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-46-22 Public Notice Date: May 14, 2022
Paper: Inter-Mountain
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0082414
Applicant: HUTTONSVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER
PO Box 1
Huttonsville, WV 26273
Location: HUTTONSVILLE, RANDOLPH COUNTY
Latitude: 38:42:00 Longitude: 79:58:49
Receiving Stream:
TYGART VALLEY RIVER
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing 200,000 gpd wastewater collection and treatment system. This system is to serve approximately 1,786 inmates and staff at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet 001 into the Tygart Valley River, approximately 107.1 miles from its mouth of the Monongahela River. An anti-degradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is afforded for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.
Also, 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 be land applied, provided that the sewage sludge shall not be applied in a manner that exceeds the agronomic or lifetime loading rates. This land application site(s) meet all other regulatory standards and is identified as follows: West Virginia Department of Agriculture – Huttonsville Land Division, located on Route 250, Huttonsville, West Virginia.
Business conducted:
Correctional Facility
Implementation:
N/A
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 May 14, 2022 and ends June 13, 2022.
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.
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