff and to filter out all of the first flush polutants. Is it possible to have this system formally adopted by the Va DCR?

CommentID: 6583