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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDWQ-2024-005723August 7, 2024DIVISION OF WATER QUALITYUTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYPUBLIC NOTICE TO RENEW A UPDES PERMITPURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC NOTICE IS TO DECLARE THE STATE OF UTAH'S INTENTION TO RENEW A UTAH POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (UPDES) PERMIT UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE UTAH WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 19-5-104(9) AND 107(2), UTAH CODE ANNOTATED 1953, AS AMENDED. SAID “PERMIT” REFERS TO THE UPDES PERMIT AND THE FACT SHEET STATEMENT OF BASIS.PERMIT INFORMATIONPERMITTEE NAME: Hyrum City FACILITY NAME:Hyrum City Wastewater Treatment PlantMAILING ADDRESS: 60 West Main Hyrum, Utah 84319TELEPHONE NUMBER:435-245-3123FACILITY LOCATION:1900 West 4400 SouthHyrum, Utah 84319UPDES PERMIT NO.:UT0023205PERMITTED OUTFALLS:001, 001ROUTFALL LOCATION:Latitude 41o39'06" and Longitude 111o52'50".RECEIVING WATER: Unnamed irrigation ditch to Spring CreekBACKGROUND The Hyrum City Wastewater Treatment Plant (HWTP) is located at 1900 West 4400 South, Hyrum, Cache County, Utah. The Facility serves the City of Hyrum with the outfall located at latitude 41o39'06" and longitude 111o52'50". The design capacity is 2 MGD with a present flow is approximately 1 MGD and population of approximately 10,000. The HWTP consists of screening, two parallel anoxic basins and aerobic activated sludge process prior to the membrane bioreactor treatment (MBR). Alum is used to remove phosphorus. The facility discharges into an unnamed irrigation ditch to Spring Creek then to the Little Bear River during non-irrigation season of November through March. The facility is in the Bear River water shed. The Type I Effluent Reuse is land applied during the irrigation months of April through October to the East Bench of Hyrum City, the irrigation system or the to the irrigation storage reservoir.PUBLIC COMMENTSDuring the public comment period provided under Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R317-8-6.5, any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public hearing if no hearing has already been scheduled. A request for a public hearing shall be in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. All comments will be considered in making the final decision and shall be answered as provided in UAC R317-8-6.12. Public comments are invited any time prior to the deadline of the close of business on MONTHXX, 202X. Written public comments can be submitted to: Lonnie SHull, UPDES Individual Permits Section, Utah Division of Water Quality, PO Box 144870, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870 or by email at: lshull@utah.gov.After considering public comments, the Utah Division of Water Quality may execute the permit issuance, revise it, or abandon it. The permit is available for public review under “Public Participation” at www.waterquality.utah.gov/. If internet access is not available, a copy may be obtained by calling Lonnie Shull at (801) 536-4394. DWQ-2023-118754