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[Continued from previous Web Page] Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
08-317-006A: Leprino Foods Co. (217 Yanuzzi Drive, South Waverly, PA 18840) for construction of a whey drying system and whey powder packaging system including one main drying chamber incorporating an 18.0 mmBtu per hour natural gas-fired burner, one fluid bed redryer, one fluid bed cooler, one whey powder receiver, one whey powder mill and sifter, two surge bins, one bulk bag filling system, one inline filler, one surge hopper and associated material conveyance systems at their facility in South Waverly Borough, Bradford County.
The air contaminant emissions from the main drying chamber will be controlled by two C. E. Rogers inertial cyclone collectors operating in parallel followed by an Evaporator Dryer Tech Inc. Venturi spray tower scrubber. The air contaminant emissions from the fluid bed redryer and fluid bed cooler shall be controlled by an EDT model 10 pulse jet fabric collector. The particulate air contaminant emissions from the whey powder receiver shall be controlled by a C. E. Rogers (no model number) pulse-jet fabric collector. The air contaminant emissions from the two whey powder receiver surge bins shall be controlled by two NU-CON model NCBV-36-25-2T reverse pulse jet fabric collectors, one on each surge bin. The air contaminant emissions from the surge hopper shall be controlled by a NU-CON model NCBV-36-9-2T reverse pulse jet fabric collector. The air contaminant emissions from the inline filler and the bulk bag filling system shall be controlled by a Donaldson/DCE model DCEF 2,095 reverse pulse jet fabric collector. The air contaminant emissions from the bulk bag filling system shall additionally be controlled by a NU-CON model NCBV-36-9-3T reverse pulse jet fabric collector.
The Venturi spray tower scrubber exhaust is expected to emit approximately 10.27 tons per year particulate matter, 12.48 tons per year carbon monoxide, 2.05 tons per year nitrogen oxides and 0.37 ton per year volatile organic compounds. The fabric collectors are expected to emit (in total) particulate matter emissions of approximately 8.04 tons per year.
The Department has determined that the proposed whey drying and whey powder packaging systems will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contaminant sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department consequently intends to issue a plan approval for the construction of the respective whey drying and whey powder packaging systems. Additionally, if the Department determines that the whey drying and whey powder packaging systems are operating in compliance with all applicable plan approval conditions and regulatory requirements following the construction of the whey drying and whey powder packaging systems, the conditions established in this plan approval will be incorporated into State Only Operating Permit 08-00007 via administrative amendment under 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
The Department intends to place conditions in the plan approval to be issued pertaining to the operation and monitoring of the equipment. These conditions are intended to assure proper operation of the equipment as well as compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements. The following is a summary of these conditions:
1. The Venturi spray tower scrubber exhaust shall not exceed 0.01 grain per dry standard cubic foot.
2. The exhaust from each fabric collector shall not exceed 0.01 grain per dry standard cubic foot.
3. All material conveyance systems, including the conveyor from the main drying chamber to the fluid bed redryer, shall be completely enclosed at all times of operation. Additionally, the whey powder mill and sifter shall be completely enclosed during all times of operation.
4. The Venturi spray tower scrubber shall operate at a minimum scrubbing solution recirculation rate of 150.0 gallons per minute and at a minimum pressure drop of 4.0 inches of water.
5. The concentration of solids in the Venturi spray tower scrubber recirculating solution shall not exceed 18.0% at any time.
6. The exhaust from the whey dryer burner (as measured at the burner exhaust prior to the main drying chamber) shall not emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) in excess of 25 ppm corrected to 3% oxygen, dry basis.
7. The Venturi spray tower scrubber shall be equipped with flow monitoring equipment capable of monitoring the scrubbing solution recirculating flow rate on a continuous basis.
8. Equipment having a minimum accuracy of +/- 0.2% solids shall be used to monitor the solids concentration of the recirculating solution of the Venturi spray tower scrubber.
9. The Venturi spray tower scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation to monitor the differential pressure across the scrubber on a continuous basis.
10. The recirculating solution solids concentration, recirculating solution flow rate and differential pressure of the Venturi spray tower scrubber shall be recorded in a log book at least once for every 8 hours of scrubber operation.
11. The permittee shall conduct stack testing on the Venturi spray scrubber exhaust to determine compliance with the particulate matter emission limit. The stack testing shall consist of an average of three test runs and shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 while the whey drying system is operating at full capacity.
08-318-027C: Mill's Pride--Pennsylvania (100 Lamoka Road, Sayre, PA 18840) for plan approval to modify two 28,700,000 BTU per hour natural gas/woodwaste fired boilers and to install an electrostatic precipitator in Athens Township, Bradford County. Following modification these boilers may potentially emit an additional 23 tons per 12 consecutive month period of nitrogen oxides and an additional 69 tons per 12 consecutive month period of carbon monoxide. A preliminary review of the information submitted by Mill's Pride--Pennsylvania indicates that the boilers will meet all applicable air quality requirements including the best available technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12 and Subpart Dc of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR 60.40c--60.48c. Based on this finding, the Air Quality Program intends to approve the application and issue a plan approval to modify the boilers and install the electrostatic precipitator. Additionally, if the Department determines that the boilers are operating in compliance with all applicable plan approval conditions and regulatory requirements, the conditions established in the plan approval will be incorporated into an operating permit via administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
In order to ensure compliance with all applicable air quality standards, the Department proposes to place the following conditions in the respective plan approval:
1. This plan approval is issued for the modification of two 28.7 million BTU per hour Hurst Boiler and Welding Company #M-4,000 natural gas/wood waste fired boilers, said modification consisting of a 23 ton per 12 consecutive month period increase in nitrogen oxide emissions and a 69 ton per 12 consecutive month period increase in carbon monoxide emissions.
2. This plan approval is also issued for the installation of a PPC Industries model XH-1212-2S dry, single-stage electrostatic precipitator for the control of particulate matter emissions from the two boilers. The electrostatic precipitator shall be equipped with monitors and recorders for the following:
* primary voltage
* primary current
* secondary voltage
* secondary current
* spark rate
Records of these parameters shall be maintained onsite for at least 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
The electrostatic precipitator shall be equipped with two transformer/rectifier sets and each set shall provide not less than 183.3 kilovolt-amps of power.
The electrostatic precipitator shall be located downstream of the existing air cleaning systems for both boilers. Both existing air cleaning systems consist of two multi-clones in series. In both cases, the primary multi-clone is a Hurst Boiler and Welding Company, Inc. #12k-1CT and the secondary multi-clone is a Hurst Boiler and Welding Company, Inc. #6UP-44T.
3. The two boilers shall utilize staged combustion and flue gas recirculation as nitrogen oxide reduction techniques. Additionally, each of the boilers shall be equipped with oxygen monitors as described in the application and supplemental materials submitted for Plan Approval 08-318-027 and each of the boilers shall comply with the following emission limitations:
Contaminant Emission
Limitation
(pounds per
million BTU)Nitrogen oxides (expressed as NO2) 0.21 Carbon monoxide 0.30 Sulfur oxides 0.0098 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 0.012 Particulate matter 0.2 (after control) 4. The total combined air contaminant emissions from the entire facility shall never exceed the following emission limitations:
Emission
LimitationContaminant (tons per 12
consecutive
month period)Particulate matter 128.34 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 32.9 S sulfur oxides 2.53 N nitrogen oxides (expressed as NO2) 60.6 Carbon monoxide 77.7 E each individual hazardous air
pollutantless than 10
Total combined hazardous air
pollutantsless than 25 5. The company need not run the electrostatic precipitator when the boilers are being operated as follows:
* the boilers are being fired only on natural gas; and
* there is no woodwaste fuel remaining in the boiler fireboxes.
This condition does not in any way relieve the company from complying fully with the particulate matter emission limitation specified in Condition 3 herein or the opacity limitations of 25 Pa. Code § 123.41.
6. The two boilers shall be fired on either natural gas or kiln dried wood waste with a particleboard content of not greater than 5% by weight except that a mixture of green wood waste and kiln dried wood waste may be fired provided the following conditions are met:
a. The green wood waste content of the mixture shall not exceed 30% by weight.
b. The total firing time of this mixture shall not exceed 336 hours in any 12 consecutive month period, combined, for both boilers, that is, if both boilers are ever fired simultaneously with the green wood waste mixture each hour of simultaneous firing shall count as 2 hours.
7. The company shall maintain records of individual fuel usages for each boiler on a monthly basis.
8. Within 90 days of startup of the electrostatic precipitator the company shall test each of the two boilers for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and opacity.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
04-497A: Tuscarora, Inc. (800 Fifth Avenue, New Brighton, PA 15066) for modification of their facility in New Brighton, Beaver County.
The proposed modification is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code and 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 authorizes Tuscarora Incorporated to increase their VOC emissions to a maximum of 97.2 tons per 12 consecutive month period at their Blockhouse Run Road facility located in New Brighton Borough, Beaver County.
4. Total VOC emissions shall include the pentane emissions resulting from the processing of all expandable resins and VOC emissions resulting from the usage of all other VOC-containing materials.
5. Pentane content of expandable polystyrene resins shall not exceed 4.5%, based on a 30-day rolling average, calculated on a resin-weighted basis.
6. Pentane content of expandable ARCEL resins shall not exceed 8.5%, based on a 30-day rolling average, calculated on a resin-weighted basis.
7. Permittee shall keep daily records of the amount of each expandable resin that is used and the pentane content of each expandable resin formulation that is used.
8. Annual year-to-date VOC emissions shall be totaled each day.
a) Pentane emissions shall be calculated each day using the following formula:
Fraction Pentane in Resin x Resin Usage x Loss Factor = Pentane Emission
b) Annual year-to-date pentane emissions shall be calculated by adding together all the daily pentane emissions.
c) Annual year-to-date VOC emissions shall be calculated by adding daily pentane emissions, along with any additional VOC emissions resulting from the usage of any other VOC-containing materials.
d) Permittee shall use a Loss Factor of 0.97 (assumes 97% pentane loss) for EPS resins and a Loss Factor of 0.94 (assumes 94% pentane loss) for ARCEL resins unless the Department approves the use of another Loss Factor.
9. This Plan Approval authorizes temporary operation of the sources and/or the pollution control devices covered by this Plan Approval provided the following conditions are met:
a) The Department must receive written notice from the owner or operator of when the Operator expects to commence operation of the sources and/or the pollution control devices.
b) Operation is authorized only to facilitate the startup and shakedown of sources and/or pollution control devices, to permit operations pending the issuance of an Operating Permit or to permit the evaluation of the sources and/or the pollution control devices for compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements.
c) This condition authorizes temporary operation of the sources and/or the pollution control devices for a period of 180 days from the date of commencement of operation, provided the Department receives notice from the owner or operator under Subpart (a).
d) The owner or 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 reason compliance has not been established.
e) The notice submitted by the owner or operator under Subpart (a), 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 start-up of the sources and/or the pollution control devices.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
24-0131D: SGL Carbon, LLC (900 Theresia Street, St. Marys, PA 15857) for the installation of a baghouse and construction of a bulk loading station for Building 600 machining operations in St. Marys, Elk County. The facility currently has a Title V permit No. 24-00131. This 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. This installation will result in no increase in emissions.
10-021J: Indspec Chemical Corporation (133 Main Street P. O. Box 307 Petrolia, PA 16050), located in Petrolia Borough, Butler County for the minor modification of the fan design and airflow rate for the scrubber on the resin hold tank with a restriction on hours of tank operation and an associated resin production limit. The permit change increases emissions of particulate by 0.87#/hr and 2.78 TPY (based on the operational permit limit of 6,400 hours per year) at the facility. The permit contains limitations pertaining to fugitive, odor, visible and particulate emissions and requires stack testing to verify compliance with the particulate emission rate. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional record keeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility currently has Title V Operating Permit No. 10-00021. This 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.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Leif Ericson, Program Manager, (717) 705-4702.
01-03016: Dal-Tile Corp. (211 North Fourth Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325-1694) for operation of its ceramic floor and wall tile products facility in Straban Township, Adams County. The facility has the potential to emit 62 tons per year of sulfur oxides, 29 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 14 tons per year of particulate matter, 5 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 4 tons of volatile organic compounds and 4 tons per year of hydrogen fluoride (all after control). The Natural Minor operating permit shall contain additional testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
06-05083: Williams Metal Finishing, Inc. (P. O. Box 2029, Sinking Spring, PA 19608) for a metal finishing facility controlled by various fabric collectors and a refrigerated chiller in Sinking Spring Township, Berks County. The facility is a non-Title V (State only) facility. The plant's potential emissions will be limited to less than 50 tons per year of VOC, 10 tons of any one HAP or 25 tons of total HAPs per year and 100 tons per year of particulate. The facility will be required to record the coating usage and calculate the emissions monthly. Limits will be placed on the VOC content of the coatings used on the coating lines. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
36-03014: Burnham Corp. (1237 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17603) for operation of its Fruitville Pike Boiler Plant in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. The primary emissions from the sources are oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds and the actual emissions are about 5 tons per year each. The Natural Minor Operating Permit shall contain additional testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-03063: Advanced Recycling Technology, Inc. (340 South Broad Street, Hallam, PA 17406) for operation of an industrial dryer controlled by a wet scrubber in Hallam Borough, York County. The estimated potential emission of particulate matter from the operation is 2 tons per year based on 6,000 hours. The Natural Minor Operating Permit shall contain additional testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
60-318-010: Nickelson Plastics, Inc. (100 Industrial Way, Osceola, WI 54020-0459) for the operation of a metal parts PVC coating operation at its facility located on Route 192 in Buffalo Township, Union County.
The PVC coating operation consists of a wash line, a primer spray coating booth and a PVC dip coat line incorporating a propane-fired oven, a plastisol dip tank and an electrically-heated salt bath. The operation of the PVC coating operation will result in the emission of up to 8.81 tons of volatile organic compounds per 12 consecutive month period, of which up to .23 ton could be hazardous air pollutants.
The Department has determined that the respective PVC coating line was constructed and is operating, in conformance with all conditions of Plan Approval 60-318-010, which was issued by the Department on April 19, 2000, as well as with all applicable regulatory requirements including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department consequently plans to issue an operating permit for the PVC coating operation.
The Department intends to place conditions in the operating permit to be issued which are intended to assure proper operation of the PVC coating operation and continued compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and plan approval conditions. The following is a summary of these conditions:
1. The total combined volatile organic compound emission from all sources incorporated in the PVC coating operation shall not exceed 8.81 tons per 12 consecutive month period of which no more than .23 ton shall be hazardous air pollutants.
2. The total combined volatile organic compound emissions from the PVC dip coat line shall not exceed 8.16 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
3. The total combined volatile organic compound emissions from the wash line and primer spray coating booth shall not exceed .65 ton per 12 consecutive month period of which no more than .23 ton shall be hazardous air pollutants.
4. No more than 81,600 gallons of plastisol shall be used per 12 consecutive month period.
5. The opacity of the exhaust from the stacks associated with the PVC dip coat line shall not exceed 5% at any time.
6. Only additives identified in the plan approval application may be used in the wash line.
7. The primer spray coating booth shall be equipped with a full set of overspray filters and the only method of coating application shall be high volume low pressure spray guns.
8. The volatile organic compound content of the coating applied in the primer spray coating booth shall not exceed 2.30 pounds per gallons (minus water) as applied.
9. No volatile organic compound-containing materials shall be used to clean equipment associated with the primer spray coating booth.
10. Records shall be maintained of the type and amount of additives added to the wash solution used in the wash line each month, the type and amount of additives added to the sealant/rinse solution used in the wash line each month, the type and amount of primer used each month and the type and amount of plastisol used each month. All records shall be retained for at least 5 years and shall be shown to the Department upon request.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-00152: Dixon Ticonderoga Co./New Castle Refractories (915 Industrial St., New Castle, PA 16102) Natural Minor operating permit for the manufacture of custom silicon-carbide refractory in the City of New Castle, Lawrence County.
20-00268: Tedes Co./Gizzie Memorials (614 Baldwin St., Meadville, PA 16335) Natural Minor operating permit for the operation of a crematory in the City of Meadville, Crawford County.
33-00145: Huntington Foam Corporation (P. O. Box 248, 11, Industrial Park Dr. Brockway, PA 15824) for a Synthetic Minor Permit to operate a miscellaneous manufacturing facility located in Brockway, Jefferson County. The facility accepted a restriction on emission of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) to become a Synthetic Minor facility.
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 before 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 before 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 AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E51-198. Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA 19128, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain an impoundment associated with the construction of the proposed Springhouse Pond Education Loop across two unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River (WWF). The applicant also seeks Environmental Assessment approval to construct the on-stream nonjurisdictional dam associated with this dam. The Project will impact approximately 110 linear feet of the stream. The site is located approximately 3,000 feet northeast of the intersection of Port Royal Avenue and River Road (Norristown, PA USGS Quadrangle N: 10.0 inches; W: 0.1 inch).
E46-902. Worcester Township, 1721 Valley Forge Road, P. O. Box 767, Worcester, PA 19490, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To replace, construct and maintain the Grange Avenue Bridge, which crosses an unnamed tributary to Skippack Creek (TSF). The project involves the replacement of the existing, single span, concrete, I-beam Bridge. The proposed structure will consist of a 30-foot in length, 28-foot span, 8-feet of under-clearance. The project will impact 0.052 acre of wetland associated with fill in the approaches. Other work includes the modification and extension of a 15-inch stormwater outfall structure. The site is located 200 feet southwest of the intersection of Grange Avenue and Water Street (Collegeville, PA Quadrangle 11.7 inches North and 3.1 inches West).
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
E45-421. Blue Mountain Lake Associates, Inc., 1 Blue Mountain Lake, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, in Stroud Township, Monroe County, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To maintain a road crossing consisting of a 36-inch diameter culvert in a tributary to Brodhead Creek (HQ-CWF) and to construct and maintain a stormwater outfall channel in the floodways of a tributary to Brodhead Creek. The projects are located in Blue Mountain Lake - Phase 9, approximately 0.5 mile northeast of S.R. 0446 (East Stroudsburg, PA, Quadrangle N: 7.1 inches; W: 11.0 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E06-560. Deborah Hoag, Spring Township, 2800 Shillington Road, Reading, PA 19608 in Spring and Lower Heidelberg Townships, Berks County, Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain (1) a 9.84-foot by 4.92-foot concrete box culvert at the channel of an unnamed tributary to Cacoosing Creek on Reedy Road located about 900 feet south of its intersection with Evans Hill Road; (2) a new bridge with a clear span of 77 feet and a minimum underclearance of 4.2 feet across Cacoosing Creek in order to realign Reedy Road; and (3) an 18-inch diameter outfall pipe within the 100-year floodway of Cacoosing Creek (Sinking Spring, PA Quadrangle N: 16.5 inches; W: 2.38 inches; N: 17.0 inches; W: 2.06 inches and N: 17.15 inches; W: 2.05 inches) in Spring and Lower Heidelberg Townships, Berks County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.
E14-411. Joseph and Elaine Skidel, 142 Greyhound Lane, Port Matilda, PA 16870. Shadyside Kennels Bridge, in Worth Township, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District (Port Matilda, PA Quadrangle N: 17.61 inches; W: 5.13 inches).
To relocate and maintain 500 feet of an unnamed tributary to Ardery Hollow located 2 miles up Ardery Road from SR 220. The unnamed tributary to Ardery Hollow is a Cold Water Fishery.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1361. City of Pittsburgh, Room 301 City County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2455. City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To reconstruct and maintain two pedestrian bridge crossings across Saw Mill Run (WWF). The first bridge is the Overbrook Bridge with a span of 65 feet and minimum underclearance of approximately 6.6 feet. The second bridge is the Inglewood Bridge with a span of 100 feet and minimum underclearance of 7.4 feet. The Inglewood Bridge is located along Route 51 across from Englert Street, the Overbrook Bridge is located approximately 0.21 mile south also along Route 51 across from Overbrook Street. The bridges will be used for access to and from the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Route 51. (Pittsburgh East, PA Quadrangle N: 2.7 inches; W: 17.1 inches).
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E10-343, Butler Auto Auction, 21095 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA 16066. Butler Auto Auction Overflow Vehicle Storage Facility, in Jackson Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Evans City, PA Quadrangle N: 1.9 inches; W: 15.9 inches).
To fill a total of 0.67 acre of wetland, a small pond and the channels of tributaries to Brush Creek having contributory drainage areas less than 100 acres for site grading associated with construction of parking areas for storage of vehicles from the Butler Auto Auction north of S.R. 528 approximately 0.5 mile east of S.R. 19. Project proposes compensation for the permanent wetland impact through the breach and modification of a 0.85 acre pond to create 0.43 acre of wetland, streambank protection along approximately 1,200 feet of a tributary to Brush Creek and implementation of a manure management plan for the adjoining rat farm operation.
E20-511, Dale E. and Jill M. Gillette, 12456 State Highway 198, Conneautville, PA 16406. Gillette Bridge Across Foster Run, in Summerhill Township, Crawford County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Linesville, PA Quadrangle N: 22.5 inches; W: 1.25 inches).
To construct and maintain a steel beam bridge having a clear span of 28 feet and an underclearance of 6 feet across Foster Run on a private driveway extending south from S.R. 4003 (Linesville-Conneautville Road) approximately 1 mile west of S.R. 18.
E25-640, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 255 Elm Street, P. O. Box 398, Oil City, PA 16301. SR 0099, Segment 0200, Offset 1965 Across tributary to Lamson Run, in McKean and Washington Townships, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Edinboro, PA Quadrangle N: 18.7 inches; W: 10.6 inches).
(Arch Culvert)
To install streambed paving in the invert and maintain the existing 140-foot-long, 6-foot-wide by 4.5-foot-high corrugated metal pipe arch stream enclosure in a tributary to Lamson Run on SR 0099, Segment 0200, Offset 1965 approximately 1.75 miles north of SR 3014.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
EA63-003CO. F. Daniel Caste, Bower Hill Development Group, P. O. Box 10360, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Peters Township, Washington County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To construct a nonjurisdictional dam in the watershed of a tributary to Peters Creek (TSF) for stormwater management at the proposed Woodlands of Peters Township, Bower Hill Development, Inc., impacting approximately 0.07 acre of wetland (PEM). The applicant has proposed making a contribution to the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Fund in lieu of constructing replacement wetlands. The dam will be located approximately 1,500 feet northeast of the intersection of Bower Hill Road (SR 62051) and McCombs Road (Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle, N: 2.55", W: 9.15").
EA40-005CO. Joseph Thomas, Evergreen Hills Estates, Inc., 57 North Mountain Boulevard, Mountaintop, PA 18707. Wright Township, Luzerne County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To modify an existing nonjurisdictional dam adjacent to Big Wapwallopen Creek (CWF) for stormwater management at the proposed Evergreen Hill Estates residential subdivision. The dam is located approximately 1,300 feet west of the intersection of Evergreen Lake Drive and Grove Street (Wilkes-Barre, West, PA Quadrangle, N: 2.5", W: 5.6").
ACTIONS
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT--NPDES AND WQM PART II PERMITS
INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 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. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary of the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
I. Municipal and Industrial Permit Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
NPDES Permit No. PA0056707, Industrial Waste, Alex C. Fergusson, Inc., 25 Spring Mill Drive, Frazer, PA 19355. This proposed facility is located in Charlestown Township, Chester County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of a NPDES Permit to discharge in Cedar Hollow, a tributary to Valley Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0053589, Sewage, Buckingham Lumber and Millwork, 4469 Upper Mountain Road, P. O. Box 307, Buckingham, PA 18912. This proposed facility is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of a NPDES Permit to discharge into Mill Creek
NPDES Permit No. PA0056677, Sewage, Steve and Caroline Macri, 6768 Point Pleasant Pike, New Hope, PA 18938. This proposed facility is located in Plumstead Township, Bucks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of a NPDES Permit to discharge into an unnamed tributary to Geddes Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0056481, Sewage Walter Clee, Oak Grove Country Inn, 6755 Easton Road, Pipersville, PA 18947. This proposed facility is located in Bedminster Township, Bucks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of a NPDES Permit to discharge in a dry swale to an unnamed tributary to Cabin Run-2D Watershed. The following notice reflects changes to the notice published in the May 12, 2001, Pennsylvania Bulletin:
A new Outfall 002 is included to discharge groundwater from the underdrain system serving sewage treatment plant. The discharge limit for fecal coliform is 200-colonies/100 ml as a geometric average.
NPDES Permit No. PA0055671, Sewage. Worcester Township, 1721 Valley Forge Road, P. O. Box 767, Worcester, PA 19490. This proposed facility is located in Worcester Township, Montgomery County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of a NPDES Permit to discharge into an unnamed tributary to Skippack Creek-3E.
NPDES Permit No. PA0053929, Sewage, Barryway Enterprises, Inc. c/o Bubba's Pot Belly Stove, 1485 Route 309, Quakertown, PA 18951-1803. This proposed facility is located in Springfield Township, Bucks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of an NPDES Permit to discharge into tributary of Tohickon Creek-2D.
NPDES Permit No. PA0050407, Sewage, Sewage Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern, PA 19335. This proposed facility is located in Willistown Township, Chester County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Renewal of an NPDES Permit to discharge into tributary to Ridley Center-3G.
WQM Permit No. 1501408, Sewerage, Unionville Chadds Ford School District, 740 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348. This proposed facility is located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval for modifications to Hillendale Elementary School's wastewater treatment plant.
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
NPDES Permit No. PA-0061841, Industrial Waste, Pennsylvania American Water Company, 800 West Hersheypark Drive, P. O. Box 888, Hershey, PA 17033-0888. This proposed facility is located in Carbondale Township, Lackawanna County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: to renew an NPDES to discharge treated industrial waste into Racket Brook.
WQM Permit No. 3901403, Sewerage, Upper Saucon Township Municipal Authority, 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA 18034-9444. This proposed facility is located in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Granted approval for construction of a sewage pump station and collection system to serve the Stabler Business Park East.
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES Permit No. PA0033111, Sewage, Dennis Cramer, Oak Creek Campground, Inc., P. O. Box 128, Bowmansville, PA 17507. This proposed facility is located in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Authorization to discharge to Rock Run in Watershed 7-J.
WQM Permit No. 2101402, Sewerage, Richard Astheimer, F.R. Acquisitions, Inc., 200 Philips Road, Exton, PA 19341-1326. This proposed facility is located in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction/Operation of Sewage Treatment Facilities, Subsurface Absorption Area and Pump Stations.
WQM Permit No. 0501405, Sewerage, Seth Stoltzfus, 138 Christian Light Road, Bedford, PA 15522. This proposed facility is located in Bedford Township, Bedford County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction/Operation of Sewage Treatment Facilities for their single family residence.
WQM Permit No. 0701404, Sewerage, Alfred E. Peterman, R. D. 3, Box 486F, Tyrone, PA 16686. The proposed facility is located in Snyder Township, Blair County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction/Operation of Sewage Treatment Facilities for their single family residence.
NPDES Permit No. PA0246352, Industrial Waste, Richard Mitsifer, All American Plaza, Inc., P. O. Box 302, Bethel, PA 19507. This proposed facility is located in Bethel Township, Berks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Authorization to discharge to unnamed tributary to Crosskill Creek.
WQM Permit No. PA0088951, Industrial Waste, Joseph P. James, Speedway Oil Company, 1392 Ben Franklin Highway East, Douglassville, PA 19518. This proposed facility is located in Amity Township, Berks County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Authorization to discharge to Schuylkill River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0086916, Industrial Waste, Gerald L. Wolfe, Wolfe's Auto Service, 3063 Lebanon Road, Manheim, PA 17545-8941. This proposed facility is located in Rapho Township, Lancaster County.
Description of Size and Scope of Proposed Operation/Activity: Authorization to discharge to Shearer's Creek in Watershed 7-G.
WQM Permit No, PA0084816, Industrial Waste, Alfred Gomez, Sun Pipeline Company, 1801 Market Street, 15/10 PC, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1699. This proposed facility is located in Spring Township, Berks County.
Description of Size and Scope of Proposed Operation/Activity: Authorization to discharge to Cacoosing Creek in Watershed 3-C.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES Permit No. PA0000558. Industrial. TrizecHahn Gateway, LLC, Two Gateway Center, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Gateway Center, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County to receiving waters named Allegheny River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0001562. Industrial. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, 1134 Market Street, Wheeling, WV 26003 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Allenport Plant, Allenport Borough, Washington County to receiving waters named Monongahela River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0002917. Industrial. Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146-2841 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Armstrong Power Station, Washington Township, Armstrong County to receiving waters named Allegheny River (Outfalls 001, 003, 006--011, 013 and 014) and unnamed tributaries to Allegheny River (Outfalls 004 and 012).
NPDES Permit No. PA0024864. Sewage. Ligonier Borough, Town Hall, 120 East Main Street, Ligonier, PA 15658 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Ligonier Borough Sewage Treatment Plant, Ligonier Borough, Westmoreland County to receiving waters named Mill Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0031313. Sewage. Brownsville Area School District, 6353 National Pike, Grindstone, PA 15442 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Colonial Elementary School Sewage Treatment Plant, Redstone Township, Fayette County to receiving waters named unnamed tributary of Colvin Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0038792. Sewage. Adams Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 265, Sidman, PA 15955-0265 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Village of Mine 42 STP, Adams Township, Cambria County to receiving waters named unnamed tributary of Paint Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0092045. Sewage. Stanton Enterprises, Inc., 127 West Byers Avenue, New Stanton, PA 15672 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Stanton Enterprises STP, Dunbar Township, Fayette County to receiving waters named unnamed tributary of Gist Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0095346. Sewage. William Fiore, Owner, Rolling Hills Village Mobile Home Park, 001 Oak Drive, Buena Vista, PA 15018 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Rolling Hill Village Mobile Home Park STP, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County to receiving waters named Youghiogheny River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0096512. Sewage. Mt. Morris Water and Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 340, Mt. Morris, PA 15349 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Mt. Morris Wastewater Treatment Plant, Perry Township, Greene County to receiving waters named Dunkard Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0097799. Sewage. Jerry F. Smith, 1001 Clubhouse Drive, Donegal, PA 15628 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Laurel Highlands Campland STP, Donegal Township, Westmoreland County to receiving waters named Minnow Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0205524. Sewage. Amy C. Smeltzer, 297 Ford City Road, Freeport, PA 16229 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Smeltzer Single Residence STP, South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County to receiving waters named unnamed tributary of Hill Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0217450. Sewage. Monica Meehan, 5390 West Pike Street, Export, PA 15632 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Meehan Small Flow Sewage Treatment Plant, Salem Township, Westmoreland County to receiving waters named unnamed tributary of Whitethorn Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0218928. Sewage. Cadogan Township, P. O. Box 309, Cadogan, PA 16212 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Cadogan Township Sewage Treatment Plant, Cadogan Township, Armstrong County to receiving waters named Glade Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0218944. Sewage. Franklin Fayette Sewer Authority, 353 Town and Country Road, Vanderbilt, PA 15486 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Franklin Fayette Sewer Authority WWTF, Franklin Township, Fayette County to receiving waters named Redstone Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0219061. Sewage. Blaine Township, 40 Main Street, P. O. Box 128, Taylorstown, PA 15365 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Blaine Township Wastewater Treatment Plant, Blaine Township, Washington County to receiving waters named Buffalo Creek.
Permit No. 0474204-A2. Industrial Waste. Pennsylvania Power Company, P. O. Box 128, Shippingport, PA 15077. Construction of Industrial Waste located in Greene Township, Beaver County to serve Bruce Mansfield Plant.
Permit No. 0492405, Amendment 1. Sewerage. David J. D'Atri, 320 Sunset Drive, Baden, PA 15005. Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant Expanded Design Flow located in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County to serve Forest Brook Mobile Home Park STP.
Permit No. 2601405. Sewerage. City of Uniontown, 20 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401. Construction of a Parallel Relief Interceptor located in City of Uniontown, Fayette County to serve Redstone Creek Interceptor.
Permit No. 2686404-A1. Sewerage. Laurel Land Development Ltd., P. O. Box 253, Hopwood, PA 15445. Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant expansion located in North Union Township, Fayette County to serve Hopwood Village Mobile Home Park STP.
Permit No. 6301410. Sewerage. Carla Wilson, 2818 Bigger Road, Bulger, PA 15019. Construction of Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant located in Robinson Township, Washington County to serve Wilson Residence.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
NPDES Permit No. PA0005622, Industrial Waste, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, 135 Jamison Lane, P. O. Box 68, Monroeville, PA 15146. This proposed facility is located in Hempfield Township, Mercer County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to the Shenango River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0238465, Industrial Waste, Johnsonburg Municipal Authority, Silver Creek Filtration Plant, 520A Market Street, Johnsonburg, PA 15845. This proposed facility is located in Ridgway Township, Elk County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to Silver Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0100943, Sewage, Municipal Authority of Strattanville Borough, P. O. Box 139, Strattanville, PA 16258. This proposed facility is located in Strattanville Borough, Clarion County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to an unnamed tributary to Brush Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA020141, Sewage, Brookville Municipal Authority, Three Jefferson Court, Brookville, PA 15825. This proposed facility is located in Brookville Borough, Jefferson County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to Redbank Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0020401, Sewage, Johnsonburg Municipal Authority, 520A Market Street, Johnsonburg, PA 15845. This proposed facility is located in Johnsonburg Borough, Elk County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to the Clarion River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0029114, Sewage, Clintonville Borough Sewer and Water Authority, P. O. Box 292, Clintonville, PA 16372. This proposed facility is located in Clintonville Borough, Venango County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to Scrubgrass Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0238660, Sewage, Fassett and Associates, 193 Hadley Road, Greenville, PA 16125. This proposed facility is located in Otter Creek Township, Mercer County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to an unnamed tributary to Little Shenango River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0102296, Sewage, Erie Petroleum, Inc., Exit 1 State Line Travel Center, 1502 Greengarden Road, P. O. Box 6345, Erie, PA 16512-6345. This proposed facility is located in Springfield Township, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to an unnamed tributary to Raccoon Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0032531, Sewage, DCNR, Bureau of State Parks, Moraine State Park, 225 Pleasant Valley Road, Portersville, PA 16051-9650. This proposed facility is located in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to Muddy Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0104175, Industrial Waste, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation-Lamont Compressor Station, P. O. Box 2081, Erie, PA 16512. This proposed facility is located in Jones Township, Elk County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This facility is authorized to discharge to Hoffman Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0025283--Amendment No. 1, Sewage, Knox Borough STP, 620 Main Street, P. O. Box 366, Knox, PA 16323. This proposed facility is located in Beaver Township, Clarion County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: An amendment for a treated sewage discharge.
NPDES Permit No. PA0238643, Sewage, Venango Cemetery Association, Venango Cemetery Caretaker Residence, 22161 Cemetery Road, Venango, PA 16440. This proposed facility is located in Venango Township, Crawford County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is to discharge to unnamed tributary to Coulter Run.
WQM Permit No. 4301423, Sewage, Borough of Grove City, P. O. Box 110, Grove City, PA 16127-0110. This proposed facility is located in Grove City Borough, Mercer County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for the installation of a belt filter press.
WQM Permit No. 1601402, Sewage, Borough of New Bethlehem, 210 Lafayette Street, New Bethlehem, PA 16242. This proposed facility is located in New Bethlehem Borough, Clarion County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for the construction of a new sanitary sewer system in the area north of Broad Street and west of Leasure Run..
WQM Permit No. 4301420, Sewage, Ronald Fassett and Associates, 474 Hadley Road, Greenville, PA 16125. This proposed facility is located in Otter Creek Township, Mercer County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: A new discharge of treated sewage from a privately owned treatment works serving an office.
WQM Permit No. 2501418, Sewage, Ditrich Subdivision, 5795 Peck Road, Erie, PA 16510. This proposed facility is located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for a Small Flow Sewage Treatment Facility.
WQM Permit No. 2001414, Sewerage, Venango Cemetery Association, Venango Cemetery Caretaker Residence, 22161 Cemetery Road, Venango, PA 16440. This proposed facility is located in Venango Township, Crawford County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for a Single Residence.
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