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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-726a

[26 Pa.B. 2102]

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   The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from a proposed construction activity into the surface waters of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tenative. Limitations are provided in the permit as erosion and sedimentation control measures and facilities which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharged.

   Where indicated, the EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.24(d).

   Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Regional Office or County Conservation District Office indicated as the responsible office, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. A copy of the written comments should be sent to the County Conservation District Office. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Regional Office of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Regional Office considers the public response significant.

   Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealable to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the County Conservation District Office or the Department Regional Office indicated above the application.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   Southeast Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6131.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, telephone (717) 826-2553.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, telephone (412) 442-4028.

   Blair County Conservation District, District Manager, 1407 Blair Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, telephone (814) 696-0877.

   NPDES Permit PAS100609. Stormwater. R & M Family LTD Partnership, 515 S. Terrace Drive, Altoona, PA 16602 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Blair Township, Blair County, to UNT to Beaver Dam Branch.

   Chester County Conservation District, District Manager, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382, telephone (610) 696-5126.

   NPDES Permit PAS10G204. Stormwater. Robert Sweeney Jr., 116 Culbertson Run Road, Downingtown, PA 19335 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Honeybrook Township, Chester County, to the north branch of Brandywine Creek.

   NPDES Permit PAS10G205. Stormwater. Anthony Dambro, 449 Bayard Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, to UNT to Pocopson Creek.

   Lebanon County Conservation District, District Manager, 2120 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, telephone (717) 272-3377.

   NPDES Permit PAS10P022. Stormwater. Dennis Hess, R. D. 2 Box 245, Hummelstown, PA 17036 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, to Killinger Creek.

   Lehigh County Conservation District, District Manager, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104, telephone (610) 391-9583.

   NPDES Permit PAS10Q110. Stormwater. Marriott International, 1 Marriott Drive, Washington, DC 20056 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in the City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County, to Moncacy Creek.

   NPDES Permit PAS10Q111. Stormwater. East Penn School District, 4949 Liberty Lane, Wescosville, PA has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, to the Conemaugh River.

   NPDES Permit PAS10Q112. Stormwater. East Penn School District, 4949 Liberty Lane, Wescosville, PA has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, to Little Lehigh Creek.

   Westmoreland County Conservation District, District Manager, R. D. 12, Box 202-B, Greensburg, PA 15601, telephone (412) 837-4127.

   NPDES Permit PAS10X061. Stormwater. NESE Construction, 1 Monroeville Center, Monroeville, PA 15146 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, to Beaver Run.

   NPDES Permit PAS10X062. Stormwater. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, to the Conemaugh River.

   The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection.

   Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department of Environmental Protection at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following:  name, address and telephone number, identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protest or protests. Each commenter will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan or action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Industrial waste and sewerage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

   Southwest Regional Office:  Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   A.6596203. Industrial waste. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Interstate 70, Madison Exit, 25A, Madison, PA 15663. Application for the construction and operation of a groundwater treatment system to serve the Waltz Mill Plant located in the Township of Sewickley, Westmoreland County

   A.5696401. Sewerage. A. Duane Lohr, R. D. 1, Box 322D, Somerset, PA 15501. Application for the construction and operation of a sewage treatment plant to serve the Lohr residence located in the Township of Somerset, Somerset County.

   A.6577420. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Interstate 70, Madison Exit 25A, Madison, PA 15663. Application for the construction and operation of a water processing system for the laundry consisting of bag micro filters and carbon filters to treat water used in the laundering of clothing used in controlled areas of nuclear plants to serve the Waltz Mill Plant located in the Township of Sewickley, Westmoreland County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   A.6796405. Sewage. Randy Grim, Country View Mobile Home Park, R. D. 2, Box 498, East Berlin, PA 17316 in Washington Township, York County to construct a wastewater treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on April 4, 1996.

   A.3696402. Sewage, Peter B. Shirk, Inc., R. D. 2, Box 62A, Denver, PA 17517 in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County to construct a sewer extension to serve the Newburg Village Subdivision was received in the Southcentral Region on April 4, 1996.

   A.0693407 (96-1). (amendment), Sewage. William and Veronica Reading, 149 Robin Hill Road, Lenhartsville, PA 19534 in Greenwich Township, Berks County to re-rate their existing wastewater treatment facility from 5,000 gpd to 10,000 gpd at the Robin Hill Camping Resort was received in the Southcentral Region on April 5, 1996.

   A.6796406. Sewage, York Township Water and Sewer Authority, 25 Oak Street, York, PA 17402 in York Township, York County to construct the Leader Height's Pump Station was received in the Southcentral Region on April 17, 1996.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   A.4596402. Sewerage. Keystone Hollow Corporation, P. O. Box 1158, Marshalls Creek, PA 18335. Application for construction and operation of a low pressure sewage collection system and two sewage lift stations to serve the Estates at Great Bear, located in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County. Application received in the Regional Office--April 10, 1996.

   A.5496402. Sewerage. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., P. O. Box 351, R. R. 1, Tamaqua, PA 18252. Application to make temporary modifications to APCI's Sewage Treatment Plant for the time between expansion at APCI and the planned connection to the Quakake/Tamamend Sewage Treatment System. APCI's STP is located in Rush Township, Schuylkill County. Application received in the Regional Office--April 9, 1996.


Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).

   Southwest Regional Office:  Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   A.1191501-A1. Kings II Mobile Home Park, R. D. 2, Box 623, Altoona, PA 16601. Bringing recently constructed well no. 5 on line and installation of filtration units within an existing treatment building, Cambria County.


Acceptance of Chemical Certifier

   The Department of Environmental Protection, under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 109.606, hereby accepts Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 333 Pfingston Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2096 as an organization for certifiying chemicals used by a public water supplier which may come in contact with or affect the quality of the water for conformance with ANSI/NSF Standard 60 (Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals--Health Effects--National Sanitation Foundation) and for certifying materials used in the construction or modification of a public water system for conformance with ANSI/NSF Standard 61 (Drinking Water System Components--Health Effects--National Sanitation Foundation).

   Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. has demonstrated compliance with the provisions of 25 Pa Code § 109.606 relating to acceptable certification organizations. The Department reserves the right to rescind its acceptance of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. as a certification organization for ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and/or 61 for failure to maintain compliance with the applicable provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 109.606 Chemicals, Materials, and Equipment of Chapter 109 Safe Drinking Water of the Department's Rules and Regulations.

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and by itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.

   For further information, the contact persons are Frederick A. Marrocco, Chief Division of Drinking Water Management, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467, (717) 787-9037; and Pamela G. Bishop, Assistant Counsel, Bureau of Regulatory Counsel, P. O. Box 8464, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8464, (717) 787-7060.


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate

   Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (the act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department must provide a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought to responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact Steve Curcio at (814) 332-6816. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Northwest Regional Office:  John Fruehstorfer, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6648.

   Roemer Industries, 161 Mill Street, Sharon Twp., County of Mercer, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soils and groundwater contaminated with Solvents and BTEX. Source of contamination is the Historical surface releases of solvents used in the manufacturing of industrial metal name plates. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the background standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Sharon Herald on April 15, 1996.

   Spang Specialty Metals Plant, 154 Eastbrook Lane, East Butler, PA 16029, Summit Twp., Crawford County, has submitted Notice of Intent to Remediate Sediment contaminated with Heavy Metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Background Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Butler Eagle in March of 1996.

   Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (the act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submittd to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(a)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified below. During this comment period a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Southwest Field Office:  John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-5217.

   Bet-Tech International, Inc./former LTV Aliquippa Works Industrial Tract, City of Aliquippa, Beaver County, Bet-Tech International, Inc./former LTV Aliquippa Works Industrial Tract, east of Route 51, Aliquippa, PA 15001 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with PAHs, PHCs and heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a special industrial area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Beaver County Times on March 15, 1996.

   Bet-Tech International, Inc./former LTV Aliquippa Works Parcels A, A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, and D-4, City of Aliquippa, Beaver County, Bet-Tech, International, Inc./former LTV Aliquippa Works Parcels, A, A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 and D-4, east of Route 51, Aliquippa, PA 15001 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a special industrial area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Beaver County Times on March 15, 1996.

   Corner Enterprises, Inc./former Moraine Market Site, Koppel Borough, Beaver County, southeast corner of the intersection of S. R. 18 and S. R. 351 (Arthur Street), Koppel, PA 16136 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a special industrial area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Ellwood City Ledger on December 12, 1995.


Notice of Reopening of Administrative Record and Additional Comment Period Relating to a Prompt Interim Response Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Bristol Township, Bucks County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.102--6020.1304) initiated a prompt interim response at the Westmoreland Tubular Products Manufacturing Co., Inc. on September 14, 1992. Notice of this response was advertised in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 41, October 10, 1992. The Westmoreland Tubular Products site (the site) is located at 6500 Beaver Dam Road, Levittown, Bristol Township, Bucks County.

   The site included 158 badly deteriorated drums. The drums contained hazardous substances that were a waste product generated from a painting operation. The deteriorated condition of the drums allowed the release of the hazardous substances to the environment.

   In addressing the release of hazardous substances at the site, the Department's major objective was to eliminate the human health and environmental threat caused by the defective drums. In order to achieve this objective, the Department selected a response which included overpacking all drums, sampling and analysis for waste characterization and treatment/disposal purposes, and arranging and providing for off site removal of the waste to an appropriate treatment/disposal facility. All wastes involved in this response were removed from the facility during April 1993.

   Under section 506(g) of HSCA, information regarding costs incurred by the Department in order to perform the above mentioned prompt interim response have been added to the Administrative Record. The Department is providing this notice under section 506(h) of HSCA. The publishing of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin initiates an additional 60 day public comment period, as provided, under that act. The sole purpose of this additional comment period is to accept comments relating to costs incurred by the Department. Comments not related to costs will not be considered.

   Information regarding costs, contained in the Administrative Record, is available for public inspection from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department of Environmental Protection's offices located at Suite 6010, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA.

   Written comments concerning the Department's costs and related to information contained in the Administrative Record will be accepted in person, if delivered, or by mail, if postmarked, on or before July 5, 1996. Written comments should be directed to the attention of Kevin Hess, Pa DEP Project Officer, Suite 6010 Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6194.

   In addition, the public will have an opportunity to present oral comments at a public hearing. The public hearing has been scheduled for June 6, 1996 at 7 p.m., at the Department's Southeast Regional Office, Suite 6010, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA. Persons wishing to present oral comments must register on or before June 4, 1996, by calling Rob Goldberg at (610) 832-6010. If no person registers to present oral comments by the date specified above, the hearing will not be held. For more information about the hearing, including if anyone has registered and if the hearing will be held, contact Kevin Hess at (610) 832-6194.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the public hearing discussed above and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact Kevin Hess directly at (610) 832-6194 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office:  Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   A.101069. Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority, P. O. Box 221, Kennett Square, PA 19348. This major permit modification is to amend the above referenced permit to allow the use of Rusmar-AC-667-SE Foam as an alternative daily cover material located in London Grove Township, Chester County. Application received in the Southeast Regional Office on April 12, 1996.

   A-100148. GROWS, Inc., 1000 New Ford Mill Road, Morrisville, PA 19067. This permit amendment is for the approval of proposed design modifications to the previously permitted 80-acre eastern expansion area landfill gas collection system located in Falls Township, Bucks County. Application received in the Southeast Regional Office on April 12, 1996.

   A.101463. Browning-Ferris Industries, 2904 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19148. This permit amendment is for the C&D Recycling operation at TRC, Inc. Transfer Station located in the City of Philadelphia. Application received in the Southeast Regional Office on April 12, 1996.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office:  Regional Solid Waste Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Permit No. 602733. Jeanetter Kettering, Charles Bomgardner, Anna Bomgardner, and Lyn Struphar Farms, City of Lebanon Authority WWTP, (250 Dairy Road, Lebanon, PA 17042). Application for permit modification for agricultural utilization at a site in N. Annville Township, Lebanon County. Permit issued in the Regional Office on April 18, 1996.

   A.100739. Western Berks Refuse, Western Berks Refuse Authority, (230 N. 6th Street, Reading, PA 19601). Application for modification for a revision to the groundwater monitoring plan at a site in Cumru Township, Berks County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office on April 11, 1996.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Northwest Regional Office:  Regional Solid Waste Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6848.

   A.603443. Borough of North East, 58 East Main Street, North East, PA 16428, located in North East Township, Erie County. An application for the agricultural utilization of municipal sewage sludge in North East Township, Erie County, known as the ''Luke Site'' was determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office on April 16, 1996.


Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate a solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   A.101421. Resource Conservation Corp., R. D. 2, Box 282A, Pleasant Valley Road, Irwin, PA 15642. Shade Township Waste Management Facility, R. D. 1, Box 305, Cairnbrook, PA 15924. Application for a major permit modification to redesign the gas management system for the Shade Township Waste Management Facility in Shade Township, Somerset County. Application received in the Regional Office on April 11, 1996.


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act, (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactive air contamination sources.

   Regional Office:  Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   06-1007B. Construction of two annealing furnaces by Carpenter Technology Corporation (P. O. Box 14662, Reading, PA 19612-4662) in Reading, Berks County.

   06-1007C. Construction of a steel strip processing facility by Carpenter Technology Corporation (P. O. Box 14662, Reading, PA 19612-4662) in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County.

   06-323-019. Installation of an air cleaning device to control a hard-chrome plating operation by Troutman Industries, Inc. (2201 Portland Avenue, West Lawn, PA 19609) in Spring Township, Berks County.

   67-302-136. Modification of the two existing boilers by PECO Energy (Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 1848 Lay Road, Delta, PA 17314) in Peach Bottom Township, York County.

   67-318-118. Modification of a burn-off oven by Donsco, Inc. (Industrial Coaters Plant, North Front Street, P. O. Box 2001, Wrightsville, PA 17368), in Springettsbury Township, York County.

   Regional Office:  Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   46-302-208. On April 9, 1996, an application was received from Chef Francisco of PA (250 Hansen Access Road, King of Prussia, PA 19013) for the construction of a Gas/Oil Fired 350 HP Boiler to be located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.

   23-301-084A. On April 15, 1996, an application was received from DELCORA (100 East 5th Street, P. O. Box 999, Chester, PA 19406) for the installation of Hearth Burners to be located in City of Chester, Delaware County.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office:  Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   06-1006. The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Brentwood Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 605, Reading, PA 19603) for a plastic parts manufacturing facility controlled by dry filters in Reading, Berks County.

   06-1014. The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Garden State Tanning, Inc. (16 South Franklin Street, Fleetwood, PA 19522) for a leather coating operation controlled by five water washes and two dry filters in Fleetwood, Berks County.

   06-313-006B The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Morton International (P. O. Box 15209, Reading, PA 19612) for a plastic manufacturing facility controlled by eight fabric collectors in Reading, Berks County.

   22-323-015. The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to RAM Industries, Inc. (3501 North 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110) for a pyrolysis furnace with afterburner in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County.

   44-320-001H. The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Trinity Packaging Corporation, Lewistown Division (13 Industrial Park Road, Lewistown, PA 17044) for a flexographic printing press in Granville Township, Mifflin County.

   67-309-105. The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to the Pfaltzgraff Company (P. O. Box 244, Thomasville, PA 17364) for a railcar unloading operation, including a fabric filter, in Jackson Township, York County.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactive air contaminant sources.

   Regional Office:  Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit:  46-317-005E
Source:  Venturi Scrubber and one 8 foot and 12 foot
   Packed Tower Scrubber
Company:  Moyer Packing
Location:  Franconia
County:  Montgomery

   Regional Office:  Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating Permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit:  40-303-017A
Source:  Batch Asphalt Plt. Waste Oil & Rap
Company:  American Asphalt and Paving Company
Location:  Jackson Township
County:  Luzerne County

   Permit:  40-309-034
Source:  Plantwide Applicability Limit/Pal
Company:  Techneglas, Incorporated
Location:  Jenkins Township
County:  Luzerne County

   Permit:  45-302-053
Source:  Coal Fired Boiler/Cyclone
Company:  Pleasant Valley School District
Location:  Polk Township
County:  Monroe County


Notice of Plan Approval Application Minor Source

   The following stationary sources have filed a request for a plan approval with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Air Quality. Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protests or comments to the Regional Office at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval application by filing a request with the Regional Office stating the reason for the request.

   The Department will evaluate and consider all protests and comments received. The Department will, where appropriate, modify the proposed plan approval based on the protests and comments received.

   The final plan approval will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operated in compliance with the Departments' regulations contained in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 through 143 and the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act. A notice of the Department's final decision on the proposed plan approval will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Air contaminants emitted from these sources are less than the amounts that would trigger major new source review requirements. For additional information on the following applications contact Devendra Verma, Engineering Services Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   Regional Office:  Northwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   43-329-004. The Department received a plan approval application for construction of a dehydrator unit and a natural gas compressor (330 MMBTU/hr) with a catalytic convertor, silencer, and air to fuel ratio controller by Atlas Resources, Inc. (311 Rouser Rd., P. O. Box 611, Moon Twp., PA 15108) at the Garvis Compressor Station in Pine Township, Mercer County.


Plan approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices.

   Regional Office:  Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   An application for plan approval has been received by this office for the construction, modification or reactivation of the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit:  35-313-007A
Source:  #3 & #4 Line Trim w/3 Baghouses
Received:  April 1, 1996
Company:  Tredegar Film Products Inc.
Location:  City of Carbondale
County:  Lackawanna

   Permit:  40-313-030A
Source:  Polymer Plants 1 & 2 w/3 oxidizers
Received:  April 12, 1996
Company:  KAMA Corporation
Location:  City of Hazleton
County:  Luzerne

   Permit:  48-310-005A
Source:  Material Dryer w/Baghouse
Received:  April 9, 1996
Company:  Waylite Corporation
Location:  City of Bethlehem
County:  Northampton

   Permit:  54-310-013
Source:  Portable Crushing/Screening Plant
Received:  April 4, 1996
Company:  H. B. Mellott Estate, Inc.
Location:  Pine Grove Township
County:  Schuylkill

   Permit:  66-315-033
Source:  Diaper Prod. Line w/Baghouse
Received:  April 1, 1996
Company:  Procter & Gamble Paper Products
Location:  Washington Township
County:  Wyoming


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an operating permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonably Available Control Technology.

   Regional Office:  Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   OP-46-0078. On April 17, 1996, an application was received from G-Seven LTD. (2289 North Penn Road, Hatfield, PA 19440) for the construction of Facility VOC/NOx RACT to be located in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.


MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

   Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes:  the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).

   The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such certification.

   Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. Such NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chs. 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections, application number and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor, application number, a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.


Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.

Coal Applications Received

   17900129. Northern Counties Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 668, Philipsburg, PA 16866), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County affecting 262 acres, receiving streams, Blue Run, Buck Run, Porter Run and tributaries to Clearfield Creek to Clearfield Creek to West Branch Susquehanna River, application received April 29, 1996.

   17910113. Moravian Run Reclamation Co., Inc. (605 Sheridan Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine-coal refuse disposal permit in Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 78 acres, receiving streams, Bell Run and Poplar Run, application received March 29, 1996.

   17774017. W. R. Turner Coal Company (R. D. 3, Box 141, Philipsburg, PA 16866), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a Change in Land Use from forestland to pastureland or land occasionally cut for hay, Bell Township, Clearfield County, application received April 3, 1996.


Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   30841316. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (P. O. Box 174, Graysville, PA 15337), to revise the permit for the Bailey bituminous deep mine in West Finley Township, Washington County to install E-Tailgate Bleeder Shaft, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Spottedtail Run. Application received April 12, 1996.

   03871302. Triple K Coal Company (R. D. 1, Box 308, Rural Valley, PA 16249), to revise the permit for the Triple K No. 1 bituminous deep mine in Burrell Township, Armstrong County to add 15.0 permit and subsidence control plan acres and revise per Act 54, no additional discharges. Application received March 29, 1996.

   30841317. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (P. O. Box 174, Graysville, PA 15337), to revise the permit for the Enlow Fork bituminous deep mine in East Finley Township, Washington County to install 3 North No. 1 Airshaft, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Long Run. Application received April 4, 1996.


Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.

Large Noncoal Applications Received.

   08960301. Graham Construction & Excavating (R. D. 1, Box 354A, Canton, PA 17724), commencement, operation and restoration of a Large Noncoal (Sand & Gravel) permit in Canton Township, Bradford County affecting 19.2 acres, receiving streams Towanda Creek, tributary to North Branch Susquehanna River, application received April 5, 1996.

   The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environment Protection (Department).

   In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways, and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for process requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permits, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provision of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.

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