PUBLIC NOTICE
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)
CITY OF NEW IBERIA AND SEWER DISTRICT NO. 1 OF IBERIA
PARISH/SUCROSE DRIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) AND TETE BAYOU
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)
DRAFT LOUISIANA SEWAGE SLUDGE AND BIOSOLIDS USE OR
DISPOSAL PERMIT
The LDEQ, Office of Environmental Services, is
accepting written comments on a draft Louisiana Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use
or Disposal Permit prepared for the City of New Iberia and Sewer District No. 1
of Iberia Parish, 800 Sucrose Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560. The facility is a publicly
owned treatment works (POTW) and preparer of sewage sludge into Class B Biosolids
located at Tete Bayou Wastewater
Treatment Plant, 200 Parker Street, in New Iberia, Iberia Parish.
The LDEQ, Office of
Environmental Services prepared the draft Louisiana Sewage Sludge and Biosolids
Use or Disposal Permit for City of New Iberia and Sewer District No. 1 of
Iberia Parish to prepare sewage sludge into Class B Biosolids and land apply the
Class B Biosolids to agricultural land(s) for beneficial use. Upon expiration
of the comment period, the Administrative Authority will issue a final permit
decision.
Comments and requests for a public
hearing or notification of the final decision can be submitted via personal delivery, U.S. mail, email, or fax. Comments and
requests for public hearings must be received by 4:30 pm CST, Tuesday,
September 15, 2015. Delivery
may be made to the drop-box at 602 N. 5th St., Baton Rouge, LA
70802. U.S. Mail may be sent to LDEQ,
Public Participation Group, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313. Emails may be
submitted to DEQ.PUBLICNOTICES@LA.GOV
and faxes sent to (225) 219-3309.
Please see additional instructions
for comment submission, hand delivery and information regarding electronic
submission at http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=2256
or call (225) 219-3276. Emails
should follow the statewide email policies.
For more information regarding statewide
email policies, go to http://doa.louisiana.gov/ocs/email/policies.htm.
If LDEQ finds a significant
degree of public interest, a public hearing will be held. LDEQ will send notification of the final
permit decision to the applicant and to each person who has submitted written
comments or a written request for notification of the final decision.
The application, draft permit, and fact sheet are
available for review at the LDEQ, Public Records Center, Room 127, 602 North 5th
Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Viewing hours
are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays). The
available information can also be accessed electronically on the Electronic
Document Management System (EDMS) on the DEQ public website at www.deq.louisiana.gov.
Inquiries or requests for additional information
regarding this permit action should be directed to Suzanne Rohli, LDEQ, Water Permits
Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone (225) 219-3223.
Persons wishing to be included on the LDEQ permit
public notice mailing list or for other public participation related questions
should contact the Public Participation Group in writing at LDEQ, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, by email at DEQ.PUBLICNOTICES@LA.GOV or contact
the LDEQ Customer Service Center at (225) 219-LDEQ (219-5337).
Permit
public notices including electronic access to the draft permit and fact sheet can be viewed at the LDEQ permits public notice
webpage at www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/default.asp
and general information related to the public participation in permitting
activities can be viewed at www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive the permit public notices via email by subscribing to the
LDEQ permits public notice List Server at http://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.
All correspondence should specify AI Number 81031, Louisiana
Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal Permit Number LAJ081031, and
Activity Number PER20150002.
Scheduled Publication Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
