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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 01-1499d

[31 Pa.B. 4548]

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INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSE


Actions on applications for Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Transporter License received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

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

INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSE RENEWED

   American Waste Industries, Inc., 508 E. Indian River Road, Norfolk, VA 23523. License No. PA-HC 0210. Effective July 25, 2001.

   Superior Waste Services of Pennsylvania, Inc., P. O. Box 0, R. D. 2, Brockway, PA 15824. License No. PA-HC 0199. Effective July 25, 2001.

   Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. License No. PA-HC 0095. Effective August 6, 2001.

RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Permits Issued 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 No. WMGR070. American Asphalt Paving Co., 500 Chase Road, Shavertown, PA 18708-9622. General Permit Number WMGR070 for the beneficial use of residual waste from air pollution devices at the facility. They will be used to form the core of dikes, pipe bedding and backfill. Central Office issued the general permit on August 6, 2001.

   Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact 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, (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.

   General Permit No. WMGR065. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1170 Eighth Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18106-7699. General Permit Number WMGR065 for beneficial use, in the Northeast Region, of various wastes from steelmaking and foundry operations taken from a remediation site owned by the permittee as construction fill at an adjacent Act 2 remediation site, also owned by the permittee. Only beneficial use of the following types of residual wastes was authorized under General Permit Number WMGR065:  refractories, foundry sands, slags, air emission control solids, manganese dioxide ore, chromium oxide ore, mill scale and the media associated with their excavation. General Permit Number WMGR065 was issued modified by Central Office on August 7, 2001, to include beneficial use of manganese dioxide ore, chromium oxide ore and mill scale.

   Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits/Beneficial Use Section, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.

AIR QUALITY


General Plan Approval and Operating Permit Usage Authorized under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.

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

   65-00867:  Dominion Exploration and Production, Inc. (1450 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70112) on July 25, 2001, was authorized to operate under GP-65-00867 for a Compressor Engineer at Jacob's Creek Compressor in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.


Plan Approvals Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B relating to construction, modification and reactivation of air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.

   Southeast Region:  Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   46-0210:  Cellco Partnership dba Verizon (5175 Campus Drive, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462) on July 31, 2001, for operation of a 600 Kilowatt (kW) Diesel Generator in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County.

   46-0191B:  Merck and Co. Inc., (351 North Sumneytown Pike, North Wales, PA 19454) on July 31, 2001, for operation of a 100 kW Emergency Generator in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

   23-0001F:  Sunoco, Inc. (Delaware Avenue and Green Street, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) on July 31, 2001, for operation of a storage tank in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.

   46-0005N:  Merck and Co., Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486) on August 2, 2001, for operation of a 500-kW Emergency Generator in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

   23-0001R:  Sunoco, Inc. (Delaware Avenue and Green Streets, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) on August 2, 2001, for operation of Spud Burners on No. 7 Boiler in City of Chester, Delaware County.

   23-0001P:  Sunoco, Inc. (Delaware Avenue and Green Streets, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) on August 2, 2001, for operation of Low NOx Burners for RACT #6 Boiler in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.

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

   35-310-038:  Keystone Quarry, Inc. (P. O. Box 249, Dunmore, PA 18512) on August 6, 2001, for construction of a stone crushing operation and associated air cleaning device in Dunmore and Throop Boroughs, Lackawanna County.

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

   01-05022A:  Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. (P. O. Box 709, Biglerville, PA 17307-0709) on July 25, 2001, for installation of a 250 HP natural gas/#5 reclaimed oil-fired boiler with low NOx burner technology at its Ortanna Plant in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County. This facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Dc--Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units.

   07-05032A:  New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664) on July 31, 2001, for construction of a drum mix coater asphaltic concrete plant controlled by a fabric collector at it Roaring Spring Blacktop Plant in Taylor Township, Blair County. This facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities, 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Kb--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels and 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.

   28-03001A:  AMETEK Specialty Motors, former owner GS Electric (1051 Sheffler Drive, Chambersburg, PA 17201-4842) on August 2, 2001, for modification of an electric motor manufacturing plant in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.

   28-03037:  Greencastle Metal Works, Inc. (P. O. Box 838, Chambersburg, PA 17201) on August 2, 2001, for installation of a surface coating operation in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.

   28-05015A:  IESI PA Blue Ridge Landfill Corp. (P. O. Box 399, Scotland, PA 17254) on July 31, 2001, for modification of a municipal solid waste landfill controlled by an enclosed ground flare at its Blue Ridge Landfill in Greene Township, Franklin County. The landfill and its gas collection system are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart WWW - Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.

   36-03100A:  Signature Custom Cabinetry, Inc. (434 Springville Road, Ephrata, PA 17522) on July 27, 2001, for construction of a paint booth controlled by a dry arrestor filter in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County.

   38-03032A:  Sun Pipe Line Co. (Ten Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA 19013) on July 25, 2001, for construction of a soil vapor extraction system controlled by a biofilter at its Cornwall Pumping Station in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.

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

   04-00083A:  Beaver Valley Alloy Foundry Company (4165 Brodhead Road, Monaca, PA 15061) on July 11, 2001 for construction of a Dust Collector at Monaca Plant in Monaca Borough, Beaver County.

   65-00659B:  Commercial Stone Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 187, Berkely Springs, WV 25411) on August 2, 2001 for construction of an Asphalt Plant at Adamsburg in North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County.

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

   37-316A:  International Mill Services--EQS Plant (700 Moravia Street, New Castle, PA 16102) on July 24, 2001, to construct a slag processing facility at Ellwood Quality Steel in New Castle, Lawrence County.

   25-952D:  Bush Industries, Inc. (2455 Robison Road, Erie, PA 16509) on July 24, 2001, to modify the finishing line in Summit Township, Erie County.

   37-003A:  Essroc Materials, Inc (Second Street, Bessemer, PA 16112) on July 30, 2001, to install a dust collector in Bessemer Borough, Lawrence County.

   10-001D:  AK Steel Butler (Route 8 South, Butler, PA 16003) on July 25, 2001, to convert the #23 Pickle Line in Butler, Butler County.


Plan Approval Revisions Issued including Extensions, Minor Modifications and Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code §§  127.13, 127.13a and 127.32.

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

   01-05027A:  McDermitt, Inc. (P. O. Box 3219, Gettysburg, PA 17325-0219) on July 31, 2001, for construction of a drum mix asphalt plant controlled by a fabric collector in Oxford Township, Adams County. This facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities. This plan approval has been extended.

   67-03063:  Advanced Recycling Technology, Inc. (340 South Broad Street, Hallam, PA 17406) on August 6, 2001, for operation of an industrial dryer with primary fuel:  #4 oil, secondary fuel:  combination of waste oil, nonchlorinated plastic/photopaper, controlled by a wet scrubber in Hallam Borough, York County. This plan approval has been extended.

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

   03-220A:  Spicer Energy II LLC (100 Nyala Farm, Westport, CT 06880) on July 30, 2001, for construction of a Syn Fuel Processing Facility at Keystone Power Plant in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. This plan approval was extended.

   65-302-071:  Koppers Industries, Inc. (436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) on July 24, 2001, for construction of two boilers at Monessen Coke Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. This plan approval was extended.

   65-857A:  Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics (55 Hillview Avenue, Latrobe, PA 15650) on July 30, 2001, for construction of a Tunnel Kiln at Derry Plant in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. This plan approval was extended.

   63-014D:  Orion Power Midwest, LP (2000 Cliff Mine Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15275) on July 30, 2001, for construction of SNCR Units 1, 2, 3 at Elrama Station in Union Township, Washington County. This plan approval was extended.

   63-307-027:  American Iron Oxide Production Company (Foster Plaza #7, 661 Andersen Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220) on July 30, 2001, for construction of Iron Oxide Production at Allenport Plant in Allenport Borough, Washington County. This plan approval was extended.

   63-911A:  Twilight Industries (212 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012) on July 25, 2001, for construction of a Coal Crusher at Lustik Surface Mine in Somerset Township, Washington County. This plan approval was extended.

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

   10-021E:  Indspec Chemical Corp. (133 Main Street, P. O. Box 307, Petrolia, PA 16050) on July 30, 2001, for a 9500 gallon resorcinol storage tank in Petrolia, Butler County.

   10-021F:  Indspec Chemical Corp. (133 Main Street, P. O. Box 307, Petrolia, PA 16050) on July 30, 2001, for the #3 and #4 Kilns in Petrolia, Butler County.

   42-399-015A:  Temple Inland Forest Products Corp.--Mt. Jewett Particleboard (R. D. 2. Hutchins Road, Mt. Jewett, PA 16740) on July 31, 2001, for three wood particle dryers and oil heater in Sergeant Township, McKean County.

   42-176E:  Temple Inland Forest Products Corp.--Mt. Jewett Particleboard (R. D. 2. Hutchins Road, Mt. Jewett, PA 16740) on July 31, 2001, for a wood chip refiner start up cyclone in Sergeant Township, McKean County.

   61-004B:  Electralloy, A GO Carlson Inc. Co. (175 Main Street, P. O. Box 381, Oil City, PA 16301) on July 30, 2001, for a granular metal process in Oil City, Venango County.


Title V Operating Permits Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.

   Northcentral Region:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact:  Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-3637.

   59-00002:  Dominion Transmission Inc. (625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) issued a revised operating permit on July 25, 2001, to extend the date of a stack test for their two natural gas transmission engines until December 31, 2002, for their facility in Farmington Township, Tioga County.

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

   03-00023:  Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC (800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-1689) on August 1, 2001, for operation of an electric power generating facility known as the Armstrong Power Station in Washington Township, Armstrong County.

   56-00232:  Shade Landfill, Inc. (Westpointe Corporate Center One, Suite 200, 1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, Moon Township, PA 15108) on July 31, 2001, for the operation of a Sanitary Landfill in Shade Township, Somerset County.


Operating Permits for Pa. Code Title V Facilities Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.

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

   37-00038:  B & L Asphalt Industries, Inc.--New Castle Plant (Route 168, New Castle, PA 16105) on August 2, 2001, for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in Hickory Township, Lawrence County.

   61-00007:  IA Construction Corp.--Franklin Plant (Route 8 North, Franklin, PA 16323) on August 2, 2001, for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in Sugar Creek Borough, Venango County.


Operating Permit Revisions Issued including Administrative Amendments, Minor Modifications or Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§  4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code §§  127.412, 127.450, 127.462 and 127.464.

   Southeast Region:  Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   15-0015:  Sartomer Co., Inc. (610 South Bolmar Street, West Chester, PA 19382) on July 31, 2001, for Synthetic Minor NOx Facility in West Chester Borough, Chester County.

   46-313-131:  SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (709 Swedeland Road, UE0254, King of Prussia, PA 19406) on July 31, 2001, for Central Vacuum System in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.

   46-0011:  Lukens Steel Co. (Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, PA 19428) on July 31, 2001, for Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.

   23-0014A:  Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Front and Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013) on August 1, 2001, for Facility VOC/NOx Ract in Chester Township, Delaware County.

   23-0001:  Sunoco, Inc. (Delaware Avenue and Green Street, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) on August 2, 2001, for Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.

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

   21-05001:  Lear East LP (P. O. Box 40, Carlisle, PA 17013) for operation of an automotive carpet manufacturing facility in Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County. On August 2, 2001, the Title V Operating Permit was administratively amended to incorporate Plan Approval No 21-05001A for construction of KJ automotive carpet backing molding line. This is Revision No. 2 of the operating permit.

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

   60-00001:  Bucknell University (Department of Physical Plant, Lewisburg, PA 17837) on July 26, 2001, to incorporate conditions established in Plan Approval 60-0001A for a five-megawatt natural gas fired combustion turbine, a 70 thousand pound per hour heat recovery boiler with a natural gas fired duct burner, an 88.8 million BTU per hour natural gas/#2 fuel oil-fired boiler, an 85.2 million BTU per hour natural gas/#2 fuel oil-fired boiler and a 500 kilowatt diesel-fired emergency generator in Lewisburg Borough, Union County.

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

   37-00011:  Dairy Farmers of America (R. R. 1 Box 268, New Wilmington, PA 16142) for an administrative amendment to the Natural Minor Operating Permit to correct errors and identify personnel changes in the Wilmington Township, Lawrence County.

   Department of Public Health, Air Management Services:  321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact:  Roger Fey, Chief, (215) 823-7584.

   95-073:  Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Nursing Home Care Unit (University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19104) originally issued on June 10, 1999, has been administratively amended on August 6, 2001, to change the facility contact and to incorporate a new ethylene oxide sterilizer system. The previous ethylene oxide sterilizer has been removed from the facility and the permit.

ACTIONS ON COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS


Actions on 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 Cleans 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). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 Water Quality Certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the application permitting requirements of the following statutes; the Air Quality 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.

Coal Permits Issued

   Pottsville District Mining Office:  5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   40900203R2. Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, 13th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814-6161), renewal of an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation in Newport Township, Luzerne County affecting 49.5 acres, receiving stream--none. Renewal issued:  August 2, 2001.

   40663023R3. Pagnotti Enterprises, Inc. (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine, coal refuse reprocessing & refuse disposal operation in Hazle Township, Luzerne County affecting 640.0 acres, receiving stream--none. Renewal issued:  August 3, 2001.

   Hawk Run District Mining Office:  Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209.

   17970119. Moravian Run Reclamation Co., Inc. (605 Sheridan Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine-auger permit in Gulich Township, Clearfield County affecting 52.7 acres. Receiving stream--Muddy Run. Application received:  May 21, 2001. Permit issued:  July 31, 2001.

   Greensburg District Mining Office:  Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982.

   26000201. Carbon Fuel Resources, Inc. (200 College Drive, Suite 300, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mining/coal refuse reprocessing site located in German Township, Fayette County, affecting 73.7 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Browns Run, Browns Run and the Monongahela River. Application received:  August 9, 2000. Permit issued:  July 30, 2001.

   65960109. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County affecting 64 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Harbridge Run and McGee Run. Renewal application received:  June 4, 2001. Permit issued:  August 3, 2001.

   65960107. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County affecting 460 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributaries to Laurel Run and Jacob's Creek and Jacob's Creek. Renewal application received:  February 21, 2001. Permit issued: August 3, 2001.

   65010101. M. B. Energy, Inc. (175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County affecting 197 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributaries to Saxman Run, Saxman Run to Loyalhanna Creek, to Conemaugh River. Permit application received:  January 22, 2001. Permit issued:  August 3, 2001.

   Cambria District Mining Office:  286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.

   11960105. Permit Renewal, E. P. Bender Coal Company, Inc. (Main & Lehmier Streets, P. O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722), for continued operation of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Reade & Beccaria Townships, Cambria and Clearfield Counties, receiving stream Turner Run and Clear Creek, Clearfield Creek. Application received:  June 5, 2001. Permit issued:  July 31, 2001.

   32970108. Permit Revision, KMP Associates (R. D. 2, Box 194, Avonmore, PA 15618), requesting a land use change from forestland, commercial operations to unmanaged wildlife habitat and wildlife habitat on the property owned by Charles S. & Dolores M. Kravetsky in Young & Conemaugh Townships, Indiana County, affecting 166.6 acres, receiving stream Harpers Run and unnamed tributary to Blacklegs Creek. Application received:  May 29, 2001. Permit issued:  July 31, 2001.

   McMurray District Mining Office:  3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   56841306. Lion Mining Company (P. O. Box 209, Jennerstown, PA 15547), to revise the permit for the Grove No. 1/E-seam in Jenner Township, Somerset County to revise surface permit to strip mine 4 acres to close, backfill and reclaim deep mine entry, no additional discharges. Permit issued:  July 31, 2001.

   30733707. Consolidation Coal Company (P. O. Box 100, Osage, WV 26543), to renew the permit for the Robena CRDA in Monongahela and Greene Townships, Greene County to renew permit, no additional discharges. Permit issued:  August 2, 2001.

Noncoal Permits Issued

   Pottsville District Mining Office:  5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   7475SM3A1C4. Keystone Cement Company (P. O. Box A, Route 329, Bath, PA 18014-0058), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0612308 in East Allen Township, Northampton County, receiving stream--Monocacy Creek. Renewal issued:  August 2, 2001.

   4873SM10A2C5. Codorus Stone & Supply Co., Inc. (135 Mundis Race Road, York, PA 17402), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0595284 in Manchester Township, York County, receiving stream--unnamed tributary to Codorus Creek. Renewal issued: August 3, 2001.

FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

   Except as otherwise noted, the Department of Environmental Protection certifies that the construction and operation herein described will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) and that the construction will not violate applicable Federal and State Water Quality Standards.

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary of the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


Actions on applications for the following activities filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27), section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and The Cleans Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.-- 691.702) and Notice of Final Action for Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)). (Note:  Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications:

WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS

   Southeast Region:  Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   E23-411. Ridley Township, 100 E. MacDade Boulevard, Folsom, PA 19033-3622, Ridley Township, Delaware County, ACOE Philadelphia District.

   To remove an existing pedestrian bridge and 35-foot section of retaining wall and to construct and maintain a 5-foot wide wooden pedestrian bridge consisting of a 42-foot span and to install and maintain associated rock riprap protection within and along Shipley Run (WWF-MF), a tributary to Muckinpates Creek. The site is located approximately 580 feet north of the intersection of Hannum Avenue & Hutchinson Terrace (Lansdowne PA Quadrangle, N:  4.5 inches; W:  7.9 inches).

   E23-378. Joyfor Joint Venture, 1604 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Newtown Square, Newtown Township, Delaware County, ACOE Philadelphia District.

   To perform the following activities associated with the construction of the Marville at Newtown Square Commercial Development, Parcel ''B,'' located approximately 700 feet north of the intersection of West Chester Pike and Alice Grim Boulevard (Media, PA Quadrangle N:  8.0 inches; W:  19.5 inches).

   1.  To construct and maintain a 54 linear-foot arch bridge, consisting of a 14-foot by 7.25-foot waterway opening, in and along an unnamed tributary to Crum Creek (CWF) associated with the construction of a proposed ring road. Work also includes the installation of a 15-inch R.C.P. storm sewer across the top of the proposed arch bridge.

   2.  To place and maintain fill within an unnamed tributary to Reese's Run (CWF) and an adjacent wetland (PEM/PSS) to facilitate the construction of a hotel, associated parking facilities and an access road. The project will impact 0.53 acre of wetland and approximately 600 linear feet of an unnamed tributary of Reese's Run, a tributary to Crum Creek.

   The permittee is required to provide a minimum of 1.23 acres of replacement wetlands.

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

   E40-558. John and Susan Halbing, 20 Winding Way, Dallas, PA 18612. Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.

   To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a pile supported private recreational dock having a surface area of approximately 1,700 S.F. and extending 50 feet from the shore of Harveys Lake. The project is located along the northern shore at Pole 120 (Noxen, PA Quadrangle N:  0.7 inch; W: 4.2 inches).

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

   E08-367--Denied. Endless Mountains Energy LLC or Calpine, Pilot House, Second Floor, Lewis Wharf, Boston, MA 02110. Intake pipeline, in Wysox Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District (Towanda, PA Quadrangle N:  1.4 inches; W: 7.62 inches).

   To construct and maintain a river water intake structure consisting of two 84-inch long by 30-inch diameter wedge-wire stainless steel intake screens which will be mounted on a manifold which projects up from the river bed and to construct and maintain approximately 170 lineal feet of 24-inch diameter intake pipeline which will extend from the intake structure to a pump station located on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River and to construct and maintain a submerged single-port 8-inch diameter Tideflex effluent diffuser and 160-lineal feet of 24-inch diameter outfall piping located approximately 160 feet offshore of the east bank of the Susquehanna River.

   E17-335. Eagle Environmental II, LP, 11 New Street, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. Residual Waste Landfill, in Chest Township, Clearfield County, ACOE Baltimore District (Westover, PA Quadrangle N:  1.19 inches; W:  2.30 inches).

   To construct, operate and maintain a residual waste landfill and its appurtenant structures in the Pine Run Watershed; and to construct, operate and maintain a treated leachate outfall structure in Chest Creek for the operation of the Royal Oak Residual Waste Landfill. The construction of the landfill appurtenant structure shall be limited to three treated stormwater outfalls and a maximum wetland impact of 0.17-acre. The effluent outfall structure shall be constructed with a submerged 8-inch diameter high-density polyethylene pipe in the channel of Chest Creek. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0036 approximately 1.7-miles east of T-412 and T-409 intersection in Chest Township, Clearfield County. The permittee shall construct the 0.42-acre of on-site replacement wetlands prior to commencing the wetland impacts authorized by this permit.

   E17-356. Huston Township Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 121. Penfield, PA 15840-0121, in Huston Township, Clearfield County, ACOE Baltimore River Basin District (Penfield, PA Quadrangle N:  16.5 inches; W:  8.6 inches).

   To install, operate and maintain a 2-inch diameter polyethylene pipe crossing Eric Hollow Run, Mill Run, Moose Run, Tyler Run, Bennetts Branch-Sinnemahoning Creek, four unnamed tributaries to Bennetts Branch and eight wetlands for the collection, conveyance and treatment of municipal wastewater. All utility lines crossing beneath waterways shall encased in concrete. The project is located along SR 0255 approximately 2.5-miles north of SR 0153 and SR 0255 intersection. This also authorizes the construction, operation and maintenance of an outfall structure to treated wastewater effluent to an existing abandon mine pool. All wetland impacts associated to the collection and conveyance system shall be temporary, as such the permittee will not need to mitigate with replacement wetlands.

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

   E02-1336. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 11-0, 45 Thoms Run Road, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Findlay Township, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.

   To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a new bridge having a clear span of 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) with an underclearance of 2.83 meters (7.28 feet) across Raredon Run (WWF), to relocate and maintain approximately 328.0 feet of the channel of an unnamed tributary to Raredon Run (WWF) located just west of said bridge, to relocate and maintain approximately 393.6 feet of an unnamed tributary to Raredon Run (WWF) located just east of said bridge and to place and maintain fill in a de minimis area of PEM/PSS wetland equal to 0.03 acre for the purpose of improving highway safety. The project is located on S.R. 3088 Sect A01, Station 0+241.570, Offset 0000, Segment 0010 (Aliquippa, PA Quadrangle N:  3.5 inches; W:  7.4 inches).

   E02-1338. County of Allegheny, Department of Public Works, Room 501, County Office Building, 542 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-5386. West Deer Township, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.

   To remove approximately 600 cy of accumulated sedimentation from three locations, to construct and maintain two Fish Mounds, to construct an maintain two Fishing pods, to construct and maintain three Aeration Diffusers, to repair and maintain a concrete retaining wall and two concrete bridge piers, to repair an undercut end wall and to construct and maintain handicap access path around the lake with a stream crossing consisting of four 18 inch diameter CPE culvert pipes and an approximately 17 feet long concrete transition channel on the upstream end of the culvert pipes in a tributary to Little Deer Creek (TSF). The project is located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Mehaffey Road and Park Road (New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N:  22.1 inches; W:  10.2 inches).

   E56-299. Somerset County Conservation District, 1590 North Center Avenue, Suite 103, Somerset, PA 15501. Borough of Jennerstown, Somerset County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.

   To relocate and maintain approximately 1250 LF of Beaverdam Creek (HQ-CWF) between its confluence with Quemahoning Creek and S.R. 4023. The project includes the construction and maintenance of a 200-foot long, 10-foot wide, 6-foot deep open box culvert in the relocated channel and impacts to 2.34 acres of wetlands. The purpose of the project is to separate the stream flow from an acid mine discharge in order to improve the water quality in the relocated portion of the watercourse. The project will result in the loss of approximately 420 LF of watercourse. The permittee will restore and reconstruct 1.69 acres of wetlands and will construct another 0.65 acre of replacement wetland in a future phase of construction (Boswell, PA Quadrangle N:  5.95 inches; W:  6.05 inches).

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

   E10-334, Zokaites Contracting, Inc., 375 Golfside Drive, Wexford, PA 15090. Marshall Woods Phase I Residential Development, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Mars, PA Quadrangle N:  18.0 inches; W:  13.7 inches).

   To fill 0.45 acre of wetland (PEM/PSS) associated with the construction of a stormwater detention basin and enclose approximately 320 feet of the channel of a tributary to Brush Creek (WWF) having a contributory drainage area less than 100 acres within the Marshall Woods Phase I residential development northeast of the intersection of T-311 North Boundary Road and T-305 Marshall Road. This project includes creation of 0.45 acre of replacement wetland on site.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

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

   EA24-005NW, Elk County Fisherman, HCR1 Box 199A, Ridgeway, PA 15853. Yonkers Run Limestone Channel Extension, in Jones Township, Elk County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Glen Hazel, PA Quadrangle N:  19.25 inches; W:  9.10 inches).

   To install and maintain limestone strips and a series of ten check dams within a 200 foot long by 3--5 feet wide segment of a perennial unnamed tributary to Yonkers Run (CWF) to remediate acid mine drainage.

STORAGE TANKS

SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION PERMITS


The following Storage Tank Site-Specific Installation Permits, under the authority of the Storage Tank Spill Prevention Act (35 P. S. §§ 6021.304, 6021.504, 6021.1101 and 6021.1102) and under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 245, Subchapter C, have been issued by the Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Director, P. O. Box 8763, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8763.

SSIP Applicant Name & Tank Tank
Permit No. Address County Municipality Type Capacity
01-67-003 Kathleen M. Furlong
Iris Energy LLC, (Brunner
Island Power Plant)
100 Nyala Farm
Westport, CT 06880
York East Manchester 2 ASTs
Fuel Additive
15,000
gallons each
01-47-001 Kathleen M. Furlong
Iris Energy LLC, (Montour
Power Plant)
100 Nyala Farm
Westport, CT 06880
Montour Derry Township 2 ASTs
Fuel Additive
15,000
gallons each

SPECIAL NOTICES

Notice of Certification to Perform Radon-Related Activities in Pennsylvania

   In the month of July 2001 the Department of Environmental Protection, under the authority contained in the Radon Certification Act (63 P. S. §§ 2001--2014) and regulations promulgated thereunder at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 240, has certified the persons listed to perform radon-related activities in this Commonwealth. The period of certification is 2 years. For a complete list of persons currently certified to perform radon-related activities in Pennsylvania and for information as to the specific testing devices that persons certified for testing or laboratory are certified to use, contact the Bureau of Radiation Protection, Radon Division, P. O. Box 8469, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469, (800) 23RADON.

Type of
Name Address Certification
Advantage Radon Control Centers 804 Second Street Pike Mitigation
Southampton, PA 18966
Jeffrey Calta 106 Vensel Lane Laboratory
Chicora, PA 16025
Delta Inspection Services, Inc. P. O. Box 586 Testing
Yardley, PA 19067
D-Tech, Inc. P. O. Box 902 Testing
Blue Bell, PA 19422
Richard Haag 346 North Pottstown Pike Testing
Safe Shelter Environmental Exton, PA 19341 Mitigation
Robert Krause P. O. Box 1517 Testing
Scranton, PA 18501
David Lanzer 174 Penn Lear Drive Mitigation
Clean Air Pro Monroeville, PA 15146
Cynthia Lawn 2334 Orthodox Street Testing
Franklin Environmental Analysis Philadelphia, PA 19137 Laboratory
Carl Mastropaolo 1839 Ashurst Road Testing
Philadelphia, PA 19151
Joseph Miloser, Jr. 134 Woodrow Drive Testing
Ellwood City, PA 16117
Joseph Molony 220 Dotterer Road Testing
Lenhartsville, PA 19534
Peter Muehlbronner 101 Witmer Road, Suite 600 Testing
All State Home Inspections, Inc. Horsham, PA 19044
Lewis Nelson, IV P. O. Box 830 Testing
First Choice Radon Testing Co., Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Gary Patterson 118 East College Avenue Mitigation
Pleasant Gap, PA 16823
Josh Rudy 1857 Sturbridge Drive Testing
Lancaster, PA 17601
United States Toxic Substance Testing Bureau 804 Second Street Pike Testing
Southampton, PA 18966
Rodney Williams 4296 Limeport Pike Testing
Coopersburg, PA 18036

Public Hearing Notice

   The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, September 27, 2001, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Marienville Area Civic Association building, adjacent to the Jenks Township Building, in downtown Marienville, PA. The hearing is in response to comments received on two applications from Pennsylvania General Energy for discharges of stormwater associated with oil and gas development construction activities. These applications are for new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits to discharge stormwater from construction activities to Salmon Creek, Little Salmon Creek and an unnamed tributary to Salmon Creek in Kingsley and Jenks Townships, Forest County. The NPDES applications are numbered PAS102703 and PAS102704.

   Any person who wishes to present testimony at the hearing should submit a written notice of intent to Robert Gleeson, Oil & Gas Management, DEP, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3494, on or before September 20, 2001. The written notice should include the person's name, address, telephone number and a brief statement as to the nature of the testimony to be offered at the hearing. Testimony may be presented in either written or oral form. All testimony should be concise, to the point and relevant to the permit issue. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per speaker. Those presenting written testimony can submit a written copy of the comments and any relevant documents at the hearing. Written testimony can also be sent to Robert Gleeson in the Meadville Oil & Gas Program either prior to the hearing or until October 3, 2001.

   After the hearing DEP will prepare a document including a summary of the written and oral comments submitted at the hearing, DEP's responses to the comments and the reasons for the responses. DEP will make its decision on the applications following completion of this summary.

   Interested persons may obtain further information or inspect and copy public forms and related documents at the DEP Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments for file reviews can be made by calling (814) 332-6340.

BUREAU OF DEEP MINE SAFETY

REQUEST FOR VARIANCE

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), Bureau of Deep Mine Safety (Bureau), has received a request for variance from Mears Enterprises, Inc. for the Ondo Mine. 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 website 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 30 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 Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act (52 P. S. §§ 701 and 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 224(b) states that whenever any working place in a mine approaches within 50 feet of abandoned workings certified by an engineer or within 200 feet of any abandoned workings which cannot be inspected, or within 200 feet of any other abandoned workings, boreholes shall be drilled sufficiently close to each other to ensure that the advancing face will not hole through into the abandoned workings.

   Summary of the Request:  Mears Enterprises, Inc. requests a variance to drill holes to determine whether or not the projected mining will be negatively impacted by the country banks adjacent to the Ondo Mine.
 

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1499. Filed for public inspection August 17, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]



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