Notice of application for a Land Application System Permit to apply treated wastewater to a Land Treatment Site in the State of Georgia

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has received a new application for the reissuance of an existing LAS permit. Having reviewed such application, the Environmental Protection Division proposes to issue for a maximum term of five years the following permit subject to specific pollutant limitations and special conditions:

Bartow County School System, 65 Gilreath Road NW, P.O. Box 200007, Cartersville, Georgia 30121-5016, LAS Permit No. GAJ030604, for the Clear Creek Elementary School Water Pollution Control Plant located at 50 Pleasant Valley Road NW, Cartersville, Georgia 30121. Up to 0.0132 MGD of treated wastewater is being land applied on a dedicated site in Bartow County in the Coosa River Basin.

Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations are invited to submit same in writing to the EPD address below, or via e-mail at EPDcomments@dnr.ga.gov, no later than thirty (30) days after this notification. If you choose to e-mail your comments, please be sure toinclude the words “LAS permit reissuance – Clear Creek Elementary School Water Pollution Control Plant – GAJ030604 (Bartow County)” in the subject line to ensure that your comments will be forwarded to the correct staff. All comments received prior to or on that date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application. A public hearing may be held where the EPD Director finds a significant degree of public interest in a proposed permit or group of permits. Additional information regarding public hearing procedures is available by writing the Environmental Protection Division.

Individual draft permits, applications, supporting documents, and fact sheets are available on EPD’swebsite accessible through the publicly available Georgia EPD Online System (GEOS) at:https://geos.epd.georgia.gov/G... by searching for Submittal No: 466134.

A fact sheet or copy of the draft permit is available by writing the Environmental Protection Division. A copying charge of 10 cents per page will be assessed. The permit application, draft permit, comments received, and other information are available for review at 2 MLK, Jr. Dr., Suite 1152E, Atlanta, GA 30334, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For additional information contact: Benoit Causse, Wastewater Regulatory Program, phone (404) 463-1511 or e-mail benoit.causse@dnr.ga.gov.