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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 Pennslyvania 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.
45-310-039: Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (Locust Ridge Quarry P. O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474) for construction of a particle separator and associated air cleaning device at the facility in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County.
54-399-039: Alcoa Extrusions Incorporated--Cressona Operation (53 Pottsville Street, Cressona, PA 17929) for transfer of emission reduction credits of NOx to the facility located 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.
22-05034E: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17105) for modification to the pulverizing operation to use on-specification waste derived liquid fuel as a back-up fuel, Hummelstown Pulverizing Plant, South Hanover Township, Dauphin County.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637
41-318-045C: High Steel Structures, Inc. (1853 William Penn Way, Lancaster, PA 17605) for modification of a structural steel surface coating operation by revising the applicable coating VOC content limitations in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
30-00072E: Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. (1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241) for installation of Crabapple Overland Conveyor Belt at Bailey Prep Plant in Richhill Township, Greene County.
63-00028F: Ferro Color and Glass Performance Materials (251 West Wylie Avenue, P. O. Box 519, Washington, PA 15301) for installation of two air mills equipped with product collectors to increase frit manufacturing efficiency Drakenfield Products Facility in Canton Township, Washington 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.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-0187: Fairless Iron and Metal (300 South Steel Road, Morrisville, PA 19067) for installation of a hammermill used to shred automobiles and other metals into small recyclable pieces in Falls Township, Bucks County. The plan approval is for a non-Title V facility. Potential emissions of PM are projected to be less than 9.0 tons/yr from the stockpiles. PM emissions from other sources will be controlled using water sprays and an air classifier with an air interlock. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
39-309-064: Larfarge North America, Inc. (5160 Main Street, Whitehall, PA 18052) for construction of a mixing fan in the Kiln No. 2 system to increase combustion efficiency at the facility in Whitehall, Lehigh County.
45-320-005: United Huxley Envelope (P. O. Box 37, Mount Pocono, PA 18344) for construction of an envelope manufacturing process in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County.
40-303-025: Barletta Materials and Construction, Inc. (P. O. Box 550, Tamaqua, PA 18252) for reactivation of a batch asphalt plant utilizing recycled asphalt pavement at their Harwood facility in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. This facility is not a Title V facility. The company has elected to take a voluntary production restriction of 495,000 tons of asphalt per year. Annual emissions resulting from the reactivation of the plant include 10.4 tons of particulate, 17.2 tons of SOx, 99.0 tons of CO, 29.7 tons of NOx and 2.0 tons of VOCs. The asphalt plant is subject to Subpart I of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities, 40 CFR 60.90--60.93. The plan approval will include all appropriate testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the batch asphalt plant operating within 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.
34-05001C: Armstrong Cabinet Products (R. R. 2, Box 171C, Thompsontown, PA 17094) for modification of an overhead line, construction of a new spray booth and transfer and use of 63.31 tons of VOC emission reduction credits (ERCs) in Delaware Township, Juniata County. These modifications are expected to increase the facility's emissions of VOCs by about 37 tons per year. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart JJ--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations. The plan approval will include emission restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
36-03021A: J. Walter Miller Co. (411 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17602) to vent the Disamatic Molding Line dust collector into the outdoor atmosphere at the facility in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. This is a non-Title V (State-only) facility. Standard recordkeeping and operating restrictions will be included to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-05106A: Donsco, Inc. (P. O. Box 2001, Wrightsville, PA 17368) for replacement of an existing baghouse emissions control system. Emissions from the facility will not be measurably affected by the replacement. Emissions of all pollutants will continue to be capped below the Title V permit thresholds. The plan approval and permit will include emission restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure compliance with the applicable air quality regulations.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, George Monasky, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-270D: CCL Container (One Llodio Drive, Hermitage, PA 16148-9015), for the construction of a new aluminum container manufacturing line (No. 109) rated at 180 cans per minute with an inside liner baghouse which will be controlled by an existing 45,000 thermal oxidizer in Hermitage City, Mercer County. This is a Title V facility. The public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval at Title V facilities in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44. 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. The source shall comply with the following conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate Best Available Technology for the source:
* The PM emissions shall not exceed 0.02 gr/dscf.
* The SOx emissions shall not exceed 500 ppmv with compliance being shown through an initial stack test.
* The VOC destruction/removal efficiency shall be greater than 95% by weight.
* Maintain and operate the control device at all times the source is in operation and in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
* As part of the CAM plan, monitor and record continuously the chamber temperature of the RTO and operate within the established indicator range of greater than 1,500°F.
* As part of the CAM plan, monitor and record continuously the airflow to the RTO and operate within the established indicator range of greater than 30,000 cfm (read as greater than 38 Hz).
* Monitor and record daily, the pressure drop across the baghouse, the inlet pressure to the RTO and inlet duct pressure/vacuum.
* Test the permanent total enclosure for capture efficiency at operating permit renewal.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-00003: Superpac, Inc. (1220 Industrial Boulevard, Southampton, PA 18966) for a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County. The initial permit was issued on March 6, 2001, and was amended on August 21, 2002. The facility is a manufacturing-commercial printing processor, which operates flexographic printing presses, numerous space heaters and various miscellaneous sources associated with printing and manufacturing. No changes have taken place at this facility that were not previously permitted. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting. The sources at this facility are not subject to Compliance Assurance Monitoring under 40 CFR Part 64.
09-00012: Meadwestvaco Consumer Packaging Group LLC d/b/a Klearfold (364 Valley Road, Warrington, PA 18976) for the renewal of a Title V facility in Warrington Township, Bucks County. The facility's sources are five printing presses. The permittee does have the potential to emit more than 24.9 tons/year for VOC and is therefore characterized as a Title V, Major Facility. The total VOC emissions from all of the air contamination sources at this facility shall not exceed a plantwide applicability limit of 68.6 tons per year in any consecutive 12-month period. This facility is not subjected to CAM. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality 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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
35-00056: P. A. Hutchison Co. (400 Penn Avenue, Mayfield, PA 18433) for a State-only Operating Permit for a commercial printing facility in Mayfield Borough, Lackawanna County. The sources at the facility include six printing machines. The sources do not have the potential to emit pollutants above Title V thresholds. The proposed State-only Operating Permit contains applicable requirements for emissions limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
01-05017: Quebecor World Fairfield, Inc. (100 North Miller Street, Fairfield, PA 17320) for operation of their trade book publishing facility in Fairfield Borough, Adams County. The facility has the potential to emit 50 tons VOC per year. The State-only operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit.
36-03160: Compass Quarries, Inc. d/b/a Independence Construction Materials (P. O. Box 130, 47 McIlvaine Road, Paradise, PA 17562-0130) for operation of their stone crushing and limestone pulverizing plants in Paradise Township, Lancaster County. The State-only Operating Permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards 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.
17-00017: Rescar, Inc. (407 West Brentwood, Channelview, TX 77530) for the operation of a railcar cleaning, repair and painting facility in the City of Dubois, Clearfield County.
The facility incorporates a railcar surface coating (painting) operation, a railcar cleaning and residual materials flaring operation, a chlorine tank car cleaning operation, a railcar abrasive blasting operation, associated cleanup activities, an 8,369,000 Btu per hour natural gas-fired boiler and 96 natural gas-fired space heaters of various sizes. The VOC and HAP emissions from the facility will be limited to less than 50 tons of VOCs, less than 10 tons of any single HAP and less than 25 tons of all HAPs combined, per year, and the emission of PM including PM10, NOx, CO and SOx is not expected to exceed 40.65, 17.20, 14.45 and .10 ton per year, respectively.
The facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued conditions previously 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 Operating Permit OP-17-0002, issued on April 25, 1996, Operating Permit 17-399-007, issued on February 14, 1994, and Operating Permit 17-399-008, issued on February 14, 1994.
These previously-established conditions include:
1. A condition requiring any pentadiene, butadiene, isoprene, butene, octene, petroleum naphtha, butane, propane and other liquefied petroleum gas (as identified in the respective plan approval application) vented from tank cars to be directed to the flare and a condition prohibiting any materials other than these from being flared.
2. A condition requiring the flare to be equipped with a flame-out detection device interlocked to terminate the waste gas flow to the flare if no flame is detected.
3. A condition requiring the flare pilot burner to be ignited prior to the venting of any waste gas to the flare and to remain lit at all time the flare is in use.
4. A condition requiring the blower supplying the annulus air for the flare to be operated at all times the flare is in use.
5. A condition restricting all onsite abrasive blasting to the blast stations controlled by the abrasive blasting fabric collector and a condition prohibiting the respective blast stations from being exhausted to the outside atmosphere other than through the fabric collector.
6. A condition prohibiting abrasive blasting from occurring at any time the bags in the abrasive blasting fabric collector are being shaken.
7. A condition requiring spare fabric collector bags to be kept onsite.
8. A condition requiring the air contaminant emissions from chlorine tank cars to be controlled by filling the cars with an alkaline solution and by venting the vapors displaced from the cars to a packed bed scrubber utilizing an alkaline scrubbing solution having a pH of not less than 10.
9. A condition requiring the maintenance of onsite pH monitoring equipment and the use of this equipment to regularly monitor the pH of the alkaline solution in the packed bed scrubber and the alkaline solution used to fill tank cars.
10. Conditions requiring the maintenance of records of the identity, composition and amounts of the coatings and coating additives used, the identity, composition and amounts of the cleaning solvents used, the identity of each tank car subject to steam/water cleaning and its contents, the identity of each tank car vented to the flare and its contents and the amount of natural gas burned.
The Department additionally proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued a number of new conditions including:
1. A condition limiting the total combined VOC emissions from the entire facility to less than 50 tons in any 12-consecutive month period (replaces a prior condition prohibiting the total combined VOC emissions from exceeding 50 tons in any 12-consecutive month period).
2. Conditions limiting the total combined emission of any single HAP from the entire facility to less than 10 tons in any 12-consecutive month period and the total combined emission of all HAPs to less than 25 tons in any 12-consecutive month period.
3. A condition requiring the maintenance of the records as are necessary to verify compliance with the VOC and HAP facility-wide emission limitations.
4. A condition requiring the maintenance of records of the mix ratio and component identities for each batch of coating mixed onsite from multiple components and each batch of coating to which an additive is added onsite.
5. Conditions requiring the maintenance of records of the amount of material vented from each tank car subjected to steam/water cleaning and each tank car vented to the flare as well as the VOC and HAP contents of each material.
6. A condition requiring the semi-annual submittal of all required records to the Department.
49-00041: Eastern Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 177, Winfield, PA 17889) for the operation of a stone crushing and screening and asphalt pavement production facility (Shamokin Plant) in Coal Township, Northumberland County.
The facility incorporates a 150 ton per hour batch mix asphalt plant and associated aggregate, liquid asphalt and fuel oil handling and/or storage equipment as well as a stone crushing and screening plant and a solvent parts cleaner. The PM emissions including PM10 from the asphalt plant are controlled by a knockout box and a fabric collector operating in series. The PM/PM10 emissions from the stone crushing and screening plant are controlled by a water spray dust suppression system. The CO and SOx emissions from the facility will be limited to less than 100 tons per year of each and the emission of PM, PM10, NOx, VOCs and HAPs are not expected to exceed 76.05, 52.26, 27.83, 11.83 and 1.73 tons per year, respectively.
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 Operating Permit 49-303-001, issued on September 29, 1993, and Operating Permit 49-310-0004A, issued on September 23, 1993.
These previously established conditions include:
1. A condition limiting the fuel fired in the asphalt plant to gas (natural or liquefied petroleum), virgin No. 2 fuel oil and recycled/reprocessed oil.
2. A condition limiting the sulfur content of all oil fired in the asphalt plant to 1.0%, by weight.
3. A condition limiting the content of certain contaminants in the recycled/reprocessed oil fired in the asphalt plant to:
* Arsenic--five parts per million (by weight)
* Cadmium--two parts per million (by weight)
* Chromium--10 parts per million (by weight)
* Total halogens--1,000 parts per million (by weight)
4. A condition requiring the permittee to take a representative sample of each shipment of recycled/reprocessed oil received and save it for at least 2 years for possible analysis.
5. A condition requiring spare fabric collector bags to be kept onsite.
6. A condition prohibiting the manufacture of asbestos-containing asphalt paving material.
The Department additionally proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued a number of new conditions including:
1. A condition limiting the content of certain contaminants in the recycled/reprocessed oil used in the asphalt plant to more stringent limitations than previously required by Operating Permit 49-303-001:
* Lead--100 parts per million (by weight)
* Polychlorinated bithenyls (PCBs)--none detectable (detection limit no greater than two parts per million)
2. A condition prohibiting the recycled/reprocessed oil used in the asphalt plant from having a flash point less than 100° F.
3. A condition limiting the asphalt plant's production to no more than 450,000 tons of product during any 12-consecutive month period.
4. A condition requiring the performance of PM stack testing on the asphalt plant with 2.5 years of operating permit issuance.
5. A condition prohibiting the facility from accepting any shipment of recycled/reprocessed oil which contains contaminant contents in excess of those specified in the permit or for which contaminant contents are unknown.
6. A condition specifying the specific analytical procedures to be employed in determining the contaminant contents in recycled/reprocessed oil.
7. Conditions requiring the permittee to test each shipment of recycled/reprocessed oil received for total halogen content and to perform a complete analysis for all regulated contaminants on at least one out of every 15 shipments of the oil.
8. A condition specifying the conditions which must be met to take a ''representative sample'' of recycled/reprocessed oil.
9. A condition requiring the maintenance, and periodic submission, of records of the results of all recycled/reprocessed oil analyses performed, the total quantity of asphalt concrete produced each month, the quantity of each type of fuel used each month and the delivery date, quantity, supplier identification and contaminant contents for each shipment of recycled/reprocessed oil received.
10. A condition prohibiting the permittee from putting any waste oil or other waste materials into any storage tank used for the storage of fuel.
11. A condition requiring the maintenance of records of the vapor pressure of the contents of the liquid asphalt storage tank.
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 Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
30001301 and NPDES Permit No. PANA, Dana Mining Company of PA, Inc., (P. O. Box 1170, Morgantown, WV 26507), to revise the permit for the Crawdad Portal B Mine in Dunkard and Perry Townships, Greene County to add underground permit and subsidence control plan area acres. Underground acres proposed 742.0, SCP acres proposed 742.0. No additional discharges. Application received January 6, 2006.
30031301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235610, Dana Mining Company of PA, Inc., (P. O. Box 1170, Morgantown, WV 26507), to revise the permit for the 4 West Mine in Dunkard and Perry Townships, Greene County to add underground permit and subsidence control area acres. Underground acres proposed 150.0, SCP acres proposed 150.0. No additional discharges. Application received January 13, 2006.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
32990101 and NPDES No. PA0235016. Walter L. Houser Coal Company, Inc., 13448 SR 422, Suite 1, Kittanning, PA 16201, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Washington Township, Indiana County, affecting 33.5 acres. Receiving streams: Sugarcamp Run to the South Branch Plum Creek classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received February 1, 2006.
Permit No. 56960110 and NPDES Permit No. 0234281. PBS Coals Inc., P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541, permit revision--land use change on John and Gwen Hartman property from pastureland and/or cropland to forestland (24.4 acres) and forestland to cropland (14.1 acres) in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 38.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Blue Lick Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received on February 2, 2006.
Permit No. 56823123 and NPDES Permit No. 0608548. Croner Inc., P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541, permit revision--land use change on Leon W. and Dorothy Jane Paul property from forestland to cropland in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 9.8 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Buffalo Creek and UNTs to Swamp Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received on February 2, 2006.
32040103 and NPDES No. PA0249572. Amerikohl Mining, Inc., 202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001, revision of an existing bituminous surface mine to add 13.5 acres to the permit area, 5.0 acres of coal removal and 3.2 acres of refuse removal in Young Township, Indiana County, affecting 158.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Neal Run classified for the following use: TSF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. The application includes a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within the barrier area of UNT No. 3 to Neal Run. Application received February 7, 2006.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
43060101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258113. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip operation in Jackson Township, Mercer County affecting 73.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Yellow Creek, classified for the following use: TSF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application to include a postmining land use change on a portion of the site from forestland to unmanaged natural habitat. Application received: February 1, 2006.
16060102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258121. Milestone Crushed, Inc. (521 South Street, Clarion, PA 16214). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip in Licking and Beaver Townships, Clarion County affecting 29.8 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to the Clarion River, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: February 2, 2006.
10803018 and NPDES Permit No. PA0126268. Western Hickory Coal Co., Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 2139, Wampum, PA 16157). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip, auger and coal ash placement operation in Venango Township, Butler County affecting 509.9 acres. Receiving streams: three UNTs of Seaton Creek and two UNTs to Little Scrubgrass Creek and Little Scrubgrass Creek. CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: February 8, 2006.
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.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
Permit No. 07960301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213306, Grannas Brothers Stone & Asphalt Company, Inc., P. O. Box 488, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, renewal of NPDES Permit, Catharine Township, Blair County. Receiving streams: UNT to Frankstown Branch Juniata River and Frankstown Branch Juniata River classified for the following uses: WWF and TSF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received February 1, 2006.
Permit No. 4273SM4A and NPDES Permit No. PA0599239, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc., P. O. Box 77, Church Street, New Enterprise, PA 16664, renewal of NPDES Permit, Greenfield Township, Blair County. Receiving streams: Beaverdam Creek to Frankstown Branch Juniata River classified for the following uses: CWF and TSF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES renewal application received February 2, 2006.
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 Northeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E35-395. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, 55 Keystone Industrial Park, Dunmore, PA 18512, in Newton Township, Lackawanna County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To remove the existing structure; to construct and maintain a road crossing of Falls Creek (CWF) consisting of a 15-foot by 6-foot concrete box culvert with fish baffles, depressed 1-foot below stream bed elevation; and to construct and maintain a temporary road crossing of Falls Creek (CWF) consisting of twin 42-inch diameter HDPE pipes. The project is located on SR 0307 (Winola Road) immediately west of its intersection with Gravel Pond Road (Ransom, PA Quadrangle N: 20.0 inches; W: 0.1 inch).
E45-485. S.I.D.E. Corporation, P. O. Box 1050, Blakeslee, PA 18610, in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To place fill in approximately 1.3 acres of PFO wetlands and to construct and maintain two road crossings in Goose Run (HQ-CWF) and adjacent wetlands for the purpose of providing access to commercial building lots within New Ventures Park. The project is located approximately 0.5 mile northeast of the intersection of SR 0115 and SR 0080 (Blakeslee, PA Quadrangle N: 14.5 inches; W: 9.8 inches).
Southwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E03-438. James H. Myers, III, General Manager, Allegheny Power, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601. To place fill in wetlands in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. (Freeport, PA Quadrangle N: 22.5 inches; W: 2.5 inches and Latitude: 40° 44` 45"--Longitude: 79° 38` 30"). The applicant proposes to place and maintain fill in 0.14 acre of PFO wetlands in the watershed of a UNT to Pine Run (HQ-TSF) for the purpose of construction of an electric power substation located approximately 600 feet north of Sipes Road.
E65-890. Norwin School District, Administration Building, 281 McMahon Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642-2403. To construct a stream enclosure in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. (Irwin, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 13.3 inches and Latitude: 40° 19` 1 9.4"--Longitude: 79° 43` 17.3"). The applicant proposes to construct and maintain 750 linear feet of 48-inch diameter stream enclosure in a UNT to Tinkers Run (TSF) and to place fill in 0.01 acre of de minimis wetlands for the purpose of construction of the Hahn Town Elementary School for the Norwin School District.
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