Permit No. WQ001467001 TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIIVIINARY DECISION
FOR TPDES PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
RENEWAL
PERMIT NO. WQ0014667001
APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. City of Schertz, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz,
Texas 78154-1634, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal
of TPDES Permit No. WQ0014667001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at
a daily average flow not to exceed 950,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on February
12, 2010.
The facility will be located 6,700 feet southwest of the intersection of Lower Seguin Road and Farm-to-
Market Road 1518 in Bexar County, Texas 78154. The, treated effluent will be discharged to Womans
Hollow Creek; thence to Martinez Creek; thence to Lower Cibolo Creek in Segment No. 1902 of the San
Antonio River Basin. The unclassified receiving water uses are high aquatic life uses for Womans Hollow
Creek. The designated uses for Segment No. 1902 are high aquatic life uses and contact recreation. All
determinations are preliminary and subject to additional review and/or revisions.
The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the teclniical 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 Schertz Public Library, 608 Schertz
Parkway, Schertz, Texas.
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 INYOUR REQUEST: your-name; address, phone; applicant's name and permit number;
the location and distance of your propert3=/acti~~ities relative to the facility; a specific description of
how you v~~ould be adversely affected by the facility. in a way not common to the general public; and
the statement "[Uwe] 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 fore 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'oii disputed issues of fact that are relevant and
material'to the Commission's decision on the applcatiou. Fui-Cher, tlie~ Commissionwill only great a
hearing oii issues' that were raised in timely filed` comments that were not subsequently withdrawn.
TCEQ may act on an` application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing.
an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
EXECUTIVE DIltECTOR ACTION. 'The Executive Director inay issue final approval of the
application unless' a timely contested case lieariiig request or request for recoiisideratioir is filed. If a
timely"hearing request or'"request for "'reconsideration is filed, the Executve'Director'will iiot issue'tinal
approval of the permit ald will-forward the application aiid'request to t11e TCEQ Commmissioners 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 ftittire public notices mailed' by the Office of'tlie Chief Clerk. Iil addition, you may
request to be placed oi~: (1) the permanent mailing"listfor a specific applicant dame acid permit number;
aiid/or (2) the mailing list for a specific couiity.`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
78711-3057 or electronically at www.tcegatate.tx.us/about/comments.htmi 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 Office of Public Assistance, Toll Free, at 1-
800-687-4040. Si desea information en Espanol, puede ]lamer al 1-800-687-4040. General information
about the TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.TCEQ.state.tx.us.
Further information may also be obtained from City of Schertz at the. address stated above or by calling
Mr. Jeff Goebel, South Central Water Company, at 713-724-9321. .
Issuance Date August 3, 2010