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Groundwater and Surface Water Withdrawals

How to Comment and/or Request a Public Hearing

DEQ accepts comments and requests for public hearing by e-mail, or postal mail. All comments and requests must be in writing and be received by DEQ during the comment period. Submittals must include the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers of the commenter/requester and of all persons represented by the commenter/requester.  

A request for public hearing must also include: 

  1. The reason why a public hearing is requested.  
  2. A brief, informal statement regarding the nature and extent of the interest of the requester or of those represented by the requestor, including how and to what extent such interest would be directly and adversely affected by the permit.  
  3. Specific references, where possible, to terms and conditions of the permit with suggested revisions. DEQ may hold a public hearing, including another comment period, if public response is significant and there are substantial, disputed issues relevant to the proposed permit.

When a public comment period is active, a link to download the draft permit package can be found below. 

Opportunities for the public to submit comments on a draft permits are listed below. 

Groundwater Withdrawal in Northampton County, GWI000291

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Public Notice – Environmental Permit

 

Permit Number: GWI000291

Notice Purpose: To seek public comment on a draft permit from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the withdrawal of ground water in Northampton County, Virginia.

Public Comment Period: August 29, 2025 – September 29, 2025

Permit Name: Ground Water Withdrawal Permit issued by DEQ pursuant to applicable water laws and regulations.

Applicant Name, Address and Permit Number: Ray Newman; 4131 Richardson Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23455; GWI000291

Name and Location of Water Withdrawal: Highway Farm; Lankford Hwy (Parcel #48-A-32, #48-A-33, #48-A-34), Machipongo, VA 23405

Project Description:  Ray Newman has applied for a reissuance of a permit for Highway Farm. The permit would authorize the applicant to withdraw a maximum of 47,558,000 gallons per year and 16,417,000 gallons per month from the Lower Yorktown-Eastover, Upper Yorktown-Eastover, and Surficial aquifers. The ground water withdrawal will supplement withdrawals from an on-site pond as needed for crop irrigation. The top of the Lower Yorktown-Eastover aquifer at the proposed withdrawal site was determined to be 260 feet below land surface. The top of the Upper Yorktown-Eastover aquifer at the proposed withdrawal site was determined to be 130 feet below land surface. The bottom of the Surficial aquifer at the proposed withdrawal site was estimated to be 87 feet below land surface. An aquifer is a body of rock or layer of sediment in the ground in which ground water is stored and transported. DEQ has made a tentative decision to issue the permit.

Affected Area: The radial distance from the well to where computer modeling predicts the aquifer may experience one foot of drawdown due to the withdrawal is illustrated on maps that can be viewed in the draft permit package linked below.

To download the draft permit package, please click here.

DEQ Contact:

            R. Cecil Byles, Central Office

            Phone: 804-401-7841

            Email: robert.c.byles@deq.virginia.gov    

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