Permit Number: VA0088498

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 Carroll County, Virginia.

Public Comment Period: Aug. 22 - Sept. 23, 2024

Applicant: Olde Mill Golf Resort, 2258 Stone Mountain Road, Laurel Fork, VA 24352

Facility: Olde Mill Golf Resort Sewage Treatment Plant, 2258 Stone Mountain Road, Laurel Fork Virginia 24352.

Project Description: Olde Mill Golf Resort has applied for reissuance of a permit for the privately owned Olde Mill Golf Resort Sewage Treatment Plant. The applicant proposes to release treated sewage wastewater from residential areas at a rate of 0.040 million gallons per day into a water body. Sewage sludge from the treatment process will be pumped and hauled in a watertight tank truck to the Town of Hillsville Wastewater Treatment Plant where additional treatment will be provided prior to final disposal under VPDES Permit VA0089443. The facility proposes to release the treated sewage wastewater in Big Reed Island Creek in Carroll County in the New 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: pH, BOD5, total suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, and E.coli.

DEQ Contact:
Martha Chapman, Southwest Regional Office
Phone: (276) 608-8673
E-Mail Address: Martha.Chapman@deq.virginia.gov

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