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PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

DIVISION OF WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

PUBLIC NOTICE

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION’S, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, 601 57TH STREET, CHARLESTON SE, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-2345 TELEPHONE: (304) 926-0440.

APPLICATION FOR A WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT

Public Notice No.:  L-87-17 Public Notice Date: September 13, 2017

Paper:  Spirit of Jefferson

The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:

Appl. No.: WV0105112

Applicant: US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER

698 CONSERVATION WAY

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV 25443

Location: SHEPHERDSTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY

Latitude: 39:29:26 Longitude: 77:48:40

Receiving Stream:

POTOMAC RIVER

Activity:

To operate and maintain a disposal system and best management practices for the direct discharge of treated industrial wastes (cooling tower blowdown, cafeteria wastewater, laundry service waste water and sanitary wastewater) via Outlet 001 into the Potomac River at Milepoint 22.  Also to operate and maintain a disposal system and best management practices for the direct discharge of treated industrial wastes (wastewater from fish holding tanks) via Outlet 002 into the Potomac River at Milepoint 21.3.  Also to operate and maintain disposal systems and best management practices for the direct discharge of untreated storm water through Outlets 004, 005, 006, 007, 008 and 009 into an unnamed tributary of the Potomac River. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses of the receiving stream.

Business conducted:

School [National Conservation Training Center – This facility has the potential of performing various types of fish research].

Implementation:

/Implementation/

On the basis of review of the application, the “Water Pollution Control Act (Chapter 22, Article 11-8(a)),” and the “West Virginia Legislative Rules,” the State of West Virginia will act on the above application.

Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public hearing by addressing such to the Director of the Division of Water and Waste Management within 30 days of the date of the public notice.  Such comments or requests should be addressed to:

Director, Division of Water and Waste Management, DEP

ATTN:  Lori Devereux, Permitting Section

601 57th Street SE

Charleston, WV  25304-2345

The public comment period begins September 13, 2017 and ends October 13, 2017.

Comments received within this period will be considered prior to acting on the permit application.  Correspondence should include the name, address and the telephone number of the writer and a concise statement of the nature of the issues raised.  The Director shall hold a public hearing whenever a finding is made, on the basis of requests, that there is a significant degree of public interest on issues relevant to the Draft Permit(s).  Interested persons may contact the public information office to obtain further information.

The application, draft permit and any required fact sheet may be inspected, by appointment, at the Division of Water and Waste Management Public Information Office, at 601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV 25304-2345, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days.  Copies of the documents may be obtained from the Division at a nominal cost.