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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 08-1530a

[38 Pa.B. 4638]
[Saturday, August 23, 2008]

[Continued from previous Web Page]

AIR QUALITY

PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS

NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State operating permit and Title V operating permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.

   The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.

   Copies of the applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the regional office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.

   Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a proposed plan approval or operating permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the Plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified before the application. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984. Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act (act) and regulations adopted under the act.

PLAN APPROVALS


Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.

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

   24-083O:  Carbone of America (215 Stackpole Street, St. Marys, PA 15857) for installation of a new natural gas fired carbon baking kiln, thermal oxidizer and limestone scrubber at their facility in St. Marys City, Elk County. This is a Title V facility.

   42-004D:  American Refining Group (77 North Kendall Avenue, Bradford, PA 16701) for plan approval to change existing emission limits and applicable requirements associated with the following sources: Crude Unit Heater, Raffienate Heater and ISOM Heater, Boiler No. 5 and Refinery Flare all at their Bradford facility in Bradford City, McKean County. This is a Title V facility, Permit No. 42-0004.


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

   Northeast Region:  Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2507.

   39-327-004:  Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. (1833 Vultee Street, Allentown, PA 18103) for construction of a new batch vapor degreaser at their facility in Allentown, Lehigh County. The operation of the new degreaser will result in annual emissions of 11.6 tpy of VOCs and 0.12 tpy of HAPs. The facility is a non-Title V (State-only) facility and has been issued Synthetic Minor Operating Permit No. 39-00074. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will include emission restrictions and reporting, work practices and recordkeeping requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Synthetic Minor Operating Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.

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

   05-05006B:  Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. (1700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE, Charleston, WV 25314) for installation of two dehydrator flares to replace the existing flares at their Artemas Compressor Station in Mann Township, Bedford County. The dehydrators are subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH, National Emission Standards for HAPs from Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facilities, MACT. The facility has the potential to emit, annually, the following: 50 tons VOC, 10 tons of a single HAP and 100 tons each of NOx and CO. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility is presently covered by the Title V operating permit No. 05-05006.

   06-05005C:  Eastern Industries, Inc.--Oley Blacktop Plant (R. D. 1, P. O. Box 265, Bieber Mill Road, Oley, PA 19547) for conversion of the existing rotary dryer burner to be capable of burning On-Specification Waste Derived Liquid Fuel in addition to previously approved liquid fuels No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5. The plant will continue to be controlled by a cyclone and a fabric filter baghouse in Oley Township, Berks County. The actual emissions from this facility will be about 98.0 tpy of CO, 29.4 tpy of NOx, 21.6 tpy of SOx, 6.6 tpy of PM and 0.2 tpy of VOC. This plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   06-05066G:  Exide Technologies (P. O. Box 14294, Reading, PA 19612-4294) for modification of the secondary lead smelter furnaces at their facility in Laureldale Borough/Muhlenberg Township, Berks County. The modification will reset the minimum flow rate limits for the various wet control devices (two venturi scrubbers and two spray chambers). The modification will result in no changes in the emission rates. The sources are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Standards and 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart X, National Emission Standards for HAPs from Secondary Lead Smelters. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirement designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility is presently covered by the Title V operating permit No. 06-05066. The plan approval will be incorporated into this permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.

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

   59-00005G:  Dominion Transmission, Inc. (445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301) for construction of a 2,370 horsepower natural gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion compressor engine, a 5,810 horsepower natural gas-fired compressor turbine and eight 65 kW natural gas-fired microturbines at the Sabinsville Compressor Station in Clymer Township, Tioga County.

   The facility in which the proposed construction will take place is a major (Title V) facility for which a Title V operating permit (No. 59-00005) has been issued.

   The CO, VOC and VHAP (primarily formaldehyde) emissions from the reciprocating engine and turbine will be controlled by oxidation catalysts.

   The total combined air contaminant emissions from the reciprocating engine, turbine and eight microturbines are not expected to exceed 36.85 tons of NOx, 18.91 tons of CO, 10.12 tons of PM/PM10, 5.89 tons of VOCs, 2.31 tons of VHAPs (including 1.88 tons of formaldehyde) and .39 ton of SOx per year.

   The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Dominion Transmission, Inc. indicates that the proposed reciprocating engine, turbine and microturbines will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including Subparts YYYY and ZZZZ of the National Emission Standards for HAPs, Subparts JJJJ and KKKK of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and the BAT requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval for the construction of the proposed reciprocating engine, turbine and eight microturbines. Additionally, if the Department determines that the engine, turbine and microturbines are operating in compliance with all conditions of the plan approval and all applicable regulatory requirements following their construction, the Department intends to incorporate the plan approval conditions into Title V Operating Permit 59-00005 in accordance with the administrative amendment requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.

   The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements:

   1.  The reciprocating engine, turbine and microturbines shall be fired only on pipeline quality natural gas.

   2.  The reciprocating engine shall be equipped with an air fuel ratio controller and an oxidation catalyst which is capable of reducing the engine's CO, VOC and VHAP emissions by 93%, 80% and 80%, respectively.

   3.  The NOx emissions from the reciprocating engine shall not exceed .70 gram per brake horsepower-hour, 3.66 pounds per hour and 16.03 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the CO emissions shall not exceed .18 gram per brake horsepower-hour, .91 pound per hour and 3.99 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the VOC emissions shall not exceed .20 gram per brake horsepower hour, 1.05 pounds per hour and 4.58 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the PM/PM10 emissions shall not exceed .16 pound per hour and .70 ton in any 12 month consecutive month period, the total combined HAP emissions shall not exceed .47 pound per hour and 2.06 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the formaldehyde emissions shall not exceed .08 gram per brake horsepower-hour, .42 pound per hour and 1.84 tons in any 12-consecutive month period and the SOx emissions shall not exceed .009 pound per hour and .04 ton in any 12-consecutive month period.

   The emission limitations contained in this condition apply only to ''stack emissions'' and do not have any applicability to any fugitive air contaminant emissions which may occur as a result of engine operation.

   4.  The oxidation catalyst associated with the reciprocating engine shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor the differential pressure across the catalyst and the catalyst inlet and outlet temperatures.

   5.  The differential pressure across the catalyst in the oxidation catalyst associated with the reciprocating engine shall not deviate by more than two inches wg at 100% engine load +/-10% from the differential pressure measured across the catalyst during the initial stack testing required herein and the catalyst inlet temperature shall be maintained at a temperature of no less than 450° F but no more than 1,350° F.

   6.  The reciprocating engine shall comply with all applicable requirements specified in Subpart JJJJ of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR 60.4230--60.4248, and Subpart ZZZZ of the National Emission Standards for HAPs, 40 CFR 63.6580--63.6675.

   7.  The turbine shall be equipped with Solar SoLoNOx technology and an oxidation catalyst which is capable of reducing the turbine's CO, VOC, VHAP and formaldehyde emissions by 96%, 50%, 86% and 94%, respectively.

   8.  The NOx emissions from the turbine shall not exceed 25 parts per million, by volume, dry basis, corrected to 15% O2, and 4.66 pounds per hour, the CO emissions shall not exceed 2 parts per million, by volume, dry basis, corrected to 15% O2, and .23 pound per hour, and the VOC emissions shall not exceed 12.5 parts per million, by volume, dry basis, corrected to 15% O2, and .24 pound per hour when operating in a SoLoNOx mode. When the turbine is operating in a non-SoLoNOx mode, the NOx, CO and VOC emissions shall not exceed 7.0, 24.26 and 2.87 pounds per hour, respectively.

   The emission limitations contained in this condition apply only to ''stack emissions'' and do not have any applicability to any fugitive air contaminant emissions which may occur as a result of turbine operation.

   9.  The PM/PM10, total combined HAP, formaldehyde and SOx emissions from the turbine shall not exceed .0419, .0012, .00019 and .0006 pound per mmBtu of heat input, respectively.

   The emission limitations contained in this condition apply only to ''stack emissions'' and do not have any applicability to any fugitive air contaminant emissions which may occur as a result of turbine operation.

   10.  The NOx, CO, VOC, PM/PM10, total combined HAP, formaldehyde and SOx emissions from the turbine shall not exceed 20.43, 1.25, 1.08, 9.2, .25, .04 and .13 ton, respectively, in any 12-consecutive month period.

   The emission limitations contained in this condition apply only to ''stack emissions'' and do not have any applicability to any fugitive air contaminant emissions which may occur as a result of turbine operation.

   11.  The turbine shall not be operated in a non-SoLoNOx mode for more than 20 hours in any 12-consecutive month period except for any operation in a non-SoLoNOx mode for the purposes of performing stack testing. The turbine shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor whether it is operating in a SoLoNOx mode or a non-SoLoNOx mode.

   12.  The oxidation catalyst associated with the turbine shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor the differential pressure across the catalyst and the catalyst inlet and outlet temperatures. The Department reserves the right to establish catalyst differential pressure and/or catalyst inlet temperature limitations/requirements for the oxidation catalyst.

   13.  The turbine shall comply with all applicable requirements specified in Subpart KKKK of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR 60.4300--60.4420, and Subpart YYYY of the National Emission Standards for HAPs, 40 CFR 63.6080--63.6175.

   14.  Within 180 days of commencement of operation of the reciprocating engine, stack testing shall be performed to determine the engine's NOx, CO, VOC and formaldehyde emission rates. The NOx and CO testing shall thereafter be repeated on an annual basis and the VOC and formaldehyde testing shall thereafter be repeated on a triennial basis. The permittee may request a change in the required frequency of testing once enough data has been generated to determine the consistency of compliance.

   15.  Within 180 days of commencement of operation of the turbine, stack testing shall be performed to determine the turbine's NOx, CO, VOC, formaldehyde and PM/PM10 emission rates while operating in a SoLoNOx mode as well as the CO emission rate while operating in a non-SoLoNOx mode. The NOx and SoLoNOx mode CO testing shall thereafter be repeated on an annual basis and the VOC and formaldehyde testing shall thereafter be repeated on a triennial basis. The permittee may request a change in the required frequency of testing once enough data has been generated to determine the consistency of compliance.

   16.  The permitte shall maintain and report records of the number of hours the turbine operates in a non- SoLoNOx mode each month.

   17.  The Department reserves the right to require the maintenance and reporting of records of the catalyst differential pressure and/or catalyst inlet and outlet temperatures for the oxidation catalysts associated with the reciprocating engine and the turbine.

   18.  The total combined fugitive VOC and total combined fugitive VHAP emissions associated with the operation of the reciprocating engine and turbine shall not exceed 9.78 and .69 ton, respectively, in any 12-consecutive month period.

   19.  The permittee shall perform inspections of the reciprocating engine and turbine, the associated compressors and associated piping, and the like, at least once per month to determine the presence of fugitive VOC/VHAP emissions and shall take corrective action, as necessary, to eliminate any fugitive emissions detected during these inspections. The permittee shall maintain comprehensive records of these inspections which shall, at a minimum, include the date and time of the inspection, the identification of the inspector, what was inspected, the location of any observed fugitive VOC/VHAP emissions, identification of any corrective action taken to eliminate the observed fugitive emissions and the success, or failure, of the corrective action to eliminate the fugitive emissions. These same records shall be maintained for any nonscheduled observation of fugitive VOC/VHAP emissions.

   20.  The permittee shall maintain and report records of all occurrences of natural gas venting associated with the operation of the reciprocating engine and turbine which shall, at a minimum, include the date and time of each such occurrence, the estimated amount of natural gas vented during each such occurrence and the estimated quantity of VOCs and VHAPs emitted during each such occurrence.

   21.  The NOx, CO and VOC emission rates from each of the eight microturbines shall not exceed .17, 6.0 and .10 pound per MW hr, respectively.

   22.  The total combined NOx emissions from all eight microturbines shall not exceed .09 pound per hour and .39 ton in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined CO emissions shall not exceed 3.12 pounds per hour and 13.67 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined VOC emissions shall not exceed .05 pound per hour and .22 ton in a 12-consecutive month period, the total combined PM/PM10 emissions shall not exceed .05 pound per hour and .22 ton in any 12-consecutive month period and the total combined SOx emissions shall not exceed .05 pound per hour and .22 ton in any 12-consecutive month period.

   23.  The permittee shall be in possession of 50.52 tons of NOx emission reduction credits prior to commencing operation of the reciprocating engine, turbine or any of the eight microturbines.

   A copy of the plan approval application is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the address to follow. Persons interested in inspecting the application must schedule an appointment in advance.

   Any person wishing to protest the issuance of plan approval or provide the Department with additional information which he/she believes should be considered in the Department's review of the respective plan approval application may do so by submitting the protest or information, in writing, to the Department at the address to follow.

   Protests or comments must be received by the Department within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. Each protest or comment should include the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the protest or comment and a concise statement explaining the relevancy of the protest or comment being presented to the Department.

   A public hearing may be held if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons protesting the issuance of plan approval, submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Clymer Township, Tioga County, area or by letter or telephone if the Department feels that the notification is sufficient.

   Written comments, protests or requests for a public hearing should be directed to David W. Aldenderfer, Environmental Program Manager, Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   For additional information regarding the respective plan approval application, contact Richard L. Maxwell, Jr., Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 327-3640.

   49-00040A:  Reagent Chemical & Research, Inc., White Flyer Division (Happy Hallow Road, Coal Township, PA 17866) for the construction of three skeet target surface coating operations in Coal Township, Northumberland County.

   The respective three skeet target surface coating operations (one biodegradable target surface coating operation and two pitch target surface coating operations) currently exist but the two fabric collectors used to control the PM emissions from the surface coating operations exhaust to the indoor atmosphere (The surface coating operations use water-based coatings with a minimal VOC content). Reagent Chemical & Research, Inc. now proposes to exhaust the collectors to the outdoor atmosphere.

   The PM/PM10 emissions to the outdoor atmosphere from the three target surface coating operations and associated fabric collectors are not expected to exceed 2.21 tons in any 12-consecutive month period. There will be no change in the surface coating operations' VOC emission rates.

   The facility in which the surface coating operations are located is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.

   The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Reagent Chemical & Research, Inc. indicates that the three skeet target surface coating operations will comply with applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including the BAT requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval. Additionally, if the Department determines that the respective surface coating operations are operating in compliance with all conditions of the plan approval and all applicable regulatory requirements following the change in fabric collector exhaust configuration, the Department intends to incorporate the plan approval conditions into State-only Operating Permit 49-00040 in accordance with the administrative amendment requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.

   The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements:

   1.  The PM emissions from the surface coating operations shall be controlled by two fabric collectors (one associated with the biodegradable target surface coating operation and one associated with the two pitch target surface coating operations) at all times.

   2.  The concentration of PM in the exhaust of the fabric collectors shall not exceed .01 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume. Additionally, there shall be no visible air contaminant emissions (other than water vapor or steam).

   3.  Each of the fabric collectors shall be equipped with instrumentation to monitor the differential pressure across the collector on a continuous basis.

   4.  Spare bags shall be kept onsite for the fabric collectors.

   5.  Only those coating materials identified in the application and supplemental materials submitted for plan approval (or alternate coating materials determined by the Department to have an equivalent or lower, air contaminant emission potential) shall be used in the surface coating operations.

   6.  Conditions contained in State-only Operating Permit 49-00040 remain in effect unless amended or superseded by a condition contained herein. If there is a conflict between a condition or requirement contained in this plan approval and a condition or requirement contained in State-only Operating Permit 49-00040, the permittee shall comply with the condition or requirement contained in this plan approval rather than the conflicting condition or requirement contained in State-only Operating Permit 49-00040.

OPERATING PERMITS


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

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

   05-05004:  Seton Co. (135 Horton Drive, Saxton, PA 16678) for a finished and dimensioned leather manufacturing facility in Saxon Borough, Bedford County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart TTTT, National emission standards for HAPs for leather finishing operations, Maximum Achievable Control Technology. The primary pollutants are VOCs and HAPs. The operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of a Title V operating permit issued in April 2003.

   36-05019:  Anvil International (1411 Lancaster Avenue, Columbia, PA 17512) for operation of an iron foundry in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County. The air emissions associated with the facility's foundry operations, primarily emit PM/PM10 and VOCs. This renewal of the facility's operating permit also includes requirements from 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZZ, regarding the use of Maximum Achievable Control Technology requirements in accordance with the National Emission Standards for HAPs for Iron and Steel Foundries Area Sources. The operating permit also incorporates requirements from 40 CFR Part 64--Compliance Assurance Monitoring for Major Stationary Sources. This action is a renewal of the Title V operating permit issued in 2003.


Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.

   Southeast Region:  Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428, Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.

   23-00068:  Cremation Specialists, Inc. (43 East Baltimore Avenue, Media, PA 19063) for operation of a crematorium in Media Borough, Delaware County. This action is a renewal of the State-only Operating Permit. The original State-only Operating Permit was issued on October 25, 2002. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting.

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

   06-05096:  Reading Hospital and Medical Center (Sixth and Spruce Streets, Reading, PA 19612-6052) for operation of Generators and Boilers in West Reading Borough, Berks County. The facility has the potential to emit 92.6 tpy of NOx, 94.0 tpy of SOx, 40.8 tpy of CO, 4.2 tpy of PM and 3.2 tpy of VOC. The facility wide (State-only) operating permit shall contain testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions, and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   36-03021:  J. Walter Miller Co. (411 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17602) for operation of a foundry in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. This action is a renewal of the facility-wide operating permit issued in 2003.

   67-05099:  Kinsley Manufacturing, Inc. (1110 East Princess Street, York, PA 17403) for operation of their steel fabrication plant in the City of York, York County. The State-only operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2003.

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

   59-00007:  Reliant Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC (121 Champion Way, Suite 200, Canonsburg, PA 15317-5817) for their Blossburg generating station located in Covington Township, Tioga County. The facility's main air contaminant sources include one natural gas-fired combustion turbine and one diesel-fired reciprocating internal combustion engine. The facility has the potential to emit SOx, CO, PM/PM10, VOCs and combined and individual HAPs emissions below the major thresholds. The facility has taken a synthetic minor restriction to limit the NOx emissions below the major threshold. The proposed operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.

   17-00006:  Mt. Savage Specialty Refractories Company (P. O. Box 60, Curwensville, PA 16833) for operation of a refractories materials manufacturing/processing facility in Pike Township, Clearfield County.

   The facility incorporates a 3.0 mmBtu/hr natural gas-fired rotary dryer, numerous pieces of material crushing, screening, mixing, conveying, bagging, and the like equipment and 14 natural gas-fired space heaters and water heaters (with a total combined heat input of 6.01 mmBtu/hr).

   The PM emissions from the rotary dryer and material crushing, screening, mixing, conveying, bagging, and the like equipment are controlled by a wet scrubber and 11 fabric and cartridge collectors.

   The air contaminant emissions from the facility are not expected to exceed 46.32 tons of PM/PM10, 3.65 tons of NOx, 3.07 tons of CO and .02 ton of SOx per year.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued conditions requiring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants as well as conditions previously contained in Operating Permit 17-309-024, issued on June 24, 2003, and Plan Approval 17-309-024A, issued on November 9, 2004, and conditions previously established as requirements of plan approval exemption determinations made on August 14, 2006, and January 8, 2007.

   The conditions previously contained in Operating Permit 17-309-024 include:

   1.  Conditions limiting the PM emissions from the exhaust of the scrubber to no more than .02 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume and the PM emissions from the exhaust of nine fabric collectors to no more than .01 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume and prohibiting the emission of visible air contaminant emissions from the exhaust of the nine fabric collectors.

   2.  A condition limiting the materials processed in the facility to Mulcoa 47, Mulcoa 60, refractory brick bats and additives identified in the application submitted for Plan Approval 17-309-024 (note: this condition was modified to include calcined clay and additives identified in the application submitted for Plan Approval 17-309-024A).

   3.  A condition limiting the fuel fired in the rotary dryer to natural gas.

   4.  A condition requiring the scrubber to be equipped with a pumped recirculating scrubbing solution system that shall be operated at all times the scrubber is in operation.

   5.  A condition requiring the scrubber to be operated at a minimum scrubbing solution recirculation rate of 60 gallons per minute and a minimum differential pressure of 14.0 inches of water.

   6.  Conditions requiring the scrubber to be equipped with instrumentation to monitor the pressure differential across the scrubber on a continuous basis and flow monitoring equipment capable of measuring the scrubbing solution recirculation rate with a minimum accuracy of plus or minus 1.0 gallon per minute on a continuous basis.

   7.  Conditions requiring each of nine fabric collectors to be equipped with instrumentation capable of measuring the pressure differential across the collector on a continuous basis and the maintenance of spare bags for the respective nine fabric collectors.

   8.  A condition requiring the bags in each of nine fabric collectors to be cleaned at least once every 3 hours of continuous operation and prohibiting the operation of the air contamination sources controlled by any of these nine fabric collectors when the bags in the respective collector are being cleaned.

   9.  A condition requiring the permittee to inspect nine fabric collectors for damaged or worn bags at least once every 3 months and maintain records of these inspections.

   10.  A condition requiring the permittee to drain, clean and inspect the scrubber at the end of each 5 day work week and to maintain records of these actions.

   11.  Conditions prohibiting the simultaneous operation of a bagging station and supersack filling station controlled by a common fabric collector.

   12.  Conditions requiring the collector ductwork associated with one of nine fabric collectors to be equipped with devices capable of gating off the ductwork to each air contamination source controlled by the respective fabric collector and requiring the permittee to gate off the ductwork to any source not in use.

   13.  Conditions requiring the use of a scrubber on certain pieces of equipment only when they are processing dry materials and prohibiting the rotary dryer from being operated when the respective equipment is being controlled by the scrubber.

   14.  A condition requiring the exhaust stack of the scrubber to be observed for the presence of visible emissions once per work shift while the rotary dryer is operating and the maintenance of records of these observations.

   15.  A condition requiring the performance of a facility inspection at least once per shift to detect the presence of visible air contaminant emissions and visible fugitive air contaminant emissions and the maintenance of records of these inspections.

   The conditions previously contained in Plan Approval 17-309-024A include:

   16.  A condition limiting the PM emissions from the exhaust of four fabric collectors and a cartridge collector to no more than .01 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume and prohibiting the emission of visible air contaminants from the exhaust of the four fabric collectors and cartridge collector.

   17.  Conditions requiring each of four fabric collectors and a cartridge collector to be equipped with instrumentation to monitor the pressure differential across the collector on a continuous basis and the maintenance of spare bags and cartridges for the four fabric collectors and cartridge collector.

   18.  A condition requiring any air compressor supplying compressed air to four fabric collectors and a cartridge collector to be equipped with an air dryer and an oil trap.

   19.  A condition requiring the bags and cartridges in four fabric collectors and a cartridge collector to be cleaned at least once every 3 hours of continuous operation and prohibiting the operation of the air contamination sources controlled by any of these collectors when the bags or cartridges in the respective collector are being cleaned.

   20.  A condition prohibiting the simultaneous operation of a bagging machine and supersack filling station controlled by a common cartridge collector.

   The conditions previously established as requirements of a plan approval exemption determination made for a hopper and bypass conveyor on August 14, 2006, include:

   21.  Conditions requiring the hopper and conveyor to be controlled by the scrubber and prohibiting the operation of the hopper and conveyor whenever the other air contamination sources controlled by the scrubber are operating.

   The conditions previously established as requirements of a plan approval exemption determination made for a refractory ramming material system on January 8, 2007, include:

   22.  Conditions requiring the refractory ramming material system to be controlled by a cartridge collector and prohibiting the operation of the refractory ramming material system whenever the other air contamination sources controlled by the cartridge collector are operating.

   The new conditions the Department proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued include:

   23.  A condition requiring the detection of malodorous air contaminant emissions to be included in the required once-per-week facility inspections (note: the facility inspection condition was also modified to clarify that the purpose of the inspections is to detect the presence of air contaminant emissions in excess of applicable emission limitations rather than the mere presence of emissions).

   24.  A condition limiting the fuel used in the facility's space heaters and water heaters to natural gas.

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

   26-00580:  Tank Solutions, Inc. (533 Industrial Park Road, Suite 2, Smock, PA 15480) for operation of a sandblast and paint company for propane tanks at Smock Plant in Menallen Township, Fayette Company.

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

   20-00296:  Homerwood Hardwood Flooring (1026 Industrial Drive, Titusville, PA 16354) for operation of their facility's air contamination source consisting of: a surface coating operation and a woodworking operation. The facility has a facility-wide VOC limit of 49 tpy to remain a State-only. The facility manufactures hardwood flooring in the City of Titusville, Crawford County.

COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

   Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal 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 such 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 the certification.

   Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application 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 address of the district mining office indicated above each application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--34.

   Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application 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, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.123 or 86.34, must contain the name, address and telephone number of the requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the mining activity permit, but the issuance of the NPDES permit is contingent upon the approval of the associated mining activity permit.

   For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that do not exceed the technology-based effluent limitations. The proposed limits are listed in Table 1.

   For noncoal mining activities, the proposed limits are found in Table 2. Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description below specifies the parameters. The limits will be in the ranges specified in Table 1.

   More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur, will be incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91--96).

   The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 362-0600-001, NPDES Program Implementation--Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).

   Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES permit application should submit a statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated above each application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must 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 or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92.61. The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and shall contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and shall state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. In the case where a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.

   Coal Applications Received

   Effluent Limits--The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:

Table 1

30-Day Daily Instantaneous
Parameter Average Maximum Maximum
Iron (Total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l
Manganese (Total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l
Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l
Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l
pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity1
1 The parameter is applicable at all times.

   A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.

   California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.

   Permit Number 11031301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235539, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to renew the permit for the Madison Mine in Jackson, Croyle and Cambria Townships, Cambria County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received July 16, 2008.

   Permit Number 33901602 and NPDES Permit No. PA0214604, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit and related NPDES for the Brockway Tipple in Snyder Township, Jefferson County from Energy Resources, Inc. No additional discharges. Application received June 27, 2008.

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

   32080103 and NPDES No. PA0262676. KMP Associates, Inc., 3756 SR 981, Saltsburg, PA 15681, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Young Township, Indiana County, affecting 93.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Harpers Run, UNT to Blacklegs Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received July 31, 2008.

   56980103 and NPDES No. PA0234699. Godin Brothers, Inc., 128 Colton Drive, Stoystown, PA 15563, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Jenner and Lincoln Townships, Somerset County, affecting 133.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Quemahoning Creek classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Quemahoning SWI. Application received August 5, 2008.

   56930104 and NPDES No. PA0212415. Future Industries, Inc., P. O. Box 157, Meyersdale, PA 15552, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 129.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Buffalo Creek classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received August 5, 2008.

   11850107 and NPDES No. PA0597341. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Portage Township, Cambria County, affecting 85.7 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Spring Run, UNTs to/and Trout Run classified for the following use: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Little Conemaugh River SWI. Application received August 5, 2008.

   56980107 and NPDES No. PA0234877. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Milford Township, Somerset County, affecting 277.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Casselman River and South Glade Creek classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received August 5, 2008

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

   63070102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251186. Oxford Mining Company, LLC (544 Chestnut Street, Coshocton, OH 43812). Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Oxford Mining Company for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mining site located in Jefferson Township, Washington County, affecting 99.7 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Scott Run to Cross Creek to Ohio River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no downstream potable water supply intakes within 10 miles from the point of discharge. Transfer application received July 11, 2008.

   26080104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251453. Steve Patterson Excavating (170 Yasenosky Road, Smithfield, PA 15478). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, affecting 88.2 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs 'A' and 'B' to Gist Run, classified for the following use: TSF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received August 7, 2008.

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

   5522-33070108-E-1. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Application for a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within 100 feet of a UNT to Little Sandy Creek in McCalmont Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Six UNTs to Little Sandy Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received August 1, 2008.

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

   54980103R2. Gale Coal Company, Inc., (1441 Oak Road, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine, coal refuse reprocessing and disposal operation in Frailey Township, Schuylkill County affecting 431.5 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received August 1, 2008.

   54030102R and NPDES Permit No. PA0224324. Gale Mining Company, (1441 Oak Road, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Hegins and Porter Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 300.0 acres, receiving stream: East Branch Rausch Creek. Application received August 1, 2008.

   54-305-009GP12. Waste Management & Processors, Inc., (P. O. Box K, Frackville, PA 17931), application to operate a coal preparation plant whose pollution control equipment is required to meet all applicable limitations, terms and conditions of General Permit, BAQ-GPA/GP-12 on Surface Mining Permit No. 54080201 in Port Carbon and Mechanicsville Boroughs, Schuylkill County. Application received August 1, 2008.

   Coal Applications Returned

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

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

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

   37050903. Grove City Materials, LP (3340 US Route 89, New Castle, PA 16101) Commencement, operation and restoration of an incidental coal operation in Wayne Township, Lawrence County affecting 7.4 acres. Receiving streams: Duck Run and UNT to Connoquenessing Creek. Application received August 25, 2005. Application returned August 8, 2008.

   Noncoal Applications Received

   Effluent Limits--The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:

Table 2

30-day Daily Instantaneous
Parameter Average Maximum Maximum
Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l
Alkalinity exceeding acidity*
pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.

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

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

   39080301. Geryville Materials, Inc., (P. O. Box 193, Eaglesville, PA 19408), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County affecting 628.48 acres, receiving streams: UNTs to Hosensack Creek and UNT to Macoby Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF and WWF. Application received June 25, 2008.

FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401

   The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the regional office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.

   The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the regional office noted before the application.

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


Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS

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

   E51-171. West Highland Holdings, LP, 735 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19147, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.

   To perform the following water obstruction and encroachment activities:

   1.  To reconstruct and maintain the existing Pier 40 North along the Delaware River (WWF, MF) associated with construction of the proposed 43 story residential high-rise building which will be accessed by the proposed 133-foot long and 48-foot wide pile supported bridge. The existing pier will be widened approximately 55.1-foot to the south, 14.4-foot to the north, and 45.2-foot to the east. Approximately 0.43 acre of existing fill will be removed from the river, and 949 proposed 14-inch diameter concrete filled steel piles will be driven into the river bed.

   2.  To construct and maintain a public recreational park with access to the Delaware River located to the west of the pier, between the existing bulkhead and the assumed bulkhead line.

   3.  To construct and maintain a pedestrian walkway associated with public access to the perimeter of the pier.

   The site is located at 933 North Penn Avenue (AKA Pier 40 North), (Philadelphia, PA USGS Quadrangle N:  15.9 inches; W:  1.3 inches).

   Northcentral Region:  Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.

   E19-273. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 3-0, P. O. Box 218, Montoursville, PA 17754-0218. SR 4025 Segment 0621 Bridge Structure Replacement over a UNT to the East Branch of Chillisquaque Creek, Madison Township, Columbia County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Susquehanna River Basin District (Millville, PA Quadrangle N:  4° 06` 05"; W:  76° 36` 44").

   The proposed project will replace an existing concrete arch bridge over a UNT to the East Branch of Chillisquaque with a single cell precast box culvert. The existing structure is 15 ft. wide with a clear span of 30 ft. The proposed structure is 57 ft. long with a clear span of 31.74 ft. The project will impact 80 linear ft. of stream and will impact 0.01 acre of palustrine wetland.

   This project proposes to have a minimal impact on the UNT to the East Branch of Chillisquaque Creek, which is designated a WWF. This project proposes to impact 0.01 acre of jurisdictional wetlands.

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

   E02-1590. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, 501 Technology Square, 305 Courthouse Square, Canonsburg, PA 15317. To construct and maintain a stream restoration in Moon and Robinson Townships, Allegheny County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Oakdale, PA Quadrangle N:  21.0 inches; W:  3.8 inches, Latitude: 40° 29` 26"; Longitude: 80° 09` 08"). The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a stream restoration project consisting of relocating and maintaining approximately 350.0 linear feet of the channel of Montour Run (TSF) and to stabilize the banks of said stream for the purpose of protecting the existing 15-inch diameter natural gas line. The project is located approximately 700.0 feet downstream from the confluence of Meeks Run and Montour Run and will impact approximately 390.0 linear feet of stream channel.

   E03-446. Kriebel Minerals Inc., P. O. Box 675, Clarion, PA 16214. To construct and maintain a stream crossing in East Franklin Township, Allegheny County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Kittanning, PA Quadrangle N:  10.3"; W:  13.9", Latitude 40° 48` 24"; Longitude 79° 35` 58"). To construct and maintain a stream crossing consisting of a 48 Corrugated Metal Pipe approximately 20` in length across Glade Run (TSF), for the purpose of constructing an access roadway.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

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

   EA56-005. Somerset County Commissioners, 300 North Center Avenue, Suite 500, Somerset, PA 15501. Beachy Street Bridge (Somerset County Bridge No. 25) superstructure eemoval project carrying Depot Street over Casselman River, Elk Lick Township and Borough of Salisbury, Somerset County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Meyersdale, PA Quadrangle N:  1.4 inches; W:  12.4 inches, Latitude 39° 45` 27"; Longitude 79° 5` 16"). The applicant proposes to permanently remove the Beachy Street Bridge from over the Casselman River (WWF) by causing it to collapse into the river, then removing the pieces immediately downstream. The project will temporarily impact 125 linear feet of stream channel.

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