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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 08-975a

[38 Pa.B. 2377]
[Saturday, May 24, 2008]

[Continued from previous Web Page]

   PA0023213, Amendment No. 1, Sewage, Borough of Ridgway, P. O. Box 149, Ridgway, PA 15853-0149. This facility is located in Ridgway Borough, Elk County.

   Description of Proposed Activity: Amendment of an existing discharge of treated sewage, industrial waste and to also allow treatment of oil and gas brine wastewater.

   For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride, phenolics, sulfate and chloride, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply, considered during the evaluation is the PA American Water Company intake located near Clarion on the Clarion River and is approximately 60 miles below point of discharge.

   The receiving stream, the Clarion River, is in Watershed 17-A and classified for: CWF, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 are based on a design flow of 2.2 mgd except for NH3-N which is based on a design flow of 0.4 mgd.

Loadings Concentration
Average AverageAverage Average Instantaneous
ParameterMonthly
(lb/day)
Weekly
(lb/day)
Monthly
(mg/l)
Weekly
(mg/l)
Maximum
(mg/l)
Flow (mgd) XX XX
CBOD5 460 735 25 40 50
Total Suspended Solids 550 825 30 45 60
NH3-N 729 Daily Maximum 1,458 XX Daily Maximum 177 177
Fluoride 2,035 3,050 XX XX 222
Nickel XX
Fecal Coliform*
   (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a Geometric Average
   (10-1 to 4-30) 2,000/100 ml as a Geometric Average
Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.6
Acute Whole Effluent    Toxicity 8.09 TUa
pH 6.0 to 9.0 Standard Units at all times

   *--Average Monthly limits expressed as a Geometric Mean.

   XX--Monitor and report on monthly DMRs.

   The EPA waiver is not in effect.

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

   PA0222283, Sewage. Corsica Borough STP, P. O. Box 176, Corsica, PA 15829-0176. This proposed facility is located in Corsica Borough, Jefferson County.

   Description of Proposed Activity: A new NPDES Permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage.

   For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride, phenolics, sulfate and chloride, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply, considered during the evaluation is the Hawthorn Water Authority is located on the Redbank Creek and is approximately 13 miles below point of discharge.

   The receiving stream, the Welsh Run, is in Watershed 17-C and classified for: CWF, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 are based on a design flow of 0.043 mgd.

Loadings Concentration
Average AverageAverage Average Instantaneous
ParameterMonthly
(lb/day)
Weekly
(lb/day)
Monthly
(mg/l)
Weekly
(mg/l)
Maximum
(mg/l)
Flow (mgd) XX
CBOD5 9 14 25 40 50
Total Suspended Solids 10.8 16 30 45 60
NH3-N
   (5-1 to 10-31) 8.5 17
   (11-1 to 4-30) XX XX
Fecal Coliform
   (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a Geometric Average
   (10-1 to 4-30) 2,000/100 ml as a Geometric Average
Dissolved Oxygen Minimum of 3 mg/l at all times.
Ultraviolet Light
   Intensity
Monitor and report (on monthly DMRs) the average intensity meter readings in microwatts/square centimeter for each bank of modules. Also refer to Special Condition 1
pH 6.0 to 9.0 Standard Units at all times

   XX--Monitor and report on monthly DMRs.

   The EPA waiver is in effect.


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

   Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.

   WQM Permit No. 1508405, Sewerage, Pennsylvania American Water Company, 800 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA 17033. This proposed facility is located in Valley Township, Chester County.

   Description of Action/Activity: Construction of an office building, hotel and restaurant. Each building will be served by a gravity sewer to a central pumping station.

   WQM Permit No. 1508406, Sewerage, Honey Brook Township, 495 Suplee Road, P. O. Box 1281, Honey Brook, PA 19344. This proposed facility is located in Honey Brook Township, Chester County.

   Description of Action/Activity: Construction and operation of a sanitary pump station to serve the Honey Brook Township Municipal Complex.

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

   WQM Permit No. 2179410, Amendment 08-1, Sewerage, North Middleton Authority, 240 Clearwater Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013-1185. This proposed facility is located in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application to rerate the wastewater treatment plant.

   WQM Permit No. 6708406, Sewerage, West Manheim Township, 31 Fairview Drive, Hanover, PA 17331-1210. This proposed facility is located in West Manheim Township, York County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application for construction/operation of 50,000 L.F. of gravity sewer, 1,900 L.F. of force main and pump station to serve Areas 2 and 3.

   WQM Permit No. 5008201, CAFO, Trout Brothers, LLC, R. D. 2, Box 200c, 508 Red Rock Road, Loysville, PA 17047. This proposed facility is located in Jackson Township, Perry County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application for the construction/operation of a manure management system including a manure storage pond and a sand lane.

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

   WQM Permit No. WQG028315, Sewerage, Farmington Township, P. O. Box 148, Leeper, PA 16233 This proposed facility is located in Farmington Township, Clarion County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Water and Sewer Extension Project, Phase IV.

   WQM Permit No. 2007404, Sewerage, Conneaut Lake Joint Municipal Authority, 9888 Highway 285, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316-0277. This proposed facility is located in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Conversion of Sludge Drying Beds into Reed Beds.

   WQM Permit No. 4208402, Sewerage, Norwich Township, 3853 West Valley Road, Smethport, PA 16749. This proposed facility is located in Norwich Township, McKean County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: The proposed project consists of a pressure sewer collection system and treatment plant to serve a portion of Norwich Township, McKean County.


IV.  NPDES Applications for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)


V.  Applications for NPDES Wavier Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)


VI.  NPDES Individual Permit Applications for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities

   Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI011508031 Joseph and Patricia Kandler
571 Porters Mill Road
Pottstown, PA 19465
Chester East Coventry Township Stony Run
HQ-TSF
PAI010907019 Turnpike Commission
700 South Eisenhower Boulevard
Middletown, PA 17057-3529
Bucks Bensalem, Bristol and Middletown Townships UNTs to Neshaminy, Mill and Black Ditch Creeks
WWF, MF
Neshaminy and Mill Creeks and Delaware River
WWF

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

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI032108009 Roadway Express, Inc.
Claudia Ryan-Mosley
5125 County Road
101
Suite 100
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Cumberland Middlesex Township UNT to Letort Spring Run
HQ-CWF
PAI000108001 CVDA, LLP
Dannie Holsinger
113 Country Club Road
Fairfield, PA 17320
Adams Hamiltonban Middle Creek
HQ-CWF
PAI000108002 Greater Ortanna Investment Company, LP
601 Mason Dixon Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Adams Hamiltonban and Highland Townships Muddy Run-Little Marsh Creek
CWF

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

   Cambria County Conservation District, 401 Candlelight Drive, Suite 221, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-2120.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI051103003 (1) Fiberblade, LLC
100 Commerce Drive
Ebensburg, PA 15931
Cambria Cambria Township Stewarts Run
HQ-CWF

   Indiana County Conservation District, USDA Service Center, 1432 Route 286 Highway East, Indiana, PA 15701, (724) 463-8547.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI053208002 Indiana County Municipal Services Authority
602 Kolter Drive
Indiana, PA 15701
Indiana Pine Township Yellow Creek, Leonard Run and North Branch Blacklick Creek
CWF
Little Yellow Creek
HQ-CWF

VII.  List of NOIs for NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types

PAG-12 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

CAFO Notices of Intent Received

   Northcentral Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   PAG124833, CAFO, SIC 0213, Jonathan Dietrich, 5931 Buffalo Road, Mifflinburg, PA 17844. This existing facility is located in Buffalo Township, Union County.

   Description of Size and Scope of Existing Operation/Activity: The applicant proposes the issuance of a CAFO General Permit for his existing finishing swine farm, a newly regulated facility according to the revised CAFO regulations. The facility is comprised of a two barns with no external manure storages. Total underbarn manure storage is 1,300,000 gallons. Animals onsite include 4,400 finishing swine, for a total of 585.6 animal equivalent units.

   The receiving stream, a UNT to Beaver Run, is in Watershed 10C (Buffalo Creek) and is classified for CWF.

   The proposed effluent limits for the operation/activity include: Except for the chronic or catastrophic rainfall events defined as over the 25-year/24-hour rain storms, the CAFO general permit is a nondischarge NPDES permit. Where applicable, compliance with 40 CFR Federal effluent limitation guidelines is required. The general permit requires no other numeric effluent limitations and compliance with the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Act and The Clean Stream Law constitutes compliance with the State narrative water quality standards.

   PAG124825, CAFO, SIC 0211, 0213 and 0214, Pine Hurst Acres, 3036 Sunbury Road, Danville, PA 17821. This existing facility is located in Rush Township, Northumberland County.

   Description of Size and Scope of Existing Operation/Activity: The applicant proposes the issuance of a CAFO General Permit for this finishing swine, beef cattle and goat farm, a newly regulated facility according to the revised CAFO regulations. The facility is comprised of multiple barns with no external manure storage. Total underbarn swine manure storage is 1,325,034 gallons. Animals onsite include 4,360 finishing swine, 20 beef steer/heifers and 100 doe goats, for a total of 596.1 animal equivalent units.

   The receiving stream, a UNT to Gravel Run, is in Watershed 5E (Roaring Creek) and is classified for CWF.

   The proposed effluent limits for the operation/activity include: Except for the chronic or catastrophic rainfall events defined as over the 25-year/24-hour rain storms, the CAFO general permit is a nondischarge NPDES permit. Where applicable, compliance with 40 CFR Federal effluent limitation guidelines is required. The general permit requires no other numeric effluent limitations and compliance with the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Act and The Clean Stream Law constitutes compliance with the State narrative water quality standards.

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

   Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.

   Application No. 4608507, Public Water Supply.

Applicant North Penn Water Authority
300 Forty Foot Road
P. O. Box 1659
Lansdale, PA 19446
Township Various Municipalies
County Bucks and Montgomery
Responsible Official Daniel C. Preston
North Penn Water Authority
300 Forty Road
Lansdale, PA 19446
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer North Penn Water Authority
300 Forty Road
Lansdale, PA 19446
Application Received Date March 8, 2008
Description of Action Conversion from gaseous chlorine to hypochlorite at 24 well locations.

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

   Permit No. 6708503, Public Water Supply.

Applicant New Freedom Borough
Municipality New Freedom Borough
County York
Responsible Official Tanya L. Crawford
Borough Administrator
49 East High Street
New Freedom, PA 17349
Type of Facility Public Water Supply
Consulting Engineer Paul Gross, P. E.
Buchart Horn, Inc.
445 West Philadelphia Street
York, PA 17405 7040
Application Received: May 7, 2008
Description of Action New .750 mg Storage Tank

MINOR AMENDMENT

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

   Application No. 4577501MA, Minor Amendment, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Penn Estates Utilities, Inc.
Stroud Township
Monroe County
Responsible Official Charles Madison
Penn Estates Utilities, Inc.
503 Hallet Road
East Stroudsburg, PA
Type of Facility Public Water System
Consulting Engineer Niclaus Engineering, Corp.
804 Sarah Street
Stroudsburg, PA
Application Received Date May 2, 2008
Description of Action The installation of a .129 million gallon finished water storage tank.

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

   Application No. 0208505MA, Minor Amendment.

Applicant Monroeville Municipal Authority
219 Speers Lane
Monroeville, PA 15146
Township or Borough Monroeville Borough
Responsible Official James Hunter, Superintendent
Monroeville Municipal Authority
219 Speers Lane
Monroeville, PA 15146
Type of Facility Boyce Park Water Storage Tank
Consulting Engineer Chester Engineers
260 Airside Drive
Moon Township, PA 15108
Application Received Date May 7, 2008
Description of Action Painting and repair of the Boyce Park water storage tank.

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

   W-134-C, Water Allocation, Brodhead Creek Regional Authority (BCRA), 410 Stokes Avenue, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, Stroud Township, Monroe County.

   The applicant is requesting a renewal of its existing water allocation permit for withdrawal of 3,200,000 gpd from Brodhead Creek and 1,000,000 gpd from Stokes Mill Spring, (both Peak Day). These sources will be used in conjunction with three groundwater sources, Well Nos. 1--3 (proposed) to meet current and projected demands for potable water in the BCRA service area consisting of Stroudsburg Borough, Stroud, Smithfield, Hamilton and Pocono Townships.

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:

   Northeast Region: Ronald S. Brezinski, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Central Air Freight Services, Inc., Hazle Township, Luzerne County. Douglas Fisk, United Environmental Services, Inc., 86 Hillside Drive, Drums, PA 18222 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Triple K Leasing, LLC, 425 Jaycee Drive, West Hazleton, PA 18202), concerning the remediation of soils found or suspected to have been impacted by No. 2 fuel oil as a result of a release, during tank closure activities, from an underground storage tank with corrosive holes. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. The proposed future use of the property is nonresidential. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is expected to be published in a local newspaper serving the general area sometime in the near future.

   Czeitner Property, Silver Lake Township, Susquehanna County. Dawn Washo, Resource Environmental Management, Inc., 8 Ridge Street, Montrose, PA 18801 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of her client, Lori Czeitner, 19 Arlington Street, Johnson City, NY 13790), concerning the remediation of soils found or suspected to have impacted by No. 2 fuel oil as a result of a release from a 275-gallon aboveground storage tank. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. The future use of the site will continue to be used as a private residence. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is expected to be published in a local newspaper serving the general area sometime in the near future.

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

   McIntosh Road Site, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. CMX, Inc., 910 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, on behalf of Russell Standard Corporation, Box 479, Ridgeville, PA 15017, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with petroleum-related VOCs and SVOCs. A paving company had originally used the site, and the future use of the site is unknown. The site is to be remediated to Statewide Health Standards.

   Lebanon Plaza Mall Dry Cleaners Site, North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc., 3913 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 1306, Camp Hill, PA 17011, on behalf of Prestige Properties & Development Company, Inc., 546 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with PCE and TCE. The site was formerly a dry cleaners located in a retail shopping mall. The applicant will remediate the site to Statewide Health Standards.

RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Application Received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904); and Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste other than Coal Ash.

   Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.

   General Permit Application No. WMGR118. Delta-Energy PA 1, LLC, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146-1516. This general permit application is for the processing of shredded waste tires using a tire depolymerization process and the beneficial use the primary products of carbon black and fuel-grade oil that will be produced. Central Office received the application on February 5, 2008, and determined administratively complete on February 25, 2008.

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

OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE


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

   Northwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

   Permit Application No. 100691. Waste Management of Pennsylvania Inc., 1154 West 16th Street, Erie, PA 16502, City of Erie, Erie County. The application is for a Permit Renewal for the Greater Erie Transfer Station and Recycling Center. The application was found to be administratively complete by Northwest Regional Office on May 8, 2008.

   Comments concerning the application should be directed to Todd Carlson, Program Manager, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Northwest Regional Office (814) 332-6848. TDD users may contact the Department of Environment Protection through the Pennsylvania Relay Service (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.

AIR QUALITY

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, Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.

   58-303-007: Eastern Industries, Inc. (4401 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA 18034) for installation of a new RAP crusher w/screen to their existing asphalt plant at their facility in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County.

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

   24-009F: Domtar Paper Co., LLC (100 Center Street, Johnsonburg, PA 15845) for replacement of an existing boiler with a new natural gas fired boiler at their facility in Johnsonburg Borough, Elk County. This is a Title V facility.

   25-996A: Advanced Finishing USA--Fairview Plant (7401 Klier Drive East, Fairview, PA 16506) for increasing the facility VOC limit to 12 tpy in Fairview Township, Erie County. This is a State-only facility.


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

   Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.

   46-0266: Hanson Pipe & Products, Inc. (201 South Keim Street, Pottstown, PA 19464) for construction of a surface coating process in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County. This facility is a State-only facility. The facility wide VOC emissions shall not exceed 24.9 tpy. Each HAP emissions shall be less than 10 tpy. The combined HAP emissions shall be less than 25 tpy. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain recordkeeping requirements and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   15-0037E: Oberthur Card Systems, Inc. (523 James Hance Court, Exton, PA 19341) for installation of one new lithographic press, designated as Litho Press No. 7, at their facility located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. This facility is a Title V facility. The new lithographic press will have a potential-to-emit of 5.26 tons of VOCs per year and 0.65 ton of HAPs per year. All emissions will be fugitive. The permittee is subject to a Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) of 47.895 tpy for VOCs. The facility will continue to comply with the PAL. The Plan Approval will contain monitoring and recordkeeping requirements designed to keep the lithographic press operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.

   46-0269: Yellow Book USA, Inc. (2560 Renaissance Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406) for installation of two diesel fuel-fired emergency generators to provide backup power at a data processing center in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. As a result of potential emissions of NOx, the facility is a State-only facility. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain recordkeeping requirements and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

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

   06-05069N:  East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 147, Lyon Station, PA 19536) for modification of various sources at the assembly plants A-2 and S-1 at their plant in Richmond Township, Berks County. The modification involves one new source; a new fabric collector; relocation and control of existing sources and the control of existing sources. The sources are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, NSPS and 40 CFR Part 63, National Emission Standards for HAPs from Battery Assembly Plants, MACT. The plan approval will include monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility is presently covered by the Title V operating permit application No. 06-05069. The plan approval will be incorporated into a permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 (Administrative Amendment).

   07-05003C: Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. (200 North 4th Street, Altoona, PA 16601-6702) to install two wet scrubbers, in parallel, and expand the existing baghouse at the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Logan Township, Blair County. The project is proposed to reduce hydrochloric acid emissions generated from the operation of the existing coal-fired boiler plant by approximately 200 tpy. The plan approval and subsequent Title V operating permit amendment will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   67-05041A: Defense Distribution Susquehanna Pennsylvania (2001 Mission Drive, Building 1, Bay 3, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5011) for construction of three No. 2 oil fired boilers and an engine generator in Fairview Township, York County. This plant will replace the existing No. 4 oil fired boiler plant, and will result in emissions reductions. The sources estimated potential annual NOx emissions are 158 tons. The plan approval will contain emission limits along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality requirements. The plan approval will be incorporated into the facility's Title V operating permit No. 67-05041.

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.

   Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.

   AR-03-00027: Reliant Energy Northeast Management Co.--Keystone Power Plant (121 Champion Way, Suite 200, Canonsburg, PA 15317-5817) for operation of two coal-fired boilers in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. This is a renewal of the Title IV (Acid Rain) operating permit.


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, Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.

   46-00237: Numonics Corp. (101 Commerce Drive, Montgomeryville, PA 18936-9628) for issuance of a State-only Operating Permit to manufacture computer peripheral equipment in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County. This Operating Permit shall include emission restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to ensure this facility complies with all applicable air quality regulations.

   09-00053: Greif Packaging, LLC (695 Louis Drive, Warminster, PA 18974) for operation of three spray booths and three associated bake ovens at their facility in Warminster Township, Bucks County. The renewal permit is for a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The potential to emit VOCs from the facility exceeds 25 tpy; however, Greif Packaging, LLC operates and maintains a regenerative thermal oxidizer to capture and control VOC emissions from the spray booths and bake ovens. Therefore, the facility is categorized as Synthetic Minor. The renewal permit will contain monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   23-00087: Greif Brothers Corp. (3033 Market Street, Twin Oaks, PA 19014) for operation of their paper drum manufacturing site in the Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State-only) facility. Sources of air emissions include printing and spraying operations. The permit will include operational limitations in the average number of drums to be sprayed per hour, which will keep the facility operating below 24.9 tons of VOCs per year and within all applicable air quality requirements.

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

   18-00016: Pine Creek Veterinary Associates, P.C. (HC 80, Box 41, Lock Haven, PA 17745) for the renewal of a State-only operating permit for the operation of a veterinary hospital (Susque Valley Animal Hospital) in Pine Creek Township, Clinton County.

   The facility incorporates an animal crematory incinerator. The air contaminant emissions from the facility are not expected to exceed .9 ton of PM/PM10, .67 ton of NOx and .5 ton of CO per year.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to renew State-only Operating Permit 18-00016. The Department intends to incorporate into the renewal all conditions currently contained in State-only Operating Permit 18-00016 with these exceptions and changes:

   1.  A condition requiring the permitee to maintain records of the sulfur content of the fuel oil delivered to the facility has been deleted as the crematory incinerator is fired on propane.

   2.  Conditions requiring the performance of monthly inspections of the facility to detect the presence of visible air contaminant emissions, visible fugitive air contaminant emissions and malodorous air contaminant emissions, and the maintenance of records of the results of these inspections, have been modified to state that it is only the crematory incinerator which is to be inspected and clarified with respect to the specific information which is to be recorded.

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

   42-00198: Elkhorn Gas Processing, LLC--Kane Plant (6307 Route 6, Kane, PA 16735) for re-issuance of natural minor permit to operate a gas processing plant in Wetmore Township, McKean County. The major sources included, oil-medium heater, two 800 HP compressor engines, one 365 HP compressor engine, equipment leaks, glycol regenerator and three storage tanks and loading. The facility is natural minor because the emission of pollutants from the facility is less than the Title V emission threshold.

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-DayDailyInstantaneous
ParameterAverageMaximumMaximum
Iron (total)3.0 mg/l6.0 mg/l7.0 mg/l
Manganese (total)2.0 mg/l4.0 mg/l5.0 mg/l
Suspended solids35 mg/l   70 mg/l   90 mg/l   
pH1greater 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 Number 32831602 and NPDES Permit No. PA0214515. General Trade Corporation, (One 8th Street, Braddock, PA 15104), to renew the permit for The Central Preparation Plant in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received March 24, 2008.

   Permit Number 56911302 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213772. RoxCOAL, Inc., (P. O. Box 149, Friedens, PA 15541), to revise the permit for the Long T Permit in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County to change the land use of 70.9 surface activity site acres from pastureland to unmanaged natural habitat. No additional discharges. Application received May 2, 2008.

   Permit Number 63841304 and NPDES Permit No. PA0111643. Laurel Run Mining Company, (1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241), to renew the permit for the Vesta Mine in North Bethlehem, West Bethlehem and East Bethlehem Townships and Centerville and Deemston Boroughs, Washington County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received October 17, 2007.

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

   11050102 and NPDES No. PA0249831. Hoffman Mining, Inc., P. O. Box 130, 118 Runway Road, Friedens, PA 15541, revision of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine to add 18.5 acres of surface and auger mining activities on the Lower Freeport coal seam in Adams Township, Cambria County, affecting 90.6 acres. Receiving streams: Paint Creek and UNTs to Paint Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received May 5, 2008.

   56010106 and NPDES No. PA0249076. Marquise Mining Corporation, P. O. Box 338, Blairsville, PA 15717, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 325.0 acres. Receiving streams: Dixie Run and Fallentimber Run classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Stonycreek SWI. Application received May 5, 2008.

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

   03860108 and NPDES Permit No. PA0588695. State Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 1022, Kittanning, PA 16201). Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, affecting 262.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Limestone Run and Allegheny River, classified for the following use: WWF. The potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Western PA Water Company. Renewal application received May 6, 2008.

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

   54080201. Waste Management and Processors, Inc. (P. O. Box K, Frackville, PA 17931), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Mechanicsville, Palo Alto and Port Carbon Boroughs, Schuylkill County affecting 162.0 acres, receiving stream: Schuylkill River, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received April 30, 2008.

   Noncoal Applications Returned

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

   32070801. David C. Adams, 136 Blanket Hill Road, Kittanning, PA 16201 commencement, operation and restoration of a small noncoal (industrial minerals) operation in Armstrong Township, Indiana County, affecting 1.0 acre. Receiving stream: Curry Run. Application received April 3, 2007. Permit returned April 30, 2008.

   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-dayDailyInstantaneous
ParameterAverageMaximumMaximum
Suspended solids35 mg/l70 mg/l90 mg/l
Alkalinity exceeding acidity*
pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.

   A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.

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

   28940801. Allen L. Mills, 7201 Slabtown Road, Waynesboro, PA 17268, bond release on a small noncoal (industrial minerals) operation in Antrim Township, Franklin County, affecting 5.0 acres. Receiving stream: UNT Conococheague Creek classified for the following use: WWF. Application received April 30, 2008.

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

   43080302 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258580. White Rock Silica Sand Company, Inc. (331 Methodist Road, Greenville, PA 16125). Commencement, operation and restoration of a sandstone operation in Hempfield Township, Mercer County affecting 116.0 acres. Receiving streams: Sixteen UNTs to Shenango River and Four UNTs to Mathay Run, (classified for the following use: WWF) to Shenango River, (classified for the following uses: WWF and TSF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Reynolds Water Company. Application received April 28, 2008.

   1972-43080302-E-1. White Rock Silica Sand Company, Inc. (331 Methodist Road, Greenville, PA 16125). Application for a stream encroachment to encroach to conduct surface mining activities within 100 feet of three UNTs to Shenango River and one isolated stream channel and to mine through 720 feet of two UNTs to Shenango River and mine through 286 feet of isolated stream channel. Receiving streams: 16 UNTs to Shenango River and Four UNTs to Mathay Run, (classified for the following use: WWF) to Shenango River, (classified for the following uses: WWF and TSF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Reynolds Water Company. Application received April 28, 2008.

   3175SM3. IA Construction Corporation (158 Lindsay Road, Zelienople, PA 16063). Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0208103, Plain Grove Township, Lawrence County. Receiving streams: UNT to Jamison Run and Jamison Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES Renewal application received May 8, 2008.

   37870301. IA Construction Corporation (158 Lindsay Road, Zelienople, PA 16063). Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0107913, Wayne Township, Lawrence County. Receiving streams: Duck Run and UNT to Duck Run and UNT to Connoquenessing Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Western Pennsylvania Water Company. NPDES Renewal application received May 8, 2008.

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