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Legal Notices
Public Notice - Environmental Permit
PURPOSE OF NOTICE: To acquaint the public with the technical aspects of the facility and how the standards and the requirements of the permit will be met, to identify issues of concern, to facilitate communication and to establish a dialogue between the owner or operator and persons who may be affected by the facility PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: March 19, 2009 to 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2009 PERMIT NAME: General Permit for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Discharges and Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Virginia NAME, ADDRESS AND PERMIT NUMBER OF APPLICANT: Town of Washington, 485 Gay St., PO Bo* 7, Washington, VA 22747 NAME AND ADDRESS OF FACILITY: Rush River WWTP, Warren Ave., Washington, VA 22747 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Town of Washington was issued VPDES Permit No. VA0091651 on June 1, 2006 for the discharge of treated wastewater from the proposed Rush River WWTP to the Rush River. The Town also registered the proposed facility under the General Permit for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Discharges and Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Virginia under registration number VAN020108. Under the watershed general permit the applicant must offset any increase in Total Nitrogen (TN) or Total Phosphorus (TP) loading delivered to tidal waters in the Chesapeake Bay watershed resulting from the proposed discharge. The applicant proposes to offset the additional nutrient loads as follows: •TN loads will be offset by taking over 100 septic tank dramfield
systems offline and providing biological nutrient removal to
these flows prior to discharge. Phase (of the protect will remove
2 nonresidential properties and 80 equivalent residential properties
from septic tank, dramfield systems with an estimated
reduction of 892 Ib&year of TN delivered to Chesapeake Bay
tidal waters. Phase 2 will include an additional 26 equivalent
residential properties for a total delivered load reduction of
1040 Ibs/yr TN. The TN delivery factor for this discharge is 0.61. •TP loads will be offset by the purchase of 183 Ibs/year of TP
allocation (delivered) from the County of Spotsylvania. This
allocation Is for a term of 5 year and is subject to an agreement
between the Town and Spotsylvania County dated September
10, 2008. The TP delivery factor for this facility is 1.00. The Town of Washington has applied to modify the watershed general permit registration list for the Rappahannock Basin to incorporate the Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus wasteload allocations identified above. A copy of the Town s application including the nutrient offset plan may be viewed and copied at the Town Clerk's Office. 485 Gay St., Washington, VA 22747. Interested persons may also contact the Town s representative,.Jason A. Clark, P.E., to answer questions Mr. Clarke may be contacted at WW Associates, Inc., PO Box 4119, Lynchburg, VA 24502, (434) 316-6080 or iclark@wwassociates.net. HOW TO COMMENT: DEQ accepts comments by e-mail, fax or postal mail. All comments must be in writing and be received by DEQ during the comment period Written comments must include. 1) The names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers of the person commenting and of all people represented by the citizen. 2) A brief, informal statement regarding the extent of the interest of the person commenting, including how the operation of the facility or activity affects the citizen The public may review the draft permit and application at the DEQ office named below. CONTACT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Allan Brockenbrough. DEQ Office of Water Permits and Compliance Assistance. PO Box 1105, Richmond. VA23218, (804) 698-4147 (phone), (804) 698-4032 (fax), or abrockenbrouah@deQ.virginia.QQv
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