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DEQ News

The official DEQ newsletter is a short, easy-to-read email that captures timely updates, trainings and important announcements you don't want to miss. Click to read past issues and sign up at the link in the "Stay Informed" section below. 

Vol. 3 (2024)

  • Issue 11: Virginia Water Protection permit updates, stormwater plan review info, CPRG outreach (Nov. 14, 2024)
  • Issue 10: Helene response, dam removal, annual reports available (Oct. 18, 2024)
  • Issue 9: Grant opportunities, infrastructure upgrades, new data portal (Sept. 19, 2024)
  • Issue 8: Environmental permitting guide, online payment options, solar info (Aug. 20, 2024)
  • Issue 7: Stormwater handbook updates, citizen monitoring grants, VEEP workshop (July 10, 2024)
  • Issue 6: Webinar series, VURAM updates, upcoming trainings (June 27, 2024)
  • Issue 5: RiverRenew tunnel completion, MS4 permit milestones, virtual education series (May 9, 2024)
  • Issue 4: VA Hydro move to CEDS, Stormwater handbook, Brownfields Conference, TRI report release, GEEA
  • Issue 3: Updates related to stormwater
  • Issue 2: Stormwater Handbook updates, PCBE levels in Dan & Roanoke rivers, Citizen Water Monitoring grantees (Feb. 5, 2024)
  • Issue 1: Wetlands permitting training, drought conditions update, utility scale solar projects (Jan. 16, 2024)

Vol. 2 (2023)

  • Issue 15: CPRG community meetings, drought updates, water quality manual updates (Dec. 5, 2023)
  • Issue 14: Chesapeake Bay reduction goals, new enforcement portal, DEQ wins awards (Oct. 26, 2023) 
  • Issue 13: We skipped lucky number 13
  • Issue 12: PEEP wins awards, upcoming meetings, pollution prevention (Sept. 21, 2023)
  • Issue 11: Stream Nutrient Credit guidance changes, Henrico PFAS and EtO meeting, VURAM updates (Aug. 21, 2023)
  • Issue 10: State Waters Delineator certification, new DEQ Deputy Director, NOAA commendation of CZM (Aug. 7, 2023)
  • Issue 9: Phase I PEEP Complete, Automated General Stormwater Construction Permits, Bay Reductions, Standardizing  Reports for Mitigation Credits, VEEP Sustainability Partners (July 18, 2023)
  • Issue 8: Sackett, Erosion and Sediment Control Law 50th Anniversary, VRRM Updates, and more (June 29, 2023)
  • Issue 7: Grants, stormwater management for farm buildings, Air Monitoring Network Plan, and more (June 15, 2023)
  • Issue 6: PEEP, stormwater training, Brownfields Conference, and more (May 18, 2023)
  • Issue 5: Ozone forecasting season, Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards, Toxic Release Inventory Report, and more (April 17, 2023)
  • Issue 4: Environmental Justice and Water Quality Assessment guidance, PEEP, regulatory changes, and more (March 23, 2023)
  • Issue 3: Grants webinar, regulatory changes, PFAS investigation, and more
  • Issue 2: Enforcement actions, citizen monitoring, grants, regulatory changes, and more (Feb. 6, 2023)
  • Issue 1: Tier II Reporting, eDMR, long eared bat endangerment listing, Groundwater Permit Manual, Petroleum Reimbursement (Jan. 5, 2023)

Vol. 1 (2022)

  • Issue 14: New Permitting Streamlining Process, Training Opportunities, Stormwater, SSO, and Nutrient Credit Guidance (Dec. 14, 2022)
  • Issue 13: We skipped lucky number 13
  • Issue 12: Air Quality Continues to Improve, Ozone Exceedance Days in Northern Virginia, HB 206 Small Renewable Energy Impact on Natural Resources Report, State Recognized for Reducing Permit Noncompliance (Dec. 8, 2022)
  • Issue 11: Waste Management Board authorizes regulatory updates, DEQ Releases 2022 Integrated Report, Apply for Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards
  • Issue 10: Army Corps Shifting Focus from Delineation Confirmations to Section 404/Section 10 Permitting, Solicitation Period for Two ARPA Wastewater Funds (Oct. 18, 2022)
  • Issue 9: DEQ Revising Stormwater Guidance in Response to Public Comments (Oct. 3, 2022)
  • Issue 8: 22-SPGP Public Information Session, Chesterfield Site Removed from Superfund National Priorities List, Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Photo Contest (Aug. 23, 2022)
  • Issue 7: Comfort Letters, 22-SPGPs Effective Aug. 8, Public Comment Open for Stormwater-related Guidance (Aug. 8, 2022)
  • Issue 6: SPGP Delayed Again, Wetland Ecology Symposium, Norfolk Emergency Event (June 16, 2022)
  • Issue 5: 22-SPGP Permit Update, Brownfields Dashboard, TAME Community Outreach Meetings (May 18, 2022)
  • Issue 4: DEQ's Stormwater Web Updates, EPA Brownfields Grant and Greener Business Practices (May 18, 2022)
  • Issue 3: American Wetlands Month, SPGP Public Info Session and Brownfields Site visit (May 4, 2022)
  • Issue 2: Earth Day 2022, Solar Facility Stormwater Management and 2022 Virginia Solar Summit (April 20, 2022)
  • Issue 1: Nationwide Permits, Bristol Landfill Expert Panel Meeting and Careers at DEQ (April 8, 2022)

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