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

Public Notice No.:  L-43-19			Public Notice Date: May 24, 2019

Paper:  Jackson Star News

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

Appl. No.:	WV0045543

Applicant:	RIPLEY, CITY OF
		203 SOUTH CHURCH ST
		RIPLEY, WV 25271
		 

Location:	RIPLEY, JACKSON COUNTY

Latitude:	38:49:30				Longitude: 	81:43:10

Receiving Stream:
Mill Creek/Ohio River

Activity:	
To operate and maintain an existing sewage collection system and 500,000 gallon 
per day stabilization pond treatment system.  The system is designed to serve 
5,000 persons or equivalents in the City of Ripley and discharge the treated 
wastewater via Outlet No. 001 to Mill Creek (approximately 17 miles from its 
mouth) of the Ohio River.  An antidegradation review has been conducted.  Tier 
1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 
6.

Business conducted:
Municipality

Implementation:
Compliance shall be attained through Consent Order 8872.

	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 May 24, 2019 and ends June 23, 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.