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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).
Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Permit No. 2802505, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Greencastle Area Franklin County Water Authority Municipality Greencastle Borough County Franklin Responsible Official Kenneth E. Myers, Borough Manager
60 N. Washington St.
Greencastle, PA 17225-1230
Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Gene C. Koontz, P. E.
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
P. O. Box 67100
Harrisburg, PA 17106-7100Application Received Date November 25, 2002 Description of Action Construction Permit for a proposed high service booster station and approximately 850 LF of 12-inch connecting main. The station will have a capacity of 1.0 MG and transfer water from the existing distribution system to the new high service distribution system that is currently under construction. Permit No. 3602524, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Ephrata Mennonite School
Municipality Ephrata Borough County Lancaster Responsible Official David L. Sauder, Principal
598 Stevens Road
Ephrata, PA 17522
Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer James R. Fisher, P. E.
Fisher Engineering Inc.
1522 W. Main Street
Ephrata, PA 17522
Application Received Date December 9, 2002 Description of Action Installation of anion exchange treatment equipment to remove the elevated nitrate levels in the source water. The system will also permit the existing softening and disinfection (UV light) systems. Northcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit No. Minor Amendment, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Shamokin Dam Borough
Thomas A. McBryan, Jr.
Borough Manager
144 W. Eighth Street
P. O. Box 273
Shamokin Dam, PA 17876Borough Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County Responsible Official Thomas A. McBryan, Jr.
Borough Manager
144 W. Eighth Street
P. O. Box 273
Shamokin Dam, PA 17876Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Gannett Fleming, Inc.
P. O. Box 67100
Harrisburg, PA 17106-7100
Application Received Date December 17, 2002 Description of Action Installing polypropylene liner and repainting structural steel members inside the reservoir
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known 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:
Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph A. Brogna, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Latter-Day Saints Property, Oakland Township, Susquehanna County. Martin Gilgallon, P. G., Pennsylvania Tectonics, Inc., 826 Main Street, Peckville, PA 18452 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of The Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150) concerning the remediation of soils found or suspected to be contaminated with lead. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reportedly published in The Scranton Times on December 6, 2002.
PPL--Harwood 69kV Substation, Hazle Township, Luzerne County. PPL Electric Utilities, 2 North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA, 18101 has electronically submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of site soils found or suspected to be contaminated with PCBs. The notice indicates that the site will be remediated to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported published in the Hazleton Standard-Speaker on December 12, 2002.
PPL--Nazareth Switching Yard, Bushkill Township, Northampton County. PPL Electric Utilities, 2 North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA, 18101 has electronically submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of site soils found or suspected to be contaminated with PCBs. The notice indicates that the site will be remediated to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported published in The Easton Express on December 12, 2002.
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Koppenhaver Residence, Montgomery Township, Franklin County. Hydrocon Services, Inc., 16 East Minor Street, Emmaus, PA 18049, on behalf of Ricky and Debra Koppenhaver, 11311 Claylick Road, Mercersburg, PA 17236, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with kerosene. 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 Mercersburg Journal on September 11, 2002.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Scaffold Lick Site, Liberty Township, McKean County. Env. Resources Management, 855 Springdale Dr., Exton, PA 19341 (on behalf of Ten Point Hunting Club, 731 Frost Hollow Rd., Easton, PA 18040) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate Soil and Groungwater contaminated with lead, OTORG, INORG, PAH, PCBs and CLSOL. 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 Bradford Era on November 29, 2002.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Applications Received 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 Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.
Southeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit Application No. 101188. Delaware County Municipal Water Transfer Station No. 1, 2300 Concord Rd., Chester, PA 19013-2448, Chester Township, Delaware County. This application is a permit application for a radiation protection action plan for the facility. The application was received by Southeast Regional Office on December 13, 2002.
Permit Application No. 101103. Delaware County Transfer Station No. 3, Marpit Drive and Sussex Blvd., Broomall, PA 19008, Marple Township, Delaware County. This application is a permit application for a radiation protection action plan for the facility. The application was received by Southeast Regional Office on December 13, 2002.
Northcentral Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit Application No. 301626. White Pines Corporation, 320 Godshall Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438, for White Pines Landfill located in Pine Township, Columbia County. Major permit modification for greater excavation depth, leachate pretreatment facility and erosion and sedimentation control changes. The application was deemed complete by the Williamsport Regional Office on November 20, 2002.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to John C. Hamilton, P. E., Facilities Manager, Williamsport Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Williamsport Regional Office, (570) 327-3653. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to and approval or denial of the application.
Northwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Permit Application No. 101449. Waste Management of Greenville, 88 Ohl Street, P. O. Box 609, Greenville, PA 16125-0609, Greenville Borough, Mercer County. Permit Renewal for Municipal Waste Transfer Facility. The application was received by the Northwest Regional Office on December 13, 2002.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to Todd Carlson, Program Manager, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Northwest Regional Office at (814) 332-6848. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984.
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 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.
35-399-039: Thomson Multimedia, Inc. (200 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA 18512-4511) has made application for emission reduction credits resulting from the closure of their facility in the Keystone Industrial Park, Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County.
40-302-148: Freedom Corrugated LLC (7225 Woodland Drive, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46278) for the construction of two natural gas/no. 2 oil fired boilers at the facility located at 592 Oak Ridge Road, Hazle Township, Luzerne County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
21-05064C: Atlas Roofing Corp. (802 Highway 19 North, Suite 190, Meridian, MS 39307) for the proposed use of a lower VOC emitting chemical formulation (that is, blowing agent) that would justify the elimination of the existing regenerative thermal oxidizer control device at their polyisocyanurate foam manufacturing facility in Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County.
38-05023B: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (1001 Paxton Street, P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17105) for construction of a shredder for shredding unused and rejected shingles at the Prescott Quarry in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. This plan approval will be incorporated into the facility's current application for a State-only operating permit and will include appropriate 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.
12-399-011A: GKN Sinter Metals, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834) for installation of a replacement air cleaning device (an electrostatic precipitator) on a sintered powdered metal parts steam treating operation in Emporium Borough, Cameron 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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
28-03043: CAM Superline, Inc. (5878 Bullitt Road, Greencastle, PA 17225) for construction of a spray paint booth controlled by dry panel filters at its new trailer manufacturing facility in Washington Township, Franklin County. The facility's annual VOC emissions are expected to be around 6 tons. The plan approval and operating permit will contain emission restrictions, work practice standards and 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: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
12-399-015C: GE Transportation Systems (55 Pine Street, Emporium, PA 15834) for construction of an armature and motor frame vacuum pressure impregnation and surface coating operation in Emporium Borough, Cameron County.
The proposed operation will incorporate a vacuum pressure impregnator and a spray booth. The maximum VOC emission rate which could theoretically result from the operation of this vacuum pressure impregnation and surface coating operation is 4.24 tons in any 12 consecutive month period but the actual emission of VOCs is expected to be less due to the polymerizeration of some of the VOCs during the impregnation and surface coating process. Approximately .05 ton of the VOCs emitted in any 12 consecutive month period will also be hazardous air pollutants. There will be an additional emission of up to 2.19 tons of acetone in any 12 consecutive month period from associated cleanup activities.
The Department has determined that the proposed vacuum pressure impregnation and surface coating operation will comply 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 approve the application and issue a plan approval for the construction of the proposed vacuum pressure impregnation and surface coating operation.
The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable air quality requirements:
1. No more than 624 armatures and 624 motor frames shall be coated in any 12 consecutive month period.
2. No more than 1.0 gallon of resin and .1 gallon of resin diluent shall be used per armature or motor frame coated (averaged over any 12 consecutive month period). Additionally, no more than a total of 1,248 gallons of resin and 124.8 gallons of resin diluent shall be used in any 12 consecutive month period.
3. Resin used shall be a catalyzed polyester insulating varnish (or a material determined by the Department to be equivalent with respect to its VOC emission potential). Additionally, neither the resin nor the resin diluent shall contain any volatile substance designated as a hazardous air pollutant by the EPA.
4. No more than 124.8 gallons of coating other than resin or resin diluent shall be used in any 12 consecutive month period. The VOC content of any coating shall be no greater than 3.0 pounds per gallon of coating, as applied.
5. Coatings applied in the spray booth shall be applied with high volume low pressure spray technology.
6. The spray booth shall be equipped with a full set of spray booth filters whenever the booth is in use.
7. The only material which shall be used for cleanup shall be acetone and no more than 660 gallons shall be used in any 12 consecutive month period. Acetone management practices designed to minimize the evaporative loss of acetone to the atmosphere shall be employed at all times.
8. The emission of hazardous air pollutants shall not exceed .05 ton in any 12 consecutive month period.
9. Records shall be maintained of the number of armatures processed each month, the number of motor frames processed each month, the identity and amount of resin and resin diluent used each month, the identity and amount of any coatings other then resin used each month and the identity and amount of cleanup solvent used each month.
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.
23-00027: 3M/Dyneon (50 Milton Drive, Aston, PA 19014) in Aston Township, Delaware County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The facility's main processes include: the pigment room, the free flow system, the central vacuum/milling system and the plastic processing system. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-00077: County of Delaware/Fair Acres Complex (340 North Middletown Road, Lima, PA 19037-0048) for a non-Title V, State-only, Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in Middletown Township, Delaware County. The County of Delaware runs the Fair Acres Geriatric Center, the Emergency Response Center, the Juvenile Detention Center and the Crime Lab at this location. The main sources listed in the permit are boilers, emergency generators, dryers a gas fired chiller, space heaters and coolers that are utilized by the each of the facilities covered by the permit. The entire facility has taken a 4,150 pound per month limit on the amount of NOx produced by the consumption of fuel. Other emissions include 35.9 tons of sulfur oxides per year, 2.5 tons of particulate matter per year, 6.3 tons of carbon monoxide per year and 0.5 ton of VOCs per year. 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.
06-03061: IFS Industries, Inc. (400 Orrton Avenue, P. O. Box 1053, Reading, PA 19603) for operation of an adhesives manufacturing facility in the City of Reading, Berks County. Actual PM10 and VOC emissions are expected to be less than 6 TPY and 1 TPY respectively. The State-only operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
44-03010: Trinity Packaging Corp. (31 Industrial Park Road, Lewistown, PA 17044) for operation of a flexographic labeling operation in Granville Township, Mifflin County. Facility emissions are expected to be less than 20 tpy of VOCs and 10 tpy of HAPS. The State-only operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
56-00285: Lindy, Inc. (R. D. 3 Box 2A, New Castle, PA 16105) for operation of a hotmix asphalt plant in Somerset Township, Somerset County.
65-00625: Gulf Oil, LP (400 Grand Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15225) a renewal for operation of a petroleum distribution and storage facility in Delmont Borough, Westmoreland County.
26-00002: Nitrochem LLC (P. O. Box 26, 899 Third Street, Newell, PA 15466) a renewal for operation of a nitric acid facility in Newell Borough, Fayette County.
65-00549: Comptec, Inc. (P. O. Box 250, Irwin, PA 15642) for operation of a glass insulating components facility in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
NOx BUDGET UNITS The Department is issuing revised State-only Operating Permits to affected NOx budget units to incorporate the provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.1--145.90. These regulations establish a NOx Budget and a NOx Budget Trading Program for NOx budget units for the purpose of achieving the health-based ozone ambient air quality standard. The Department has established the NOx Allowance Allocations for each NOx budget unit under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 145.42. These provisions will, beginning in 2003, require the owner or operator of each NOx budget unit to hold a quantity of NOx allowances by November 30 of each year not less than the total NOx emissions for the control period from the NOx budget unit. One NOx Allowance is the limited authorization to emit 1 ton of NOx during the NOx Allowance Control Period, which begins May 1 of each year and ends September 30 of the same year. The NOx allowances held in the source's current year NOx Allowance Tracking System compliance and overdraft accounts must be equal to or greater than the total NOx emitted from the source during the year's NOx allowance control period. The initial NOx allowance control period begins on May 1, 2003.
Bureau of Air Quality: Division of Permits, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468; Contact: John F. Slade, Chief, Division of Permits, (717) 787-4325.
02-0056: Orion Power MidWest, LP (2000 Cliff Mine Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15275) for revision of an existing State-only Operating Permit to incorporate the provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.1--145.90 for their Brunot Island Facility in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.
The Department is also establishing the NOx Allowance Allocations for each NOx budget unit at the facility under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 145.42. This revised permit will also include emission monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements for each NOx budget unit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.30 and 145.70--145.76.
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 or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. 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 Application Withdrawn
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
05773002 and NPDES Permit No. PA0605964. Dash Coal Company, Inc., P. O. Box 517, Stoystown, PA 15563-0517, permit revision to utilize biosolids to enhance vegetation and for discharge of treated mine drainage in Broadtop Township, Bedford County, affecting 258.5 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Shreves Run; unnamed tributary to Six Mile Run; Six Mile Run; and Shreves Run classified for WWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Saxton Borough Water Authority Great Trough Creek 2 intake. Application received September 10, 2002. Permit withdrawn December 16, 2002.
Coal Application Received
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
33960107 and NPDES Permit No. PA0227269. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Union Township, Jefferson County affecting 17.8 acres. Receiving streams: Welch Run, classified for CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received December 16, 2002.
Noncoal Application Withdrawn
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
01870301T2 and NPDES Permit PA0593931. Vulcan Construction Materials, LP (P. O. Box 4239, Winston-Salem, NC 27115-4239), transfer of an existing quarry operation in Berwick, Conewago and Oxford Townships, Adams County affecting 1,293.0 acres, receiving stream: Slagle Run and North Stream. Application received November 1, 2002. Application withdrawn: December 18, 2002.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Water Quality Certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Each individual will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications Received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E15-700. East Goshen Conservancy, 1580 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA 19380, East Goshen Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To relocate approximately 1,700 linear feet of Chester Creek for the purpose of stream restoration. The applicant proposes to construct and maintain approximately 1,700 feet of stream restoration based upon ''natural channel design'' techniques. The design also includes creation/enhancement of wetlands, excavation of deposits in the floodplain, placement of in-channel structures to protect stream banks and maintain flow alignment and the creation of a riparian buffer. The proposed stream restoration reach will be from the upstream limit of the Baldwin Drive Bridge to the downstream limit of the Reservoir Road Bridge (West Chester, PA Quadrangle N: 17.8 inches; W: 7.2 inches).
E15-698. Newman Development Group, 3101 Shippers Road, P. O. Box 678, Vestal, NY 13851-0678, North Coventry Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain water obstructions and encroachments associated with the proposed Town Square Plaza Development. The site is located just south of the intersection of SR 0100 and Cedarville Road in North Coventry Township, Chester County.
Work will consist of:
1. To construct and maintain 60 linear feet of a 4-foot by 4-foot box culvert and associated utility line stream crossings in an unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River (HQ-TSF) (Pottstown, PA Quadrangle, N: 18.2 inches; W: 4.7 inches).
2. To expand the reservoir of an existing farm pond (nonjurisdictional dam) from a 0.56-acre reservoir (POW) to a 0.77-acre reservoir (POW) for use as a sediment basin during construction and as a stormwater management facility thereafter. Work activities also include replacement and maintenance of approximately 90 linear feet of an 18-inch culvert in an unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River (HQ-TSF) and excavation upstream of the culvert for additional storage (Pottstown, PA Quadrangle, N: 18.4 inches; W: 4.7 inches).
3. To extend a 30-inch RCP culvert pipe, 27 linear feet, which carries an unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River (HQ-TSF) under Hanover Street (SR 1037). Work will also include placement of fill in 0.10 acre of wetlands (PEM) for the construction of the proposed access road from Hanover Street (SR 1037) to the proposed Road A (Pottstown, PA Quadrangle, N: 18.2 inches; W: 4.4 inches).
4. To extend a 4-foot by 6-foot box culvert, 26 linear feet, which carries an unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River (HQ-TSF) under SR 0100 (Pottstown, PA Quadrangle, N: 18.2 inches; W: 4.9 inches).
The applicant proposes to construct 0.24 acre of replacement wetlands to compensate for the 0.10 acre of wetland (PEM) impacts associated with the proposed project.
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
E52-181. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501, in Shohola Township, Pike County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain the Commonwealth portion of a six span prestressed concrete I-beam bridge across the Delaware River (WWF-MF). The structure will have clear normal spans of approximately 126 feet each and a maximum underclearance of approximately 50 feet. The project also includes temporary impacts of 0.03 acre to POW/PEM wetlands for an access road and 0.51 acre to the Delaware River for causeways. The bridge is located along SR 0434, Section 470, between Shohola Township, Pike County, PA and Berryville, NY, approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the confluence of Shohola Creek and the Delaware River (Shohola, PA/NY Quadrangle N: 18.3 inches; W: 5.2 inches).
E39-418. K & M Associates, 496 Plone Lane, Allentown, PA 18104, in Upper and Lower Macungie Townships, Lehigh County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To place fill in 0.4 acre of wetlands within the Cedar Creek Watershed (HQ-CWF, MF). The project is located within the Hopewell Woods residential subdivision, on the north side of Reppert Lane (T-503) approximately 1,500 feet west of its intersection with Crocks Road (Allentown West, PA Quadrangle N: 12.1 inches; W: 10.0 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E05-307. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Rt. 381 South, P. O. Box R, Mill Run, PA 15464 in Colerain, Snake Spring Valley and Monroe Townships, Bedford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain agricultural crossings, agricultural ramps and stream bank fencing across various watercourses located within the Cove Creek (EV) and Sideling Hill Creek (EV) watersheds in Bedford County, PA to create and/or enhance riparian buffers and improve water quality. The initial phase of the project involves one crossing of an unnamed tributary to Cove Creek (EV) (Rainsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 11.66 inches; W: 3.39 inches) in Colerain Township, Bedford County that is waived under section 105.12(a)(2) and one crossing of an unnamed tributary to Piney Creek (EV) (Chaneysville, PA Quadrangle N: 16.5 inches; W: 3.8 inches) in Monroe Township, Bedford County. The following potential sites have been identified for future phases: (1) nine unnamed tributaries to Cove Creek (EV) (Rainsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 12.23 inches; W: 0.39 inch--N :11.62 inches; W: 3.57 inches--N: 6.83 inches; W: 4.56 inches--N: 4.84 inches; W: 4.50 inches--N: 5.10 inches; W: 1.75 inches--N: 5.0 inches; W: 1.79 inches) (Clearville, PA Quadrangle N: 11.41 inches; W: 13.04 inches--N: 19.94 inches; W: 7.65 inches--N: 18.02 inches; W: 9.32 inches) in Colerain and Snake Spring Valley Townships, Bedford County; (2) five locations on Cove Creek (EV) (Rainsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 5.20 inches; W: 5.59 inches) (Clearville, PA Quadrangle N: 9.53 inches; W: 15.72 inches--N: 8.42 inches; W: 16.69 inches--N: 9.83 inches; W: 14.37 inches--N: 18.91 inches; W: 9.17 inches) in Colerain Township, Bedford County; and (3) three unnamed tributaries to West Branch Sideling Hill Creek (EV) (Amaranth, PA Quadrangle N: 17.92 inches; W: 13.11 inches--N: 16.31 inches; W: 13.44 inches--N: 13.27 inches; W: 15.23 inches) in Monroe Township, Bedford County. Future phases of this project may also involve watercourses within the Cove Creek and Sideling Hill Creek watersheds that have not yet been identified.
E36-751. Luke Ulrich, 150 Netzley Drive, Denver, PA 17517 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a prestressed concrete box beam bridge having a 34-foot width and a 75-foot span length across tributary No. 3 to Muddy Creek (WWF) at a point approximately 1,500 feet northeast of the intersection of SR 625 and Maple Grove Road in Bowmansville (Terre Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 13.5 inches; W: 3.0 inches) in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.
E41-520. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 3-0, P. O. Box 218, Montoursville, PA 17754-0218. SR 0284 Segment 0050 unnamed tributary bridge replacement, in Pine Township, Lycoming County, ACOE Susquehanna River Basin District (English Center, PA Quadrangle N: 17.6 inches; W: 0.3 inch).
To remove an existing steel bridge and construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box beam bridge having a span of 113.0 feet, with a minimum underclearance of 7.65 feet on a skew of 70° over Texas Creek located along SR 0284 Segment 0050 Offset 1641 and to construct, maintain and remove a temporary channel as well as construct a sand bag, concrete barrier all of which are located in Pine Township, Lycoming County. This project proposes to have a minimal impact on Texas Creek, which is designated a HQ-CWF. This project does propose to impact 0.0025 acre of jurisdictional wetlands.
E49-266. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 3-0, P. O. Box 218, Montoursville, PA 17754-0218. Streambed paving under SR 1025, in East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, ACOE Susquehanna River Basin District (Northumberland, PA Quadrangle N: 20.0 inches; W: 6.9 inches).
To perform streambed paving in Chillisquaque Creek along SR 1025, Segment 0090, Offset 1006. This project proposes to permanently impact 35 linear feet of Chillisquaque Creek, which is designated WWF and does not propose to impact any jurisdictional wetlands.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1411. Ductmate Industries, Inc., 1502 Industrial Drive, East Monongahela, PA 15063-9709. Forward Township, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To extend, operate and maintain the existing 72-inch diameter culvert in the channel of an unnamed tributary to the Monongahela River (WWF) for the purpose of providing access to the proposed Ductmate Industries, Inc. manufacturing building. The project is located approximately 700 feet south from the intersection of Hollow Road and SR 136 (Monongahela, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 2.8 inches).
E65-798. Todd Reidbord, President, Walnut Capital Partners, Inc., 5500 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To place and maintain fill in 0.23 acre of wetland along Turtle Creek (TSF) and an unnamed tributary to Turtle Creek for the purpose of constructing a retail center and two restaurants. The project is located on the south side of SR 22 at the intersection of SR 22 and Cline Hollow Road (Murrysville, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 5.0 inches).
E65-811. Rostraver Township Commissioners, Rostraver Township Municipal Building, 201 Port Royal Road, Belle Vernon, PA 15012. Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 49-foot long, 20-foot by 7-foot concrete box culvert (invert depressed 1 foot) with rock riprap at the approaches in Speers Run (WWF). The structure is located on Finley Road at a point approximately 0.5 mile west of SR 201 (Donora, PA Quadrangle N: 1.66 inches; W: 14.29 inches).
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E25-663, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2001 South East 10th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716. Wal-Mart Supercenter, in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Harborcreek, PA Quadrangle N: 6.0 inches; W: 12.5 inches).
To fill a de minimis area of PEM wetlands (0.04 acre) and to impact a total of 2,795 feet of unnamed tributaries to Sixmile Creek (CWF, MF) having a total drainage area of less than 100 acres to develop a Wal-Mart Supercenter retail facility approximately 0.7 mile west of the intersection of SR 20 and SR 531 (Depot Road) in Harborcreek Township, Erie County. The project includes the creation of 0.1 acre of onsite replacement wetlands.
E25-664, Girard Township, 10140 Ridge Road, Girard, PA 16417. Gloskey Road Across Crooked Creek, in Girard Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Albion, PA Quadrangle N: 12.7 inches; W: 16.2 inches).
To extend and maintain the existing 20-foot long, 8-foot wide by 7-foot high waterway opening concrete box culvert by adding an additional 15 feet onto the downstream end in Crooked Creek on Gloskey Road approximately 0.25 mile east of Lexington Road.
E33-212, Department of Transportation, District 10-0, 2550 Oakland Avenue, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. SR 3008, Segment 0010, Offset 0563 Across Perryville Run, in Perry Township, Jefferson County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Valier, PA Quadrangle N: 8.8 inches; W: 11.05 inches).
To remove the existing bridge and to install and maintain a 34-foot long precast concrete box culvert having an 18-foot wide by 4-foot high waterway opening in Perryville Run on SR 3008, Segment 0010, Offset 0563 in the Village of Hamilton.
E62-387, Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 255 Elm Street, P. O. Box 398, Oil City, PA 16301-1412. SR 0006-B03 Bridge Replacement over Little Brokenstraw Creek, in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Lottsville, PA-NY, PA Quadrangle N: 0.5 inch; W: 5.1 inches).
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a P/S spread concrete box beam bridge having a clear span of 92 feet and an underclearance of 12.8 feet on a 60 degree skew across Little Brokenstraw Creek (CWF) on SR 0006, Section BO3, Segment 0260, Offset 0000 approximately 600 feet northwest of the intersection of SR 0006 and T-467 (Smith Hill Road).
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