Dragon Run Permits

PUBLIC NOTICE

REISSUANCE OF A VPDES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE TO STATE WATERS
AND STATE CERTIFICATION UNDER THE STATE WATER CONTROL LAW

First Public Notice Issue Date: (to be supplied by newspaper)

The State Water Control Board has under consideration the reissuance of the following Permit and State Certificate:

Permit No.:

VA0083011

Name of Permittee:

Pitts Lumber Company, Inc.

Facility Name:

Pitts Lumber Company, Inc.

Facility Location:

On Rt. 17 south of Saluda in Middlesex County, VA

Permittee Address:

P. O. Box 6, Saluda, VA 23149

Flow:

Stormwater runoff from the site only, no discharge of process water.

Receiving Stream:

Intermittent tributary to Dragon Swamp River Basin: Chesapeake Bay/Atlantic Ocean/Small Coastal Basins

Subbasin:

N/A

Section:

2d Class: III

Special Standards:

None

Discharge:

Existing Industrial Discharge resulting from the operation of a wood treating facility that utilizes chromated copper arsenate in a closed system treating process. No process water is discharged. The discharge from the site is stormwater runoff only. Intermittent tributaries only have flow associated with precipitation events.

The proposed permit reissuance consists of authorizing the continued operation of the existing wood treating operation, and monitoring or limiting the following parameters at outfall 001 (intermittent tributary to Dragon Swamp) for this facility:

Total Suspended Solids:

No Limitation (NL); monitoring required

pH:	6.0-9.0 Standard Units

Dissolved Arsenic:

Dissolved Copper:

Dissolved Chromium III:

Dissolved Chromium VI:

Hardness (as CaCO3):

COD:

Oil and Grease:

Changes from the previous permit: The standard permit special conditions and boilerplate have been revised in accordance with current agency guidance. This proposed reissuance is tentative. On the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the State Water Control Board proposed to reissue the permit subject to certain conditions. Persons may comment in writing to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on the proposed reissuance of the permit within 30 days from the date of the first notice. Address comments to the contact person listed below. Comments shall include the name, address, and telephone number of the writer, and shall contain a complete, concise statement of the factual basis for comments. only those comments received within this period will be considered. The Director of the DEQ may decide to hold a public hearing if public response is significant.

All pertinent information is on file and may be inspected, and arrangements made for copying by contacting Debra J. Barnes at:

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Piedmont Region-Kilmarnock Office
P. O. Box 669
Kilmarnock, VA 22482
Telephone No.:(804) 435-3181
Following the comment period, the Board will make a determination regarding the proposed reissuance. This determination will become effective, unless the Director grants a public hearing. Due notice of any public hearing will be given.

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Revised on September 8, 2003