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STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS RELATED TO APPLICATIONS FOR
NPDES PERMITS FOR CAFOsThe State Conservation Commission has taken the following actions on previously received applications for nutrient management plans under 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5, for agricultural operations that have or anticipate submitting applications for new, amended or renewed NPDES permits or NOIs for coverage under a general permit for CAFOs under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal under 3 Pa.C.S. § 517, section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704 (relating to Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users should contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary of the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create a right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge actions, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for pro bono representation. Call the Secretary of the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN—PUBLIC NOTICE SPREADSHEET
Agricultural Operation
Name and AddressCounty Total
AcresAnimal Equivalent Units Animal
TypeSpecial Protection Waters (HQ or EV or NA) Renewal/
NewNew Hope Farm CVFF
23117 Back Road
Concord, PA 17217Franklin 6.5 1310.25 Swine NA Renewal Leroy Zimmerman
327 Stackstown Road
Marietta, PA 17547Lancaster 166.3 340.1 Swine /
Steers /
HeifersNA Renewal Chick Valley Farm
Joel Frey
1170 Breneman Road
Conestoga, PA 17516Lancaster 74 204.66 Pullets NA Renewal
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMITS Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for PWS permits to construct or substantially modify public water systems.
Persons wishing to comment on permit applications are invited to submit statements 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 an application. A comment should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. 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 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 that 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
Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Application No. 3611547 MA, Minor Amendment, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Mountaintop Mobile Home Park Municipality Caernarvon Township County Lancaster Responsible Official Larry J. Farkas PE, Professional Engineer
637 Jeffers Circle
Exton, PA 19341Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Larry J. Farkas, P.E.
Cawley Environmental Services, Inc.
637 Jeffers Circle
Exton, PA 19341Application Received: 11/14/2011 Description of Action Installation of chlorine contact piping and demonstration of 4-log treatment of viruses Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-4745
Permit No. 3011501, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority,
1442 Jefferson Road,
Jefferson, PA 15344[Township or Borough] Cumberland Township Responsible Official Joseph Simatic, Manager
Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority,
1442 Jefferson Road,
Jefferson, PA 15344Type of Facility Water treatment plant Consulting Engineer Bankson Engineers, Inc.,
267 Blue Run Road,
PO Box 200,
Indianola, PA 15051Application Received Date December 2, 2011 Description of Action Construction of four gravity filters, installation of two ultraviolet reactors for disinfection, retrofitting four existing gravity filters with air scour, replacement of all four high service pumps and the installation of variable frequency drives. Permit No. 0211503, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Municipal Authority of the Borough of Oakmont,
PO Box 73,
721 Allegheny Avenue,
Oakmont, PA 15139[Township or Borough] Indiana Township Responsible Official John Dunlap, General Manager
Municipal Authority of the Borough of Oakmont,
PO Box 73,
721 Allegheny Avenue,
Oakmont, PA 15139Type of Facility Water storage tanks Consulting Engineer NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc.,
950 Fifth Avenue,
Coraopolis, PA 15108Application Received Date October 17, 2011 Description of Action Cleaning, repairs and installation of PAX mixers to the Rich Hill and Indianola water storage tanks.
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. 4511504MA
Applicant Skytop Lodges, Inc. [Township or Borough] Barrett Township,
Monroe CountyResponsible Official Jim Siglin, Representative
Skytop Lodges, Inc.
Skytop, PA 18357
570-595-8918Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Brick T. Linder, PE
Linder Engineering, Inc.
RD 1, Box 408D
Canadensis, PA 18325
570-595-6432Application Received Date November 28, 2011 Description of Action Construction of larger diameter conveyance lines at the system's three supply wells to provide additional contact volume following chlorination to allow compliance with the Ground Water Rule. Application No. 4811504 MA, Minor Amendment.
Applicant Lower Saucon Township Authority
3706 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bethlehem, PA. 18015-5426[Township or Borough] Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County Responsible Official Mr. Gar W. Davidson
Authority Administrator
Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Hanover Engineering Associates, Inc.
Mr. J. Bradley Youst, PE.
5920 Hamilton Blvd.
Suite 108
Allentown, PA. 18106-8942Application Received Date November 30, 2011 Description of Action This project provides for the construction of an Emergency Water System Interconnection between Hellertown Borough Authority and the Lower Saucon Authority public water systems. This interconnection will provide an emergency source of domestic and fire fighting water for certain portions of Lower Saucon Authority service area if needed. Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-4745
Application No. 2611507MA, Minor Amendment.
Applicant National Pike Water Authority,
PO Box 10,
Markleysburg, PA 15459[Township or Borough] Wharton Township Responsible Official Douglas Friend, President
National Pike Water Authority,
PO Box 10,
Markleysburg, PA 15459Type of Facility Water system Consulting Engineer McMillen Engineering,
115 Wayland Smith Drive,
Uniontown, PA 15401Application Received Date December 2, 2011 Description of Action Installation of waterlines along Route 40; State Routes 2015, 381, 2011; and Township Roads 718 and 377.
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—6026.907)
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) (35 P. S. §§ 6026.302—6026.305) require the 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. A person intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area shall file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of cleanup standards or 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 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 following site, 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 as follows. 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 listed before the notice. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office. 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:
Northeast Region: Eric Supey, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Cricket Hill Golf Course, RR 2, Cricket Hill Road, Berlin Township, Wayne County. Martin P. Gilgallon, Pennsylvania Tectonics, Inc., 826 Main Street, Peckville, PA 18452 has submitted a ''Revised'' Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, FNBJ Holding Corp., 4866 State Route 52, Jeffersonville, NY 12748), concerning the remediation of soil and groundwater found to have been impacted by leaded and unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel as a result of the disposal of these contaminants into an on-lot septic system. The ''original'' Notice of Intent to Remediate, received on October 28, 2009, only included the remediation of soil. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Residential Statewide Health Standard for soil and groundwater. The current and future use of the property is as a golf course. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is expected to be published in a local newspaper serving the general area sometime in the near future.
Jeras Corporation Property (Runk Barn), 2175 Pirma Avenue, South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. Chris Jacangelo, J. Rockwood & Associates, Inc., P. O. Box 1006, Easton, PA 18044 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Jeras Corporation, 1802 N. Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104), concerning the remediation of soil found to have been impacted by No. 2 fuel oil as a result of a pitted and corrosive underground storage tank, which was observed during the tank's removal process. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Residential statewide Health Standard for soil. The current and future use of the property is residential. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is expected to be published in a local newspaper serving the general area sometime in the near future.
Former Northern Carrier, 626 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton City, Lackawanna County. Sandra L. Szempruch-Koza, MEA, Inc., 1365 Ackermanville Road, Bangor, PA 18013 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of her client, Penn Security Bank and Trust Company, 150 N. Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503), concerning the remediation of soil found to have been impacted by No. 2 heating oil, waste oil, and leaded gasoline during the uncovering and removal of three (3) 4,000-gallon and two (2) 3,000-gallon underground storage tanks. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Non-Residential Statewide Health Standard for soil. The current and likely future use of the property is commercial. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Scranton Times on November 14, 2011.
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Rutherford Intermodal Transfer Facility, 5050 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111, Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Marshall Miller & Associates, 534 Industrial Park Road, Bluefield, VA 24605, on behalf of Consolidated Rail Corporation, Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101 and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree Street, NE, Box 13, Atlanta, GA 30309, submitted a revised Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with BTEX, PHCs, and PAHs. The site will be remediated to the Site-Specific standard and will remain an intermodal transfer facility.
Ephrata Marketplace, 830 to 870 East Main Street, Ephrata, PA 17522, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Advantage Engineers LLC, 910 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, on behalf of Ephrata GF, LP, 1000 North Front Street, Suite 500, Wormleysburg, PA 17043, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, VOCs, PAHs and metals. The site will be remediated to the Statewide Health standard. Future use of the site is a commercial strip mall.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The 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 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 received applications for Plan Approvals 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 listed before the applications. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule appointments.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit shall indicate interests to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and shall file protests or comments on a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed documents to persons or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first.
Interested persons may also request that hearings be held concerning a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit. A comment or protest filed with the Department regional office shall 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 listed 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 (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401—7671q) and regulations adopted under the Federal Clean Air 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.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: M. Gorog & B. Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226
03-00245B: Rosebud Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) to increase coal processing from 420,000 tons per year to 750,000 tons per year at TJS #6 Plant in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County.
65-00857B: Saint-Gobain, Inc. (4702 Route 982, Latrobe, PA 15650) to construct a roller hearth kiln at the Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Corp. plant in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6636
43-309B: Bucks Fabricating Inc. (3547 Perry Highway, Hadley, PA 16130-2325) for installation of two paint booths in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County. A dry filter system is used to control particulate matter (PM) emissions.
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, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Contact: Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
09-0024I: Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.—WMPI (1000 New Ford Mill Road, Morrisville, PA 19067) for installation of a landfill gas fired 2233 brake horsepower (bhp) generator engine at the Tullytown Resource Recovery Facility (TRFF) in Tullytown Borough, Bucks County. The landfill is a Title V facility. The engine will employ lean burn technology to minimize formation of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The engine will be limited to emissions of 0.41 g/bhp-hr formaldehyde. The project is subject to the requirements of Non-attainment New Source Review, codified at 25 Pa. Code § 127.203(b)(1)(ii). Emissions that are required to be offset are 33.1 tons of VOC. WMPI will offset the net increases of VOC, at the offset ratio of 1.3:1, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.210. A total of 43.03 tons of VOC ERC, that WMPI has already procured, are authorized for this project. The engine is subject to the requirements of New Source Standards of Performance (NSPS) for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines, 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart JJJJ. The company will comply with all required monitoring, recordkeeping and testing requirements.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6636
43-356B: Hermitage Municipal Authority (800 North Hermitage Road, Hermitage, PA 16148-3220) for modification of sources permitted in Plan Approval 43-356A. The facility will remove C101 (Selective Catalytic Reduction) from Source 101 (Combined Heat & Power Unit) and requests a correction to the emission limits for Source 105 (Emergency Generator). This equipment is located at the Bobby Run Water Pollution Control Plant in the City of Hermitage, Mercer County. Sources modified in this plan approval include 101 and 105.
Pursuant to 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) intends to issue Plan Approval 43-356B to the Hermitage Municipal Authority for the operation of a combined heat and power unit and an emergency generator, at the Bobby Run Water Pollution Control Plant located in the City of Hermitage, Mercer County. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into a facility Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Plan Approval No. 43-356B is for the modification of the combined heat and power unit and emergency generator. Based on the information provided by the applicant and DEP's own analysis, the combined subject sources will have the potential to emit approximately 16.6 tons of year of nitrogen oxides; 2.41 tons per year of carbon monoxide; 1.02 tons per year of particulate matter; 0.76 tons per year of sulfur oxides and 0.51 tons per year of volatile organic compounds.
The Plan Approval will contain testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, work practice and additional requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426
AMS 11245: Philadelphia Gas Works—Richmond Plant (3100 East Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134) to install a 91.5 MMBTU/hr ethylene glycol heater. The heater will be limited to 18 million cubic feet of natural gas burned and less than 1.0 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions per rolling 12-month period. The plan approval will contain monitoring and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
AMS 11195: Honeywell International—Frankford Plant (Margaret & Bermuda St. Philadelphia, PA 19137 to permanently route the aldehyde drum (VT-401) vent to the inlet to the CADs 401/402/403 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The project will have a zero tpy VOC emissions. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174
65-00354: Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P. (1734 Old Route 66, Delmont, PA, 15626) for operation of a Petroleum Marketing Terminal, known as the Delmont Terminal, located at 1734 Old Route 66 in Salem Township, Westmoreland County. The facility currently has Title V Operating Permit, No. TVOP-65-00354.
The facility currently has three gasoline, one ethanol, one diesel fuel, and one kerosene storage tanks. It also has gasoline and diesel tank truck loading racks, with emissions controlled by a vapor refrigeration unit, (VRU) or alternately, a backup vapor combustion unit. (VCU) Maximum annual emissions are estimated to be 99.72 tons of VOC and emissions of 1.76 tons of all HAPs combined, with the vapor combustion unit in operation. Gasoline throughput at the facility shall not exceed 483,296,354 gallons in any consecutive 12-month period. The facility is subject to state requirements as well as 40 CFR 60 Subpart XX, related to standards of performance for bulk gasoline terminals, 40 CFR Subpart Ka related to standards of performance for storage vessels for petroleum liquids, and 40 CFR 63 Subpart BBBBBB related to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for source category: gasoline distribution bulk terminals, bulk plants, and pipeline facilities. The Operating Permit contains appropriate emission limitations, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, and work practice standards. Further details on the conditions and the reasons for their inclusion are available upon request
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Plan Approval to the regional office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the commentator.
Identification of the proposed Operating Permit No. TVOP-65-00354.
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such a notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Martin Hochhauser, P.E., Operating Permits, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, 412-442-4057.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
09-00212: Allied Tube and Conduit Corp. (600 Dean Sievers Place, Morrisville, PA 19067) for operation of a tube manufacturing plant in Falls Township, Bucks County. The manufacturing processes consist of mechanically forming and welding steel stock into tubes, and painting the products, which result in the emissions of ammonia, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and metal fabrication Hazardous Air Pollutants (MFHAPs). The proposed operating permit is for a non-Title V (State Only), Natural Minor facility. It contains monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
54-00027: Titanium Wire Corp. (235 Industrial Park Road, Frackville, PA 17931) for operation of a natural gas fired furnace in West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County. The proposed State-only Operating Permit contains other applicable requirements for emissions limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or Daniel Husted, Chief, West Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4863
36-05153: Pierson Rheems, LLC (5 Heisey Quarry Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022) for their stone quarry in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received an application and intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit for the abovementioned facility.
The subject facility has actual emissions of 0.49 tpy of PM-10. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOO—Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the PA DEP Southcentral Regional Office, at 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
A person may oppose the proposed plan approval, or may provide the Department with additional information to consider in its review, or may request a public hearing, by filing a written protest with the Department at the address listed above. Each written comment must contain the following:
• Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
• Identification of the proposed permit by the permit number listed above.
• A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A 30-day comment period, from the date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, will exist for the submission of comments or protests.
Mr. Thomas Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section may be contacted at 717-705-4862, or at PA DEP Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, for additional information or for the submission of comments or protests.
22-03046: Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. (P. O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474-0196) for the operation of rock crushing operations in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County. This is a renewal of their State-Only Operating Permit issued in 2005.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received an application and intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit for the abovementioned facility.
The subject facility has the potential to emit 5.8 tpy of PM10. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO—Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the PA DEP Southcentral Regional Office, at 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
A person may oppose the proposed operating permit, or may provide the Department with additional information to consider in its review, or may request a public hearing, by filing a written protest with the Department at the address listed above. Each written comment must contain the following:
• Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
• Identification of the proposed permit by the permit number listed above.
• A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A 30-day comment period, from the date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, will exist for the submission of comments or protests.
Tom Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section, may be contacted at 717-705-4862, or at PA DEP Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, for additional information or for the submission of comments or protests.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
17-00061: Junior Coal Contracting, Inc. (2330 Six Mile Road, Philipsburg, PA 16866-8203) for issuance of a state only operating permit for their facility in Decatur Township, Clearfield County. The facility's source is a coal preparation plant. The potential emission of all air contaminants are below their respective major emission thresholds. The proposed state only operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
49-00040: Reagent Chemical & Research, Inc. (145 Happy Hollow Road, Coal Township, PA 17866-7733) for issuance of a state only operating permit for their facility in Coal Township, Northumberland County. The facility's sources include a limestone storage operation, two skeet target production lines and two parts washers. The potential emission of all air contaminants are below their respective major emission thresholds. The proposed state only operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
49-00009: Masonite Corp. (PO Box 112, Northumberland, PA 17857-0112) for issuance of a state only operating permit for their facility in Point Township, Northumberland County. The facility's sources include two combustion units, five surface coating spray booths and associated cleanup operations, a prefinish line, a gluing operation, a milling & sanding operation, an emergency generator and a parts washer. The potential emission of all air contaminants are below their respective major emission thresholds. The proposed state only operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
41-00067: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Ave., Bellefonte, PA 16823) for issuance of a State-Only (Synthetic Minor) Operating Permit renewal for operation of their Montoursville Plant No. 15 facility in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County.
The facility operates oil preheater, a drum mix asphalt plant, a RAP processing system, an Eagle mobile crushing unit, fuel oil storage tanks, Kolberg mobile crushing and screening unit, and a Nordberg mobile crushing unit.
The facility has the potential to emit up to 29.03 tons of PM/PM10, 5.02 tons of HAPs, 79.88 tons of SOx, 75.44 tons of NOx, 30.22 tons of VOCs, and 77.10 tons of CO per year.
The facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue State-Only (Synthetic Minor) Operating Permit 41-00067. The Department intends to incorporate into the operating permit all applicable conditions of approval contained in the RFD exemptions for various insignificant air-contaminant sources and air-contaminant sources authorized under general plan approvals/general operating permits. The proposed renewal operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are included.
60-00020: Pik Rite, Inc. (60 Pik Rite Lane, Lewisburg, PA 17837-6840) for issuance of a state only operating permit for their facility in Buffalo Township, Union County. The facility's source is a surface coating operation. The potential emission of all air contaminants are below their respective major emission thresholds. The proposed state only operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174
65-00322: PIAD Precision Casting Corp. (Westmoreland County Industrial Park, 112 Industrial Park Road, Greensburg, PA 15601) for manufacturing—industrial furnaces and ovens at their Hempfield Township Plant in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
30-00177: Coresco, LLC (308 Dents Run Road, Morgantown, WV 26501) for bituminous coal and lignite surface mining at their Dooley Run Terminal in Dunkard Township, Greene County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
65-00792: Metalor Electrotechnics USA Corp. (1003 Corporate Lane, Export, PA 15632) for fabricated metal products at Metalor Plant #5 in Export Borough, Westmoreland County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
65-00316: BFS Petroleum Products, Inc. (1768 Mileground Road, Morgantown, WV 26505) for petroleum distribution at their Vandergrift Bulk Plant in Vandergrift Borough, Westmoreland County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
30-00130: BFS Petroleum Products, Inc. (1768 Mileground Road, Morgantown, WV 26505) for petroleum distribution at their Bruceton Petroleum (PA Division) Plant in Franklin Township, Westmoreland County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
32-00375: Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201), Natural Minor Operating Permit for the operation of a coal preparation plant, known as the Lowry Deep Mine, located in White Township, Indiana County.
The facility contains air contamination sources consisting of screens, conveyers, storage piles, and one 277-bhp emergency diesel generator engine. Raw coal throughput of the facility is limited to 800,000 tons per year. Facility emissions are 15.12 tons per year of PM10, 0.82 tons per year of NOx, 0.08 tons per year of CO. The facility is limited to a maximum opacity from any processing equipment of 20 percent. The facility is subject to state requirements as well as 40 CFR 60, Subpart Y—Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants and 40 CFR 60, Subpart IIII—Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. The permit includes emission limitations, operational requirements, monitoring requirements, and recordkeeping requirements for the facility
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this State Only Operating Permit may submit the information to Martin L. Hochhauser, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments,
Identification of the proposed Operating Permit (specify Operating Permit OP-32-00375), and
Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication. In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.428, prior to issuing an operating permit, the Department may hold a fact-finding conference or hearing at which the petitioner, and a person who has properly filed a protest under § 127.426 (relating to filing protests) may appear and give testimony. The Department is not required to hold a conference or hearing. The applicant, the protestant and other participants will be notified of the time, place and purpose of a conference or hearing, in writing or by publication in a newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the Department determines that notification by telephone will be sufficient.
32-00398: Western Allegheny Energy, LLC (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201), Natural Minor Operating Permit for the operation of a coal preparation plant, known as the Knob Creek Mine, located in Young Township, Indiana County.
The facility contains air contamination sources consisting of screens, conveyers, storage piles, and one 277-bhp emergency diesel generator engine. Raw coal throughput of the facility is limited to 800,000 tons per year. Facility emissions are 13.99 tons per year of PM10, 0.81 tons per year of NOx, 0.08 tons per year of CO. The facility is limited to a maximum opacity from any processing equipment of 20 percent. The facility is subject to state requirements as well as 40 CFR 60, Subpart Y—Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants and 40 CFR 60, Subpart IIII—Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. The permit includes emission limitations, operational requirements, monitoring requirements, and recordkeeping requirements for the facility
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this State Only Operating Permit may submit the information to Martin L. Hochhauser, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments,
Identification of the proposed Operating Permit (specify Operating Permit OP-32-00398), and
Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication. In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.428, prior to issuing an operating permit, the Department may hold a fact-finding conference or hearing at which the petitioner, and a person who has properly filed a protest under § 127.426 (relating to filing protests) may appear and give testimony. The Department is not required to hold a conference or hearing. The applicant, the protestant and other participants will be notified of the time, place and purpose of a conference or hearing, in writing or by publication in a newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the Department determines that notification by telephone will be sufficient.
63-00110: World Kitchen, Inc. (100 Eighth Street, Charleroi, PA 15022) In accordance with 25 Pa Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gives notice that they intend to issue a Synthetic Minor State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) to World Kitchen, Inc. to authorize the continued operation of a pressed and blown glass manufacturing facility at their Charleroi Plant located in Charleroi Boro, Washington County. The facility consists of systems for the receiving, batching and storage of raw materials (controlled with 3 baghouses), one melting tank with associated molding and mold swabbing operations, a chrome plating operation (controlled with a composite mesh pad), and miscellaneous natural gas combustion sources including 5 kilns, 4 firepolishers, 5 forehearths, and 1 lehr). To stay below major source thresholds, facility will limit the charge to the melting furnace and limit the use of sodium sulfate. Emissions from the facility, on a 12-month rolling basis, after taking synthetic minor limitations are limited to 35 tons PM10, 95 tons SOx, 65 tons NOx, 10 tons VOC, 25 tons CO, 0.29 tons HF, 0.04 tons HCl, and 0.0094 tons Chromium.
The facility is subject to 60 CFR 63, Subpart N (related to chrome plating), 40 CFR 98, Subpart N (related to mandatory greenhouse gas reporting), and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145. The proposed SOOP contains conditions related to restrictions, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards. DEP believes that these conditions ensure compliance with all applicable Federal and State regulations.
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the Operating Permit may submit the information to Barbara Hatch, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, 412-442-5226. Written comments must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments,
Identification of the proposed Operating Permit (SOOP-63-00110), and
Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
56-00314: Bognar and Co., Inc. (731-733 Washington Blvd, PO Box 11999, Pittsburgh, PA 15228) for coal mining services at their Somerset Plant in Black Township, Somerset County. This is a State Only Operating Permit Application submittal.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426
S10-003: South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Berridge/Courtland Maintenance Shop. (at 200 West Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140) for the operation of a public transportation in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission source includes two each 12.553 MMBTU/hr boilers, two each 5.021 MMBTU/hr boilers, one 2.95 MMBTU/hr and one 3.95MMBTu/hr heaters, and one 1MMBTU/hr, two each 0.5 MMBTU/hr and nine each 1.21MMBTU/hr hot water heaters, six pressure washers, two space heaters, one Catalyst Regeneration Unit, Stage 2 Vapor Recovery Units, Spray Booths, Printing Presses and a 200 KW emergency generator.
The operating permit will be issued under 25 Pa. Code, 3 Philadelphia Code and Air Management Regulation XIII. Permit copies and other supporting information are available for public inspection at AMS, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Edward Wiener at (215) 685-9426.
Persons wishing to file protest or comments on the above operating permit must submit the protest or comments within 30 days from the date of this notice. Any protests or comments filed with AMS must include a concise statement of the objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based. Based upon the information received during the public comment period, AMS may modify the operating permit or schedule a public hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a local newspaper at least thirty days before the hearing.
PLAN APPROVALS
Receipt of Plan Approval Applications and Intent to Issue Plan Approvals, and Intent to Issue Amended Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B And Subchapter F. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
54-310-055: Richard E Pierson Construction Co., Inc.—Middleport Quarry (PO Box 4309, Woodstown, NJ 08098-0430) for replacement of a crushing plant with a new crushing plant with water sprays at Middleport Quarry for their facility in Walker Township, Schuylkill County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Richard E Pierson Construction Company, Inc. (Middleport Quarry) (PO Box 4309, Woodstown, NJ 08098-0430) for their facility located in Walker Twp, Schuylkill County. This Plan Approval No. 54-310-053 will be incorporated into a Synthetic Minor Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 54-310-055 is for the replacement of a crushing plant with a new crushing plant with water sprays at Middleport Quarry. The crushing operation is subject to NSPS Subpart OOO requirements. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 Pa. Code § 123.31 for malodorous emissions. These limits will meet BAT requirements for this source. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit No.: 54-310-055.
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Phone 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1—1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301—3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51—30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1—1406.20a). 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. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before each application. Notices of requests for 401 Water Quality Certifications are included in individual application notices, as noted.
Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application and request for Section 401 water quality certification application may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, state or local government agency or authority to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121—77.123 and 86.31—86.34.
Written comments or objections regarding a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections, application number and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based.
A request for an informal conference or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code § 77.123 or § 86.34, must contain the name, address and telephone number of the requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
When an NPDES number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. A separate notice will be provided after the draft NPDES permit is prepared.
MINING ACTIVITY NPDES DRAFT PERMITS This notice provides information about applications for a new, amended or renewed NPDES permits associated with mining activity (coal or noncoal) permits. The applications concern industrial waste (mining) discharges to surface water and discharges of stormwater associated with mining activities. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act(33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251—1376).
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a draft NPDES permit and made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the associated mining activity permit.
Effluent Limits for Coal Mining Activities
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that are the more stringent of technology-based (BAT) effluent limitations or Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL).
The BAT limits for coal mining activities, as provided in 40 CFR Part 434 and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 87—90 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (Total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity* * The parameter is applicable at all times.
In addition, the Department imposes a technology-based aluminum limit of 2.0 mg/l (30 day average) to protect stream uses.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applies to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and all other discharges and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of greater than 1-year 24-hour to less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles. Similarly, modified BAT limits apply to iron, manganese and suspended solids in surface runoff, discharges and drainage resulting from these precipitation events and those of greater magnitude in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Exceptions to BAT effluent limits may be applicable in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Effluent Limits for Noncoal Mining Activities
The BAT limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 40 CFR Part 436 and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 77 are as follows:
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity* pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.
Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional water quality based effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description specifies the parameters.
In addition to BAT or WQBEL limits, coal and noncoal NPDES permits establish effluent limitations in the form of implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) identified in the associated Erosion and Sedimentation Plan, the Reclamation Plan and the NPDES permit application. These BMPs restrict the rates and quantities of associated pollutants from being discharged into surface waters in this Commonwealth.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur are incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 362-0600-001, NPDES Program Implementation—Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation, and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Load(s). Additional discharge limitations may apply in the event that unexpected discharges occur.
Discharge rates for surface mining activities are precipitation driven. Discharge rates for proposed discharges associated with underground mining are noted in the permit description.
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES draft permit should submit a written statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each draft permit within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92a.82(d). The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. When a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
NPDES No. PA0223701 on Surface Mining Permit No. 67960301. Codorus Stone & Supply Co., Inc. (135 Mundis Race Road, York, PA 17402) renewal of an NPDES Permit for a limestone quarry operation in Manchester Township, York County, affecting 42.4 acres. Receiving stream: Codorus Creek, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. Application received: August 8, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are BAT limits described above for noncoal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Codorus Creek.
Outfall No. New Outfall Y/N Type 1 No O.D. NPDES No. PA0123242 on Surface Mining Permit No. 7475SM10. ESSROC Cement Corp. (Route 248 & Easton Road, Nazareth, PA 18064), renewal of an NPDES Permit for a limestone quarry operation in Upper Nazareth and Lower Nazareth Townships and Nazareth Borough, Northampton County, affecting 176.0 acres. Receiving stream: East Branch Monocacy Creek, classified for the following use: HQ-cold water fishes. Application received: October 26, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are BAT limits described above for noncoal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to East Branch Monocacy Creek.
Outfall No. New Outfall Y/N Type 1 No O.D. Coal NPDES Draft Permits
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900
NPDES No. PA0597457 (Mining permit no. 32850114), Beilchick Brothers, P. O. Box 7, Heilwood, PA 15745, renewal of an NPDES permit for surface mining in Pine Township, Indiana County, affecting 147.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributaries to Little Yellow Creek, classified for the following use(s): high quality cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River TMDL. Application received: September 21, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The treatment pond outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unnamed Tributaries to Little Yellow Creek.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001, 002, 003 and 004 N The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Osmotic Pressure (milliosmoles/kg) 50.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times The sediment pond outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unnamed Tributaries to Little Yellow Creek.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 005, 006, 007 & 008 N The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times NPDES No. PA0263273 (Mining permit no. 56110105), Wilson Creek Energy, LLC, 140 West Union Street, Somerset, PA 15501, new NPDES permit for a bituminous surface mine in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, affecting 84.7 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributary to Quemahoning Creek, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Kiski-Conemaugh TMDL. Application received: June 21, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to unnamed tributary to Quemahoning Creek.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 Y 002 Y The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times The stormwater outfall(s) listed below discharge to: unnamed tributary to Quemahoning Creek
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 003 Y 004 Y The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times NPDES No. PA0262595 (Mining permit no. 32080102), Britt Energies, Inc., 2450 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701, revised NPDES permit for a surface coal mine operation in Pine Township, Indiana County, affecting 85.2 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributaries to Leonard Run, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River TMDL. Application received: July 27, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to unnamed tributaries to Leonard Run.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 Treatment Pond 1 No 002 Treatment Pond 2 No The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 003—Sediment Pond A No 004—Sediment Pond B No 005—Sediment Pond C Yes The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
NPDES No. PA0225011 on Surface Mining Permit No. 54111301. Little Buck Coal Company, (57 Lincoln Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963), new NPDES Permit for an anthracite underground mine operation in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, affecting 1.5 acres of surface area and 20.0 acres of subsurface area. Receiving stream: Stumps Run, classified for the following uses: cold water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: May 10, 2011.
The proposed average daily discharge rate for Outfall 001 is 0.288 MGD & Outfall 002 is 0.0001 MGD.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Stumps Run.
Outfall No. New Outfall Y/N Type 001 Yes O.D. 002 Yes E&S The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfalls are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.8 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) Monitor & Report
1 The parameter is applicable at all times. NPDES No. PA0594318 on Surface Mining Permit No. 49663009. Mallard Contracting Co., Inc., (100 Lehigh Street, Mt. Carmel, PA 17851) renewal of an NPDES Permit for an anthracite surface mine, coal refuse reprocessing, coal refuse disposal, coal preparation plant and excess spoil removal & disposal operation in Mt. Carmel and Conyngham Townships, Northumberland and Columbia Counties, affecting 1200.0 acres. Receiving stream: Shamokin Creek via Scott Overflow of mine pool discharge, classified for the following uses: cold water fishes. Application received: January 18, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Shamokin Creek.
Outfall No. New Outfall Y/N Type 001 N O.D. NPDES No. PA0225070 on Surface Mining Permit No. 40663031. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701) new NPDES Permit for an anthracite surface mine and coal refuse reprocessing operation in Foster Township, Luzerne County, affecting 536.0 acres. Receiving streams: Black Creek and Sand Run, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: October 7, 2011.
This permit is issued as a ''Non-Discharge'' permit with applicable BMP's.
Unless otherwise noted, the proposed effluent limits in this permit are BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Black Creek and Sandy Run.
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