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IV. NPDES Applications for Stormwater Discharges from MS4
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UseDepartment Protocol
(Y/N)PAI132204 Upper Milford Township
5831 King's Highway South
Old Zionsville, PA 18068Lehigh Upper Milford Township Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF
Saucon Creek
CWF
Perkiomen Creek
HQ-CWFY PAI132206 Palmer Township
3 Weller Place
P. O. Box 3039
Palmer, PA 18043-3039Northampton Palmer Township
Shoeneck Creek
WWF
Bushkill Creek
HQ-CWF
Lehigh River
WWFY PAI132205 Upper Macungie Township
8330 Schantz Road
Breinigsville, PA 18031Lehigh Upper Macungie Township Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF
Jordan Creek
TSF, MF
Hassen Creek
HQ-CWF, MF
Y PAI132207 Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bethlehem, PA 18015Northampton Lower Saucon Township Saucon Creek
CWF
Cooks Creek
EV
Black River
CWF
Polk Valley Run
CWF
East Branch Saucon Creek
CWFY
V. Applications for NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from MS4
VI. NPDES Individual Permit Applications for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Monroe County Conservation District: 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (570) 629-3060.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAI024504001 David Quaresimo
c/o Keystone Used Auto Sales
Route 209
Brodheadsville, PA 18322Monroe Chestnuthill Township McMichaels Creek
EVPAI024504002 Meadow Creek, Inc.
R. R. 5, Box 5138A
Stroudsburg, PA 18360Monroe Middle Smithfield Township Marshalls Creek
HQ-CWF
PAI024503025 Resort Beverage, Inc.
P. O. Box 143
Tannersville, PA 18372Monroe Pocono Township Pocono Creek
HQ-CWFLehigh County Conservation District: Lehigh Ag. Ctr., Ste. 102, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104, (610) 391-9583.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAI023904003 Larry Krautner
Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
3311 Airport Road
Allentown, PA 18109Lehigh City of Allentown Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWFPAI023904004 Frank Ryan
200 Four Falls, Suite 208
W. Conshohocken, PA 19428Lehigh Upper Macungie Township Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWFSouthcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAS10H053R1 S & A Homes, Inc.
5709 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112Cumberland South Middleton Township Letort Spring Run
EVNorthcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Centre Conservation District: 414 Holmes Ave., Bellefonte, PA 16823, (814) 355-6817.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAI041403017 Pennsylvania State University
Office of Physical Plant
Physical Plant Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802Centre State College Borough Thompson Run, Big Hollow
HQ-CWF, CWF
VII. List of NOIs for NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types
PAG-12 CAFOs PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from MS4
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 may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Permit No. 4503507, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Penn Estates Utilities, Inc.
503 Hallet Road
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301Township or Borough Stroud Township, Monroe County Responsible Official John Hawks, Manager Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer SAIC Engineering, Inc.
6310 Allentown Blvd.
Harrisburg, PA 17112Application Received Date December 8, 2003 Description of Action Construction of a new source (well 7), transmission pipeline and treatment building. Northcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit No. 5904501. Public Water Supply.
Applicant Nelson Township Authority
P. O. Box 100
Lakeview Drive
Nelson, PA 16840-0100Township Nelson Township, Tioga County Responsible Official Loren Doan, President
Nelson Township Authority
P. O. Box 100, Lakeview Drive
Nelson, PA 16840-0100
Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer James J. Rhoades
Alfred Benesch & Company
400 One Norwegian Plaza
P. O. Box 1090
Pottsville, PA 17801Application Received Date January 14, 2004 Description of Action Construction of a river intake structure on the Cowanesque River, a wet well on the riverbank and a conventional package filtration plant. Permit No. Minor Amendment. Public Water Supply.
Applicant Canton Borough Authority
100 Park Place, P. O. Box 237
Canton, PA 17724
Borough Canton Borough, Bradford County Responsible Official Les Hilfiger, Authority Manager
100 Park Place, P. O. Box 237
Canton, PA 17724
Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Paul A. Krizan, P. E.
Larson Design Group
1000 Commerce Park Drive
Williamsport, PA 17703-0487Application Received Date January 20, 2004 Description of Action Replacement of approximately 27,000 LF of water line, the replacement of approximately 8,000 LF of water service connections and the installation of a new 300,000-gallon aboveground, finished water storage tank. The goal of the project is to reduce water losses in the system and to increase fire flows.
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 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, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Former Exxon Station No. 2-7497, Horsham Township, Montgomery County. Stephanie Rose, GES, Inc., 410 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 110, Exton, PA 19341, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Intelligencer on January 14, 2004.
Former Oscar Mayer and Dupont Facilities, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Jamey A. Stynchula, P. G., Pennoni Associates, Inc., 3001 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, on behalf of Jonathan Edelstein, PAID, 2600 Centre Sq. West, 1500 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents, inorganics and other organics; and groundwater contaminated with inorganics, other organics and PAH. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Philadelphia Daily News on January 12, 2004.
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
V & S Sandwich Shop, Wyomissing Borough, Berks County. Alternative Environmental Solutions, Inc., 930 Pointview Avenue, Ephrata, PA 17522, on behalf of David Mogel, 11 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with leaded gasoline. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Reading Eagle on November 26, 2003.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Former Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Bradford Township, McKean County. Jennifer Alexander, ENTACT, 4040 W. Royal Lane, Suite 136, Irving, TX 75063 (on behalf of Richard Kessel, Property Owner, Kessel Construction, P. O. Box 737, Bradford, PA 16701) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with inorganics, lead and other organics. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health, Nonresidential Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bradford Era on October 3, 2003.
Paul's Chrome Plating, 90 Pattison Dr., Evans City, PA 16033, Adams Township, Butler County, Joseph A. Scalamogna, P. G., Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc. 615 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 (on behalf of Fred Hespenheide, Owner, Paul's Chrome Plating, 90 Pattison Dr., Evans City, PA 16033) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with inorganics. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health, Nonresidential Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Butler Eagle on January 26, 2004.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Applications Received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the
Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.Southeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit Application No. 101477. BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc.--Philadelphia Transcyclery, 2209 S. 58th St., Philadelphia, PA 19143, City of Philadelphia. The application was received for a renewal of a permit for a new 10-year term. The application was received by the Southeast Regional Office on January 26, 2004.
Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Permit Application No. 101615. Commonwealth Environmental Systems Landfill, Commonwealth Environmental Systems, L. P., P. O. Box 249, Dunmore, PA 18512. A Permit Renewal application for this municipal waste landfill in Foster Township, Schuylkill County. The application was received in the Regional Office on December 19, 2003. As of January 21, 2004, it was found to be administratively complete.
Southcentral Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Permit Application No. 300583. ISG Steelton, Inc., 215 South Front St., Steelton, PA 17113, Swatara Township, Dauphin County. The application is for the permit reissuance of the permit for the Steelton Plant Residual Waste Landfill. The application was determined to be administratively complete by the Southcentral Regional Office on January 22,2004.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to John Krueger, Program Manager, Waste Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Waste Management Program, (717) 705-4706. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to and approval or denial of the application.
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 indicated before an application 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 a proposed plan approval or operating permit. Comments or protests filed with Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified 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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Mark Wejkszner New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-307-060: MFS, Inc. (Easton Road, R. R. 5, Box 5151, Bethlehem, PA 18015) for installation of air cleaning devices to control the atmospheric emissions from two mineral wool cupolas at their facility in Bethlehem, Northampton County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
38-03014B: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (1001 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104) for modification of their Millard limestone crushing plant in North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County. The modifications include the installation of several screens and conveyors and are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants.
67-05098B: Global Stone PenRoc, LP (100 Zarfoss Drive, P. O. Box 1967, York, PA 17405) for construction of a conveyance system and relocation of microsizer equipment from the company's Whiting Plant to their West Filler Plant (495 Global Stone Drive, York, PA 17404) in West Manchester Township, York County. The source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-270A: CCL Container (One Llodio Drive, Hermitage, PA 16148-9015) for replacement of an existing 25,000 cfm incinerator with a new 30,000 cfm regenerative catalytic oxidizer in Hermitage, Mercer County. This is a Title V facility.
20-263A: TAPCO Tube Co. (10748 South Water Street Extension, Meadville, PA 16335) for post construction of two dip paint lines in West Mead Township, Crawford County. This is a State-only facility.
25-069I: Engelhard Corp. (1729 East Avenue Erie, PA 16503) for an increase of production and modification of VOC emission limit in plan approval 25-313-025E from 3.0 #/hr to 4.9 #/hr for the Maleic Plant at the Catalyst Manufacturing Plant in the City of Erie, Erie County.
43-329B: White Rock Silica Sand Co., Inc. (331 Methodist Road, Greenville, PA 16125) to increase the allowable operating hours at their rock crushing facility in Hempfield Township, Mercer 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.
09-0105B: Naceville Materials--Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (483 Springfield Street, Coopersburg, PA 18036) for modification of a Batch Asphalt Plant at their existing facility in Springfield Township, Bucks County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The modification includes the use of no. 2 fuel oil and ''on-specification'' waste derived liquid fuel as additional fuels to be used in the rotary dryer. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping, operating and performance testing requirements designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
31-03033: Stone Valley Welding (R. R. 2, Box 213, Huntingdon, PA 16652) to operate a metal surface coating booth using solvent coatings in Jackson Township, Huntingdon County. The primary emissions from the source are VOCs which will be limited to 11.6 tons per year. The Plan Approval will contain restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
38-05019B: AES Ironwood, LLC (305 Prescott Road, Lebanon, PA 17042) for modification of the plan approval definitions for start-up and shutdown of the two combustion turbines at their facility in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. The turbines are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG--Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines. The definitional changes will not significantly impact emissions from the facility.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-05100: Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP (5115 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605) for operation of an electric generating facility controlled with low NOx combustion and select catalytic reduction in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County. The facility is a Title V facility with the potential to emit the following annually: 104.8 tons of particulate; 135.2 tons of NOx; 91.1 tons of SO2; 439.3 tons of CO; and 49.0 tons of VOCs. The applicant has taken restrictions on the annual emissions of NOx and VOC. The main sources two combined cycle gas combustion turbines will have short term limits on the emissions of NOx, CO, particulate, SO2, VOC and sulfuric acid. the facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; 40 CFR Part 52, Prevention of Significant Deterioration; 40 CFR Part 72, Acid Rain; 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subpart E; and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 145. The permit will include monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air requirements.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
10-00285: Waste Management Disposal Services PA, Inc. (1436 West Sunbury Road, West Sunbury, PA 16061) for reissuance of a Title V Operating Permit to operate their Northwest Sanitary Landfill in Clay Township, Butler County.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
36-03101: Pennfield Corp. (3579 Hempland Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) for operation of a feed plant in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Actual PM10, SOx and NOx emissions are expected to be less than 2 TPY, less than 3 TPY and less than 2 TPY respectively. The State-only operating permit will contain testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
33-00148: Brockway Mould Inc. (Route 219, Brockport, PA 15823) for a Natural Minor operating permit to manufacture glass molds in Snyder Township, Jefferson County.
25-00066: Acurride Erie L. P. (1015 East 12th Street, Erie, PA 16503) for a Natural Minor Permit to operate a forging plant for production of aluminum truck wheels and tire molds in Erie, Erie County.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, PA 19401; Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
OP-15-0104: Tasty Baking Oxford, Inc. (700 Lincoln Street, Oxford, PA) a proposed revision to the State implementation plan for VOCs and notice of public hearing for their facility in Oxford Township, Chester County. The hearing, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. on February 18, 2004, in the Schuylkill River Room, Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, Montgomery County, has been temporarily postponed.
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.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
54980101R and NPDES PA0223921. Reilly Mineral Resources, Inc. (P. O. Box 989, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of anthracite surface mine and for existing discharge of treated mine drainage in Walker Township, Schuylkill County, affecting 817.0 acres. Receiving streams: Schuylkill River. Application received January 27, 2004.
California District Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, California Technology Park, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
32841602. NPDES Permit No. PA0092631, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit for the Clymer Tipple in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit from Mears Enterprises, Inc. No additional discharges. Application received December 17, 2003.
32850701. NPDES Permit No. PA0213683, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit for the Clymer Refuse Disposal Site in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit from Mears Enterprises, Inc. No additional discharges. Application received December 17, 2003.
30830701. NPDES Permit No. PA0214124, Consolidation Coal Company (R. D. 4, Box 425, Moundsville, WV 26041), to renew the permit for the Dilworth Rock Disposal Area in Cumberland Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received January 22, 2004.
32011302. NPDES Permit No. PA0235521, AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit for the Gillhouser Run Mine in Buffington and Brush Valley Townships, Indiana County and related NPDES permit from Laurel Energy, LP. No additional discharges. Application received January 26, 2004.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
33990105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0228001. S & M Mining (15 Rayne Run Road, Marion Center, PA 15759). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Winslow Township, Jefferson County, affecting 226.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Sandy Lick Creek and Sandy Lick Creek (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Reynoldsville Public Water Authority. Application for reclamation only. Application received January 26, 2004.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56980110 and NPDES Permit No. PA0234940. Fritz Coal, Inc. (412 Brownstown Hill, Stoystown, PA 15563), permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, affecting 50.9 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to and Wells Creek (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Hooversville Borough Somerset County Municipal Authority Stonycreek Surface Water Withdrawal. Application received January 20, 2004.
Coal Applications Withdrawn
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
40030201. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite refuse reprocessing operation in Exeter Borough, Luzerne County, affecting 83.7 acres. Receiving stream: None. Application received February 24, 2003. Application withdrawn: January 27, 2004.
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.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
8274SM4A2C5. Rohrer's Quarry, Inc. (70 Lititz Road, Lititz, PA 17543), depth correction for an existing quarry operation in Penn and Warwick Townships, Lancaster County, affecting 168.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Conestoga Creek. Application received January 22, 2004.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56920302 and NPDES Permit No. PA0212326. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664), renewal of NPDES Permit, Shade Township, Somerset County. Receiving streams: Laurel Run (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Stonycreek Surface Water Withdrawal. NPDES renewal application received January 20, 2004.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982, (724) 925-5500.
26990301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202584. Vanderbilt Aggregates, LLC (P. O. Box 125, Uniontown, PA 15401). Transfer application from Carbon Fuel Resources, Inc. for an existing noncoal surface mine in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, affecting 297 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Dickerson Run (WWF). There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles from the point of discharge. Transfer application received January 16, 2004.
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