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 SE, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-2345 TELEPHONE: (304) 926-0440.
APPLICATION FOR A WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT MODIFICATION
Public Notice No.: L-87-23 Public Notice Date: August 04, 2023
Paper: Brooke County Review
The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit Modification for this facility or activity:
Appl. No.: WV0023108
Applicant: WEIRTON, CITY OF
5000 FREEDOM WAY
WEIRTON, WV 26062
Location: WEIRTON – BROOKE, BROOKE COUNTY
Latitude: 40:22:56 Longitude: 80:36:46
Receiving Stream:
OHIO RIVER
Activity:
To modify an existing permit to acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain to increase the WWTP treatment capacity from 4.0 MGD to 8.0 MGD by adding a new 4.0 MGD sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treatment plant consisting of one (1) headworks building, two (2) SBR basins with a volume of 928,780 gallons each and surface area of 6,175 square feet each, two (2) equalization basins with a volume of 928,780 gallons each and surface area of 6,175 square feet each, and one (1) SBR blower building at the existing WWTP site, and all requisite appurtenances. Also to acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain upgrades to the existing WWTP including equipment replacement in the existing headworks building, grit handling building, primary clarifiers, aeration basins, secondary clarifiers, aerobic digesters, odor control building, sludge handling facilities, and ultraviolet disinfection system, and all requisite appurtenances. Miscellaneous upgrades to the WWTP include electrical service upgrades, emergency generator, telemetry system upgrades, site piping modifications, and removing and replacing various valves and slide gates. Also to require the permittee to develop and implement a POTW Pretreatment Program. These facilities are to serve a population equivalent of approximately 40,000 persons in the City of Weirton, the Hancock County Public Service District, the Colliers area of the Brooke County Public Service District, Hanover Township in Pennsylvania, and environs, and discharges the treated wastewater through Outlet No. 002 to the Ohio River at Mile Point 66.2. An antidegradation review has been conducted. Tier 2 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.
Business conducted:
Municipality
Implementation:
N/A
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 modification 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 25304-2345The public comment period begins August 04, 2023 and ends September 03, 2023.
Comments received within this period will be considered prior to acting on the permit modification 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 Modification(s). Interested persons may contact the public information office to obtain further information.
The application, draft permit modification 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, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days.
BCR 08/04/23