From: dep.online@wv.gov Date: September 7, 2016 at 10:28:51 AM EDT Subject: DEP Public Notice - WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit - Monongalia County - Morgantown Utility Board ====================================================== Wednesday, September 7, 2016 ======================================================

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-77-16 Public Notice Date: September 14, 2016

Paper: Dominion Post

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

Appl. No.: WV0083071

Applicant: MORGANTOWN UTILITY BD 278 GREENBAG RD PO BOX 852 MORGANTOWN, WV 26507-0852

Location: MORGANTOWN, MONONGALIA COUNTY

Latitude: 39:40:51 Longitude: 79:52:03

Receiving Stream: CHEAT RIVER

Activity: To operate and maintain an existing 750,000 gallons per day sewage collection and treatment system. The system is designed to serve approximately 10,000 persons or equivalents in the Cheat Lake and surrounding environs and discharge treated wastewater, via Outlet 001, to the Cheat River (Lake), approximately 9.4 miles from its mouth of the Monongahela River. Sewage sludge generated and/or processed at the Cheat Lake wastewater treatment facility shall be pumped and transported to the Morgantown Utility Board's main treatment facility for ultimate treatment and disposal. An antidegradation review has been conducted and Tier 1 protection is provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6.

Business conducted: Municipality

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 September 14, 2016 and ends October 14, 2016.

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. Copies of the documents may be obtained from the Division at a nominal cost. Calls must be made 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. =====================================================