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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17), the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on a 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 the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (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 are 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 should 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
Northcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit No. 4904501, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Municipal Authority of the City of Sunbury Township or Borough City of Sunbury County Northumberland Responsible Official Dan Ramer, General Manager
Municipal Authority of the City of Sunbury
462 South Fourth Street
Sunbury, PA 17801
Type of Facility PWS--Construction. Consulting Engineer John P. Mazich, P. E.
Uni-Tec Consulting Engineers, Inc.
2007 Cato Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Application Received Date September 20, 2004 Description of Action Addition of process chemicals, new liquid chemical feeder and a streaming current detector.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the Acquisition of Rights to Divert Waters of this Commonwealth
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WA39-272D, Water Allocations, Northampton Borough Municipal Authority, 1 Clear Springs Drive, Northampton, PA 18067-0156, Northampton Borough, Lehigh and Northampton Counties. This applicant proposes to modify their existing service area in Allen Township to include the entire Township. All other service areas of Northampton Borough, Whitehall Township, Coplay Borough, North Catasauqua Borough and North Whitehall Township remain unchanged. There is no change in the permitted withdrawals from the Lehigh River and Spring Creek.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
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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 before 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:
Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Houghton Intl, Inc., Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County. Richard Werner, Environmental Consulting, Inc., 500 East Washington St., Norristown, PA 19401 on behalf of Larry Steward, Houghton Intl Inc., 945 Madison Ave., Norristown, PA 19403 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted with no. 2 fuel oil. The intended future use of the subject property is to remain as a commercial/light industrial facility.
Union Cleaners, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Jason Free, RT Environmental Svcs., Suite 306, Pureland Complex, 510 Heron Drive, P. O. Box 521, Bridgeport, NJ 08014 on behalf of John Capoferri, Leverington Holdings, LP, 8038 Crittenden, Philadelphia, PA 19118 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Mineral spirits released from an underground storage tank system was the primary contaminate in groundwater. Groundwater was impacted by naphthalene and 1,2,3 trimethylbenzene. Intended future use is for residential dwellings.
East Rockhill Township Spill Site, East Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Samuel Kucia, Environmental Consulting, Inc., 500 E. Washington St., Norristown, PA 19401 on behalf of Steve Funk, East Rockhill Township, 1622 Ridge Rd., Perkasie, PA 18944 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. A tractor-trailer overturned while traveling southbound on Route 563 and subsequently released petroleum product that impacted the surface soil onsite. Soil at the site has been impacted by diesel fuel. There are no future plans for the development of the subject property.
Salmon and Butler Streets Site, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Christopher Orzechowski, RT Environmental Svcs., Inc., 215 W. Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. This site consists of several properties at 2655 and 2701 East Castor Ave. as well as 3715 and 3755 East Thompson St. Soil at the site has been impacted with metals and PHA; groundwater at the site has been impacted with benzene and lead. Future use of the property will be as a retail department store.
Umbria Street Property, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Paul Martino, P. G., 3001 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been impacted by inorganics and PAH; chlorinated solvents have impacted groundwater at the site. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Philadelphia Daily News on September 2, 2004.
Boeing Company/Center North Site, Ridley Township/Eddystone Borough, Delaware County. Brian McGuire, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc., River Dr. Center 1, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 on behalf of Daniel Meyer, The Boeing Co., P. O. Box 16858, MA P29-02, Philadelphia, PA 191425 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. The site is currently utilized for the production of rotorcraft and associated components. Chlorinated solvents, other organics and inorganics have impacted soil and groundwater at the site. Metals contamination from historic industrial site operations. Anticipated future site use is nonresidential.
Porter Instrument Co., Inc., Franconia Township, Montgomery County. Bruno M. Mercuri, Mercuri and Assoc., Inc., 627 Hampton Ave., Southampton, PA 18966 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Pump contaminated groundwater from the aquifer and treat by means of granular activated carbon filters prior to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Skippack Creek. Use of the property will continue to be industrial. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Reporter on August 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2004.
Skelp Level Road, East Bradford Township, Chester County. Jon M. Mollison, Golder Assoc., Inc., 1100 Hector Ave., Suite 225, Conshohocken, PA 19428 on behalf of Sonoco Products Co., 1 N. 2nd St., Hartsville, SC 29550 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. The landfill portion of the site was used for the disposal of recycled paper, products rejects and possibly other materials generated as part of a paperboard manufacturing operation from 1968 until the early 1970s. Soil and groundwater at the site have been impacted with arsenic. The future use of the property is to preserve it as greenspace woodlands and a nature preserve with limited public access.
131 Rockhill Road Property, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County. Darryl Borrelli, Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, 401 City Ave., Suite 500, Bala Cynwyd, PA on behalf of Richard Heany, OPG Residential Holdings, LP, 700 S. Henderson Rd., Suite 225, King of Prussia, PA 19406 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. A gasoline and diesel fuel underground storage tanks were removed. Soil and groundwater at the site were impacted by leaded gasoline, diesel fuel and unleaded gasoline. The future intended use of the property is for residential purposes.
Northeast Regional Field Office: Joseph A. Brogna, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Jiffy Lube No. 341, City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County. David Teeter, Teeter Environmental Services, Inc., R. R. 1, Box 124B, Sayre, PA 18840 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of Rochester Lube LLC, 668 North Coastal Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651) concerning the remediation of soils found or suspected to have been impacted by waste motor oil. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the notice is expected to be published in The Times Leader on or about September 21, 2004.
Country Crest Mobile Home Park--Lot 27, Lehman Township, Luzerne County. Stephen B. Fulton, P. E., P. G., 1129 West Governor Road, P. O. Box 797, Hershey, PA 17033-0797 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of Community Banks, c/o Ray Granger, Vice President, P. O. Box 350, Millersburg, PA 17061) concerning the remediation of soils found or suspected to have been impacted by home heating oil as the result of an accidental release from an aboveground tank. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the residential Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the notice was expected to have been published in The Times Leader on or about September 10, 2004.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
C. E. Kelly Support Facility/Neville Island Maintenance Facility, Neville Island, Allegheny County. John Mason, CH2MHILL, 1700 Market Street, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (on behalf of Steven R. Lenney, Charles E. Kelly Support Facility, 6 Loubaugh Street, Oakdale, PA 15701) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Site-Specific. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on August 27, 2004.
Bernard Yuzawich (Tanker Truck Spill Site), Borough of Monroeville, Allegheny County. Mark Burrell, Shaw Environmental, Inc., 2790 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146 (on behalf of Bernard Yuzawich, 1015 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 and Rhonda Giovannitti, Sunoco, Inc. (R & M), 5733 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline. 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 December 22, 2003.
Ionics, Inc., Borough of Bridgeville, Allegheny County. Kenneth Battyanyi, Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Ave., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (on behalf of Randolph Gounder, Ionics, Inc., P. O. Box 99, 3039 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017) 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 Background and Statewide Health Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bridgeville Area News on September 30, 2004.
LTV Steel Company, Inc. Coke Plant, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Martin C. Knuth, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (on behalf of Bill Widdoes, ALMONO, LP, c/o RIDC, 425 6th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, lead, heavy metals, solvents, BTEX, PHCs and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Site-Specific Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on August 27, 2004.
MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
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 municipal waste regulations for a general permit to operate municipal waste processing facilities and the beneficial use of municipal waste.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
General Permit Application No. WMGM028. Granger Electric of Morgantown, LLC, 16980 Wood Road, Lansing, MI 48906-1044. The Department, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, has received an application for General Permit WMGM028. The application is for the processing and beneficial use of landfill gas, generated at Conestoga Landfill, as an alternative fuel for an electrical generator proposed to be installed at the landfill. The electricity produced will be: (1) used by the Conestoga Landfill for its daily needs; (2) transmitted to the local electric utility grid; and/or (3) distributed for direct consumers use. The Department determined the application to be administratively complete on September 17, 2004.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application should contact the Division at (717) 787-7381. TDD users should 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.
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 should 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; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
36-03141B: Kellogg USA, Inc. (2050 State Road, Lancaster, PA 17604) for replacement of their boiler burners with larger burners in their East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County facility.
67-05001B: LWB Refractories Co. (232 East Market Street, P. O. Box 1189, York, PA 17404) for installation of a regenerative thermal oxidizer on tunnel kilns TK5 and TK6 in their West Manchester Township, York County facility. The RTO will reduce VOC emissions.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
14-00002F: Graymont (PA), Inc. (965 East College Avenue, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823) for construction of a pulverized limestone system and installation of associated air cleaning devices (fabric collectors) in Spring Township, Centre County.
08-399-045A: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for construction of a new thermal spray system and associated air cleaning device, a HEPA filter, in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
08-399-023F: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for instillation of a replacement fabric collector to control emissions from metal powder handling equipment in their Grade Mix Powder Department in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
08-399-019D: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for construction of a new Corp digestion reactor in their Cobalt Chemical Division to be utilized as a backup reactor in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act 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, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401; Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
46-0167: Montgomery County Geriatric and Rehabilitation Center (1600 Black Rock Road, Royersford, PA 19468) for modification of two existing boilers rated at 14.3 mmBtu/hr and 14.3 mmBtu/hr (boilers) at the Montgomery County Geriatric and Rehabilitation Center long-term care nursing facility at 1600 Black Rock Road, Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County. The modification of the boilers may result in the emissions of: 6.56 tons per year of NOx; 5.08 tons per year of CO; 4.88 tons per year of SOx; 1.46 tons per year of PM; 2.24 tons per year of VOCs; and 2.24 tons per year of HAPs. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
46-0005Y: Merck and Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 4, WP20-208, 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486-0004) for installation of an alternate operating scenario of their pharmaceutical manufacturing processes at their Merck pharmaceutical manufacturing and research facility in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. The facility currently has Title V Permit TVOP-46-00005. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450. The installation of an alternate operating scenario of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process will result in no increase in the previously permitted emissions. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain requirements to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. Further details on the conditions and reasons for their inclusion are available upon request.
09-0037E: CMS Gilbreth Packaging Systems, Inc. (3001 State Road, Croydon, PA 19021) for installation of the automated parts washing system that uses n-propyl acetate as the cleaning solvent at the company's commercial printing/gravure/manufacturing facility in Bristol Township, Bucks County. The facility currently has Title V Permit TVOP-09-00037. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450. The installation of the automated parts washing system will result in no increase in the previously permitted emissions. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain requirements to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. Further details on the conditions and reasons for their inclusion are available upon request.
09-0087D: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (351 West Philadelphia Avenue, Morrisville, PA 19067) for construction of distillation equipment for the purification of chlorine at their Morrisville Plant, Falls Township, Bucks County. This is a minor facility. The proposal includes processing of 839,800 pounds of chlorine per year. The emissions from the chlorine purification and filling process will be controlled by an existing bubbler and counter-current packed column caustic scrubber. The scrubber also controls emissions from other chlorine processes: product recovery/liquid drain, laboratory analytical and cylinder conditioning. The scrubber is proposed to have a control efficiency of 99%. The Plan Approval will require stack tests to be performed. Appropriate monitoring and recordkeeping requirements will be included.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-304-032: Victaulic Co. of America (4901 Kesslerville Road, Easton, PA 18045) for construction and operation of a cold core box system, two supporting sand handling systems and associated air cleaning devices at their facility in Forks Township, Northampton County. Particulate emissions from the core-sand handling systems will be controlled by cartridge filters and the cold box core machine will be controlled by a packed bed scrubber. The expected particulate emission rate from the cartridge filters will be less than 0.02 grain/dscf. The VOC emission rate from the packed bed scrubber will be 0.12 pound per hour. The company will operate the equipment in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. The Plan Approval and Title V Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
54-317-004: Keystone Potato Products, Inc. (P. O. Box 27, Hegins, PA 17938-0027) for construction of a dehydrated potato processing operation and associated air cleaning devices at their site in Frailey Township, Schuylkill County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The boiler will be subject to NSPS Subpart Dc when firing propane. When firing landfill gas (methane), the boiler shall meet a destruction/removal efficiency of at least 98% (by weight) for total nonmethane organic compounds or to reduce NMOC concentration to 20 PPM as hexane by volume, dry basis at 3% O2, or less (if approved by the Department). Particulate emissions from the baghouses shall not exceed 0.02 grain/dscf. The company shall comply with 123.31 for malodorous emissions. The company shall comply with 123.41 for opacity. The company will operate the facility and maintain the system in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. Monitoring and recordkeeping requirements will be contained in the Plan Approval.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-05066D: Exide Technologies (Spring Valley Road and Nolan Street, Reading, PA 19605) for modification of the secondary lead smelter furnaces at their facility in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County. The modification will change the maximum annual hours of operation of the furnaces and change the annual daily average production rate limits on each furnace. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 52, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Part 60, Subpart L, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, and Part 63, Subpart X, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Secondary Lead Smelters. The plan approval will include monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility is presently covered by Title V Operating Permit 06-05066. The plan approval will be incorporated into the permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 (Administrative Amendment).
07-05029B: Chicago Rivet and Machine Co. (Industrial Park, Tyrone, PA 16686) to allow for maximum VOC emissions of 150g/hr (0.33 lb/hr) from the airless/airtight degreasing machine in Tyrone Borough, Blair County. This is an increase of 50g/hr (0.11 lb/hr) over the emission limits established in Plan Approval 07-05029A. The plan approval will include emission limitations designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. Facility wide VOC emissions are expected to be below major levels. The plan approval will be incorporated into the facility wide operating permit.
44-05014B: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Avenue, Bellefonte, PA 16823) for addition of a wet processing section to the existing crushing plant at their Hostetler Quarry in Armagh Township, Mifflin County. The new installations are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants. Plant emissions will not measurably change from this action. The plan approval and State-only operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements along with work practices to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality standards.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Richard Maxwell, New Source Review Chief, (570) 327-3637.
08-00012A: Taylor Packing Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 188, Wyalusing, PA 18853) for construction of a 41.84 million Btu per hour natural gas, no. 2 fuel oil, tallow and biogas-fired boiler and a biogas flare at their facility in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County.
The boiler will replace an existing 43.2 million Btu per hour natural gas, no. 2 fuel oil, no. 6 fuel oil and tallow-fired boiler. It will be equipped with a low NOx burner. The biogas burned in the boiler will be captured from the facility's existing wastewater lagoons. The boiler will emit up to 24.99 tons of NOx, 52.56 tons of CO, 55.96 tons of SOx, 4.10 tons of PM (including PM10) and 1.01 tons of VOCs per year.
The flare will be used to burn biogas when the boiler is out of service. It will emit up to .38 ton of NOx, 2.05 tons of CO, .78 ton of VOCs and 2.5 tons of SOx per year. The capture of biogas from the wastewater lagoons will reduce the emission of malodorous air contaminants and VOCs from the lagoons by an unknown quantity.
The Department's review of the information submitted by Taylor Packing Company, Inc. indicates that the proposed boiler and flare will comply with all air quality requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the particulate matter emission requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.11 and 123.13, the SOx emission requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.21 and 123.22, the visible air contaminant emission requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 123.41 and the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval for the construction of the boiler and flare.
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 regulatory requirements:
1. No more than 695,000 gallons of tallow shall be burned in the boiler in any 12 consecutive month period.
2. The boiler shall not be operated on biogas more than 6,240 hours in any 12 consecutive month period.
3. The boiler shall be equipped with a low NOx burner.
4. The NOx emissions from the boiler shall not exceed 30 parts per million at 3% oxygen while firing natural gas and 90 parts per million at 3% oxygen while firing no. 2 fuel oil. Additionally, the NOx emissions shall not exceed .153 pound per million Btu while firing tallow, .049 pound per million Btu while firing biogas, .132 pound per million Btu while firing no. 2 fuel oil and .043 pound per million Btu while firing natural gas.
5. The CO emissions from the boiler shall not exceed .009 pound per million Btu while firing tallow, .092 pound per million Btu while firing biogas, .29 pound per million Btu while firing no. 2 fuel oil and .29 pound per million Btu while firing natural gas.
6. The SOx emissions from the boiler shall not exceed .0015 pound per million Btu while firing tallow and .451 pound per million Btu while firing biogas.
7. The sulfur content of any no. 2 fuel oil fired in the boiler shall not exceed .3% by weight. Additionally, the no. 2 fuel oil shall not contain any reclaimed or reprocessed oil, waste oil or other waste materials.
8. The VOC emissions from the boiler shall not exceed .0012 pound per million Btu while firing tallow, .0054 pound per million Btu while firing biogas, .0019 pound per million Btu while firing no. 2 fuel oil and .0055 pound per million Btu while firing natural gas.
9. The particulate matter emissions from the boiler shall not exceed .049 pound per million Btu while firing tallow, .0072 pound per million Btu while firing biogas, .0144 pound per million Btu while firing no. 2 fuel oil and .0074 pound per million Btu while firing natural gas.
10. The NOx, CO, SOx, VOC and PM emissions from the boiler shall not exceed 24.99, 52.56, 55.96, 1.01 and 4.10 tons, respectively in any 12 consecutive month period.
11. Within 120 days of startup, the boiler shall be stack tested for NOx, CO and SOx while burning tallow and also while burning biogas.
12. The biogas flow to the flare shall not exceed 500 cubic feet per minute at any time. The biogas flow to the flare shall be continuously monitored and recorded.
13. The flare shall not be operated more than 500 hours in any 12 consecutive month period.
14. The flare shall be equipped with a flame monitor and an automatic interlock system to shut down the biogas flow should no flame be present.
15. The NOx, CO, VOC and SOx emissions from the flare shall not exceed 1.51, 8.19, 3.1 and 9.99 pounds per hour, respectively, nor shall they exceed .38, 2.05, .78 and 2.5 tons in any 12 consecutive month period, respectively.
16. There shall be no visible air contaminant emissions from the flare other than steam or water vapor.
PUBLIC HEARING
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 823-7584.
PA 03075: Defense Energy Support Center (8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2833, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6222) for construction of a vacuum enhanced skimming operation with two 7 million Btu per hour thermal oxidizers at the former Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), 2800 South 20th Street, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
In response to comments received from the public, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Air Management Services (AMS), will conduct a public hearing at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Branch of Free Library of Philadelphia, 1935 Shunk Street on October 20, 2004, at 6 p.m. and continuing to the conclusion of testimony. The hearing is being held to receive comments from the public on the preliminary determination to approve Plan Approval 03075 for the Defense Energy Support Center.
The project consists of a system to apply low-level vacuum around existing collection wells to enhance recovery of hydrocarbon products, primarily comprised of jet fuel and gasoline, from an underlying plume at DSCP and Passyunk Home properties. The VOC vapors recovered will be treated in the thermal oxidizers before discharge to the atmosphere. The plan approval includes the following allowable emission limits.
Pollutant lbs/hr Tons/Year VOCs 5.50 24.10 NOx 1.32 5.76 CO 0.56 2.45 SO2 0.15 0.68 Particulates 0.11 0.47 Copies of all documents and information concerning this permit are available for review in Room 218, 321 University Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543 during normal business hours. Persons wishing to review these documents or to submit written comments should contact Karol Bowman, (215) 685-7572, at the previous address.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary aid, services or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact Irene Malone at (215) 685 7585 to discuss how the AMS can accommodate their needs.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
08-00024: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Avenue, Bellefonte, PA 16823) for operation of a sand and gravel processing facility in Canton Township, Bradford County.
The sand and gravel processing facility incorporates various pieces of crushing, screening and conveying equipment, as well as a 37 horsepower diesel engine. The fugitive PM emissions from the primary and secondary portions of the facility are controlled by a water spray dust suppression system. The facility is expected to emit up to 20.96 tons of PM10, 5.02 tons of NOx, 1.08 tons of CO and .58 ton of SOx per year. The respective facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued all relevant conditions established in Plan Approval 8-310-004, issued on October 21, 2003.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Eric Gustafson Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
25-00383: Erie Hard Chrome, Inc. (1570 East 12th Street, Erie, PA 16511) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for emissions from hard chromium electroplating operations in the City of Erie, Erie County.
62-00171: Meridien Hardwoods of PA, Inc. (Old Pittsfield Road, Pittsfield, PA 16340) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit to operate a waste-oil boiler at their hardwood finish mill in Pittsfield Township, Warren County.
37-00321: New Castle Recycling, Inc. (215 Gardner Avenue, New Castle, PA 16101) for a Natural Minor Permit to operate a scrap steel cutting operation in the City of New Castle, Lawrence County.
16-00130: Eden, Inc. (SR 338, Knox, PA 16232) for a Natural Minor Operating Permit for emissions from the surface coating of wooden doors and molding in Knox Borough, Clarion 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); 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 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 an 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 district mining office indicated before an application 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, 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 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 the requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the 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; the 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.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982, (724) 925-5500.
03990108 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202371. Stitt Coal Company, Inc. R. D. 1, Box 197A, Ford City, PA 16226. Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of an existing bituminous surface mine in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 24.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Garrets Run and Garrets Run (WWF). The first potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge is the Kittanning Township Elementary School. Renewal application received September 13, 2004.
California District Mining Office: 2 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
56890703. NPDES Permit No. PA0214141, Svonavec, Inc. (150 West Union Street, Suite 201, Somerset, PA 15501), to renew the permit for the Milford No. 3 Coal Refuse Disposal in Milford Township, Somerset County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received August 2, 2004.
30010701. NPDES Permit No. PA0235440, Cumberland Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Cumberland Mine No. 2 Coal Refuse Disposal Facility in Whiteley Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Cumberland Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30743711. NPDES Permit No. PA0033511, Cumberland Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Cumberland Mine Coal Refuse Disposal Facility in Whiteley Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Cumberland Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30753712. NPDES Permit No. PA0215724, Emerald Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Emerald Mine No. 1 Coal Refuse Disposal Facility No. 1 in Franklin Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Emerald Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30831303. NPDES Permit No. PA0013511, Cumberland Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Cumberland Mine in Whiteley Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Cumberland Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30841307. NPDES Permit No. PA0213438, Emerald Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Emerald Mine No. 1 in Franklin Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Emerald Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30921301. NPDES Permit No. PA0213900, River Processing Corporation (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Monongahela Resource Mine in Jefferson Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG River Processing Corporation. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30921601. NPDES Permit No. PA0214060, River Processing Corporation (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Monongahela Resource Tipple in Jefferson Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG River Processing Corporation. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
30960701. NPDES Permit No. PA0215201, Emerald Coal Resources, LP (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Emerald Mine No. 1 Coal Refuse Disposal Area No. 2 in Franklin Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG Emerald Resources, LP. No additional discharges. Application received September 2, 2004.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
49783007R4. Blaschak Coal Corp. (P. O. Box 12, Mahanoy City, PA 17948), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine and refuse disposal operation in Coal Township, Northumberland County affecting 337.3 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received September 15, 2004.
Noncoal Permit Applications Received
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
53042801. Goodwin & Son Gravel Pit (658 Gromhill Road, Coudersport, PA 16915), commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (sand and gravel) permit in Roulette Township, Potter County affecting 4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary, tributary to Allegheny River. Application received August 18, 2004.
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