DEQ News Release

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 8, 2017

Hearing Set for Proposed Change to Regulation 2

NORTH LITTLE ROCK –The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (APC&EC) will hold a public hearing in Fayetteville on March 27, 2017, to receive comments on a third-party proposal by the City of Fayetteville Paul R. Noland Wastewater Treatment Plant (Noland WWTP) to change APC&EC Regulation 2 (Arkansas Water Quality Standards). The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Walker Community Room of the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701. The deadline for submitting written comments on the proposed regulation is 4:30 p.m. (Central Time) April 10, 2017.

The Noland WWTP discharges treated municipal wastewater under the provisions of NPDES Permit No. AR0020010 issued by ADEQ. The Noland WWTP treats the municipal wastewater from the cities of Fayetteville, Elkins, Greenland, Farmington, and Johnson, as well as industrial and commercial enterprises. The Noland WWTP is requesting the following amendments to Regulation 2 for the White River from the discharge of the Noland WWTP to ADEQ monitoring station WH10052: from the Noland WWTP to WR-02: Cl from 20 mg/L to 44 mg/L, SO4 from 20 mg/L to 79 mg/L, TDS from 160 mg/L to 362 mg/L and from WR-02 to ADEQ monitoring station WH10052: Cl from 20 mg/L to 30 mg/L, SO4 from 20 mg/L to 40 mg/L, and TDS from 160 mg/L to 237 mg/L.

Detailed copies of Noland WWTP’s proposed regulation change, along with supporting documents and summary information, are available for public inspection during normal business hours by contacting Kelly Robinson at ADEQ headquarters, and in ADEQ information depositories located in public libraries at Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Mountain Home, the main branch of the Central Arkansas Library System, and the Arkansas State Library. In addition, summary information concerning the proposal is available at other ADEQ information depositories located in public libraries at Arkadelphia, Batesville, Blytheville, Camden, Clinton, Crossett, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Forest City, Harrison, Helena, Hope, Jonesboro, Magnolia, Monticello, Mountain Home, Pocahontas, Searcy, Stuttgart, Texarkana, and West Memphis; and in campus libraries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

Oral and written comments on the proposed changes to Regulation 2 will be accepted at the hearing, but written comments are preferred in the interest of accuracy. Written or electronic mail comments will be accepted if received no later than 4:30 p.m. (Central Time) on April 10, 2017. Written comments should be sent to Kelly Robinson, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118. Electronic mail comments should be sent to the following address: reg-comment@adeq.state.ar.us.

CONTACT: Kelly Robinson (Robinson@adeq.state.ar.us or 501.682.0916)

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