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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-1312a

[33 Pa.B. 3133]

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IV.  NPDES Applications for Stormwater Discharges from MS4


V.  Applications for NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from MS4


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

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

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI011503055 James and Kathryn Stanton
Kathryn Stanton Subdivision
328 North Sandy Hill Road
Coatesville, PA 19320
Chester West Caln Township Birch Run
West Branch Brandywine Creek
HQ-CWF
PAI011503056 Glenn Gerber
Sunset Hollow Road Subdivision
250 Sunset Hollow Road
West Chester, PA 19380-3840
Chester West Goshen Township
Unnamed tributary to Broad Run
HQ
PAI011503057 City of Coatesville
Paul Janasen
Coatesville Golf Training Facility
One City Hill Place
Coatesville, PA 19320
Chester West Brandywine Township
West Brandywine Creek
Clarke's Run
HQ-TSF-MF
PAI011503058 Chesterpoint Development, Inc.
Philip Zalkind, President
Beamer Levan Subdivision
13 Quail Hill Road
Downingtown, PA 19335
Chester West Caln Township Indian Spring Run
EV
PAS10G321-R Malvern Preparatory School
Ted Canigilia
418 South Warren Avenue
Malvern, PA 19355-2707
Chester Malvern Borough Crum Creek
HQ

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

   Northampton County Conservation District: Greystone Building, Gracedale Complex, Nazareth, PA 18064-9211, (610) 746-1971.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI024803017 Louis Pektor
Ashley Development Corp., Inc.
559 Main Street, Suite 300
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Northampton Upper Nazareth Township Bushkill Creek
HQ-CWF

   Pike County Conservation District: HC6, Box 6770, Hawley, PA 18428, (570) 226-8220.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI025203010 Bodies in Balance
David Ruby
Mary Ann Bonarti
601 West Harford St.
Milford, PA 18337
Pike Milford Township Unnamed tributary to Delaware
HQ-CWF
PAI025203011 Arcadia Subdivision
Dominic Bradlee
113 7th Street, No. 122
Milford, PA 18337
Pike Dingman Township Sawkill Creek
EV

   Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI030603002 David Shaak
7740 S. Tropical Trail
Merritt Island, FL 32952
Berks Longswamp Township
Little Lehigh Creek
HQ
PAI030603008 Reading Area Community College
10 S. Second Street
P. O. Box 1706
Reading, PA 19603
Berks City of Reading Schuylkill River
WWF
PAI032103004 Walnut Bottom Medical Center LLC
P. O. Box 146
Mount Holly Springs, PA 17065
Cumberland South Middleton Township
LeTort Spring Run
EV

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

   Centre Conservation District: 414 Holmes Ave., Bellefonte, PA 16823, (814) 355-6817.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County and
Municipality
Receiving
Water/Use
PAI041403013 Lake View Subdivision
Borough St.
Howard, PA 16841
Centre County
Howard Borough
Howard Township
UNT Lick Run
HQ-CWF

   Northumberland County District, R. R. 3, Box 238C, Sunbury, PA 17801, (570) 286-7114, Ext. 4.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County and
Municipality
Receiving
Water/Use
PAI044903002 Steven Patton
Watsontown Trucking
R. R. 1, Box 73B
New Columbia, PA 17856
Northumberland County
Milton Borough
UNT Montandon Marsh
EV Wetland

   Tioga County District, 29 East Ave., Wellsboro, PA 16901, (570) 724-1801.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County and
Municipality
Receiving
Water/Use
PAS106607-1 Bishcroft Farms
Herman Bishop
R. R. 1, Box 58
Roaring Branch, PA 17765
Tioga County
Liberty Township
Little Elk Run/Roaring Branch
HQ-CWF

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

   Westmoreland County Conservation District: 211 Donohoe Road, Greensburg, PA 15601-9217, (724) 837-5271.

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
PAI056503002 THF Greengate Development, LP
2127 Innerbelt Business Center
Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63114
Westmoreland Hempfield Township Turtle Creek
TSF

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

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

MS4 Notices of Intent Received

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

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
Department Protocol
(Y/N)
PAG132255 Lower Mt. Bethel Township
Municipal Building
P. O. Box 257
Martins Creek, PA 18063
Northampton Lower Mt. Bethel Township
Oughoughton Creek
CWF
Mud Run
CWF
East and West Forks Martins Creek
CWF
Martins Creek, confluence to mouth
TSF, MF
Delaware River
WWF, MF
Y
PAG132229 Jenkins Township
46 1/2 Main Street
Inkerman, PA 18640
Luzerne Jenkins Township
Gardner Creek
CWF
Warden Creek (Mill Creek)
CWF
Susquehanna River
WWF
Y
PAG132206 Duryea Borough
315 Main Street
Duryea, PA 18642
Luzerne Duryea Borough Lackawanna River
WWF
Mill Creek (Warden Creek)
CWF
Y
PAG132205 Taylor Borough
122 Union Street
Taylor, PA 18517
Lackawanna Taylor
Borough
St. Johns Creek
CWF
Keyser Creek
CWF
Lackawanna River
WWF
Y
PAG132235 Allen Township
4714 Indian Trail
Northampton, PA 18067
Northampton Allen Township Hockendoqua Creek
CWF
Dry Run
CWF
Catasauqua Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132236 West Easton Borough
237 Seventh Street
West Easton, PA 18042
Northampton West Easton Township
Lehigh Creek
WWF
Y
PAG132238 Walnutport Borough
417 Lincoln Avenue
Walnutport, PA 18088
Northampton Walnutport Borough Lehigh Canal
(tributary to Lehigh River)
TSF
Y
PAG132237 Northampton Borough
1401 Laubach Avenue
Northampton, PA 18067
Northampton Northampton Borough Hockendoqua Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132239 Lehigh Township
1069 Municipal Road
Walnutport, PA 18088
Northampton Lehigh Township Lehigh River
TSF
Hockendoqua Creek
CWF
Bertsch Creek
CWF
Indian Creek
CWF
UNTs to Lehigh River
CWF
Hockendoqua, Bertsch and Indian Creeks
Y
PAG132240 North Catasauqua Borough
1066 Fourth Street
North Catasauqua, PA 18032
Northampton North Catasauqua Borough Lehigh River
TSF
Catasauqua Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132203 Lower Towamensing Township
595 Hahns Dairy Road
Palmerton, PA 18071
Carbon Lower Towamensing Township Aquashicola Creek
TSF, MF
Mill Creek
CWF
Fireline Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132258 Foster Township
1000 Wyoming Avenue
P. O. Box 465
Freeland, PA 18224
Luzerne Foster Township Black Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132204 Weissport Borough
440 Allen Street
Weissport, PA 18235
Carbon Weissport Borough Lehigh River
TSF
Y
PAG132202 Borough of Bowmanstown
P. O. Box 127
Bowmanstown, PA 18030
Carbon Borough of Bowmanstown Lehigh River
TSF
Fireline Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132250 Fountain Hill Borough
5920 Hamilton Blvd.
Suite 108
Allentown, PA 18106
Lehigh Fountain Hill Borough Lehigh River
WWF
Y
PAG132249 Bangor Borough
197 Pennsylvania Ave.
Bangor, PA 18013
Northampton Bangor Borough Bushy Meadow Creek
CWF-MF
Martins Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132251 West Wyoming Borough
464 W. Eighth St.
West Wyoming, PA 18644
Luzerne West Wyoming Borough Abraham's Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132262 City of Hazleton
40 North Church St.
Hazleton, PA 18201
Luzerne City of Hazleton Black Creek
CWF
Hazle Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132233 Laflin Borough
47 Laflin Road
Laflin, PA 18702
Luzerne Laflin Borough Gardner Creek
CWF
Y
PAG132227 Plains Township
126 North Main St.
Plains, PA 18705
Luzerne Plains Township Laurel Run Creek
CWF
Mill Creek
CWF
Susquehanna River
WWF
Y

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

NPDES
Permit No.
Applicant Name and
Address
County Municipality Receiving
Water/Use
Department Protocol
(Y/N)
PAG138321 City of Erie
626 State Street, Room 504
Erie, PA 16501-1128
Erie Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie
N

PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMITS

   Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.

   Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comment responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.

   Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.

   Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

SAFE DRINKING WATER


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

   Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Permit No. 2803501, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Nitterhouse Concrete Products
Municipality Guilford Township
County Franklin
Responsible Official Craig A. Musser, Human Resource Manager and Safety Director
2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South
P. O. Box N
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Lance S Kegerreis, P. E.
Dennis E. Black Engineering Inc.
2400 Philadelphia Avenue
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Application Received Date January 17, 2003
Description of Action Addition of caustic and zinc orthophosphate chemical feed facilities to an existing water treatment facility for lead and copper corrosion control.

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

   Application No. 267W009-T1--Transfer, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Pennsylvania American Water
800 West Hersheypark Drive
Hershey, PA 17111
Township Boggs
Responsible Official Paul Zielinski, Director--Water Quality
Pennsylvania American Water
800 West Hersheypark Drive
Hershey, PA 17111
Type of Facility PWS
Application Received Date June 4, 2003
Description of Action Transfer of the former West Decatur Authority distribution system and the distribution/
storage tank to Pennsylvania American Water.

MINOR AMENDMENT


Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act.

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

   Application No. Minor Amendment.

Applicant Lehigh County Authority
Township or Borough Weisenberg Township
Lehigh County
Responsible Official Aurel M. Arndt, General Manager
Lehigh County Authority
1053 Spruce Street
P. O. Box 3348
Allentown, PA 18106
(610) 398-2503
Type of Facility Community Water System
Application Received Date June 16, 2003
Description of Action Application to transfer PWS Permit No. 3391001 for the community water system serving Arcadia West Industrial Park from Lehigh Valley Water Company to Lehigh County Authority.

   Application No. Minor Amendment.

Applicant Lehigh County Authority
Township or Borough Heidelberg Township
Lehigh County
Responsible Official Aurel M. Arndt, General Manager
Lehigh County Authority
1053 Spruce Street
P. O. Box 3348
Allentown, PA 18106
(610) 398-2503
Type of Facility Community Water System
Consulting Engineer G. Matthew Brown, P. E.
ARRO Consulting, Inc.
270 Granite Run Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601-6822
(717) 569-7021
Application Received Date June 16, 2003
Description of Action Application to repair and recoat an existing 200,000 gallon finished water storage tank near Newside. The project includes modification of the tank inlet/outlet pipe and the overflow pipe.

LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

UNDER ACT 2, 1995

PREAMBLE 1


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

   Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the Background Standard, Statewide Health Standard, the Site-Specific Standard or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, a combination of the cleanup standards or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the act, will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a Site-Specific Standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department Regional Office after which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

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

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

   Mark Hershey Farms, Inc., West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. Hafer Environmental Services, Inc., on behalf of Mark Hershey Farms, Inc., 479 Horseshoe Pike, Lebanon, PA 17042, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with fuel oil no. 2. 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 the Lebanon Daily News on June 9, 2003.

   Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   Bernardi Italian Foods, Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County. Keystone Environmental Services, Inc., on behalf of Bernardi Italian Foods, 595 West 11th Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with other organics. 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 the Press Enterprise on March 12, 2003. See additional information in the Actions section of this Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   James Brown Property, Athens Township, Bradford County. Teeter Environmental Services, Inc., on behalf of James Brown, R. R. 2, Box 491, Athens, PA 18810, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with no. 2 fuel oil. 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 the Evening Times on May 17, 2003. See additional entry in the Actions section of this Pennsylvania Bulletin.

INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES


Applications received or withdrawn under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the act of July 13, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

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

Renewal Applications Received

   Carlucci Construction Company, Inc., 401 Meadow Street, Cheswick, PA 15024, License No. PA-HC 0015. Received on June 10, 2003.

   Sterilogic Waste Systems, Inc., 6691 Pickard Drive, Syracuse, NY 13211, License No. PA-HC 0208. Received on May 15, 2003.

   ASEPSIS, Inc., 424 W. Lincoln Highway, Suite 204, Penndel, PA 19047-5152, License No. PA-HC 0014. Received on June 3, 2003.

   NSH Network, Inc. d/b/a Resource Management Council Services, 3001 Expressway Drive North, Suite 300, Islandia, NY 11749, License No. PA-HC 0208. Received on June 4, 2003.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES


Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate a hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility.

   Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   PAD004344222. Tecumseh Redevelopment Inc., 3250 Interstate Drive, Richfield, OH 44286. Tecumseh Redevelopment, Riders Area, Iron Street, Johnstown, PA 15901. An application for a permit modification to reissue a Post Closure Class I Permit for new ownership in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County was received in the regional office on June 6, 2003.

   PAD000736942. Calgon Carbon Corporation, 200 Neville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15225. An application for a permit renewal of a RCRA Part B Residual Waste Permit in Neville Township, Allegheny County was received in the regional office on June 9, 2003.

DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS


Applications for determination of applicability accepted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and residual waste regulations for a general permit to operate residual waste processing facilities and/or the beneficial use of residual waste other than coal ash.

   Southeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   General Permit Application No. WMGR038SE006. Carbon Services of Philadelphia, Inc., 2600 Penrose Avenue (Rear), Philadelphia, PA 19145. Application submitted for the beneficial use of waste tires as a component in a civil engineering practice (marine reef bales) and processing of tires into tire chips for beneficial use at the Carbon Services of Philadelphia site in the City of Philadelphia. The application for determination of applicability was determined to be administratively complete by the Southeast Regional Office on June 19, 2003.

OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE


Application received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Permit Application No. 603455. Blackwood Farms Class A Biosolids Management Facility, WeCare Organics, LLC, 12 Tremont Road, Tremont, PA 17981-1907. An application for the alkaline stabilization and drying of biosolids to produce N-Viro soil, a patented EQ biosolids product, at this municipal waste processing facility in Reilly Township, Schuylkill County. The application was received in the regional office on March 19, 2003. As of June 18, 2003, it was found to be administratively complete.

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 these 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 the 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 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 may 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 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; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   61-193C: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.--Henderson Station (Route 965, Henderson, PA 16153) to install an air cleaning device on the TEG dehydration system at their Henderson Compressor Station in Mineral Township, Venango County.

   25-053B: Urick Foundry Co. (1501 Cherry Street, Erie, PA 16502) to replace the existing cupola and control devices with the installation of two new coreless electric induction furnaces and baghouse system in the City of Erie, Erie County. This is a State-only facility.


Intent to issue Plan Approvals and intent to issue or amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.

   Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   PA-46-0198G: Blommer Chocolate Co. (1101 Blommer Drive, P. O. Box 45, East Greenville, PA 18041) for modification of the cocoa alkalization process in Hanover Township, Montgomery County without changing permitted emissions. This facility is a Major for VOCs. Emissions from this modification increases 1.4 tons of VOCs per year. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping and operating restriction designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.

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

   35-302-110A: PEI Power Corp. (170 Power Boulevard, Archbald, PA 18403) for modification of the original Plan Approval (35-302-110 for the auxiliary boiler) to facilitate the review and issuance of a now anticipated Title V Permit for their facility in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County. Condition No. 6 of the original Plan Approval will be modified to read as follows: during normal operating conditions, the unit must be operated in compliance with the following limits: NOx must be less than 0.06 pound per million Btu and CO must be less than 0.20 pound per million Btu, and during any operational period (including start-up and shut-down modes), the unit must be operated in compliance with the following limits: NOx must be less than 3.8 pounds per hour and CO must be less than 11.9 pounds per hour. Condition No. 5 setting an opacity limit for the boiler will be rewritten to reflect 25 Pa. Code § 123.41. All other conditions of the original Plan Approval will remain as previously written.

   35-306-004A: PEI Power Corp. (170 Power Boulevard, Archbald, PA 18403) for modification of the original Plan Approval (35-306-004 for the main boiler) to facilitate the review and issuance of a now anticipated Title V Permit for their facility in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County. Condition No. 16 of the original Plan Approval set a limit for the facility's emissions to be less than Title V parameters for any regulated pollutant (including 100 tons annual limits for NOx and CO emissions, based on a 12 month rolling sum). Condition No. 16 will now be removed. All other conditions of the original Plan Approval will remain as previously written.

   Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   36-05008C: Tyson Foods, Inc. (403 South Custer Avenue, New Holland, PA 17557) for construction of a vegetable oil poultry fryer controlled by a wet scrubber in Earl Township, Lancaster County. The estimated emissions of particulate matter from the operation of the fryer will be about 500 pounds per year. The plan approval and operating permit will include emission limitations, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

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

   PA-65-00865B: Sony Chemicals Corp. of America--Pittsburgh Manufacturing Center (1001 Technology Drive, Mount Pleasant, PA) at their facility in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County. Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(a)(4), the Department intends to issue a Plan Approval for the installation of a MEGTEC CleanSwitchTM Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) System as described in its application to the Department received on March 28, 2003.

   Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in evaluation of the application are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Special Conditions for Plan Approval PA-65-00865B

   For the Department to assure compliance with all applicable standards, the Department proposes to place the following conditions on the Plan Approval:

   1.  This Plan Approval is for the installation of a MEGTEC CleanSwitchTM RTO System on the thermal transfer ribbon paint production and coating process at the Sony Chemicals Corporation of America's Pittsburgh Manufacturing Center in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   2.  Overall destruction efficiency of VOCs (as propane) from the oxidizer shall not be less than 98%. Compliance with this condition shall be determined through stack testing required in this approval (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   3.  Equipment to continuously monitor and record the temperature maintained in the oxidizer combustion chamber shall be installed. The minimum temperature maintained in the combustion chamber shall be the temperature at which a 98% destruction removal efficiency is demonstrated during performance testing. These records shall be kept on file a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   4.  Emissions of VOCs from the entire facility shall be limited to 50.0 tons in any consecutive 12-month period. Compliance with this condition shall be determined through stack testing required in this approval (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   5.  Emissions of NOx from the thermal oxidizer stack shall be limited to 13.8 tons in any consecutive 12-month period. Compliance with this condition shall be determined through stack testing required in this approval (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   6.  Emissions of CO from the thermal oxidizer stack shall be limited to 10.3 tons in any consecutive 12-month period. Compliance with this condition shall be determined through stack testing required in this approval (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   7.  Stack testing shall be performed within 90 days after the initial start-up of the RTO to determine the following emission rates (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139):

   (a)  VOCs (as propane) inlet to the RTO expressed in lbs/hr.

   (b)  VOCs (as propane) exhaust to the atmosphere expressed in lbs/hr.

   (c)  NOx (as NO2) exhaust to the atmosphere expressed in lbs/hr.

   (d)  CO exhaust to the atmosphere expressed in lbs/hr.

   8.  The owner/operator shall submit a pretest protocol to the Department for approval at least 30 days prior to the performance of the stack test (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).

   9.  Stack testing shall be performed in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 regulations and the Department's source testing manual.

   10.  The Department shall be notified at least 2 weeks prior to the date of the stack test so that an observer may be present (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).

   11.  Two copies of the stack test results shall be supplied to the Department for review within 60 days of completing the testing (25 Pa. Code Chapter 139).

   12.  This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met (25 Pa. Code § 127.12b).

   (a)  The Department must receive written notice from the owner/operator of the completion of construction and the operator's intent to commence operation at least 5 working days prior to the completion of construction. The notice should state when construction will be completed and when operator expects to commence operation.

   (b)  Operation is authorized only to facilitate the start-up and shake-down of sources and air cleaning devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit or to permit the evaluation of the sources for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.

   (c)  This condition authorizes temporary operation of the sources for a period of 180 days from the date of commencement of operation, provided the Department receives notice from the owner/operator under subpart (a).

   (d)  The owner/operator may request an extension if compliance with all applicable regulations and Plan Approval requirements has not been established. The extension request shall be submitted in writing at least 15 days prior to the end of this period of temporary operation and shall provide a description of the compliance status of the source, a detailed schedule for establishing compliance and the reasons compliance has not been established.

   (e)  The notice submitted by the owner/operator under subpart (a) prior to the expiration of this Plan Approval. shall modify the plan approval expiration date. The new plan approval expiration date shall be 180 days from the date of the written notice.

   Persons who wish to provide the Department with additional information which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the Plan Approval may submit the information to the Department at the following address. A 30-day comment period, from the date of this publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Written comments must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval number and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.

   A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in this newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to the Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Region--Field Operation, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. For additional information, contact Thomas J. Joseph, P. E., Air Pollution Control Engineer III, Air Quality, at the previous address.

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