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APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER TO STATE WATERS

Application No. SC0023264 Date: August 4, 2003

A. SYNOPSIS OF APPLICATION

1. Name and Address of Applicant

Kawashima Textile USA, Inc. 412 Grove Street Lugoff, SC 29078

2. Description of Applicant's Operation

Dyeing and finishing of woven and knitted fabrics

3. Production Capacity of Facility

See Rationale

4. Applicant's Receiving Waters

The facility has discharges to Wateree River

5. Description of Existing Pollution Abatement Facilities

See Rationale

6. Description of Discharges (as reported by applicant)

S ee Rationale

. PROPOSED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS B

See Rationale and limitations pages for each covered outfall.Page 2 Fact Sheet Permit No. SC00 23264

C.

those parameters limited with sufficient frequency to ensure compliance with the permit conditions. Frequency, methods of

D. PROPOSED COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE FOR ATTAINING EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

. PROPOSED SPECIAL CONDITIONS WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON

. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND EFFLUENT STANDARDS APPLIED TO THE

G. PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMULATION OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS

1.

Environmental Cont rol proposes to issue an NPDES permit to this applicant subject to the effluent limitations and special conditions outlined above. These

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the permit application or on DHEC's proposed d

epartment of Health and Environmental Control ration

eived prior to NA MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

The applicant will be required to monitor regular ly for flow and

sampling, and reporting dates will be specified in the final permit.

See Part IV of the permit

E THE DISCHARGE

See Part V of the permit

F DISCHARGE

See Rationale

Comment Period

The Department of Health and

determinations are tentative.

eterminations to the following address:

South Carolina D Bureau of Water/NPDES Administ 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201

All comments rec will be considered in the formulation of final determinations application.

2.

ermits. Public notice of with regard to this

Public Hearing

The Department of Health and Environmental C ontrol (DHEC) may hold a public hearing if there s a significant degree of public interest in a propos ed permit or group of p i such a hearing will be circulated in newspapers in the geographical area of the discharge and to those on the DHEC mailing list at least thirty days prior to the hearing.Page 3 Fact Sheet Permit No. SC00 23264

ring, DHEC may make such modifications in the terms and conditions of the proposed permit as may be appropriate and sha ll issue or deny the permit. Notice of issuance

ill become effective the first of the month at least 15 days following date of issuance, and will be the final action of DHEC unless an adjudicatory hearing is granted.

3.

lth and Environm ental Control, 2600 Bull St reet, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, within fifteen (15) days followi ng issuance of the permit. Service may be ceived by the Clerk on or before the fifteenth day.

The following information, at a minimum, must be included in the request:

requested;

b. the caption or other information sufficient to identify the permit decision being appealed; and

In addition, the Administrative Law Judge Divisi on requires that a person requesting a contested case hearing m ee in the amount of $70.00 with the Administrative Law Judge Division at the following address:

aw Judge Division

in the permit and must be complied w ith by the facility. Information pertaining to the Legal Office of the Department of Health mbia, South Carolina or by calling 803/898- Following the public hea

or denial will be circulated to those who particip ated in the hearing and to appropriate persons on the DHEC mailing list.

If the permit is issued, it w

Adjudicatory Hearings

Any person may submit a request for an administrative adjudicatory hearing to consider the final permit and its conditions. If you wish to request an administrative adjudicatory hearing, you must do so in accordance with Regulation 61-72, Volume 25, S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, and the Rules of the Administrative Law Judge Division. The request must be f iled with the Clerk of the South Carolina Board of Hea

effected by personal delivery or by first class mail, but the request must be re

a. the name of the party or parties requesting the hearing and the issue(s) for which the hearing is

c. the relief requested.

ust file a copy of the request and a filing f

Clerk, Administrative L 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 224 P.O. Box 11667 Columbia, SC 29211

A petition for review of a decision to issue a new permit stays all actions for which the permit is a prerequisite. A petition for review of a decision to reissue a permit stays the contested provisions of the permit; they will not become effective un til the administrative review process is complete and the conditions of the expiring permit remain in effect until the appeal is resolved. All uncontested provisions of the permit will be considered issued and effective on the effective date
set o t u adjudicatory matters may be obtained by contacting and Environmental Control, 2600 Bull Street, Colu 3350.Page 4 Fact Sheet Permit No. SC00 23264

4.

If no public hearing or adjudicatory hearing is he ld, and, after review of the comments received,

have been s ubstantial changes, public notice of DHEC's revised determination will be made. Following a 15-day comment period, the permit will be issued and become effective the first of the month followi ng termination of the 15-day comment period and will be the final action of Department of Health and Environmental Control, unless a public or adjudicatory hearing is granted. Issuance of the Permit when no Hearings are Held

DHEC's determinations are substantially unchanged, the permit will be issued and become effective the first of the month following date of issue. This will be the final action of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

If no hearings are held, but there