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Proposed NPDES Permit Renewal Actions for Minor Sewage Discharges
The following parties have applied to renew their current NPDES permits to allow the continued discharge of controlled wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has made a tentative determination to renew these permits and proposes to issue them, subject to their current permit effluent limitations, and monitoring and reporting requirements, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new or changed regulations and other requirements. The updates may include, but will not be limited to, applicable permit conditions and/or requirements addressing combined sewer overflows (CSOs), municipal sewage sludge management, and total residual chlorine control (TRC). Any major changes to or deviations from the terms of the existing permit will be documented and published with the final Department actions.
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.
NPDES No. Facility Name and Address County and
MunicipalityTributary Stream New Permit Reqmts. PA0081281 Calvary Heights Inc.
2160 Hanover Rd.
Gettysburg, PA 17325Adams
Mt. Pleasant Twp.UNT of
White RunCBOD5
TSS
TRCPA0084131 Gettysburg Area School District
900 Biglerville Rd.
Gettysburg, PA 17325Adams
Franklin Twp.UNT of
Marsh CreekTRC PA0082945 Hamilton Twp. Board of Supervisors
272 Mummerts Church Road
Abbottstown, PA 17301Adams
Hamilton Twp.Conewago Creek TRC PA0083836 Pine Run Inc.
1880 Pine Run Road
Abbottstown, PA 17301Adams
Hamilton TownshipUNT of
Conewago CreekTRC
The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from a proposed construction activity into the surface waters of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided in the permit as erosion and sedimentation control measures and facilities which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharged.
Where indicated, the EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.24(d).
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Regional Office or County Conservation District Office indicated as the responsible office, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. A copy of the written comments should be sent to the County Conservation District Office. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Regional Office of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Regional Office considers the public response significant.
Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealable to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the County Conservation District Office or the Department Regional Office indicated 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.
Northcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3669.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Ste. 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6131.
Northeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 825-2511.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
Allegheny County Conservation District, District Manager, 875 Greentree Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-3501, telephone (412) 921-1999.
NPDES Permit PAS10A083. Stormwater. BTS West Mifflin LP, One Gorham Island, Wesport, CT 06880-3212 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County, to Lewis Run.
NPDES Permit PAS10A084. Stormwater. West Penn Power, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-1689 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Fawn and Harrison Townships, Allegheny County and Buffalo Township, Butler County, to Little Buffalo Creek.
Chester County Conservation District, District Manager, 610 Westtown Road, Government Services Center, West Chester, PA 19382-4519.
NPDES Permit PAS10G194. Stormwater. Raymond and Shirley Sexton, P. O. Box 240, Oxford, PA 19363 have applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, to UNT to Big Elk Creek's west branch.
Northampton County Conservation District, District Manager, R. R. 4, Nazareth, PA 18064, telephone (610) 746-1971.
NPDES Permit PAS10U048. Stormwater. M. A. Hanna Color, 800 Satellite Boulevard, Suwanee, GA 30174 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, to Monocacy Creek.
Sullivan County Conservation District, District Manager, R. R. 4, Box 4181, Dushore, PA 18614.
NPDES Permit PAS106301. Stormwater. Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 93 N. State Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-3195 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Colley Township, Sullivan County, to Birch and Pigeon Creeks.
The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department of Environmental Protection at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following: name, address and telephone number, identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protests. Each writer will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan, action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Industrial waste and sewerage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 1096402. Sewage, Lake Arthur Estates, 2925 New Castle Road, Portersville, PA 16051 is for the construction of a new sewage treatment plant and modification of an existing sewage treatment plant in Muddycreek Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 2496401. Sewage, City of St. Marys, 808 South Michael Road, P. O. Box 1994, St. Marys, PA 15857 is to replace the existing Iron Run Sanitary Sewer Interceptor with new, larger PVC piping and related appurtenances in St. Marys, Elk County.
WQM Permit No. 1096401. Sewage, Allegheny-Clarion Valley Development Corp., P. O. Box 311, Foxburg, PA 16036 is for the construction and operation of a sanitary sewage collection and treatment system in Allegheny Township, Butler County.
Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 2696201. Industrial waste, CNG Transmission Corporation, 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301. Application for the construction and operation of an industrial wastewater treatment facility to compress natural gas into and out of storage and transporting the product through associated transmission pipelines to serve the North Summit Compressor Station located in North Union Township, Fayette County.
A. 0296402. Sewerage, Metro Property Developers, 300 Park Manor Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Application for the construction and operation of a sanitary sewer pump station and force main for a proposed commercial and business development to serve the Metro Property Restaurant Center (Pointe at North Fayette) located in North Fayette Township, Allegheny County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.
A. 0596401. Sewage, Snake Spring Township Municipal Authority, R. D. 1, Box 453, Everett, PA 15537 in Snake Spring Township, Bedford County to expand/upgrade their existing wastewater treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Region on February 8, 1996.
A. 6796402. Sewage, Newberry Township Municipal Authority, 1915 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319 in Newberry Township, York County to reconstruct/replace the White Oak Pumping Station was received in the Southcentral Region on February 14, 1996.
A. 6796403 (96-1) amendment. Sewage, Newberry Township Municipal Authority, 1915 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319 in Newberry Township, York County to construct an equalization basin at the wastewater treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Region on February 14, 1996.
Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.
A. 6496401. Sewerage. P & S Development Co., P. O. Box 194, Mount Pocono, PA 18344. Application to construct and operate a sewage treatment plant, pump stations, sewers and appurtenances to serve the Village Center at Hamlin, located in Salem Township, Wayne County. Application received in the Regional Office February 7, 1996.
Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Bureau of Water Supply and Community Health, Division of Drinking Water Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105, Contact Person: Godfrey C. Maduka, (717) 787-9037.
A. 9996217. Great Spring Waters of America, Inc., P. O. Box 499, Poland Spring, Maine 04274; Kristin Gregory, Quality Control Manager. Applicant requests a major permit amendment to add a new spring source known as ''Freedom Springs'' located in Freedom, New Hampshire to their public water supply permit. Water from this source will be used to bottle their Poland Spring Natural Spring Water, Poland Spring Distilled Water, Deer Park Spring Water and Ice Mountain Spring Water brands to be sold in Pennsylvania.
Northwest Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6899.
A. 6196501. Public water supply. Country Estates Mobile Home Park, R. D. 2, Box 12A, Summit City Road, Kennerdell, PA 16347-8706. This proposal involves permitting an existing water supply and adding well no. 2 (deep well) to the existing system. This proposal also involves the addition of two 5,000 gallon finished water reservoirs in Clinton Township, Venango County.
A. 4396503. Public water supply. Lakeview Mobile Home Estates, R. D. 1, Sandy Lake, PA 16148. This proposal involves the addition of water well W-1 to the existing public water supply S-1 in New Lebanon Borough, Mercer County.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 0396502. Consolidation Coal Company. P. O. Box 1314, Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-1314. Noncommunity, nontransient public water system to serve Consolidation Coal Company's Kuhntown Portal, Greene County.
A. 3096502. Brady's Bend Township Water and Sewer Authority. R. D. 1, East Brady, PA 16028. Full scale pilot plant filtration project, Armstrong County.
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate
Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (the act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.
Former Caloric Facility, Topton Borough and Longswamp Township, Berks County. East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., c/o Louis A. Naugle, Esq., Reed Smith Shaw and McClay, P. O. Box 2009, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2009, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with perchloroethene, trichloroethene and chromium. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the background standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Kutztown Patriot on February 15, 1996.
Former Caloric Facility, Topton Borough and Longswamp Township, Berks County. East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., c/o Louis A. Naugle, Esq., Reed Smith Shaw and McClay, P. O. Box 2009, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2009, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with heavy metals (other than chromium), volatile organic compounds (other than perchloroethene and trichloroethene) and semivolatile organic compounds. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Kutztown Patriot on February 15, 1996.
Northwest Regional Office: John Fruehstorfer, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6648.
Cambridge Springs Area Volunteer Ambulance Service, 202 Venango Avenue, Crawford County, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soils and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Meadville Tribune on January 24, 1996.
Northcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, telephone (717) 321-6525.
Olivett Property, Emporium Borough, Cameron County. Michael Morris, Manager, Industrial Services, Brockway Analytical, Inc., P. O. Box 265, Brockway, PA 15824 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with lead and BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bradford Era on February 9, 1996.
Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (the act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified below. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
Baer Property, Eddystone Borough, Delaware County. Darryl D. Borelli, Suite 500, 401 City Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with lead and heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Delaware County Times on February 9, 1996.
Notice of Proposed Remedial Response
Quakertown Foundry Site
Quakertown Borough, Bucks County
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1304) (HSCA), has proposed a remedial response at the Quakertown Foundry Site.
The Quakertown Foundry Site is located at 400 Mill Street in Quakertown, Bucks County. The site lies within both the Borough of Quakertown and Richland Township. The site covers approximately 22 acres and was the location of former foundry operations, dating back to 1923. It has had various ownerships throughout its history. Foundry operations ceased at the site in 1984 and the foundry buildings were demolished in 1987.
The primary wastes produced through foundry operations included casting sands, slag and baghouse dust. Foundry wastes were disposed of on the middle and rear portion of the site and have come to be located throughout the foundry site. Two tar dip pits also remain onsite. A neighboring midget football field is included in the definition of the site since fill material from the foundry was utilized in the construction of the field. A municipal supply well is located approximately 100 feet northwest of the site.
Baghouse dust samples have been found to contain significant quantities of leachable lead. Groundwater samples from a perched water table lying beneath the site have indicated lead concentrations above Maximum Contaminant Levels and pump tests have indicated that there may be a connection between the perched water table beneath the site and the aquifer from which the municipal supply well takes its water.
Soil samples have indicated high lead levels. From samples taken at surface level and subsurface, the Department has calculated that over 87,000 cu. yds. of contaminated fill exists at the Quakertown Foundry Site.
The Department conducted a Prompt Interim Response in December, 1992, during which an 8-foot high chain-link fence was constructed around the perimeter of the foundry site and the municipal football field. The purpose of this action was to restrict public access to the site and thereby reduce the threat to public health and safety.
Based on the large amount of contaminated fill, the presence of hazardous waste, and the potential threat to the municipal supply well, the Southeast Region has placed the Quakertown Foundry Site on the Pennsylvania Priorities List for remedial action.
A variety of alternatives were considered by the Department for the Quakertown Foundry site. Those alternatives included the following:
A. Alternative 1, No Action: The No Action Alternative is utilized as a baseline against which all other alternatives are evaluated. If this alternative were selected, no further remedial action would be conducted at the site.
B. Alternative 2, Excavation and Off-Site Disposal: This alternative would involve a mechanical means of excavating and removing wastes and contaminated site soils. Disposal of wastes and soils would be to an approved hazardous waste Treatment/Storage/Disposal (TSD) facility. The foundry site would require backfilling with clean soil to return the property to its original grade.
C. Alternative 3, Capping/Containment: Three different varieties of Capping/Containment options were examined while evaluating applicable alternatives. These forms include a traditional cap, bottom sealing and vertical barriers. Each individual technology discussed would not be effective when implemented by itself. However, when several containment remedies are implemented in tandem, the technologies may work together to increase the effectiveness of the remedy.
(i) Cap: A cap would form a horizontal barrier overtop of the existing contamination at the site. There would be no removal of waste from the site. The purpose of a cap would be to attempt to eliminate the fugitive dusts or emissions from the site as well as prevention of water percolation through the wastes, therefore reducing the potential for material to leach into the groundwater.
(ii) Bottom Sealing: Bottom sealing involves the installation of a low-permeability barrier between the area of contamination and groundwater. A barrier is created by grout injection between the layer of contamination and groundwater. Bottom sealing is most effective when used in tandem with either a cap and/or vertical barriers and is able to encapsulate the area of contamination.
(iii) Vertical Barriers: Vertical barriers include slurry walls, grout sealing or sheet piling, and would prevent lateral migration of contaminants. When used in tandem with a horizontal barrier, they would aid in the formation of an effective barrier for the spread of contamination.
D. Alternative 4, Excavation, Soil Washing, Offsite Disposal: In this alternative, the soils are excavated and mixed with either water, surfactants, chelating agents or organic solvents depending on the most effective agent. The contaminants are concentrated into the silt or fine-grained fraction. This fraction is then rinsed, dewatered and typically requires management as hazardous waste.
E. Alternative 5, Excavation, Treatment, Onsite Disposal: Several forms of treatment alternatives were evaluated. Treatments may include chemical treatment and/or mineralization and/or physical treatment technologies. Disposal of the treated material will be onsite. The site would also require a modified soil cap and revegetation.
Physical treatment technologies include in situ or ex situ stabilization of contaminants with a stabilizing agent with the possible addition of additives to enhance treatment. These technologies immobilize the contaminants so they will not migrate to groundwater.
Chemical treatment is a technology in which the contaminants undergo a chemical change from their present form into a fixed, insoluble form. Through this treatment, the lead and cadmium in the soil are bound into a form which does not leach into the groundwater.
F. Alternative 6, Excavation, Treatment, Offsite Disposal: Several forms of treatment alternatives were evaluated as potential selections. Treatments may include chemical treatment and/or mineralization and/or physical treatment. Disposal of the treated material will be offsite.
Physical treatment involves in situ or ex situ treatment of contaminants with a stabilizing agent and the possible addition of additives to enhance stabilization, offsite disposal, backfilling the site with uncontaminated material and revegetation of the site.
Chemical treatment is a technology in which the contaminants undergo a chemical change from their present form into a fixed, insoluble form. Through this treatment, the lead and cadmium in the soil are bound into a form which does not leach into the groundwater. Wastes and contaminated soils would be treated so as to permit their handling and disposal as a residual waste at a lawfully permitted disposal facility.
The Department's preferred alternative is Alternative No. 6, Excavation, Treatment and Offsite Disposal, with the specific treatment technology to be determined during the remedial design and bidding process. In addition, a more complete description of the site and the Department's Analysis of Alternatives and Proposed Response may be found in the Administrative Record at the locations listed below.
This notice is being provided under section 506(b) of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.506(b)) and 25 Pa. Code § 3.23.
An Administrative Record which contains the information that forms the basis and documents the selection of this response regarding the Quakertown Foundry Site is available for public inspection. The Administrative Record may be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's offices at Suite 6010 Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6000. Individuals interested in examining the Administrative Record should contact M. Thomas Mellott at (610) 832-5934 to arrange for an appointment.
An additional copy of the Administrative Record is available for review at the Bucks County Free Library, James A. Michener Branch, 229 California Road, Quakertown, PA 18951, telephone (215) 536-3306. Hours for the library are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is closed on Sunday.
A public hearing is scheduled under section 506(d) of HSCA for Tuesday, April 9, 1996, at 7:30 p.m. at the Quakertown Borough Hall, 15-35 N. Second Street, Quakertown, PA 18951. Persons who want to present formal oral comments regarding this remedial response may do so by registering with the Department before the meeting. Individuals may register by calling the Department's Community Relations Coordinator, Rob Goldberg, at (610) 832-6010.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the April 9, 1996 meeting and require auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact Rob Goldberg at the telephone number listed above or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department of Environmental Protection may accommodate their needs.
The public may also submit written comments regarding the Department's remedial response action during the period of public comment. Under section 506(c) of HSCA, the Department has established a period for public comment which shall run from the date of this notice through May 31, 1996. Written comments should be addressed to M. Thomas Mellott, Project Officer--ECP, at the Department's address listed above.
Individuals with questions concerning this notice should contact M. Thomas Mellott, (610) 832-5934.
Proposed Response under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act
Sellersville Inactive Landfill
Sellersville Borough, Bucks CountyThe Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305), has proposed an interim response at the Sellersville Inactive Landfill site.
The Sellersville Inactive Landfill site is located at the corner of Twelfth and Main Sts. in Sellersville Borough. The Radium Company of America is believed to have operated a radium refining plant there during the period 1914--1921. A landfill containing volatile organic compounds, hazardous metals, PCBs and demolition waste was later deposited on the property during the 1940s. The site consists of an abandoned garage foundation and a 100` × 150` landfill located within a 10-acre, mostly wooded property.
The Department has determined that there is a threat to public health and the environment posed by hazardous waste (D008--Lead, D039--Tetrachloroethene, D040--Trichloroethene, Radium--226Ra). The Department has considered four alternatives for action at the site. The HSCA requires consideration of a No Action alternative. Complete capping of the wastes onsite would eliminate the immediate risks to the public, but would not be a permanent solution. Removing the radioactive wastes and capping the remainder would also eliminate risks, but it would not eliminate all the risks posed by the site permanently. This would not be protective of human health. Off site shipment and disposal of the wastes is a permanent solution that would eliminate the threat to public health posed by the site.
The Department is proposing to analyze, consolidate, transport and properly dispose of the hazardous wastes that are present at the site. This remedy is proposed because it is the most protective and permanent solution.
The Administrative Record, which contains the information that forms the basis for and documents the selection of this response action, is available for public review and comment. The Administrative Record is located at the Samuel Pierce Branch of the Bucks County Free Library, located at 491 Arthur Avenue, Perkasie, PA 18944, (215) 257-9718. The Administrative Record may also be reviewed at the DEP Regional Office located at 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Written comments concerning the Department's response and the information contained in the Administrative record will be accepted in person, if delivered, or by mail, if postmarked on or before May 22, 1996. Written comments should be directed to the attention of Timothy Cherry, DEP Project Officer, at the above address. Timothy Cherry may be reached by telephone at (610) 832-6204.
In addition, the public will have an opportunity to present oral comments at a public hearing. The public hearing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, 1996, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ at 104 Green Street, Sellersville, PA 18960. Persons wishing to present oral comments should register on or before the date of the public hearing by contacting Rob Goldberg, DEP Community Relations Coordinator, at (610) 832-6010.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact Rob Goldberg or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department may meet their needs.
The Department is providing this notice under section 506(b) of HSCA. The date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin initiates the minimum 90-day public comment period on the Administrative Record, as provided under that act.
Permit modification proposed under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and residual waste management regulations for a general permit to process or beneficially use residual waste other than coal ash.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, 14th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2301.
General Permit Numbers: WMGR017 and WMGR017M001
The Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management proposes to modify General Permits WMGR017 and WMGR017M001, which were issued on June 16, 1995, for the beneficial use of drinking water treatment sludge as a soil conditioner on agricultural land. The Department proposes to change the Sodium (Na) level of 50 mg/kg as specified in Condition no. 2 of the permits to 3,500 mg/kg.
The Department is authorized under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), and section 287.611(a) of the Residual Waste Management Regulations to issue or modify general permits for any category of beneficial use or processing of residual waste on a regional or Statewide basis when the Department determines that such use or modification will not harm or present a threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the public or the environment and the activity can be adequately regulated using standard permit conditions. The Department has determined that the Na level of 50 mg/kg is inordinately low when compared to naturally occurring Na levels in native Pennsylvania soils. A Na level of 3,500 mg/kg is believed to be a more realistic level and will continue to be protective of the soils and the environment in general.
Comments concerning the proposed general permit modification may be directed to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit modification may contact the Division at (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Division through the Pennsylvania Relay Service 1 (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, approval of, or disapproval of the proposed permit modification.
Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and residual waste regulations for a general permit to operate residual waste processing facilities and the beneficial use of residual waste other than coal ash.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, 14th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market St., Harrisburg, PA 17101-2301.
General Permit Application No. WMGR042. USS Mon Valley Works, Edgar Thomson Plant, 13th and Braddock Avenue, Braddock, PA 15104. An application for the beneficial use of steel slag (BOP slag fines) to be used as a construction material for site development activities.
Comments on the general permit application may be submitted to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. Persons interested in examining the application may make arrangements by calling the Division of Municipal and Residual Waste at (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, 1 (800) 654-5984. Arrangements can also be made for persons with disabilities who wish to inspect the application. Public comments must be submitted to the Department within 60 days of the date of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.
Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate a solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 100280. National Waste and Energy Corporation, R. D. 2, Box 282A, Pleasant Valley Road, Irwin, PA 15642. Valley Landfill, R. D. 2, Box 282A, Pleasant Valley Road, Irwin, PA 15642. Application for a major permit modification for construction design changes to a landfill in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. Application received in the Southwest Regional Office on February 9, 1996.
Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Regional Office: Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
14-313-030B. The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Ruetgers-Nease Corporation (201 Struble Road, State College, PA 16801) for the operation of a chemical process facility (hydrotropes) in College Township, Centre County.
17-399-015A. The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Laurel Manufacturing, Inc. (P. O. Box 1047, DuBois, PA 15801) for the operation of a sintering furnace in DuBois, Clearfield County.
Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources.
Regional Office: Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
There is a 30-day comment period from this date of publication.
The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.
Permit: 46-302-189A
Source: Boiler No. 2
Company: McNeil Consumer Products
Location: Whitemarsh
County: Montgomery
Application under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources.
Regional Office: Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
11-318-018. Johnstown America Corporation (17 Johns St., Johnstown, PA 15907) for a shot blast operation at its Franklin Plant located in Franklin Borough, Cambria County.
26-308-018. Assad Iron & Metals, Inc. (P. O. Box 76, Brownsville, PA 15417) for a cyclone collector for a Coreco Inclined Rotary Furnace at its Brownsville Plant located in Jefferson Township, Fayette County.
56-307-001F. FirstMiss Steel, Inc. (P. O. Box 509, Hollsopple, PA 15935) for a baghouse for an oxygen converter at its Stony Creek Plant located in Quehahoning Borough, Somerset County.
65-329-005. CNG Producing Company (303 Airport Road, Indiana, PA 15701) for a natural gas engine at its Jacob's Creek Compressor located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Regional Office: Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
30-306-004. The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to West Penn Power Company (800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601) for low NOx burners with separated overfire air for coal-fired boiler no. 3 at its Hatfield Power station located in Monongahela Township, Greene County.
65-303-018. The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Cyclean, Inc. (1000 South IH 35, Round Rock, TX 78681) for a fabric filter and afterburner for a recycle asphalt system at its facility located in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County.
65-307-062A. The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for a fiber bed candle filter for the Zendzimir cold rolling mill at its facility located in Vandergrift Borough, Westmoreland County.
65-307-078. The Department intends to issue an air quality control operating permit to Latrobe Steel Company (2626 Ligonier St., P. O. Box 31, Latrobe, PA 15650) for low NOx burners for an annealing furnace at its facility located in Latrobe Borough, Westmoreland County.
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