Public Notice

Wheeling-Nippon Steel – Public Notice

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-7-25 Public Notice Date: January 31, 2025

Paper: Brooke County Review

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

Appl. No.: WV0004502

Applicant: WHEELING-NIPPON STEEL, INC.
PO BOX 635
FOLLANSBEE, WV 26037

Location: FOLLANSBEE, BROOKE COUNTY

Latitude: 40:19:36 Longitude: 80:36:00

Receiving Stream:
OHIO RIVER

Activity:
To acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain two sulfur dioxide dechlorination treatment systems at each outfall to treat the discharges from Outlets 002 and 004 which both discharge to the Ohio River near Milepoint 70.3. Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.

Business conducted:
Hot dip coating of coiled steel strip with zinc and aluminum.

Implementation:
Continued compliance shall be obtained through Consent Order No. 10229 issued the 9th day of November 2023.

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  25304-2345
    [email protected]

The public comment period begins January 31, 2025 and ends March 02, 2025.

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 01/31/25