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SPECIAL NOTICES
Plan Revision Approval Under the Municipal Waste Planning Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988, Act 101 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) approved a revision to the Centre County Municipal Waste Management Plan on December 20, 1996. There were no additional conditions.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5A, 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 may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984.
The plan revision is a public document and may be viewed at the Office of the Centre County Solid Waste Authority, 253 Transfer Road, Bellefonte, PA, or at the Office of the Centre County Commissioners, Willowbank Office Building, 420 Holmes Street, Bellefonte, PA, or at the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA.
Questions concerning this approval should be directed to Sally Lohman, Planning Section, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472; or Ronald Sommers, Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinator, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 18711, or Ted Onufrak, Centre County Solid Waste Authority, 253 Transfer Road, Bellefonte, PA.
Plan Revision Approval Under the Municipal Waste Planning Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988, Act 101 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) approved a revision to the Mercer County Municipal Waste Management Plan on August 13, 1997.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5A, 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 may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984.
The plan revision is a public document and may be viewed at the Office of the Mercer County Commissioners, Mercer County Courthouse, 103 Courthouse, Mercer, PA, or at the Department of Environmental Protection Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA.
Questions concerning this approval should be directed to Sally Lohman, Planning Section, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472; or Guy McUmber, Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinator, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.
Special Notice The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve revision of Air Quality Plan Approval No. 24-306-003 to increase the NOx emission limits for Willamette Industries, Inc., Penntech Papers' Recovery Boiler from 110 ppm(v), dry corrected to 8% oxygen, 100.7 lbs/hr (30-day rolling average), and 440.9 tons/year, to 120 ppm(v) dry corrected to 8% oxygen, 140.0 lbs/hr (30-day rolling average), and 613.2 tons/year.
Willamette Industries, Inc., Penntech Papers (Willamette) located at 100 Center Street, Johnsonburg, PA 15845, has filed a request with DEP, Air Quality Program, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, for revision of the Recovery Boiler NOx emission limit defined in Plan Approval No. 24-306-003. The revision will be an increase in the NOx emission limit from 110 ppm(v) dry corrected to 8% oxygen, 100.7 lbs/hr (30-day rolling average), and 440.9 tons/yr, to 120 ppm(v) dry corrected to 8% oxygen, 140.0 lb/hr (30-day rolling average), and 613.2 tons/yr.
Based on 2 years of operation experience, Willamette has determined that the throughput and recovery of pulping chemicals per ton of pulp produced is greater than the preconstruction assumed production rate upon which all production and process equipment emission estimates were based. The practical upper limit on production has been determined to be 700 Bone Dry Tons of Pulp (BDTP) vs. 630 BDTP. The increased capacity requires that the Recovery Boiler fire Black Liquor Solids (BLS) at 2.8 million lbs/day; an increase of 0.6 million lbs BLS/day. An increase in the NOx emission limit is necessary to accommodate the increased production demand. Equipment will not be modified.
At the time when Plan Approval No. 24-306-003 was issued, combustion control was determined to be the best available control technology (BACT), for NOx emission reduction for a recovery boiler firing 80% solids black liquor. A review of BACT/LAER/RACT clearing house entries indicates that combustion control continues to be BACT for NOx emission reduction from recovery boilers.
The increase in production is not a ''Major Modification'' as defined in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(2)(I). In accordance with 40 CFR 52.21(b)(2)(iii)(f), an increase in production rate will not be defined as a ''Physical Change''; for Major Modification requirements.
Conditions will be imposed in the revised Plan Approval under the authority granted to the Department by Section 6.1 of the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code § 127.12(b). Such conditions are deemed necessary to insure compliance with the following regulations:
40 CFR Part 51--Stack Height Regulations
40 CFR Part 52--Prevention of Significant Deterioration
40 CFR Part 60--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources
35 P. S. § 4005--Air Pollution Control Act
25 Pa. Code Ch. 122--Adoption of 40 CFR Part 60
25 Pa. Code Ch. 123--Standards for Contaminants
25 Pa. Code Ch. 127--Construction, Modification, Reactivation and Operation of Sources
25 Pa. Code Ch. 137--Air Pollution Episodes
25 Pa. Code Ch. 141--GEP Stack HeightThe operation of the Recovery Boiler at the increased production rate and the incorporation of the higher emission limit will result in a significant increase in only NOx emissions. The revised increment consumption, as determined through modeling studies based on a 120 ppm(v) emission limit, is as follows:
NOx Increment Consumption:
Averaging Allowable PSD Maximum Recovery Maximum Facility Percent of Time Increment Boiler Increment and Nearby Source Increment (µg/m3) (µg/m3) Increment (µg/m3) Annual 25 7.14 10.17 40.68
Additional required impact analysis has shown that no adverse impact on visibility in any nearby Class I area will occur.
The revised Plan Approval would include the following amended condition:
* The NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions shall not exceed 120 ppm(v) dry corrected to 8% oxygen, 140.0 lbs/hr (30-day rolling average), and 613.2 tons/year.
General Requirements:
The Recovery Boiler is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BB. When fired with natural gas (annual capacity factor exceeding 10%), the Recovery Boiler is also subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Db. The source shall comply with all applicable requirements of these Subparts. 40 CFR 60.4 requires submission of copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications to both the EPA and the Department. The EPA copies shall be forwarded to:
Director, Air, Toxics and Radiation Division, US EPA, Region III, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
The Department will consider any written comments received within 30 days of the publication of this notice. Persons may oppose this preliminary determination by filing a written notice with the Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality Control Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, Attn: Robert Huston.
Each comment shall include the following:
1. Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comment.
2. Identification of the proposed revision to Plan Approval No. 24-306-003.
3. Concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the revised Plan Approval.
If sufficient public interest is generated, the Department, prior to issuance of the revised plan approval, may in its discretion, hold a public hearing or fact-finding conference, at which time persons may appear and give testimony. If it is decided to hold a public hearing, then a notice to this effect shall be published in the local newspaper giving the place and time of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
All the pertinent documents are also available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Meadville Regional DEP office (Air Quality). Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling Robert Huston at (814) 382-6940.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1506. Filed for public inspection September 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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