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LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Under Act 2, 1995
Preamble 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of 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 the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard, or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known 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 the cleanup standards, or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the act, will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(l)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in 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 (800) 654-5984.
The Department 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.
Romagano Residence, Bensalem Township, Bucks County. Louis F. Vittorio, Jr., P.G., EarthRes Group, Inc., P. O. Box 468, 7137 Old Easton Road, Pipersville, PA 18947, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 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 Bucks County Courier Times on November 3, 1999.
Spector Residence, Bensalem Township, Bucks County. Louis F. Vittorio, Jr., P.G., EarthRes Group, Inc., P. O. Box 468, 7137 Old Easton Road, Pipersville, PA 18947, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 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 Bucks County Courier Times on November 3, 1999.
Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Former Liquid Carbonic Industries Corporation, Laurel Run Borough, Luzerne County. John Walker, P.G., Project Director, MEI Environmental, Inc., 6205 Easton Road, Pipersville, PA 18947 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Praxair, Inc., Industrial Drive, Keasbey, NJ 08832) concerning the characterization and remediation of site soils and groundwater found or suspected to have been contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, PCBs, solvents and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Former Berger Trailer Residence, Pocono Township, Monroe County. David Everitt III, Environmental Scientist, MEA, Inc., 201 Center Street, Stockertown, PA 18083 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, Sullivan Trail Village, R. R. 5, Box 5308, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301) concerning the remediation of site soils and groundwater found or suspected to have been contaminated with no. 2 fuel oil. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
PPL Utilities--Former Penn Fuel Gas Manufactured Gas Plant (Ashland site), Ashland Borough, Schuylkill County. Michael J. Hasel, Environmental Professional, Environmental Management Division, PPL Utilities, Two North Ninth Street (GENTW8), Allentown, PA 18101-1179 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the characterization and remediation of site soils and groundwater found or suspected to have been contaminated with metals, phenolic compounds, cyanide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) compounds. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet both a combination of the Statewide health and site-specific standards. A summary of the notice was reportedly published in the Pottsville Republican on September 18, 2000.
PPL Utilities--Former Penn Fuel Gas Manufactured Gas Plant (Pottsville site), City of Pottsville, Schuylkill County. Michael J. Hasel, Environmental Professional, Environmental Management Division, PPL Utilities, Two North Ninth Street (GENTW8), Allentown, PA 18101-1179 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the characterization and remediation of site soils, groundwater and surface water found or suspected to have been contaminated with metals, phenolic compounds, cyanide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) compounds. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet both a combination of the Statewide health and site-specific standards. A summary of the notice was reportedly published in the Pottsville Republican on September 18, 2000.
Southcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4705.
Clearview Shopping Center, Hanover Borough, York County. Clearview Associates, 18 South George Street, Suite 425, York, PA 17401 and BL Companies, 2407 Park Drive, 1st Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PAHs. The applicants proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Hanover Evening Sun on August 30, 2000.
Palm Industrial Center, Herefore Township, Berks County. Palm Partners, 404 Main Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073 and Earth Data, Inc., 924 Springdale Drive, Exton, PA 19341 have submitted a revised Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with PHCs and PAHs. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Morning Call on September 1, 2000.
SKF USA Inc., City of Altoona, Blair County. SKA USA Inc., 1111 Adams Avenue, Norristown, PA 19403 and ARM Group, Inc., 561 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with solvents. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet a combination of background, Statewide health, and site specific standards requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Altoona Mirror during the week of September 25, 2000.
Reading Jewish Community Center, City of Reading, Berks County. Hafer Environmental Services, PO Box 4418, Reading, PA 19606 and Reading Jewish Community Center, 1700 City Line Street, Reading, PA 19604 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with BTEX, PHCs and PAHs. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Reading Eagle/Reading Times on July 12, 2000.
Commercial Industries, Inc., formerly United Piece Dye Works Site, Spring Garden and Springettsbury Townships, York County. Roux Associates, Inc., 1377 Motor Parkway, Islandia, NY 11749 and Commercial Industries, Inc., 1520 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset, NY 11030 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils, groundwater, surface water and sediment contaminated with PCBs, lead, heavy metals, pesticides, solvents, BTEX, and PAHs. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet a combination of background and Statewide health standards requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record on September 18, 2000.
Cole Office Environments, Springettsbury Township, York County. ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, Inc., 3000 Cabot Boulevard West, Suite 3004, Langhorne, PA 19047 and Cresticon, Inc., 21240 Burbank Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with solvents. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet the site specific standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record during the week of September 11, 2000.
Distribution Pole 25017S33555. City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County. Cornelius Lott, 1242 South 19th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104 and PPL Generation LLC, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101 have submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with PCBs. The applicants propose to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Harrisburg Patriot News on September 20, 2000.
Northcentral Regional Office: Michael C. Welch, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 321-6525.
ACC Operations, Inc.--Former Coudersport Borough Property, Coudersport Borough, Potter County. LaBella Associates, P.C., on behalf of its client ACC Operations, Inc., Main at Water Street, Coudersport, PA 16915, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX and PHCs and a Notice of Intent to Remediate 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 reported to have been published in the Potter Leader Enterprise on August 22, 2000.
ACC Operations, Inc.--Former Vacuum Oil and Witter Oil Property, Coudersport Borough, Potter County. LaBella Associates, P.C., on behalf of its client ACC Operations, Inc., Main at Water Street, Coudersport, PA 16915, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX and PHCs and a Notice of Intent to Remediate 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 reported to have been published in the Potter Leader Enterprise on August 22, 2000.
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption--Parsonage, Wyalusing Borough, Bradford County. Marshall Miller & Associates, on behalf of its client St. Mary's Church, State at Wyoming Street, Wyalusing, PA 18853, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with BTEX, PHCs and PAHs. 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 Wyalusing Rocket on July 27, 2000.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
PREVIOUSLY UNPERMITTED CLASS OF SPECIAL HANDLING WASTE
INFECTIOUS OR CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE
Renewal applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations for license to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.
The Pennsylvania State University, 6 Eisenhower Parking Deck, University Park, PA 16802; License No. PA-HC 0153; renewal application received on September 22, 2000.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CAPACITY
Columbia County
Bloomsburg, PA
Addendum #1 Sealed proposals will be received by the Columbia County Commissioners at the Columbia County Courthouse, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 until 2 p.m. prevailing time on October 19, 2000. All proposals will be publicly opened by the Columbia County Commissioners at 2 p.m. on October 19, 2000, at the County Courthouse. This supersedes the previous Notice which appeared on 30 Pa.B. 4752 (September 9, 2000) and called for sealed proposals to be received October 11, 2000.
Copies of the RFP may be purchased on or after September 11, 2000, only from the Columbia County Planning Commission at 702 Sawmill Road, Suite 104, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, (570) 389-9146, by payment of a nonrefundable amount of $100 per proposal. Proposers should make checks payable to Columbia County.
AIR QUALITY
OPERATING PERMITS
Applications received and intent to issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
67-03056: SKF USA Inc. (525 Fame Avenue, Hanover, PA 17331) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for a ball and roller bearing manufacturing facility in Penn Township, York County.
Northcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3637.
41-329-001A: Lycoming County Resource Management Services (P. O. Box 187, Montgomery, PA 17752) for operation of two 860 horsepower landfill gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engines at the Lycoming County Landfill in Brady Township, Lycoming County.
City of Philadelphia: Air Management Services, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 685-7584.
95-008: PECO Energy Co., Oregon Shop (2610 Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19148) for operation of a maintenance facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County servicing and repairing equipment and power generating components for surrounding PECO Energy generating facilities. The Synthetic Minor facility's air emission sources include 13 combustion units each rated at less than 5.0 MMBTU/hr, one metal working station, two paint shop spray booths with dry panel filters, one transformer shop paint spray booth with dry panel filters, one graphic arts shop, and one gasoline storage tank and distribution with Stage I and Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems.
00-002: Girard College Power Plant (2101 South College Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121) for operation of a school in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. This Synthetic Minor facility's air emission sources include three 725 HP boilers and one 300 HP boiler that can burn natural gas or No. 2 fuel oil.
96-050: Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph (9601 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118) for operation of a non-profit religious educational institution in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. This Synthetic Minor facility's air emission sources include four emergency generators, two natural gas fired boilers each rated at less than 1.0 MMBTU/hr, three No. 2 oil or natural gas fired boilers with low NOx burners; two units are rated at 600 HP and one unit is rated at 300 HP.
Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.521, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F (relating to operating permit requirements) and G (relating to Title V operating permits).
Appointments to review copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information must be made by contacting Records Management at the regional office telephone number noted. For additional information, contact the regional office noted.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit 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 name, address and telephone number of the persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of any objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
23-00084: FPL Energy MH50, L.P. (Delaware Avenue and Green Street, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. This facility is on the property of the Sunoco Marcus Hook Refinery and consists of only a cogeneration unit, which is a major source of NOx.
46-00015: Occidental Chemical (Armand Hammer Boulevard, Pottstown, PA 19464) in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County. The facility's major emission points include chemical dryers, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants.
15-00027: Johnson Matthey, Inc. (436/456 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA 19087-1816) in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County. The facility's major emission points include OC Lab, Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Process, four Catalytic Drying Ovens, Centerless Grinder, Chip Removing Machine, three Power Handling Machines, a Pilot Plant Process, and Production Lines 1, 2, 3, and 4 which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
46-00081: Markel Corp. (416 School Lane, Norristown, PA 19404) in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. The facility's major emission points include two boilers, eight horizontal extruders, three vertical extruders, three vertical wire extruders and a catalytic oxidizer.
09-00040: Consolidated Graphics (315 A West Street Road, Warminster, PA 19874) in Warminster Township, Bucks County. The facility's major emission points include six lithographic printing presses and their cleanup operations, which emit major levels of volatile organic compounds.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.
30-00063: Consolidation Coal Co. (P. O. Box 100, Osage, WV 26543) for their Robena Preparation Plant in Monongahela, Greene County. As a result of the potential levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM10) emitted, this facility is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D of the Clean Air Amendments. The facility is therefore subject to the Title V permitting requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
PLAN APPROVALS
Applications received and intent to issue Plan Approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
23-0004: American Ref-Fuel Co. of DV, L. P. (10 Highland Avenue, Chester, PA 19013) for a minor operating permit modification of facility VOC/RACT in City of Chester, Delaware County.
46-0078: G-Seven LTD (2289 North Penn Road, Hatfield, PA 19440) for modification of a spray booth to dry filters in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.
09-0131: Pyramid Graphics, Inc. (1021 Washington Avenue, Croydon, PA 19021) for installation of a heatset web offset printing line in Bristol Township, Bucks County.
09-320-054GP: Frantz Lithographic Service, Inc. (1505 Ford Road, Bensalem, PA 19020) for construction of a sheetfed offset lithographic press in Bensalem Township, Bucks County.
15-0004: Reynolds Metals Co. (520 Lincoln Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335) for a minor operating permit modification of facility VOC/RACT glue laminator in Downingtown Borough, Chester County.
15-0108: Refractory Minerals Co., Inc. (150 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390) for relocation of a gas fired dryer in Penn Township, Chester County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
05-05023A: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664) for installation of a recycled asphalt product (PAP) processing system on the existing batch asphalt plant at the Ashcom Quarry in Snake Spring Township, Bedford County. This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.
06-05064A: Sunoco Inc (R&M) (1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103) for installation of a replacement vapor control system on a bulk gasoline terminal's loading rack at their Montello Terminal in Spring Township, Berks County. The unit is being installed to comply with 40 CFR 63, Subpart R, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
07-05001C: Appleton Papers, Inc. (100 Paper Mill Road, Roaring Spring, PA 16673) for installation of the foul condensate collection and treatment system at the Spring Mill Plant in Roaring Spring Borough, Blair County. The installation is intended to reduce HAP (primarily methanol) emissions from the kraft pulping process condensates in accordance with § 63.446 of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart S--Standards of Performance for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Pulp and Paper Production. The pulping process condensates will be collected in a closed collection system and discharged below the liquid surface of the biological treatment system to reduce or destroy the total HAPs by at least 92% or more by weight. The plan approval will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
21-05042A: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17104-3331) for modification to an existing hot mix asphalt plant at the Silver Spring Quarry in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County. This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities and Subpart Kb--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commences After July 23, 1984.
22-05034A: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17104-3331) for modification to an existing hot mix asphalt plant at the Hummelstown Quarry in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County. This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities and Subpart Kb--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commences After July 23, 1984.
36-03038: Evans Eagle Burial Vaults, Inc. (15 Graybill Road, Leola, PA 17540) for construction of a cremation chamber in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
38-05003B: Pennsylvania Lime, Inc. (P. O. Box 160, Annville, PA 17003) for installation of a fabric filter to control conveyor belt emissions at the Millard Lime Plant in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County.
38-05023A: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17104-3331) for modification to an existing hot mix asphalt plant at the Prescott Quarry in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities and Subpart Kb--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commences After July 23, 1984.
Northcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3637.
55-399-003A: Penn Lyon Homes, Inc. (P. O. Box 27, Selinsgrove, PA 17870) for construction of a finishing (surface coating) operation in Monroe Township, Snyder County.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.
63-909A: Ionics, Inc. (P. O. Box 99, Bridgeville, PA 15017) for installation of surface coating operations at Ionics Canonsburg in Canonsburg Borough, Washington County.
04-446C: AES BV Partners (394 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061) for installation of CFB Boiler at the Beaver Valley Cogeneration in Potter Township, Beaver County.
30-127B: MonTec Hydraulics, L.P. (3 Paisley Industrial Park, Carmichaels, PA 15320) for installation of Electroplating at the Carmichaels Plant in Cumberland Township, Greene County.
MINING Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting
For the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) for Drury Run WatershedThe Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is holding a public meeting on November 9, 2000 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Western Clinton Sportsman Association in Clinton County, to discuss and accept comments on a proposed TMDL, established in accordance with the requirements of the 1996 Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Four stream segments in the Drury Run Watershed have been identified as impaired on the 1996 and 1998 Pennsylvania 303(d) list due to depressed pH and/or high concentrations of metals. The listed segments and miles degraded are shown in the following table:
Stream Code Stream Name Miles Degraded 23620 Drury Run 7.3 23621 Stony Run 1.3 23626 Sandy Run 1.0 23625 Woodley Draft 1.7 The proposed plan provides calculations of stream's total capacity to accept metals (aluminum, iron, manganese and acidity) and maintain levels below water quality criteria. The applicable water quality criteria are as follows:
Total Criterion Recoverable/ Parameter value (mg/l) Duration Dissolved Aluminum 0.1 of the 96 hour LC 50
0.75Maximum one hour Total recoverable Iron 1.50
0.31 day average maximum Total recoverable dissolved Manganese 1.00 maximum Total recoverable pH 6--9 At all times NA The primary pollutant source for the watershed is abandoned mine workings. This watershed was mined heavily for coal in the late 19th and to the mid 20th centuries. The effects of this are still present. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations (LA) which are made to nonpoint sources of pollution.
The TMDL was developed using Monte Carlo Simulation to determine long-term average concentrations that each stream segment could accept and still meet water quality criteria 99% of the time. Monte Carlo Simulation allows for the expansion of a data set based on its statistical makeup. Since there was no critical flow condition where criteria were exceeded, the Department used the average flow to express the loading values in the TMDL. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. The field data used to establish this TMDL were collected over the past 34 years.
The data and all supporting information used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. To request a copy of the proposed TMDL and an information sheet, contact Dr. Charles E. Miller, Jr., Hydrogeologist, Hawk Run District Mining Office, Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200. E-mail will be received at miller.charles@ dep.state.pa.us. Directions to the Western Clinton Sportsman Association meeting place can also be obtained by contacting this address.
The TMDL can be viewed and printed on this Website.
Written comments will be accepted at the above address and must be postmarked by December 7, 2000. Persons who plan to make a presentation at the public meeting should notify the Department no later than 4 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2000. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to the EPA for approval.
APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
McMurray District Office, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.
Coal Mining Applications Received:
03901304. TJS Mining, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774), to renew the permit for the Darmac #3 Deep Mine in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County to renew the existing deep mine and NPDES permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 28, 2000.
30841319. Consolidation Coal Co. (4000 Brownsville Road, South Park, PA 15129), to renew the permit for the Blacksville No. 1 Mine in Wayne Township, Greene County to renew the permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 28, 2000.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54850103R3. Michael Coal Company (R. R. 1, Box 40A, Tower City, PA 17980), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County affecting 217.6 acres, receiving stream--Lower Rausch Creek and Good Spring Creek. Application received September 7, 2000.
35813204R3. Dominick DeNaples (400 Mill Street, Dunmore, PA 18512-2837), renewal of an existing coal reprocessing operation in Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County affecting 14.3 acres, receiving stream--Roaring Brook Creek. Application received September 12, 2000.
54850207T. International Anthracite Corporation (213 S. 16th Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), transfer of an existing coal refuse reprocess/preparation plant operation from Harriman Coal Corporation in Hegins Township, Schuylkill County affecting 39.0 acres, receiving stream--East Branch Rausch Creek. Application received September 13, 2000.
Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, 13th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814), renewal of an existing anthracite refuse reprocessing operation in Hanover Township, Luzerne County affecting 124.0 acres, receiving stream--Nanticoke Creek. Application received September 18, 2000.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
16900113. Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface and auger operation in Redbank Township, Clarion County affecting 214.6 acres. Receiving streams: Two unnamed tributaries of Pine Creek. Application for reclamation only. Application received September 19, 2000.
33980103. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Transfer of an existing bituminous surface operation from Leonard Yenzi in Warsaw Township, Jefferson County affecting 74.3 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Mill Creek. Application received: April 10, 2000. Permit Issued: Septem- ber 13, 2000.
Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119.
56950110. Permit Renewal. Hardrock Coal Company (275 Saddle Ridge Road, Berlin, PA 15530), for continued operation of a bituminous surface mine in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, affecting 163.6 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to/and Flag Run, unnamed tributary to/and Casselman River, Crab Run, application received September 21, 2000.
Greensburg District Office, R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
03940101. TDK Coal Sales, Incorporated (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824). Application received to revise permit to conduct mining activities up to 50 feet of and construct erosion and sedimentation controls up to 25 feet of an unnamed tributary to Holder Run at a bituminous surface mining site located in Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 129.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Holder Run and to Holder Run to Sugar Creek. Application received: September 18, 2000.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
17000108. Moravian Run Reclamation Company, Inc. (605 Sheridan Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Ferguson Township, Clearfield County affecting 14.7 acres. Receiving streams: Gazzam Run and unnamed tributaries to Gazzam Run. Application received September 14, 2000.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Applications Received
7774SM2A1C4. Berks Products Corporation (726 Spring Street, Reading, PA 19603), correction of an existing quarry operation to update NPDES Permit No. PA0594521 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County affecting 152.0 acres, receiving stream--Maiden Creek. Application received September 7, 2000.
09890303C5. Miller & Son Paving, Inc. (P. O. Box 161, 1371 West Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0594661 in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, receiving stream--North Branch Neshaminy Creek. Application received September 13, 2000.
8074SM2C2. Highway Materials, Inc. (1750 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0465), correction to an existing quarry operation for an incidental boundary correction in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County affecting 345.2 acres, receiving stream--Lorraine Run. Application received September 15, 2000.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
16950306. Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254). Renewal of an existing sand and gravel operation in Perry and Toby Townships, Clarion County affecting 58.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Black Fox Run. Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0227005. Application received: September 15, 2000.
Greensburg District Office, R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
26950402. Pioneer Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (400 Industrial Boulevard, New Kensington, PA 15068). NPDES renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface and underground mine located in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, affecting 360.0 acres. Receiving streams: Green Lick Run. Renewal application received: September 20, 2000.
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