Notice of Public
Comment
Period
State of West Virginia
Department of
Environmental Protection Division of Water and Waste Management 601 57th Street, SE Charleston, WV 25304 Telephone:
(304) 926-0440 Fax:
(304) 926-0463
Public Notice No.:
SM-40 2024
Public Notice Date:
May 7, 2024
GENERAL WV/NPDES WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT STORMWATER DISCHARGES FROM SMALL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS
WV/NPDES PERMIT NO. WV0116025
The Division of Water and Waste Management is proposing to reissue the West Virginia National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) General Water Pollution Control Permit WV0116025. The General Permit covers discharges to waters of the state from small municipal separate storm sewer systems as defined in the General Permit. It is proposed that this General Permit be
issued for a five-year term.
The reissued General
Permit will supersede the existing General Water Pollution Control Permit No. WV0116025, which expired on August 11, 2019.
The Director of the
Division of Water and Waste Management
retains authority to require any owner/operator to
apply for and obtain an
individual WV/NPDES Permit. This authority will be exercised when the Director determines that such individual permits will better protect the receiving water.
The draft permit and fact sheet are available on the WVDEP website at https://dep.wv.gov/WWE/
Programs/stormwater/MS4/
Pages/default.aspx. Hard copies are available for
review at WVDEP
headquarters in
Charleston or any of the agency’s regional field
offices, and can be mailed upon request.
Hearing impaired
individuals having access to a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) may contact our agency by calling 1-800-422-5700. Calls must be made between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p. m. Monday through Friday.
Any interested persons may submit written
comments on the draft permit. Comments will be accepted until June 21, 2024. They should be
addressed to:
Sharon Mullins
Division of Water and Waste Management
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Attention: Sharon
Mullins
E-mail: Sharon.A.Mullins@
WV.gov
All comments received within this period will be considered prior to acting on the draft General
Permit. Correspondence should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement of the nature of the issues raised.
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