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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 07-845

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Applications, Actions and Special Notices


APPLICATIONS

[37 Pa.B. 2218]
[Saturday, May 12, 2007]

THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT

APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (WQM) PERMITS

   This notice provides information about persons who have applied for a new, amended or renewed NPDES or WQM permit, a permit waiver for certain stormwater discharges or submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) for coverage under a general permit. The applications concern, but are not limited to, discharges related to industrial, animal or sewage waste, discharges to groundwater, discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), stormwater associated with construction activities or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act.

Location Permit Authority Application Type or Category
Section I NPDES Renewals
Section II NPDES New or amendment
Section III WQM Industrial, sewage or animal waste; discharge into groundwater
Section IV NPDES MS4 individual permit
Section V NPDES MS4 permit waiver
Section VI NPDES Individual permit stormwater construction
Section VII NPDES NOI for coverage under NPDES general permits

   For NPDES renewal applications in Section I, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a tentative determination to reissue these permits for 5 years subject to effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements in their current permits, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new and changed regulations and other requirements.

   For applications for new NPDES permits and renewal applications with major changes in Section II, as well as applications for MS4 individual permits and individual stormwater construction permits in Sections IV and VI, the Department, based upon preliminary reviews, has made a tentative determination of proposed effluent limitations and other terms and conditions for the permit applications. These determinations are published as proposed actions for comments prior to taking final actions.

   Unless indicated otherwise, the EPA Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to proposed NPDES permit actions under the waiver provision in 40 CFR 123.24(d).

   Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before an application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Persons wishing to comment on a WQM permit application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before the application within 15 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the applications. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.

   The Department will also accept requests for a public hearing on applications. A public hearing may be held if the responsible office considers the public response significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. The Department will postpone its final determination until after a public hearing is held.

   Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service, including TDD users, or other accommodations to seek additional information should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


I. NPDES Renewal Applications

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

NPDES No.
(Type)
Facility Name &
Address
County &
Municipality
Stream Name
(Watershed #)
EPA Waived Y/N ?
PA0060020 Milford Senior Care & Rehabilitation Center
264 Route 6 and 209
Milford, PA 18337
Pike County
Westfall Township
Delaware River
01D
Y
PA0061336
(Minor Industrial Waste)
PA American Water Company
Nesbitt WTP
R. R. 2, Box 195
Aston Mountain Road
Pittston, PA 18640-9502
Pittston Township
Luzerne County
Trout Creek
5A
Y

   Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES No.
(Type)
Facility Name &
Address
County &
Municipality
Stream Name
(Watershed #)
EPA Waived Y/N ?
PA0043567
(SEW)
York Springs Municipal Authority
P. O. Box 175
York Springs, PA 17372-0222
Adams County
Huntingdon Township
Gardner Run
7F
Y
PA0088480
(SEW)
Double L Partners
Centennial Meadows Development
982 Bollinger Road
Littlestown, PA 17340
Adams County
Mount Pleasant Township
UNT Conewago Creek
7F
Y

   Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
NPDES No.
(Type)
Facility Name &
Address
County &
Municipality
Stream Name
(Watershed #)
EPA Waived Y/N ?
PA0103471 Shenango Township Municipal Authority
P. O. Box 266
West Middlesex, PA 16159
Shenango Township
Mercer County
UNT to Shenango River
20-A
Y

II. Applications for New or Expanded Facility Permits, Renewal of Major Permits and EPA Nonwaived Permit Applications

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

   PA0051365, Industrial Waste, SIC 4941, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., 762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3489. This existing facility is located in East Bradford Township, Chester County.

   Description of Proposed Activity: This application is for the renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated filter backwash and sedimentation basin water from the Ingrams Mill WTP, which is a surface water treatment plant and booster station.

   The receiving stream, East Branch Brandywine Creek, in State Water Plan Watershed 3H, is classified for: WWF, MF, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. East Branch Brandywine Creek is tributary to Brandywine Creek. There are no downstream potable water supply intakes identified in PA. The discharge is located approximately 13 river miles from the State Line. A Wilmington, DE, water supply intake is located on Brandywine Creek approximately 7.5 river miles downstream from the State Line.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 0.233 mgd are as follows:

Average Average Maximum Instantaneous
ParametersMonthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Daily (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l)
Total Suspended Solids 20 40 50
Iron, Total 2.0 4.0 5.0
Aluminum, Total 4.0 8.0 10.0
Manganese, Total 1.0 2.0 2.5
Total Residual Chlorine 0.35 0.70 0.73
Chloroform Monitor and Report Monitor and Report
Chlorodibromomethane Monitor and Report Monitor and Report
Dichlorobromomethane Monitor and Report Monitor and Report
Turbidity Monitor and Report average daily during dewatering of sedimentation basins
pH Within limits of 6.0 to 9.0 standard units at all times

   In addition to the effluent limits, the permit contains the following major special conditions:

   1.  Notification of Designation of Operator
   2.  Effective Disinfection
   3.  Remedial Measures if Unsatisfactory Effluent
   4.  BAT/ELG Reopener
   5.  Change of Ownership
   6.  Total Residual Chlorine Requirement
   7.  Sludge Disposal Requirement
   8.  I-Max
   9.  Sedimentation Basin Cleaning
   10.  Laboratory Certification


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

   PA No. 0062693, Industrial, Municipal Authority of the Township of Blythe, 375 Valley Street, New Philadelphia, PA 17959. This proposed facility is located in Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County.

   Description of Proposed Activity: Renewal of NPDES permit.

   The receiving stream, Big Creek, is in the State Water Plan Watershed No. 3A and is classified for: CWF. The nearest downstream public water supply intake for Pottstown Borough Water Authority is located on the Schuylkill River over 50 miles below the point of discharge.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 based on a design flow of 0.026 mgd.

Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l)
AverageMaximumAverageMaximum
Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily
Total Suspended Solids 30.0 60.0
Total Aluminum 0.90 1.80 2.7 5.4
Total Iron 2.0 4.0
Total Manganese 1.0 2.0
pH 6.0 to 9.0 standard units
Total Residual Chlorine 0.5

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

   PA0253405, Industrial Waste, SIC 6552, Kacin Brothers, Inc., 795 Pine Valley Drive, Suite 24, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated acid mine drainage from the Briarwood Lane Mine Drainage in Plum Borough, Allegheny County.

   The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, UNT to Little Plum Creek, classified as a WWF with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream potable water supply is Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, located at 2200 Robinson Boulevard, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221, 12 miles below the discharge point.

   Outfall 001: new discharge, design flow of 0.0144 mgd.

Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l)
Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous
Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum
Flow (mgd) Monitor and Report
Suspended solids 35 7090
Aluminum Monitor and Report
CopperMonitor and Report
Iron 3.0 6.0 7.0
Iron, dissolvedMonitor and Report
Manganese 2.0 4.05.0
Nickel Monitor and Report
Zinc Monitor and Report
pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity at all times.

   The EPA waiver is in effect.


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

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

   WQM Permit No. 4807404, Sewerage, City of Bethlehem, City Hall, 10 East Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018-6025. This proposed facility is located in City of Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for the construction of a wastewater collection and conveyance facilities to include a gravity sanitary sewer, pump station and force main that will serve a Brownfield Redevelopment located in vicinity of Easton Road, Bethlehem City with proposed sewage flows of 13,000 gpd.

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

   WQM Permit No. 6707406, Sewerage, Wrightsville Municipal Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 187, Wrightsville, PA 17368. This proposed facility is located in Wrightsville Township, York County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Seeking permit authorization for the upgrade to their treatment plant to meet the future nitrogen and phosphorus effluent concentrations. The upgrade will not increase the hydraulic capacity of the plant.

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

   WQM Permit No. 1407405, Sewerage, SIC 4952, Judith A. Taylor, 168 Hastings Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823. This proposed facility will be located in Union Township, Centre County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Applicant seeks a permit authorizing the design, construction and operation of a small flow treatment facility, consisting of a septic tank, effluent filter, effluent pump, peat biofilter and an erosion chlorinator. Discharge will be to Dewitt Run, a CWF.

   WQM Permit No. 1407406, Sewerage, SIC 4952, Eric S. Durante, 4663 Route 322, Brookville, PA 15825. This proposed facility will be located in Taylor Township, Centre County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Applicant seeks a permit authorizing the design, construction and operation of a small flow treatment facility, consisting of a septic tank, effluent filter, sand filter and an erosion chlorinator. Discharge will be to a UNT to Bald Eagle Creek, a CWF.

   WQM Permit No. WQG02140701, Sewerage, SIC 4952, Centre Hall-Potter Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 497, 2940 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall, PA 16828. This proposed facility will be located in Potter Township, Centre County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Applicant seeks a permit to authorize the design, construction and operation of a pump station to serve the proposed first phase of Mountainview Estates residential development, which will consist of 27 EDUs and the existing 111 unit Rud-Cor mobile home park.

   WQM Permit No. 5507403, Sewerage, Penns Creek Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 148, Penns Creek, PA 17862. This proposed facility is located in Center Township, Snyder County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application for installation of a fine screen on the influent and replacement of the existing baffle at the existing treatment facility.

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

   WQM Permit No. WQG016145, Sewerage, Anthony Sciulli, 3241 Parkview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. This proposed facility is located in Marshall Township, Allegheny County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application for the construction and operation of a single-residence sewage treatment plant.

   WQM Permit No. 0296403-A1, Sewerage, Ohio Township Sanitary Authority, 1719 Roosevelt Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. This existing facility is located in Ohio Township, Allegheny County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Application for amendment to reflect installation of a motor-driven macerator at the Verland Pump Station.

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

   WQM Permit No. 1682401, Sewerage Amendment No. 2, Municipal Authority of Strattanville Borough, P. O. Box 139, 361 Virgin Alley, Strattanville, PA 16258. This proposed facility is located in Borough of Strattanville, Clarion County.

   Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for the installation of a fine screen on the influent to the treatment plant and a larger chlorine contact tank at the plant and an upgrade to the plant's capacity.


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


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


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

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

   Luzerne County Conservation District: Smith Pond Road, Route 485, Lehman, PA 18627-0250, (570) 674-7991.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI024006009 SADG-2, Inc.
100 Colliery Lane
Dickson City, PA 18519
Luzerne White Haven Borough Lehigh River
HQ-CWF

   Lackawanna County Conservation District: 1300 Old Plank Road, Mayfield, PA 18433, (570) 281-9495.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI023507006 First Industrial
200 Phillips Road
Exton, PA 19341
Lackawanna Covington Township Roaring Brook
HQ-CWF
Meadow Brook
HQ-CWF
PAI023507007 Allan Mykalo
Jefferson Township Sewer Authority
487 Cortez Road
Lake Ariel, PA 18436
Lackawanna Jefferson Township West Branch of Wallenpaupack Creek
HQ-CWF

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

   Armstrong County Conservation District, Armsdale Administration Building, Suite B-2, 124 Armsdale Road, Kittanning, PA 16201, (724) 548-3425/3428.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI050307001 Jeffrey and Kristen Christy
138 Horseshoe Drive
Freeport, PA 16229
Armstrong South Buffalo Township Buffalo Creek
HQ

   Somerset County Conservation District, Somerset County Agricultural Center, 6024 Glades Pike, Suite 103, Somerset, PA 15501, (814) 445-4652.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI055607001 Shaffer Mountain Wind, LLC
One South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Somerset and Bedford Counties Somerset County
Ogle and Shade Townships
Bedford County
Napier Township
Piney Run
EV
Clear Shade Creek
EV
Beaverdam Run
HQ-CWF

   Central Office: Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 400 Market Street, Floor 5, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI101707002 BAMR
P. O. Box 8476
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476
(717) 783-1311
Clearfield County Goshen and Lawrence Townships Flegals Run to Lick Run
HQ-CWF

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

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

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 or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, 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 below, 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 below. During this comment period the municipality may request that the person identified below, 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, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in 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 (800) 654-5984.

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

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

   Bud Friend, Inc., Emmaus Borough, Lehigh County. Brian Evans, B & B Diversified Enterprises, Inc., P. O. Box No. 188, Gwynedd, PA 19436 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Arland and Judith Friend, 700 Chestnut Street, Emmaus, PA 18049, concerning the remediation of soil found to be impacted by a release of used motor oil as the result of the removal of an unregulated underground storage tank. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Residential Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the East Penn Publishing Group on September 13, 2006.

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

   Clay's Service Station / Former Exxon Station No. 2-3303, Mechanicsburg Borough, Cumberland County. Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc., 440 Creamery Way, Suite 500, Exton, PA 19341, on behalf of James Clay, Clay's Service Center, 138 West Main Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-6229 and Exxon Mobil Corporation, 7715 Crittenden Street, No. 309, Philadelphia, PA 19118-4421, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The property is a former automobile service center and will be used as a commercial property in the future. The applicant intends to remediate to both the Site-Specific and Statewide Health Standards.

   Lebanon Steel-Bachman Site, Swatara Township, Lebanon County. Spotts, Stevens, and McCoy, Inc., 1047 North Park Road, P. O. Box 6307, Reading, PA 19610, on behalf of Washington Street Castings, 376 Mountville Drive, Lebanon, PA 17046, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated by nickel and lead from historical foundry sand disposal. The property will be used for nonresidential development. The applicant intends to remediate to the Site-Specific Standard.

DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Determination of Applicability for General Permit WMGI005 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 Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Processing Facilities.

   Southcentral Region: Waste Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200.

   General Permit No. WMGI005SC001. GlaxoSmith- Kline Biologicals N.A., 325 North Bridge Street, Marietta, PA 17547. The Department has received a determination of applicability (DOA) under the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste General Permit (No. WMGI005) for the GlaxoSmithKline facility, located in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County. This general permit is the processing of infectious waste by means of chemical and thermal inactivation. The Department determined the DOA application to be administratively complete on April 12, 2007.

   Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact John Oren, Facilities Manager, Waste Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4706. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984.

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