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-45-24
Public Notice Date: April 30, 2024
Paper: Register Herald
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0023183
Applicant: BECKLEY, CITY OF
PO BOX 2494
BECKLEY, WV 25802- 2494
Location: BECKLEY,
RALEIGH COUNTY
Latitude: 37:46:15
Longitude: 81:09:11
Receiving Stream:
PINEY CREEK
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system, an existing 3.5 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant, and an existing 4.5 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant including a high strength waste receiving facility. The two (2) wastewater treatment plants operate in unison to provide a total wastewater treatment capacity of 8.0 million gallons per day. These facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 89,000 persons in the City of Beckley, Town of Mabscott, the unincorporated Town of Sprague, Beaver, Raleigh County Airport Authority service area, a portion of North Beckley Public Service District, Federal Bureau of Prisons correctional institution, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet 001 to Piney Creek of the New River. An antidegradation review has been conducted and Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6 for Outlet 001. To operate and maintain one (1) combined sewer system overflow disposal and treatment system and the nine minimum controls for the direct discharge of partially treated sanitary and storm water during wet weather events when the hydraulic capacity of the wastewater treatment plant is exceeded through Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet C002 to Little Whitestick Creek, approximately 0.15 miles from its mouth, of Cranberry Creek of Piney Creek of the New River. An antidegradation review has been conducted and Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6 for Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet C002. Also, to operate and maintain disposal systems and best management practices for the discharge of untreated storm water through Outlets 006-008 to Piney Creek. Compliance with the antidegradation requirements for the storm water outlets is attained through the implementation of best management practices. Also to operate, maintain, and 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.
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 April 30, 2024 and ends May 30, 2024.
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.
ID: 792792