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Philadelphia Air Management Services Notice of Intent to Approve Construction and Operation of Riverside Materials Incorporate Asphalt Plant
Applicant: Riverside Materials Incorporated
Plant Location: 2870 East Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134
Source Description:
A. Existing equipment:
Drum mix asphalt Plant 350 TPH. burns natural gas and Number 2 oil.
B. New replacement equipment:
Drum mix asphalt Plant 450 TPH. burns natural gas and Number 2 oil.
Riverside Materials Inc. (Riverside) has requested an Air Management Services (AMS) Permit to construct Drum Mix Asphalt Plant 450 TPH. burns natural gas and number 2 oil to replace the existing 350 TPH. unit.
AMS is making a preliminary determination of approval, with conditions, for the construction and operation of the Drum Mix Asphalt Plant. Annual air emissions are estimated at 78 tons carbon monoxide, 23 tons nitrogen oxides, 14 tons sulfur oxides, 9 tons volatile organic compounds, and 6 tons of particulate matters.
Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protests or comments to AMS at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval with AMS stating the reason for the request.
Copies of all documents and information concerning this permit are available for review in the office of AMS, room 218, 321 University Av., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543 during normal business hours by contacting Brenda Bonner at (215) 685-7572. Persons wishing to submit written comments should send the comments to Brenda Bonner at the above address. Comments received by facsimile will not be accepted.
Philadelphia Air Management Services Notice of Intent to Approval Construction and Operation of Braceland Brothers', Inc. Four Unit Heatset Web Lithographic Printing Press
Applicant: Braceland Brothers Incorporated
Plant Location: 7625 Suffolk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153
Source Description: Printing of commercial and government books on non heat-set and heat-set web lithographic printing presses.
Braceland Brothers Inc. (Braceland) has requested an Air Management Services (AMS) Permit to install a four unit heatset web lithographic printing press with potential annual emissions of: 16.2 tons VOC, 0.21 ton carbon monoxide, 1.05 tons nitrogen oxides, 0.03 ton particulate matter and 0.01 ton sulfur oxides.
AMS is making a preliminary determination of approval, with conditions, for the construction and operation of the four unit heatset web lithographic printing press. Annual air emissions are estimated at 0.03 ton carbon monoxide, 0.15 ton nitrogen oxides, and 2.8 tons volatile organic compounds.
Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protests or comments to AMS at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval with AMS stating the reason for the request.
Copies of all documents and information concerning this permit are available for review in the office of AMS, Room 218, 321 University Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543 during normal business hours by contacting Brenda Bonner at (215) 685-7572. Persons wishing to submit written comments should send the comments to Brenda Bonner at the above address. Comments received by facsimile will not be accepted.
Philadelphia Air Management Services Notice of Intent to Approve Construction and Operation of ECO Technologies, Inc. Sludge Drying Process
Applicant: ECO Technologies Incorporated
Plant Location: 7800 Penrose Ferry Road, Philadelphia, PA 19134
Source Description:
(A) sludge drying process rated at a maximum throughput of 400 gallons of sludge per minute.
(B) A propane fired burner for process heat with a rated heat capacity of 7.5 million BTU/hr.
ECO Technologies Inc. (ECO) has requested an Air Management Services (AMS) Permit to construct, test and operate a sludge drying process rated at 400 gallons of sludge per minute and a 7.5 MMBTU/hr propane fired process heater.
AMS is making a preliminary determination of approval, with conditions, for a testing demonstration of the sludge drying process to be performed at 7800 Penrose Ferry Road, Philadelphia, PA. The 5 1/2 hour testing demonstration per day for 30 days will be conducted at 90 gallons of sludge per minute with air emissions estimated at 8 pounds per hour and 44 pounds per day of volatile organic compounds, and 10.56 pounds per hour of particulate matter.
Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protests or comments to AMS at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval with AMS stating the reason for the request.
Copies of all documents and information concerning this permit are available for review in the office of AMS, Room 218, 321 University Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543 during normal business hours by contacting Brenda Bonner at (215) 685-7572. Persons wishing to submit written comments should send the comments to Brenda Bonner at the above address. Comments received by facsimile will not be accepted.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northeast Regional Office: Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
An application for Plan Approval has been received by this office for the construction, modification or reactivation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.
Permit: 13-302-020
Source: 1500HP Johnston Boiler (#60IL)
Received: February 19, 1997
Company: Consolidated Cigar Corporation
Location: Banks Township
County: CarbonPermit: 13-318-002
Source: 2 Paint Booths w/Panel Filters
Received: February 16, 1997
Company: Lippert Components Incorporated
Location: Banks Township
County: CarbonPermit: 35-323-018
Source: Pyrolysis Furnace w/Afterburner
Received: February 24, 1997
Company: Powder Tech Incorporated
Location: City of Scranton
County: LackawannaPermit: 39-313-029D
Source: Polystyrene Mfg/Carbon Adsorption
Received: February 18, 1997
Company: Carpenter Insulation Company
Location: Upper Macungie Township
County: LehighPermit: 40-303-009A
Source: Asphalt plants 1 & 2 w/Baghouses
Received: February 18, 1997
Company: Kaminski Brothers Incorporated
Location: Jenkins Township
County: LuzernePermit: 40-310-012A
Source: Stone crushing 1 & 2/Watersprays
Received: February 18, 1997
Company: Kaminski Brothers Incorporated
Location: Jenkins Township
County: Luzerne
Air Quality Plan Approval Application No. 46-322-007 and on (Eastern Expansion) Waste Permit Application No. 100549; Public Hearing to Solicit Comments
Under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44, 127.48 and 271.143 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing on the Draft Air Plan Approval and the Waste Permit application No. 100549 for Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. (WMDS), 1425 Sell Road, Pottstown, PA 19464, to construct an expansion, designated ''Eastern Expansion,'' at their Pottstown Landfill, 1425 Sell Road, West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County. The proposed landfill expansion is described in the air plan approval application submitted by WMDS to DEP on September 21, 1995, and in the eastern expansion waste permit application submitted by WMDS to DEP on October 13, 1992, and subsequent submissions. Waste Permit No. 100549 for the Eastern Expansion was issued to WMDS by the DEP on October 2, 1995 but the matter of appeal was remanded by the Environmental Hearing Board on November 6, 1996, to the DEP for further action.
The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 1997, at the Pottsgrove High School Auditorium at 1345 Kauffman Road, Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County to receive comments on the draft Air Plan Approval under DEP's Air Resource regulations and the Waste Permit application under the DEP's Solid Waste Management regulations.
Proposed Air Plan Approval Information
The emissions from the Eastern Expansion will be collected by a gas management system and directed to a fully dedicated enclosed flare. Based on the information provided by the applicant and Department of Environmental Protection own analysis, this expansion and the flare will have the following emissions:
Pollutant Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 24.17 tons/yr. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) 10.90 tons/yr. Carbon Monoxide (CO) 52.05 tons/yr. Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 6.28 tons/yr. Particulate Matter (PM) 0.68 ton/yr. The Eastern Expansion is subject to Subpart WWW of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all the applicable requirements of this Subpart under 40 CFR Part 60. In order to assure compliance with the applicable standards, DEP has placed the following conditions in the proposed Plan Approval.
Plan Approval Conditions:
1. The Eastern Expansion is to be constructed and installed in accordance with the plans submitted with the application (as approved herein).
2. This Plan Approval is issued to Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. for its Pottstown Landfill for the construction of ''Eastern Expansion.'' The owner and operator of the sources shall comply with the following conditions. This Plan Approval is issued subsequent to the company's withdrawal of Plan Approval No. 46-322-008 for two internal combustion engines.
3. A. The Eastern Expansion shall be treated by the Department as a controlled landfill and therefore, collection and control systems are required for the landfill.
B. The average amount of solid waste placed in the Eastern Expansion shall be limited to 5,333 tons per day during the standard calendar year quarter. The design capacity of the Eastern Expansion shall not exceed 3,386,000 tons.
C. Gas Management System
(1) The owner/operator shall annually calculate the Non-Methane Organic Compound (NMOC) emission rate and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emission rate using the procedures specified in 40 CFR 60.754.
(2) The final collection and control system design plan shall be prepared by a professional engineer and shall be submitted to the Department. The collection system shall meet the requirements of 40 CFR 60.759.
(3) The owner/operator shall install a collection and control system, within 18 months of the issuance of the Plan Approval, that effectively captures the gas generated within the landfill.
(4) The collection system shall collect gas from each area, cell or group of cells in the landfill in which the initial waste has been placed for a period of at least 18 months; gas shall be collected for at least 2 years or more after landfill has been closed or at final grade.
(5) The collection system shall be such that it can handle the maximum expected gas flow rate from the entire area of the landfill.
(6) The collection system shall be designed to minimize offsite migration of the subsurface gas.
(7) The collection efficiency of the gas management system shall be not less than a minimum of 90%.
(8) The collection system shall be operated with negative pressure at each well head except under the following conditions.
(a) When a fire or increased well temperature is detected, the owner or operator shall record instances when positive pressure occurs in efforts to avoid fire;
(b) When the gas pressure exceeds the pressure limits established for the synthetic cover. The owner or operator shall develop acceptable pressure limits in the design plan;
(c) When a well is decommissioned.
(9) The gas temperature in the interior well head shall be less than 55°C and with either a nitrogen level less than 20% or an oxygen level less than 5%. When approved by the Department, the owner or operator may establish a higher operating temperature, nitrogen or oxygen value at a particular well. A higher operating value demonstration shall show supporting data that the elevated parameter does not cause fires or significantly inhibit anaerobic decomposition by killing methanogens.
(a) the nitrogen level shall be determined by using Method 3C;
(b) the oxygen level shall be determined by an oxygen meter using Method 3A.
(10) The collection system shall be operated with a methane leakage concentration less than 500 ppm at any exposed piping and at all points around the perimeter of the collection area and along serpentine pattern spaced 30 meters apart across the collection area. The design plan shall include a topographical map with the proposed monitoring route.
D. (1) The landfill owner or operator shall install at least two sample probes per hectare of landfill surface that has retained waste for at least 2 years. The maximum number of probes installed shall be 50. The owner or operator shall collect and analyze one sample of landfill gas from each probe to determine the NMOC concentration using method 25C or Method 18 of Appendix A of Subpart 60 of 40 CFR.
(2) Sample collection using probes shall be eliminated when all the collection wells are in place and functional.
(3) The owner or operator shall demonstrate annually that the methane generation rate constant, k, used in condition 3D(1) is equal to 0.028/yr or less. If the owner or operator fails to demonstrate that the value of k is 0.028/yr or less then the applicant shall use the value of k published in the most recent Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42) to calculate NMOC concentration.
(4) The methane generation potential, Lo, used in condition 3D(1) shall be 6,004 ft3/Mg (Megagram) of solid waste This value shall be the same as that published in the most recent Compilation of Air Pollution Emission Factors (AP-42).
(5) The owner or operator shall demonstrate annually that the site specific NMOC concentration is less than or equal to 830 ppmv. VOC concentration in ppmv shall also be calculated and submitted to the Department annually.
4. All of the landfill gas generated in the Eastern Expansion shall be directed to an enclosed flare. The enclosed flare shall have a minimum destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 98%.
5. The enclosed flare shall have a design flow rate of 1,800 scfm. The operating temperature of the flare shall be 1,600°F and the retention time at the operating temperature shall be 0.91 sec.
6. Stack Emissions
A. Emissions of criteria pollutants due to burning of the landfill gas (at the existing enclosed flare) generated from the ''Eastern Expansion'' shall be limited to:
NOx 5.52 lb/hr 24.17 tons/yr SOx 1.43 lb/hr 6.28 tons/yr CO 11.88 lb./hr 52.05 tons/yr VOC 0.39 lb/hr 1.70 tons/yr PM 0.15 lb/hr 0.68 ton/yr B. The total amount of VOC emitted from the Eastern Expansion and the enclosed flare shall not exceed 10.9 tons/yr.
C. The total emissions of NOx and VOC from the Pottstown Landfill due to the construction of the Eastern Expansion, installation of an enclosed flare and any modification at the existing landfill shall be limited to 25 tons/year. The requirements of Subchapter E of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 shall apply to any construction/modification if the increase in potential to emit of NOx or VOC, when aggregated with the other net emission increases in potential to emit occurring over a consecutive 5 calendar year period exceeds 25 tons/year or 1,000 lbs/day or 100 lbs/hr whichever is more restrictive.
7. Removal of Collection and Control System
A. The owner or operator shall calculate the NMOC emission rate for the purpose of determining when the collection and control system can be removed by using the equation given in 40 CFR 60.754(b).
B. The collection and control system may be capped or removed provided that all the following conditions are met:
(1) The landfill shall no longer accept solid waste and be permanently closed under the requirements of section 258.60. A closure report shall be submitted to the Department as provided in 40 CFR 60.757(d).
(2) The collection and control system shall have been in operation a minimum of 15 years.
(3) Following the procedure required under 6(A) the calculated VOC gas produced by the landfill shall be less than 25 tons per year on three successive test dates. The test dates shall be no less than 90 days apart, and no more than 180 days apart.
8. Roads and Their Maintenance
A. The fugitive particulate emissions measured as PM10 from the Eastern Expansion shall be limited to 80.18 tons per year.
B. Roads in the Eastern Expansion shall be wetted, weather permitting, during operating hours daily using water or foam to prevent fugitive emissions of dust.
C. A log book shall be kept to demonstrate compliance with the above.
9. Monitoring Requirements
A. The owner or operator shall measure gauge pressure in the gas collection header at each individual well monthly. If a positive pressure exists, action shall be initiated to correct the exceedance within 5 calendar days except as provided for in conditions 3C(8)(a), (b) and (c).
B. To check for air infiltration into the landfill, the owner or operator shall monitor each well monthly for temperature and nitrogen or oxygen as required in conditions 3C(9)(a) and (b).
C. The owner or operator shall monitor off-site migration of landfill gas by methods approved by the Department and take corrective actions to prevent it.
D. Quarterly, the owner or operator shall monitor safe methane concentration using the procedures given in 40 CFR 60.755(c).
E. All monitoring and measuring devices shall be calibrated, maintained and operated according to the manufacturer's specifications. The owner or operator shall also comply with the provisions of 40 CFR 60.756(b).
10. Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
A. The owner or operator shall keep on-site records of the maximum design capacity, the current amount of solid waste in-place, and the year-by-year waste acceptance rate.
B. The owner or operator shall keep daily records of gas flow to each of the gas turbines or the enclosed flare.
C. The owner or operator shall keep record of wells in operation and wells out of operation (if any) on a daily basis.
D. All monitoring equipment parameters as specified in conditions 3, 5, and 8 shall be recorded to show compliance with the specified parameters.
E. The owner or operator shall keep records of the installation date and location of all newly installed or replaced collection wells, pipe headers and other collection pipe assemblies.
F. The owner or operator shall keep documentation of the nature, date of deposition, amount and location of asbestos-containing or nondegradable waste excluded from collection as well as any non-landfill-gas producing areas excluded from landfill gas collection system.
G. The owner or operator shall keep records of operation time and dates of the gas turbines and the enclosed flare.
H. The owner or operator shall keep records of performance tests of the VOC and NOx control system.
I. The owner or operator shall keep record of any exceedances in the collection or control systems.
J. The owner or operator shall comply with the reporting procedures of 40 CFR 60.757.
11. General Requirements
A. If at any time the Department has cause to believe that air contaminant emissions from the aforementioned sources may be in excess of the limitations specified in, or established under, any applicable rule or regulation contained in Article III of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection, the company shall be required to conduct whatever tests are deemed necessary by the Department to determine the actual emission rates. Such testing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 139 of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection, where applicable, and in accordance with any restrictions or limitations established by the Department at such time as it notifies the company that testing is required.
B. If any of the air contaminants listed in Condition 5A are determined to be in the exhaust gas in concentrations exceeding the levels stated in the Plan Approval, then the owner shall file an application for a modification of the operating permit. The application shall be filed within 60 days of the above determination.
C. The company shall not impose conditions upon or otherwise restrict the Department's access to the aforementioned sources and/or any associated air cleaning devices and shall allow the Department to have access at any time to said sources and associated air cleaning devices with such measuring and recording equipment, including equipment recording visual observations, as the Department deems necessary and proper for performing its duties and for the effective enforcement of the Air Pollution Control Act.
D. The company shall immediately notify the Department of any malfunction of, or damage to, these gas fueled turbines or associated air cleaning devices which results in, or may possibly be resulting in, the emission of volatile organic compounds or nitrogen oxides in excess of the limitations specified in this Plan Approval or any applicable Department Rule or Regulation.
E. This source is subject to Subpart WWW of the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to: Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
F. This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 (1), above.
(4) 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.
(5) The notice submitted by the owner/operator under subpart (1), above, 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.
12. Specific Requirements.
For the purpose of this plan approval, ''existing landfill'' refers to the entire landfill without the ''Eastern Expansion'' as it exists before this plan approval is issued. No waste shall be placed in the ''Eastern Expansion'' of the Pottstown landfill until all of the following conditions have been met:
A. The Department has approved the installation of two landfill gas flares to replace the existing enclosed flare currently operating under operating permit No. 46-322-005A.
B. The existing enclosed flare (46-322-005A) is taken out of service as a primary control device for the landfill gas generated from the existing landfill.
C. The landfill gas flares referred in 12.A above are installed, and start operation.
D. The temporary gas flare installed at the existing landfill under the Department's consent order and agreement (CO&A) dated October 8, 1996, is dismantled and removed.
E. The owner or operator receives written notification from the Department that all elements of Condition No. 12 have been fulfilled.
13. The owner or operator shall submit a written notification to the Department giving dates of each of the activities above and also submit calculations to show that there was not net increase in emission of NOx due to the installation of two new flares and shutdown of the existing as well as the temporary flare.
Procedures for Hearing and Submitting Written Comments
The hearing will not be a question and answer session. Those wishing to testify should contact DEP Community Relations Coordinator Tina Suarez-Murias at (610) 832-6011 to register prior to the hearing, but may also register at the hearing. Oral comments should be kept brief and may be limited to 5 minutes per person, depending on the number of speakers. Where groups are represented, a single spokesperson is requested to present the group's concerns and additional time will be allowed.
Anyone wishing to present written comments directly to DEP regarding the draft Air Plan Approval and/or the Waste Permit application may do so until May 23, 1997. Written comments should include (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing comments; (2) reference to proposed Air Quality Plan Approval No. 46-322-007 and/or Waste Permit application No. 100549 for the proposed landfill eastern expansion, and (3) a concise statement of relevant information or any objections to the issuance of the proposed Air Plan Approval and/or any information relevant to the Waste Permit application for the eastern expansion. Written remarks should be sent to: John J. Kennedy, P. E., Assistant Regional Director, Department of Environmental Protection, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Comments from the public will be addressed by the DEP during the review process before a final action is taken on the proposals.
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 Tina Suarez-Murias at (610) 832-6011 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 public review at DEP's Southeast Regional Office in Conshohocken between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. To make an appointment, contact the Records Management Section at (610) 832-6003. Copies of the Eastern Expansion Waste Permit application and the draft Air Plan Approval are also available for public review at the Boyertown Community Library.
REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
(RACT)
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: Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
48-0004. The Department intends to issue a RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology) Air Quality Operating Permit to ESSROC Materials Inc. (Rt. 248 and Easton Road, Nazareth, PA 18064) for the operation of a cement kiln at Nazareth Plant No. I located in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County.
48-0034. The Department intends to issue a RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology) Air Quality Operating Permit to Lafayette College (Easton, PA 18042-1768) for sources of NOx emissions located in the City of Easton, Northampton County.
MINING
CONDUCT COAL AND NON-COAL ACTIVITIES
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--23 and §§ 86.31--34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conference).
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, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Received
56880109. Transfer from Croner, Inc. to PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 154.2 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries of Blue Lick Creek and Blue Lick Creek, application received March 4, 1997.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Coal Applications Received
17910131. Ecklund Coal Co., Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 109, Irvona, PA 16656), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in surface mine permit acreage from 137.6 acres to 165.9 acres, Bigler Township, Clearfield County, receiving streams: Porter Run and unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek, application received February 11, 1997.
17880123. E. P. Bender Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 565-566, S. Main St., Carrolltown, PA 15722), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a haulroad stream crossing of Muddy Run, Bigler and Beccaria Townships, Clearfield County, application received February 14, 1997.
17950115. Larson Enterprises, Inc. (P. O. Box 96, Kylertown, PA 16847), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 46.6 to 50.1 acres, Morris and Graham Townships, Clearfield County, receiving streams: Flat Run, application received February 18, 1997.
District Mining Operations, P. O. Box 669, Knox, Pennsylvania 16232.
16940104. Cookport Coal Company, Inc. (425 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) revision to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Toby Township, Clarion County affecting 28.4 acres. Receiving streams: an unnamed tributary to Cherry Run. Revision to include a post-mining landuse change from ''forestland'' to ''pastureland, land occasionally cut for hay'' on the lands of T & E Coal Company. Application received February 24, 1997.
10970103. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip and coal preparation plant operation in Oakland Township, Butler County affecting 77.0 acres. Receiving streams: two unnamed tributaries to Pine Run and one unnamed tributary to Connoquenessing Creek. Application to include two stream encroachment application for purpose of construct erosion and sedimentation control facilities within 100 feet of an unnamed tributary to Connoquenessing Creek and b.) to construct erosion and sedimentation control facilities within 25 feet of unnamed tributaries to PINE Run. Application received February 28, 1997.
Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.
30841313. Consolidation Coal Company, (P. O. Box 100, Osage, WV 26543), to revise the permit for the Dilworth bituminous deep mine in Cumberland Township, Greene County to add subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharge. Application received February 7, 1997.
03831305. Keystone Coal Mining Corporation (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Jane bituminous deep mine in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County for post-mining land use change at the No. 9 shaft, no additional discharge. Application received February 27, 1997.
03851301. Rosebud Mining Company (R. D. 1, Box 379-A, Kittanning, PA 16201), to renew the permit for the Rosebud No. 2 bituminous deep mine in Perry Township, Armstrong County no additional discharge. Application received February 5, 1997.
14841601. Northern Counties Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 668, Philipsburg, PA 16866), to revise the permit for the One Mile Run preparation plant in Rush Township, Centre County for sludge utilization, no additional discharge. Application received February 20, 1997.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476.
Under Act 181 of 1984, the Department of Environmental Protection gives notice of an unsolicited proposal received from Original Fuels, Inc., Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to reclaim an abandoned surface mine in Oliver Township, Jefferson County. The Department intends to enter into negotiations with Original Fuels, Inc. to contract for site reclamation.
The project, BF-418.101.1, involves reclamation of the area mined by Champion Coal Company where bonds were forfeited by the Department under Permit Number MDP 3875SM59.
Original Fuels, Inc., proposes to backfill, regrade and revegetate 16.7 acres. All areas will be regraded to promote surface drainage and provide integration with surrounding unmined areas.
All interested parties should send comments to Richard L. Joyce, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA no later than 4 p.m., April 21, 1997.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environments 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.
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 certifications under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Northwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.
E24-197. Encroachment. Borough of Ridgway, P. O. Box 149, 108 Main Street, Ridgway, PA 15853. To maintain and remove accumulated stream channel and sand/gravel bar deposits from the stream channel and to repair and maintain several gabion basket retaining walls within a 2,100 linear foot section of Gallagher Run (CWF). This project is located within the Borough of Ridgway on Gallagher Run from the confluence of Gallagher Run and Elk Creek to a point 2,100 feet upstream (Ridgway, PA Quadrangle N: 8.8 inches; W: 14.5 inches) located in Borough of Ridgway, Elk County.
E10-258. Encroachment. Butler County Commissioners, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003-1208. To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a new Farrington Bridge (County Bridge No. 3) with an increased clear span to 21 feet and a maximum underclearance of 6 feet across Fowler Run (CWF). This project is located on Church Road (T-542) approximately 300 feet south of the intersection of Church Road (T-542) and S. R. 0058 (Emlenton, PA Quadrangle N: 1.7 inches; W: 10.2 inches) located in Allegheny Township, Butler County.
E25-546. Encroachment. Lawrence Park Golf Club, P. O. Box 7241, Erie, PA 16510. To remove the existing 75-foot long three span golf cart bridge decking, to place and maintain new prefabricated bridge decking, to rehabilitate and enhance the existing bridge piers and abatements, and to install and maintain 200 linear feet of concrete retaining wall on both sides of Four Mile Creek (WWF, MF). This project is located across Four Mile Creek within the Lawrence Park Golf Club property approximately 1,800 feet north of the intersection of East Lake Road (S. R. 0005) and Iroquois Ave. (S. R. 0955) (Erie, North, PA Quadrangle N: 6.1 inches; W: 3.5 inches) located in Lawrence Park Township, Erie County.
E62-330. Encroachment. Dana R. and Kathy R. Wellington, R. R. 1, Box 10B, Tidioute, PA 16351. To install and maintain a new bridge having a clear span of 39 feet and a minimum underclearance of 6 feet across North Branch Ackely Run (CWF). The bridge drive will be located off Cable Hollow Road (SR 1016) located approximately 900 feet west of the intersection of Cable Hollow Road and Mill Road (T-588) (Scandia, PA Quadrangle N: 19.50; W: 14.00 inches) located in Pine Grove Township, Warren County.
Northeast Regional Office: Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-5485.
E45-321. Encroachment. Lake Naomi Club, Route 423, P. O. Box T, Naomi Pines, PA 18350-0620. To place fill in 0.5 acre of PFO wetlands for the purpose of constructing a gravel parking lot to serve the Lake Naomi Club Swimming Pool Complex. The project is located in Lake Naomi Estates residential subdivision at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Miller Drive in Tanglewood Drive (Pocono Pines, PA Quadrangle N: 20.8 inches; W; 9.4 inches) in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County (Philadelphia District Army Corps of Engineers).
Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E09-743. Encroachment. Boro of Doylestown, 57 West Court Street, Doylestown, PA 18901. To improve the North Street stormwater management facilities in and along a tributary to Cooks Run (WWF, MF). This work will include the following:
1. To remove the existing stream enclosure from Swamp Road (SR 313) to Fonthill Drive.
2. To install and maintain stream enclosures consisting of:
a. 851 linear feet of twin 30 inch diameter HERCP stream enclosure and associated swaling;
b. 57 linear feet of twin 38-inch by 24-inch HERCP culvert under Chapman Avenue;
c. 27 linear feet of twin 30-inc CPP culvert under Mercer Avenue
3. To install and maintain 50 linear feet of 6.5-foot by 2.5-foot concrete box culvert under Fonthill Drive.
4. To modify the stream channel approximately 190 linear feet, upstream from the proposed Fonthill Drive culvert.
This project is located approximately 1,400 feet southeast from the intersection of Route 313 and Route 611 (Doylestown, PA Quadrangle N: 13.5 inches; W: 0.3 inches) Doylestown Borough, Bucks County.
DAM SAFETY
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 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
DEP Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 787-8568.
D63-089B. Dam. Eighty-Four Mining Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701-0729). To enlarge the existing Pond No. 6 coal refuse (slurry) disposal facility located across a tributary to Center Branch Pigeon Creek at the Eighty-Four Complex. The Pond No. 6 Dam will be raised 30 feet in two stages by placing new embankment fill on the top and downstream side of the dam in Somerset Township, Washington County.
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