Permit number: VA0090115

Notice Purpose: To seek public comment on a draft permit from the Department of Environmental Quality that will allow the release of wastewater into a water body in Washington County, Virginia.

Public comment period: June 8 - July 9, 2024

Applicant: United Salt Saltville, LLC; 4800 San Felipe Street, Houston, TX 77056

Facility: Saltville Brine Field and Evaporator Facility; 864 Alder Lane, Saltville, VA, 24370

Project description: United Salt Saltville, LLC, has applied for reissuance of an existing permit for the salt solution mining facility named Saltville Brine Field and Evaporator Facility, in Washington and Smyth County. The applicant proposes to release wastewater that accumulates on top of a brine pond surface liner into an unnamed tributary of McHenry Creek, in the North Fork Holston River watershed. A watershed is the land area drained by a river and its incoming streams.  The permit will limit the following pollutants to amounts that protect water quality: physical and chemical properties and inorganics.

DEQ Contact:

Ethan Virts; Southwest Regional Office

Phone: (276) 608-8572

E-Mail: Ethan.virts@deq.virginia.gov

The public may review the draft permit and application at the DEQ office named above by appointment or may request copies of the documents from the contact person listed above.