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FACT SHEET

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) 

See Rationale 

B. PROPOSED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS 

See Rationale and limitations pages for each covered outfall. 
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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 Control 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 regularly 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 Control (DHEC) may hold a public hearing if there 

is a significant degree of public interest in a proposed permit or group of p

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. 
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ring, DHEC may make such modifications in the terms and conditions of 

the proposed permit as may be appropriate and shall 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 Environmental Control, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, South 

Carolina 29201, within fifteen (15) days following 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 Division 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 with 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 participated 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 filed 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 until 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. 
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4. 

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

have been substantial 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 following 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