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AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State Operating Permit and Title V Operating Permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of these applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the Regional Office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate Regional Office to schedule an appointment.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of the proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit must indicate their interest to the Department Regional Office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a Proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department Regional Offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts, which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the Regional Office identified. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under the Act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark Wejkszner, Acting New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
54-308-020: Alcoa Engineered Products (53 Pottsville Street, P. O. Box 187, Cressona, PA 17929) for modification of melting furnaces 8 and 9 by installing ultra low NOx burners in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County.
39-309-059: Lafarge North America (5160 Main Street, Whitehall, PA 18052) for installation of air cleaning devices to control emissions from the cement/slag blending project in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-03113A: Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474) for modification of the existing nonmetallic mineral crushing plant controlled with wet suppression and a fabric collector in Robeson Township, Berks County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
06-05188A: Cummins Power Systems, Inc. (2727 Ford Road, Bristol, PA 19007-6895) for modification of an electric generating peaking station in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County. The application will also include the change of ownership of the facility from Metropolitan Edison Company.
29-05003A: Allegheny Energy Solutions, Inc. (100 Brush Run Road, Greensburg, PA 15601) for construction of six simple cycle combustion turbines at its McConnellsburg/Gilford Generating Station in Ayr Township, Fulton County. This electric generation station is a Title V facility and subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines. This was published on September 28, 2002, with the wrong municipality.
36-05126A: McMinn's Asphalt Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 4688, Lancaster, PA 17604-4688) for construction of a hot mix batch asphalt plant controlled by a fabric filter baghouse in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County. The facility is subject to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I--Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities; and section 116b(b) of Subpart Kb--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels.
67-05004G: P. H. Glatfelter Co. (228 South Main Street, Spring Grove, PA 17362-0500) for installation of a new chip bin on the pine/softwood fiber line in Spring Grove Borough, York County. HVLC gases will be collected and routed to the no. 3 recovery boiler via the existing Pine HVLC Collection System. This installation is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BB and 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart S.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
55-00005A: Wood-Mode, Inc. (1 Second Street, Kreamer, PA 17833) for modification of the main line automated spray booths and associated flash-off areas by increasing the allowable VOC emission rate from 61.9 tons in any 12 consecutive month period to 6.9 tons in any 12 consecutive month period in Middlecreek Township, Snyder County. This modification will necessitate emission reduction credits due to the accumulation of de minimis VOC emission increases which have occurred at this facility.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
GP-26-00549: Phillips Production Co. (502 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA) on October 17, 2002, GP5 for installation of a 425 BHP, model G 3408C LE, Caterpillar engine to operate a gas production well booster compressor unit (BAQ-GPA/GP-5) at the Company's Adams Compressor Station in Fayette County. The Lean Burn fuel mixture control settings on the engine limit it combustion products emissions to the atmosphere.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-040B: Wheatland Tube Co.--Sharon Plant (200 Clark Street, Sharon, PA 16146-2473) for installation of a pipe coating operation at their facility in the City of Sharon, Mercer County. The facility is a Title V facility.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
46-0005U: Merck & Co., Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, P. O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486-0004) for issuance under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.424(b) of a Plan Approval for their plant in West Point, Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. This plan approval will authorize the applicant to modify the No. 7 boiler, as described in the applicant's application of June 21, 2002. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the company's Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Plan Approval No. 46-0005U is for the modification of the emission limits for VOCs from the No. 7 boiler. Based on the information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis, the No. 7 boiler will emit 0.19 pound of VOCs per hour when combusting natural gas, 7.94 pounds of VOCs per hour when combusting no. 2 fuel oil and 3.7 tons of VOCs per year.
To assure compliance with the applicable standards, the Department has placed the following conditions in the proposed Plan Approval:
1. The company shall limit the emissions of VOCs to a maximum of 0.19 pound per hour when combusting natural gas and 7.94 pounds per hour when combusting no. 2 fuel oil.
2. The company shall limit the emissions of VOCs to a maximum of 3.7 tons per year, calculated as a 12 month rolling sum.
3. The company shall monitor the emissions of VOCs on a monthly basis.
4. Sufficient data shall be recorded so that compliance with the conditions in this Plan Approval can be determined. Records shall be kept for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
5. The company shall record the emissions of VOCs on a monthly basis to demonstrate compliance with Condition 3.B. of this plan approval.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation are available for public inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the following address. To make an appointment, contact Records Management at (610) 832-6268.
Persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information they believe should be considered may submit the information to the following address. Comments must be received, by the Department, within 30 days of the last day of publication. Written comments should include the following:
1. Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments.
2. Identification of the proposed Plan Approval; No. 46-0005U.
3. Concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or any objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted on the comments received during the public comment period. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Francine Carlini, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
09-0143: Naceville Materials--Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA, 19474) for installation of a primary crushing circuit at a nonmetallic mineral processing plant in West Rock Hill Township, Bucks County. This installation allows the plant to replace an existing primary crushing circuit and an increase in hours of operation of the secondary crushing circuit. The plant will use a wet suppression system to reduce fugitive emissions of particulate matter. 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOO--Standard of Performance for Nonmetallic Processing Plants applies to this Plan Approval. The Plan Approval will require the company to perform stack tests for opacity.
AQ-SE-0001: Glasgow, Inc. (P. O. Box 1089, Glenside, PA 19038) for reissuance of a Plan Approval and Operating Permit under 25 Pa. Code § 127.632(a) for a portable crusher with diesel engine and diesel generator. This Plan Approval and Operating Permit will authorize the applicant to continue operating the aforementioned source, as described in the applicant's application of June 5, 2002, at one of the five following non-Title V facility locations:
Catanach Asphalt Plant & Quarry, 660 Morehall Road, Frazer, PA 19335, East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
Freeborn Asphalt Plant, Eagle Road and Darby Creek, Springfield, PA 19064, Springfield Township, Delaware County.
Ivy Rock Asphalt Plant & Quarry, Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.
Spring House Asphalt Plant, Route 309 and Horsham, Spring House, PA 19477, Montgomery Township, Montgomery County.
McCoy Quarry, Flint Hill and Church Roads, King of Prussia, PA 19406, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.
At a fee of $1,400, the Plan Approval and Operating Permit will be valid for a period of 5 years. Per the publication of this notice, a 45-day comment period has begun for the public to comment on the aforementioned Plan Approval and Operating Permit application.
Plan Approval and Operating Permit No. AQ-SE-0001 is for a portable crusher consisting of a primary feeder, a primary crusher, one screen, three conveyors, one stacker, one diesel engine (to operate the crusher) and a 125 kW diesel generator (to operate the conveyors). The portable crusher, diesel engine and diesel generator will have a potential of 6.59 tons per year for NOx, 2.78 tons per year for particulate matter and 1.43 tons per year for carbon monoxide. Emissions of VOCs and sulfur oxides will each be less than 1 ton per year. Although the portable crusher will have the potential to increase emissions at a particular facility, each facility will be required to stay below facility wide limits as already established in the applicable facility Operating Permit. No facility may emit above Title V facility threshold limits without approval from the Department. The portable crusher will be limited to 689 hours of operation per year to ensure that the portable crusher does not exceed the previous emission rates. The facility will be required to track hours of operation, fuel consumption and monthly emissions at each facility to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the applications, the Department's analysis, inspection reports and other documents used in the evaluation of these applications are available for public review during normal business hours at the Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit may submit the information to the previous address. Each written comment must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Permit No. AQ-SE-0001 and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the comments received during the public comment period. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Francine Carlini, Regional Manager, Air Quality, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
46-0036G: Visteon Systems, LLC (2750 Morris Road, Lansdale, PA 19446) for installation and construction of a Selective Soldering Machine No. 10 at their facility in Worcester Township, Montgomery County. This source will result in a facility wide emission increase of 0.0035 ton of lead and 1.72 tons of VOCs per 12-month rolling sum. Although the facility is classified as a major facility for VOCs, actual emissions of VOCs are below 25 tons per year. Selective Soldering Machine No. 10 shall only be used for soldering electronic circuit boards. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-0068: Cremation Specialists, Inc. (43 East Baltimore Ave., Media, PA 19063), for installation of the human crematorium. The installation of the human crematorium will result in the emissions of 1.06 tons per year of NOx, 0.08 ton per year of carbon monoxide, 0.25 ton per year of particulate matter. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
46-0005T: Merck and Co., Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, P. O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486-0004) for installation of two 1,300 kW natural gas fired emergency generators, as described in the applicant's application of May 20, 2002, under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.424(b), in their plant in West Point, Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the Company's Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Based on the information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis, the two emergency generators will emit 1.0 ton per year of NOx, 2.6 tons per year of carbon monoxide and 0.65 ton per year of VOCs.
To assure compliance with the applicable standards, the Department has placed the following conditions in the proposed Plan Approval:
A. The company shall limit the hours of operation of each emergency generator to 500 hours per year, calculated as a 12 month rolling sum.
B. The company shall install, operate and maintain the emergency generator in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications as well as good air pollution control practices.
C. The emergency generator shall only be used during electrical failures or to perform preventative maintenance. The emergency generator shall not be used to supplement the primary power supply to the facility.
D. The company shall only combust natural gas in each generator.
E. The following air contaminant emission limits are approved for the 1,300 kW emergency generator.
i. NOx: 1.0 ton per year calculated as a 12 month rolling sum.
ii. CO: 2.6 tons per year calculated as a 12 month rolling sum.
iii. VOCs: 0.65 ton per year calculated as a 12 month rolling sum.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation are available for public inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the following address. To make an appointment, contact Records Management at (610) 832-6268.
Persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information they believe should be considered may submit the information to the following address. Comments must be received, by the Department, within 30 days of the last day of publication. Written comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval; No. 46-0005T and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted on the comments received during the public comment period. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Francine Carlini, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
22-05026A: Eldorado Properties Corp. (P. O. Box 2621, Harrisburg, PA 17105) for certification of 12.1 tons per year of VOC emission reduction credits from the shut down of the Lucknow Bulk Gasoline Terminal in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
36-05002B: Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 3001, Lancaster, PA 17604) for consolidation of two flooring lines at their flooring plant in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. The consolidated line will be subject to the same requirements as the previous units and will not impact emissions from this Title V facility. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting provisions to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality requirements.
67-05092C: Starbucks Coffee Co. (3000 Espresso Way, York, PA 17402) for installation of a cyclone, high efficiency air filter and a mist eliminator to control the existing pair of hot chaff collection systems at the York Roasting Plant in East Manchester Township, York County. This coffee roasting plant is a non-Title V (State only) facility. This installation will result in a decrease of about 1.4 tons per year of PM10 emissions. The plan approval will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source 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.
60-303-003: Eastern Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 177, Winfield, PA 17889) for construction of a drum mix asphalt plant including a virgin no. 2 fuel oil and reprocessed oil-fired mixing drum, three asphalt cement storage tanks and associated no. 2 fuel oil-fired heater, product loading operations, dust silo and associated slurry mixer at their facility in Buffalo Township, Union County.
The particulate matter emitted from the plant's mixing drum will be controlled by a knock-out box followed by a fabric collector. The mixing drum, asphalt cement storage tanks, asphalt cement heater and product loading operations are expected to result in combined actual emissions of 9.4 tons of particulate matter, 34.2 tons of NOx, 80.0 tons of carbon monoxide, 77.9 tons of sulfur oxides and 29.9 tons of VOCs per year; 5.2 tons per year of the VOCs will also be hazardous air pollutants.
The Department has determined that the proposed asphalt plant 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 asphalt plant.
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 fabric collector shall be equipped with an air dryer and an oil trap, instrumentation to continuously monitor differential pressure across the collector as well as the collector inlet temperature and an interlock to shut down all flow to the fabric collector if a temperature sensor located within the fabric collector detects a temperature greater than 390°F.
2. The permittee shall keep spare fabric collector bags on hand.
3. The emission of particulate matter from the exhaust of the fabric collector shall not exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot.
4. Material collected in the dust silo shall only be removed from the silo via a rotary screw conveyor and reintroduced into the mixing drum or via rotary airlock to the slurry mixer.
5. Recycled asphalt pavement shall be limited to no more than 25% of the total weight of all materials introduced into the mixing drum at any time.
6. The plant shall produce no more than 1 million tons of asphalt concrete in any 12 consecutive month period, nor shall more than 1.82 million gallons of no. 2 fuel oil and reprocessed oil (combined) be fired in the mixing drum.
7. The sulfur content of reprocessed oil shall not exceed 1.0% by weight at any time or 0.5% by weight on an annual average basis. The sulfur content of virgin no. 2 fuel oil shall not exceed 0.3% by weight.
8. The NOx, carbon monoxide and VOC (as methane) emissions from the mixing drum shall not exceed 0.065, 0.159 and 0.051 pound per ton aggregate, respectively, when firing reprocessed oil or 0.046, 0.129 and 0.040 pound per ton aggregate, respectively, when firing no. 2 fuel oil.
9. The sulfur oxides, NOx, carbon monoxide, VOC (as methane), formaldehyde and total hazardous air pollutant emissions from the mixing drum shall not exceed 74.1, 32.5, 79.5, 25.5, 1.55 and 5.0 tons in any 12 consecutive month period, respectively, and the total facility-wide sulfur oxides, NOx, carbon monoxide, VOC (as methane) and hazardous air pollutant emissions shall not exceed 77.9, 34.2, 80.0, 29.9 and 5.2 tons in any 12 consecutive month period, respectively.
10. The reprocessed oil used at the plant shall not equal or exceed the following contaminant limits:
Contaminant Parts per million Arsenic 5 Cadmium 2 Chromium 10 Lead 100 Total halides 1,000 Polychlorinated biphenyls Nondetect (detection limit no higher than 2 ppm) 11. The permittee shall not accept for use in the plant any shipment of reprocessed oil for which the arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, total halides and polychlorinated biphenyls contents and/or the flash point are unknown, or which fails to meet any established limitation for these contaminants, or for which the sulfur content is unknown or which fails to meet any limitation established for sulfur content.
12. A sample of each load of reprocessed oil delivered to the plant shall be taken at the time of delivery to the plant using a sampling technique capable of achieving a representative composite sample of the entire load and shall be retained onsite for at least 2 years for random selection and analysis by the Department. The samples are to be sealed and identified as to the date of delivery, delivery invoice number and the like.
13. The permittee shall perform stack testing to determine the NOx, carbon monoxide and VOC emission rates while firing reprocessed oil and while firing no. 2 fuel oil. Stack testing shall also be performed to determine the particulate matter emission rate (while firing either one of these two fuels) and to determine the VOC emission rate while processing 25% recycled asphalt pavement. Opacity observations shall also be performed.
14. The plant shall not be used to dry stone other than when the plant is simultaneously producing asphalt concrete, nor shall it be used to produce asbestos-containing asphalt, nor shall it be used to decontaminate or otherwise treat soil or any other material which has been contaminated with gasoline, fuel oil or any other substance.
08-399-036E: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for installation of a Torit, MDV 18000, Modular Media Filtration System and canopy hood on a plastic mold-curing oven in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
The filtration system and canopy hood will replace an existing electrostatic precipitator. The resultant particulate matter emissions will be less than 0.005 grain per dry standard cubic feet.
The Department's review of the filter system and canopy hood will comply with all air quality regulatory requirements. Based on this finding, the Department intends to issue a plan approval for the installation of the proposed filter system and canopy hood.
The Department intends to place conditions in the plan approval to ensure compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements. The following is a summary of the most important conditions:
1. The particulate matter concentration in the exhaust of the filter system shall not be in excess of 0.005 grain per dry standard cubic foot at any time.
2. The mold-curing oven shall not operate if the filter system is inoperable.
3. The maximum amount of hard and soft plastisol used in the mold-curing oven in any 12 consecutive month period shall not be greater than 38,000 lbs.
4. The maximum amount of Koroseal (hot pour vinyl) used in the mold-curing oven in any 12 consecutive month period shall not be greater than 18,000 lbs.
5. At least one full spare set of filters shall be kept on hand at all times for the filter system.
59-00003A: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (One Jackson Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901-1717) for construction of a light bulb frosting operation, construction of a frosting solution reclaim system, modification of an existing light bulb frosting operation and construction of a filter press and two lime mixers associated with the facility's wastewater treatment plant at their facility in Wellsboro Borough, Tioga County. The OSRAM facility is a major facility which has been issued a Title V operating permit (no. 59-00003).
The hydrogen fluoride emitted from the frosting operations and reclaim system will be controlled by a packed bed scrubber. The frosting operations and reclaim system are expected to result in combined emissions of 3.27 tons of hydrogen fluoride per year after control by the scrubber. Hydrogen fluoride is a hazardous air pollutant. The filter press and two lime mixers are expected to result in combined emissions of 3.01 tons of ammonia per year.
The Department has determined that the frosting operations, reclaim system, filter press and lime mixers 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 respective frosting operations, reclaim system, filter press and lime mixers.
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 emissions of hydrogen fluoride from the frosting operations and hydrogen fluoride reclaim system shall be captured at an efficiency of no less than 100% and ducted to the scrubber.
2. The recirculating solution of the scrubber shall utilize a caustic (NaOH) solution as the scrubbing medium. The pH of the scrubbing medium shall be maintained at a minimum pH of 7.0 at all times of operation.
3. The scrubber shall be operated at a minimum scrubbing solution recirculating rate of 300 gallons per minute at all times of operation.
4. The scrubber shall be equipped with an alarm system that shall trigger an alarm at any time that the scrubbing solution recirculation rate drops below 300 gallons per minute.
5. The scrubber shall utilize a packed bed having a minimum packing height of 8.0 feet.
6. The scrubber shall achieve a minimum hydrogen fluoride removal efficiency of 99.0%.
7. The scrubber shall incorporate turning vanes or an extended inlet duct with elbow to aid in the distribution of gases within the scrubber.
8. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring recirculating solution flow rate and recirculating solution pH on a continuous basis.
9. The sump associated with the scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring sump liquid level.
10. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring differential pressure across each of the following: (1) the scrubber packed bed; (2) an associated chevron blade eliminator; and (3) an associated mesh pad mist eliminator.
11. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring differential pressure across the entire packed bed scrubber.
12. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring the pressure within each nozzle header.
13. The emissions of hydrogen fluoride from the exhaust of the scrubber shall not exceed 0.75 pound per hour and 3.27 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
14. The ventilation system venting all emissions from the equipment previously identified to the inlet of the packed bed scrubber shall be equipped with a standby fan capable of achieving a capture efficiency of hydrogen fluoride from the respective equipment of no less than 100%.
15. The scrubber solution recirculating system shall be equipped with a standby pump capable of taking over immediate service should a pump associated with the scrubber recirculating system malfunction.
16. The company shall conduct stack testing on the exhaust of the scrubber to determine compliance with the minimum hydrogen fluoride removal efficiency and the hourly HF emission rate limit.
17. The emissions of ammonia from the two lime mixers and filter press shall not exceed 3.01 tons in any 12 consecutive month period. This plan approval is also issued for modifications to the wastewater treatment plant which, when combined with the emissions of ammonia from the respective lime mixers and filter press, will result in a total increase in ammonia emissions of 3.06 tons per year. After all proposed modifications, the emissions of ammonia from the wastewater treatment plant shall not exceed 6.10 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
21-05009: PPL Martins Creek, LLC (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179) for a Title V Operating Permit renewal to operate a combustion turbine site in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County. The facility's major source of emissions is attributed to the operation of two combustion turbines firing no. 2 fuel oil, which primarily emit NOx. The Title V Operating Permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
22-05011: PPL Martins Creek, LLC (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179) for a Title V Operating Permit renewal to operate a combustion turbine site in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County. The facility's major source of emissions is attributed to the operation of four combustion turbines firing no. 2 fuel oil, which primarily emits NOx. The Title V Operating Permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements 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: Muhammad Zaman, Program Manager, (570) 327-0512.
60-303-003: Eastern Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 177, Winfield, PA 17889) for construction of a drum mix asphalt plant including a virgin no. 2 fuel oil and reprocessed oil-fired mixing drum, three asphalt cement storage tanks and associated no. 2 fuel oil-fired heater, product loading operations, dust silo and associated slurry mixer at their facility in Buffalo Township, Union County.
The particulate matter emitted from the plant's mixing drum will be controlled by a knock-out box followed by a fabric collector. The mixing drum, asphalt cement storage tanks, asphalt cement heater and product loading operations are expected to result in combined actual emissions of 9.4 tons of particulate matter, 34.2 tons of nitrogen oxides, 80.0 tons of carbon monoxide, 77.9 tons of sulfur oxides and 29.9 tons of VOCs per year. 5.2 tons per year of the VOCs will also be hazardous air pollutants.
The Department has determined that the proposed asphalt plant 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 asphalt plant.
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 fabric collector shall be equipped with an air dryer and an oil trap, instrumentation to continuously monitor differential pressure across the collector as well as the collector inlet temperature and an interlock to shut down all flow to the fabric collector if a temperature sensor located within the fabric collector detects a temperature greater than 390°F.
2. The permittee shall keep spare fabric collector bags on hand.
3. The emission of particulate matter from the exhaust of the fabric collector shall not exceed 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot.
4. Material collected in the dust silo shall only be removed from the silo via a rotary screw conveyor and reintroduced into the mixing drum or via rotary airlock to the slurry mixer.
5. Recycled asphalt pavement shall be limited to no more than 25% of the total weight of all materials introduced into the mixing drum at any time.
6. The plant shall produce no more than 1 million tons of asphalt concrete in any 12 consecutive month period, nor shall more than 1.82 million gallons of no. 2 fuel oil and reprocessed oil (combined) be fired in the mixing drum.
7. The sulfur content of reprocessed oil shall not exceed 1.0% by weight at any time or 0.5% by weight on an annual average basis. The sulfur content of virgin no. 2 fuel oil shall not exceed 0.3% by weight.
8. The nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and VOC (as methane) emissions from the mixing drum shall not exceed 0.065, 0.159 and 0.051 pound per ton aggregate, respectively, when firing reprocessed oil or 0.046, 0.129 and 0.040 pound per ton aggregate, respectively, when firing no. 2 fuel oil.
9. The sulfur oxides, NOx, carbon monoxide, VOC (as methane), formaldehyde and total hazardous air pollutant emissions from the mixing drum shall not exceed 74.1, 32.5, 79.5, 25.5, 1.55 and 5.0 tons in any 12 consecutive month period, respectively, and the total facility-wide sulfur oxides, NOx, carbon monoxide, VOC (as methane) and hazardous air pollutant emissions shall not exceed 77.9, 34.2, 80.0, 29.9 and 5.2 tons in any 12 consecutive month period, respectively.
10. The reprocessed oil used at the plant shall not equal or exceed the following contaminant limits:
Contaminant Parts per million Arsenic 5 Cadmium 2 Chromium 10 Lead 100 Total halides 1,000 Polychlorinated biphenyls Nondetect (detection limit no higher than 2 ppm) 11. The permittee shall not accept for use in the plant any shipment of reprocessed oil for which the arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, total halides and polychlorinated biphenyls contents and/or the flash point are unknown, or which fails to meet any established limitation for these contaminants, or for which the sulfur content is unknown or which fails to meet any limitation established for sulfur content.
12. A sample of each load of reprocessed oil delivered to the plant shall be taken at the time of delivery to the plant using a sampling technique capable of achieving a representative composite sample of the entire load and shall be retained onsite for at least 2 years for random selection and analysis by the Department. The samples are to be sealed and identified as to the date of delivery, delivery invoice number and the like.
13. The permittee shall perform stack testing to determine the NOx, carbon monoxide and VOC emission rates while firing reprocessed oil and while firing no. 2 fuel oil. Stack testing shall also be performed to determine the particulate matter emission rate (while firing either one of these two fuels) and to determine the VOC emission rate while processing 25% recycled asphalt pavement. Opacity observations shall also be performed.
14. The plant shall not be used to dry stone other than when the plant is simultaneously producing asphalt concrete, nor shall it be used to produce asbestos-containing asphalt, nor shall it be used to decontaminate or otherwise treat soil or any other material which has been contaminated with gasoline, fuel oil or any other substance.
08-399-036E: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for installation of a Torit, MDV 18000, Modular Media Filtration System and canopy hood on a plastic mold-curing oven in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
The filtration system and canopy hood will replace an existing electrostatic precipitator. The resultant particulate matter emissions will be less than 0.005 grain per dry standard cubic feet.
The Department's review of the filter system and canopy hood will comply with all air quality regulatory requirements. Based on this finding, the Department intends to issue a plan approval for the installation of the proposed filter system and canopy hood.
The Department intends to place conditions in the plan approval to ensure compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements. The following is a summary of the most important conditions:
1. The particulate matter concentration in the exhaust of the filter system shall not be in excess of 0.005 grain per dry standard cubic foot at any time.
2. The mold-curing oven shall not operate if the filter system is inoperable.
3. The maximum amount of hard and soft plastisol used in the mold-curing oven in any 12 consecutive month period shall not be greater than 38,000 lbs.
4. The maximum amount of Koroseal (hot pour vinyl) used in the mold-curing oven in any 12 consecutive month period shall not be greater than 18,000 lbs.
5. At least one full spare set of filters shall be kept on hand at all times for the filter system.
59-00003A: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (One Jackson Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901-1717) for construction of a light bulb frosting operation, construction of a frosting solution reclaim system, modification of an existing light bulb frosting operation and construction of a filter press and two lime mixers associated with the facility's wastewater treatment plant at their facility in Wellsboro Borough, Tioga County. The OSRAM facility is a major facility which has been issued a Title V operating permit (no. 59-00003).
The hydrogen fluoride emitted from the frosting operations and reclaim system will be controlled by a packed bed scrubber. The frosting operations and reclaim system are expected to result in combined emissions of 3.27 tons of hydrogen fluoride per year after control by the scrubber. Hydrogen fluoride is a hazardous air pollutant. The filter press and two lime mixers are expected to result in combined emissions of 3.01 tons of ammonia per year.
The Department has determined that the frosting operations, reclaim system, filter press and lime mixers 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 respective frosting operations, reclaim system, filter press and lime mixers.
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 emissions of hydrogen fluoride from the frosting operations and hydrogen fluoride reclaim system shall be captured at an efficiency of no less than 100% and ducted to the scrubber.
2. The recirculating solution of the scrubber shall utilize a caustic (NaOH) solution as the scrubbing medium. The pH of the scrubbing medium shall be maintained at a minimum pH of 7.0 at all times of operation.
3. The scrubber shall be operated at a minimum scrubbing solution recirculating rate of 300 gallons per minute at all times of operation.
4. The scrubber shall be equipped with an alarm system that shall trigger an alarm at any time that the scrubbing solution recirculation rate drops below 300 gallons per minute.
5. The scrubber shall utilize a packed bed having a minimum packing height of 8.0 feet.
6. The scrubber shall achieve a minimum hydrogen fluoride removal efficiency of 99.0%.
7. The scrubber shall incorporate turning vanes or an extended inlet duct with elbow to aid in the distribution of gases within the scrubber.
8. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring recirculating solution flow rate and recirculating solution pH on a continuous basis.
9. The sump associated with the scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring sump liquid level.
10. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring differential pressure across each of the following: (1) the scrubber packed bed; (2) an associated chevron blade eliminator; and (3) an associated mesh pad mist eliminator.
11. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring differential pressure across the entire packed bed scrubber.
12. The scrubber shall be equipped with instrumentation capable of monitoring the pressure within each nozzle header.
13. The emissions of hydrogen fluoride from the exhaust of the scrubber shall not exceed 0.75 pound per hour and 3.27 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
14. The ventilation system venting all emissions from the equipment previously identified to the inlet of the packed bed scrubber shall be equipped with a standby fan capable of achieving a capture efficiency of hydrogen fluoride from the respective equipment of no less than 100%.
15. The scrubber solution recirculating system shall be equipped with a standby pump capable of taking over immediate service should a pump associated with the scrubber recirculating system malfunction.
16. The company shall conduct stack testing on the exhaust of the scrubber to determine compliance with the minimum hydrogen fluoride removal efficiency and the hourly HF emission rate limit.
17. The emissions of ammonia from the two lime mixers and filter press shall not exceed 3.01 tons in any 12 consecutive month period. This plan approval is also issued for modifications to the wastewater treatment plant which, when combined with the emissions of ammonia from the respective lime mixers and filter press, will result in a total increase in ammonia emissions of 3.06 tons per year. After all proposed modifications, the emissions of ammonia from the wastewater treatment plant shall not exceed 6.10 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-00314: Vec Technology, Inc. (639 Keystone Road, Greenville, PA 16125) for operation of a boat manufacturing facility in Greenville Borough, Mercer County. The facility's major emission sources include closed and open gel-coat operations associated with the production of the fiberglass reinforced boats and accessories. The facility is a major facility due to its potential to emit styrene.
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