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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-1538a

[26 Pa.B. 4440]

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

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

   A.  5496404.  Sewerage. Girardville Area Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 5, Girardville, PA 17935. Application to construct and operate a sewage treatment plant, pump stations, sewers and appurtenances to serve Girardville Borough and Butler Township, Schuylkill County. Application received in the Regional Office August 23, 1996.

   A.  5296401.  Delaware Valley School District, HC 77, Box 379A, Milford, PA 18337. Application to make improvements to the existing wastewater treatment plant to enhance the facility's operation, located in Westfall Township, Pike County. Application received in the Regional Office August 12, 1996.

   Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.

   1596409.  Sewerage. Willistown Township, 688 Sugartown Road, Malvern, PA 19355. Construction of a grinder pump and force main to serve Meadowbrook Farm Residential Subdivision located in Willistown Township, Chester County.

   0996415.  Sewerage. Warwick Township Water and Sewer Authority, 2581 York Road, P. O. Box 315, Jamison, PA 18929. Construction of a pumping station and force main to serve Country Crossing located in Warwick Township, Bucks County.

   4696417.  Sewerage. The Klein Company, 1700 Market Street, Suite 2600, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Construction of approximately 917 linear feet of 12" diameter PVC sanitary sewer and 704 linear feet of 12" diameter DIP sanitary sewer to serve Walnut Crossing Subdivision located in Limerick Township, Montgomery County.

   4696418.  Sewerage. Lower Salford Township Authority, 650 Main Street, Harleysville, PA 19438. Construction of a pump station and force main to serve Summerwind Subdivision located in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County.

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

   A.  0492201.  Amendment No. 1.  Industrial waste, Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc., Route 18, P. O. Box 369, Atlasburg, PA 15004. Application for additions and modification of the existing wastewater treatment facility located in the Township of Hanover, Beaver County to serve the Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc. flyash landfill.

   A.  2696404.  Sewerage, Consol Docks, Inc., 1800 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241-1421. Application for the construction and operation of a sewers and appurtenances and pump stations located in the Township of Luzerne, Fayette County to serve the Alicia Pumping Station and Force Main.


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

   Southeast Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.

   A.  4696508.  Public water supply. PECO Energy, Walter G. MacFarland, P. O. Box 2300, Sanatoga, PA 19464-0920. This proposal involves the construction of a corrosion control treatment facility at PECO Limerick Generation Station in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County.

   A.  4696507.  Public water supply. PECO Energy, Walter G. MacFarland, P. O. Box 2300, Sanatoga, PA 19464-0920. This proposal involves the construction of a corrosion control treatment facility at PECO Training Center in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County.

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

   A.  1194505-A1.  Saint Francis College, Physical Plant, Business Office, Loretto, PA 15940. Improvements to the Saint Francis Water System, Loretto Borough and Allegheny Township, Cambria County.

   Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies 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 or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department must provide a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

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

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

   Country Manor Estates, Alsace Township, Berks County. Country Manor Estates, 3118 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood, Berks County, PA 19522, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the background standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in Reading Eagle on May 26, 1996.

   Country Manor Estates, Alsace Township, Berks County. Country Manor Estates, 3118 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood, Berks County, PA 19522, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with lead, BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in Reading Eagle on May 26, 1996.

   Northcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, telephone (717) 321-6525.

   Andritz Sprout-Bauer, Inc.--Building 70, Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County. Andritz Sprout-Bauer, Inc. has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX, PHCs and solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the background standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on July 30, 1996.

   Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified below. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

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

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

   Titleman Welfare Fund Building, City of Altoona, Blair County. Puritan Place Investors, 1255 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and site groundwater contaminated with lead, heavy metals, solvents, BTEX, PHCs and PAHs and site soil contaminated with PCBs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Special Industrial Area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Altoona Mirror on August 21, 1996.

   Highway Express Service Station, Littlestown Borough, Adams County. Pleasant Hill Convenience/Tevis Oil Company, P. O. Box 26, Westminster, MD 21158, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and site groundwater contaminated with BTEX, PHCs and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Special Industrial Area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Gettysburg Times on August 20, 1996.

   Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   Bethlehem Steel Corporation, City of Bethlehem, Northampton County. Edwin B. Wilson, Director of Environmental Assessment and Remediation with Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Bethlehem, PA) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with metals, and groundwater which has been contaminated with solvents and metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Express Times and The Morning Call.


Notice of Settlement Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company
Newberry Township, York County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305), has entered into a consent order and agreement (COA) with the Maryland Mass Transit Administration (MMTA) regarding the Department's costs incurred for conducting response activities at the Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company (ISCC) site. The ISCC site is a 9-acre parcel of land in Newberry Township, York County, adjacent to Interstate 83. The surrounding area is primarily rural, although residential, commercial and industrial developments are located within a close vicinity of the site. A number of private residential wells have been contaminated by hazardous substances migrating from the ISCC site.

   ISCC was involved in the reprocessing of used solvents. Because of violations of hazardous waste requirements, the Department on July 6, 1989, terminated ISSC's authority to operate a hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. The site was abandoned in 1990 when ISCC declared bankruptcy. A total of 996 parties potentially responsible for the hazardous substances located at the ISCC site were identified by the Department.

   Because of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the ISCC site, the site was placed on the Pennsylvania Priority List for Remedial Response on October 26, 1991. The Department and a group of approximately 136 cooperating potentially responsible parties have conducted a number of interim actions at the site to address the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. To date, the Department has incurred costs of approximately $3 million to implement and/or oversee these interim actions. A final remedial action for the groundwater and soil at the ISCC site will be selected by the Department and implemented in the future.

   Under the terms of the proposed COA, MMTA will pay the Department $152,025.72. This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). This section provides that the settlement will become final upon the filing of the Department's response to any significant written comments. The COA that contains the specific terms of the settlement is available for public review and comment. The COA can be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's office at One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, by contacting Barbara Faletti at (717) 657-4592. A public comment period on the proposed consent order and agreement will extend for 60 days from today's date. Persons may submit written comments regarding the consent order and agreement to the Department by November 13, 1996, by submitting them to Barbara Faletti at the above address.


Prompt Interim Response Action under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Seven Stars Site
East Pikeland Township, Chester County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) under the authority of the Hazardous Site Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.102--6020.1305) has implemented a prompt interim response action at the Seven Stars HSCA Site in East Pikeland Township near the intersection of Route 113 and East Seven Stars Road. Domestic groundwater wells in this area are contaminated with Trichloroethene (TCE) and Tetrachoroethene (PCE) at concentrations above the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water standard of 5.0 parts per billion.

   In deciding the appropriate response, the Department reviewed two possible immediate actions. One option was to take no action and allow the citizens of the Commonwealth to continue to consume contaminated well water. This option was rejected because it does not satisfy the statutory requirement of being protective of the public health. The second option reviewed by the Department was to quickly eliminate the risk associated with drinking contaminated water by providing the affected residents with bottled water until a long term solution to the problem can be developed. The Department selected option two because it would be protective of the public health in the short term and it could be implemented immediately.

   The Administrative Record contains information related to the site and the Department's proposed decision to perform this prompt interim response action. The Administrative Record is available for public inspection from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Department's Southeast Regional Office at Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6193. An additional copy of the Administrative Record will be available for public inspection at the Chester County Free Library of Phoenixville located at Second Avenue and Main Street in Phoenixville. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

   Written comments concerning the prompt interim response action and information in the Administrative Record will be accepted in person or by mail if postmarked on or before Friday, December 13, 1996. Comments should be sent to the attention of Chet Zazo, HSCP Project Officer at the Southeast Regional Office address.

   Additionally, the public will have the opportunity to present oral comments at a public hearing scheduled for Thursday, October 17, 1996, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Basil's Church located on Kimberton Road in Kimberton. Persons wishing to present oral comments should register on or before October 10, 1996 by calling Rob Goldberg at (610) 832-6010. Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact Rob Goldberg at the number provided above to discuss how the Department may best accommodate their needs.

   The Department is providing this notice under section 506(b) of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. The date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin initiates the minimum 90 day public comment period on the Administrative Record as provided under that act. Questions concerning the site may be directed to Chet Zazo, Project Officer, at (610) 832-6193.


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

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

   NSH Network, Inc. d/b/a Resource Management Council Services, Inc., 888 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788; Bob Quinn, Assistant Vice President; application received August 19, 1996.


Beneficial Use Determinations received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the regulations for municipal and residual waste.

   Regional Office: Northeast Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2516.

   Chrin Brothers Sanitary Landfill, Chrin Brothers, Inc., 635 Industrial Drive, Easton, PA 18042. A Request for Beneficial Use Approval to utilize processed wood fines from construction/demolition waste as daily cover material. The processed fines are to be used in lieu of soil as daily cover at this municipal waste landfill, located in Williams Township, Northampton County. This request was received in the Regional Office on July 3, 1996.

   Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Waste Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   Beneficial Use Request No. BU50094.  Duquesne Light Company, 411 Seventh Avenue, P. O. Box 1930, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-1930. Use of coal ash as structural fill for The Homes at Bellfield residential development project located in the Borough of Munhall, Allegheny County.

   Beneficial Use Request was approved in the Southwest Regional Office on July 30, 1996.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   A.  301300.  Brunner Island, PP&L, (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179). Application for modification for residual waste disposal impoundment site in East Manchester Township, York County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office August 22, 1996.

   A.  100113.  Modern Landfill--Northwest Expansion, Modern Landfill & Recycling, (R. D. 9, Box 317, York, PA 17402). Application for major modification for Northwest Expansion of the landfill in Lower Windsor and Windsor Township, York County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office August 21, 1996.

   A.  301029.  Three Mile Island, GPU Nuclear Corporation, (One Upper Pond Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054). Application for repermitting of a residual waste landfill located in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office August 23, 1996.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (35 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office: Northeast Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2516.

   Permit I. D. No. 301256.  Martins Creek SES Ash Basin No. 1, Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179. A Major Permit Modification for the continued operation of this residual waste disposal impoundment, located in Lower Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton County. The permit application was received on August 9, 1996, and was determined to be complete in the Regional Office on August 16, 1996.

   Permit I. D. No. 301295.  Hazleton Oil Salvage, Ltd.--Audenried, PA Bulk Petroleum Storage Plant & Used Oil Recycling Facility, Hazleton Oil Salvage, Ltd., P. O. Box 2339, Hazleton, PA 18201. A permit application for the operation of a residual waste processing and transfer facility, located in Banks Township, Carbon County. The permit application was received on June 27, 1996, and was determined to be complete in the Regional Office on August 21, 1996.

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

   A.  101534.  Laurel Highlands Landfill, 196 Wagner Road, Vintondale, PA 15961. Laurel Highlands Landfill, 310 Leger Road, North Huntingdon, PA 15642. Application for a Major Permit Modification to add an additional 161.2 acres of disposal area to a landfill in Jackson Township, Cambria County. This application was received in the Regional Office on August 22, 1996.


Applications received for Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an Operating Permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonable Available Control Technology.

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

   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described for:

   Permit: OP-46-0077
   Source: Three Boilers
   Company: Doehler-Jarvis Pottstown, Inc.
   Location: West Pottsgrove
   County: Montgomery

   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described for:

   Permit: OP-46-0069
   Source: Synthetic Minor NOx Emitting Facility
   Company: Corson Lime
   Location: Whitemarsh
   County: Montgomery


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

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

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

   Permit: 46-302-052A
   Source: Auxiliary Steam Boiler A
   Company: PECO Energy
   Location: Limerick
   County: Montgomery

   Permit: 09-399-035
   Source: Sewage Pump Station Wet Well
   Company: Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority
   Location: Doylestown
   County: Bucks

   Permit: 15-310-039
   Source: Stone Crushing Plant
   Company: Devault Crushed Stone
   Location: Charlestown
   County: Chester


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

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

   06-1002B.  Construction of a material dryer and electric generator by Allentown Cement Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 619, Blandon, PA 19510-0619) in Maidencreek Township, Berks County.

   31-310-025C.  Modification of the existing dry screening operation by U. S. Silica Company (Route 1, Box 1885, Mapleton Depot, PA 17052) in Brady Township, Huntingdon County.

   36-399-036.  Modification of the existing four dust collectors by Bollman Hat Company (110 East Main Street, P. O. Box 517, Adamstown, PA 19501) in Adamstown Borough, Lancaster County.

   36-315-017B.  Modification of the paper shredder/baler system and control devices by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (216 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) in the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County.

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

   49-302-061.  Construction of three natural gas/no. 2 fuel oil fired boilers, an emergency generator and an oil storage tank by Merck and Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 600, Danville, PA 17821-0600) in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County. The boilers are subject to Subparts Db of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   49-302-060.  Construction of two natural gas/no. 2 fuel oil fired boilers by the Shikellamy School District (6th and Walnut Streets, Sunbury, PA 17801) at the Shikellamy High School in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County. These boilers are subject to Subpart Dc of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.


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

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

   59-399-012.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Westfield Tanning Company (360 Church Street, Westfield, PA 16950) for the operation of a spent tanning solutions box dryer and associated air cleaning device (a fabric filter) in Westfield Borough, Tioga County.


Reasonably Available Control Technology; Public Hearings

   Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Plans for:

   Quebecor Printing Atglen, Inc. (West Sadsbury Township, Chester County)

   PreFinished Metals, Inc. (Falls Township, Bucks County)

   SmithKline Beecham Research Company. (U. Providence Township, Montgomery County)

   DEP has made a preliminary determination to approve RACT plans as amendments to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the above facilities. The proposed SIP revisions do not adopt any new regulations. They incorporate the provisions and requirements contained in RACT approvals for these facilities to comply with current regulations.

   These preliminary determinations, if finally approved, will be incorporated into Plan Approvals and/or Operating Permits for the facilities and will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as revisions to Pennsylvania's SIP.

   The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determinations for these facilities:


Quebecor Printing Atglen, Inc.  (Operating Permit OP-15-0002)

Emission LimitImplementation
Sources(tons/year)Control DeviceSchedule
4 Graymill Parts Washer
Tanks and Cleaning Solvents15.6 VOCGood Control PracticesImplemented
4 Boilers68.4 NOxAnnual Tune-upImplemented

Prefinished Metals, Inc. (Operating Permit OP-09-0030)

Emission LimitImplementation
Sources(tons/year)Control DeviceSchedule
Baking Ovens26 NOxAnnual Tune-UpUpon permit issuance
Laminator/Embosser30 VOCThermal IncineratorUpon permit issuance
Cleanup Operations26.8 VOCRecordkeepingUpon permit issuance

   The following sources were found to be de-minimus VOC sources: Parts Washing Unit, Waste Transfer Station, Solvent Distiller, Drum Filling Operation and Laboratory Hoods. This facility will meet the presumptive NOx requirements of section 129.93 for its space heaters.

Smithkline Beecham Research Company  (Operating Permit OP-46-0031)

Implementation
SourcesEmission LimitControl DeviceSchedule
(3) Cleaver-Brooks Boiler5.7 lb/hr NOx eachCombustion TuningImplemented
Cleaver-Brooks Boiler3.1 lb/hr NOxCombustion TuningImplemented
(6) Emergency Generators0.521 lb/hr NOxOperation/Maint. PracticesImplemented
Emergency Firewater Pump2.7 tons/year NOxOperation/Maint. PracticesImplemented

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed SIP revisions. The hearing will be held at 2 p.m. on October 15, 1996, at the Department of Environmental Protection Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA. The hearing will represent the opportunity for oral comment to DEP on the proposed SIP revisions and will not be a question and answer session. Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing are encouraged to contact Clarke Rupert, DEP Community Relations Coordinator, at (610) 832-6020 to register prior to the hearing, but may also register at the hearing. Those unable to attend the hearing but who wish to comment should send their written comments to Francine Carlini, Air Quality Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428 on or before October 15, 1996.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact Clarke Rupert at (610) 832-6020 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Copies of the pertinent documents are available for review at the DEP Southeast Regional Office. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling (610) 832-6268.


Notice of Plan Approval Application Minor Source

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

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

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

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

   25-317-004C.  The Department received a plan approval application for construction of three new fish fryers (8,000 #/hr) to replace existing fryers (5,000 #/hr) by Van de Kamp's, Inc., (P. O. Box 10367, Erie, PA 16514) in Erie, Erie County.

   61-302-033A.  The Department received a plan approval application for installation of a Low NOx burner on Boiler 3A (144.4 MMBTU/hr) by Pennzoil Products Company (2 Main St., Rouseville, PA 16344) at the Plant 1 Boilerhouse in Rouseville, Venango County.

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 Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to 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. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such certification.

   Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. Such NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chs. 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections, application number and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor, application number, a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   District Mining Operations, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.

Coal Applications Received

   26820129.  Wise Mining Company (R. D. 1, Box 15, Lake Lynn, PA 15451). Application received to revise permit to add acres and an additional coal seam on a bituminous surface mining site located in Springhill Township, Fayette County, currently affecting 25.1 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Grassy Run, to Grassy Run, to the Cheat River. Revision application received August 20, 1996.

   26910113.  Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 427, Acme, PA 15610). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Wharton Township, Fayette County. Receiving streams three unnamed tributaries to Big Sandy Creek. Renewal application received August 23, 1996.

   District Mining Operations, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

   56960108.  PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 101.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Buffalo Creek and Buffalo Creek, application received August 19, 1996.

   56910104.  Permit renewal, Hardrock Coal Company (R. D. 4, Box 155A, Berlin, PA 15530), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, affecting 133.4 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Tub Mill Run; unnamed tributary to Casselman River, application received August 20, 1996.

   32910101.  Permit renewal, T.L.H. Coal Company (R. D. 1, Box 170, Rochester Mills, PA 15711), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Rayne Township, Indiana County, affecting 58.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Crooked Creek and Crooked Creek, application received August 20, 1996.

   Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   32841315.  Stanford Mining Company, (R. D. 4, Box 271, Punxsutawney, PA 15767), to renew the permit for the Chestnut Ridge bituminous deep mine in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County for reclamation only, receiving stream Allen Run. Application received August 16, 1996.

   03841308.  Rosebud Mining Company (R. D. 1, Box 379A, Kittanning, PA 16201), to renew the permit for the Rosebud No. 1 bituminous deep mine in Perry Township, Armstrong County for reclamation only, no additional discharge. Application received July 26, 1996.

   33841303.  Doverspike Brothers Coal Company, (R. D. 4, Box 271, Punxsutawney, PA 15767), to renew the permit for the Dora No. 6 bituminous deep mine in Perry Township, Jefferson County, no additional discharge. Application received July 8, 1996.

   17841301.  Manor Mining & Contracting Corporation, (P. O. Box 368, Bigler, PA 16825), to renew and revise the permit for the Manor No. 44 bituminous deep mine in Girard Township, Clearfield County to renew and revise permit to add area to the subsidence control plan boundary, receiving stream Bald Hill Run. Application received July 24, 1996.

   30743704.  Duquesne Light Company, (P. O. Box 457, Greensboro, PA 15338), to renew the permit for the Warwick No. 2 CRDA in Monongahela Township, Greene County, no additional discharge. Application received August 5, 1996.

   30841602.  Duquesne Light Company, (P. O. Box 457, Greensboro, PA 15338), to renew the permit for the Warwick No. 2 preparation plant in Monongahela Township, Greene County, receiving stream Whiteley Creek. Application received August 5, 1996.

   30743705.  Duquesne Light Company, (P. O. Box 457, Greensboro, PA 15338), to renew the permit for the Warwick No. 3 CRDA in Dunkard Township, Greene County, receiving stream Dunkard Creek. Application received August 5, 1996.

   63831302.  Eighty Four Mining Company, (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Mine 84 bituminous deep mine in South Strabane Township, Washington County to add Lang Shaft, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Little Chartiers Creek. Application received August 19, 1996.

   30841313.  Consolidation Coal Company, (P. O. Box 100, Osage, WV 26543), to revise the permit for the Dilworth bituminous deep mine in Jefferson Township, Greene County to add five degas boreholes, no additional discharge. Application received August 5, 1996.

   Mineral Resources Management--District Mining, Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

Noncoal Applications Received

   6476SM6C2 and C3.  Union Quarries, Inc., (P. O. Box 686, Carlisle, PA 17013-0686), renewal and correction of an existing NPDES Permit #PA0595365 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, receiving stream Letort Spring Run and tributary to Conodoguinet Creek. Applications received August 15, 1996.

   The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.

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

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