Permit Number: VA0024741

Notice Purpose: To seek public comment on a modification of a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality that will allow the release of industrial stormwater and wastewater into a waterbody in Hampton, Virginia.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: June 10 – July 11, 2024

Applicant: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, 1 Langley Blvd., Hampton, VA 23681. Permit

Facility: NASA Langley Research Center, 1 Langley Blvd., Hampton, VA 23681

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has applied for a modified permit for the NASA Langley Research Center. The applicant proposes to release industrial stormwater and wastewater into Tabbs Creek and surrounding waterbodies in Hampton in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A watershed is the land area drained by a river and its incoming streams. The modification of the permit would remove process descriptions from the permit and revise the compliance period date. The permit will limit physical and chemical properties, nutrients, thermal, metals and inorganics to amounts that protect water quality.

DEQ Contact:

Loan Pham; Tidewater Regional Office

Phone: (757) 799-8000

E-mail: Loan.pham@deq.virginia.gov

The public may review the draft permit and application at the DEQ Tidewater Regional Office by appointment or may request copies of the documents from the contact person listed above.