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SPECIAL NOTICES
Certified Emission Reduction Credits in the Commonwealth's ERC Registry Emission reduction credits (ERCs) are surplus, permanent, quantified and Federally enforceable emission reductions used to offset emission increases of NOx, VOCs and the following criteria pollutants: CO, lead, SOx, PM, PM10 and PM10 precursors.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) maintains an ERC registry in accordance with the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.209. The ERC registry system provides for the tracking of the creation, transfer and use of ERCs. Prior to registration of the credits, ERC registry applications are reviewed and approved by the Department to confirm that the ERCs meet the requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.206--127.208. Registration of the credits in the ERC registry system constitutes certification that the ERCs satisfy applicable requirements and that the credits are available for use. The following registered and certified ERCs in the ERC Registry are currently available for use as follows:
(1) To satisfy new source review (NSR) emission offset ratio requirements.
(2) To ''net-out'' of NSR at ERC-generating facilities.
(3) To sell or trade the ERCs for use as emission offsets at new or modified facilities.
The following certified ERCs, expressed in tons per year (tpy), satisfy the applicable ERC requirements in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.206--127.208. ERCs created from the curtailment or shutdown of a source or facility expires for use as offsets 10 years after the emission reduction occurs. ERCs generated by the overcontrol of emissions by an existing facility do not expire for use as offsets. However, credits in the registry that are not used in a plan approval will be discounted if new air quality requirements are adopted by the Department or the EPA.
For additional information concerning the listing of certified ERCs, contact Virendra Trivedi, Bureau of Air Quality, Division of Permits, Department of Environmental Protection, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-4325. This ERC registry report, ERC registry application and instructions are on the Department's website: www.dep.state.pa.us (Subjects/Air Quality/Business/Permits/Emission Reduction Credit Registry System).
Facility Information Criteria Pollutant or Precursor Certified ERCs Available (tpy) Expiration Date Intended Use
of ERCsR. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
County: Lancaster
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Frederick Shaak, Jr.
VOCs 54.00 Internal Use R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
County: Lancaster
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Frederick Shaak, Jr.
VOCs 25.00 3/30/2011 Internal Use Kurz Hastings Inc.
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: George Gornick, (215) 632-2300
VOCs 137.45 Trading Kurz Hastings Inc.
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: George Gornick, (215) 632-2300
NOx
VOCs
8.01
64.55
Varies from 3/28/2013 to 1/9/2014 Trading ConAgra Grocery Products Company
Source Location: Milton Borough
County: Northumberland
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Karl Henschel, (570) 742-6644
NOx
VOCs
24.45
12.88
4/1/2006 Trading Metallized Paper Corporation of America
Recipient/Holder: PNC Bank, National Association, assignee (by private lien foreclosure)
from Metallized Paper Corp.
Source Location: McKeesport
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Martin Mueller, (412) 762-5263
VOCs 41.70 6/30/2006 Trading PPG Industries, Inc.
Source Location: Springdale Complex
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Lori Burgess, (412) 274-3884
VOCs 171.82 Trading York International Corporation
Sources:
Trichloroethylene Vapor Degreaser (151)
Trichloroethylene Vapor Degreaser (152)
Source Location: Spring Garden Township
County: York
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Garen Macdonald, (717) 771-7346VOCs
VOCs
12.20
2.70
6/1/2006
10/1/2005
Trading REXAM DSI
Source Location: Muhlenberg Township
County: Berks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: LeRoy H. Hinkle, (610) 916-4248
NOx 9.42 11/22/2005 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC: Coastal Aluminum
Rolling Mills Inc.
ERC Generating Facility: Fasson Div. of
Avery Dennison Corp.
ERC-Generating Facility Location: Quakertown, Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Jesse Hackenberg, (570) 323-4430
VOCs 3.62 Internal Use/Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC: PG&E Energy
Trading-Power, L. P.
ERC Generating Facility: Fasson Div. of Avery Dennison Corp.
ERC-Generating Facility Location: Quakertown, Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Mark Sheppard, (301) 280-6607
VOCs 39.84 8/1/2006 Trading Baldwin Hardware Corporation
Source Location: Reading
County: Berks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: D. David Hancock, Jr., (215) 777-7811
VOCs 18.00 7/28/2005 Trading Magee Rieter Automotive Systems
Source Location: Bloomsburg
County: Columbia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Tim Bergerstock, (717) 784-4100
NOx
VOCs
0.39
0.02
4/17/2006 Internal Use Congoleum Corporation
Source Location: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Theresa C. Garrod, (609) 584-3000
NOx 5.20 Trading Dominion Transmission, Inc.
CNG Transmission Corporation
Source Location: Leidy Township
County: Clinton
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Sean R. Sleigh, (304) 623-8462
NOx
VOCs
15.28
0.55
10/27/2004 Internal use and trading Bethlehem Structural Products Corp.
Source Location: Bethlehem
County: Northampton
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Joseph E. Schindler, (610) 694-5104
NOx
VOCs
1,054.00
473.80
Varies from
3/28/2008 to
6/19/2008
Trading Morgan Adhesives Company (MACtac)
Source Location: Scranton
County: Lackawanna
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Tim Owens, (330) 688-1111
VOCs 75.00 6/30/2008 Trading National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
Sources: Generators 1 and 2, Dehydrator 1
Source Location: Ellisburg Station
County: Potter
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gary A. Young, (814) 871-8657
NOx
VOCs
16.14
1.80
2/1/2009 Internal Use General Electric Company
Source Location: Lawrence Park
County: Erie
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Scott Gowdy, (814) 875-2427
VOCs 33.60
2.60
1.80
12/1/2004
12/31/2005
12/31/2006
Internal Use/Trading Sun Company, Inc.
Source: API Separator 10 and 1-F
Source Location: Marcus Hook
County: Delaware
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: John A. Rossi
VOCs 2.37 9/30/2004 Internal Use TYK America, Inc.
Source Location: Irvona Facility
County: Clearfield
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: David B. Orr, (412) 384-4259
NOx
VOCs
0.30
0.02
11/6/2008 Trading Smithkline Beechman Pharmaceuticals
Sources: Two boilers and oxidizer
Source Location: Spring Garden Street Facility
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Eileen Ackler, (610) 239-5239
NOx
VOCs
5.72
0.10
12/31/2008 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC: PG&E
Energy Trading-Power, L. P.
ERC Generating Facility: Global Packaging, Inc.
ERC-Generating Facility Location: Oaks Plant,
Montgomery County
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Sarah M. Barpoulis, (301) 280-6607
VOCs 7.70 9/1/2006 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC:
PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L. P.
ERC Generating Facility: Global Packaging, Inc.
ERC-Generating Facility Location: Oaks Plant,
Montgomery County
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Sarah M. Barpoulis, (301) 280-6607
VOCs 43.50 Trading The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company
Source Location: Mehoopany Plant
County: Wyoming
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Lars Lundin, (570) 833-3545
NOx
VOCs
136.00
237.67
5/3/2009 Internal Use/Trading Caparo Steel Company
Source: EAF Furnace No. 2 and Ladle Preheater No. 2
Source Location: Farrell Plant
County: Mercer County
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Richard A. Herman, (724) 983-6464
NOx
VOCs
36.73
12.07
8/18/2007 Trading LTV Steel Company, Inc.
Source Location: Pittsburgh Coke Plant
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: William L. West, (216) 642-7178
NOx
VOCs
1,663.00
373.00
2/28/2008 Trading Newcomer Products Inc.
Source Location: Latrobe
County: Westmoreland
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Edward M. Nemeth, (724) 694-8100
VOCs 26.00 7/14/2010 Trading Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corporation
Source Location: Cumberland Mine, Whiteley Township
County: Greene
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Terry L. Dayton, (412) 627-2219
NOx
VOCs
64.00
15.00
6/30/2005 Trading Scranton-Altoona Terminals Corporation
Source Location: Monroe Township
County: Cumberland County
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Thomas M. Carper, (717) 939-0466
VOCs 4.84 9/30/2010 Trading Pennzoil Wax Partner Company
Source Location: Rouseville
County: Venango
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: David W. Dunn, (713) 546-6941
NOx
VOCs
15.47
0.68
2/26/2010 Trading Pennzoil Wax Partner Company
Source Location: Rouseville
County: Venango
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: David W. Dunn, (713) 546-6941
NOx
VOCs
2.82
44.34
4/1/2010 Trading INDSPEC Chemical Corp.
Source: Boiler No. 8
Source Location: Petrolia
County: Butler
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Terry Melis, (412) 756-2376
NOx 158.68 Trading Sun Company, Inc.
Source: Wastewater Conveyance System
Source Location: Marcus Hook Borough
County: Delaware
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Steve Martini, (610) 859-1000
VOCs 426.59 Trading/ Internal Use Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
Source Location: Kent Station
County: Indiana
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gregory Lago, (304) 357-2079
NOx
VOCs
44.36
2.66
5/31/2011 Trading Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
Source Location: Homer Station
County: Indiana
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gregory Lago, (304) 357-2079
NOx
VOCs
45.89
3.79
5/31/2011 Trading ISG Steelton, Inc.
Source: Rail Heat Treating and Quenching
Source Location: Steelton Plant
County: Dauphin
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: James R. Hernjak, (717) 986-2042
NOx
VOCs
7.00
43.00
11/9/2009 Trading General Electric Transportation System
Source: Boiler No. 2
Source Location: E. Lake Road
County: Erie
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Mark D. Restifo, (814) 875-5406
NOx
VOCs
280.90
1.70
12/31/2010 Trading 3M Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Source Location: Bristol Plant
County: Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Jeff Muffat, (651)-778-4450
VOCs
VOCs
607.00
279.00
11/30/2011
12/17/2011
Trading Kosmos Cement Company, Cemex Inc.
Source Location: Neville Road, Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Amarjit Gill, (713) 653-8554
NOx
VOCs
910.00
26.00
4/24/2011 Trading Edgewater Steel Ltd.
Source Location: College Avenue, Oakmont
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Peter M. Guzanick, (412) 517-7217
NOx
VOCs
17.05
1.87
8/6/2008 Trading JG Furniture Group, Inc.
Source Location: Quakertown, Bucks
County: Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Donald Boisselle, (336) 410-7263
VOCs 24.4 9/1/2007 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC: Cypress Energy, Inc.
ERC Generating Facility: Laclede Steel Corporation
Source Location: Fairless
County: Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Gary Stephenson, (781) 993-3098
NOx
VOCs
104.00
45.00
11/29/2011 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC: Natsource Emissions Brokers
ERC Generating Facility: Laclede Steel Corporation
Source Location: Fairless
County: Bucks
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: David Oppenheimer, (212) 232-5305
NOx
VOCs
0.27
1.50
11/29/2011 Trading Trinity Industries, Inc.
Source Location: Greenville
County: Mercer County
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Dennis Lencioni, (214) 589-8141
VOCs 61.65 10/31/2010 Trading Rohm and Haas Company
Source Location: Bristol Township
County: Bristol
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Lloyd Davis, (215) 785-8871
VOCs
VOCs
1.15
0.32
10/30/2010
1/30/2011
Trading The Worthington Steel Company
Source Location: Malvern, East Whiteland
County: Chester
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Gregory Sautter, (614) 438-3197
VOCs 113.00 1/31/2012 Trading PPL Inc.
Source Location: Holtwood Station
County: Lancaster
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Linda A. Boyer, (610) 774-5410
NOx
VOCs
3,702.09
9.70
4/29/2009 Trading North American Refractories Company
Source Location: Womelsdorf
County: Lebanon
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Rhonda Vete, (412) 469-6122
NOx
NOx
VOCs
5.11
62.57
0.25
12/15/2010
9/30/2008
9/30/2008
Trading The Quaker Oats Company
Source Location: Shiremanstown Plant
County: Cumberland
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Richard C. Pitzer, (717) 731-3334
NOx
VOCs
4.00
1.68
Varies from
4/3/2010
to 7/15/2011
Trading Glasgow, Inc.
Source Location: Plymouth Meeting
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Brian Chabak, (215) 884-8800
NOx
VOCs
NOx
VOCs
2.72
0.21
6.54
0.52
12/31/2010
12/31/2010
6/1/2010
6/1/2010
Trading Scranton-Altoona Terminals Corporation
Source Location: East Freedom Terminal
County: Cumberland
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Thomas M. Carper, (717) 939-0466
VOCs 9.19 4/1/2009 Trading SLI Lighting Inc.
Source Location: Ellwood City
County: Lawrence
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Tim Haubach, (724) 752-6493
VOCs 5.70 6/3/2010 Trading National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Source Location: Van Compressor
St., Cranberry Township
County: Venango
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gary A. Young, (814) 871-8657
NOx
VOCs
80.90
0.65
7/19/2006 Trading Harvard Industries, Inc.
Plant name: Pottstown Precision Casting Inc.
Source Location: West Pottsgrove Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Allan B. Currie, Jr., (517) 787-5181
NOx
VOCs
28.25
8.70
11/12/2011 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC:
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.
ERC Generating Facility: Occidental Chemical Corp.
ERC Generating Source Location: Pottsgrove Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Trevor Woods, (212) 761-8895
NOx 71.40 2/28/2007 Trading Recipient/Holder of ERC:
Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.
ERC Generating Facility: Occidental Chemical Corp.
ERC Generating Source Location: Pottsgrove Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Michael Masington, (215) 875-2649
NOx 50.00 2/28/2007 Trading Horsehead Resource Co., Inc.
Source Location: East Plant (Waelz)
County: Carbon
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: John M. Cigan, (610) 826-8719
NOx
VOCs
30.80
53.80
5/31/2006 Trading The Peoples Natural Gas Company
Source Location: Laurel Ridge Station
County: Cambria
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Sheri Franz, (412) 497-6582
NOx
VOCs
13.00
4.00
11/11/2004 Trading Alcoa, Inc.
Source Location: Lebanon Township
County: Lebanon
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Kevin S. Barnett, (412) 553-2094
NOx
VOCs
48.86
882.43
Varies from
9/29/2010
to 5/1/2012
Trading Rohm and Haas
Source Location: Richmond Street
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Frank Jackson, (215) 537-4000
NOx
VOCs
NOx
50.10
30.30
0.19
6/13/2005
12/31/2004
Trading American Color Graphics, Inc.
Formerly Flexi-Tech Graphics, Inc.
Source Location: Barnhart Drive, Hanover
County: York
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Glenn Shaffer, (717) 792-8104
VOCs 9.60 1/15/2012 Trading Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
Source Location: Upper Moreland Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Wendy Cooper, (610) 286-7434
VOCs 42.61 3/29/2012 Trading National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Source Location: Heath Station
County: Jefferson
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gary A. Young, (814) 871-8657
NOx
VOCs
122.80
2.10
7/1/2005 Trading Williams Generation Company
Source Location: Hazleton Co-Gen Facility
County: Luzerne
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Terrie Blackburn, (918) 573-9766
NOx 794.6 1/31/2007 Trading Calumet Lubricants Company
Source Location: Rouseville Plant
County: Venango
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Daniel R. Chapman, (814) 678-4602
NOx
VOCs
89.80
2.38
5/21/2012 Trading Avery Dennison Corporation
Source Location: Dungan Road
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Frank J. Brandauer, (626) 398-2773
VOCs 3.13 6/30/2012 Henry Miller Spring & Manufacturing Company
Source Location: Sharpsburg
County: Allegheny
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: David J. Jablonowski, (412) 782-7300
NOx
VOCs
10.96
36.47
1/22/2010 Trading Penco Products, Inc.
Source Location: Lower Providence Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Allan J. Goss, (610) 666-0500
NOx
VOCs
3.11
29.48
10/1/2011 Trading Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Source Location: Hollidaysburg Car Shop
County: Blair
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Carl Russo, (814) 949-1479
NOx
VOCs
4.35
69.80
7/19/2012 Trading World Kitchen Inc.
Source Location: Charleroi Plant
County: Washington
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: James Rowlett, (724) 489-2288
NOx 251.43 Trading PPG Industries, Inc.
Source Location: Greenwood Township
County: Crawford
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: David J. Neal, (412) 492-5507
NOx 1,118.50 Trading Sentry Paint Technologies, Inc.
Source Location: Mill Street, Darby
County: Delaware
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Benjamin Breskman, (610) 522-1900
VOCs 3.56 4/30/2013 Trading R. H. Sheppard Company, Inc.
Source Location: Core making operation in Hanover
County: York
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Julie L. Smith, (717) 637-3751
VOCs 14.43 4/15/2013 Trading International Paper
Source: Bleach Plant, Erie Mill
County: Erie
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gary Morrow, (814) 870-6782
VOCs 72.6 Trading International Paper
Source Location: Erie Mill
County: Erie
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Gary Morrow, (814) 870-6782
NOx
VOCs
1,235.00
943.00
9/30/2012 Trading Crompton Corporation
Formally known as Witco Corporation
Source Location: Petrolia Facility
County: Butler
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: R. G. Fleeger, (412) 756-2210
NOx 2.65 5/31/2005 Trading Corning Incorporated
Source Location: College Township
County: Centre
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Moderate
Contact Person: Douglas A. Wolf, (607) 974-4267
NOx 1,400.01 6/23/2013 Trading Sea Gull Lighting Products, Inc.
Source Location: 25th and Wharton St.
County: Philadelphia
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Mark Gardiner, (215) 468-7255
VOCs 12.5 3/1/2013 Trading Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
Source Location: Upper Moreland Township
County: Montgomery
Ozone Nonattainment Status: Severe
Contact Person: Wendy Cooper, (610) 286-7434
NOx
CO
2.90
1.30
10/20/2013 Trading
Summary of ERC Transaction The following ERC transaction is approved by the Bureau of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Protection, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The ERC transaction requirements are specify in 25 Pa. Code § 127.208.
ERC Generating Facility Information
ERC Generating Facility Name: International Paper--Erie
Location of Source: 1540 East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16533
Certified ERCs (tpy): 1235 tpy of NOx and 990 tpy of VOC ERCs
Amount of ERCs traded to Purchaser/Recipient: 47 tpy of VOC
Date of ERCs Transfer: 8/17/2004
ERCs available for future use: 1,235 tpy of NOx and 943 tpy of VOCPurchaser/Recipient of ERCs
Purchaser/Recipient of ERCs: CraftMaster Manufacturing, Inc.
Location of Source: P. O. Box 311, Shiner Road, Towanda, PA 18848
Plan Approval Number: 08-0003A
VOC credits used: 0 tpy
VOC credits available for future use: 47 tpyERC Generating Facility Information
ERC Generating Facility Name: Hershey Chocolate USA (Hershey Foods Corporation)
Location of Source: 19 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033
Certified ERCs (tpy): 189 tpy of NOx
Amount of ERCs donated: 189 tpy of NOx
Date of ERCs donation: 8/27/2004
ERCs available for future use: 0 tpyPurchaser/Recipient of ERCs
Recipient of ERCs: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Mailing Address: Old Water Works Building, 614 North Front St., Suite G, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Intended Use: Permanent Retirement
NOx credits available for future use: 0 tpy
Abandoned Strip Mine Project; Pinecreek, Jefferson County Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
Under Act 181 of 1984, the Department solicits letters of interest from the landowners and licensed mine operators for the reclamation of the following abandoned strip mine project:
Project No. Municipality County Acres 40-02-008 Pinecreek Jefferson 2.3 R & L Coal Corporation, SMP No. 33980106, on the Arnold E. Kerner property requires backfilling and revegetation.
Letters of interest must be received by Javed I. Mirza, District Mining Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232 by 4:30 p.m. on November 15, 2004, to be considered.
Telephone inquiries should be directed to Javed I. Mirza, (814) 797-1191.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed in Clearfield County Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
The Department will hold a public meeting to discuss and accept comments on a proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed in Clearfield County. The meeting will be held on November 17, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. at the Clearfield County Multiservice Center, Daisy Street, Clearfield, PA. Individuals who plan to make a presentation at the public meeting should contact John Mital, Moshannon District Mining Office, (814) 342-8200 by 4 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2004. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed, which will be submitted to the EPA for approval.
The proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed was established in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Water Act, section 303(d). One stream segment in the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed has been identified as impaired on the 1996 Pennsylvania Section 303(d) list due to depressed pH and/or high concentrations of metals. The listed segment and miles degraded are shown in the following table:
Stream Code (Segment ID) Stream Name Miles Degraded 26216 (7174) North Branch Upper
Morgan Run
2.7 The proposed plan provides calculations of the stream's total capacity to accept metals (aluminum, iron, manganese and acidity), pH and maintain levels below water quality criteria. The applicable water quality criteria are as follows:
Parameter Criterion value (mg/l) Total Recoverable/Dissolved Aluminum 0.75 Total Recoverable Iron 1.5 Total Recoverable Manganese 1.00 Total Recoverable pH 6.0--9.0 N/A The primary pollutant source for the watershed is abandoned mine workings. This watershed was mined for coal in the 1900s. The effects of this are still present.
The proposed TMDL was developed using Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) to determine long-term average concentrations that each stream segment could accept and still meet water quality criteria 99% of the time. MCS allows for the expansion of a data set based on its statistical makeup. Since there was no critical flow condition where criteria were exceeded, the Department used the average flow to express the loading values in the proposed TMDL. The proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. Field data collected over the past 2 years was used to establish the proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed. The data and all supporting information used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department.
The Department will accept written comments on the proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed. Written comments must be postmarked by December 29, 2004, and sent to John Mital, Geologic Specialist, Department of Environmental Protection, Moshannon District Mining Office, 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200, jmital@state.pa.us.
To request a copy of the proposed TMDL and associated information sheet or to obtain directions to the Clearfield County Multiservice Center, contact John Mital.
The proposed TMDL for the North Branch Upper Morgan Run Watershed can be accessed through the Department's website: www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: TMDL). Persons with a disability who require accommodations to attend this meting should contact the Department at (814) 472-1900 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Little Schuylkill River, West Branch Schuylkill River, Muddy Branch Creek and Mill Creek in the Upper Schuylkill River Watershed in Schuylkill County Pottsville District Mining Office: Mike Hill, Geologic Specialist, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901.
The Department is holding a public meeting on November 16, 2004, at 7 p.m. at the Schuylkill County Agricultural Center, Pottsville, PA to discuss and accept comments on a proposed TMDL, established in accordance with the requirements of the 1996 section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Four stream segments in the Upper Schuylkill River Watershed have been identified as impaired on the 1996 Pennsylvania 303(d) list due to metals, other inorganics and pH. The listed segments and miles degraded are shown in the following table:
Stream Code Stream Name Miles Degraded 02202 Little Schuylkill River 2.5 02202 Little Schuylkill River 3.2 02202 Little Schuylkill River 2.4 02329 West Branch Schuylkill River 9 02336 Muddy Branch Creek 3.5 02353 Mill Creek 5.5 The proposed plan provides calculations of the stream's total capacity to accept metals, other inorganics and pH and maintain levels below water quality criteria. The applicable water quality criteria are as follows:
Parameter Criterion Value (mg/l) Total Recoverable/Dissolved Aluminum (Al) 0.75 Total Recoverable Iron (Fe) 1.50 30-day average; Total Manganese (Mn) 1.00 Total Recoverable pH * 6.0--9.0 N/A The primary pollutant source for the watershed is abandoned mine workings. This watershed was heavily mined for coal. The effects of this are still present. Allocations made in the TMDLs are load allocations that are made to nonpoint sources of pollution and waste load allocations that are made to point sources of pollution.
The TMDL was developed using MCS to determine long-term average concentrations that each stream segment could accept and still meet water quality criteria 99% of the time. MCS allows for the expansion of a dataset based on its statistical makeup. Since there was no critical flow condition where criteria were exceeded, the Department used the average flow to express the loading values in the TMDL.
The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. The basis of information used in the establishment of this TMDL is field data collected over the past 10 years.
The data and all supporting information used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. To request a copy of the proposed TMDL and an information sheet, contact Mike Hill, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, mihill@state.pa.us. Directions to the meeting place can also be obtained through this contact.
The TMDL can be viewed and printed by accessing the Department's website: www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: TMDL).
Written comments will be accepted at the previous address and must be postmarked by January 15, 2004. Persons who plan to make a presentation at the public meeting should notify the Department by November 10, 2004. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to the EPA for approval.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1961. Filed for public inspection October 29, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
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