PUBLIC NOTICE - 210

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT FOR DISCHARGE INTO WATERS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

PUBLIC NOTICE - 605

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT FOR DISCHARGE INTO WATERS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

 

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY

The City of Dadeville, 216 South Broadnax Street, Dadeville, Alabama, 36853, NPDES Permit Number AL0063797, has applied for a modification of a permit regulating the discharge of pollutants in treated domestic wastewater from the Dadeville WWTP, 475 Buck Street, Dadeville, Alabama, for the purpose of meeting federal and state water quality regulatory standards. The subject permit regulates the discharge of sanitary wastewater to Chattasofka Creek, classified as Fish & Wildlife, in the Tallapoosa River Basin.

In this regard, notice is hereby given that a public hearing before the Department of Environmental Management of the State of Alabama will be held on Thursday, September 18, 2008, starting at 6:00 P.M. in the Dadeville High School Auditorium, 227 Weldon Street, Dadeville, Alabama.

The Department has tentatively determined that the proposed action described in this notice is consistent with the Water Quality Program regulations.

Copies of the draft permit, conditions, limitations and a fact sheet as applicable describing the methodology for setting the limitations and conditions and other applicable NPDES forms and related documents are available for public inspection electronically via www.adem.alabama.gov/PublicNotice/PublicNotice.htm, and at the following locations Monday - Friday (except legal holidays), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. A nominal fee for copying and/or mailing may be charged. Arrangements for copying should be made in advance.

ADEM

Municipal Section/Water Division

1400 Coliseum Boulevard

Montgomery, AL 36110-2059

(334) 271-7700

Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, to the Department's named contact below prior to 5:00 PM, September 19, 2008. COMMENTERS SHOULD IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE NPDES NUMBER ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THEIR COMMENTS. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the proposed permit.

Russell A. Kelly, Chief

Permits and Services Division

ADEM

1400 Coliseum Blvd.

[Mailing address: PO Box 301463; Zip 36130-1463]

Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2059

(334) 271-7714

Any person wishing to participate in this hearing who needs special accommodations should contact the ADEM Permits and Services Division at (334) 271-7714 at least three working days prior to the hearing.

After consideration of all written comments, review of the public hearing record, and consideration of the requirements of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination. The Department will develop a response to comments, which will become part of the public record and will be available to persons upon request. Notice will be sent to any person requesting notice of the final action.

The Department maintains a list of interested individuals who are mailed legal notices regarding proposed permits. If you wish to receive such notices, contact the Permits & Services Division via telephone (334-271-7714), e-mail (permitsmail@adem.state.al.us), or postal service (P.O. Box 301463, Montgomery, AL 36130-1463).

This notice is hereby given this July 31, 2008, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

 

 

Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director