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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17), the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. 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.
The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and are available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Northcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit No. 0807502--Construction Public Water Supply.
Applicant Mobile Acres Mobile Home Park Township or Borough Ridgebury Township County Bradford Responsible Official Eugene Trent, Park Owner
Mobile Acre Mobile Home Park
P. O. Box 246
Wellsburg, NY 14894
Type of Facility Public Water Supply--Construction Consulting Engineer Gregory M. Cummings, P. E.
Larson Design Group
34 Denison Parkway West
P. O. Box 100
Corning, NY 14830Permit Application Date March 20, 2007 Description of Action Construction and operation of a cartridge filtration system and two 5,000-gallon water storage tanks. Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit No. 6507503, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Latrobe Municipal Authority
104 Guerrier Road
Latrobe, PA 15650Township or Borough Derry Township Responsible Official Thomas D. Gray, Authority Manager
Latrobe Municipal Authority
104 Guerrier Road
Latrobe, PA 15650Type of Facility Water Treatment Plant Consulting Engineer Gibson-Thomas Engineering Co., Inc.
1004 Ligonier Street
P. O. Box 853
Latrobe, PA 15650Application Received Date March 1, 2007 Description of Action Construction of a new membrane filtration process to replace the existing multimedia filters at the Latrobe Water Treatment Facility. Included with this project is the construction of a new building, backwash sedimentation basins and CIP neutralization tanks. Permit No. 1101503A1, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Greater Johnstown Water Authority
640 Franklin Street
Johnstown, PA 15901Township or Borough East Taylor Township Responsible Official Dave DiNicola, General Manager
Greater Johnstown Water Authority
640 Franklin Street
Johnstown, PA 15901
Type of Facility Water Treatment Plant Consulting Engineer Gibson-Thomas Engineering Co., Inc.
1004 Ligonier Street
P. O. Box 853
Latrobe, PA 15650Application Received Date March 26, 2007 Description of Action Switch membrane material from polypropylene to PVDF, addition of a carbon, coagulant and KMnO4 feeders for pretreatment and the installation of aerators at the reservoir intake.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the Acquisition of Rights to Divert Waters of the Commonwealth.
Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
WA30-578E, Water Allocations. Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority, P. O. Box 187, 1442 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, PA 15344, Greene County. The applicant is requesting a service area expansion into Perry Township, Greene County which will extend to the Village of Mount Morris. In addition, this application is being made for a small water line extension within Greene Township, Greene County that serves two customers.
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 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, 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 regional office before 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. 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, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Cotton Residence, Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County. Richard D. Trimpi, Trimpi Assoc., 1635 Old Plains Road, Pennsburg, PA 18703 on behalf of Ralph and Beth Cotton, 1074 Manor Lane, Southampton, PA 18966 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted by release of no. 2 fuel oil. The future use of the site is residential. A summary of the Notice to Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bucks County Intelligencer on February 25, 2007.
Britsch Residence, West Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Richard D. Trimpi, Trimpi Assoc., 1635 Old Plains Road, Pennsburg, PA 18703 on behalf of Britsch J. F. and Deborah L. has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site has been impacted by release of no. 2 fuel oil. The future use of the site is residential. A summary of the Notice to Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bucks County Intelligencer on February 25, 2007.
Market Square Cleaners, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Stuart Wiswall, Keating Env. Management, 123 John Robert Thomas Drive, Exton, PA 19341 on behalf of James Kahn, KLH Market Square, LP, 1075 Virginia Drive, Suite 100, Fort Washington, PA 19304 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site has been impacted by release of chlorinated solvents. The future use of the site is residential.
Mattie Tire Co., City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Benjamin Shaw, RT Env. Services, Inc., 215 West Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 on behalf of Timothy Mattei, Mattie Tire Co., 2035 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted by release of lead. The future use of the site is nonresidential building.
Toll Integrated Systems, Morrisville Borough, Montgomery County. Mark Fortna, DelVal Soil & Env. Consultant, Inc., Sky Run II, Suite A1, 4050 Skyron Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901 on behalf of Brain Hunter, Toll Integrated Systems, 449 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Morrisville, PA 19067 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted with inorganics. A summary of the Notice to Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bucks County Intelligencer on March 23, 2007.
Schimek Residence, Towamencin Township, Montgomery County. Richard D. Trimpi, Trimpi Assoc., 1635 Old Plains Road, Pennsburg, PA 18703 on behalf of Richard Schimek, 2085 Creek Way, Lansdale, PA 19446 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil has been impacted by release of no. 2 fuel oil. The future use of the site is residential. A summary of the Notice to Intent to remediate was reported to have been published in the Bucks County Intelligencer on February 25, 2007.
315 West First Avenue Property, Parkesburg Borough, Chester County. Gary Brown, RT Env. Services, Inc., 215 W. Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 91406 on behalf of Senya Isayeff, Keystone Community Alliance, 550 East Union Street, West Chester, PA 19382. Soil has been impacted with the release of other organics. The future use of the site is will remain the same.
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Bolton Metal Products Limited, Spring Township, Centre County, Chambers Environmental Group, 629 East Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, PA 16823 on behalf of The Marmon Group, Inc., 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil, groundwater, surface water and stream sediment contaminated with petroleum, PCB, lead, copper and zinc. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard and the Site-Specific Standard. The site will remain an industrial facility.
INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES
Applications received or withdrawn under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and Act 93 of June 28, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) 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
S-J Transportation Company, Inc., P. O. Box 169, Woodstown, NJ 08098. License No. PA-HC 0031. Received on February 2, 2007.
Bio-Team Mobile, LLC, 6 East Kendig Road, Willow Street, PA 17584. License No. PA-HC 0225. Received on February 8, 2007.
Stericycle, Inc., 1525 Chestnut Hill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543. License No. PA-HC 0196. Received on March 7, 2007.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Application for determination of applicability received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904); and Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to operate residual waste processing facilities and/or the beneficial use of residual waste other than coal ash.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2301.
General Permit Application No. WMGR068D002. Niagara Generation, LLC, 5300 Frontier Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY 14304. For the beneficial use as a fuel of carbonaceous wastes (petroleum coke, wood chips and other paper and wood industry wastes comprised primarily of wood fibers) as alternate fuels to be burned with waste coal/coal in circulating fluidized bed boilers and the beneficial of the resulting ash for use in mine land reclamation and other uses of coal ash authorized under 25 Pa. Code § 287.661--665. The application for determination of applicability was accepted as administratively complete by the Division of Municipal and Residual Waste on March 14, 2007.
Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application should contact the General Permits/Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17101-8472, (717) 787-7381. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service at (800) 654-5984.
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.
48-313-103: Elementis Pigments, Inc. (1525 Wood Avenue, Easton, PA 18042) for modification of the construction of material classifiers and associated air cleaning devices at the facility in Easton, Northampton County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
34-05003C: Tedd Wood, Inc. (P. O. Box 187, Johnstown Road, Thompsontown, PA 17094) for removal of a 2.7 tpy, VOC emissions restriction from a coating booth at the facility in Delaware Township, Juniata County.
67-05046E: BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP (1100 Bairs Road, York, PA 17404) for installation of four steam cleaning booths at their Ground Systems Division in West Manchester Township, York 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.
15-0054B: Highway Materials, Inc. (1750 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0465) for modification to the existing Drum Mix Asphalt Plant at their Malvern facility in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. The facility is a non-Title V facility for any of air pollutants. This asphalt plant is subject to CFR Part 60 Subpart I-Standards of Performance (NSPS) for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities. The Plan Approval will allow the installation of a new fuel burner to minimize NOx and VOC emissions. No emission increase at the facility is expected. 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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
40-305-28: CEI Anthracite (603 South Church Street, Hazleton, PA 18201) for operation of an anthracite coal processing facility in Hazleton City, Luzerne County. The company will operate an anthracite coal drying, screening and packaging facility. The coal at a rate of 15 tph will process through dryer and other equipment for packaging. Particulate emissions from the dryer and fugitive particulate emissions from the plant equipment will be controlled by baghouses. Expected particulate emission rate will be less than 0.02 grain/dscf from each baghouse. The company will operate the facility and maintain the system in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. 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.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
PA-63-00027B: Jessop Steel, LLC (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for installation of one Anneal and one Charge-Fire furnace at their Jessop Steel facility in Washington, Washington County.
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(a)(4), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Plan Approval to Jessop Steel, LLC (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for the installation of one Anneal and one Charge-Fire furnace at the Jessop Steel facility in Washington, Washington County as described in it's application to the Department. The Jessop Steel facility is part of Allegheny Ludlum's Plate Product Division and is considered a finishing mill.
The application, Department analysis and other documents used in evaluation of the application are available for public inspection during normal business hours at Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
In order for 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 No. PA-63-0027B 1) This Plan Approval is for the installation of one Anneal and one Charge-Fire furnace at the Jessop Steel facility in Washington, Washington County. (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
2) Emissions from the Core Charge-Fire Furnace shall be limited to the following: (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
Pollutant Lbs per Hour Tons per Year NOx 1.26 5.5 CO 1.81 7.9 VOC 0.24 1.1 3) Emissions from the Core Anneal Furnace shall be limited to the following: (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
Pollutant Lbs per Hour Tons per Year NOx 2.68 11.7 CO 1.11 4.9 VOC 0.38 1.7 4) The maximum gas usage for the Charge-Fire Furnace shall be limited to 189 million cubic feet per consecutive 12 month period (25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12(b)).
5) The maximum gas usage for the Core Anneal Furnace shall be limited to 298 million cubic feet per consecutive 12 month period (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
6) The Owner/Operator shall keep monthly records of the fuel used at the Charge-Fire and Core Anneal Furnaces. These records shall be used to determine compliance with fuel usage restrictions and to assist in the calculation of emission estimates. The emission estimates shall be expressed as a 12-month rolling average and maintained on site for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
7) Stack testing shall be conducted to determine the following emission rates from the Charge-Fire and Core Anneal Furnaces: CO, VOC and NOx (as NO2) (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).
8) Stack testing shall be performed within 180 days of start-up or within 60 days of achieving maximum normal production rate, whichever comes first. Stack tests shall be conducted in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 regulations and the Department's Source Testing Manual (25 Pa. Code § 139).
9) Two copies of a pre-test protocol shall be submitted to the Department for review at least 30 days prior to the performance of the stack test (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).
10) The Department shall be notified at least two weeks prior to the stack test of the date and time of the test so that an observer may be present (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).
11) Two copies of the stack test results shall be supplied to the Department for review within 60 days of completion of the testing. The results shall express emission rates in lbs/hr and lbs/mmBtu (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).
12) This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met (25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b)).
a) 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.
b) Operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval 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 and to permit the evaluation of the source for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.
c) 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.
d) 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.
e) 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 Operating Permit or submit an Administrative Amendment to an existing Operating Permit at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the Plan Approval. The application shall incorporate the conditions of this Plan Approval into the Operating Permit.
f) 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.
Any person 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 shown as follows. A 30-day comment period, from the date of this publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Each written comment 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 such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in this newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines the notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Region--Field Operation, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
For additional information you should contact the following at the same address: Thomas J. Joseph, P. E., Air Pollution Control Engineer III, Air Quality
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.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-00011: Greenville Metals, Inc.--Transfer Plant (99 Crestview Drive Extension, Transfer, PA 16154) for reissuance of a Title V Operating Permit in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County. The facility's major sources of emissions include a large Electric Arc Furnace, an Argon Oxygen Decarburization Unit and a number of small Electric Arc and Induction furnaces. The source is major due to emissions of CO.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
23-00059: Lyondell Chemical Co. (3801 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073-2320) for a non-Title V, Synthetic Minor Facility in Newtown Township, Delaware County. The State-only Operating Permit was revised to incorporate the conditions of plan approval PA-23-0059 for the addition of an Integrated Propylene Oxide Pilot Unit and an associated Flameless Thermal Oxidizer to the facility in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450(a)(5). The addition of the Integrated Propylene Oxide Pilot Unit will not result in an increase of emissions for the facility.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
22-05003: Stroehmann Bakeries, LC (3996 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111) for operation of the Capitol Bakery in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. This action is a renewal of the previous permit issued in 2002 and all permit requirements remain in effect.
34-05003: Tedd Wood, Inc. (P. O. Box 187, Johnstown Road, Thompsontown, PA 17094) for operation of a wood cabinet manufacturing facility in Delaware Township, Juniata County. Facility emissions of VOC will be limited to less than 50 tpy and HAP emissions are limited to less than 10 tpy for any single HAP or 25 tpy for any combination of HAPs. This operating permit renewal will incorporate the requirements from plan approval 34-05003B. The facility-wide (State-only) operating permit will contain emission limits along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of the facility's State-only operating permit issued in April of 2002.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Matthew Williams, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-00059: Praxis Northeast--Universal Rundle Plant, (372 Rundle Road, New Castle, PA 16102) for reissuance of the Title V Operating Permit for this Reinforced Plastics Plumbing Fixture manufacturing facility in Taylor Township, Lawrence County. The facility is a major source due to its potential to emit VOCs and HAPs.
37-00126: Hickman Manufacturing (Route 18, New Beaver, PA 16107) for operation of the facility's air contamination sources consisting of vertical let down tank, two storage tanks and mixing tanks for the process of asphalt coating in the Borough of New Beaver, Lawrence 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 pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 1The 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.
Permit No. 32841312 and NPDES Permit No. PA0037087. Indiana Investments, Inc., (R. D. 2, Box 305, Shelocta, PA 15774). To renew the permit for the Urling Nos. 1 and 3 Mines in Armstrong Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit for reclamation only. No additional discharges. Application received: February 1, 2007.
Permit No. 63841302 and NPDES Permit No. PA0090689, Maple Creek Mining, (1 Industrial Park Drive, Wheeling, WV 26003), to revise the permit for the Maple Creek Mine in Nottingham Township, Washington County for minor surface grading within 100 ft. of a UNT to Mingo Creek. This activity will be performed under the permit waiver provision of Chapter 105.12 (a)(16) regarding stream restoration plans. No additional discharges. Application received March 20, 2007.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56040103 and NPDES No. PA0249581. Fieg Brothers, (3070 Stoystown Road, Stoystown, PA 15563). Revision of an existing bituminous surface mine to request a variance to conduct mining and blasting activities within 100 feet of T-311 and for a permit boundary correction to add 19.0 acres for additional mining. Total SMP acres go from 55.8 to 74.8 in Southampton Township, Somerset County. Receiving streams: UNTs to North Branch Jennings Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 15, 2007.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
03950114 and NPDES Permit No. PA0201928. Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (2340 Smith Road, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application for reclamation only of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in South Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 221.6 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to Sugar 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: March 19, 2007.
63070101 and NPDES Permit No. 0251101. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (1384 SR 711, Stahlstown, PA 15687). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in Somerset Township, Washington County, affecting 183.9 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to North Branch Pigeon Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: March 19, 2007.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
10010107 and NPDES Permit No. PA0241920. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Washington Township, Butler County affecting 20.5 acres. Receiving streams: one UNT to Christy Run to South Branch Slippery Rock Creek; two UNTs to South Branch Slippery Rock Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: March 19, 2007.
33030109 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242446. Reichard Contracting, Inc. (212 Olean Trail, New Bethlehem, PA 16242). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Winslow Township and Reynoldsville Borough, Jefferson County affecting 34.0 acres. Receiving streams: One UNT to Soldier Run and Soldier Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 19, 2007.
16070101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258270. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip operation in Monroe Township, Clarion County affecting 166.0 acres. Receiving streams: a UNT to Brush Run and Brush Run and a UNT to Piney Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 15, 2007.
1475-16070101-E-1. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Application for a stream encroachment to conduct support activities within 100 feet of UNTs 6 and 7 in Monroe Township, Clarion County affecting 166.0 acres. Receiving streams: a UNT to Brush Run and Brush Run and a UNT to Piney Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 15, 2007.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
17960122. Forcey Coal, Inc. (475 Banian Road, Madera, PA 16661). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mining permit located in Bigler Township, Clearfield County affecting 118.0 acres. Receiving streams: Banian Run and Muddy Run classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is: N/A. Application received: March 13, 2007.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
54861601R4. Schuylkill Coal Processing, Inc., (P. O. Box 134, Ashland, PA 17921). Renewal of an existing anthracite coal preparation plant operation in Butler Township, Schuylkill County affecting 18.3 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received: March 16, 2007.
22851304R4. S & M Coal Company, (1744 East Grand Avenue, Tower City, PA 17980). Renewal of an existing anthracite underground mine operation in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County affecting 4.2 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received: March 21, 2007.
Noncoal Applications Returned
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
08060802. Patrick Kipar, (R. R. 3, Box 179A, Meshoppen, PA 18630). Commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (bluestone) permit in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County affecting 5.0 acre. Application received: March 10, 2006. Application returned: March 8, 2007.
08970821. Jeff Taylor (c/o Taylor Flagstone, R. R. 2, Box 60, Wysox, PA 18854). Transfer application for a small noncoal (bluestone) permit located in Warren Township, Bradford County. Application received: June 16, 2006. Application returned: March 17, 2007.
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.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
26070603 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251097. Fayette Coal & Coke, Inc., (2611 Memorial Boulevard, Connellsville, PA 15425). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation to a noncoal surface mine, located in Georges Township, Fayette County, affecting 65.8 acres. Receiving streams: a UNT to York Run, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: March 15, 2007.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
25070301. Raymond D. Showman & Sons, Inc., (12851 Sharp Road, Edinboro, PA 16412-1667). Commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in LeBoeuf Township, Erie County affecting 43.53 acres. Receiving streams: a UNT to Wheeler Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application to include a land use change from natural unmanaged natural habitat to unmanaged natural water impoundment and unmanaged natural habitat. Application received: March 14, 2007.
25070303. Ray Showman Jr. Excavating, Inc., (P. O. Box 646, Waterford, PA 16441). Commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel and topsoil operation in LeBoeuf Township, Erie County affecting 30.0 acres. Receiving streams: a UNT to French Creek and French Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 21, 2007.
5834-25070303-E-1. Ray Showman Jr. Excavating, Inc., (P. O. Box 646, Waterford, PA 16441). Application for a stream variance to continue to utilize the existing access/haul road as well as to allow mining activities within 100 feet of the stream channel but no closer than 50 feet in LeBoeuf Township, Erie County. Receiving streams: a UNT to French Creek and French Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: March 21, 2007.
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 Floodplain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (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.
E35-403. James A. Sposito, Esq., 1155 Whitmore Lane, R. R. 1, Crystal Lake, Carbondale, PA 18407, in Fell Township, Lackawanna County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To authorize the existing fill placed in the floodway of Fall Brook (HQ-CWF). The project is located on the northeast side of SR 0106 approximately 2.6 miles southeast of SR 0247 (Carbondale, PA Quadrangle N: 18.0 inches; W: 2.6 inches).
Southwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E11-325. S & T Bank, P. O. Box 190, Indiana, PA 15701. To place fill in a UNT in Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pittsburgh ACOE District (Nanty Glo, PA Quadrangle N: 16 inches; W: 1.25 inches and Latitude: 40° 27` 47"; Longitude: 78° 45` 32"). The applicant proposes to place and maintain approximately 95` of fill in a UNT to the south Branch of Blacklick Creek (CWF) and to place and maintain fill in approximately 0.066 acre of wetlands, for the purpose of construction and addition to a commercial building. The project is located on the south side of Industrial Park Drive, approximately 0.3 mile SW of the intersection between Industrial Park Drive and Mini Mall Road.
Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E10-428, William Weaver, President, BelleVue Park Partners, LP, P. O. Box 449, Mars, PA 16046. BelleVue Park Residential Development, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Baden and Mars, PA Quadrangles N: 40° 42` 1.5"; W: 80° 07` 30").
To conduct activities associated with the construction of BelleVue Park, a 293-unit residential development on a 121-acre site, north of Rochester Road and east of Powell Road:
1. Impact 2.03 acres of six existing wetlands (PEM/PSS) for the construction of roadways, buildings and stormwater facilities.
2. To construct and maintain a 140-foot long, 42-inch diameter stream enclosure in a tributary to Brush Creek (Tributary 4) having a drainage area of less than 100 acres for the construction of a roadway.
3. To construct and maintain a 330-foot long, 60-inch diameter stream enclosure in a tributary to Brush Creek (Tributary 5) having a drainage area of less than 100 acres for the construction of a road and retail center.
4. To construct and maintain a 125-foot long stream enclosure and box culvert (30-inch by 48-inch) in a tributary to Brush Creek (Tributary 4) having a drainage area of less than 100 acres for the construction of a roadway.
5. To construct and maintain a 183-foot long stream enclosure in a tributary to Brush Creek (Tributary 2) having a drainage area of less than 100 acres for the construction of a roadway.
6. To conduct fill and grading within the floodway of a tributary to Brush Creek (Tributary 3) for the construction of a roadway.
7. To construct and maintain three utility line crossings of tributaries to Brush Creek (Tributary 2 and 3) and wetland 6 (0.09 acre temporary impact).
This project proposes the following measures and/or activities as onsite mitigation for the project impacts:
1. Construction of a 0.60-acre replacement wetland adjacent to an existing wetland (Wetland 6).
2. Construction of a 1.58-acre replacement wetland adjacent to an existing wetland (Wetland 6).
3. Establish approximately 7,800 linear feet of Conservation Easement along the undisturbed corridors of the tributaries to Brush Creek.
4. Establish Conservation Easements on the undisturbed wetlands (approximately 22.5 acres) in the project area.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D14-022EA. Bureau of Engineering, Fish and Boat Commission, 450 Robinson Lane, Bellefonte, PA 16823. Boggs Township, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District.
Project proposes to breach and remove McCoy-Linn Dam across Spring Creek (HQ-CWF) for the purpose of eliminating a threat to public safety and restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The project will restore approximately 2,000 feet of stream channel. The dam is located adjacent to SR 144 approximately 1.2 miles south of the intersection of SR 144 and US 220 (Bellefonte, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 40° 55` 52"; Longitude: 77° 47` 7").
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