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-37-23
Public Notice Date: April 11, 2023
Paper: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0024589
Applicant:
WELCH, CITY OF
88 HOWARD ST
WELCH, WV 24801
Location: WELCH,
MCDOWELL COUNTY
Latitude: 37:26:46
Longitude: 81:35:55
Receiving Stream:
Tug Fork/Big Sandy River/Ohio River
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system, and an existing 1.12 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. Facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 11,200 persons in the City of Welch, Indian Ridge Industrial Park, inclusive of the Federal Bureau of Prisons McDowell Federal Correction Institution, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. 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. 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. C002 and C005 to the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. These CSO Outlets are permitted 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 Title 47, Series 2 for Outlet Nos. C002 and C005 through the implementation of the CSO Control Policy and the facility’s site-specific long-term control plan. To operate and maintain disposal systems and best management practices for the discharge of untreated storm water runoff through Outlet No. 030 and Outlet No. 031 to the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. Compliance with the antidegradation requirements for Outlet No. 030 and Outlet No. 031 is attained through the implementation of Best Management Practices. To accept nondomestic wastewater from the McDowell County Landfill, Copper Ridge Landfill, Douglas Mortuary, Gregory-Page Funeral Home, and Fanning Funeral Home 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:
Compliance shall be attained in accordance with federal Civil Action No. 77-1163, and the Consent Order, entered June 3, 1993, which stipulates a schedule for the attainment of said compliance, and any further amendments, thereto. Also, compliance shall be attained through Administrative Order 10133.
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 11, 2023 and ends May 11, 2023.
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: 698313