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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 01-1420a

[31 Pa.B. 4192]

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WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERMITS

CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWAGE WASTEWATER

APPLICATIONS UNDER THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW

PART II PERMITS

   The following permit applications or requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). The applications are listed in two categories. Section I lists all municipal and industrial permits and Section II lists oil and gas related permit applications.

   Persons wishing to comment on any of the applications are invited to submit a statement to the office noted before the application within 15 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within this 15-day comment period will be considered in making the final decision regarding the application. The comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.

   The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing if the responsible office considers the public response significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation of the area. If no hearing is held, the Department's Water Management Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the applications after a complete review. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   A copy of the permit application or proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection. Appointments to review the application may be made by contacting Records Management at the indicated telephone number.


I.  Industrial Waste and Sewerage Applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001)

   Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   WQM Permit No. 6600401, Sewerage, Benton-Nicholson Joint Sewer Authority, R. R. 2, Box 2272, Nicholson, PA 18446.

   This proposed facility is located in Nicholson Township, Wyoming County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project includes the construction of a wastewater treatment plant that will treat domestic sewage from Benton Township in Lackawanna County and Nicholson Township in Wyoming County. The plant will have a permit capacity of 140,000 gallons per day with treated effluent being discharged to an unnamed tributary to the South Branch of the Tunkhannock Creek. The project also includes the construction of a pressure sanitary sewer collection system designed to service the Lake Sheridan, Lake Kewanee and Baylors Lake sections of the Townships.

   Southcentral Region: Water Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.

   WQM Permit No. 0101406, Sewerage, Abbottstown-Paradise Joint Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 505, Abbottstown, PA 17301.

   This proposed facility is located in Hamilton Township, Adams County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction/ operation of a sewage treatment plant.

   WQM Permit No. 6701409, Sewerage, Stewartstown Borough Authority, 6 North Main Street, Stewarts- town, PA 17363-4132.

   This proposed facility is located in Stewartstown Borough, York County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval to upgrade two sanitary sewer pumping stations.

   Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   Application No. 9084-S-A3. Sewerage, City of Jeannette Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 294, Penn, PA 15675. Application for the replacement and operation of sewers and appurtenances and upgrade of the sewage pumping station to serve the Jeannette Sewage Treatment Plant located in Penn Borough, Westmoreland County.

   Application No. 5601404. Sewerage, Sam A. Mostoller, 138 Esposita Road, Stoystown, PA 15563. Application for the construction and operation of a small flow sewage treatment plant to serve the Mostoller Residence located in Jenner Township, Somerset County.

   Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

   WQM Permit No. 4301404, Sewerage, Ronald K. Southard and Gisele M. Lemon, 21202 Florek Road, Edinboro, PA 16412-5026.

   This proposed facility is located in Norwich Township, McKean County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant.

   WQM Permit No. 4301418, Sewerage, John G. Wasko, Box 464, Wheatland, PA 16161.

   This proposed facility is located in Otter Creek Township, Mercer County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant.


NPDES Stormwater Individual Permit

   The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity into waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided as erosion and sediment control best management practices (BMPs) which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharged.

   Where indicated, the EPA Region III 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 appropriate Department Regional Office noted before the application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. 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 Department of the exact basis of a comment and relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received by the appropriate DEP Regional Office during the 30-day public comment period.

   Following the 30-day comment period, the appropriate Regional Office Water Management 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 appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The application and related documents, including the erosion and sediment control plan for the earth disturbance activity, are on file and may be inspected at the office identified in this notice.

   Persons with a disability that require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the specified Regional Office. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

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

   NPDES Permit PAS10 G477, Stormwater. Heritage Building Group, Inc., 3326 Old York Road, Suite A100, Furlong, PA 18925, has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in East Coventry Township, Chester County to Pigeon Creek (HQ-TSF).

   NPDES Permit PAS10 G478, Stormwater. Wilkinson Heritage, LLC, 1020 Broad Run Road, Landenberg, PA 19350, has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in Franklin Township, Chester County to Branch of Big Elk Creek (HQ-TSF).

   NPDES Permit PAS10 G479, Stormwater. CEL Properties, Inc., 555 Country Club Drive, Suite 200, Downingtown, PA 19335-3062, has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in East and West Nantmeal and Warwick Townships, Chester County to French Creek (EV).

   NPDES Permit PAS10 G480, Stormwater. Sacred Heart Parish, 203 Church Road, Oxford, PA, has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in Lower Oxford Borough, Chester County to Leech Run and West Branch Big Elk Creek (HQ-TSF).

   NPDES Permit PAS10 G481, Stormwater. PA Army National Guard, 1119 Utility Road, Annville, PA 17003-5002, has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in East Vincent Township, Chester County to Schuylkill River (HQ-TSF-WWF).

   Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.


   Lehigh County Conservation District: Lehigh Ag. Ctr., Ste. 102, 4184 Dorney Park Rd., Allentown, PA 18104, (610) 391-9583.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10Q225 Locke Property Co.
46 Central St.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
Lehigh County
Upper Macungie Township
Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF

   Monroe County Conservation District: 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (570) 629-3060.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10S105 The Highlands at Rob Roy
Price Township Development Corp.
One Empire Plaza
State Rt. 611
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Monroe County
Price and Smithfield Townships
Michael Creek
HQ-CWF

   Pike County Conservation District: HC6, Box 6770, Hawley, PA 18428, (570) 226-8220.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10V038 The Home Depot USA, Inc.
15 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021
Pike County
Westfall Township
Delaware River
WWF-MF

   Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Lancaster Conservation District: 1383 Arcadia Road, Rm. 6, Lancaster, PA 17601, (717) 299-5361.

   NPDES Permit PAS10 O-083, Stormwater.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10O083 Carl G. Troop
496 Solanco Road
Quarryville, PA 17566
East Drumore Township
Lancaster County
UNT W. Branch of Octoraro Creek
(HQ)

   Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   NPDES Permit PAS10W083, Stormwater. Metz Development, 524 Waterdam Road, McMurray, PA 15317 has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in North Strabane Township, Washington County to UNT to Little Chartiers Creek/HQ-WWF.

   Washington County Conservation District: 100 West Beau Street, Suite 602, Washington, PA 15301-4402, (724) 228-6774.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10W083 Metz Development
524 Waterdam Road
McMurray, PA 15317
Washington County
North Strabane Township
UNT to Little Chartiers Creek/HQ-WWF

   NPDES Permit PAS10X098, Stormwater. PA Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106 has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in Donegal Borough, Donegal Township, Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County to Indian Creek/HQ-CWF; Jacobs Creek/CWF; Champion Creek/CWF; Fourmile Run/TSF; Jacobs Creek/TSF; Indian Creek/TSF.

   Westmoreland County Conservation District: R. D. # 2, P. O. Box 202-B, Donohoe Center, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 837-5271.

NPDES Applicant Name & County & Receiving
No.AddressMunicipalityWater/Use
PAS10S10X098 PA Turnpike Commission
P. O. Box 67676
Harrisburg, PA 17106
Westmoreland County
Donegal Borough
Donegal Township
Mt. Pleasant Township
Indian Creek/HQ-CWF
Jacobs Creek/CWF
Champion Creek/CWF
Fourmile Run/TSF
Jacobs Creek/TSF
Indian Creek/TSF

   Northwest Region: Oil and Gas Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

   NPDES Permit PAS102705, Stormwater. Pennsylvania General Energy Corp., 208 Liberty Street, Warren, PA 16365 has applied to discharge stormwater associated with a construction activity located in Kingsley Township, Forest County to Salmon Creek (HQ-CWF).

SAFE DRINKING WATER


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

   Northwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

   Permit No. 3701501. Public Water Supply.

Applicant Pa-American Water
800 Hershey Park Dr.
Hershey, PA 17033.
Township or Borough Wayne Township
Lawrence County
Responsible Official Cynthia Hitz, Water Quality Superintendent
Type of Facility Public Water Supply
Consulting Engineer Jerry Hankey, Engineer
PA-American Water
1789 Route 286 S
Indiana, PA 15701
Application Received Date July 16, 2001
Description of Action Operation of the sedimentation basins in series as well as parallel flow patterns; use of alternate chemical feed points, use of caustic and addition of a polymer feed system.

MINOR AMENDMENT


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

   Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   Application No. 0901513, Minor Amendment.

Applicant Richlandtown Borough
Borough Richlandtown
Responsible Official Stanley C. Weikle
123 S. Main Street
Richlandtown, PA 18955
Type of Facility Public Water Supply System
Consulting Engineer Philip W. Bear Engineering Company
834 Keystone Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Application Received Date July 11, 2001
Description of Action Installation of 140 linear feet of ductile iron pipe to provide chlorine contact time for water discharged from Wells No. 1 and No. 2.

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.

   The William Penn Charter School, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. J. Anthony Sauder, P.E., P.G., Pennoni Associates, Inc., 3001 Market St., Suite 200, Philadelphia PA 19104-2897, on behalf of The William Penn Charter School, 3000 Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia PA, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with arsenic. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the 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 July 6, 2001.

   Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Capital City Airport Harrisburg Jet Center, Fairview Township, York County. Marshall Miller and Associates, 3913 Hartzdale Drive, Camp Hill, PA 17011 (on behalf of Harrisburg International Airport, 113 Airport Drive, New Cumberland, PA 17070) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with BTEX and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Harrisburg Patriot News on May 17, 2001.

   Former Powell Property, Logan and Antis Townships, Blair County. Mountain Research, Inc., 825 25th Street, Altoona, PA 16601 (on behalf of Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation, 4500 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 ) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with lead, heavy metals, solvents, BTEX and PAHs and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the special industrial area requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Altoona Mirror on July 6, 2001.

   Nabisco Site (formerly), City of York, York County. York County Economic Development Corporation, 144 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 100, York, PA 17404 (on behalf of Redevelopment Authority of the City of York, 14 West Market Street, York, PA 17401) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals, solvents, BTEX and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record on April 13, 2001.

   Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   Latrobe Plastics, Division of Pace Industries, Inc., Derry Township, Westmoreland County. David R. Perry, American Geosciences, Inc., 3925 Reed Blvd., Suite 400, Murrysville, PA 15668 (on behalf of Latrobe Plastics, Division of Pace Industries, Inc., Loyalhanna Industrial Park, New Latrobe/Derry Road, Loyalhanna, PA 15661) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with solvents. 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 Latrobe Bulletin on June 29, 2001.

   LEMA Partners Property, Lawrenceville, Allegheny County. Mark B. Miller, Moody and Associates, Inc., 11548 Cotton Road, Meadville, PA 16335 and LEMA Partners & Commonwealth Lawrenceville I, LLC--Commonwealth Warehouse Building, 123 36th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 (on behalf of LEMA Partners c/o Lawrence F. Leventon, P.C., 36th Floor, Grant Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with lead, heavy metals, BTEX, PHCs, PAHs and solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the special industrial area requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Post Gazette on July 11, 2001.

INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES


Applications received or withdrawn under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

   Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

RENEWAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

   American Waste Industries, Inc., 508 E. Indian River Road, Norfolk, VA 23523. License No. PA-HC 0210. Received on July 20, 2001.

   Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. License No. PA-HC 0095. Received on July 24, 2001.

RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Application 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 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. WMGR051. Summit Anthracite, Inc., R. D. # 1, Box 12-A, Klingerstown, PA 17941.

   General Permit Number WMGR051 for the beneficial use of Gilford Mills waste sludge and filter cake as soil additive and soil conditioner on a permitted mine reclamation site. The Department has received a permit modification application from Summit Anthracite, Inc. requesting the Department's approval to accept a new filter cake sludge, generated by GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.'s TRIMET Products Group, for beneficial use as soil additive and soil conditioner at the permitted mine reclamation site under the general permit.

   The application was received in Central Office on May 4, 2001.

   Comments concerning the application should be directed to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Division at (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to and approval or denial of the application.


Applications 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 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. WMGR076. Jerart, Inc., 3701 Duss Avenue, Baden, PA 15005. The application for processing BOP slag fines, BOP classifier sludge and BOP filter cake prior to beneficial use as a construction material. The application was received by Central Office on July 19, 2001.

   Comments concerning the application should be directed to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits/Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. 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. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to and approval or denial of the application.

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 through 143, the Federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under the Act.

PLAN APPROVALS


Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.

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

   46-0212:  Metropolitan Fiber Systems of Philadelphia, Inc. (630 Clark Street, King of Prussia, PA 19406) for installation of a 2,000-kilowatt (kW) Caterpillar emergency generator at its King of Prussia Facility in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. The facility operates a telecommunications central switching operation and is a non-Title V (State only) facility for any of air pollutant. This installation will result in maximum NOx emissions of 15.2 tons per year. 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.

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

   36-05027A:  R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co. (216 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) for construction of three heatset offset printing presses and one thermal oxidizer at the Lancaster East Facility in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County.

   36-05067H:  C&D Technologies, Inc. (82 East Main Street, Leola, PA 17540) for installation of a fabric filter emission control system at the existing lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The installation is subject to the provisions of 40 CFR 60, Subpart KK--Standards of Performance for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants.

   67-03030A:  Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc. (1120 Zinns Quarry Road, West Manchester, PA 17405) for construction of a potato snack stick and ring fryer line controlled by a mist eliminator in Manchester Township, York County.

   Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.

   41-00005A:  Textron Lycoming (652 Oliver Street, Williamsport, PA 17701) for construction of a replacement aerospace manufacturing and rework surface coating spray booth (ES-2) in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County.

   41-318-045A:  High Steel Structures, Inc. (3501 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17701) for modification of a structural steel surface coating operation by increasing the allowable emission of a single hazardous air pollutant from a maximum of 10 tons in any 12 consecutive month period to 15 tons and the allowable emission of all combined hazardous air pollutants from a maximum of 25 tons in any 12 consecutive month period to 35 tons in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County.

   08-317-003C:  Taylor By-Products, Inc. (P. O. Box 849, Wyalusing, PA 18853) for construction of a replacement rendering cooker, the air contaminants from which are to be controlled by an existing scrubber system and a boiler combustion chamber, as well as for the installation of air cleaning devices (three wet electrostatic precipitators) on three pressers in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County.

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

   63-00014E:  Orion Power Midwest, LP, (2000 Cliff Mine Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15275) for construction of SNCR System at Elrama Station in Union Township, Washington County.

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

   10-001F:  AK Steel--Butler Works (P. O. Box 832, 210 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA 16003) to convert the # 4 AP line from hydrofluoric/nitric/sulfuric acid pickling operation to a sulfuric/hydrofluoric/hydrogen peroxide pickling operation in Butler, Butler County.

   10-001E:  AK Steel--Butler Works (P. O. Box 832, 210 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA 16003) for installation of a natural gas fired boiler (14.3 MMBTU/hr) to replace Boilers # 19 and # 20 in Butler, Butler County.

   24-123C:  Superior Greentree Landfill, LLC (635 Toby Road, Kersey, PA 15846) for construction of temporary candlestick flare in Fox Township, Elk County.

   16-127A:  Piney Creek Limited Partnership (428 Power Lane, Clarion, PA 16214) to incorporate fuel blends from previous Request for Determinations in Piney Township, Clarion County. This is a Title V facility.

   10-027A:  Penreco (138 Petrolia Street, Karns City, PA 16041) to replace an existing tank that is used to store spent acid (acid sludge) in Karns City Borough, Butler County. This is a Title V facility.


Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.

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

   40-399-046:  Bemis Co., Inc. (Valmont Industrial Park, 20 Jaycee Drive, West Hazleton, PA 18201) for construction and operation of a photopolymer plate making system in West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County. An existing catalytic incinerator will be used as an air pollution control equipment to control VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emissions from this system. This installation will emit VOCs at a maximum rate of 0.106 pound per hour. The Department will place a condition to limit the VOC emissions from this source to less than 0.5 ton per year on a 12-month rolling sum. Under the Best Available Technology provision of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127, the catalytic incinerator must meet 98% destruction efficiency for VOCs with 100% capture efficiency. 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. The facility currently has a Title V Permit 40-00007. 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.

   40-399-047:  Bemis Co., Inc. (Valmont Industrial Park, 20 Jaycee Drive, West Hazleton, PA 18201) for construction and operation of two Laser Engraved Rubber Plate Making Systems (FlexoMaster DDF laser) with a cyclone and thermal incinerator as an air pollution control equipment to control VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) and particulate emissions in West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County. This installation will emit VOCs at a maximum rate of 0.074 pound per hour and particulate at a rate less than 0.0114 pound per hour (0.004 gr/dscf). The Department will place a condition to limit the VOC emissions from these sources to less than 0.033 ton per year on a 12-month rolling sum and particulate at a rate less than 0.04 grains/dscf. Under the Best Available Technology provision of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127, the incinerator must meet 98% destruction efficiency for VOCs with 100% capture efficiency. 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. The facility currently has a Title V Permit 40-00007. 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.

   48-328-005A:  Reliant Energy Portland, LLC (River Road, P. O. Box 38, Portland, PA 18351) for construction of two combined-cycle combustion turbines with duct burners and a cooling tower in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.

   The following table summarizes the potential emissions from maximum operation of the facility according to the application submitted for the Department's own analysis:

Pollutant Emission Rate (tons/year)
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 239.0
Carbon Monoxide 451.0
Volatile Organic Compounds   79.0
Sulfur Dioxide 166.0
Particulate Matter (TSP/PM10) 280.0
Sulfuric Acid Mist   70.0

   The emissions will consume the following portion of the available Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality increments:

Pollutant Emission Rate (tons/year)
Nitrogen Oxides 0.1 ug/m3 (annual)
Sulfur Dioxide 35.6 ug/m3 (3-hr average)
Sulfur Dioxide 5.5 ug/m3 (24-hr average)
Sulfur Dioxide 0.06 ug/m3 (annual average)
Particulate Matter (PM10) 6.5 ug/m3 (24-hr average)
Particulate Matter (PM10) 0.12 ug/m3 (annual average)

   In order to show compliance with the applicable standards, the Department will place the following conditions in the Plan Approval:

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

   (2)  Nothing in this permit shall be construed to supersede, amend or authorize violation of the provisions of any valid and applicable local law, ordinance or regulation, provided that said local law, ordinance or regulation is not preempted by the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   (3)  The permittee shall comply with the Air Pollution Control Act and Title 25, Rules and Regulations, Article III, Air Resources promulgated thereunder.

   (4)  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 the Owner/Operator of the completion of construction and the Operator's intent to commence operation at least 5 working days prior to the completion of construction. The notice should state when construction will be completed and when Operator 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 the Owner/Operator under subpart (a).

   (d)  The Owner/Operator 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 reason's compliance has not been established.

   (e)  The notice submitted by the Owner/Operator 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 written notice.

   (5)  This Plan Approval is issued for the construction of a nominal 560 MW combined cycle combustion turbine electric generating plant including the following:

   (a)  Two Siemens-Westinghouse natural gas/distillate oil fired combustion turbines (Model 501FD) each rated at a nominal 163 MW and controlled by lean dry, low NOx combustors (when firing natural gas), water injection (when firing distillate oil), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and an oxidation catalyst.

   (b)  Two heat recovery steam generators, with supplemental duct burners, each rated at 365 MMBTU/hr.

   (c)  One steam turbine generator rated at a nominal 232 MW.

   (d)  One 39.9 MMBTU/hr Natural gas fired Auxiliary boiler with low NOx burners.

   (e)  One 10-cell cooling tower with drift eliminators.

   (f)  One 1350 HP diesel-fired emergency generator, which will not operate more than 500 hrs/year.

   (g)  One 300 HP diesel driven emergency fire pump.

   (h)  Two 10,000-gallon aboveground Aqueous Ammonia storage tanks.

   (i)  Two 500-gallon aboveground Distillate oil storage tanks.

   (j)  One 6,000,000 gallon aboveground Distillate oil storage tank.

   (6)  This approval to construct shall become invalid if:

   (a)  Construction (as defined in 40 CFR 52.21 (b)(8)) has not commenced within 18 months of the issue date of this approval; or

   (b)  Construction is discontinued for a period of 18 months or more.

   (7)  The supplemental duct burners for the two heat recovery steam generators shall only fire natural gas and fire no more than 1,205,000 MMBTU (HHV) of natural gas per year per duct burner in a consecutive 12-month period.

   (8)  The Auxiliary boiler shall only fire natural gas and fire no more than 119,000 MMBTU (HHV) in a consecutive 12-month period.

   (9)  The two Siemens Westinghouse combined-cycle combustion turbines shall primarily fire natural gas with distillate oil (#2) capability (oil firing not to exceed 6,088,000 MMBTU (HHV) in a consecutive 12 month period).

   (10)  The permittee shall notify the Department, prior to construction, the make and model number of the heat recovery steam generators and the auxiliary boiler.

   (11)  The permittee shall construct, operate and maintain the two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators with duct firing, one steam turbine generator, one auxiliary natural gas boiler, one cooling tower and air pollution control equipment in accordance with manufacturers' specifications as well as good air pollution control practices to ensure compliance with all air quality emission limitations.

   (12)  The permittee shall limit the total amount of natural gas combusted in each duct burner to 1,296 million cubic feet, or less, in a 12-month rolling period.

   (13)  The steam generators and associated duct burners are subject to Subpart Da of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.

   (14)  The auxiliary boiler is subject to Subpart Dc of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.

   (15)  The combustion turbines are subject to Subpart GG of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.

   (16)  The 6 million gallon distillate oil storage tank is subject to Subpart Kb of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.

   (17)  The combined-cycle electric generating combustion turbines and duct burners are subject to the Title IV Acid Rain Program of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and shall comply with all applicable provisions of that Title, to include the following:

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

   (18)  The combined-cycle electric generating combustion turbines and duct burners are subject to the NOx Budget Program established in 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.102--123.120 and shall comply with all applicable requirements.

§ 123.112.  Source operating permit provisions requirements.

   The permittee shall comply with the requirements 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.101--123.120 (relating to NOx allowance requirements).

§ 123.102.  Source NOx allowance requirements and NOx allowance control period.

   (a)  For each NOx affected source identified in this permit, the permittee shall hold a quantity of NOx allowances meeting the requirements of § 123.110(a) (relating to source compliance requirements) in the source's current year NATS account by December 31 of each calendar year. The NOx allowances shall be equal to or greater than the total NOx emitted from the source during that year's NOx allowance control period.

   (b)  The initial NOx allowance control period begins on May 1, 2000.

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