NOTICE OF PROPOSED WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NAVY REGION HAWAII (COMNAVREG HI)
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
ISLAND OF OAHU, JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM
NPDES PERMIT NO. HI S000257
DOCKET NO. HI S000257
November 16, 2020
The State Department of Health (DOH) tentatively proposes to issue a renewal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge municipal storm water runoff and certain non-storm water discharges which are collected by the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4); and storm water runoff from Industrial facilities, into State Waters subject to special conditions to:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NAVY REGION HAWAII (COMNAVREG HI)
400 MARSHALL ROAD
JBPHH, HI 96860-3139
The proposed draft NPDES permit will expire five (5) years after the effective date of the permit.
COMNAVREG HI owns and operates the MS4 which is a system of conveyances, including storm drains, catch basins, curbs, and gutters, designed to collect and convey storm water runoff within Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH) on the Island of Oahu. COMNAVREG HI also owns and operates Industrial facilities. The volume of discharge is dependent upon rainfall-induced runoff and is highly variable.
The goal of this proposed draft NPDES permit is to reduce storm water runoff pollution from the MS4 to the maximum extent practicable. The discharge of pollutants from the Permittee’s industrial facilities shall be reduced to the appropriate discharge limitations based on the Best Available Technology currently available/ Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology discharge requirement. This will be achieved through the implementation of the Permittee’s Storm Water Management Program and Storm Water Pollution Control Plans, which are enforceable components of the proposed draft NPDES permit.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed NPDES permit or to request a public hearing, should submit their comments or requests in writing no later than 30 calendar days after the date of this notice, either through e mail at: cleanwaterbranch@doh.hawaii.gov or by mail at 2827 Waimano Home Road, Room 225, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782.
Copies of the proposed public notice permit and other information are available for public inspection, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) from 7:45 a.m. until 4:15 p.m., at the DOH Clean Water Branch (CWB) office located at the 2827 Waimano Home Road, Room 225, Pearl City, HI 96782. Copies may be bought. The public notice permit and fact sheet are also available on the internet at: https://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/clean-water-branch-home-page/public-notices-and-updates/. For more information or if you have special needs due to disability that will aid you in inspecting and/or commenting on the public notice permit and related information, please contact Mr. Darryl Lum, Supervisor of the Engineering Section, CWB, at the above address or (808) 586 4309 (Voice) at least seven (7) calendar days before the comment deadline. For those who use a TTY/TDD, please call through Sprint Relay Hawaii, at 1 711 or 1 877 447 5991.
All written comments and requests received on time will be considered. If DOH determines that there is significant public interest, a public hearing may be held after at least 30 calendar days of public notice.
If DOH’s position is substantially unchanged after considering all timely written comments and all oral comments at any public hearing that may be held, then the DOH will issue the NPDES permit and this action will be final.
Please notify anyone you know who would be interested in this matter.
ELIZABETH A. CHAR, M.D.
Director of Health
(SA1299353 11/16/20)
