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AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) 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 the Department, 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.
The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of the 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 a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department 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 Department 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. Comments or protests filed with the Department 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 the Department 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 before the application. TDD users should 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 (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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-304-032A: Victaulic Co. of America (4901 Kesslersville Road, Easton, PA 18045) for construction of a second cold core making machine to the existing system in Forks Township, Northampton County.
48-313-097: Elementis Pigments, Inc. (1525 Wood Avenue, Easton, PA 18042) for construction of a black oxide manufacturing process and associated air cleaning devices in Easton, Northampton County.
54-308-022: Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. (53 Pottsville Street, Cressona, PA 17929) for reactivation of melting furnace No. 5 to include the installation of low NOx burners in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702
36-05014G: Alumax Mill Products, Inc. (1480 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17604) for installation of two cartridge filter dust collection systems at their secondary aluminum processing plant in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. The plant is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart RRR--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants--Secondary Aluminum Plants, 40 CFR Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants--Surface Coating of Metal Coils and 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT--Standards of Performance for Metal Coil Surface Coating.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
32-00387A: Rosebud Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) for construction of a Coal Prep Plant in Washington Township, Indiana County.
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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-05069H: East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 147, Lyon Station, PA 19536-0147) for modification of their lead/acid battery assembly facility in Richmond Township, Berks County. The modification includes grid casting, formation and lead oxide mills. Some of these sources are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. The changes will have net increase in potential annual emissions of lead--0.22 ton; H2SO4 Mist--4.9 tons; NOx--1.3; CO--2.2 tons and VOC--0.1 ton. The plan approval will include restrictions, testing, monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility is presently covered by the Title V Operating Permit Application 06-05069. The plan approval will be incorporated into the permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 (Administrative Amendment).
ER 36-05002A: Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1067 Dillerville Road, Lancaster, PA 17603) for emission reduction credits (ERC) from the shutdown of sources at their Lancaster flooring plant in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. The company will receive 95.1 tons of ERC for VOC emissions and 1.9 tons of ERC for NOx emissions.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
41-399-027: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. (2940 Reach Road, Williamsport, PA 17701) for modification of a paperboard/plastic film gluing operation at 64 River Road in Porter Township, Lycoming County.
The proposed modification is an increase in the amount of glue used in the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation so that the resultant VOC emissions will increase from a maximum of 2.7 tons per year to a maximum of 11.27 tons per year. In addition to emitting up to 11.27 tons of VOCs per year, the modified paperboard/plastic film gluing operation will emit up to .82 ton of HAPs per year.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. indicates that the modified paperboard/plastic film gluing operation will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including the best available technology requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval for the modification of the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation.
The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:
1. No more than 5,000 gallons of adhesives/glues shall be used in the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation in any 12-consecutive month period.
2. No more than a combined total of 20 gallons of any VOC-containing or volatile HAP-containing material, other than adhesives/glues, shall be used in, or in association with, the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation in any 12-consecutive month period. This includes cleanup solvents.
3. The adhesives/glues used in the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation shall not contain VOCs in excess of 4.48 pounds of VOCs per gallon of adhesive/glue nor shall they contain volatile HAPs in excess of .31 pound of volatile HAPs per gallon of adhesive/glue.
4. The volatile hazardous air pollutant content of any volatile HAP-containing material, other than adhesives/glues, used in, or in association with, the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation shall not exceed 3.76 pounds of HAPs per gallon of material. This includes cleanup solvents.
5. The total combined VOC emissions from the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation shall not exceed 11.27 tons in any 12-consecutive month period and the total combined volatile HAP emissions shall not exceed .82 ton in any 12-consecutive month period.
6. The atmospheric exhaust of the spray booth in which adhesives/glues are applied to paperboard and plastic film shall be equipped with filters on any occasion that adhesives/glues are being applied.
7. All VOC-containing materials and volatile hazardous air pollutant-containing materials (adhesives/glues, cleanup solvents, and the like) used in, or in association with, the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation shall be stored in closed containers when not in actual use. Adhesive/glue spray lines, guns, and the like shall be cleaned by either flushing a solid liquid stream of solvent into an appropriate container or by soaking equipment in closed containers of liquid solvent. Under no circumstances shall cleaning solvent be sprayed or flushed from a spray gun or line into the air. Under no circumstances shall cleaning solvent be flushed from a spray gun or line into a container in an atomized spray. All used cleaning solvent and any used solvent-wet cleaning cloths or rags shall be stored in closed containers and shall never be treated in any manner which would unnecessarily promote the evaporative loss of solvent to the atmosphere.
8. Records shall be maintained of the identity, composition and amount of each adhesive/glue, cleanup solvent and any other VOC-containing or volatile HAP-containing material used in the paperboard/plastic film gluing operation each month.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
30-00099E: Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC (800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601) for combustion of low sulfur Powder River Basin (PRB) Coal at their Hatfield's Ferry Power Station.
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(a)(4), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Plan Approval to the Allegheny Energy Supply Company, a Title V Facility, to authorize the combustion of low sulfur Powder River Basin (PRB) Coal at the Hatfield's Ferry Power Station as described in its application to the Department received on July 12, 2005. Allegheny Energy expects to blend the current fuel with up to 40% PRB. Burning PRB at this level will reduce SO2 emissions by approximately 48,573 tons per year.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in evaluation of the application are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
For the Department to assure compliance with all applicable standards, the Department proposes to place the following conditions on the Plan Approval:
Special Conditions for Plan Approval PA-30-00099E
1. This Plan Approval authorizes Allegheny Energy Supply Company (AES) to co-fire with PRB coal at the Hatfield's Ferry Power Station (Hatfield) located in Monongahela Township, Greene County. (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b)
2. AES shall submit a report to the Department describing in detail any decrease/increase in emissions resulting from the combustion of PRB. The report shall characterize emissions for the following pollutants; PM, PM10 (filterable and condensable), SOx (as SO2), NOx, CO, VOC, Hg and visible emissions (percent opacity) and shall express emissions in lbs/mmBtu, lbs/hr, and tons/year. The report shall be submitted within 90 days of testing at the maximum PRB firing rate. (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b)
3. AES shall perform stack testing on all three units in the combined stacks, while co-firing at least 25% PRB, for PM, PM10 (filterable and condensable), SOx (as SO2), NOx, CO, VOC, Hg and visible emissions, and shall be conducted within 120 days of initiation of co-firing PRB. Stack testing at the maximum PRB co-firing rate shall be conducted within 18 months or within 120 days after the maximum co-firing rate has been achieved. CEM data from approved monitors may be substituted for stack test data. The stack test for PM10 (filterable and condensable) shall be performed prior to co-firing with PRB unless existing test results are available (25 Pa. Code §§ 123.45 and 139.11).
i) Stack testing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 and the Department's Source Testing Manual.
ii) At least 60 days prior to the test, the owner/operator shall submit to the Department two copies of the procedures for the stack test and drawings with dimensions indicating the location of sampling ports and other data to ensure the collection of representative samples.
iii) At least 15 days prior to the test, the Regional Air Quality Manager shall be informed of the date and time of the test.
iv) All relevant operating parameters (for example, boiler steam flow, air flow, gross megawatts, O2; CEMS readings, heat input, SO3 injection rate (lb/hr), and stack flue gas volumetric flow rate) shall be recorded at appropriate intervals throughout the duration of the stack tests. Operating data recorded shall be sufficient to establish that the units and the air cleaning devices, including the SO3 injection system, are operating at maximum routine operating conditions. A discussion of the recorded operating parameters and values shall be included in the test report.
v) Within 60 days after the stack test, two copies of the complete test report, including all recorded operating parameters, shall be submitted to the Regional Air Quality Manager for approval.
4. This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b):
(i) The owner/operator shall submit written Notice of the Completion of Construction and the Operator's intent to commence operation at least 5 days prior to the completion of construction. The Notice shall state the date when construction will be completed and the date when the Operator expects to commence operation.
(ii) Operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval is authorized only to facilitate the startup and shakedown of sources and air cleaning devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit and to permit the evaluation of the source for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.
(iii) Upon receipt of the Notice of the Completion of Construction from the owner/operator, the Department shall authorize a 180-day Period of Temporary Operation of the sources from the date of commencement of operation. The Notice submitted by the owner/operator, 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 commencement of operation.
(iv) Upon determination by the owner/operator that the sources covered by this Plan Approval are in compliance with all conditions of the Plan Approval, the owner/operator shall contact the Department's reviewing engineer and schedule the Initial Operating Permit Inspection.
(v) Upon completion of the Initial Operating Permit Inspection and determination by the Department that the sources covered by this Plan Approval are in compliance with all conditions of the Plan Approval, the Owner/Operator shall apply for an Administrative Amendment to the Title V Operating Permit (TVOP) at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the Plan Approval. The Administrative Amendment shall incorporate the conditions of this Plan Approval into the TVOP.
(vi) The owner/operator may request an extension of the 180-day Period of Temporary Operation 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 the Period of Temporary Operation and shall provide a description of the compliance status of the source. The extension request shall include a detailed schedule for establishing compliance and the reasons compliance has not been established. This Period of Temporary Operation may be extended for additional periods, each not to exceed 120 days, by submitting an extension request as described previously.
Persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the Plan Approval may submit the information to the Department at the address which follows. A 30-day comment period, from the date of this publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Written comments must contain the following:
* Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
* Identification of the proposed Plan Approval (specify the Plan Approval number).
* Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone when the Department determines that notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to the Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Region--Field Operation, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
For additional information, contact Thomas J. Joseph, P. E., Air Pollution Control Engineer III, Air Quality at the address listed previously.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 685-7584.
AMS 05028 and 05038: Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals (3300 North Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134) for installing internal floating roofs on tanks 125, 153, 205--208, and 210 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Emission limits are being set at 6.48 tons/yr VOCs for tank 125, 5.01 tons/yr VOC's for tanks 205--208 and 210 and 5.82 tons/yr VOCs for tank 153. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
28-05019: Valley Quarries, Inc. (169 Quarry Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201) for operation of two asphalt plants at their Chambersburg facility in Guilford Township, Franklin County. The plants have the potential to emit 100 tons per year of SOx. The No. 2 asphalt plant is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Asphalt Concrete Plants. This renewal of the State-only operating permit will include emission limits, work practice standards, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting provisions to ensure the plants comply with the applicable air quality requirements.
36-03106: Eastern Industries, Inc. (4401 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA 18034) for operation of their Schoeneck limestone/dolomite quarry and crushing and screening plant in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. This is a non-Title V State-only facility. The State-only operating permit shall contain testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
38-05009: Lebanon Methane Recovery Inc. (920 Rosstown Road, Lewisberry, PA 17339) for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit renewal in North Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. The facility's major sources of emissions include two landfill gas fired engine-generators, which primarily emit NOx. The synthetic minor operating permit renewal will contain monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
17-00059: Energy Link, Inc. (840 Philadelphia Street, Suite 305, Indiana, PA 15701) for operation of a coal stockpiling and railcar loading operation (Corman Yard Coal Pile) in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County.
Coal is brought onto the site by truck and placed into stockpiles from which it is subsequently removed by front end loaders and loaded into railcars. The air contaminant emissions from this operation are not expected to exceed 5.01 tons of particulate matter per year, of which no more than 1.31 tons per year are expected to be PM10.
The facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department of Environmental Protection proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued conditions requiring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants as well as conditions previously established in Plan Approval 17-305-049. These previously-established conditions include a requirement that a water truck equipped with a pressurized spray bar and a trailer-mounted water tank equipped with a pressurized spray nozzle or hose be readily available at all times for use in controlling fugitive dust from site roadways and stockpiles, a requirement that all trucks entering or exiting the site by means public roadways have their truck beds tarped or otherwise covered unless empty, a requirement that the speed limit on all site roadways be 5 miles per hour, a requirement that the front end loader bucket-to-railcar freefall height be kept to a minimum during railcar loading and a limitation of 85,000 tons on the amount of coal processed per year.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
11-00510: AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15942) for operation of coal processing plant at Madison Mine in Jackson Township, Cambria County.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and 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 an application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before an 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 district mining office indicated before an application 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.
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 identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. 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 who have requested review of NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on the requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the 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; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* * The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: (1) surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas, active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and (2) drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
California District Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
30841317 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213527, Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (P. O. Box J, 1525 Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, PA 15323), to revise the permit and related NPDES permit for the Enlow Fork Mine in Morris Township, Washington County to add surface permit area for fresh water supply system at Prosperity Portal and Archer Run Slope, Surface Acres Proposed 282.8. Receiving Stream: UNT to Short Creek, classified for the following use: TSF. Application received August 24, 2005.
32011301 and NPDES Permit No. NA, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the in process new underground permit for the Palmerton Deep Mine in Burrell Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit from Laurel Energy, LLP. No additional discharges. Application received: August 29, 2005.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56950111 and NPDES No. PA0213225. Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc., 337 Benny Road, Hooversville, PA 15936-8906, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface-auger mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 349.9 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Shade Creek and Shade Creek classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Stonycreek SWI. Application received September 23, 2005.
56950106 and NPDES No. PA0213161. PBS Coals, Inc., P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface coal refuse reprocessing mine in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, affecting 122.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Schrock Run and Schrock Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 23, 2005.
Permit No. 11900101 and NPDES No. PA0598721. Cooney Brothers Coal Company, P. O. Box 246, Cresson, PA 16630, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface auger mine in Adams and Summerhill Townships, Cambria County, affecting 180.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to South Fork of Little Conemaugh River, classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Highland Sewer and Water Authority Beaverdam. Application received September 23, 2005.
Permit No. 56940101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0212768. Future Industries Inc., P. O. Box 157, Meyersdale, PA 15552-0157, permit revision--land use change on Robert Sanner property from Forestland and Wildlife Habitat to cropland and land use change on Merrill Enterprises Inc. property from forestland to wildlife habitat in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 106.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Buffalo Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received on August 15, 2005.
Permit No. 5679123 and NPDES Permit No. PA0599166, Action Mining, Inc., 1117 Shaw Mines Road, Meyersdale, PA 15552-7228, renewal of NPDES Permit, Southampton Township, Somerset County. Receiving streams: UNT to Shoemaker Run and to Shoemaker Run classified for the following use: high quality. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES renewal application received August 31, 2005.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
03980101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202541. Walter L. Houser Coal Co., Inc. (R. R. 9, Box 434, Kittanning, PA 16201). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 207 acres. Receiving streams: Mill Run and UNTs to Mill Run, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: September 26, 2005.
02900102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0591980. USA South Hills Landfill, Inc. (3100 Hill Road, Library, PA 15129). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in South Park and Union Townships, Allegheny and Washington Counties, affecting 103.4 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to Peters Creek, classified for the following use: TSF. Renewal application received: September 29, 2005.
65020104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250252. Robbie Coal and Fuel, Inc. (1159 University Drive, Dunbar, PA 15431). Application received to revise the permit to include blasting at a bituminous surface mining site located in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 25.1 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Buffalo Run, classified for the following use WWF. There is no known public water supply within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received August 4, 2005.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
24-05-02 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258024. Tamburlin Bros. Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 1419, Clearfield, PA 16830). Proposal to enter into a Government Financed Reclamation Construction Contract on a 29.0 acre site in Jay Township, Elk County. The proposal includes total reclamation of 10.2 acres of abandoned mine lands, including channel restoration and reconstruction of 1,350 feet of UNT 1 to Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek and 7 acres of coal removal incidental and necessary to the reclamation activities. Receiving streams: UNTs to Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 12, 2005.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
40840206R4. Northampton Fuel Supply Company, Inc. (1 Horwith Drive, Northampton, PA 18067), renewal of an existing coal refuse reprocessing and coal ash disposal operation in Plains Township, Luzerne County affecting 126.9 acres. Receiving stream: none. Application received September 16, 2005.
Noncoal Applications Returned
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
52040301. ER Linde Construction Corp., (R. R. 6 Box 6825, Honesdale, PA 18431), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County affecting 83.5 acres, receiving stream: Little Blooming Grove Creek. Application received March 31, 2004. Application returned September 21, 2005.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits
The following noncoal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity1 pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
1 The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
43950302. Atlantic States Materials of PA, Inc. (P. O. Box 269, Mercer, PA 16137). Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0227030, East Lackawannock Township, Mercer County. Receiving streams: UNT to Beaver Run and Beaver Run to Neshannock Creek, classified for the following use: TSF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES Renewal application received: September 26, 2005.
37920303. Atlantic States Materials of PA, Inc. (P. O. Box 269, Mercer, PA 16137). Transfer of an existing topsoil and sand and gravel operation in Taylor Township, Lawrence County affecting 56.0 acres. Receiving streams: Edwards Run and the Beaver River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Transfer from S & S Processing, Inc. Application received: September 27, 2005.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
0179301A1C3 and NPDES Permit No. PA0122297. Wilson C. Clapsaddle, (1790 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325), renewal of NDPES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Mt. Joy Township, Adams County, receiving streams: UNT to Rock Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. Application received September 19, 2005.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the regional office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the regional office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend a hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401(a) of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
E09-887. Glazier Group, LP, 5901 Atkinson Road, New Hope, PA 18938-5301, Springfield Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a new driveway crossing over the Silver Creek Tributary to Cooks Creek (EV) to provide access for a two lot subdivision. The proposed driveway consists of a bridge measuring 25 feet long by 22 feet wide with clear height above the 100-year flood elevation. Box culverts are also proposed on each side of the bridge measuring 8 feet wide by 4 feet high.
The site is located about 1,600 feet west of intersection of Old Bethlehem Road and Peppermint Valley Road (Hellertown, PA USGS Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches W: 8.00 inches).
Northeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E35-390. Siniawa XII, LP, 851 Commerce Boulevard, Suite 207, Dickson City, PA 18519-1677, in Dickson City Borough, Lackawanna County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 426-foot long stream enclosure extension of an existing approximate 1,700 LF enclosure in a tributary to the Lackawanna River (CWF) consisting of an 84-inch corrugated metal pipe, concrete inwall and a grouted R-6 rock apron. The project is located on the south side of Commerce Boulevard approximately 0.25 mile south of Route 6 (Scranton, PA Quadrangle N: 16.5 inches; W: 1.5 inches).
E35-389. David Stafursky, 502 Main Street, Archbald, PA 18403, in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain two at-grade road crossings and various utility line crossings in the floodway of Wildcat Creek (CWF). The project is located on the north side of Betty Street (SR 1010) approximately 0.2 mile east of SR 0006 (Olyphant, PA Quadrangle N: 22.4 inches; W: 10.75 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E21-373: Community Refuse Service, Inc., 135 Vaughn Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257 in Hopewell and North Newton Townships, Cumberland County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain 93 lineal feet of 8-foot by 8-foot box culvert on a UNT to Conodoquinet Creek (WWF) (Latitude: 40° 08` 29"; Longitude: 77° 30` 16"), to fill or excavate 0.49 acre of PEM wetlands and 0.19 acre of POW wetlands (Latitude: 40° 08` 18", 40° 08` 10", 40° 08` 05"; Longitude: 77° 30` 28", 77° 30` 35", 77° 30` 21"), and construct and maintain a minimum of 0.68 acre of PEM/PSS wetlands (Latitude: 40° 07` 55"; Longitude: 77° 29` 57") for the purpose of constructing a 102-acre expansion of the existing Cumberland County Landfill and a 90-acre soil borrow area north and east of the intersection of SR 4003 and Vaughn Road in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County. The project proposes to directly affect 93 linear feet of stream channel and 0.68 acre of wetlands.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E24-241, Department of Transportation (Department), District 2-0, 1924-30 Daisy Street. Clearfield, PA. SR 0219, Sections C10 and D10, in Johnsonburg, Elk County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Ridgeway, PA Quadrangle N: 22 inches; W: 8 inches to N: 19.5 inches; W: 6.5 inches).
The Department is proposing construction of 9,135 feet of roadway including the following:
* To construct and maintain a 7-span continuous curved plate girder bridge having clear spans of 110 feet, 145 feet, 145 feet, 145 feet, 145 feet, 145 feet, 110 feet and an underclearance of 38 feet on a 22° skew across West Branch of Clarion River on SR 0219.
* To construct and maintain a 6-span continuous prestressed concrete I-beam bridge having clear spans of 118.76 feet, 106.09 feet, 108.99 feet, 130.62 feet, 129.48 feet, 99.40 feet and a minimum underclearance of 33.77 feet on 0°, 9°, 18°, 20°, 14°, 30° and 90° skews across Clarion River on SR 0219.
* To construct and maintain a 9-span continuous composite prestressed concrete I-beam and steel curved plate girder bridge having a clear spans of 110 feet, 110 feet, 110 feet, 110 feet, 110 feet, 110 feet, 190 feet, 280 feet, 190 feet and an underclearance of 31.97 feet across Johnson Run on SR 0219, Segment 0570, Offset 1752.
The project also includes 5,267 cubic yards of fill in the Clarion River floodplain and 9,365 cubic yards of fill in the West Branch Clarion River floodplain.
The project also includes 150 feet of watercourse impacts as well as temporary impacts to 0.04 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands and the placement 1.09 acres of fill in of palustrine emergent wetland. The Chapter 93 designation for the Clarion River, West Branch of Clarion River and Johnson Run is CWF.
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