***NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING***
Expansion of Cherry Point Water Reclamation Facility Capacity

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the Board Room of the Lowcountry Council of Governments (LCOG) Building, 634 Campground Road, Yemassee, South Carolina; the LCOG Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to solicit public comment and input concerning the expansion of wastewater treatment capacity.

Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) is seeking an amendment to the Lowcountry Regional Water Quality Management Plan (208 WQMP) to expand the capacity of the Cherry Point Water Reclamation Facility (CPWRF) from 7.5 MGD to 11.25 MGD. The CPWRF located on Jasper Station Road, Ridgeland, South Carolina 29936 is currently permitted to discharge treated effluent via Permit No. ND0074004.

This public hearing and the matters to be discussed are subject to the provisions of the 208 WQMP, developed in accordance with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s statewide water quality management program.

• Public Participation: The public are given the opportunity to participate in any revision or amendment proposed for the 208 Plan via public hearings.
• Amendment: Plan amendments are required when there are, but not limited to, changes in operated wastewater treatment facility, conflicts with the applicable 208 Plan, and amendments’ jurisdictional Comprehensive Plan.
• Conformance Review: A 208 certification is required to assure that construction or development on any type of structure requiring wastewater treatment conform with the 208 Plan.

• Lowcountry Regional Water Quality Management Plan (208 Plan)
• 208 Request Form  

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Water Quality Management Plans3 documents

• 2019 Lower Savannah River Watershed Protection Plan
  document seq 10.00
• 2012 Lowcountry Water Quality Management (208) Plan
  document seq 9.00
• 2011 SCDHEC Water Quality Management Plan
  document seq 8.00

Lowcountry 208 Plan Amendments26 documents

• Amendment 29 Walterboro WWTP Expansion
  document seq 29.00
• Amendment 28 Brunson WWTP Upgrade
  document seq 28.00
• Amendment 27 Yemassee WWTP Modification
  document seq 27.00
• Amendment 26 Port Royal WRF Modification
  document seq 26.00
• Amendment 24 Hilton Head PSD New Reverse Osmosis
  document seq 24.00
• Amendment 23 Hardeeville WWTP Expansion
  document seq 23.00
• Amendment 22 Point South WWTP Expansion
  document seq 22.00
• Amendment 21 Cherry Point WWTP Expansion
  document seq 21.00
• Amendment 20 Closed-Out Bluffton WWTP
  document seq 20.00
• Amendment 19 (revised) Bull Point Plantation
  document seq 19.00
• Amendment 18 Yemassee WWTP Expansion
  document seq 18.00
• Amendment 17 Shell Point and Southside WRFs Replacement
  document seq 17.00
• Amendment 16 BJWSA Proposal
  document seq 16.00
• Amendment 15 Bull Point Plantation
  document seq 15.00
• Amendment 14 Cherry Point WWTP Expansion
  document seq 14.00
• Amendment 13 Addition to Page 39
  document seq 13.00
• Amendment 12 Palmetto Bluff Services
  document seq 12.00
• Amendment 11 New Inverary WWTP
  document seq 11.00
• Amendment 10 (III) Fripp Island WWTP Expansion
  document seq 10.30
• Amendment 10 (II) New Objective 6
  document seq 10.20
• Amendment 10 (I) Amended Policy 5.3
  document seq 10.10
• Amendment 9 Addition to Page 44
  document seq 9.00
• Amendment 8 Hilton Head PSD #1 Expansion
  document seq 8.00
• Amendment 7 Addition to Page 38
  document seq 7.00
• Amendment 6 Addition to Page 36
  document seq 6.00
• Amendment 5 Objective 5 and 6
  document seq 5.00