OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMMISSION

an interstate agency representing: 
Illinois 
Indiana  Kentucky    New York   Ohio 
Pennsylvania    Virginia  West Virginia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            

June 19, 2014 | ORSANCO |

  
                  
  
  

Contact: Jason Heath, P.E., BCEE

Technical Programs Manager & Assistant Chief Engineer

ORSANCO

513-231-7719
 
  [email protected] 

 

 NOTICE:  The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has received a variance request from FirstEnergy, Pleasants Power Station, Willow Island, WV
 

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) has received a variance request from FirstEnergy Corp., Pleasants Power Station, at Willow Island, WV. The request is in regards to their WV draft NPDES permit to discharge mercury and the Commission's prohibition on mixing zones for bioaccumulative chemicals of concern which becomes effective on October 16, 2015.  Please visit ORSANCO's Pollution Control Standards page to view their application as well as information on the variance review process. The Commission will be undertaking an evaluation of the variance request. 

 

ORSANCO, headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, is an interstate water pollution control agency for the Ohio River and its tributaries.  Member states include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The federal government is also represented. For further information, contact ORSANCO at 513-231-7719, or visit our website at www.orsanco.org.

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