Volume 44 - Issue 20- May 15, 2025

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Proposed Kansas/Federal Water Pollution Control Permits and Applications

In accordance with Kansas Administrative Regulations 28-16-57a through 63, 28-18-1 through 17, 28-18a-1 through 31 and 33, 28-16-150 through 154, 28-46-7, and the authority vested with the State by the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, various draft water pollution control documents (permits, notices to revoke and reissue, notices to terminate) have been prepared and/or permit applications have been received for discharges to waters of the United States and the state of Kansas for the class of discharges described below.

The proposed actions concerning the draft documents are based on staff review, applying the appropriate standards, regulations, and effluent limitations of the state of Kansas and the Environmental Protection Agency. The final action will result in a Federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Authorization and/or a Kansas Water Pollution Control permit being issued, subject to certain conditions, revocation, and reissuance of the designated permit or termination of the designated permit.

Las acciones propuestas con respecto a los documentos preliminares se basan en la revisión del personal, aplicando los estándares, regulaciones y limitaciones de efluentes apropiados del estado de Kansas y de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos. La acción final resultará en la emisión de una Autorización Federal del Sistema Nacional de Eliminación de Descargas de Contaminantes y un permiso de Control de Contaminación del Agua de Kansas, sujeto a ciertas condiciones, revocación y reemisión del permiso designado o terminación del permiso designado. Si desea obtener más información en español o tiene otras preguntas, por favor, comuníquese con el Coordinador de No Discriminación al 785-296-5156 o en: KDHE.NonDiscrimination@ks.gov.

Public Notice No. KS-AG-25-137/138

Pending Permits for Confined Feeding Facilities

Name and Address of Applicant	Legal Description	Receiving Water
Fairleigh Feed Yard, Inc. Fairleigh Corporation 7400 S Falcon Rd. Scott City, KS 67871	All of Section 25 T19S, R34W & All of Section 30 T19S, R33W Scott County	Upper Arkansas River Basin
Kansas Permit No. A-UASC-C001 Federal Permit No. KS0038059
The proposed action is to modify and reissue an existing NPDES permit for an expanding facility for 110,000 head (110,000 animal units) of cattle weighing greater than 700 pounds. This permit is being modified to add a controlled drainage area and retention structure. There is no change in the permitted number of animal units from the previous permit. This facility has an approved Nutrient Management Plan on file with KDHE.
Name and Address of Applicant	Legal Description	Receiving Water
Spring Creek Cattle Ranch, LLC 448 Reece Rd. Eureka, KS 67045	SE/4 of Section 18 & NE/4 of Section 19 T26S, R09E Greenwood County	Verdigris River Basin
Kansas Permit No. A-VEGW-B004
The proposed action is to modify and reissue an existing State permit for an existing facility for 150 head (150 animal units) of cattle weighing greater than 700 pounds, 800 head (400 animal units) of cattle weighing 700 pounds or less and 10 head (20 animal units) of horses for a total of 570 animal units. This is an increase in animal units from the previous permit. This facility has an approved Waste Management Plan on file with KDHE.

Public Notice No. KS-AG-R-25-009/010

Per Kansas Statutes Annotated 65-171d, the following registrations have been received for a proposed facility.

Name and Address of Registrant	Legal Description	County
Hargrave Cattle Trenton Hargrave 9549 Walsburg Rd. Leonardville, KS 66449	N/2 of NW/4 of Section 04 T08S, R06E	Riley
Name and Address of Registrant	Legal Description	County
Locke Cattle Company - Backgrounding Pens PO Box 30 El Dorado, KS 67402	N/2 of Section 28 24S, 05E	Butler

Public Notice No. KS-Q-25-089/095

The requirements of the draft permit public noticed below are pursuant to the Kansas Surface Water Quality Standards, K.A.R. 28 16 28 (b g), and Federal Surface Water Criteria.

Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Westmoreland, City of PO Box 7 Westmoreland, KS 66549	East Fork Rock Creek	Treated Domestic
Permit No. M-KS75-OO01 Federal Permit No. KS0046485
Legal Description: SW¼, NE¼, SE¼, Section 4, Township 8S, Range 9E, Pottawatomie County
Location: 39.38195, -96.41163
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The existing facility is a three-cell wastewater stabilization lagoon system with a minimum of 120 days detention time. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential and commercial areas. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, Ammonia, and E. coli. The permit contains monitoring for pH. This NPDES discharging lagoon wastewater treatment facility has been reviewed for eligibility for the MDV for ammonia and has been determined to be eligible. Eligibility was determined through analysis of the facility’s highest attainable criteria (HAC) for ammonia and an Economic Eligibility Determination (EED) that assessed the impact of the cost of a new mechanical facility to the community’s rate payers. The ammonia effluent limit was determined on 2/26/2025 by calculating the 99th percentile ammonia value from the facility’s discharge monitoring reports resulting in an ammonia limit of 14.9 mg/L for this facility.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Havensville, City of PO Box 212 Havensville, KS 66432	Spring Creek via Straight Creek	Treated Domestic
Permit No. M-KS22-OO01 Federal Permit No. KS0081523
Legal Description: SE¼, SE¼, SW¼, Section 21, Township 6S, Range 12E, Pottawatomie County
Location: 39.50884, -96.08358
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The existing facility is a three-cell wastewater stabilization lagoon system with a minimum of 120 days detention time. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential areas. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, and E. coli. The permit contains monitoring for pH, and Ammonia.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Goff, City of PO Box 104 Goff, KS 66428	Spring Creek via Unnamed Tributary	Treated Domestic
Permit No. M-KS21-OO01 Federal Permit No. KS0047449
Legal Description: NE¼, SW¼, NE¼, Section 35, Township 4S, Range 13E, Nemaha County
Location: 39.66216, -95.92547
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The existing facility is a two-cell wastewater stabilization lagoon system with a minimum of 150 days detention time. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential areas. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, and E. coli. The permit contains monitoring for pH, Ammonia, and Total Phosphorus.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Norton, City of PO Box 20 Norton, KS 66439	Delaware River via Grasshopper Creek	Treated Domestic
Permit No. M-KS24-OO01 Federal Permit No. KS0047465
Legal Description: E½, NW¼, NE¼, Section 5, Township 5S, Range 17E, Atchison County
Location: 39.65063, -95.53281
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The existing facility is a mechanical wastewater treatment plant consisting of: influent pump station, mechanical bar screen, grit removal, Aero-Mod activated sludge extended air BNR treatment process, chemical feed system processing, UV disinfection, reed drying bed sludge processing, and extraneous flow basin. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential and commercial areas and industrial wastewater from local manufacturers. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, , pH, Ammonia, E. coli, and Total Phosphorus. The permit contains monitoring for Total Phosphorus, Nitrates + Nitrites, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total Nitrogen, and Copper.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Coachlight North MHP, LLC 75 Towne Ridge Pkwy., Suite 201 Sandy, UT 84070	Indian Creek via Unnamed Tributary	Treated Domestic
Permit No. C-KS72-OO03 Federal Permit No. KS0118583
Legal Description: NW¼, NW¼, SW¼, Section 29, Township 10S, Range 16E, Shawnee County
Location: 39.14939, -95.66328
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The existing facility is a mechanical wastewater treatment plant consisting of: septic tanks, dosing tank, covered sand filter, and chlorination/dechlorination of effluent. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential areas. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Residual Oxidant, pH, and E. coli. The permit contains monitoring for Ammonia, Total Residual Chlorine, and Total Phosphorus.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Jefferson County Commissioners 1212 Walnut – US-59 Hwy. Oskaloosa, KS 66066-0324	Perry Lake via Unnamed Tributary	Treated Domestic
Permit No. M-KS56-OO04 Federal Permit No. KS0093807
Legal Description: E½, NE¼, SE¼, Section 23, Township 10S, Range 17E, Jefferson County
Location: 39.14939, -95.66328
The proposed action consists of reissuance of a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for an existing facility. The new sewer district (SD) #7 permit is the reissuance of the permit for the combined sewer districts that were previously numbered #7 and #8. Sewer District #8 no longer exists as a separate entity and is serviced by SD #7. This action was included in the previous permit, but the name is updated in this permit reissuance. The existing facility is a three cell wastewater stabilization lagoon system with a minimum of 120 days detention time. The facility receives domestic wastewater from residential areas. The detention time at the permitted flow is 120 days. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Residual Oxidant, and Ammonia. The permit contains monitoring for pH, E. coli, Total Phosphorus, Nitrate + Nitrite, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and Total Nitrogen. The permit contains a schedule of compliance to address sampling protocols, sludge measurement, and flow measurement.
Name and Address of Applicant	Receiving Stream	Type of Discharge
Real Kansas Meats 16670 Barber Rd. Fall River, KS 67047		Process Wastewater
Permit No. I-VE18-NP01 Federal Permit No. KSJ001011
Legal Description: E 1/2, SW 1/4, Section 16, Township 28S, Range 14E, Wilson County
Location: 37.60715, -95.88276
The proposed action consists of issuing a new Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control permit for this facility for the first time. This permit contains limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Residual Oxidant, and Ammonia. Wastewater from the slaughter and meat processing operations and domestic wastewater gravity flows through a commercial grease trap into a single-cell anaerobic lagoon with a gas-tight synthetic cover, followed by a second larger aerobic cell for final stabilization and treatment of the wastewater. The wastewater treatment lagoons are located approximately 1,100 feet northwest of the meat processing operation. Final disposal of wastewater occurs by evaporation, percolation, and land application onto adjacent farm ground. The permit contains monitoring for pH, Nitrate + Nitrite, Total Potassium, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Ammonium-Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Chloride, and Total Suspended Solids.

Public Notice No. KS-EG-25-005

In accordance with K.A.R. 25-46-7 and the authority vested with the State by the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, draft permits have been prepared for the use of the well(s) described below within the State of Kansas.

Name and Address of Applicant
Occidental Chemical Corporation 14555 Dallas Pkwy., Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75254
Permit No. KS-03-173-OP5
Legal Description: Sec29, T29S, R2W
Location: 37.499946, -97.565632
Well Identification	Location
Pauly 5-1	37.499946, -97.565632
Pauly 5-2	37.499949, -97.564597
Pauly 5-3	37.499951, -97.563564
Pauly 5-4	37.499955, -97.562530
Pauly 5-5	37.499957, -97.561498
Permit applications have been filed with the Department to re-permit five salt solution mining wells drilled in Section 29, T29S, R2W, Sedgwick County, Kansas. This area permit is for the Pauly 5 Gallery, with area permit number KS-03-173-OP5. The production of brine will be by gallery system. These wells were formerly under Kansas Permit Numbers KS-03-173-294 through KS-03-173-298.

Persons wishing to comment on or object to the draft documents and/or permit applications must submit their comments in writing to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) if they wish to have the comments or objections considered in the decision-making process. All written comments regarding the draft documents, application or registration notices received on or before June 14, 2025, will be considered in the formulation of the final determination regarding this public notice. Please refer to the appropriate Kansas document number (KS-AG-25-137/138, KS-AG-R-25-009/010, KS-Q-25-089/095, KS-EG-25-005) and name of the applicant/permittee when preparing comments.

All comments received will be responded to at the time the Secretary of Health and Environment issues a determination regarding final agency action on each draft document/application. If response to any draft document/application indicates significant public interest, a public hearing may be held in conformance with K.A.R. 28-16-61 (28-46-21 for UIC). A request for public hearing must be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised during the hearing.

Comments or objections for agricultural related draft documents, permit applications, registrations or actions should be submitted to the attention of Casey Guccione, Livestock Waste Management Section at the KDHE, Bureau of Environmental Field Services (BEFS), 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 430, Topeka, KS 66612. Comments or objections for all other proposed permits or actions should be sent to Andrew Bowman at the KDHE, Bureau of Water, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612.

All draft documents/applications and the supporting information including any comments received are on file and may be inspected at the offices of the KDHE. For agricultural related draft documents or applications an appointment can be scheduled, or copies requested by contacting Jada Martin at 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 430, Topeka, KS 66612, telephone 785-296-0076 or email at kdhe.feedlots@ks.gov. Las preguntas o comentarios por escrito deben dirigirse a Erich Glave, Director, Bureau of Environmental Field Services en KDHE: 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 430, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1367; por correo electrónico: kdhe.feedlots@ks.gov; por teléfono: 785-296-6432. For all other proposed permits or actions an appointment can be scheduled, or copies requested by contacting Jamie Packard, Bureau of Water, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612, telephone 785-296-4148 or email at Jamie.Packard@ks.gov. These documents are available upon request at the copying cost assessed by KDHE. Application information and components of plans and specifications for all new and expanding swine facilities are available on the Internet at http://www.kdhe.ks.gov/livestock. The Division of Environment offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Janet Stanek
Secretary
Department of Health and Environment

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