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-42-21 Public Notice Date: April 20, 2021
Paper: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0023094
Applicant:
PRINCETON, CITY OF
PO BOX 4950
PRINCETON, WV 24740
Location:
PRINCETON, MERCER COUNTY
Latitude: 37:23:07 Longitude: 81:05:04
Receiving Stream:
BRUSH CREEK
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system and an existing 4.9 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. The facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 36,000 persons in the City of Princeton, the Oakvale Road Public Service District, a portion of the Green Valley-Glenwood Public Service District, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to Brush Creek of the Bluestone River of Bluestone Lake of the New River of the Kanawha River. 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 No. C002, to Brush Creek. 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 No. 001. Tier 1 protection shall be afforded for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2 for the combined sewer overflow outlet through implementation of the facility’s long-term control plan. Also to accept nondomestic wastewater from Mercer County Landfill, Princeton Machine Service, Custom Manufacturing Services, Inc., Central Supply, Recycle West Virginia, Taylor’s Meat Processing, and Mitchem Enterprises 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.
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 20, 2021 and ends May 20, 2021.
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: 492763