STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO REISSUE A WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT No.WI-0028894-10-0 Permittee: Village of Forestville, PO Box 6, Forestville, WI, 54213 Facility Where Discharge Occurs: Forestville Wastewater Treatment Facility, 255 Gaede Rd, Forestville, WI 54213 Receiving Water And Location: Ahnapee River in Ahnapee River Watershed of Twin - Door - Kewaunee River Basin in Door County Brief Facility Description: The Village of Forestville owns and operates the Forestville Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF). The WWTF treats residential and commercial domestic wastewater from the Village sanitary sewer collection system. The WWTF consists of a covered treatment lagoon with three treatment zones (complete/partial mix cell, partial mix cell, and settling cell), an aerated polishing reactor with four attached growth media modules and seasonal disinfection using ultraviolet radiation prior to discharge to Ahanpee River via Outfall 001 A Flow equalization/emergency storage lagoon is also available. Ferric chloride is added for phosphorus removal at the influent lift station prior to the treatment lagoon. There are no biosolids or sludge treatment and storage systems. All settled sludge is stored in the lagoons. The sludge from the lagoons is removed on an infrequent basis. Any sludge removed from the treatment lagoons is to be land applied to department approved sites or hauled to another permitted facility and is tracked under Outfall 002. The solids that settle in the equalization ponds are regulated under Outfall 003. During the permit term, the Maplewood Sanitary District 1 plans on regionalizing with the Village of Forestville. Permit Drafter's Name, Address, Phone and Email: Ashley Clark, 2984 Shawano Ave, Green Bay, WI, 54313, (920) 857-0450, Ashleym.Clark@wisconsin.gov Basin Engineer's Name, Address, Phone and Email: Trevor Moen, 625 E County Road Y, Suite 700, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (920) 410-5192, Trevor.Moen@wisconsin.gov The Department has tentatively decided that the above-specified WPDES permit should be reissued. Persons wishing to comment on or object to the proposed permit action, or to request a public hearing, may write to the Department of Natural Resources at the above-named permit drafter's address. All comments or suggestions received no later than 30 days after the publication date of this public notice will be considered along with other information on file in making a final decision regarding the permit. Anyone providing comments in response to this public notice will receive a notification of the Department's final decision when the permit is issued. Where designated as a reviewable surface water discharge permit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is allowed up to 90 days to submit comments or objections regarding this permit determination. If no comments are received on the proposed permit from anyone, including U.S. EPA, the permit will be issued as proposed. The Department may schedule a public informational hearing if requested by any person and shall schedule a public informational hearing if a petition requesting a hearing is received from 5 or more persons or if response to this notice indicates significant public interest pursuant to s. 283.49, Wis. Stats. Requests for a public informational hearing shall state the following: the name and address of the person(s) requesting the hearing; the interest in the proposed permit of the person(s) requesting the hearing; the reasons for the request; and the issues proposed to be considered at the hearing. Information on file for this permit action, including the draft permit, fact sheet and permit application, may be inspected and copied at either the above-named permit drafter's office or the above named basin engineer's office, Monday through Friday (except holidays), between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Please call the permit drafter or basin engineer for directions to their office location, if necessary. Information on this permit action may also be obtained by calling the permit drafter at (920) 857-0450 or by writing to the Department. Reasonable costs (15 cents per page for copies and 7 cents per page for scanning) will be charged for information in the file other than the public notice, permit and fact sheet. Permit information is also available on the internet at: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wastewater/PublicNotices.html . Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be made to qualified individuals upon request. WNAXLP May 27 2026 LWIX0522684