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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-110-17			Public Notice Date: 
October 11, 2017

Paper:  Webster Echo

The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit for 
this facility or activity:

Appl. No.:	WV0037397

Applicant:	COWEN PSD
		BOX 457
		COWEN, WV 26206
		 

Location:	COWEN, WEBSTER COUNTY

Latitude:	38:24:00				Longitude: 	80:33:54

Receiving Stream:
Unnamed Tributary/Big Ditch Run/Gauley River/Kanawha River/Ohio River

Activity:	
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an 
existing 0.50 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant.  These 
facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 5,000 persons 
in the Cowen Public Service District and environs, and discharge treated 
wastewater, through Outlet No. 001, to Long Glade Creek, approximately 1.42 
miles from its mouth, of Big Ditch Run of the Gauley River of the Kanawha 
River.  An antidegradation review has been conducted.  Tier 2 protection is 
afforded for all parameters of concern requiring that protection.  The agency 
made a determination that the activity will not cause significant degradation 
to the receiving stream.  To accept nondomestic wastewater from the Webster 
County Landfill and First Energy Company for subsequent treatment and 
disposal.  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 facilities shall be disposed of in the 
landfill cell.  To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection 
system and an existing 0.013 million gallons per day wastewater treatment 
plant.  These facilities are to serve approximately 520 persons at the Camp 
Caesar 4-H camp site and discharge treated wastewater, through Outlet No. 005, 
to the Gauley River, approximately 72.7 miles from its mouth, of the Kanawha 
River.  An antidegradation review has been conducted.  Tier 1 protection is 
provided for the uses designated in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.

Business conducted:
Public Service District

Implementation:
Compliance shall be attained in accordance with Administrative Order No. 7752, 
issued the 27th day of December 2012.

	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 11, 2017 and ends November 
10, 2017.

	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.  Copies of the documents may be 
obtained from the Division at a nominal cost.