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DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER
Applications under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law
(Part II Permits) The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).
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 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 protest or protests. Each commentator will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan or 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 proceeding should contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Industrial waste and sewerage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6130.
WQM Permit No. 0999414. Sewerage. Prime Properties, Inc., 1045 Buggy Whip Drive, Warrington, PA 18976. Applicant is requesting approval for the construction and operation of a sewage treatment plant to serve a single residence located in Haycock Township, Bucks County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707. If you wish to review any of these applications, please contact Mary DiSanto at (717) 705-4732.
3100401. Sewage, submitted by Spring Creek Joint Authority, P. O. Box 373, Three Springs, PA 17264 in Clay Township, Huntingdon County to re-rate their existing sewage treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Region on August 25, 2000.
2900401. Sewage, submitted by Lee Mummau, 7971 Bennett Branch Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 in Licking Creek Township, Fulton County to construct a sewage treatment facility to serve 22 proposed single family residential units was received in the Southcentral Region on August 28, 2000.
Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
0200414. Sewerage, West Mifflin Sanitary Sewer Municipal Authority, 1302 Lower Bull Run Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Application for the construction and operation of a wet weather equalization tank to serve the Maryland Pump Station located in West Mifflin Township, Allegheny County.
1100401. Sewerage, Highland Sewage and Water Authority, 120 Tank Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904. Application for the construction and operation of a sewage equalization line to serve Laurel Packaging Inc. (a division of the Pepsi Bottling Co.) located in Richland Township, Cambria County.
5600404. Sewerage, Quecreek Mining, Inc., 1576 Stoystown Road, Friedens, PA 15541. Application for the construction and operation of a sewage treatment plant to serve the Quecreek No. 1 Mine located in Lincoln Township, Somerset County.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 2500414. Sewage. Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation, Knowledge Park, 5240 Knowledge Parkway, Erie, PA 16510. This project is for the construction and operation of a 4" force main and 8" gravity sewer to connect to an already existing pump station in Harborcreek Township, Erie County.
WQM Permit No. 1000407. Sewage. Connoquenessing Borough, 228 Constitution Avenue, P. O. Box 471, Connoquenessing, PA 16027-0471. This project is for the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment facility and all related appurtenances in Connoquenessing Borough, Butler County.
WQM Permit No. 4300411. Sewage, Ronald B. Woods, 1401 Butler Pike, Mercer, PA 16137. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment plant in Findley Township, Mercer County.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS
(PAS)
STORMWATER INDIVIDUAL
The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from a proposed construction activity into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit and special conditions. The proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided in the permit as erosion and sedimentation control measures and facilities which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharge.
Where indicated, the EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.24(d).
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Regional Office or County Conservation District Office indicated as the responsible office, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. A copy of the written comments should be sent to the County Conservation District Office. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Regional Office of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Regional Office considers the public response significant.
Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealable to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the County Conservation District Office or the Department Regional Office indicated above the application.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Northeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
Monroe County Conservation District, District Manager, 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (570) 629-3060.
NPDES Permit PAS10S092. Stormwater. White Oak Country Estates, Inc., 4511 Falmer Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18020-9796 has applied to discharge storm water from a construction activity located in Hamilton Township, Monroe County to UNT Lake Creek, HQ-CWF.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southeast Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
2300503. Public water supply, Chester Water Authority, P. O. Box 467, Fifth and Welsh Streets, Chester, PA 19016. This proposal involves the construction of a booster pump station in Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4708.
Permit No. 0500501. Public water supply. Evitts Creek Water Company, Bedford County. Responsible Official: Lee N. Fiedler, President. Type of Facility: Application is for the installation of a fluoride chemical feed system for the injection of hydrofluosilicic acid into the drinking water. A new chemical storage facility will be constructed adjacent to the existing coagulant tank and the new feed equipment will be located in an existing building. Consulting Engineer: John J. DiFonzo P.E., City of Cumberland, Engineering Department, P. O. Box 1702, 20 Bedford St., 3rd Floor, Cumberland, MD 21501-1702. Application received: August 16, 2000.
Permit No. 2900501. Public water supply. Lee Mummau, Fulton County. Responsible Official: 7971 Bennett Ranch Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771. Type of Facility: A proposed community water system serving 22 modular homes. The proposed water system will consist of two wells, hypochlorite disinfection, greensand filtration, finished water pumps, storage and distribution. Average projected demand is 0.0055 million gallons per day. Consulting Engineer: Robert H. Schemmerling, P.E., RHS Engineering, Inc., 41 S. Antrim Way, Greencastle, PA 17225. Application received: August 28, 2000.
Permit No. 2100502. Public water supply. Huckleberry Land Water Association, Cumberland County. Responsible Official: Kathleen Ginnick, Manager. Type of Facility: Interconnection with Shippensburg Water Authority. Transmission line, pump station and 100,000 gallon finished water storage tank. Consulting Engineer: William T. Hemsley P.E., President, 56 North Second St., Chambersburg, PA 17201. Application received: August 11, 2000.
Permit No. 2100503. Public water supply. Betty P. Nelson, Cumberland County. Responsible Official: Betty P. Nelson, Owner. Type of Facility: Construction of Well No. 6 and Well No. 7 for existing public water supply. Consulting Engineer: Michael L. Shrader, William A. Brindle Assoc., Inc., 220 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. Application received: August 15, 2000.
Permit No. 2200504. Public water supply. Mountaindale Apartments, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County. Responsible Official: Stanford D. Custer Jr., President. Type of Facility: Permitting of an existing well as a source of supply. Disinfection and softening will be provided. Consulting Engineer: Peter Lusardi P.E., CET Engineering Services, 1240 North Mountain Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112. Application received: July 25, 2000.
Permit No. 2200505. Public water supply. Sweet Arrow Springs, LLC, Dauphin County. Responsible Official: Ralph Watts, Plant Manager. Type of Facility: Construction of a 5 gallon bottling line relocated from Harrisburg Dairies. Consulting Engineer: Steve Futon P.E., Alliance Environmental Services, Inc., 117 S. West End Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603. Application received August 4, 2000.
Permit No. 4400503. Public water supply. Republic Development Corp., Mifflin County. Responsible Official: David M. Bomberger, Republic Development Corp., P. O. Box 36, Mexico, PA 17056. Type of Facility: Replacement backup well for the Forest Hills water system. Consulting Engineer: Daniel J. Becker P.E., RETTEW Assoc., Inc., 3020 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603. Application received: July 28, 2000.
Regional Office: Northcentral Field Operations, Environmental Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
1400507. The Department has received a permit application from The Penn State University, Office of Physical Plant, Physical Plant Building, University Park, PA 16802-1118, College Township, Centre County. The application is for drilling the existing Well 14 from 220` to 390` deep, replace the existing well house with a new house and replace interior piping and valves.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
0200501. Harrison Township Water Authority, 1705 Rear Freeport Road, Natrona Heights, PA 15065. Rehabilitation of two ground level water storage tanks, which includes recoating of the interior and exterior of both tanks, located along Montana Avenue serving Harrison Township, Allegheny County.
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 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 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 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, or 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 as 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 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 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Westinghouse Air-Brake Technology Corporation (former Morrison-Knudsen Rail Corporation Facility), Wright Township, Luzerne County. David R. Perry, Project Director, American Geosciences, Inc., 3925 Reed Boulevard, Suite 400, Murrysville, PA 15668-1848 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Westinghouse Air-Brake Technology Corporation, 1001 Air Brake Avenue, Wilmerding, PA 15148) concerning the remediation of site soils and groundwater found or suspected to have been contaminated with solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet both the site-specific standard. A summary of the notice was reported published in the Citizen's Voice.
Southcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4705.
Boundary Avenue Corridor, City of York, York County. EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., 15 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 21152, Crispus Attucks Community Development Corporation, 605 South Duke Street, York, PA 17403 and York County Economic Development Corporation, 160 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 300, York, PA 17404 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with lead, PHCs, BTEX and PAHs. The applicants propose to remediate the site as a Special Industrial Area. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record/York Dispatch on January 21, 2000.
Pulsar Petroleum of Reading, Inc., Muhlenberg Township, Berks County. Storb Environmental Incorporated, 410 North Easton Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090-2511, Richard L. and Connie M. Bashore, 3243 West View Drive, Reading, PA 19603, and Pulsar Petroleum of Reading, Inc., Shippers Road, P. O. Box 159, Macungie, PA 18062 have submitted a revised Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet a combination of the Statewide health and site-specific standards requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Reading Eagle/Reading Times on July 17, 2000.
Northcentral Regional Office: Michael C. Welch, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 321-6525.
Debra Holdren Residence, Rush Township, Centre County. Absolute Environmental, Inc., on behalf of its client Debra Holdren, McCord Drive, Phillipsburg, PA 16866, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. See additional notices in another section of this Bulletin. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Progress on September 25, 1999.
Wending Creek Farms, Sweden Township, Potter County. Environmental Remediation & Recovery, Inc., on behalf of its client Agway Insurance Company, P. O. Box 4851, Syracuse, NY 13221, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX, PHCs and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard. See additional information in different section of this PA Bulletin. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Potter Leader & Enterprise on July 26, 2000.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
RESIDUAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES Applications received under the Solid Waste Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate a solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
300369. Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-1689. Armstrong Power Station, S. R. 4006, Kittanning, PA 16201. An application for the reissuance of a Residual Waste Fly Ash Site in Washington Township, Armstrong County, was received in the Regional Office on August 29, 2000.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit ID No. PAD981736143, Safety Kleen Corporation, 1301 Gevais Street, Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201. Operation of a hazardous waste storage facility in Richland Township, Cambria County. Application determined to be complete in the Regional Office on August 29, 2000.
Permit ID No. PAD982576258, Safety Kleen Corporation, 1301 Gevais Street, Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201. Operation of a hazardous waste storage facility in the Borough of West Mifflin, Allegheny County. Application determined to be complete in the Regional Office on August 29, 2000.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE Applications submitted under Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and 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.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
101069. SECCRA Community Landfill, P. O. Box 221, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Application submitted for an increase of the permitted Average Daily Volume. Facility located in London Grove Township, Chester County. Application received in the Southeast Regional Office on August 21, 2000.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6848.
A permit modification and renewal application for a lateral expansion to the landfill and renewal of the facility's operating permit for a period not to exceed 10 years was received from Meadville Redi-Mix Concrete Inc., P. O. Box 418, Meadville, PA 16335, Permit No. 300845. The construction/demolition waste landfill is located in East Fairfield Township, Crawford County. Phase I of the two-phase application was received in the Regional Office on August 30, 2000.
PREVIOUSLY UNPERMITTED CLASS OF SPECIAL HANDLING WASTE
INFECTIOUS OR CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE Renewal applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and act 93 of June 28, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) and regulations 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.
The Williamsport Hospital, 777 Rural Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701; License No. PA-HC 0186; renewal application received on August 30, 2000.
AIR QUALITY
Notice of Plan Approval and Operating Permit Applications
Nonmajor 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. Although the sources covered by these applications may be located at a major facility, the sources being installed or modified do not trigger major new source review or prevention of significant deterioration requirements.
Copies of these applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the Regional Offices identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.
Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval and/or operating permits must submit the protest or comment within 30 days from the date of this notice. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Any 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.
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 and regulations adopted under the act.
OPERATING PERMITS
Applications received and intent to issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Northeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 17811-0790, (570) 826-2531.
48-313-070B: Praxair Distribution Inc. (145 Shimersville Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015) for operation of a specialty gas process and associated air cleaning devices in Bethlehem, Northampton County.
40-320-007A: Offset Paperback Manufacturing Inc. (P. O. Box N, Route 309, Dallas, PA 18612) for operation of a nonheat sheet fed lithographic press in Dallas Borough, Luzerne County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
67-03056: SKF USA Inc. (525 Fame Avenue, Hanover, PA 17331) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for a ball and roller bearing manufacturing facility in Penn Township, York County.
67-05064: York Building Products, Inc. (P. O. Box 1708, York, PA 17405) for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for an asphalt paving mixtures and blocks facility in Spring Garden Township, York County.
Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.521, notice is given that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F and G (relating to operating permit requirements; and title V operating permits).
Appointments to review copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information must be made by contacting Records Management at the regional office telephone number noted below. For additional information, contact the regional office noted below.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit to the regional office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of any objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
46-00011: Lukens Steel Co. (Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, PA 19428) in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. The facility's major emission points include various heating furnaces and rolling mills, which emit major levels of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds.
15-00011: Pierce & Stevens Corp. (P. O. Box 218, Kimberton, PA 19442) in East Pikeland Township, Chester County. The facility's major emission points include chemical mixers, boilers, and storage tanks, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds.
46-00035: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406) in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. The facility's major emission points include boilers, emergency generators, incinerators, and research and development labs, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.
09-00003: SuperPac, Inc. (1220 Industrial Blvd., Southampton, PA 18966) in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County. The facility's major emission points include six flexographic presses, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds.
46-00079: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (County Line Road and Route 611, Willow Grove, PA 19090) in Horsham Township, Montgomery County. The facility's major emission points include boilers, aerospace surface coating processes, miscellaneous cleaning operations, and paint booths which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.
TV-65-00183: Allegheny Ludlum Corp. (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for their specialty steel products finishing mill in West Leechburg, Westmoreland County, and Bagdad, Armstrong County. The facility's major sources of emissions include three large boilers, various anneal and pickle lines and heat treating furnaces, which emit major quantities of NOx.
TV-04-235: First Energy (Pennsylvania Power, P. O. Box 128, Shippingport, PA 15077) for their coal fired power plant in Shippingport Borough, Beaver County. As a result of the potential levels of NOx, Particulate matter and Sox emitted from this facility, it is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D, of the Clean Air Amendments. The facility is therefore subject to the Title V permitting requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Northwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
61-00016: Calumet Lubricants Co. LP (2 Main Street, Rouseville, PA 16344) in Rouseville Borough, Venango County. Calumet Lubricants Company LP's air emission sources are four boilers, the refining unit, various process heaters, distillation units, wastewater separators and drain system, and several storage tanks. The facility is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
PLAN APPROVALS
Applications received and intent to issue Plan Approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Northeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 17811-0790, (570) 826-2531.
39-302-137B: Beatrice Group Inc. (Con Agra Shared Purchasing Inc., 1002 Mac Arthur Road, Whitehall, PA 18052) for modification of two boilers in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
13-399-008: Horsehead Resource Development Co., Inc. (900 Delaware Street, Palmerton, PA 18071) for construction of a calcine kiln feed receiving bin and associated air cleaning device in Palmerton Borough, Carbon County.
40-303-019A: Slusser Brothers Trucking and Excavating Co., Inc. (125 North Warren Street, West Hazleton, PA 18201) for modification of an asphalt plant to utilize waste oil as fuel at the Evans Asphalt Facility, Dorrance Township, Luzerne County.
39-318-105: Ultra Hi-Tek Products (Meadow and Cedar Streets, Allentown, PA 18102) for construction of a film coating line and associated air cleaning device at the Parker Foil Facility in Allentown, Lehigh County.
35-318-048D: Gentex Corp. (P. O. Box 315, Carbondale, PA 18407) for modification of an aluminized material coating oepration at the 324 Main Street Facility in Fell Township, Lackawanna County.
35-318-082: Gentex Corp. (P. O. Box 315, Carbondale, PA 18407) for installation of an air cleaning device to the aluminized material coating operation at the 324 Main Street Facility in Fell Township, Lackawanna County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
06-03077A: F. M. Brown's Sons, Inc. (205 Woodrow Avenue, Sinking Springs, PA 19608-0116) for installation of an Alanco Dust Filter in Sinking Spring Borough, Berks County.
36-03038: Evans Eagle Burial Vaults, Inc. (15 Graybill Road, Leola, PA 17540) for construction of a cremation chamber in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
38-05003B: Pennsylvania Lime, Inc. (P. O. Box 160, Annville, PA 17003) for installation of a fabric filter to control conveyor belt emissions at the Millard Lime Plant in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County.
Northcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3637.
08-313-003D: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848) for installation of an air cleaning device (a cartridge collector) on three TV phosphor box furnaces to supplement an existing air cleaning device (a packed bed scrubber) in Department 024, Building 10 in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
OP-08-0004A: Masonite Corp. (P. O. Box 311, Towanda, PA 18848) for reactivation of a 161 million BTU per hour woodwaste and natural gas-fired boiler (No. 2 boiler), the particulate matter emissions from which will be controlled by an electrostatic precipitator, which has been out of operation for more than 1 year in Wysox Township, Bradford County. The applicant proposes to operate the boiler no more than 1,000 hours per 12 consecutive month period. The boiler could result in the emission of up to 16.84 tons of particulate matter/PM10 (particulate matter sized less than ten microns in diameter), 24.15 tons of nitrogen oxides, 148.76 tons of carbon monoxide, 4.025 tons of volatile organic compound and 4.67 tons of sulfur oxides for a 12 consecutive month period.
Northwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
PA-37-312A: Lindy Paving, Inc. (Route 168 and Briton School Road, New Castle, PA 16105) for construction of a 400 ton per hour hot mix asphalt plant and baghouse in New Beaver Borough, Lawrence County.
MINING
APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES 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); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to these 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 the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each 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 such certification.
Written comments or 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 same address 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 §§ 86.31--86.34 and 77.121--77.123 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences.)
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. These NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. 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 which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; 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; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
Coal Applications Received:
1316-24930102-E-4. Fairview Coal Company (P. O. Box R, Ridgway, PA 15853). Application for a stream encroachment to mine through and reconstruct a portion of unnamed tributary ''B'' to Brandy Camp Creek in Horton Township, Elk County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary of Johnson Run and unnamed tributary of Brandy Camp Creek. Application received August 31, 2000.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Coal Applications Received:
17000903. R. B. Contracting (R. D. 1, Box 13, Curwensville, PA 16833), commencement, operation and restoration of an Incidental Coal Extraction permit in Pike Township, Clearfield County affecting 10 acres. Receiving streams: Anderson Creek and unnamed tributary to West Branch Susquehanna River. Application received August 23, 2000.
17840132. M. B. Energy, Inc. (175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717-7961), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Bell Township, Clearfield County affecting 459.4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Whiskey Run, Whiskey Run to Lost Run. Application received August 28, 2000.
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Received:
32980112. Permit Revision, Alverda Enterprises, Inc. (P. O. Box 87, Alverda, PA 15710), to include auger mining on the Lower Freeport coal seam in Pine and Green Townships, Indiana County, affecting 46.6 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Yellow Creek, application received August 24, 2000.
56930112. Permit Revision, Future Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 157, Meyersdale, PA 15552), to change the post-mining land use on a portion of the site from ''forestland'' to a combination of ''cropland'' and ''fish and wildlife habitat'' in Black Township, Somerset County, affecting 316.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to/and Rhoades Creek, application received August 24, 2000.
56910101. Permit Revision, Paul F. Becker Coal Company (1593 Old Route 22, Duncansville, PA 16635), to change the postmining land use on a portion of the site from ''forestland'' to ''unmanaged natural habitat'' in Somerset and Stonycreek Townships, Somerset County, affecting 120.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Kimberly Run, application received August 25, 2000.
56703124. Permit Renewal, Diamond T Coal Company (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), for continued operation of a bituminous surface-auger mine in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, affecting 568.5 acres, receiving stream Lamberts Run, application received August 29, 2000.
56663098. Permit Renewal, PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), for continued operation of a bituminous-coal refuse reprocessing surface mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 412.3 acres, receiving stream Dark Shade Creek and Little Dark Shade Creek, application received August 29, 2000.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Coal Applications Received:
19960101C2. City of Philadelphia (21 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3684), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation for an incidental boundary correction and additional NPDES discharge points in Conyngham, Union and Butler Townships, Schuylkill and Columbia Counties affecting 876.0 acres, receiving stream--Mahanoy Creek. Application received August 23, 2000.
54733020C15. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (P. O. Box 311, Tamaqua, PA 18252), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Summit Hill and Nesquehoning Boroughs, Carbon County 7596.0 acres, receiving stream--Little Schuylkill River and Panther Creek. Application received August 24, 2000.
40840206R3. Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, 13th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814-6161), renewal of an existing coal refuse reprocessing/disposal operation in Plains Township, Luzerne County affecting 126.9 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received August 28, 2000.
Bureau of Deep Mine Safety The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from the Rosebud Mining Company. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Gaida by calling (724) 439-7469 or from the BDMS web site at http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/dms/dms.htm.
The Department is publishing a summary of the request in order to solicit comments from affected parties on the proposed variance request. Comments may be used by the Bureau to assist in its investigation of the variance request. Comments will be accepted for thirty days following the publication of this notice. All comments should be addressed to: Richard E. Stickler, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.
Section 702 of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act (52 P. S. § 702) provides a mechanism for operators to obtain variances from specific requirements of the Act to accommodate the adoption of new machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, methods or processes.
Section 242(c) states that where belt conveyors are installed, main stoppings and regulators shall be so arranged as to reduce the quantity of air traveling in the belt conveyor entry to a minimum for effective ventilation and to provide an intake air split as an escapeway from the face area to the main air current.
Summary of the request: Rosebud Mining Company requests a variance to use point carbon monoxide early warning fire detection system and entries in common with the belt conveyor entry in short term panels at the Roaring Run Mine.
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