Public Notice - Environmental Permit PURPOSE OF NOTICE To

Public Notice - Environmental Permit

PURPOSE OF NOTICE To seek pub c comment or a dm" perm • from the Department of Environmental Quality mat will anew the release of treated wastewafe' into a water pody n Rappa-vr roc* County, Virginia PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD August 1 3 2009 to 5 00 p n on September 12, 2009 PERMIT NAME Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elrmnation “system Permit - Rappahannock County High School Sewage Treatment Plant (Wastewater) issued by DEQ under the authority ot the State Water Control Board APPLICANT NAME. ADDRESS AND PERMIT NUMBER D' Rod ert Chappell, Rappahannock County School Board, '25’6 LetHighway Washington, VA 22747 VPDES Permit VA0064181 NAME AND ADDRESS OF FACILITY Rappahannock County Hon School. 6 Schoolhouse Road, Washington VA 22’47 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Rappahannock County School Board has applied for a reissuance o' a permit for the p,.o c Rappahannock County High School Sewage Treatment Plant The applicant proposes to release treated sewage wastewaters '-cm a public elementary school at a rate of C 005 million gallons oe' cay into a water body Sludge Irom the treatment process w be transferred to another sewage treatment plant tor treatment The facility proposes to release the treated sewage into an unnamed tributary of the Covington Rwer in Rappahannock County which is located m the Upper Thornton River watershed A watershed s the land area drained by a river and its incoming streams The permit will limit the following pollutants to amounts that protect water quality Influent BOD5. Effluent BOD5 Total Dissolved Sands, Influent Ammonia as Nitrogen. Effluent Ammonia as Nitrogen pH Dissolved Oxygen, Total Residual Chlorine, Influent Oil ana Grease, and E Cofi HOW TO COMMENT AND OR REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING DEQ accepts comments and requests for public hearing by e man fax or postal mail All comments and requests must be in wnting and be received by DEQ during the comment period SuPm ttais must include the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers ol the commenter requester and o* all persons, represented by tne commenter requester A request for public hearing must also include 1) The reasen why a public hearing is requested 2) A bnel. informal statement regarding the nature and extent of the interest of the requester or of those represented by the requestor, including now and to what extent such interest would be directly ana adversely affected by the permit 3) Specific references, where possible, to terms and conditions of the permit with suggested revisions DEQ may hold a public hearing, including another comment period, if public response is significant and there are substantial, disputed issues relevant to the permit CONTACT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The public may review the documents at the DEQ Northern Regional Office by appointment Name Anna Tuthil! Westemik Add'ess DEQ Northern Regional Office 13901 Crown Court. Woodbndge. VA 22193 Phone: (703) 583-3837 E mail ^nna westernik@deq Virginia gov Fax: (703) 583 3821