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APPLICATION FOR A WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM 
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT

Public Notice No.:  L-9-19			Public Notice Date: February 19, 
2019

Paper:  Hinton News

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

Appl. No.:	WV0024732

Applicant:	HINTON, CITY OF
		SANITARY BOARD
		322 SUMMERS ST
		HINTON, WV 25951

Location:	HINTON, SUMMERS COUNTY

Latitude:	37:42:05				Longitude: 	80:53:17

Receiving Stream:
NEW RIVER

Activity:	
To operate and maintain an existing combined wastewater collection system and 
an existing 0.625 million gallons per day wastewater treatment plant. These 
facilities are to serve a population of approximately 6,250 persons in the City 
of Hinton and surrounding environs including the community of Brooks and the 
community of Barksdale, and discharge treated wastewater through Outlet No. 001 
to the New River, approximately 59.7 miles from its mouth, of the Kanawha 
River.   An antidegradation review has been conducted.  Tier 1 protection is 
provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6 for Outlet No. 
001.  Also, 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 
Nos. C004, C006, C007, and C009 to the New River.  Tier 1 protection shall be 
afforded for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2 for Outlet Numbers C004, 
C006, C007, and C009 through implementation of the facility's Long-term Control 
Plan.  To accept nondomestic wastewater from R. T. Rogers Oil 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 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 
through Administrative Order No. 6567 and any amendments, thereto.

	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 February 19, 2019 and ends March 21, 
2019.

	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.