WV DEP Division Of Water And Waste Management Virtual Public Hearing Set For Monday, June 16, 2025, At 6:00 P.M.

FOR WVDEP LISTSERV

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Division of Water and Waste Management

REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, 47 CSR 02

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PROGRAM, 47 CSR 10

UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL, 47 CSR 13

Virtual Public Hearing Set for Monday, June 16, 2025, at 6:00 P.M.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Division of Water and Waste Management (DWWM) will conduct a virtual public hearing on changes to Legislative Rules: Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards (47 CSR 02), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (47 CSR 10), and Underground Injection Control (47 CSR 13), as directed by the House Bill 2233.

The amendments are based on the WV Legislature House Bill 2233 (https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2233%20sub1%20enr.pdf)

To read the rules in entirety, go to:

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/rule.aspx?rule=47-02

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/rule.aspx?rule=47-10

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/rule.aspx?rule=47-13

The virtual public hearing will be conducted via the video call link provided below.

Virtual Public Hearing: DWWM 2025 Legislative Rules on Monday, June 16 · 6:00 P.M.

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/sho-toeo-aof

Or dial: (US) +1 219-213-6293 PIN: 326 891 578#

In addition to the most recent changes to 47 CSR 02, WVDEP intends to seek U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval for hardness based dissolved aluminum criteria as approved by the legislature in 2016. The agency will also accept written comments up to 10 days from the conclusion of the hearing (June 26, 2025), in addition to oral comments provided at the public hearing. Please contact the following individuals for any additional information regarding this public notice.

Written comments on 47 CSR 02 may be mailed or emailed to the following address:

Dawn Newell

DWWM – WV Department of Environmental Protection

601 57th St. S.E., Charleston, WV 25304

dawn.a.newell@wv.gov

Written comments on 47 CSR 10 and 47 CSR 13 may be mailed or emailed to the following address:

Yogesh Patel

DWWM – WV Department of Environmental Protection

601 57th St. S.E., Charleston, WV 25304

yogesh.p.patel@wv.gov

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