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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-111-17			Public Notice Date: 
October 04, 2017

Paper:  Welch Daily Times

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

Appl. No.:	WV0040371

Applicant:	WAR, CITY OF
		14220 ROCKET BOYS DR
		PO BOX 280
		WAR, WV 24892-0280

Location:	WAR, MCDOWELL COUNTY

Latitude:	37:18:42				Longitude: 	81:41:45

Receiving Stream:
Dry Fork/Tug Fork/Big Sandy

Activity:	
To operate and maintain an existing wastewater collection system and an 
existing 0.13 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. These 
facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 1,300 persons 
in the City of War, the areas of Centerville and Shop Branch, and environs, and 
discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001, to Dry Fork, approximately 
21.2 miles from its mouth, of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy 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 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. 

Business conducted:
Municipality

Implementation:
N/A

	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 04, 2017 and ends November 
03, 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.