Public Notice

Public Notice
West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality
Comment Period Opens:
Friday, September 12, 2025
Comment Period Closes:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Publication: Weirton Daily Times and the West Virginia State Register
Publication Date: Friday, September 12, 2025
Type of Notice: Public Comment Period and Public Hearing
Location: Statewide
Proposed Activity: Weirton Area Maintenance Plan Revision for the 1987 PM10 NAAQS
Project Description: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), is soliciting comment and holding a public hearing on the proposed Weirton Area Maintenance Plan Revision for the 1987 PM10 NAAQS. The second PM10 Maintenance Plan for the Weirton Area is a Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP), which provides for maintenance of the PM10 NAAQS through the end of the 20 year period following the area’s redesignation to attainment on August 14, 2006.
The proposed second PM10 LMP for the Weirton Area is available at: the DAQ website at
https://dep.wv.gov/daq/
publicnoticeandcomment/
Pages/default.aspx
If you do not have internet capability, please contact the DAQ for alternatives.
Point of Contact:
Richard “Eric” Ray
([email protected]
or 304-414-1901)
Written comments may be submitted at any time during the public comment period as instructed below. Comments must be received by the conclusion of the public comment period on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The DEP is holding the public hearing virtually. Instructions for participating and providing oral comments virtually are provided below. Both oral and written comments will be made part of the official record. Comments received after the conclusion of the public comment period will not be accepted.
Written Comments:
E-mail written comments to
[email protected]
with “Weirton 2nd PM10 LMP” in the subject line, or
Mail hard copy comments to the attention of Richard Eric Ray at the WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV 25304.
Public Hearing: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
The purpose of the public hearing is to receive comments concerning the proposed second PM10 Limited Maintenance Plan for the Weirton Area.
To participate online or by telephone, registration is required by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. To register, please complete the registration form at
https://forms.gle/
ZzYsCqQhErX4VZhu8.
To register to speak, please indicate “yes” that you want to provide oral comments on the record when you register with the previously provided link. A confirmation email will be sent with information on how to join the public hearing shortly after registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. If you do not have internet access and want to register, please contact Sandie Adkins or Nicole Ernest at (304) 926-0475. Registration for the online hearing is required to fulfill the state’s obligation under federal air quality regulations to include a list of participants.
If you wish to speak at the public hearing, verbal testimony is limited to 5 minutes for each witness. Video demonstrations and screen sharing by witnesses is not permitted.
WDT Sep 12, 2025