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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-137-17			Public Notice Date: 
December 07, 2017

Paper:  The Journal

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

Appl. No.:	WV0023167

Applicant:	MARTINSBURG, CITY OF
		PO BOX 828
		MARTINSBURG, WV 25402
		 

Location:	MARTINSBURG, BERKELEY COUNTY

Latitude:	39:27:05				Longitude: 	77:57:14

Receiving Stream:
Tuscarora Creek/Opequon Creek/Potomac River

Activity:	
To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system and 
an existing 3.0 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant.  These 
facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 40,000 persons 
in the City of Martinsburg, the Route 9 East Area of the Berkeley County Public 
Service Sewer District, and environs, and discharge treated wastewater through 
Outlet No. 001 to Tuscarora Creek, approximately 1.6 miles from its mouth, of 
Opequon Creek of the Potomac River.  An antidegradation review has been 
conducted and Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, 
Series 2, Section 6 for Outlet No. 001.  To operate and maintain disposal 
systems, best management practices, and the nine (9) minimum controls for the 
direct discharge of sanitary wastewater and storm water from Combined Sewer 
Overflow (CSO) Outlet No. C003, to Tuscarora Creek.  This CSO Outlet is 
permitted to discharge only when the hydraulic capacity of the collection 
and/or treatment system is exceeded during wet weather events.  Tier 1 
protection shall be afforded for the wet weather discharges from combined sewer 
Outlet C003 through the implementation of the facility's CSO Long-term Control 
Plan (LTCP).  Also, to allow the discharge of untreated storm water runoff 
through Outlet No. 002 to Tuscarora Creek.  Compliance with the antidegradation 
requirements is attained through the implementation of Best Management 
Practices.  To accept and treat nondomestic wastewater from the City of 
Martinsburg Big Springs Water Treatment Plant, City of Martinsburg Water 
Treatment Plant, City Hospital WVU East, and Enterprise Rent a Car.  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:
Compliance with the Combined Sewer Overflow requirements shall be attained in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of  Administrative Order No. 6331, 
issued the 27th day of December 2007, and any amendments, thereto.

Compliance with certain other terms and conditions of the permit shall be 
attained in accordance with Administrative Order No. 8775 to be issued with the 
final permit. 

	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 December 07, 2017 and ends January 
06, 2018.

	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.