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-88-20 Public Notice Date: November 12, 2020
Paper: Weirton Daily Times
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0021768
Applicant: CHESTER, CITY OF
600 INDIANA AVE
CHESTER, WV 26034
Location: CHESTER, HANCOCK COUNTY
Latitude: 40:36:51 Longitude: 80:34:03
Receiving Stream: OHIO RIVER
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an existing 0.47 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. These facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 4,700 persons in the City of Chester, the community of Lawrenceville, the Johnsonville area of the Hancock County Public Service District, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Ohio River at Mile Point 43. Also, to accept backwash water from the City of Chester’s water treatment plant for subsequent treatment and disposal. 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. An antidegradation review was conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.
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
The public comment period begins November 12, 2020 and ends December 12, 2020.
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.
WDT adv. Nov. 12, 2020