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-102-21
Public Notice Date:
December 23, 2021
Paper: Fayette Tribune
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0034991
Applicant: KANAWHA FALLS PSD
BOX 448
GAULEY BRIDGE, WV 25085
Location:
DEEP WATER, FAYETTE COUNTY
Latitude: 38:07:56 Longitude: 81:16:33
Receiving Stream:
KANAWHA RIVER
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an existing 1.875 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. Facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 18,750 persons in the Public Service District, inclusive of the Town of Gauley Bridge, the Armstrong Public Service District, the Cannelton service area, the West Virginia Department of Public Safety Correctional Facility at Mount Olive, the Deepwater Public Service District, the City of Smithers, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Kanawha River at Mile Point 90.3. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6. To accept nondomestic wastewater from West Virginia Alloys, the West Virginia Department of Public Safety Correctional Facility at Mount Olive, and the West Virginia Division of Highways 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 at a sanitary landfill by placing the sewage sludge in the landfill cell.
Business conducted:
Public Service District
Implementation:
Compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit shall be attained through Administrative Consent Order No. 8170, effective the 19th day of February 2015, Administrative Order No. 8624, issued the 14th day of October 2016 and Consent Order No. 8630, dated the 10th day of August 2017. Compliance shall also be attained through Administrative Order No. 10023, to be issued with the final permit.
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 23, 2021 and ends January 22, 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.