South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources: April 28
__________ Notice __________
NOTICE OF SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDATION
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has received an application for the renewal of a Surface Water Discharge (SWD) permit from the following applicant:
APPLICANT NAME: City of Brandon
PERMIT NUMBER: SD0022535
FACILITY LOCATION: Northeast ¼ of Section 33, Township 102 North, Range
48 West, in Minnehaha County, South Dakota (Latitude 43.600219°, Longitude -96.597745°)
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 95
Brandon, SD 57005-0095
The renewal of the Surface Water Discharge permit will not allow the discharge of pollutants from the city of Brandon’s wastewater treatment facility unless to prevent severe property damage. Any discharge from this facility will enter the Big Sioux River, which has been assigned the following beneficial uses:
(5) Warmwater semipermanent fish life propagation waters;
(7) Immersion recreation waters;
(8) Limited contact recreation waters;
(9) Fish and wildlife propagation, recreation, and stock watering waters; and
(10) Irrigation waters.
Tentative determinations regarding the water quality limits for any discharge and other conditions have been made by DANR. The Surface Water Discharge permit specifies the quality of water that can be discharged and still protect the uses of the receiving water. The proposed discharge permit and supporting documents are available from DANR at the address listed below.
SDDANR has proposed to re-allocate a portion of the city of Brandon’s wastewater treatment facility’s wasteload allocation for Fecal Coliform to the city of Harrisburg’s wastewater treatment facility. The city of Brandon’s wastewater treatment facility no longer needs the full wasteload allocation, as a no discharge draft permit is proposed for this facility. The city of Harrisburg does not currently have a wasteload allocation for Fecal Coliform, and will need one to operate their updated wastewater treatment facility. Reallocating a portion of Brandon’s waste load to Harrisburg will not impact the cumulative waste Load allocation assigned to the existing Fecal coliform TMDL for the Big Sioux River.
In accordance with the Administrative Rules of South Dakota, Chapter 74:50:02, any person desiring to comment on the Department’s recommendation for the conditional issuance of this permit must submit written comments to the below address within the specified thirty (30) day comment period. Comments may be directed to the following address: South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Surface Water Quality Program, Joe Foss Building, 523 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-3181. Comments may also be provided within the specified thirty (30) day comment period using the online comment form, accessible via the “Comment Deadline” links provided at https://danr.sd.gov/press/. Any person desiring a public hearing must file a petition which complies with the ARSD 74:50:02. If no objections are received within the specified 30-day period, the Secretary will issue final determinations within sixty days of the date of this notice.
Additional information may be obtained by calling Kathleen Grigg at (605) 773-3351, or by writing to the address listed above.
Hunter Roberts Secretary
Published once at the total approximate cost of $33.16.
April 28, 2021
