Permit Number: VA0006076
Notice Purpose: To seek public comment on a draft permit from the Department of Environmental Quality that will allow the release of treated wastewater into a water body in Alleghany County, Virginia.
Public Comment Period: Aug. 22 - Sept. 23, 2024
Permit Name: Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit – Wastewater issued by DEQ pursuant to applicable water laws and regulations
Applicant: Town of Clifton Forge; P.O. Box 631, Clifton Forge, VA 24422
Facility: Clifton Forge Water Treatment Plant; 2500 Sulfur Spring Road, Clifton Forge, VA 24422
Project Description: The Town of Clifton Forge has applied for reissuance of a permit for the public Clifton Forge Water Treatment Plant. The applicant proposes to release treated industrial wastewaters at a rate of 163,000 gallons per day into a water body. The facility proposes to release the treated industrial wastewaters into Smith Creek in Alleghany County in the Lower Jackson River/Wilson Creek/Karnes Creek 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, nutrients, solids, and inorganics.
DEQ Contact:
Kevin Harlow, Blue Ridge Regional Office
Phone: (540) 759-9855
E-mail: Kevin.Harlow@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.
