Ordinance No. 4,466
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION
FOR TPDES PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
RENEWAL
PERMIT NO. WQ0010395007
APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION.
City of Baytown, P.O. Box 424,
Baytown, Texas 77522-0424, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of TPDES Permit No. WQ0010395007, which authorizes
the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to exceed
6,000,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on January 10, 2013.
The facility is located approximately 3,700 feet south of the intersection of Ferry Road
and Massey Thompkins Road, at 3030 Ferry Road in Harris County, Texas 77520. The
treated effluent is discharged directly to Cedar Bayou Tidal in Segment No. 0901 of the
Trinity-San Jacinto Coastal Basin. The designated uses for Segment No. 0901 are
primary contact recreation and high aquatic life use.
The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and
prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions
under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary
decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The
permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are
available for viewing and copying at the Municipal Service Center, 2123 Market Street,
Baytown, Texas and at the Chambers County Courthouse, 404 Washington Avenue,
Anahuac, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is
provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location,
refer to application.
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.75749&lng=94.920443
&zoom=13&type=r
PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or
request a public meeting about this application.
The purpose of a public meeting is to
provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application.
TCEQ holds a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a
significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator.
A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING.
After the deadline for
submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments
and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments.
Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response
to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to
those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are
received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case
hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision.
A contested case
hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court.
TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name; address, phone number;
applicant’s name and permit number; the location and distance of your
property/activities relative to the facility; a specific description of how you would be
adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; and the
statement “I/we request a contested case hearing.” If the request for contested case
hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the
group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify an individual
member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or
activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s
location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member
would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are
germane to the group’s purpose.
Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive
Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a
contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled
Commission meeting.
The Commission will only grant a contested case hearing on disputed issues of fact that
.
are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the applicationFurther, the
Commission will only grant a hearing on issues that were raised in timely filed comments
TCEQ may act on an application to renew a
that were not subsequently withdrawn.
permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a
contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION.
The Executive Director may issue final approval
of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for
reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed,
the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the
application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a
scheduled Commission meeting.
MAILING LIST.
If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing
or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the
mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the
Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent
mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list
for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county
mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the
Chief Clerk at the address below.
All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the
Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at
www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html within 30 days from the date of
newspaper publication of this notice.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION.
If you need more information about
this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education
Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al
1-800-687-4040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our web site at
www.TCEQ.texas.gov.
Further information may also be obtained from City of Baytown at the address stated
above or by calling Mr. Gerald Gutierrez, City of Baytown at 281-420-5349.
Issuance Date: July 11, 2013