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-87-25 Public Notice Date: September 24, 2025
Paper: Hampshire Review
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0020699
Applicant: ROMNEY, TOWN OF
340 E MAIN ST
ROMNEY, WV 26757
Location: ROMNEY, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
Latitude: 39:21:46 Longitude: 78:45:22
Receiving Stream:
Big Run
Activity:
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an existing 0.75 million gallon per day wastewater treatment SBR plant. These facilities are designed to serve a population equivalent to approximately 7,500 persons in the Town of Romney, a portion of the Central Hampshire Public Service District, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 to Big Run, approximately 0.1 miles from its mouth of the South Branch Potomac River, of the Potomac River.
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 land applied, provided that the sewage sludge shall not be applied in a manner that exceeds the agronomic or lifetime loading rates. These land application site(s) meet all other regulatory standards and are identified as follows: Riverview Farms located at River Road, Romney, WV; Floyd Farm located on Floyd Farm Road, Romney WV; Welker Farm, located at Grassy Lick Road, Romney, WV; and McBride Farm located on Riverside Farm Drive, Romney, WV. 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.
An antidegradation review was conducted. Tier 2 and 1 protection are provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.
Business conducted:
Municipality
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
[email protected]
The public comment period begins September 24, 2025 and ends October 24, 2025.
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.
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