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Virginia regulations · Through 2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)

9VAC25-260-490: Tennessee and Big Sandy River Basins (Big Sandy River Subbasin)

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  1. Title 9. Environment
  2. Agency 25. State Water Control Board
  3. Chapter 260. Water Quality Standards
  4. Part IX. River Basin Section Tables

SEC.

CLASS

SP. STDS.

SECTION DESCRIPTION

1

IV

All tributaries of Tug Fork in Virginia.

2

IV

All tributaries of Jacobs Fork and Dry Fork in Virginia.

2a

IV

PWS

Crockett Cove, a tributary to Jacobs Fork, from Bishop's raw water intake to its headwaters.

3

IV

jj

Levisa Fork and its tributaries and Knox Creek and its tributaries, unless otherwise designated in this chapter, from the Virginia-Kentucky state line upstream to their headwaters.

V

Stockable Trout Waters in Section 3

vi

Dismal Creek from its mouth to its headwaters.

4

IV

Russell Fork and its tributaries, unless otherwise designated in this chapter, from the Virginia-Kentucky state line upstream to their headwaters.

V

Stockable Trout Waters in Section 4

***

Caney Creek from Long Branch Creek upstream 5.5 miles.

vi

Frying Pan Creek from 1.3 miles above its confluence with Russell Fork 8.6 miles upstream (in vicinity of Bucu).

vi

North Fork Pound River from the town limits of Pound upstream to the water supply dam.

***

Russell Fork from the confluence of Pound River to the Virginia-Kentucky state line.

VI

Natural Trout Waters in Section 4

iii

Pound River from its confluence with Russell Fork upstream to the John W. Flannagan Dam.

4a

IV

PWS

Pound River and its tributaries from the John W. Flannagan Dam, including the Cranes Nest River and its tributaries to points five miles above the John W. Flannagan Water Authority's raw water intake.

4b

IV

PWS

North Fork Pound River and its tributaries from North Fork Pound River Dam and the Town of Pound's raw water intake upstream to their headwaters, unless otherwise designated in this chapter.

4c

(Deleted)

4d

IV

Phillips Creek from its mouth to its headwaters and the North Fork Pound River from Wise County's swimming area around the mouth of Phillips Creek to a point 1/2 mile upstream.

4e

IV

PWS

Russell Fork River and its tributaries from the Kentucky state line 2.2 miles upstream (Elkhorn City, Kentucky raw water intake including Grassy Creek from its confluence with Russell Fork northeast to the Kentucky state line, Hunts Creek from its confluence with Grassy Creek to one mile upstream, Laurel Branch to its headwaters, including Laurel Lake (Breaks Interstate Park raw water intake).

V

Stockable Trout Waters in Section 4e

***

PWS

Russell Fork from the Kentucky state line 2.2 miles upstream.

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