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V. Applications for NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES Permit
No.Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving
Water/UseDepartment
Protocol (Y/N)PAG136251 Youngstown Borough
P. O. Box 56
Youngstown, PA 15696
Westmoreland Youngstown Borough Y PAG136253 Sewickley Heights Borough
Country Club Lane
Sewickley, PA 15143
Allegheny Sewickley Heights Borough Y PAI136114 Somerset Township
615 Vanceville Road
Eighty Four, PA 15330
Washington Somerset Township Y PAI136118 South Strabane Township
550 Washington Road
Washington, PA 15301
Washington South Strabane Township Y PAI136119 South Connellsville Borough
1503 South Pittsburgh Street
Connellsville, PA 15425
Fayette South Connellsville Borough Y Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
NPDES Permit
No.Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving
Water/UseDepartment
Protocol (Y/N)PAG138324 Wayne Township
1418 Wampum Road
Ellwood City, PA 16116
Lawrence Wayne Township Y The following municipalities have submitted information requested by the Department to assist it in determining the need for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permits in Potential Urbanized Areas, under 25 Pa. Code § 92.2 and 40 CFR 123.35(b). * Indicates whether the Department has tentatively designated the Municipality's MS4 as a Regulated MS4, requiring an NPDES Phase II permit. Comments are sought on this tentative determination.
Regulated MS4
(Yes/No)*Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use Yes City of Butler
140 West North Street
Butler, PA 16001
Butler City of Butler Sullivan Run/WWF, Connoquenessing Creek/WWF and Coal Creek/WWF Yes City of Meadville
984 Water Street
Meadville, PA 16335
Crawford City of Meadville French Creek/WWF and Unnamed Tributaries to French Creek/WWF Yes City of New Castle
230 North Jefferson Street
New Castle, PA 16101-2220
Lawrence City of New Castle Mahoning River/WWF, Neshannock Creek/TSF, Shenango River/WWF and Big Run/WWF No City of Oil City
21 Seneca Street
Oil City, PA 16301
Venango City of Oil City Allegheny River/WWF, Oil Creek/WWF, Sage Run/CWF, Cornplanter Run/CWF and Holiday Run/CWF No City of Warren
318 West Third Avenue
Warren, PA 16365-2388
Warren City of Warren Allegheny River/WWF Conewango Creek/WWF
VI. NPDES Individual Permit Applications for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities
Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
NPDES Permit
No.Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI01
1503076
Greg Stevens
VPRL Inc. Development
2393 Kimberton Road
Suite 200
Kimberton, PA 19442
Chester West Vincent Township Unnamed Tributary Pickering Creek (HQ-TSF) PAI01
1503077
Joyce Realty Corporation
Joyce Realty Corp.
Suites 30 and 31
P. O. Box 3739
Greenville, DE 19807-0739
Chester Westtown Township Hunter's Run (HQ-TSF) PAI01
1503078
SHC, Inc./Cannon Custom Homes
Lewis Tract
300 S. Pennell Rd., Suite 400
Glen Riddle, PA 19037
Chester East Nottingham Township West Branch Big Elk Creek (HQ-TSF-MF) PAI01
1503079
Great Valley School District
Bacton Hill Rd. Athletic Fields
47 Church Road
Malvern, PA 19355
Chester East Whiteland Township Valley Creek (EV) Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Lehigh County Conservation District: Lehigh Ag. Ctr., Ste. 102, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104, (610) 391-9583.
NPDES Permit
No.Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI023903029 Nic Zawarski and
Sons Developers
1441 Linden St.
Allentown, PA 18018
Lehigh South Whitehall Twp. Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF
PAI023903030 Realen Homes, LP
1040 Stoney Hill Rd.
Ste. 100
Yardley, PA 19067
Lehigh Lower Macungie Twp. Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWFNorthampton County Conservation District: Greystone Building, Gracedale Complex, Nazareth, PA 18064-9211, (610) 746-1971.
NPDES Permit No. Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI024803022 James Carty
619 East Lawn Rd.
Nazareth, PA 18064
Northampton Bushkill Twp. Bushkill Creek
HQ-CWF
PAI024803023 Walter Smerconish
Main Street Group, Inc.
3359 Durham Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
Northampton Hanover Twp. Monocacy Creek
HQ-CWF
VII. List of NOIs for NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types
PAG-12 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
MS4 Notices of Intent Received
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES Permit
No.Applicant Name and Address County Municipality Receiving
Water/UseDepartment
Protocol (Y/N)PAG136253 Sewickley Heights Borough
Country Club Lane
Sewickley, PA 15143
Allegheny Sewickley Heights Borough Y
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 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 after 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. 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:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Thunderbird Terrace Mobile Home Court, Dover Township, York County. Environmental Products & Services, Inc., 5140 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17111, on behalf of Property Management, Incorporated (PMI), 1300 Market Street, Suite 201, Lemoyne, PA 17043, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the York Daily Record and York Dispatch on August 15, 2003.
Lettich Radiator, Borough of Gratz, Dauphin County. Chambers Environmental Group, 629 East Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, PA 16823, on behalf of Lettich Radiator, 638 East Main Street, Gratz, PA 17030, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with unleaded gasoline. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health standard requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Upper Dauphin Sentinel on August 12, 2003.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Farmers Valley Wax Plant, Keating Township, McKean County. Dayne M. Crowley, PG (on behalf of Honeywell, Inc., P. O. Box 3367, Smethport, PA 16749) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate Soil and Groundwater contaminated with Lead, Heavy Metals, BTEX, PHCs, PAHs and 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 Bradford Era on July 15, 2003.
INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES
Applications received or withdrawn under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the act of June 28, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.
Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.
Renewal Applications Received
Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. License No. PA-HC0095. Received on August 4, 2003.
Onyx Waste Services, Inc., P. O. Box O, Rt. 219 North, Brockway, PA 15824. License No. PA-AH0199. Received on August 4, 2003.
Weavertown Transport Leasing, Inc., 201 South Johnson Road, Houston, PA 15342. License No. PA-AH0020. Received on July 11, 2003.
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 the 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 a 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 before the application. 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 (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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
01-05023A: Carmeuse Lime, Inc. (11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) for modifying the fuel oil fired in their three lime kilns controlled by wet scrubbers at the Hanover Lime plant in Oxford Township, Adams County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
61-007B: IA Construction Corp.--Franklin Plant (Route 8 and Route 62, Franklin, PA 16323) to modify existing permit 61-007A by replacing burner, dryer, baghouse, including exhaust fan and automatic damper at their Franklin Hot Mix Asphalt Plant in Sugar Creek Township, Venango County. The plant will increase rated capacity from 180 tons to 400 tons per hour. Alternative fuels: Reprocessed Fuel No. 5, No. 2 Fuel Oil, Liquid Propane and Natural Gas will be burned.
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.
23-0059: Lyondale Chemical Corp. (3801 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073-2387) for installation of R and D Propylene Oxide Pilot Plant and a Flameless Thermal Oxidizer their facility in Newtown Township, Delaware County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The Plan Approval will contain record keeping, operating and performance testing requirements designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emission limitations and all applicable air quality requirements.
15-0094: Metallurgical Products Co., Inc. (810 Lincoln Avenue, West Chester, PA 19380) for installation of a Baghouse and upgrades to the vent hoods for the copper alloying process at their facility in West Goshen Township, Chester County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping conditions, operating conditions and performance testing requirements designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Contact: Mark J. Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-303-007A: Eastern Industries, Inc.--Bethlehem Blacktop Plant (4401 Camp Meeting Rods, Suite 200, Center Valley, PA 18034) for modification of a batch asphalt plant to allow the combustion of alternate fuels, specifically to allow the use of recycled fuel oil, No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas at their facility in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County. The facility is a non-Title V facility. The particulate emissions from the plant are controlled by a fabric collector. The particulate emission rate from the fabric collector will be less than 0.04 grain/dscf. The plan approval will contain operating restrictions, monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements designed to keep the source operating within 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.
31-03032: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Avenue, Bellefonte, PA 16823) for installation and operation of a limestone crushing and screening plant at their Canoe Valley Aggregate Facility in Morris Township, Huntingdon County. A diesel engine operated generator will supply electric to power the plant. Particulate emissions will be controlled by wet suppression. Potential particulate emissions have been estimated to be 69.15 tons/year. Actual emissions are not expected to exceed 16.0 tons/year. Potential NOx emissions have been estimated to be 146.1 tons/year. Actual NOx emissions will be limited to less 33.35 tons/year. This installation is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants. The plan approval will include an annual hourly operating limit for the diesel engine generator, emission limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Contact: Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
13-308-104: Horsehead Resource Development Company Inc. (900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071) for modification to their existing Kiln No. 1 to allow the kiln to operate either as Waelzing or Calcine kiln and to install two silos with bin vents at their facility in Palmerton Borough, Carbon County.
The Department will hold a public hearing on October 7, 2003, at 7 p.m. at the West End Fire Company No. 2, 855 Princeton Avenue, Palmerton, PA to take testimony concerning the Plan Approval application.
An emergency generator will also be installed. Particulate emissions, including PM10, will not exceed 0.0028 grain/dscf (1.35 lbs/hr) from kiln No. 1 and the kiln will not operate more than 7,884 hours/year (12-month rolling sum). Particulate emissions from the bin vents shall not exceed 0.01 grain/acf. The emergency generator will not operate more than 100 hours/year (12-month rolling sum). With the modification of Kiln No. 1 and associated sources, the annual emission increases above the 2000/2001 base-line from the facility shall not exceed the following:
Pollutant Tons/Year (TPY) (12-month rolling sum) Total Particulate (including PM10) 7.07 SOx 7.10 NOx 33.05 VOC 29.73 CO 96.65 Lead 0.14 The plan approval will include all appropriate testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This Plan Approval No. 13-308-104 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.
Those wishing to present testimony during the hearing should contact Mark Carmon, Community Relations Coordinator, (570) 826-2035 by October 6, 2003, to register.
Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comment to Thomas DiLazaro, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790 on or before October 7, 2003.
Copies of the Plan Approval Application are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Department's office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Persons with disabilities who wish to attend the hearing who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact Chris Domashinski, (570) 826-2101 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
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.
36-05072: Mount Joy Wire Corp. (1000 East Main Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552) for operation of a steel wire manufacturing facility in Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County. The facility's major operations include the cleaning, drawing, patenting, hardening and plating of steel wire, which primarily emit Hydrochloric Acid (HCL). The Title V operating permit will contain monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This action is a renewal of the facility's Title V operating permit.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701. Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Program Manager, (570) 327-0512.
49-00001: Mount Carmel Cogeneration, Inc. (P. O. Box 409 Marion Heights Road, Marion Heights, PA 17832). Under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521 and 127.541, the Department intends to issue a revised Title V Operating Permit to Mt. Carmel Cogeneration Inc. for their cogeneration facility in Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland County. In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.541, this Title V Operating Permit revision is to include Title IV, Phase II (acid rain) requirements as specified in 40 CFR Part 72 into their Title V operating permit. This facility is also subject to the Acid Rain Requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.531. Phase II is a continuation of the Acid Rain Program and it became effective on January 1, 2000, for SO2 and NOx. The Title IV, Phase II permit authorizes the permittee to purchase sulfur oxide allowances for the facility's 623.5 MMBTU/hr circulating fluidized bed boiler (Source ID 031). The revised Title V operating permit includes all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
24-00131: SGL Carbon Corp.--St. Marys Plant (900 Theresia Street, St. Marys, PA 15857) in St. Marys Borough, Elk County to reissue a Title V Operating Permit. The permit is being re-issued for a new 5 year term. The permit is also being amended to incorporate conditions from Plan Approval Numbers PA-24-131D, PA-24-131F and PA-24-131G.
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.
46-00024: McNeil Consumer and Specialty Pharmaceutical (7050 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, PA 19034) for operation of a pharmaceutical preparation plant in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State only) facility. The facility has elected to cap their Volatile Organic Compounds, Nitrogen Oxide and Particulate Matter emissions to Minor Source threshold levels (less than 25 tons per year each) to remain a Synthetic Minor. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the plant operating within 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.
67-05076: Eisenhart Wallcoverings Co. (400 Pine Street, Hanover, PA 17331) for operation of their wallpaper manufacturing facility in Hanover Borough, York County. The facility emissions of SO2, NOx, CO and PM-10 will each be limited to less than 100 TPY. The facility VOC emissions will be limited to less than 50 TPY. Facility emissions of individual and aggregate HAPs will be limited to less than 10 TPY and 25 TPY, respectively. The State-only operating permit will include testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions, and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701. Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-0512.
49-00019: Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L. P.--Northumberland Terminal (1801 Market St., 19/10 PC, Philadelphia, PA 19103) for their petroleum bulk storage and distribution facility in Point Township, Northumberland County. The facility's main sources include a six storage tanks and two loading racks. The facility has taken restrictions to limit potential volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants emissions below Title V thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
53-00015: SMC Powder Metallurgy (Route 6, West Galeton, PA 16922) for their powdered metal parts manufacturing facility in Pike Township, Potter County. The facility's main sources include ten sintering furnaces and has the potential to emit sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM10), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) below the major emission thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
32-00364: Rosebud Mining (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) for operation of a coal stockpile and screen plant at Josephine No. 3 Deep Mine in Center Township, Indiana County.
03-00212: Parkwood Resources, Inc. (740 Overview Drive, Shelocta, PA 15774) for operation of a coal processing plant in South Bend Township, Armstrong County.
COAL AND NONCOAL 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 an 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.
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 identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. 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 who 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 the person 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 wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* * The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: (1) surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and (2) drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
33960109 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0227331. TDK Coal Sales, Incorporated (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Union Township, Jefferson County affecting 157.4 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Little Mill Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Revision to include a land use change from forestland to pastureland/land occasionally cut for hay on lands of Terry D. Monks. Application received: August 18, 2003.
33030109 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0242446. Reichard Contracting, Inc. (212 Olean Trail, New Bethlehem, PA 16242). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip in Winslow Township and Reynoldsville Borough, Jefferson County affecting 34.0 acres. Receiving streams: One unnamed tributary to Soldier Run and Soldier Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application to include a landuse change from forestland to pastureland or land occasionally cut for hay on lands of Russell Smith et ux. Application received: August 13, 2003.
10980103 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0227692. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Slippery Rock and Cherry Townships, Butler County affecting 101.1 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to McDonald Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: August 21, 2003.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982, (724) 925-5500.
63980101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202151. David Breeden Enterprises, Inc. (P. O. Box 89, 151 West Forth Ave., Tarentum, PA 15084-0089). Renewal application for operation and reclamation of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Somerset Township, Washington County affecting 173 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Pigeon Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: August 18, 2003.
65030102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250465. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 427, Acme, PA 15610). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 71.4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Loyalhanna Creek and Fourmile Run, classified for the following use: TSF. The first potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Latrobe Municipal Authority. Application received: August 12, 2003.
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
17813093 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0609609. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650. Transfer and renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine, coal refuse disposal, coal preparation plant/processing facility and fly ash disposal permit, located in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County affecting 112.5 acres. The transfer is from Sky Haven Coal, Inc. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Wolf Run, Lick Run and the Susquehanna River. Application received: July 22, 2003.
17990119 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0242748. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650. Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from Laurel Energy, LP, located in Woodward Township, Clearfield County affecting 83.3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries of Goss Run to Goss Run to Beaver Run to Moshannon Creek to West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Application received: July 24, 2003.
17860140 and NPDES Permit No. PA 0115673. Waroquier Coal Company, P. O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830. Major revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a Change in Land Use from forestland to land occasionally cut for hay. The permit is located in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County and affects 323 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Cofinan Run and unnamed tributaries to Muddy Run. Application received: August 6, 2003.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following noncoal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
08030804. Brian M. Edsall, R. R. 2, Box 94A, Towanda, PA 18848. Commencement, operation and restoration of a Small Industrial Minerals (Bluestone/Flagstone) permit in Asylum Township, Bradford County affecting 5 acres. Receiving streams Bennetts Creek, tributary to Susquehanna River. Application received: August 18, 2003.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION Under Act 181 of 1984, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) gives notice of an unsolicited proposal received from L & J Equipment Company, Mt. Braddock, PA, to reclaim an abandoned surface mine in Georges Township, Fayette County. The Department intends to enter into negotiations with L & J Equipment Company, Inc. to contract for site reclamation, if funding is available.
The project, CRF 006-101.1, involves reclamation of two abandoned coal refuse piles abandoned by White Rock Fuel Company where the Department under Permit Number SMP 26830701 collected bonds.
L & J Equipment Company, Inc. proposes to revegetate about 16 acres. All areas will be regraded to promote surface drainage and provide integration with surrounding unmined areas.
All interested parties should send comments to Richard L. Joyce, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476, no later than 4 p.m. on September 30, 2003.
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