Following the close of a 30-day public notice period, ADEC has prepared an APDES proposed final general permit for Small Publicly Owned Treatment Works and other Small Treatment Works Discharging to Surface Water. Prior to making the final decision to issue the general permit, DEC invites you to view the proposed final general permit and associated documents. You can access the proposed final general permit and associated documents at DEC’s Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program web page at: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wwdp/index.htm

Proposed Final Permit Review
Start Date: July 28, 2017
End Date: August 3, 2017

Permit No.: AKG572000

Permit Coverage: Small publicly owned treatment works and other small privately-owned treatment works providing secondary treatment of domestic wastewater discharging up to 1 million gallons per day to fresh or marine surface water.

Description of Discharge:

• Nature of Discharge: secondary treated domestic wastewater
• Pollutants: ammonia, 5-day biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, escherichia coli bacteria, enterococci bacteria, fecal coliform bacteria, pH, total residual chlorine, andtotal suspended solids
• Volume of Discharge: up to 1 million gallons per day
• Location of Discharge: fresh or marine surface water in the State of Alaska

Mixing Zone: Applicants may request modified effluent limits and facility specific mixing zones for dissolved oxygen, escherichia coli bacteria, enterococci bacteria, fecal coliform bacteria, pH, or total residual chlorine. DEC will authorize a mixing zone if it is consistent with the Clean Water Act and the mixing zone criteria at 18 AAC 70.240 through 18 AAC 70.270.

Determination:
DEC has determined to reissue the above listed general permit.

DEC Contact:
Marie Klingman
610 University Avenue
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 451-2101
marie.klingman@alaska.gov

Administrative Record:
The APDES proposed final permit, fact sheet, and associated documents are available for public review at the DEC offices located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna, and Wasilla. Please contact the office of your choice to arrange for hard copies of the documents to be available for your review.

555 Cordova Street                      610 University Avenue                       410 Willoughby Ave #303
Anchorage, AK 99501                  Fairbanks, AK 99709                          Juneau, AK 99811
907-269-6285                          907-451-2100                                 907-465-5300

43335 Kalifornsky Beach Road                                                               1700 E Bogard Road #B
Soldotna, AK 99615                                                                               Suite #103 907-262-5210                                                                                     Wasilla, AK 99654
                                                                                                              907-376-1850        

The documents are also accessible from the DEC website at:
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wwdp/index.htm