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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-114-17			Public Notice Date: 
October 11, 2017

Paper:  St. Marys' Oracle

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

Appl. No.:	WV0020168

Applicant:	ST. MARYS, CITY OF
		418 SECOND ST
		ST. MARYS, WV 26170
		 

Location:	SAINT MARYS, PLEASANTS COUNTY

Latitude:	39:23:32				Longitude: 	81:12:36

Receiving Stream:
OHIO RIVER

Activity:	
Operate and maintain an existing sewer collection system and an existing 0.525 
MGD sequential batch reactor (SBR) wastewater treatment plant.  The system is 
designed to serve a maximum of 5,250 persons or equivalents in the City of St 
Mary's and the St. Mary's Correctional Center and discharge treated wastewater 
via Outlet 001 (formerly Outlet 002) to the Ohio River at Mile Point 155.  Tier 
1 protection is afforded.   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:
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 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.