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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-34-20			Public Notice Date: April 21, 2020

Paper:  Gazette Mail

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

Appl. No.:	WV0000078

Applicant:	UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
		PO BOX 8361
		SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV 25303
		 

Location:	SOUTH CHARLESTON, KANAWHA COUNTY

Latitude:	38:22:14				Longitude: 	81:40:56

Receiving Stream:
KANAWHA RIVER

Activity:	
Operate and maintain a disposal system and best management practices for the 
direct discharge of untreated non-contact cooling water, stormwater and other 
wastewater (firewater, maintenance and testing, city water and steam 
condensate) via outlets 014, 015, 017, 023, and 076; untreated storm water 
runoff via Outlets 012, 025, 049, 050, 052, 057, 061, 063, 064, 071, 074, 079, 
and 081; and untreated storm water runoff from tank dike discharge via Outlets 
062, 083, 084, 085, 087, 088, 089, 090, and 092 into the Kanawha River between 
mile points 55 and 56. Also to operate and maintain an intake system (Outlets 
INT1 and INT2) for the withdrawal of water from the Kanawha River.

An antidegradation review has been conducted and Tier 1 protection is afforded 
for the uses specified in 47 CSR 2, Section 6.

Business conducted:
Specialty organic chemicals manufacturing facility.

Implementation:
Compliance shall be attained in accordance with Administrative Order Nos. 7584 
and 9863.

	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 April 21, 2020 and ends May 21, 2020.

	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, at 
601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV 25304-2345, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
on business days.