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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 01-906b

[31 Pa.B. 2699]

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LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Under Act 2, 1995

Preamble 1


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) 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 the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site as 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 or suspected 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, or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation 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. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(n)(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 standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, 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. During this comment period the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in 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 (800) 654-5984.

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

   Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   Philadelphia Eagles Stadium & Parking Areas, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. John C. Volk, P.E., URS Corp., 1400 Union Meeting Rd., Suite 202, Blue Bell, PA 19422-1972, on behalf of City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, and its agent Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. c/o Patrick O'Neill, City of Philadelphia Law Department, 1515 Arch St., 16th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with PCBs lead, heavy metals, BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents; and site groundwater contaminated with lead, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 9, 2001.

   Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) Philadelphia Refinery--Girard Point Processing Area, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. James R. Oppenheim, P.E., Sunoco, Inc., 3144 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19145, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with PCBs, lead, heavy metals, BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides and MTBE; and site groundwater contaminated with lead, heavy metals, BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and MTBE. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Statewide Health and Site-specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Daily News on February 13, 2001.

   Former Flynn Property, West Brandywine Township, Chester County. James H. Mulry, Mulry & Cresswell Environmental, Inc., 1691 Horseshoe Pike, Suite 1, Glenmoore, PA 19343, on behalf of Glenmoore Properties, Inc., 11 Basset Hunt Lane, Glenmoore, PA 19343, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Coatesville Ledger on May 3, 2001.

   Herby's Towing and Recovery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County. Robert Byer, Jr., P.G., IT Corp., 1220 Ward Ave., Suite 300, West Chester, PA 19380, on behalf of Margaret Cacciutti, 263 Hoffecker Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with lead, BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and site groundwater contaminated with lead, BTEX, and petroleum hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Statewide Health and Site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Daily News on April 30, 2001.

   Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   P.I.D.A. (Branch Motor Express), Delaware Township, Northumberland County. Science Applications International Corporation, 6310 Allentown Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17112 on behalf of its client P.I.D.A (Branch Motor Express), 400 North Street, Fourth Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with heavy metals, BTEX and ethylene glycol and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and naphthalene. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a combination of Site-specific and Statewide Health Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Milton Standard Journal, on February 14, 2001.

   Dominion (formerly CNG) Transmission--Harrison Valley, Harrison Township, Potter County. Dominion Resource Services, Inc., 625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with Lead and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Potter Leader Enterprise on April 25, 2001.

   Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

   Stackpole Center--South West Area, 201 Stackpole Street, City of St. Marys, Elk County, has submitted a notice of intent to remediate soil, groundwater and surface water contaminated with lead, heavy metals, BTEX, PAHs, PHCs and solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site specific standard. A summary of the notice of intent to remediate was reported to have been published in the Daily Press on April 27, 2001.

   Stackpole Center--North East Area, 201 Stackpole Street, City of St. Marys, Elk County, has submitted a notice of intent to remediate soil, groundwater and surface water contaminated with PCBs, lead, heavy metals, BTEX, PHCs, PAHs and solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site specific standard. A summary of the notice of intent to remediate was reported to have been published in the Daily Press on April 27, 2001.

DETERMINATION FOR APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Application for Determination of Applicability received 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 residual waste regulations for a general permit to operate residual waste processing facilities and/or the beneficial use of residual waste other than coal ash.

   Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.

   General Permit Application No. WMGR002D004. Earth Products, Inc., 289 Cornish Road, Lake Lynn, PA 15451. Description: the beneficial use of wastewater treatment sludge generated by paper mills as soil additive to establish or reestablish agricultural productivity on disturbed land; establish herbaceous wildlife habitat; facilitate revegetation on disturbed land at permitted and abandoned mines sites. The application for determination of applicability was received by the Division of Municipal and Residual Waste on May 7, 2001.

   Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.

AIR QUALITY

Notice of Plan Approval and Operating Permit Applications

New Sources and Modifications

   The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State Operating Permit and Title V Operating Permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for DEP, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.

   Notice is hereby given that DEP has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.

   Copies of these applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the Regional Office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate Regional Office to schedule an appointment.

   Persons wishing to receive a copy of the proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit must indicate their interest to the DEP Regional Office within 30 days of the date of this notice, and must file protests or comments on a Proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit within 30 days of the DEP providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Any comments or protests filed with DEP Regional Offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts, which serve as the basis for the objections. If DEP schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the Regional Office identified. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under the Act.

OPERATING PERMITS


Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits

   Under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521 and 127.424, notice is hereby given that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F and G (relating to operating permit requirements; and Title V Operating Permits).

   Appointments to review copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information must be made by contacting Records Management using the appropriate Regional Office telephone number noted. For additional information, contact the appropriate Regional Office noted.

   Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit to the Regional Office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of any objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the Regional Office identified . TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.

   Southeast Region:  Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   15-00013:  Huhtamaki Flexibles Inc., formerly Graphic Packaging Corp. (2400 Continental Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355) in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County. The facility's major emission points include: two boilers, a Comco Flexographic/Gravure Printing Press, a No. 8 Zerand and a W & H Olympia Flexographic Printing Presse and a cold cleaner, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds. The Title V Operating Permit, Revision 1, was revised to include the Comco flexographic/gravure printing press, conditions for a Plantwide Applicability Limit and issues to resolve an appeal.

   Southcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Kanu Patel, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   67-05005:  PPL Brunner Island, LLC (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101) for a revision to the facility's Title V Operating Permit for the Brunner Island Electric Generating Plant in East Manchester Township, York County. The original Title V Operating Permit, which was issued on February 14, 2000, will be revised in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.542. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made a determination that the new SO2 limits contained in the permit were not approved as part of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). Therefore, the SO2 limits that were approved by the EPA under the old SIP will be incorporated into the revised Title V Operating Permit. This revision to the SO2 limits will reflect a more stringent requirement than those contained in the original permit. The revised permit will also include the terms and conditions for the Flue Gas Conditioning System and Rotary Coal Car Dumper installed under Plan Approval Nos. 67-05005A and 67-05005B, respectively. The revised permit will be opened for the review of the SO2 limits contained in the site level requirements of Section C, and the sources covered under the above Plan Approvals.

   Northcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-3637.

   49-00033:  Watsontown Brick Co. (P. O. Box 68 Watsontown, PA 17777) for their brick manufacturing facility in Delaware Township, Northumberland County. The Title V Operating Permit was issued on October 26, 2000. The revision of this permit is to incorporate terms and conditions from Plan Approval 49-309-008D, which authorized construction of shale crushing and milling equipment at this facility. This operation has the potential to emit 19.02 tons per year of particulate matter. A fabric collector and a water spray system control the particulate emissions.


Applications received and intent to issue operating permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F (relating to operating permit requirements).

   Northeast Region:  Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, James Parette, Acting New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.

   40-318-024A:  Inline Fiberglass America Limited (Humboldt Industrial Park, R. R. 1, Box 4098, Hazleton, PA 18201) for operation of a resin mix and storage area ventilation system in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.

   40-318-025A:  Inline Fiberglass America Limited (Humboldt Industrial Park, R. R. 1, Box 4098, Hazleton, PA 18201) for operation of a fiberglass window manufacturing operation and off-line paint system with associated air cleaning device in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.

   Southcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   06-03062:  Theo C. Auman, Inc. (247 Penn Street, Reading, PA 19601) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for a human crematory controlled by a secondary chamber in the City of Reading, Berks County.

   28-03025:  Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. (P. O. Box 26, Rheems, PA 17570-0026) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for the Shippensburg Plant in Southampton Township, Franklin County.

   67-03101:  Southern Die Casters (P. O. Box 178, Shrewsbury, PA 17361) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for die caster manufacturing in Shrewsbury Borough, York County.

   67-05075:  York Memorial Hospital (P. O. Box 15118, York, PA 17405) for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for its hospital in Spring Garden Township, York County.

   Southwest Region:  Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.

   04-00680:  Georgetown Sand and Gravel, Inc. (Third Street Ext. P. O. box 127, Georgetown, PA 15043) for operation of Sand and Gravel Processing at Georgetown Plant in Greene Township, Beaver County.

PLAN APPROVALS


Applications received for plan approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B (relating to plan approval requirements).

   Southcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   36-03122A:  Allegheny Energy Resources, Inc. (301 Fifth Avenue, Room 307, McKeesport, PA 15132) for construction of a landfill gas utility flare at the Chester County Solid Waste Authority's Lancaster Landfill in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County.

   36-05082A:  Clark Filter, Inc. (3649 Hempland Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) for construction of a curing oven in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.

   36-05008A:  Tyson Foods, Inc. (403 South Custer Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17557) for construction of two (2) vegetable oil fryers each controlled by a scrubber in Earl Township, Lancaster County.

   67-05092:  Starbucks Coffee Co. (3000 Espresso Way, York, PA 17402) for construction of coffee roasters (Roasters 4A and 4B) each controlled by a catalytic afterburner and a cyclone at the York Roasting Plant in East Manchester Township, York County.

   67-05092A:  Starbucks Coffee Co. (3000 Espresso Way, York, PA 17402) for construction of a green coffee bean cleaning station (Station 2) controlled by a cartridge collector at the York Roasting Plant in East Manchester Township, York County.

   Northcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, Richard Maxwell, New Source Review Chief, (570) 327-3637.

   19-317-022B:  Melick Aquafeed, Inc. (139 South First Street, Catawissa, PA 17820) for construction of a fish food pellet pneumatic conveying system and associated air cleaning device (a cyclone collector) in Catawissa Borough, Columbia County.

   41-399-026:  Penn Recycling, Inc. (2525 Trenton Avenue, P. O. Box 3514, Williamsport, PA 17701) for construction of an automobile/metal shredding operation consisting of one Harris Waste Management Model 80-115 shredder and associated feed chute dual roll feeder, discharge vibrator, discharge hood, first transfer conveyor, magnetic separation system, non-ferrous conveyor, second transfer conveyor, Z-box product cleaning column, and ferrous radial stacking conveyor, the air contaminant emissions from which shall be controlled by a Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties Inc. Dust Buster foam injection system (on the shredder) and a Texas Shredder, Inc. model TSI 7`6" cyclone (on the Z-box product cleaning column) at their facility in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County.

   The proposed shredder will emit up to 6.5 tons of particulate matter (PM) per year, all of which may be particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns in effective aerodynamic diameter (PM-10).

   The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that the proposed equipment will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contaminant sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department of Environmental Protection consequently intends to issue a plan approval for the construction of the respective equipment.

   The Department intends to place conditions in the plan approval to be issued pertaining to the operation and monitoring of the equipment. These conditions are intended to assure proper operation of the equipment as well as compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements. The following is a summary of these conditions:

   1.  Under the best available technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the particulate matter contained in the exhaust of the cyclone to the atmosphere shall not exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust gas volume.

   2.  Under the best available technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the exhaust of the cyclone to the atmosphere shall not result in visible air contaminant emissions in a manner that the opacity of the emission is either of the following:

   (a)  equal to or greater than 10% for a period or periods aggregating more than 3 minutes in any 1 hour

   (b)  equal to or greater than 30% at any time

   3.  Under the best available technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, there shall be no visible fugitive air contaminant emissions from the shredder, feed chute dual roll feeder, discharge vibrator, discharge hood, first transfer conveyor, magnetic separation system, nonferrous conveyor, second transfer conveyor, Z-box product cleaning column or ferrous radial stacking conveyor (other than those determined by the Department to be of minor significance).

   4.  No gasoline tanks or other volatile organic compound containing materials shall be processed in the shredder.

   5.  If at any time the Department has cause to believe that air contaminant emissions from the aforementioned sources may be in excess of the limitations specified in any condition herein or specified in, or established under, any applicable rule or regulation contained in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--145, the permittee shall be required to conduct whatever tests are deemed necessary by the Department to determine the actual emission rates, in accordance with the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139, where applicable, and any restrictions or limitations established by the Department.

   Southwest Region:  Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.

   04-00711A:  AES Hoytdale, LLC (394 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061) for construction of Combined Cycle Combustion Turbines at Hoytdale Electric Generating Facility in Big Beaver Borough, Beaver County.

   Northwest Region:  Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   37-243B:  The International Metals Reclamation Co.--INMETCO (245 Portersville Road, P. O. Box 720, Ellwood City, PA 16117) for installation of Low NOx Burners (LNB) and computerized furnace controls on the existing rotary hearth furnace in Ellwood City, Lawrence County. INMETCO is a Title V facility.

   43-324A:  John Flynn Funeral Home and Crematory (2630 East State Street, Hermitage, PA 16148) for construction of a human cremation retort in the City of Hermitage, Mercer County.

   25-930A:  Metro Machine Corp.--Erie Division (Foot of Holland Street, Erie, PA 16501-07306) for construction of an automated paint line consisting of three components: an infrared preheat cabinet, an abrasive blasting cabinet with brush and blow off and dust collector, and a paint spray booth at its shipbuilding and ship repair facility in the City of Erie, Erie County.

PLAN APPROVALS


Intent to issue plan approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B (relating to plan approval requirements).

   Southeast Region:  Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   46-0191B:  Merck and Co., Inc. (351 North Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486) for installation of a 100 KW natural gas-fired emergency generator at their Upper Gwynedd Office Complex in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. Emissions of criteria pollutants are less than one ton per year. The emergency generator will be restricted to an operation of 500 hours 12-month rolling sum. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping and further operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.

   Southcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   28-05028:  Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC (4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146-2841) for construction of the Chambersburg Combustion Turbine Power Station in Guilford Township, Franklin County. The facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127 (related to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of sources), 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts GG and Kb, (related to standards of performance for turbines and storage tanks), 40 CFR Parts 72, 73, 75 and 77 (related to acid rain), and 25 Pa. Code, §§ 123.102--123.120 and Chapter 145 (related to the NOx budget program). The Department believes that the facility will meet these requirements subject to the following Plan Approval conditions related to allowable emission limitations, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.

   It is proposed that the following conditions be placed in the Plan Approval:

   1.  The facility is to be constructed in accordance with the plans submitted with the application (as approved herein).

   2.  This plan approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this plan approval provided the following conditions are met:

   (a)  The Department must receive written notice from Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC of the completion of construction and Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC's intent to commence operation at least 5 working days prior to the completion of construction. The notice must state when construction will be completed and when Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC expects to commence operation.

   (b)  Operation is authorized only to facilitate the start-up and shakedown of sources and air cleaning devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit or to permit the evaluation of the sources for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.

   (c)  This condition authorizes temporary operation of the sources for a period of 180 days from the date of commencement of operation, provided the Department receives notice from Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC under subpart a.

   (d)  Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC may request an extension if compliance with all applicable regulations and Plan Approval requirements has not been established. The extension request shall be submitted in writing at least 15 days prior to the end of this period of temporary operation and shall provide a description of the compliance status of the source, a detailed schedule for establishing compliance, and the reasons compliance has not been established.

   (e)  The notice submitted by Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC under subpart a, prior to the expiration of this Plan Approval, shall modify the plan approval expiration date. The new plan approval expiration date shall be 180 days from the date of the commencement of operation.

   3.  This plan approval authorizes Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC to construct the Chambersburg Combustion Turbine Power Station, located in Guilford Township, Franklin County.

   4.  Sources at this facility will include two simple cycle combustion turbines, General Electric Model LM 6000 PC, rated at 424.6 mmBtu/hr maximum and 44 MW each. Each is to be equipped with a water injection system for the control of NOx emissions, and a 75-feet exhaust stack.

   5.  Supporting equipment at this site will include electric gas compressors, a 500,000-gallon low-sulfur No. 2 fuel oil storage tank, approximately 23 small (less than 10,000-gallon) storage tanks for various low-vapor pressure liquids like turbine oils, insulating oils, refrigerants, used oil and demineralized water, and three underground storage tanks for wastewater and oily wastewater. The 500,000-gallon storage tank shall not be installed until the appropriate approvals have been received from the Tanks Section of the Department.

   6.  All equipment at this facility shall be equipped with manufacturer-designed silencers and/or mufflers. The turbines, generators and gas compressors shall be enclosed in structures designed by the manufacturer to minimize sound levels. The facility shall be operated in accordance with Guilford Township Ordinance No. 93-11--An Ordinance Defining and Regulating Noise in Guilford Township, Franklin County, or obtain a variance from Guilford Township.

   7.  Total consumption of natural gas by the turbines per 12-consecutive month period shall not exceed 1,795,000,000 cubic feet when fired in conjunction with distillate oil, and shall not exceed 2,139,000,000 cubic feet when fired solely on natural gas. Total unit-operating hours per 12-consecutive month period shall not exceed 4,000 hours of natural gas combustion when fired in conjunction with distillate oil, and shall not exceed 4,765 hours of natural gas combustion when fired solely on natural gas.

   8.  Total consumption of low-sulfur distillate fuel by the turbines together shall not exceed 1,536,000 gallons per 12-consecutive month period. Total unit-operating hours shall not exceed 450 hours of distillate oil combustion per 12-consecutive month period.

   9.  The sulfur content of the low-sulfur distillate oil shall not exceed 0.05 weight percent.

   10.  NOx emissions from the turbines shall be limited to 25 ppmvd at 15% O2 while firing natural gas and 42 ppmvd at 15% O2 while firing low-sulfur distillate oil.

   11.  Pollutant emissions from the turbines shall not exceed the following while combusting natural gas for 4,000 hours per consecutive 12-month period:

NOx(a) 41.0 lbs/unit hr 82.0 tons/yr
CO(a) 57.0 lbs/unit hr 114.0 tons/yr
SO2(b) 2.5 lbs/unit hr 5.0 tons/yr
VOCs(c) 5.0 lbs/unit hr 10.0 tons/yr
PM10(c) 3.0 lbs/unit hr 6.0 tons/yr

   12.  Pollutant emissions from the turbines shall not exceed the following while combusting natural gas alone for 4,765 hours per consecutive 12-month period:

NOx(a) 41.0 lbs/unit hr 97.7 tons/yr
CO(a) 57.0 lbs/unit hr 135.8 tons/yr
SO2(b) 2.5 lbs/unit hr 6.0 tons/yr
VOCs(c) 5.0 lbs/unit hr 11.9 tons/yr
PM10(c) 3.0 lbs/unit hr 7.1 tons/yr

   13.  Pollutant emissions from the turbines shall not exceed the following while combusting distillate oil for 450 hours per consecutive 12-month period:

NOx(a) 71.0 lbs/unit hr 16.0 tons/yr
CO(a) 6.0 lbs/unit hr 1.4 tons/yr
SO2(d) 23.0 lbs/unit hr 5.2 tons/yr
VOCs(c) 1.0 lbs/unit hr 0.2 tons/yr
PM10(c) 13.0 lbs/unit hr 2.9 tons/yr

   14.  Pollutant emissions from the total facility shall not exceed the following:

NOx(a) 98.0 tons/yr
CO(a) 135.8 tons/yr
SO2(b), (d) 10.2 tons/yr
VOCs(c) 11.9 tons/yr
PM/PM10(e) 11.6 tons/yr

   (a) Based on vendor information assuming 20°F ambient temperature and 1,100 feet elevation.

   (b) Based on 2.0 grains sulfur/100 cubic feet natural gas and 435,000 standard cubic feet per hour maximum fuel usage.

   (c) Based on vendor information assuming 19°F ambient temperature.

   (d) Based on a maximum capacity of 424 mmbtu/hr and a fuel oil sulfur content of 0.05%.

   (e) This value also includes particulate matter from the cooling tower.

   15. The turbines are subject to the applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG, Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines.

   16.  The 500,000-gallon low-sulfur distillate oil storage tank is subject to the applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Kb, Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels.

   17.  In accordance with 40 CFR 60.334(a), the permittee shall install and operate a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) to monitor and record the fuel consumption and the ratio of water to fuel being fired in the turbine. This system shall be accurate to within +5.0%, and must be approved by the Department.

   18.  The permittee shall monitor the sulfur content and nitrogen content of the fuel being fired in each turbine, in accordance with 40 CFR 60.334(b) and 60.335(e).

   19.  The permittee shall install, certify, maintain and operate a Department-approved CEMS in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139, the Department's Continuous Source Monitoring Manual, 40 CFR Part 60 and 40 CFR Part 75. At a minimum, the system shall measure and record the following for each turbine:

   --Nitrogen Oxide Emissions (as NO2)

   --Percent Oxygen (or CO2)

   --Exhaust Gas Flow

   20.  The permittee shall record hours of operation of each of the turbines and the amount and type of fuel consumed, on a daily basis.

   21.  The permittee shall comply with the applicable reporting requirements of 40 CFR 60.7, 40 CFR 60.116b(d) and 40 CFR 60.334(c).

   22.  In accordance with 40 CFR 60.4, copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications shall be forwarded to both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environmental Protection at the addresses shown, unless otherwise noted:

Director, Air, Toxics and
   Radiation
Department of
   Environmental Protection
U.S. Environmental
   Protection Agency
Regional Air Quality
   Manager
Region III Office of Air Quality
1650 Arch Street 909 Elmerton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19103 Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200

   23.  In accordance with 40 CFR 60.334(c), the permittee shall record daily, and shall report quarterly, in accordance with 40 CFR 60.7(c), any 1-hour period during which the average water-to-fuel ratio, as measured by the continuous water and fuel measuring system, falls below the ratio that was determined during the stack test to demonstrate compliance with NOx emission limitations. The permittee shall also report any period during which the actual fuel-bound nitrogen content exceeds the fuel-bound nitrogen content determined during the stack test to demonstrate compliance with the NOx emission limitations. The permittee shall also report any period during which the actual fuel-bound sulfur content exceeds 0.05%.

   24.  Compliance with the turbine emission limitations for NOx and CO while using both low-sulfur diesel fuel and natural gas shall be demonstrated through performance stack testing on each turbine.

   (a)  In accordance with 40 CFR 60.335(c)(2), the monitoring device required by 40 CFR 60.334 shall be used to determine the fuel consumption and to establish the water-to-fuel ratio necessary to comply with turbine NOx emission limitations at 30, 50, 75 and 100% of peak load, or at four points in the normal operating range of the gas turbine, including the minimum point in the range and peak load. All loads shall be corrected to ISO conditions using the appropriate equations as supplied by the turbine manufacturer.

   (b)  All stack testing shall be performed in accordance with 40 CFR 60.8 and 60.335, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139, and the most recent version of the Department's Source Testing Manual.

   (c)  Two copies of the stack test protocol shall be submitted to the Department at least 60 days in advance of the stack test date. Stack testing shall not take place until the permittee has received written approval of the stack test protocol.

   (d)  The company shall notify the Department of the date and the time of the stack test at least 2 weeks prior to the tests so that an observer may be present.

   (e)  Four copies of the stack test results shall be submitted to the Department within 60 days of completion of the test.

   (f)  Stack testing shall be performed within 60 days of achieving maximum firing rate, but no later than 180 days after the initial startup.

   (g)  The permittee shall record all pertinent operating data during the stack test and include this data with the stack test results.

   25. The combustion turbines are subject to the Title IV Acid Rain Program of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and shall comply with all applicable provisions of that Title, including the following:

40 CFR Part 72 Permits Regulations
40 CFR Part 73 Sulfur Dioxide Allowance System
40 CFR Part 75 Continuous Emissions Monitoring
40 CFR Part 77 Excess Emissions

   26.  The combustion turbines are subject to the applicable requirements of the NOx Budget Program established at 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.102--123.121 and Chapter 145.

   27.  As per 25 Pa. Code § 127.13, if construction is not commenced within 18 months of issuance of this plan approval, or if there is more than an 18-month lapse in construction, a new plan approval application shall be submitted.

   28.  The permittee shall submit a Title V Operating Permit Application within 120 days of startup.

   06-05071A: Sealed Air Corp. (450 Riverfront Drive, Reading, PA 19602) for construction of a 29.9 million BTU boiler controlled by a low NOx burner and low sulfur fuel oil in the City of Reading, Berks County. The boiler will have the potential to emit 14 tons per year of sulfur oxides, 21 tons of nitrogen oxides and 6 tons per year of carbon monoxide. The source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Dc--Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The plan approval will be incorporated into the Title V operating permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 (Administrative Amendment).

   22-05023A: Mobil Oil Corp. (600 Billingsport Road, Paulsboro, NJ 08066) for replacement of Vapor Recovery Unit with a Vapor Combustion Unit (VCU) that controls emissions from petroleum product Loading Rack at Harrisburg Terminal in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. This VCU will reduce the volatile organic compound emission rate from 80 milligram per liter to 10 milligram liter. The facility VCU emission will be kept at less than 50 tons per year. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit shall contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   34-05003A: Tedd Wood, Inc. (Nine Birch Drive, R. R. 1, Box 104, Thompsontown, PA 17094) for three existing paint booths and installation of a new booth at the wood cabinet manufacturing facility in Delaware Township, Juniata County. Volatile organic compound emissions are limited to less than 50 tons/year. Hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions are limited to 25 tons/year for any combination of HAPs and 10 tons/year for any single HAP. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.

Notice of Intent to Issue a Plan Approval and Amend a Title V Operating Permit

   10-00028H: Armstrong Cement and Supply Co. (100 Clearfield Road, Cabot, PA 16023) for installation of a baghouse on Clinker Storage Silos No. 8-10, Transfer Belts No. 4 and 5 and Elevator No. 3 and 4 in Winfield Township, Butler County. The facility currently has Title V Operating Permit No. 10-00028. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date. This installation will result in no air emissions increases.

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 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 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 (Department). 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 certification.

   Written comments, 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 will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. 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, settable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition, 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 Chapters 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.

Coal Applications Received

   Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   19960101R. City of Philadelphia, (21 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3684), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Union, Butler and Conyngham Townships, Schuylkill and Columbia Counties affecting 867.0 acres, receiving stream--Mahanoy Creek. Application received May 4, 2001.

   54683045R3. Blaschak Coal Corp., (P. O. Box 12, Mahanoy City, PA 17948), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Butler, Union and West Mahanoy Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 743.0 acres, receiving stream--Mahanoy Creek. Application received May 7, 2001.

   Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982.

   03960104. Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine in South Bend Township, Armstrong County affecting 83.6 acres. Receiving stream: Lindsay Run. Renewal application received: May 8, 2001.

   Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.

   11900108. Permit Renewal for reclamation only, L & J Energy Company, Inc. (P. O. Box I, Grampian, PA 16838), for continued restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, affecting 29.2 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to West Branch of Susquehanna River. Application received May 7, 2001.

   56960102. Permit Revision, Hoffman Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 130, 118 Runway Road, Friedens, PA 15541), to change the land use for the pre-mining land use of forestland to be restored to pastureland or land occasionally cut for hay post-mining in Paint Township, Somerset County, affecting 196.0 acres, receiving stream Weaver Creek to Paint Creek. Application received May 9, 2001.

Noncoal Applications Received

   Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   4873SM8C. Global Stone PenRoc, LP, (P. O. Box 1967, York, PA 17405-1967), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0594644 in West Manchester Township, York County, receiving stream--unnamed tributary to Codorus Creek. Application received May 9, 2001.

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