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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-86-20 Public Notice Date: October 21, 2020 Paper: Wayne County News The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity: Appl. No.: WV0023159 Applicant: HUNTINGTON, CITY OF 555 SEVENTH AVENUE HUNTINGTON,WV 25701 Location: HUNTINGTON, WAYNE COUNTY Latitude: 38:24:04 Longitude: 82:31:44 Receiving Stream: OHIO RIVER Activity: To operate and maintain an existing combined sewer wastewater collection system and an existing 17.0 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. These facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 90,000 persons in the City, the City of Kenova, the Town of Ceredo, the Northern Wayne County Public Service District, the Spring Valley Public Service District, the Ohio River service area of the Pea Ridge Public Service District, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to the Ohio River at Mile Point 313.2. 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. The facility also contains 25 combined sewer system overflow relief points which discharge during wet weather events when the hydraulic capacity of the wastewater treatment plant is exceeded through Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet No. C002 to Krout Creek of Twelvepole Creek of the Ohio River; Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet Nos. C003, C005, C006, C007, C008, C009, C010, C011, C012, C013, C014, C015, C020, and C021 to the Ohio River; Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet Nos. C004, C022, C023, and C024 to Fourpole Creek of the Ohio River; Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet Nos. C016, C017, C019, and C036 to the Guyandotte River of the Ohio River, and Combined Sewer Overflow Outlet Nos. 018 and 018-A to Pat’s Branch of the Guyandotte River of the Ohio River. Tier 1 protection shall be afforded for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2 for the Combined Sewer Overflow Outlets 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 incinerated. Also 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: Municapality Implementation: Compliance with the Combined Sewer Overflow requirements shall be attained in accordance with Administrative Order No. 5849, 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 October 21, 2020 and ends November 20, 2020. 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. LH – 100011 10/21/20