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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on the permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application, within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Comment responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit No. 1502508, Public Water Supply.
Applicant North Coventry Water
AuthorityTownship North Coventry Responsible Official Dennis B. Hullmann
845 S. Hanover Street
P. O. Box 394
Pottstown, PA 19464Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Spotts, Steven and McCoy, Inc.
345 N. Wyomissing Boulevard
Reading, PA 19610Application Received Date October 30, 2002 Description of Action Permitting of a public water system being operated by North Coventry Water Authority.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act) require theDepartment of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, a combination of the cleanup standards or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the Act, will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the Act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments, should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
West Chester Office Plaza, West Goshen Township, Chester County. Elizabeth Schamberger, Synergy Environmental, Inc., 607 Washington St., Reading, PA 19601, on behalf of Bruce Tahsler, High V Limited Partnership, 1853 William Penn Way, P. O. Box 10008, Lancaster, PA 17605, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with PCB. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Daily Local News on October 16, 2002.
Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph A. Brogna, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Electro Chemical Engineering and Manufacturing Company and Impress Industries Parcel, Borough of Emmaus, Northampton County. Stephen B. Fulton, P. E., P. G., Project Manager, ARM Group, Inc., 1129 W. Governor Road, P. O. Box 797, Hershey, PA 17033-0797 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of Electro Chemical Engineering and Manufacturing Company, 750 Broad Street, P. O. Box 509, Emmaus, PA 18049) concerning the remediation of site soils found to have been contaminated with chlorinated solvents, no. 6 fuel oil, lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to meet a combination of the nonresidential Statewide health and site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reportedly published in the Morning Call on October 22, 2002.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Washington Penn Plastic Co. Inc., Washington, Washington County. Dan Hall, BMS Environmental Inc., P. O. Box 59, 3037 School Street, Claridge, PA 15623 (on behalf of Jeff Meace, Washington Penn Plastic Co. Inc., 2080 North Main Street, Washington, PA 15301 and Ed McCabe, McCabe Engineering/Contracting Inc., 3470 Brecksville Road, Richfield, OH 44286) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with lead. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Tribune Review on September 25, 2002.
Sterling Packaging Corporation (Former), City of Jeannette, Westmoreland County. David R. Perry, American Geosciences, Inc., 3925 Reed Boulevard, Suite 400, Murrysville, PA 15668-1848 (on behalf of Kenneth B. Schulman, Jeannette Packaging, 108 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 and Todd D. Brice, S&T Bank, 800 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with Inorganics and Chlorinated Solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health and Site Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Tribune Reporter on October 28, 2002.
Ewing's Mill, Buffington Township, Indiana County. Keith Cessna, McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc., 250 Park Road, Apollo, PA 15613 (on behalf of Thomas Rivosecchi, Simpson, Kablack, & Bell, 834 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with Fuel Oil Nos. 4--6 and Pennzoil Brightstock, a heavy lubricating oil. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Indiana Gazette on October 28, 2002.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Applications for Determination of Applicability Accepted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904); and Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and/or the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste Other than Coal Ash.
Southeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
General Permit Application No. WMGR038SE005. Steffa Metals Co. Inc., 2180 Church St., Philadelphia, PA 19124. Application submitted for the beneficial use of waste tires as a component in a civil engineering practice (construction of a wall) at the Steffa Metals site in the City of Philadelphia. No processing is involved in this request. The application for determination of applicability was determined to be administratively complete by the Southeast Regional Office on October 29, 2002.
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.
48-309-122: Essroc Cement Corp. (3251 Bath Pike, Nazareth, PA 18064) for installation of an air cleaning device to control emissions from the no. 3 raw mill sweep and separator systems at the Nazareth II Plant in Nazareth Borough, Northampton County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-03089A: Reading Materials, Inc. (P. O. Box 79, Skippack, PA 19474) for construction of a nonmetallic mineral bagging operation in Douglass Township, Berks County. The source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
14-313-041A: Rutgers Organics Corp. (201 Struble Road, State College, PA 16801) for modification of existing chemical processing equipment to produce a different product (ROC7-2000) in College Township, Centre County.
08-399-003E: OSRAM SYLVANIA Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848) for installation of an air cleaning device (an eductor/venturi/packed tower scrubber system) on two molybdenum pentachloride chemical reactors in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
41-00005B: Lycoming Engines, a Division of Avco Corp. (652 Oliver Street, Williamsport, PA 17701) for installation of an air cleaning device (a thermal oxidizer) on three existing aircraft engine parts nitriding (case hardening) furnaces in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
11-00507A: Rosebud Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) for installation and operation of coal processing and coal loading at Twin Rocks Coal Processing Facility in Blacklick Township, Cambria County.
11-00506A: Ebensburg Power Co. (P. O. Box 845, 2840 New Germany Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931) for installation of refuse pile at Nanty Glo West Refuse Site in Nanty Glo Borough, Cambria County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
42-197B: M and M Royalty, Ltd. (Forestry Road 307, Lewis Run, PA 16738) for construction of two compressor engines (384 and 187 HP) at the gas stripping plant in Lafayette Township, McKean County.
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.
PA-15-0022: Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. (310 Fellowship Road, West Vincent Township, Chester County) for modification of permitted emissions level to increase permitted emission by 20 % for NOx and VOC for three I. C. Engines at Eagle Compressor Station in West Vincent Township, Chester County. This facility is a Major for NOx and VOC. Emissions from this source are 22.5 tons of VOCs and 45.2 tons of NOx per year. The Plan approval will contain recordkeeping and operating restriction designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
07-05031A: Union Tank Car Co. (P. O. Box 2003, Altoona, PA 16602-2003) to replace an existing fabric collector with two fabric collectors controlling particulate from the railcar sandblast operation in the City of Altoona, Blair County.
36-05073A: Bollman Hat Co. (110 East Main Street, Adamstown, PA 19501) for relocation of a straw hat dipping and drying operation from the company's Willow Street plant to its Main Street plant. Both plants are in Adamstown Borough, Lancaster County and emissions from the relocated equipment will not change appreciably.
38-03014A: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (1001 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104) for installation of a limestone transfer tower and several conveyors at the Millard Quarry in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County. These sources will be controlled by the existing wet suppression system and potential particulate matter emissions will increase by around 10 tons per year. This facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
18-00009A: Clinton County Solid Waste Authority (P. O. Box 209, SR 1005, Landfill Lane, McElhattan, PA 17748-0209) for construction of a landfill gas-fired flare at their landfill in Wayne Township, Clinton County. The landfill has been issued a Title V operating permit (No. 18-00009).
The proposed flare will replace an existing landfill gas-fired flare currently permitted at the facility. The proposed flare is expected to result in emissions of 16.3 tons of NOx, 88.5 tons of carbon monoxide, 0.49 ton of VOCs and 1.66 tons of hydrogen chloride per year. Hydrogen chloride is a hazardous air pollutant; 0.10 ton of the total VOCs to be emitted per year are also expected to be hazardous air pollutants.
The Department has determined that the proposed flare 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 flare provided that all other affected programs within the Department are also prepared to issue other Department permits or approvals that may be required for the respective project.
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 flare shall meet the following criteria:
* The flare shall be equipped with a ''natural gas enrichment system'' to allow natural gas to be bled into the landfill gas to enhance its heat content.
* The flare shall be equipped with a continuous pilot ignition source using natural gas as fuel.
* The flare shall be equipped with instrumentation to measure and record landfill gas flow rate to the flare at a minimum of 15 minute intervals.
* The flare shall be equipped with a low fire burner assembly to fire at gas flow rates to the flare as low as 50 scfm.
* A sufficient flow of natural gas shall be fed to the flare during start-up or restart so that a flame is supported and unburnt gases are not emitted to the atmosphere.
* The flare shall not exhibit any visible flames or emissions except during periods not to exceed a total of 5 minutes in any 2 consecutive hours and the emissions during these periods shall not exceed 10% opacity.
* The flare shall achieve either a minimum 98% by weight nonmethane organic compound destruction efficiency or a maximum nonmethane organic compound outlet concentration of 20 ppmv, dry basis corrected to 3% oxygen (expressed as hexane).
* The flare shall achieve a minimum 1,500°F flare gas temperature and the landfill gas shall be held at or above this temperature for a minimum of 0.89 second.
* The flare shall be equipped with a continuous temperature monitoring and recording system having an accuracy of plus or minus 1% of the temperature being monitored, which will log the temperature of the flue gas exiting the flare at all times using a temperature sensor positioned at a location where the landfill gas has been in the flare for at least 0.5 second.
* The flare shall be equipped with an ultraviolet (heat-sensing) flame scanner.
* In the event that the heat sensing flame scanner does not detect a flame or the flare is not operating between 1,500°F and 1,800°F, an automatic shut-off device shall immediately stop the flow of landfill gas to the flare and the flare shall be automatically shut down while sounding an alarm.
* The flare shall at any point in time be capable of accommodating the maximum landfill gas collection rate which will exist at that point in time while maintaining compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.
2. The flare shall not emit NOx at a rate greater than 3.72 pounds per hour and 16.3 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
3. The flare shall not emit carbon monoxide at a rate greater than 20.2 pounds per hour and 88.5 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
4. The permittee shall conduct stack testing on the flare in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 no later than 120 days from the date of startup of the flare to determine compliance with the minimum nonmethane organic compound destruction efficiency, maximum nonmethane organic compound outlet concentration and NOx and CO emission limitations.
18-00011E: Croda, Inc. (8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751-9601) for construction of product loading operations (transfer of ''general'' and ''alcohol-diluted'' liquid products from processing vessels and storage tanks into drums and tank trucks) in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County. The Croda facility is a major facility which has been issued a Title V Operating Permit (No. 18-00011).
The product loading operations will result in total combined VOC emissions of 9.69 tons per year; 1.10 tons per year of the total VOC emissions are also classified as hazardous air pollutants.
The Department has determined that the product loading operations 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 product loading operations.
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 total combined VOC emissions from all product loading operations at the facility shall not exceed 9.69 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
2. The total combined hazardous air pollutant emissions from all product loading operations at the facility shall not exceed 1.1 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
3. The loading of ''general'' products shall not exceed 90 million pounds in any 12 consecutive month period.
4. The loading of ''alcohol-diluted'' products shall not exceed 30 million pounds in any 12 consecutive month period.
5. The rolling average total VOC content per pound of ''alcohol-diluted'' products loaded for all ''alcohol-diluted'' products loaded in each 12 consecutive month period shall not exceed 12.0% by weight.
6. The rolling average total hazardous air pollutant content per pound of ''alcohol-diluted'' products loaded for all ''alcohol-diluted'' products loaded in each 12 consecutive month period shall not exceed 0.9% by weight.
7. The permittee shall implement submerged/bottom loading techniques for all products loaded to minimize liquid turbulence and transfer of vapor to air displaced during the loading process.
8. The ''general'' products shall consist only of ''high-boiling constituents'' (organic compounds having an average molecular weight of approximately 550 lb/lb mol or greater) and shall not be diluted with ethanol, isopropanol, methanol or any other VOC and/or hazardous air pollutant having lesser molecular weights.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
11-00356A: Peoples Natural Gas (Dominion Tower, 625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) is hereby given, under 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(a)(4), that the Department intends to issue a Plan Approval at this Title V facility for the installation of a natural gas dehydration unit and pipeline heater at the at the Rager Mountain/Laurel Ridge Compressor Station located in Jackson Township, Cambria County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-248E: US Can Co. (1902 Old Butler Road, New Castle, PA 16101) for installation of a regenerative thermal oxidizer on coating lines 101 and 102. This installation will result in no increase in emissions. Notice is given in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), that the Department intends to issue a plan approval to US Can Co. for their plant in Shenango Township, Lawrence County. The facility currently has a Title V permit No. 37-00248. 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.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 685-9476.
02039: Sunoco Chemicals (Margaret and Bermuda Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19137) for installation of four 17,500 scfm catalytic oxidizers for replacing the existing 65,000 scfm unit. This is a Title V facility. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
02042: Sunoco Chemicals (Margaret and Bermuda Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19137) for installation of a 16,000 lb charcoal adsorber. This is a Title V facility. The adsorber will improve control of VOC emissions from oxidizer OX-501. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
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.
28-05032: Jerr Dan Corp. (1080 Hykes Road, Greencastle, PA 17225) for operation of a surface coating facility at its State Line Plant in Antrim Township, Franklin County, which primarily emits VOCs.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
23-00029: Upper Darby High School (601 Lansdowne Avenue, Upper Darby, PA 19082) for operation of a high school in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State only) facility. The facility's mains sources include: three fuel oil and natural gas fired boilers, two natural gas fired chillers, one fuel oil fired emergency generators and three natural gas fired emergency generators. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-00048: Jefferson Smurfit Corp.--Aston Container Division (100 McDonald Blvd., Aston, PA 19014) for a non-Title V Facility, State Only, Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in Chester Township, Delaware County. Jefferson Smurfit Corp. manufactures, cuts, folds and print on corrugated paper products in their Aston facility. There are two 20.9 mmBtu/hr boilers, an emergency generator, a fire pump, two corrugated paper machines, five die cutters and five flexo-folder gluers. The boilers operate on natural gas and no. 2 Fuel Oil and the facility has taken a 749,500-gallon per year limitation on the amount of no. 2 Fuel Oil that is consumed. This facility has the potential to emit 24 tons of NOx per year; 10.5 tons of VOCs per year; 2.8 tons of hazardous air pollutants per year; 20 tons of sulfur dioxide per year; and 66 tons of particulate matter. Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to address applicable limitations.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
01-05025: Valley Quarries, Inc. (P. O. Box J, Chambersburg, PA 17201-0809) for operation of a crushed stone/bituminous concrete facility in Cumberland Township, Adams County. This is a non-Title V (State only) facility. Actual emissions for criteria pollutants will be below Title V thresholds. This will be accomplished by restricting the production rate of the facility. The operating permit will contain appropriate conditions designed to keep the facility operating below Title V thresholds for criteria pollutants and within all other applicable air quality requirements.
36-03034: Purina Mills, Inc. (3029 Hempland Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) for operation of an animal feed mill in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Potential emissions from the feed mill are estimated at 71 tpy of PM. The State-only operating permit shall contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-03081: Finishing Systems, Inc. (70 Willow Springs Circle, York, PA 17402) for operation of its metal parts cleaning facility in Manchester Township, York County. The facility has the potential to emit 6 tons of PM10 per year. The Natural Minor operating permit will include testing, monitoring and recordkeeping 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: Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-0512.
19-310-007: Sokol Quarries, Inc. (P. O. Box 366, Bloomsburg, PA 17815) for operation of a wet sand and gravel processing operation in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County. The fugitive dust emissions from the operation of the crushing, screening and conveying equipment incorporated in the operation are minimal due to the wet nature of the material being processed and the application of water during processing.
The Department has determined that the sand and gravel processing operation has been constructed and is operating, in accordance with all conditions of Plan Approval 19-310-007 as well as in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination 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 an operating permit for the operation of the respective sand and gravel processing operation.
The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the operating permit to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements:
1. Water spray nozzles shall be located on both triple deck screens and at the discharge of the cage mill crusher. Additional spray nozzles shall be installed if needed.
2. Water spray nozzles shall be connected to an on-demand water source capable of providing water at any time the plant is operating.
3. The company shall have onsite an operable water truck equipped with a pressurized spray bar to be used, as needed, for the prevention and control of fugitive air contaminant emissions from roadways, stockpiles, truck loading activities and the like.
4. This operating permit does not authorize the construction or operation of engines or generators.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
26-00020: Better Materials Corp. (P. O. Box 721, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411) a renewal for operation of limestone processing at their Rich Hill Quarry in Connellsville Township, Fayette County.
04-00689: Rome Metals, Inc. (499 Delaware Avenue, Rochester, PA 15074) a renewal for operation of a structural metals processing at their Rochester Plant in Rochester Borough, Beaver County.
26-00288: Better Materials Corp. (P. O. Box 721, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411) a renewal for operation of limestone processing at their Springfield Pike Quarry in Connellsville Township, Fayette County.
65-00792: AMI Doduco, Inc. (1003 Corporate Drive, Corporate Park, Export, PA 15632) a renewal for operation of a belt and brush sanders at Plant No. 5 in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
42-00194: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.--Shinglehouse Plant No. 8 (497 Horse Run Road, Shinglehouse, PA 16748) for operation of a nonmetallic mineral processing plant in Ceres Township, McKean County. This Natural Minor Permit is subject to New Source Performance Standards for nonmetallic mineral processing plants.
10-00030: Roessing Bronze Co. (Myoma Road, Mars, PA 16046) for operation of a secondary nonferrous metal melting and casting facility in Adams Township, Butler County. This is a Natural Minor Operating Permit.
25-00360: The Electric Materials Co. (50 South Washington Street, North East, PA 16428) for operation of their facility to manufacture copper base components in the Borough of North East, Erie County. This is a Natural Minor Operating Permit.
33-00125: Energy Resources, Inc. (Route 219, Brockway, PA 15824) for operation of their Brockway Tipple facility for coal crushing and handling in Snyder Township, Jefferson County. This is a Natural Minor Operating Permit.
MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); and The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated before each application. Where a 401 Water Quality Certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for certification.
Written comments, objections or requests for informal conferences on applications may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the previous, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit, when necessary, for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
10910107 and NPDES Permit No. PA0210978. Big B Mining Co. (551 Mahood Road, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Center Township, Butler County affecting 193.6 acres. Receiving streams: three unnamed tributaries to Stony Run and one unnamed tributary to Pine Run, classified for WWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point if discharge is Pennsylvania American Water Co.--Connoquenessing and Armco Steel Corporation. Application for reclamation only. Application received September 30, 2002.
10020103 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0242187. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Jackson Township, Butler County affecting 35.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Connoquenessing Creek, classified for WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 26, 2002.
1475-10020103-E-1. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Application for a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within 100 feet of an unnamed tributary of Connoquenessing Creek in Jackson Township, Butler County affecting 35.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Connoquenessing Creek, classified for WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 26, 2002.
33920103 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0211125. Strishock Coal Company (220 Hillcrest Drive, DuBois, PA 15801) Renewal of an existing bituminous surfaces strip operation in Pinecreek Township, Jefferson County affecting 156.3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to O'Donnell Run to Sandy Lick Creek; three unnamed tributaries to Five Mile Run, classified for CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received October 10, 2002.
16920104 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0211206. Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Perry and Toby Townships, Clarion County affecting 89.9 acres. Receiving streams: Black Fox Run and an unnamed tributary to Black Fox Run, classified for WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received October 3, 2002.
33970112 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0227617. Ed Hanslovan Coal Co., Inc. (R. D. 2, Box 230, Morrisdale, PA 16858). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Washington Township, Jefferson County affecting 102.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Rattlesnake Run, classified for CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received October 4, 2002.
Noncoal Applications Received
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
5273SM3C and NPDES Permit PA0594288. Media Quarry Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 667, Beatty Road, Media, PA 19063), renewal of NPDES Permit in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, receiving stream: Crum Creek, classified for WWF. Application received October 18, 2002.
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
18020301 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0243388. Mill Hall Clay Products, Inc., 44 Market Street, Mill Hall, PA 17751. Commencement, operation and restoration of a large industrial minerals (clay) permit in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County affecting 24.2 acres. Receiving streams: Bald Eagle Creek, classified for WWF, to Susquehanna River. Application received October 10, 2002.
PROJECTS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOOD SAMARITAN ACT The Environmental Good Samaritan Act (27 Pa.C.S. §§ 8001--8114) provides certain protections and immunities from civil liability for landowners and persons who voluntarily undertake reclamation and abatement projects to address land and water adversely affected by mining or oil or gas extraction or exploration for natural resources and left in an unreclaimed condition or left discharging water pollution. For landowners and persons to qualify for immunity, the projects must be approved by the Department.
The following project proposals have been received by the Department. A copy of the proposals is available for inspection at the office indicated before each proposal.
Written comments or objections may be submitted by any person or any office or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the proposal identification number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department of the basis of the comment or objection and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
Project Proposals Received
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
17-01-03. EnerCorp, Inc., R. D. 2, Box 236, Morrisdale, PA 16858. The Hawk Run District Mining Office for the Department awarded a Government Financed Construction Contract to EnerCorp, Inc. on October 18, 2002, that will result in incidental coal removal necessary to accomplish reclamation of an abandoned mine site affecting 11.4 acres. The site is located in Graham Township, Clearfield County. Under the terms of the contract no reprocessing of the coal refuse may take place and no coal refuse materials may be returned to the site once removed. The contract requires total reclamation and revegetation of the project area. This project was made possible under a program developed by the Department which allows for expedited removal and reclamation of old coal refuse piles which are generally eyesores as well as major sources of siltation and pollution to the streams of this Commonwealth. Application received January 22, 2002. Permit issued October 18, 2002.
17-01-06. Whitetail Contracting, P. O. Box 220, Woodland, PA 16881. The Hawk Run District Mining Office for the Department awarded a Government Financed Construction Contract to Whitetail Contracting on October 22, 2002, that will result in incidental coal removal necessary to accomplish reclamation of an abandoned mine land site affecting 19.6 acres. The site is located in Decatur Township, Clearfield County. Under the terms of the contract no reprocessing of the coal refuse may take place and no coal refuse materials may be returned to the site once removed. The contract requires total reclamation and revegetation of the project area. This project was made possible under a program developed by the Department which allows for expedited removal and reclamation of old coal refuse piles which are generally eyesores as well as major sources of siltation and pollution to the streams of the Commonwealth. Application received January 25, 2002. Permit issued October 22, 2002.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
16-02-03 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242179. Neiswonger Construction, Inc. (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258). Proposal to enter into a Government Financed Construction Contract on a 2.2 acre site in Clarion Township and Strattanville Borough, Clarion County. The proposal includes total reclamation of 2.2 acres of abandoned mine lands as well as 1.9 acres of coal removal incidental and necessary to the reclamation activities. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Brush Run, classified for CWF. There are no potable surface water intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 23, 2002.
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