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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-96-21 Public Notice Date: December 11, 2021 Paper: Charleston Gazette-Mail The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity: Appl. No.: WV0023205 Applicant: SANITARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON THE CITY OF CHARLESTON 208 26TH STREET W CHARLESTON, WV 25387-1818 Location: CHARLESTON, KANAWHA COUNTY Latitude: 38:22:30 Longitude: 81:40:45 Receiving Stream: KANAWHA RIVER Activity: To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system and an existing 14.0 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. Facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 140,000 persons in the City, the Ruthdale service area, the Guthrie service area, a portion of the Mt. Tyler service area, and environs and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Kanawha River at Mile Point 55.7. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6 for Outlet No. 001. Also, to operate and maintain disposal systems, best management practices, and the nine (9) minimum controls for the direct discharge of sanitary wastewater and storm water from Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Outlet Nos. C004, C006, C007, C008, C009, C010, C011, C012, C014, C019, C020, C021, C022, C023, C024, C025, C027, C029, C030, C033, C034, C035, C035-A, C036, C037, C041, C043, C056, C060, C061, C066, C067, C068, C072, C073, C076, and C078 – Kanawha River, C005, C013, C015, C017, C077, and C080 – Elk River, C038 and C039 – Joplin Branch, C040 and C045 – Sugarcamp Creek of Davis Creek, C048 and C049 – Rays Branch of Davis Creek, C050 – Coal Hollow of Davis Creek, C051 – Unnamed Tributary, C053 – Kanawha Twomile Creek, C055 – Woodward Branch of Kanawha Twomile Creek, C018 and C079 – Ferry Branch, C081 – Venable Branch. These outlets are to discharge only when the hydraulic capacity of the collection system is exceeded during wet weather events. Tier 1 protection shall be afforded for the uses specified in 47 CSR 2 for the CSO outfalls through implementation of the facility’s Long-term Control Plan. To implement a Publicly Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment Program. 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. Also, to allow the discharge of untreated storm water runoff through Outlet Nos. 079 and 080 to the Kanawha River. Compliance with the antidegradation requirements is attained through the implementation of Best Management Practices. To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and convey wastewater to the City of Dunbar’s wastewater treatment plant. Facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 300 persons in a portion of the Mt. Tyler service area, and environs. Business conducted: Municipality Implementation: Compliance with the Combined Sewer Overflow implementation requirements shall be attained through Administrative Order No. 6140, issued September 13, 2007, and any amendments thereto. 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 December 11, 2021 and ends January 10, 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. LC-121460 12-11;2021