STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
DIVISION OF WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC NOTICE
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONáS, 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-139-17
Public Notice Date: December 16, 2017
Paper: Parkersburg News
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0022071
Applicant: WILLIAMSTOWN, CITY OF
CITY HALL
100 WEST 5TH ST
WILLIAMSTOWN, WV 26187
Location: WILLIAMSTOWN, WOOD COUNTY
Latitude: 39:24:20 Longitude: 81:27:18
Receiving Stream:
OHIO RIVER
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an existing 0.4 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. Facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 4.000 persons in the City of Williamstown, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Ohio River at Mile Point 172.17. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses designated in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6. Also, to accept nondomestic wastewater from Hino Motors Manufacturing USA, Inc. for subsequent treatment and disposal. Further, to incorporate the requirements relative to Title 33, Series 2 of the West Virginia Legislative Rules for the processing and disposal of sewage sludge generated by the wastewater treatment plant. Sewage sludge generated and/or processed at the permittee’s facility shall disposed of at a landfill by placing the sewage sludge in the landfill cell.
Business conducted:
Municipality
Implementation:
N/A
On the basis of review of the application, the âWater Pollution Control Act (Chapter 22, Article 11-8(a)),ã and the âWest Virginia Legislative Rules,ã 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 December 16, 2017 and ends January 15, 2018.
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.
Dec 16