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-8-26 Public Notice Date: January 22, 2026 Paper: Preston News The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity: Appl. No.: WV0033804 Applicant: TERRA ALTA, TOWN OF 701A EAST STATE AVE TERRA ALTA, WV 26764 Location: TERRA ALTA, PRESTON COUNTY Latitude: 39:26:10 Longitude: 79:32:18 Receiving Stream: SNOWY CREEK Activity: To operate and maintain an existing 250,000 gallon per day sewage collection and sequential batch reactor (SBR) treatment system. The system is designed to serve a population equivalent of 2,500 persons in the Town of Terra Alta and surrounding environs, and discharge treated and disinfected wastewater via Outlet No. 001 into Snowy Creek (6.8 miles from its mouth) of the Youghiogheny River of the Monongahela River. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6. Also to accept non-domestic wastewater from Hopemont State Hospital and High Ground Brewery. 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 disposed of at a sanitary 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 “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 [email protected] The public comment period begins January 22, 2026 and ends February 21, 2026. 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.
TOWN OF TERRA ALTA
701A E STATE AVE
TERRA ALTA
WV
26764
000-000-0000
ID: 1498065