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 SE,
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-2345
TELEPHONE: (304) 926-0440.
APPLICATION FOR A
WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
PERMIT MODIFICATION
Public Notice No.: L-106-24
Public Notice Date:
September 10, 2024
Paper: Register Herald
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit Modification for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0024422
Applicant: SOPHIA, TOWN OF
PO BOX 700
SOPHIA, WV 25921
Location:
SOPHIA, RALEIGH COUNTY
Latitude: 37:42:18 Longitude: 81:14:17
Receiving Stream:
Soak Creek of Piney Creek of the New River of the Kanawha River
Activity:
To acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain upgrades to the wastewater collection system, and construction of a new 0.60 MGD SBR WWTP which will replace the existing treatment facilities. The new WWTP is designed to serve a population equivalent of 6,000 persons in the Town of Sophia service area, and discharge treated wastewater via Outlet 002 to Soak Creek, approximately 2.1 miles from its mouth of Piney Creek of the New River. An antidegradation review was conducted and Tier 2 protection is afforded for the uses specified in 47 CSR Series 2, Section 6. The above mentioned WWTP project shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications entitled, “Town of Sophia, Raleigh County, West Virginia, Wastewater Treatment Plant, SRF Project #544085, WV IJDC #2016S-1658”, prepared by The Thrasher Group, Inc. and approved by WVDEP on the 26th day of August 2024.
Business conducted:
Municipality
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 modification 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
[email protected]
The public comment period begins September 10, 2024 and ends October 10, 2024.
Comments received within this period will be considered prior to acting on the permit modification 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 Modification(s). Interested persons may contact the public information office to obtain further information.
The application, draft permit modification 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, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days.
ID: 823311