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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 07-161a

[37 Pa.B. 536]
[Saturday, February 3, 2007]

[Continued from previous Web Page]

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.

   Schramm and Schramm Estate, East Bradford Township, Chester County. David Farrington, Brickhouse Env., 515 S. Franklin St., West Chester, PA 19382 on behalf of Austin Lee, the estate of Cecilia C. and Leslie B. Schramm, 600 Willow Valley Square, G107, Lancaster, PA 17602 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted with unleaded gasoline. The property is intended to be sold and the future use will likely be residential. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Daily Local News on December 8, 2006.

   Colonial Pipeline Brandywine Station, Bethel Township, Delaware County. Kathy Fox, Brownfield Assoc., Inc., 500 Coatesville Rd., West Grove, PA 19390 on behalf of John Fago, Colonial Pipeline Co., 696 Mantua Grove Rd., West Deptford, NJ 087066 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Groundwater at the site has been impacted with gasoline, No. 2 fuel oil and kerosene. The future use of the property is an active pumping station operated by Colonial Pipeline.

   Amtrak Lamokin Street Substation, Chester City, Delaware County. Kathy McGuire, AMEC Earth & Env., Inc., One Plymouth Meeting, Suite, 850, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 on behalf of Frank Sobota, National Railroad Passenger Corp., 5th Floor, S. Tower, 30th and Market, St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site has been impacted by release of PCB's. The property is to be retained as an electrical substation for railroad transportation use.

   Buckeye Partners LP Boothwyn Pipeline, Bethel Township, Delaware County. Jeff Bredereck, GES, Inc. 440 Creamery Way, Exton, PA 19341 on behalf of Danielle Trittenbach, Buckeye Partners, LP, 5002 Buckeye Rd., Emmaus, PA 18049 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted by release of gasoline, diesel fuel, petroleum and home heating oil. There are no plans to use the site as anything other than a petroleum pipeline right-of-way in the foreseeable future.

   Clemens Cleaners at Hillcrest Shopping Ctr., Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County. Darryl Borrelli, Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, 401 City Ave., Suite, 500 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19001 on behalf of Richard Harris, S & R Hillcrest Owners, LP, 950 Troxel Rd., Lansdale, PA 19446 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site has been impacted with PCE. The future use of the site will remain the same.

   Mench Res., Concord Township, Delaware County. Robert Mench, 1120 Clayton-Greenspring Rd., Smyria, DE 19977 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site has been impacted with lead, BTEX and PHCs. The future use is planned widening of US Route 202 from 4 to 6 lanes.

   Imani Supermarket, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. William R. Lyman, KCI Technologies, Inc., 10 N. Park Dr., Hunt Valley, MD 21030 on behalf of Paula Peebles, Renaissance Community Development Corp., 1438 North Warnock St., Lower Level, Philadelphia, PA 19122 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 us is proposed for redeveloped with a supermarket building.

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

   Former Marietta Air Force Station, Fire Training Pit, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21203, on behalf of United States General Services Administration, Project Management Division, The Strawbridge Building, 20 North 8th Street, 9th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3191, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with metals, SVOCs and VOCs. The site will be remediated to Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards. Current and future use will be for industrial purposes. This notice corrects a previously published Pennsylavnia Bulletin notice.

   William G. Rice Residence, Manor Township, Lancaster County. Trimpi Associates, Inc., 1635 Old Plains Road, Pennsburg, PA 18073, on behalf of the following residents in Conestoga, PA 17516: William G. and Shirley Rice, 153 Pittsburg Road; John Schopf, 149 Pittsburg Valley Road; Daniel and Sandra Brown, 138 Pittsburg Valley Road; Gary and Sheryl Ann Brinkman, 133 Pittsburg Valley Road; John McDonald, 128 Pittsburg Valley Road; Brian Hornberger, 127 Pittsburg Valley Road; William Burgess, 108 Pittsburg Valley Road; Richard and Annette Dailey, 75 Pittsburg Valley Road; Wesley Bleacher, 70 Pittsburg Valley Road; Anne Miller, 35 Pittsburg Valley Road and State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, P. O. Box 13, Concordville, PA 19331, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site surface water and sediment contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to the residential Statewide Health Standard. The properties are and will remain residential.

   Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster City, Lancaster County. Center Point Tank Services, Inc., 536 East Benjamin Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA 19518, on behalf of Lancaster General Hospital, 555 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17604, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with No. 6 heating oil from a removed underground storage tank. The property is and will remain a hospital. The applicant is seeking to remediate to both the Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards.

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

   County Squire Court Mobile Home Park, Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pete Rummings, 21 Harbour Close, New Haven, CT 06519 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with fuel oil. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. The property will remain a mobile home park.

OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE


Applications Received Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.

   Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Permit No. 101590. Beach Lake Transfer Station, Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., Box 40, Beach Lake, PA 18405. A Major Permit Modification for an increase in the maximum daily volume from 400 to 700 tons per day for this municipal waste transfer facility located in Berlin Township, Wayne County. The application was received in the Regional Office on October 6, 2006; and as of January 11, 2007, it was found to be administratively complete.

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.

   54-399-041: Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. (130 Lincoln Drive, Tamaqua, PA 18252) for modification of the aluminum pigment manufacturing process at their Hometown Plant in Rush Township, Schuylkill County.

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

   67-05079A: York Building Products Co., Inc. (950 Smile Way, York, PA 17404-1798) for replacement of the existing fabric filter baghouse at their existing asphalt plant in Jackson Township, York County. The facility is subject to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities.

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

   63-00027B: Jessop Steel, LLC (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for installation of charge fire and annealing furnaces at their Washington facility in Washington Township, Washington County.

   26-00451D: CONSOL Docks, Inc. (1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241) for installation of clean coal stockpiling system at the Alicia dock facility in Luzerne Township, Fayette 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.

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

   48-303-057: Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (P. O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474) for modification of a batch asphalt plant to increase the amount of recycled asphalt pavement in the mixture and to install a new air cleaning device (baghouse) at the ABE Materials Company, Easton Asphalt Plant, at 5137 Lower Mud Run Road, Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. Particulate emissions from the plant will be controlled by the installation of a new air-cleaning device. Expected particulate emission rate will be less than 0.02 grain/dscf. The company will operate the facility and maintain the equipment in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. The plan approval will be incorporated into the company's State-only Operating Permit No. 48-00061 when operational. The operating permit will contain recordkeeping and operating restrictions that are designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   PA 48-322-007: Chrin Brothers, Inc. (400 South Greenwood Avenue, Easton, PA 18045) for installation and operation of one 2,500-scfm capacity enclosed flare to provide redundant capacity for the combustion of landfill gas at the site in Williams Township, Northampton County.

   In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department intends to issue Plan Approval No. 48-322-007 to Chrin Brothers Incorporated, 400 South Greenwood Avenue, Easton, PA 18045 for their landfill in Williams Township, Northampton County. This plan approval will be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit No. 48-00037 through an administrative amendment at a later date and the action will be published as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   Plan Approval No. 48-322-007 is for the installation and operation of one 2,500-scfm capacity enclosed flare to provide redundant capacity for the combustion of landfill gas at the site. The proposed flare systems will provide sufficient combustion capacity and backup flare capacity to destroy all of the landfill gas generated over the life of the landfill.

   The installation of the flares is intended to provide sufficient capacity for combustion of landfill gas from the existing sites of the landfill. This action does not represent any additional waste being introduced into the landfill, or an expansion of the landfill, merely the installation of control devices. No additional gas is being generated since the gas generation is based on the size and volume of the landfill. The VOC emissions from the landfill will be controlled by enclosed landfill gas flares and will continued to be less than 50 tpy. 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.

   Copies of the application, Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.

   Any persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the following:

   1.  Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.

   2.  Identification of the proposed Permit No. 48-322-007.

   3.  A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.

   A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines telephone notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Mark J. Wejkszner, P. E., Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, (570) 826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.

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

   44-05001B: Standard Steel, LLC (500 North Walnut Street, Burnham, PA 17009) for construction of a continuous wheel heat treating line with two furnaces, at Burnham Borough, Mifflin County. The new line will replace the current wheel heat treat operation. The natural gas furnaces are of 39.1 and 14 mmBtu/hr capacity. The primary emissions from the sources are NOx with potential to emit 154 tpy and the estimated actual emissions of approximately 16.3 tpy. The plan approval will contain emissions restriction, monitoring and recordkeeping provisions. This plan approval will be incorporated into the facility's Title V Operating Permit No. 44-05001 by administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 and the permit shall include additional work practice standards and restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting designed to keep the facility operating within all air quality requirements.

   67-03138A: DCP Midstream, LP (370 17th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, CO 80202) for construction of a new propane terminal in West Manchester Township, York County. Estimated potential facility-wide atmospheric VOC emissions are less than 18 tpy. 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.

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

   42-158K: Temple-Inland Forest Products, Corp.--Temple-Inland Mt. Jewett Complex Operations (147 Temple Drive, Kane, PA 16735) for addition of a board breaker, a new source that had been previously included in Plan Approval 42-158D, but not included in the new PAL permit in Mt. Jewett Township, McKean County.

   In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department intends to issue a plan approval for the Temple-Inland Mt. Jewett Complex Operations in Mt. Jewett Township, McKean County to add the board breaker, a new source that had been previously included in Plan Approval 42-158D, but not included in the new PAL permit. The facility currently has a Title V permit No. 42-00158, which was issued October 2, 2006. 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.

   As a general summary, the following requirements are applicable to the board breaker and the control device

   1.  Under 40 CFR 52.21(aa), the PAL is established for particulate emissions from all affected sources at the facility as 264.55 tpy calculated on a 12-month rolling sum.

   2.  This source is subject to the subgroup entitled General PAL Requirements found in the existing Title V Permit.

   3.  This source is subject to the CAM Requirements found in the existing Title V Permit.

   Copies of the application, Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   Any persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. The Department will consider any written comments received within 30 days of the publication of this notice. Each written comment must contain the following:

   1.  Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.

   2.  Identification of the proposed permit No. 42-158K.

   3.  A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.

   A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines telephone notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Carolyn L. Cooper, P. E., New Source Review, 230 Chestnut Street Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6940.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should by contacting Carolyn L. Cooper, P. E., or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate your needs.

   If a plan approval has not undergone the previous public notice process, the change to an operating permit must be treated as a significant modification. In these situations the Department should follow the procedures described in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.421--127.431 for State-only operating permits or 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521--127.524 for Title V operating permits.

   25-025K: General Electric Transportation Systems--Erie Plant (2901 East Lake Road, Room 9-201, Erie, PA 16531) for modification of a plan approval condition (PA 25-318-106) with regards to the VOC content of the varnish coating in Lawrence Park Township, Erie 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 BAT for the source:

   *  The VOC emissions shall be limited to 6.67 pounds VOC per gallon of coating solids. This condition replaces the following condition: The pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (minus water) shall not exceed 2 from [PA 25-318-106].

   *  The source is subject to 25 Pa. Code § 129.52 Table 1.

   *  All other conditions listed in the Title V Operating Permit for this source are still applicable.

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.

   15-00002: Quebecor World Atglen, Inc. (4581 Lower Valley Road, West Sadsbury Township, PA 19310) for renewal of the Title V operating permit. The initial permit was issued on November 7, 2001, in Chester County. The facility is a printing company that employs two printing processes--publication rotogravure and in a very limited circumstances, flexography--to provide printing to the publishing industry. As a result of potential emissions of VOCs, the facility is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D of the Clean Air Act Amendments, and is therefore subject to the Title V permitting requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G. The proposed Title V operating renewal does not reflect any change in air emissions from the facility. The facility is not subject to the compliance assurance monitoring regulation under 40 CFR Part 64. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting.


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.

   09-00160: Casual Furniture of America, Inc. (1605 Harmer Street, Bristol, PA 19007) for a non-Title V facility, State-only operating permit in Bristol Township, Bucks County. Casual Furniture of America, Inc., is a furniture manufacturing facility. The sources of emissions include 2 spray booths for fiberglass-reinforced coatings (spray booths). Based on the information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis, the spray booths may emit up to 2.7 tpy of VOCs and 2.7 tpy of hazardous air pollutants. The 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.

   64-00012: Wayne Memorial Hospital (601 Park Street, Honesdale, PA 18431) for operation of a facility State-only natural minor operating permit for the ETO sterilizer and catalytic incinerator operations in Honesdale Borough, Wayne County.

   48-00002: Stroehman Bakeries (2400 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042) for operation of a facility State-only synthetic minor operating permit for the operation of bread and roll production in Palmer Township, Northampton County.

   48-00056: Northampton Farm Bureau Cooperative Associates (300 Bushkill Street, P. O. Box 400, Tatamy, PA 18085) for operation of a facility State-only natural minor operating permit for the operation of a petroleum plant in Tatamy, Northampton County.

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

   06-03042: Fairmont Foundry, Inc. (Front and Pine Streets, Hamburg, PA 19526) for operation of a gray iron foundry in Hamburg Borough, Berks County. This action is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2001.

   36-03011: Wilbur Chocolate Co., Inc. (48 North Broad Street, Lititz, PA 17543) for operation of the sugar processing equipment at their headquarters in Lititz Borough, Lancaster County. This action is a renewal of the operating permit issued to the facility in 2002. The renewal operating permit contains all the sources and requirements in the original permit, as well as additional monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   36-03133: Spanglers Flour Mill, Inc. (19 North Market Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552) for operation of their flour mill in Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County. This action is a renewal of the operating permit issued to the facility in 2002. The renewal operating permit contains all the sources and requirements in the original permit, as well as additional monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   36-03166: L & S Sweeteners, Inc. (388 East Main Street, Leola, PA 17540) for a liquid bulk tank truck transportation facility in West Earl Township, Lancaster County. The facility's emissions are expected to be 9.6 tpy of SOx 7.8 tpy of NOx and 25.3 tpy of CO. The State-only operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   38-03009: Regal Cast, Inc. (P. O. Box 1170, Lebanon, PA 17042-1170) for an operating permit to manufacture steel and nonferrous castings at their foundry at 307 N. Ninth Avenue, Lebanon, PA 17046 in the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County. Emissions are estimated to be less than 10 tpy of PM, PM10, VOCs and HAPs (that is, aluminum, iron and chromium-oxides), respectively. The State-only operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The AOD refining vessel and associated fabric filter are subject to the standards found in NSPS Subpart AAa: ''Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels Constructed After August 17, 1983.''

   67-03099: Bituminous Paving Materials of York, Inc. (1300 Zinns Quarry Road, York, PA 17404) for operation of a natural gas-fired asphalt plant in West Manchester Township, York County. This action is a renewal of the previous permit issued in 2002.

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

   33-00168: Miller Welding and Machine Co.--Maplevale Plant (1000 Miller Drive, Brookville, PA 15825) for a natural minor permit reissuance to operate a metal fabrication and surface coating facility in Rose Township, Jefferson County.

   24-00136: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. (Forest Road 136, Warren, PA 16365) to issue a natural minor operating permit since the potential emissions from this natural gas compressor station are no longer above major source levels for Sackett Station in Highland Township, Elk County.

COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

   Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).

   The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of an application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before an application. Where a 401 Water Quality Certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for certification.

   Written comments, objections or requests for informal conferences on applications may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the district mining office indicated before an application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34.

   Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations as identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. In addition, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit, when necessary, for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies who have requested review of NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on the requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   Coal Applications Received

   Effluent Limits--The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:


30-Day Daily Instantaneous
Parameter Average Maximum Maximum
Iron (total)    3.0 mg/l    6.0 mg/l    7.0 mg/l
Manganese (total)    2.0 mg/l    4.0 mg/l    5.0 mg/l
Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l
pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity*

   * The parameter is applicable at all times.

   A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: (1) surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and (2) drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.

   California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.

   Permit No. 11841603 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235377. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650). To renew the permit for the Portage plant in Portage Township, Cambria County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received: December 7, 2006.

   Permit No. 30841317 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213527. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, (P. O. Box J, 1525 Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, PA 15323). To revise the permit for the Enlow Fork Mine in East Finley Township, Washington County to install the 1 East material handling borehole. Surface Acres Proposed 3.1. No additional discharges. Application received: December 14, 2006.

   Permit No. 30843704 and NPDES Permit No. NA. Duquesne Light Company, (P. O. Box 457, Greensboro, PA 15338). To renew the permit for the Warwick No. 2 coal refuse disposal area in Monongahela Township, Greene County for reclamation only. No additional discharges. Application received: November 1, 2006.

   Permit No. 32061601 and NPDES Permit No. NA. Britt Energies, Inc., (2450 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701-0515). To operate the Homer City Transfer Terminal in Center Township, Indiana County a new coal preparation facility and related NPDES permit. Surface acres proposed 27.8. Receiving stream: UNT to Cherry Run, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: November 30, 2006.

   Permit No. 56841606 and NPDES Permit No. PA0110507. Brothersvalley Coal Sales, Inc., (3070 Stoystown Road, Stoystown, PA 15563-8164). To renew the permit for the Scurfield Coal Preparation Plant in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received: November 7, 2006.

   Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.

   56070101 and NPDES No. PA0262277. Hoffman Mining, Inc., (P. O. Box 130, 118 Runway Road, Friedens, PA 15541). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Paint Township, Somerset County, affecting 223.3 acres. The application includes a request for a variance to conduct mining activities within 100 feet of a UNT ''A'' to Shade Creek. The stream encroachment activities consist of a haul road crossing and construction of erosion and sedimentation facilities. The application also includes a request to conduct auger mining and overburden blasting activities. The application also includes a request to conduct surface mining activities within 100 feet of SR 1029. The State route variance request area begins at a point 1,720 feet east of the intersection with SR 1025 and continues along the east side of SR 1029 for a distance of 1,650 feet. Receiving streams: Shade Creek and UNT to Shade Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 5, 2007.

   11070101 and NPDES No. PA0262285. R. J. Coal Company, (P. O. Box 277, LaJose, PA 15753). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Elder Township, Cambria County, affecting 24.2 acres. Receiving streams: Chest Creek; Brubaker Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 4, 2007.

   Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.

   63020101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250104. Neiswonger Construction, Inc., (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16528). Renewal application for reclamation only of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Somerset Township, Washington County, affecting 261.6 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to Center Branch of Pigeon Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. The potable water supplies with intakes within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Ellsworth Borough Water Department and Somerset Water Company. Renewal application received: January 10, 2007.

   Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.

   24920101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0211338. Tamburlin Bros. Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 1419, Clearfield, PA 16830). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip, auger and use of co-product operation in Fox Township, Elk County affecting 33.8. Receiving streams: UNT of Little Toby 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: January 12, 2007.

   Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.

   17070101 and NPDES No. PA0256471. Sky Haven Coal, Inc., (5510 State Park Road, Penfield, PA 15849). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface-auger mine in Morris Township, Clearfield County, affecting 112.1 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Moshannon Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 2, 2007.

   Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.

   54020101R and NPDES Permit No. PA0224219. Summit Anthracite, Inc., (196 Vista Road, Klingerstown, PA 17941). Renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine and coal ash disposal operation in Porter Township, Schuylkill County affecting 300.0 acres, receiving stream: East Branch Rausch Creek. Application received: January 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.

   Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.

   37960303. B & P Slag Corp. (19 Lattavo Drive, New Castle, PA 16105). Renewal of an NPDES Permit No. PA0227293, Union Township, Lawrence County. Receiving streams: Mahoning River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES Renewal application received: January 12, 2007.

   Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.

   67960301C6 and NPDES Permit No. PA0223701. Codorus Stone & Supply Co., Inc., (135 Mundis Race Road, York, PA 17402). Renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Manchester Township, York County, receiving stream: UNT to Codorus Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. Application received: January 10, 2007.

   6575SM4C6 and NPDES Permit No. PA0611964. Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc., (P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474). Renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Eldred and Ross Townships, Monroe County, receiving streams: Buckwha Creek and Aquashicola Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: January 17, 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. Persons 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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

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