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PLAN APPROVALS
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals Under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B (relating to plan approval requirements).
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, James Parette, Acting New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A PLAN APPROVAL AND AMEND A TITLE V OPERATING PERMIT 45-315-004: Rock-Tenn Co. (P. O. Box 770, Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327) for their plant located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County. The facility currently has a Title V Permit # 45-00002. This Plan Approval No. 45-315-004 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.
Plan Approval No. 45-315-004 is for construction and operation of a polymer make-down system (chemical additive delivery system). This installation will result in increase in VOC emissions by 21.004 tons per year from the facility. The plan approval limits VOC emissions from this source to 21.004 tons per year on a 12-month rolling sum and 49.9 tons per year from the entire facility on a 12 month rolling sum. The company will use low VOC contain additives, which will minimize the VOC emissions from the source. The operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
35-318-081: MACTAC, Inc. (4560 Darrow Road, Stow, OH 44224) for installation and operation of a hot melt coater (509), curing ovens and a 8MMBTU hot oil boiler in Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County. The plan approval limits VOC emissions from the new hot melt coater to 15.0 tons per year on a 12-month rolling sum. This plan approval will be incorporated into Title V Operating Permit No. 35-00010 through an administrative amendment along with this revision at a later date. The operating permit will contain additional record keeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. MACTAC, Inc. contains processes used in the manufacture of coated paper. As a result of emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), MACTAC is considered a major stationary source subject to the Title V Operating Permit requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code 127, Subchapter G. The proposed revision of the Title V operating permit will incorporate applicable air quality requirements from the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sources at the facility, and include DEP's revised VOC air quality regulations.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, Richard Maxwell, New Source Review Chief, (570) 327-3637.
14-00001: Corning Asahi Video Products Co. (3500 East College Avenue, State College, PA 16801) for modification of two glass melt tanks and construction of two lehrs in College Township, Centre County. This is a major facility for which Title V Operating Permit No. 14‑00001 has been issued.
The information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis indicates that the subject air contamination sources may potentially emit up to 48.0 tons per year of PM10 (particulate matter with an effective aerodynamic diameter of less than or equal to 10 microns), 2,042 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 545 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 9.35 tons per year of lead/lead compounds and 11.4 tons per year of fluorides following modifications. These air contamination sources will also emit negligible amounts of sulfur oxides and volatile organic compounds. A preliminary review of the information submitted by the applicant indicates that the proposed modification and construction will meet all applicable air quality requirements, including the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21 and the requirements of Subpart CC of the Federal Standards of Performance for Glass Manufacturing Plants (NSPS) specified in 40 CFR 60.290 through 60.296. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to approve the application and issue a plan approval to modify the glass melt tanks and construct the lehrs. If the plan approval is issued and if the glass melt tanks, as well as the lehrs, are subsequently found to be in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and plan approval conditions, the plan approval will be incorporated into Operating Permit TVOP-14-00001 via administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
In order to ensure compliance with all applicable standards, the Department proposes to place the following requirements in the respective plan approval.
1. The glass melt tanks are to be modified and the lehrs are to be constructed in accordance with the application (as approved herein).
2. This plan approval is issued for the modification of Glass Melt Tank 221 and Glass Melt Tank 222. The subject modification will be comprised of the following:
*Physically reconfiguring Glass Melt Tank 221 into two glass melt tanks, to be designated as Glass Melt Tank 221 and Glass Melt Tank 224, in order to increase the overall production capacity. The combined air contaminant emissions from Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224 shall be controlled by a model 4HW-530 United McGill electrostatic precipitator. Additionally, gas/oxygen combustion systems will be installed in both tanks.
*Physically enlarging Glass Melt Tank 222 in order to increase the production capacity. The air contaminant emissions from Glass Melt Tank 222 shall be controlled by a model 3HW‑205 United McGill electrostatic precipitator. Glass Melt Tank 222 shall also be equipped with a gas/oxygen combustion system.
This plan approval is also issued for the construction of two natural gas fired 5.0 million Btu per hour lehrs equipped with low NOx burners.
3. This plan approval shall become invalid if: (1) construction (as defined in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(8)) is not commenced within 18 months after the date of this approval; or, (2) if construction is discontinued for a period of 18 months or more; or, (3) construction is not completed within a reasonable period of time.
4. This plan approval also serves as a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit issued under the provisions of 40 CFR 52.21.
5. Under the best available control technology (BACT) provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222 and 224 shall all be equipped with a natural gas/oxygen combustion system.
6. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, neither particulate matter nor PM10 shall be emitted from the combined exhaust of Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224 in excess of 0.009 grain per dry standard cubic foot, 4.6 pounds per hour and 23.1 tons in any 12 consecutive month period following modification, except as may be allowed under condition 11 herein.
7. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, lead/lead compounds shall not be emitted from the combined exhaust of Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224 in excess of 0.5 pound per hour following modification, except as may be allowed under condition 11 herein.
8. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, neither particulate matter nor PM10 shall be emitted from the exhaust of Glass Melt Tank 222 in excess of 0.01 grain per dry standard cubic foot, 1.5 pounds per hour, and 7.0 tons in any 12 consecutive month period following modification, except as may be allowed under condition 11 herein.
9. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, lead/lead compounds shall not be emitted from Glass Melt Tank 222 in excess of 1.1 pounds per hour following modification, except as may be allowed under condition 11 herein.
10. Under the provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, lead/lead compounds shall not be emitted from Glass Melt Tank 223 in excess of 0.3 pound per hour, except as may be allowed under condition 11 herein.
11. Under the provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, if it becomes necessary to take the electrostatic precipitator associated with Glass Melt Tanks 221/224 offline for maintenance purposes, Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224 may continue to operate but their exhaust shall be directed to the electrostatic precipitator normally associated with Glass Melt Tank 223 which shall be used to control the air contaminant emissions from Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224, as well as Glass Melt Tank 223, for the duration of the bypass/maintenance period. During any occurrence, neither the particulate matter nor the PM10 emissions from the Glass Melt Tank 223 electrostatic precipitator shall exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot and 21.0 pounds per hour, and the lead/lead compound emissions shall not exceed 2.2 pounds per hour.
If it becomes necessary to take the electrostatic precipitator associated with Glass Melt Tank 222 offline for maintenance purposes, Glass Melt Tank 222 may continue to operate but its exhaust shall be directed to the electrostatic precipitator normally associated with Glass Melt Tank 223 which shall be used to control the air contaminant emissions from Glass Melt Tank 222, as well as Glass Melt Tank 223, for the duration of the bypass/maintenance period. During any occurrence, neither the particulate matter nor the PM10 emissions from the Glass Melt Tank 223 electrostatic precipitator shall exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot and 13.5 pounds per hour, and the lead/lead compound emissions shall not exceed 3.5 pounds per hour.
If it becomes necessary to take the electrostatic precipitator associated with Glass Melt Tank 223 offline for maintenance purposes, Glass Melt Tank 223 may continue to operate but its exhaust shall be directed to the electrostatic precipitator normally associated with Glass Melt Tanks 221/224 which shall be used to control the air contaminant emissions from Glass Melt Tank 223, as well as Glass Melt Tanks 221 and 224, for the duration of the bypass/maintenance period. During any occurrence, neither the particulate matter nor the PM10 emissions from the Glass Melt Tank 221/224 electrostatic precipitator shall exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot and 21.0 pounds per hour, and the lead/lead compounds emissions shall not exceed 2.2 pounds per hour.
Unless the permittee is able to demonstrate, via stack testing, that the particulate matter, PM10 and lead/lead compound emissions from the exhaust of an electrostatic precipitator serving more than one glass melt tank during a precipitator bypass/maintenance episode are, for each air contaminant, in compliance with the most stringent emission limitations identified in conditions contained herein for the respective glass melt tanks, the exhaust of each of the respective four glass melt tanks shall be redirected to an alternate precipitator (that precipitator indicated above which is other than that normally used for the respective glass melt tank) for no more than 504 hours per calendar year nor shall there be a total of more than 504 hours per calendar quarter of electrostatic precipitator bypass/maintenance time for all glass melt tanks combined.
12. The permittee shall maintain comprehensive accurate records of the number of hours per month that each of the four glass melt tanks (Glass Melt Tanks 221/224, 222 and 223) is exhausted to an electrostatic precipitator other than the one to which it is normally exhausted as well as the identity of the precipitator to which it is being exhausted during each occurrence.
13. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, neither particulate matter nor PM10 shall be emitted from the combined exhausts of Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223 and 224 in excess of 48.0 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
14. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, the combined lead/lead compound emissions from Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223 and 224 shall not exceed 9.35 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
15. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, the combined emission of CO from Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223 and 224 shall not exceed 3 tons per day and 545 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
16. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, the combined emission of NOx from Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223, and 224 shall not exceed 11.2 tons per day and 2,042 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
17. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, the combined emission of fluoride from Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223, and 224 shall not exceed 62.5 pounds per day and 11.4 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
18. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, the glass melt tanks shall not be operated at fill rates in excess of the rates specified in the application and supplemental materials submitted for this plan approval. Additionally, the glass melt tanks shall not be used to produce any type of glass other than that currently produced unless prior Department approval has been given.
19. There shall be no addition of arsenic or arsenic-bearing batch materials to Glass Melt Tanks 221, 222, 223 and 224. This prohibition does not include tramp amounts of arsenic that may be contained in common batch materials.
20. Under the BACT provisions of the PSD requirements specified in 40 CFR 52.21, as well as the best available technology (BAT) provisions of Sections 127.1 and 127.12 of Chapter 127 of Article III of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection, the emission of NOx from each of the two natural gas fired lehrs identified in condition 2 herein shall not exceed 0.5 pound per hour and 2.2 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
21. The permittee shall maintain comprehensive accurate records of tank fill rates, cullet ratio, fluoride-bearing batch material addition rates and lead/lead compound-bearing batch material addition rates for each glass melt tank as well as electrostatic precipitator secondary voltage and current for each tank's electrostatic precipitator. All records under this condition shall be retained on site for at least 5 years and be made available to the Department upon request.
22. The company shall maintain and operate continuous nitrogen oxides emission, carbon monoxide emission and exhaust gas flow monitoring systems on Glass Melt Tanks 221/224, 222, and 223 in accordance with all applicable requirements specified in Chapter 139 of Article III of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department's Continuous Source Monitoring Manual.
23. All glass melt tanks shall continue to operate in compliance with the conditions contained in Operating Permit TVOP-14-00001, except as those conditions may be amended herein.
24. Within 180 days of startup following modification of each of the glass melt tanks, the respective glass melt tank shall be stack tested for particulate matter, PM10, lead/lead compounds and fluorides. This testing shall be performed while the respective glass melt tank is being operated at its maximum (modified) capacity while it is being ducted to the electrostatic precipitator normally used for the control of its air contaminant emissions. The company may, if it wishes, perform only particulate testing rather than particulate and PM10 testing provided it is willing to accept the results of the particulate testing as a PM10 emission value, as well as a particulate matter emission value.
25. In addition to the stack testing discussed above, stack testing shall also be performed to determine the particulate matter, PM10 and lead/lead compound emission rates during each of the three electrostatic precipitator bypass maintenance scenarios authorized under condition 11 herein. For each of these scenarios, the testing shall be performed no later than the first scheduled electrostatic precipitator bypass/maintenance episode that occurs following the modification of the tanks that would be ducted to the single electrostatic precipitator during the respective bypass/maintenance scenario. As appropriate, testing shall be accompanied by opacity data generated either by use of a certified continuous opacity monitoring system or by an observer certified to make EPA Method 9 opacity observations.
26. At least 60 days prior to the scheduled performance of testing required by condition 24 or 25 herein, the permittee shall submit three copies of a pretest protocol to the Department for evaluation. The protocol shall contain a description of the proposed test procedures and the tank operating parameters to be monitored, as well as dimensioned sketches of the electrostatic precipitators and the outlet ducting showing the proposed locations of the sample ports.
27. The Department shall be given at least 10 days advance notice of the date and time upon which the testing required by condition 24 or 25 herein is to be performed so that Department personnel may make arrangements to be present. The Department is not obligated to accept the results of any testing performed without having been provided adequate advance notice of the test dates.
28. Within 60 days of performing the testing required by condition 24 or 25 herein, the permittee shall submit to the Department three copies of a test report which includes a copy of the test results and tank operating parameters, a description of the test procedures actually used for the performance of the testing, a copy of all raw data generated and a copy of all calculations.
29. The glass melting furnaces are subject to Subpart CC of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR 60.290--60.296. The company shall comply with all applicable requirements of this Subpart as well as any other applicable Subpart of the Standards of Performance, including any recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Under 40 CFR 60.4 of the Standards of Performance, the submission of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications required by the Standards of Performance must be made to both the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency.
30. This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided previously established conditions are met.
In accordance with Section 127.45 of Chapter 127 of Article III of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection, the conditions listed in this plan approval do one or more of the following:
1. Identify the sources and location.
2. Establish allowable emission rates.
3. Establish monitoring, recordkeeping, testing and reporting requirements.
4. Ensure proper operation and adequate maintenance.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A PLAN APPROVAL AND AMEND A TITLE V OPERATING PERMIT 65-788K: Sony Electronics, Inc. (1001 Technology Drive, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666) for the increase in permitted emission limits from the Lacquer Filming Machine in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
In order for DEP to assure compliance with all applicable standards, DEP proposes to place the following conditions on the Plan Approval:
Special Conditions for Plan Approval PA-65-788K
3. This Plan Approval is for an increase in permitted emission limits from the Lacquer Filming Machine located at the Sony Technology Center--Pittsburgh, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
4. Emissions of VOC from the Lacquer Filming Machine shall be limited to 4.92 tons per year.
5. Emissions of VOC from the entire facility shall be limited to 49.0 tons per year.
6. Sony shall keep records to demonstrate compliance with the emission limits established in this approval. The records shall include the amount of filming lacquer used each month and the amount disposed of each month. These records shall be kept on site for a period of 2 years and be made available to the Department upon request.
7. This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met.
a) The Department must receive written notice from the Owner/Operator of the completion of construction and the operator's intent to commence operation at least 5 working days prior to the completion of construction. The notice should state when construction will be completed and when operator expects to commence operation.
b) Operation is authorized only to facilitate the start-up and shakedown of sources and air cleaning devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit or to permit the evaluation of the source for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.
c) This condition authorizes temporary operation of the source for a period of 180 days from the date of commencement of operation, provided the Department receives notice from the Owner/Operator under subpart (a), above.
d) The Owner/Operator may request an extension if compliance with all applicable regulations and Plan Approval requirements has not been established. The extension request shall be submitted in writing at least 15 days prior to the end of this period of temporary operation and shall provide a description of the compliance status of the source, a detailed schedule for establishing compliance, and the reasons compliance has not been established.
e) The notice submitted by the Owner/Operator under subpart (a), above, prior to the expiration of this Plan Approval, shall modify the plan approval expiration date. The new plan approval expiration date shall be 180 days from the date of the written notice.
65-00839A: Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.-- Delmont Compressor Station (P. O. Box 1642, Houston, TX 77251-1642) for modification of a stationary gas turbine in Salem Township, Westmoreland County.
The proposed facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 127 (related to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of sources) and 40 CFR, Subpart GG (New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Gas Turbines). The Department believes that the facility will meet these requirements by complying with the following Plan Approval conditions:
1. The facility is to be constructed in accordance with the plans submitted with the application (as approved herein).
2. Upon completion of the construction of the facility, an operating permit must be obtained. Notify the Department when the installation is completed so that the facility can be inspected for issuance of an operating permit.
3. This Plan Approval is to allow the replacement of the existing Pratt & Whitney GG3 turbine with a Solar Mars 100 stationary gas turbine rated at 15,000 hp, equipped with SoLoNOx low NOx combustors at the Texas Eastern Delmont Compressor Station Located in Salem Township, Westmoreland County.
4. The source shall comply with the fugitive emission regulations [25 Pa. Code §§ 123.1 and 123.2].
5. Visible emissions from the source shall not equal or exceed 10% opacity at any time [25 Pa. Code § 127.1].
6. The Owner/Operator shall not permit the emission to the outdoor atmosphere of any malodorous air contaminants from any source, in a manner that the malodors are detectable outside the property of the Owner/Operator [25 Pa. Code § 123.31].
7. Emissions from the source to the atmosphere of these pollutants shall not exceed the following rates:
Pollutant Pounds Per Hour Tons Per Year* NOx (as NO2) 13.29 58.22 CO 16.18 70.89 NMVOC (as propane) 0.49 2.13 Formaldehyde 0.17 0.72 *Compliance with the yearly limit shall be based on a 12-month rolling total.
8. Particulate emissions shall not exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot [25 Pa. Code § 127.1].
9. Visible emissions from the source shall not exceed 10% opacity [25 Pa. Code § 127.1].
10. As established in RACT Operating Permit #65-000-839, a minimum of one stack test in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Ch. 139 and the Departments source Testing Manual shall be performed during the 5 year Operating Permit to verify the emission rates for NOx (as NO2), CO and NMVOC (as propane). Testing shall be conducted while the engines are operating at full load and full speed during the ozone season (May 1 to September 30) [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
11. Compliance with the particulate emission rate above shall be demonstrated by stack testing in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Ch. 139 and the Department's Source Testing Manual [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
12. The Owner/Operator shall submit a pre-test protocol to the Department for approval at least 60 days prior to the performance of stack testing [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
13. Stack testing shall be performed within 60 days of achieving the maximum firing rate but no later than 180 days after the initial start up [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
14. The Owner/Operator shall submit a stack test report to the Department within 60 days of completion of the testing [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
15. The Owner/Operator shall also test the source at least once every 6 months to verify the rates of NOx (as NO2) and CO through either an EPA Method stack test or through the use of portable analyzers [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
16. In accordance with RACT Operating Permit #65-000-839, for those tests utilizing portable analyzers, the company shall submit a complete operating procedure including calibration, QA/QC and emission calculations to the Department at least 60 days prior to the test. The accuracy of the portable analyzer readings shall be verified by operation and recording of readings during the EPA method stack test of Condition #10. Results from stack tests using portable analyzers shall be retained by the Owner/Operator at the test location and shall be provided to the Department annually with the emission statements.
The conversion from ppm to lbs/hr shall be determined using the following equations provided that:
(a) Readings are corrected to 3% oxygen (15.1% in excess air)
(b) Readings are determined volumetrically
Equation 1: (ppm NOx)(0.001208)(mmbtu/hr) = lbs/hr NOx
Equation 2: (ppm CO)(0.000735)(mmbtu/hr) = lbs/hr CO
17. The Owner/Operator shall notify the Department at least 2 weeks prior to any source testing so that an observer may be present at the time of testing [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
18. The source shall combust only natural gas with a sulfur content of 0.0036 weight percent or less [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
19. Total consumption of natural gas by this source shall not exceed 1,115,000,000 cubic feet for any consecutive 12-month period [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
20. The Owner/Operator shall maintain the following records for the source: operating hours, daily fuel consumption, daily operating pressures, daily operating temperatures, 12-month rolling fuel consumption and 12-month rolling emissions for each pollutant listed in Condition #7 [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
21. The facility is subject to New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Gas Turbines 40 CFR, Subpart GG.
22. The Owner/Operator shall monitor fuel sulfur content in accordance with the custom system-wide schedule and maintain the results on-site [40 CFR § 60.344(b)(2)].
23. The Owner/Operator shall comply with the applicable reporting requirements of 40 CFR 60.7 and 60.334(c).
24. All logs and required records shall be maintained on site for a minimum of 5 years and be made available to the Department upon request [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
25. In accordance with 40 CFR 60.4, copies of all requests, reports, applications, submittals and other communications shall be forwarded to both the EPA and the Department at the addresses listed below unless otherwise noted.
Director PADEP Air Toxics and Radiation Air Quality Control US EPA, Region III 400 Waterfront Drive 1650 Arch Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 26. If construction has not commenced within 18 months of issuance of this Plan Approval, or if there is more than an 18-month lapse in construction, a new Plan Approval application shall be submitted [25 Pa. Code § 127.13].
27. The Owner/Operator shall submit a revision to the Title V Operating Permit, TV-65-00839, to include this modification within 120 days of startup of the source [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b].
28. This Plan Approval authorizes the temporary operation of the source covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met [25 Pa. Code § 127.12b]:
(a) The Department must receive written notice from the Owner/Operator of the completion of construction and the Operator's intent to commence operation at least 5 days prior to the completion of construction. This notice should state when construction will be completed and when the Operator expects to commence operation.
(b) Operation is authorized only to facilitate the start-up and shakedown of sources and air cleaning devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit or to permit the evaluation of the source for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.
(c) This condition authorizes temporary operation of the source for a period of 180 days from the commencement of operation, provided the Department receives notice from the Owner/Operator under subpart (a) above.
(d) The Owner/Operator may request an extension if compliance with all applicable regulations and Plan Approval requirements has not been established. The extension request shall be submitted in writing at least 15 days prior to the end of the period of temporary operation and shall provide a description of the compliance status of the source, a detailed schedule for establishing compliance and the reasons compliance has not been established.
(e) The notice submitted by the Owner/Operator under subpart (a), above, prior to the expiration of this Plan Approval shall modify the Plan Approval expiration date. The new Plan Approval date shall be 180 days from the date of the notice.
MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to 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 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 below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. 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, settable solids, alkalinity, and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that 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.
Coal Applications Received
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209.
17960106. Bell Resources, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 281, Curwensville, PA 16833), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from Cloe Mining Company, Inc. The permit is located in Penn and Pike Townships, Clearfield County and affects 124.8 acres. Receiving stream--unnamed tributary to Passmore Run, unnamed tributary to Kratzer Run, Porter Run. Application received April 5, 2001.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982.
03970103. Marquise Mining Corporation (3889 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA 15905). Application received to revise the permit for a land use change from forestland to cropland at a bituminous surface mining site located in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, affecting 184 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Sulphur Run, unnamed tributary to Long Run. Application received: April 13, 2001.
63010101. Kerry Coal Company (R. D. 2, Box 2139, Wampum, PA 16157). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Hanover Township, Washington County affecting 78.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Kings Creek to Ohio River. Application received: April 12, 2001.
63980103. Joseph Rostosky Coal Company (2578 Country Lane, Monongahela, PA 15063). Revision application received for an additional 2.7 acres on an existing bituminous surface mine located in California Borough, Washington County affecting 24.4 acres. Receiving streams: Pike Run to Monongahela River. Revision application received: April 19, 2001.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.
56960106. Permit Renewal for reclamation only, Senate Coal Mines, Inc. (One Energy Place, Suite 5100, Latrobe, PA 15650), for continued restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, affecting 351.6 acres, receiving stream North Branch Quemahoning Creek and Horner Run. Application received April 16, 2001.
56980103. Permit Revision, Godin Brothers, Inc. (136 Godin Drive, Boswell, PA 15531), the permit application includes a request for three stream variances. The first stream variance is requested for unnamed tributary B to include mining and the construction of a collection ditch within 100 feet but no closer than 25 feet of unnamed tributary B. This variance area begins at the confluence with unnamed tributary A and continues upstream for a distance of 2,900 feet. The second stream variance includes mining and sediment pond and ditch installation within 100 feet but no closer than 25 feet of unnamed tributary A. This variance area beings at the confluence with unnamed tributary B and continues for a distance of 3,000 feet to the confluence with unnamed tributary C to include mining and the construction of a collection ditch within 100 feet but no closer than 25 feet of unnamed tributary C. The third variance area is along unnamed tributary C to include mining and the construction of a collection ditch within 100 feet, but no closer than 25 feet of unnamed tributary C. This variance area begins at the confluence with unnamed tributary A and continues upstream for a distance of 1,350 feet in Lincoln & Jenner Townships, Somerset County, affecting 143.3 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Quemahoning Creek. Application received April 19, 2001.
Noncoal Applications Received
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669.
10010305. Glacial Sand & Gravel Co. (P. O. Box 1022, Kittanning, PA 16201). Commencement, operation, and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Worth Township, Butler County affecting 104.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Hogue Run. Application to include a landuse change from cropland to undeveloped water impoundment and unmanaged wildlife habitat on lands of Elton P. Scheidemantle and Wayne A. and Kathryn J. Pizor. Application received April 12, 2001.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of Sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317 as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Water Quality Certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under Section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed, and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Each individual will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the office noted above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications Received Under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and Section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification Under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS & ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Consho- hocken, PA 19428.
E15-665. R.E.I. Inc., 935 West Miner Street, West Chester, PA 19382, East Bradford Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To fill in a 2.2-acre off-stream man-made pond which is located adjacent to Black Horse Run (TSF, MF) within the West End Swim and Tennis Club. The site is located approximately 500 feet northeast of the intersection of Birmingham Road and Miner Street (Unionville, PA Quadrangle N: 12.1 inches; West: 0.6 inch).
E15-666. Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority, 1100 DuPortail Road, Berwyn, PA 19312, Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To install and maintain the following three sanitary sewer crossings associated with the Tredyffrin Township Church Road Sewer Extension and Pump Station Project:
1. An 8-inch sanitary sewer force main across Cedar Hollow Run (EV) and to install and maintain a watertight manhole in this area
2. A sanitary sewer force main by attaching it to an existing bridge deck carrying Church Road across Valley Creek (EV)
3. A sanitary sewer force main by method of directional drilling across Little Valley Creek (EV)
The new force main extends along Church Road beginning southeast of the crossing of PA Route 202 (Malvern, PA Quadrangle N: 9.65 inches; W: 0.85 inch) and ending just south of its intersection with Yellow Springs Road (Malvern, PA Quadrangle N: 12.85 inches; W: 2.85 inches).
E15-667. The Hankin Group, P. O. Box 562, Exton, PA 19341, Uwchland Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a 12-feet by 4-feet open bottom culvert across 0.22 acre of wetland (PEM) located along an unnamed tributary to Shamona Creek (HQ, TSF-MF) to facilitate access to a proposed development within Eagleview Corporate Center. The site is located approximately 900 feet southwest of the intersection of Pottstown Pike (S. R. 0100) and Eagleview Boulevard, (Downingtown, PA USGS Quadrangle N: 11.5 inches; W: 7.0 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E05-292. Margaret Koenig, Bedford County Commissioners, 211 South Juniata Street, Bedford, PA 15522 in West St. Clair, Bedford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove the existing timber deck of Bedford County Bridge 11, clean and paint the existing steel beams and construct a new fiber reinforced polymer deck for the bridge over Dunning Creek (WWF) at a point at T-565 (Alum Bank, PA Quadrangle N: 5.0 inches; W: 16.5 inches).
E31-171. Thomas Murphy, Spruce Creek Rod & Gun Club, 616 Berkshire Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To maintain existing bank stabilization and in stream habitat structures and to construct and maintain initial phases of a watershed wide stream restoration project in and along a 4.6 mile reach of Spruce Creek (HQ-CWF). The project purpose is to stabilize severely eroded banks, improve water quality and improve fisheries habitat. The watershed project will implement a natural stream channel design approach and construction activities will include rock dams, tip deflectors, pinned logs, jack dams, mud sills, mid-channel boulders, riprap protection and outlet structures, ford crossing, bank cover cribs, stone cattle access, minor gravel bar removal and maintenance dredging of existing pond. The first two restoration sites of this multi-phase project are located near the upstream limit of the site (Franklinville, PA Quadrangle N: 9.9 inches; W: 5.5 inches) and near the downstream end of the site (Franklinville, PA Quadrangle N: 5.5 inches; W: 10.1 inches).
E34-100. Chester Strausser, R. R. 1 Box 146, Liverpool, PA 17045 in Susquehanna Township, Juniata County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove a 30-feet by 40-feet gravel bar and to stabilize and restore approximately 300 feet of stream bank with used heavy equipment tires along the channel of West Branch of Mahontango Creek (WWF) at a point approximately 14,800 feet upstream of Route 104 (Richfield, PA Quadrangle N: 2.5 inches; W: 0.5 inch).
E36-705. Gary Trostle, Hammer Creek Watershed Association, 21 Buch Mill Road, Lititz, PA 17543 in Warwick and Ephrata Townships, Lancaster County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a stream restoration project by means of constructing five rock cross vanes at the channel of Hammer Creek (TSF) and associated grading along the floodway located immediately downstream of Carpenter Road bridge (T-931) which continues downstream for about 800 feet (Lititz, PA Quadrangle N: 10.35 inches; W: 1.55 inches and N: 9.9 inches; W: 1.5 inches).
E36-706. Kenneth Kuhns, PPL Utilities, GENN-4, 2 North 9th Street, Allentown, PA 18101 in Brecknock and Caernarvon Townships, Lancaster County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a ford crossing across the channel of Black Creek (HQ-WWF) located about 1,500 feet east from the intersection of PA 625 and T-823 (Terre Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 8.25 inches; W: 0.5 inch).
E67-697. Mark Burkhead, PennDOT 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103 in Penn Township and Hanover Borough, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove two existing structures, construct and maintain a 12-feet wide by 2.83-feet high reinforced concrete box culvert in Gitts Run, and an 8-feet wide by 2.5-feet high reinforced concrete box culvert in an unnamed tributary to Gitts Run located on SR 3072, Segment 0020, Offset 0011 (Moulstown Road) and SR 3072, Segment 0020, Offset 0640. The replacement of the culverts will impact a deminimis area of wetlands equal to 0.002 acre. The improvement project begins at SR 0194 (Broadway Street to T-344 (Youngs Road) (Hanover, PA Quadrangle N: 14.75 inches; W: 12.1 inches and N: 14.9; W: 11.9 respectively).
E36-707. James Baney, 389 Pine Grove Road, Nottingham, PA 19362 in Colerain and Little Britain Townships, Lancaster County, PA (Kirkwood, PA Quadrangle N: 16.8 inches; W: 15.2 inches), ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain initial phases of a watershed wide stream restoration project along the West Branch of Octoraro Creek (HQ-CWF; MF). The project's purpose is to improve sediment transport, create additional floodplain wetlands, establish riparian buffers and improve aquatic habitat. The watershed projects will implement a natural stream channel design approach and construction activities will include channel restoration, in-stream rock veins, cross rock veins and floodway grading. The first restoration site of this multi-phase project is located approximately 2,000-feet downstream of Puseyville Road (SR 2010).
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E03-397. Lincroft, Inc., 207 Iron Bridge Road, Freeport, PA 16229. South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To construct and maintain a dual 8-inch pipe gravity intake structure, gabion basket headwall, concrete manhole pump station, and bottom excavation of stream to develop a 10 x 20 x 4 cubic feet hole in Buffalo Creek (TSF) located approximately 1.5 miles west of the intersection of SR 28 and Furnace Run Road for the purpose of irrigation of a proposed Golf Course (Freeport, PA Quadrangle N: 20.8 inches; W: 6.67 inches).
E65-775. Keith A. Whipkey, Chairperson, Ligonier Township, 18 Old Lincoln Highway West, Ligonier, PA 15658. Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 32-feet long arch pipe culvert having a span of 10.7 feet and an underclearance of 6.9 feet in an unnamed tributary to Loyalhanna Creek (CWF). Also to construct and maintain rock riprap at the culvert's inlet and outlet. The project is located on T-950 (Old Lincoln Highway East) at a point approximately 100 feet east of East Main Street Extension (Ligonier, PA Quadrangle N: 20.65 inches; W: 14.7 inches).
Northwest Region: Oil and Gas Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E24-217, Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797. Mosquito Creek Crossing and Water Treatment Structure, in Benezette Township, Elk County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (The Knobs, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 4.34 inches).
To remove a dual 24.0-inch diameter CMP crossing and to construct and maintain a gabion and rock fill combined ford stream crossing to maintain access to Pennsylvania Game Commission land located approximately 0.2 mile north of the Elk County and Clearfield County line on Ardell Dam Road.
E43-294, Lake Latonka Property Owners Association. Lake Latonka Footbridge, in Coolspring Township, Mercer County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Jackson Center, PA Quadrangle N: 3.25 inches; W: 8.25 inches).
To construct and maintain a footbridge with a 50-feet span, 6-feet width, and 6-feet clearance to provide a shorter and safer route for foot and bike traffic across Coolspring Creek (CWF) located approximately 600 feet south of Lake Latonka Dam.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
EA02-008SW. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4186. Borough of Plum, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To construct and maintain a streambank rehabilitation and protection project along a 140 feet section of Little Plum Creek (WWF). The left bank will be stabilized with an approximately 8 feet high, precast concrete retaining wall. The opposite bank will be regraded, and stabilized with a turf reinforcement mat. The streambed will be regraded to a uniform width of 16 feet between the two banks. The project site is located along the parking lot of borough's municipal complex, on New Texas Road (New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N: 0.6 inch; W: 1.97 inches).
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
EA10-015NW, Aquascape Wetland and Environmental Services, 114 Deer Road, Boyers, PA 16020. SR 81 Restoration Project, in Washington Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Hilliards, PA Quadrangle N: 18 inches; W: 14.75 inches).
To fill approximately 1 acre of severely degraded wetland for the reclamation of approximately 2,000 cubic yards of gob/coal refuse and the construction of a passive treatment system consisting of an Anoxic Limestone Drain (1,300 tons AASHTO #1 limestone), a Settling Pond (0.22 acre), and a Treatment Wetland (0.44 acre) for the remediation of abandoned mine drainage that currently impacts surrounding wetlands and Slippery Rock Creek (CWF) to the north. The project is located in State Game Lands No. 95 approximately 0.4 mile southwest of Higgins Corner.
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D40-047EA, Bear Creek Association, P. O. Box 184, Bear Creek, PA 18602. Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to replace the existing, timber crib Bear Creek Lake Dam with a roller-compacted concrete (RCC)/fill dam covered with timber facing to maintain the original historical appearance of the dam. The project will directly and indirectly impact approximately 1.8 acres of the reservoir and stream as a result of fill materials placed to construct the dam and temporary de-watering during construction. The project will not change normal pool elevation. The existing dam is located approximately 100 feet upstream from the State Route 115 bridge across Bear Creek (HQ-CWF) (Wilkes-Barre East, PA Quadrangle N: 9.80 inches; W: 0.85 inch).
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