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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-541b

[26 Pa.B. 1568]

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Stormwater NPDES Permit Application; Public Hearing

   The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Water Management Program will be holding a fact finding hearing on the following Stormwater NPDES permit application:

   University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center,
''Marshak Dairy,'' PAS10-G198

   The hearing is scheduled for May 21, 1996, at 7 p.m. at the Chester County Conservation District Office, Government Services Center, Conference Room 380, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382-4519, Chester County. The hearing is being held to solicit pertinent comments on this application. The application is for stormwater construction activities, with a discharge to east branch White Clay Creek. A copy of this application is available for review in the Southeast Regional Office's Record Management Section, (610) 832-6268. Those interested in reviewing the application should call to schedule a date to review the file. The project sponsor is:

   University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

   Comments received will be considered by DEP in completing its review and prior to taking final action concerning the applications. The hearing will not be a question and answer session.

   Anyone intending to make a presentation at the hearing should submit written notice to the Regional Manager, Water Management Program at the above address. The notice should include the presenter's name, address and phone number, whether they are opposed or in favor of the project and a brief statement about the presentation. Comments should be kept brief and, depending on the number of speakers, may be limited to 10 minutes per speaker. Where groups are represented, a spokesperson is requested to present the group's concerns. Anyone wishing to present written material directly to DEP may do so within 30 days following the hearing.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings should contact Sharon Moore, at (610) 832-6073. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department of Environmental Protection at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following: name, address and telephone number, identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protests. Each writer will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan, action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Industrial waste and sewerage applications received under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

   Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   WQM Permit No. 6296401.  Sewage, Jeffrey and Carolyn Confer, SRSTP, R. D. 2, Box 204, Pittsfield, PA 16340. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Pittsfield Township, Warren County.

   WQM Permit No. 4396402.  Sewage, Margaret V. Angermeier, SRSTP, 59 Reno Rd., Hermitage, PA 16148. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Jefferson Township, Mercer County.

   WQM Permit No. 6296402.  Sewage, Stephen and Lori Fox, SRSTP, R. D. 1, Box 1795, Russell, PA 16345. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Pine Grove Township, Warren County.

   Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   A.  6796403.  Sewage, West Manchester Township Sewer Authority, 2501 Catherine Street, York, PA 17404 in West Manchester Township, York County to construct the Bull Road Pump Station was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on March 18, 1996.

   A.  0796402.  Sewage, Allegheny Township Sewer and Water Authority, 313 Old Sixth Avenue Road, North, Duncansville, PA 16635 in Allegheny Township, Blair County to construct approximately 88,000 L. F. of 8" gravity sanitary sewer pipe and replacement of one sewage lift station was received in the Southcentral Region on March 18, 1996.

   A.  2296402.  Sewage, Mark Malone, 39 East High Street, Middletown, PA 17057 in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County to construct a small flow single residence sewage treatment system was received in the Southcentral Region on March 13, 1996.

   A.  2196402.  Sewage, Amos K. King, 48 Mudlevel Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County to construct a small flow single residence sewage treatment system was received in the Southcentral Region on March 13, 1996.

   A.  3696402.  Sewage, Christiana Borough, 14 Maple Avenue, Christiana, PA 17509 in West Sadsbury Township, Chester County to construct a belt filter press was received in the Southcentral Region on March 14, 1996.

   A.  6796402.  Sewage, Newberry Township Municipal Authority, 1915 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319 in Newberry Township, York County to permit the following pump stations: Eden Road, Ridgeview, Divens, Bald Cypress and Pheasant Drive was received in the Southcentral Region on March 20, 1996.

   Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   A.  0296403.  Sewerage, Ohio Township Sanitary Authority, 1719 Roosevelt Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-1099. Application for the conversion of the existing sewage treatment facility to a lift station, together with installation of a force main to serve the Verland Foundation, Institution for Handicapped located in the Township of Ohio, Allegheny County.

   A.  2696402.  Sewerage, Menallen Sewer Authority, Box 576, New Salem, PA 15468. Application for sewer extension and pumping stations to serve the Keisterville Sewer Project located in the Township of Menallen, Fayette County.


Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).

   Southcentral Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4692.

   A.  3496501.  Public water supply. Brookline Retirement Village, Fermanaugh Twp., Juniata County, (Ray Calhoun, R. R. 1, Box 463, Mifflintown, PA 17059), existing water system consisting of well no. 1, softener, hypochlorination, two pressure tanks and distribution lines. Two detention tanks are proposed, (James P. Ashbaugh, Todd Gibbings and Associates, Inc., 3049 Enterprise Drive, State College, PA 16801).

   Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   A.  0389504-A1.  Cowanshannock Township Municipal Authority, 74 Second Street, Box 127, NuMine, PA 16244. Covering of the second existing finished water reservoir with an aluminum dome roof, Armstrong County.

   A.  0296504.  Fox Chapel Authority, 255 Alpha Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2944. Conversion of the existing water filtration plant into a booster pumping station to allow the system to be served by water purchased from the City of Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Allegheny County.

   A.  0389505-A2.  Pennsylvania-American Water Company, 800 West Hershey Park Drive, Hershey, PA 17033. Install a building to house two potassium permanganate pumps for zebra mussel control, Armstrong County.

   Northeast Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   5496501.  Public water supply. Borough of Pine Grove, c/o Harold Zimmerman, President, Pine Grove Borough Council, 1 Snyder Avenue, Pine Grove, PA 17963. This proposal involves construction of a 100 gpm water booster pumping station, 1,000 gallon hydropneumatic water tank and approximately 3,800 feet of 4" ductile iron water main servicing the new PENNDOT South Bound Safety/Rest Area. It is located in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County.

   6496501.  Public water supply. Paradise Point, c/o Carl Paulnack, P. O. Box 361, Lakeville, PA 18438. This proposal involves the permitting of two existing wells serving the Paradise Point community at Lake Wallenpaupack. Disinfection is to be provided. It is located in Paupack Township, Wayne County.


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate

   Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (the act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any 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 a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in 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 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 or a combination of the cleanup standards 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 and 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 cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality 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 below. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under 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 listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Southcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.

   Defense Distribution Region East Wood Pile, Fairview Township, York County. Defense Distribution Region East, Administrative Support Center East, Building 1-1, 2nd Floor, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5001 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record and the York Dispatch on March 25, 1996, and in the Harrisburg Patriot News on March 25, 1996.

   Former Hervitz Packing Site, City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Harrisburg Enterprise Development Corporation, 10 North Second Street, Suite 406, Harrisburg, PA 17101, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Special Industrial Area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published March 29, 1996 in the Harrisburg Patriot News.


Proposed Consent Decree

Millcreek Dump Site
Millcreek Township, Erie County

   Under section 122 of the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, (42 U.S.C.A. § 9622) and section 1113 of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. § 6020.1113) notice is hereby provided that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has entered into a Consent Decree concerning settlement of the Department's Complaint against United Brass Works, Inc. (United). The Department's Complaint concerns the response costs that the Department has incurred and will incur to clean up the Millcreek Dump Site in Erie County, Pennsylvania. The Department's Complaint is filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, at Docket No. 93-297 (Erie).

   The Department has incurred over $700,000 in past response costs, and estimates that it will incur over 4 million dollars in response costs in the future at the Millcreek Dump Site. Based upon the Department's analysis of United's connection with the release and threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site, the Department has agreed to settle its Complaint against United for $147,000. The specifics of the Department's settlement with United are set forth in the Consent Decree.

   The Department will receive and consider comments relating to the Consent Decree for 60 days from the date of this public notice. The Department has the right to withdraw its consent to the Consent Decree if the comments concerning the Consent Decree disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the Consent Decree is inappropriate, improper, inadequate or not in the public interest. After the public comment period, the Department's settlement with United shall become final upon the filing of the Department's response to significant written comments to the Consent Decree and upon the United States District Court's approval of the Consent Decree.

   Copies of the Consent Decree are available for inspection at the Department's office at 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA, and at the United States District Courthouse in Erie, PA. Comments may be submitted, in writing, to Edward Orris, Project Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Hazardous Sites Cleanup, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Further information may be obtained by contacting Edward Orris at (814) 332-6648. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations for license to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

   Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

   New Hanover Incineration, Inc., 3645 Church Road, Perkiomenville, PA 18074; Albert Marinari, Operations Manager; application received March 19, 1996.


Hazardous Waste Draft Permits to be Issued

   Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   PAD980550412.  Lonza, Inc., 900 River Road, Conshohocken, PA 19428. Draft permit issued to Lonza, Inc., for construction of an additional hazardous waste storage tank at 900 River Road, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. Comments will be accepted at the Southeast Regional Office for the next 45 days. Comments are to be directed to Jim Wintzel, Chief Engineering Services. Draft permit issued March 19, 1996.


Applications received and approval granted 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 a household hazardous waste collection program.

   Southwest Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   Alcoa Technical Center, Aluminum Company of America, 100 Technical Drive, Alcoa Center, PA 15069-0001. Operation of a household hazardous waste collection center to be operated on April 21 and 22, 1996 in Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County. Application received in the Regional Office on February 28, 1996. Application and registration approved on March 20, 1996.


Applications submitted 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.

   Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   A.  101651.  Wm. P. McGovern, Inc., 848 West Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Received new application for the construction and operation of a septage waste processing facility, and, agricultural utilization of processed septage waste, located in East Nottingham Township, Chester County. Application received in the Southeast Regional Office on March 19, 1996.


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources.

   Regional Office: Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   01-303-007.  Installation of a portable asphalt plant by Valley Quarries, Inc. (Gettysburg Blacktop Plant, P. O. Box J, Chambersburg, PA 17201) in Cumberland Township, Adams County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart I, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   06-319-012C.  Construction of a lead oxide mill by General Battery Corporation (P. O. Box 13995, Reading, PA 19612-3995) in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County.

   06-319-103D.  Construction of lead/acid battery formation operations by East Penn Mfg. Company, Inc. (Deka Road, Reading, PA 19536) in Richmond Township, Berks County.

   28-323-010.  Construction of two hard-chromium plating tanks by Grove North America (P. O. Box 21, Shady Grove, PA 17256) in Quincy Township, Franklin County. The sources are subject to 40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart N, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories.

   31-310-019E.  Installation of a cone crusher and two conveyors at the Tyrone Quarry fine crushing plant no. 4 by New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664 in Warriors Mark, Huntingdon County.

   01-310-051.  Construction of a limestone crushing and screening plant by Wimpey Minerals, USA (Hanover Quarry, P. O. Box 160, Annville, PA 17003) in Oxford Township, Adams County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   06-1016A.  Construction of an air contamination source by Grafika Commercial Printing, Inc. (P. O. Box 1714, Reading, PA 19603) in Sinking Spring, Berks County.

   06-318-049B.  Modification of an air contamination source by Dana Corporation (P. O. Box 13459, Reading, PA 19612-3459) in Reading, Berks County.

   22-301-058.  Construction of a pathological incinerator by Department of Agriculture (2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110) in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County.

   36-322-001B.  Installation of extraction wells and gas transmission pipes by Chester County Solid Waste Authority (P. O. Box 476, Honey Brook, PA 19344) at the Lanchester Sanitary Landfill in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office: Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   06-317-014B.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Hershey Chocolate, USA (P. O. Box 15087, Reading, PA 19612-5087) for a candy manufacturing operation controlled by six fabric collectors in Reading, Berks County.

   06-318-061A.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Reading Body Works, Inc. (P. O. Box 650, Shillington, PA 19607) for a chassis pool spray booth and drying oven controlled by dry filters in Reading, Berks County.

   06-318-054B.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Can Corporation of America (P. O. Box 170, Blandon, PA 19510) for a cylinder spray line and ten side-seam spray lines controlled by a fabric collector, ten filter boxes and a catalytic oxidizer in Maidencreek Township, Berks County.

   22-302-110.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to The Middletown Home (999 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057) for a 300 HP natural gas/No. 2 fuel oil-fired boiler in Middletown Borough, Dauphin County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Dc, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources.

   Regional Office: Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   03-309-035.  Sylvan America, Inc. (West Hills Industrial Park, R. D. 3, Kittanning, PA 16201) for a conveyor at Sylvan Spawn Laboratory located in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County.

   03-329-004.  Apollo Gas Company (800 Regis Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15236) for a Waukesha eight cylinder engine at its Village Compressor Station located in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County.

   04-307-112.  Koppel Steel Corporation (P. O. Box 750, Beaver Falls, PA 15010) for a 7 1/2" upsetter furnace at its Ambridge Plant located in Harmony Township, Beaver County.

   04-310-016.  Heckett MultiServe (612 N. Main Street, Butler, PA 16001) for a slag reprocessing plant located in Koppel Borough, Beaver County.

   11-306-033.  Dunamis Resources, Inc. (R. R. 4, Box 1542, Homer City, PA 15748) for a coal crushing and screening operation at its South Fork Strip located in Adams Township, Cambria County.

   26-308-014.  Sensus Technologies, Inc. (450 N. Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401) for a foundry grinding room at its plant located in Uniontown, Fayette County.

   30-329-003.  Carnegie Natural Gas Company (800 Regis Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15236) for two Waukesha engines at its Mt. Morris Compressor Station located in Dunkard Township, Greene County.

   32-329-005.  Apollo Gas Company (800 Regis Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA) for a Waukesha six cylinder engine at its Hill Compressor Station located in Washington Township, Indiana County.

   65-310-013.  Davison Sand & Gravel Company (400 Industrial Boulevard, New Kensington, PA 15068) for a limestone crushing plant at Whitney Quarry, located in Unity Township, Westmoreland County.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office: Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   03-000-182.  The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Apollo Gas Company, 800 Regis Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 for an OEM retrofit for a natural gas compressor at its Fisher Station located in Redbank Township, Armstrong County.

   26-305-033.  The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Sunshine Energies, Inc., 130 Cedarwood Drive, Monongahela, PA 15063 for a coal handling facility located in Connellsville Township, Fayette County.

   30-306-004.  The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to West Penn Power Company, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 for low NOx burners with separated overfire air for coal-fired boiler #3 at its Hatfield Power Station located in Monongahela Township, Greene County.

   32-305-031A.  The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Avonmore Rail Loading, Inc., R. D. 1, Box 119, Avonmore, PA 15618 for a coal loadout facility located in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County.


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources or to install air cleaning devices.

   Regional Office: Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   There is a 30-day comment period from this date of publication.

   46-301-227A.  On January 17, 1996, an application was received to amend to previous application for New Hanover Incineration, Inc. (3645 Church Road, Perkiomenville, PA 19061) for the additional incinerator system to be located in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County.

   15-323-009.  On July 18, 1994, an application was received from Johnson Matthey, Inc. (456 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA 19525) for the construction of a chip remover machine to be located in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County.

   46-302-207.  On March 11, 1996, an application was received from Occidental Chemical Corporation (Armand Hammer Boulevard, Pottstown, PA 19312) for the construction of a three--98 MMBtu/hr Boiler to be located in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.

   46-313-117B.  On March 13, 1996, an application was received to amend to previous application for Merck & Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 4, WP20-208 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19464) for the Methanol Storage Tank to be located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

   23-301-117.  On March 15, 1996, an application was received from Haven Memorial Park (278 Thornton Road, Thornton, PA 19486) for the construction of a human crematory incinerator to be located in Chester Township, Delaware County.

   23-312-207.  On March 15, 1996, an application was received from Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) (P. O. Box 426, Marcus Hook, PA 19013) for the modification of a storage tank to be located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.


Applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources.

   Regional Office: Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   14-310-004B.  Construction of a railcar unloading and limestone handling system by Bellefonte Lime Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 448, Bellefonte, PA 16823) in Spring Township, Centre County.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office: Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   55-318-008.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Wood-Mode, Inc. (1 Second Street, Kreamer, PA 17833) for the operation of a wood cabinet finishing line (Alpine Line) and associated air cleaning device (a regenerative thermal fume incinerator) in Middlecreek Township, Snyder County.

   12-399-008B.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Sinter Metals, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834) for the operation of a powdered metal parts sizing dip operation in Shippen Township, Cameron County.

   49-313-038.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Merck & Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 600, Danville, PA 17821-0600) for the operation of wastewater/waste sludge treatment equipment at the Cherokee Plant in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County.

   Regional Office: Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 46-329-006
   Source: Six Diesel Electric Generators
   Company: SmithKline Beecham Research
   Location: Upper Providence
   County: Montgomery

   Permit: 46-301-260
   Source: Sewage Sludge Incinerator
   Company: Hatfield Township Municipal Authority
   Location: Hatfield
   County: Montgomery


Notice of Plan Approval Application Minor Source

   The following stationary sources have filed a request for a plan approval with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Air Quality. Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protests or comments to the Regional Office at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval application by filing a request with the Regional Office stating the reason for the request.

   The Department will evaluate and consider all protests and comments received. The Department will, where appropriate, modify the proposed plan approval based on the protests and comments received.

   The final plan approval will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operated in compliance with the Department's regulations contained in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 through 143 and the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act. A notice of the Department's final decision on the proposed plan approval will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Air contaminants emitted from these sources are less than the amounts that would trigger major new source review requirements. For additional information on the following applications contact Devendra Verma, Engineering Services Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   Regional Office: Northwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   25-318-003A.  The Department received a plan approval application from Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. (1570 East 12th Street, Erie, PA 16511) for installation of two scrubber systems (Viron Model #'s VCS-6666 @ 13,782 CFM, and VCS-7290 @ 22,000 CFM). This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart N.

   33-309-017.  The Department received a plan approval application for installation of a baghouse (Aeropulse, Inc., Model #144-10) to glass container surface treatment line from Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., (Rt. 219 North, Brockway, PA 15824) in Snyder Township, Jefferson County.


Plan approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.

   Regional Office: Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   An application for plan approval has been received by this office for the construction, modification or reactivation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 39-304-022
   Source: 5 Grinding Benches w/Baghouses
   Received: March 5, 1996
   Company: Bridesburg Foundry Company
   
Location: Whitehall Township
   County: Lehigh


Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an operating permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonably Available Control Technology.

   Regional Office: Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   There is a 30-day comment period from this date of publication.

   OP-23-0032.  On February 16, 1996, an application was received from DELCORA (100 East Fifth Street, P. O. Box 999, Chester, PA 19013) for the construction of Facility VOC/NOx RACT to be located in City of Chester, Delaware County.

   OP-15-0039.  On February 12, 1996, an application was received from Ackworth Materials (P. O. Box 1667, Blue Bell, PA 19013) for the construction of Facility VOC/NOx RACT to be located in East Caln Township, Chester County.

   OP-46-0077.  On March 5, 1996, an application was received from Doehler-Jarvis Pottstown, Inc. (400 Old Reading Pike, Stowe, PA 19335) for the construction of Facility VOC/NOx RACT to be located in West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.

   OP-23-0033.  On September 25, 1995, an application was received from Dee Paper Company (Front and Broomall Streets, Chester, PA 19464) for the construction of lithographic printing presses to be located in City of Chester, Delaware County.


Reasonably Available Control Technology; Public Hearings

   Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Merck & Co., Inc. in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County, PA.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility owned and operated by Merck & Co., Inc. in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County.

   The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.

   The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The main sources for which a RACT determination is being made are four boilers. The following is a summary of the preliminary nitrogen oxides (NOx) RACT determination for these boilers:


SourceNOx RACT limitation
*  two 92,000,000 BTU/hour
bituminous coal fired traveling grate
boilers (Boilers 3 and 5).
*  NOx emissions not to exceed .43
pound per million BTU of heat
input (3 hour average).
*  two 163,000,000 BTU/hour
bituminous coal fired traveling grate
boilers (Boilers 7 and 8).
*  NOx emissions not to exceed .53
pound per million BTU of
heat input (3 hour average).

   The following is a summary of the preliminary volatile organic compound (VOC) RACT determination for these boilers:

   *  The combined VOC emissions from all four boilers shall not exceed 4.6 tons per year.

   The facility incorporates additional sources for which RACT determinations will be made at a later date.

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on April 29, 1996, at 1 p.m. at the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual, and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to Joseph Cooper, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by May 14, 1996.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.

   The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).

   In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for processing requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.

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