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-23-19
Public Notice Date:
March 20, 2019
Paper:
The Register-Herald
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Application No.:
WV0105759
Applicant:
SHADY SPRING PSD
PO BOX 235
BEAVER, WV 25813
Location:
GHENT, RALEIGH COUNTY
Latitude:
37:36:14
Longitude:
81:08:40
Receiving Stream:
Laurel Run
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an existing 0.21 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. These facilities are designed to serve a population equivalent of approximately 3,500 persons in the Shady Spring Public Service District in the Cool Ridge/Flat Top areas and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to Laurel Creek, approximately 5.2 miles from its mouth, of Piney Creek of the New River of the Kanawha River. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6. Also, to accept nondomestic wastewater from Weathered Ground Brewery for subsequent treatment and disposal. To acquire, construct, install, operate and maintain improvements at the existing wastewater treatment plant to be comprised of a 0.7-meter sludge dewatering belt filter press and all requisite appurtenances. These facilities are to provide for the onsite processing of the sludge generated by the wastewater treatment plant. Further, 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. Also, the permittee may haul the sludge to the permittee’s main plant for further processing and disposal.
Business conducted:
Public Service District
Implementation:
NA
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 March 20, 2019 and ends April 19, 2019.
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.
3-20-WED-1-RH; LG 226311
ID: 226311