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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
Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Permit No.0905509, Public Water Supply
Applicant Perkasie Borough Authority Borough Perkasie County Bucks Responsible Official Gary J. Winton Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Andersen Engineering Associates, Inc. Application Received Date September 9, 2005 Description of Action Installation of an Arsenic Removal Unit at Well House No. 11 to remove arsenic from a portion of the output from Well 11 and blend it with untreated water from Well 11 so that the blended output will have an arsenic concentration less than 10 ppb. Permit No.2305504 Public Water Supply
Applicant Chester Water Authority Township London Grove County Delaware Responsible Official Russell C. Williams Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Russell C. Williams, P. E.
Chester Water AuthorityApplication Received Date September 14, 2004 Description of Action Construction of a booster station at Guernsey Road in London Grove Township, Chester County. Northwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Application No. 2505503, Minor Amendment
Applicant Cross Station MHP Township or Borough Girard Township
Erie CountyResponsible Official Charles L. Bauer, Owner Type of Facility PWS Application Received Date 09/07/2005 Description of Action Modification to existing distribution system, including addition of pump house and single point of chlorination for permitted source currently serving the park. Application No. 4287502-MA4, Minor Amendment
Applicant Bradford City Water Authority Township or Borough Bradford
McKean CountyResponsible Official Kim R. Benjamin, Exec. Director Type of Facility PWS Application Received Date 09/14/2005 Description of Action Wet interior and exterior recoating and minor repairs to existing water tank located on Bon Air Road. Application No. 2505504, Public Water Supply
Applicant Georgetown Heights Subdivision Association Township or Borough McKean
Erie CountyResponsible Official Charles Cook, Vice President Type of Facility PWS Application Received Date 09/12/2005 Description of Action Modification to existing public water supply for the addition of manganese greensand filters. Application No. 6205501, Public Water Supply
Applicant PA American Water Township or Borough Glade Township
Warren CountyResponsible Official William Lage, Project Manager Type of Facility PWS Application Received Date 09/09/2005 Description of Action Replace existing booster pumps at the Cobham Road station with new pumps with increased capacity.
MINOR AMENDMENT
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Application Minor Amendment.
Applicant Lehighton Water Authority Township or Borough Franklin Township
Carbon CountyResponsible Official Galasso Armando, Superintendent
Lehighton Water Authority
Box 29, Municipal Building
Lehighton, PA 18235
(610) 377-1912Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer James C. Elliott, P. E., VP
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
P. O. Box 67100
Harrisburg, PA 17106-7100
(717) 763-7211Application Received Date August 19, 2005 Description of Action Application for approval of previous replacement of a 40 gpm wastewater recycling pump with a 60 gpm recycling pump.
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:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Dauphin Oil Company--Station No. 3, Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County. Environmental Remediation & Recovery, Inc., 5719 Route 6N, Edinboro, PA 16412 on behalf of Dauphin Oil Company, 815 Newville Road, Carlisle, PA 17013, submitted a revised Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons during closure of storage tanks and a floor drain. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the combined Site Specific and Statewide Health Standard requirements. The site will be redeveloped as a retail drug store.
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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
13-318-008: Kovatch Mobile Equipment (One Industrial Complex, Nesquehoning, PA 18240) for construction of two paint spray booths and associated air cleaning devices in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County.
40-317-026: General Mills Operations, Inc. (1 General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55426) for modification of two par-bake bread systems at 2 Chestnut Drive, Hazleton, PA 18202, Hazle Township, Luzerne County.
35-318-090: Vycom Corp. (888 North Keyser Avenue, Scranton, PA 18504) for construction of a paint spray booth and the associated air cleaning device in Scranton, Lackawanna County.
35-399-042: Vycom Corp. (888 North Keyser Avenue, Scranton, PA 18504) for construction of molding machines, extruder and saw and the associated air cleaning devices in Scranton, Lackawanna County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
07-03034C: Fry Metals, Inc. d/b/a Cookson Electronics (4100 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602) for modification of the air pollution control system at their facility in the City of Altoona, Blair County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, George Monasky, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
25-952F: Bush Industries, Inc. (2455 Robinson Road West, Erie, PA 16509) plan approval for installation of various particle board machinery at their Erie facility in the Township of Summit, Erie County.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-0164: H and K Materials, Inc. (300 Skunkhollow Road, Chalfont, PA 18914) for installation of a new wet suppression system onto an existing nonmetallic mineral processing plant, in Hilltown Township, Bucks County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. This Plan Approval will not result in any changes to allowable emissions of PM. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
46-0180: Transicoil Corp. (9 Iron Bridge Drive, Collegeville, PA 19426) for installation of three vapor degreasers, that uses trichloroethylene (TCE) as degreasing agent, at the Transicoil military, aerospace and medical product and parts manufacturing new facility at 9 Iron Bridge Drive, Collegeville, PA 19426, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County. The installation of the three vapor degreasers may result in the emissions of 2 tons per year of TCE. TCE is a VOC. TCE is a Hazardous Air Pollutant. 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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
28-05005B: York Refrigeration--Frick (100 CV Avenue, Waynesboro, PA 17268) for installation of a paint spray booth with dry filter system in their Waynesboro Borough, Franklin County plant. This action will not significantly impact emissions from the facility. The plan approval and operating permit will include emission limits along with provisions for monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards to ensure the plant complies with the applicable air quality requirements.
36-03157: Fertrell Co. (P. O. Box 265, Bainbridge, PA 17502) for installation of a new 7 mmBtu/hr rotary dryer at their Bainbridge plant in Conoy Township, Lancaster County. Actual expected emissions are ten tons per year of particulate matter. The facility is a State-only facility. The approval will include monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-05069F: Oldcastle Stone Products (550 S. Biesecker Road, Thomasville, PA 17364) for modification to the decorative stone operation at their Thomasville Facility in Jackson Township, York County. The screening circuit is enclosed and the associated silos have respective bin vent controls. PM and PM10 emissions are not expected to increase. The plan approval and operating permit shall contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
12-399-013A: GKN Sinter Metals, Inc. (15420 Route 120, P. O. Box 493, Emporium, PA 15834) for authorization to construct a draw furnace and an induction hardener incorporating two quench stations and the installation of a two-stage electrostatic precipitator (ESP) to control the air contaminant emissions from the draw furnace and induction hardener for their Barton Street facility in Emporium Borough, Cameron County.
The proposed construction will result in the emissions of 0.00322 ton per year of submicron size vapor/smoke consisting mainly of water and sodium nitrite.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information contained in the application indicates that the draw furnace, induction hardener and ESP will comply with all applicable requirements pertaining to air contamination sources, air cleaning devices and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department intends to approve the application and issue plan approval for the proposed construction and installation.
The Department proposes to place in the plan approval the following conditions to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:
1. Under the best available technology provisions in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the air contaminant emissions from the induction hardener and draw furnace shall be controlled by a United Air Specialists, Inc. model PSG-32-3 two-stage wet ESP.
2. Under the best available technology provisions in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the concentration of particulate matter to the outdoor atmosphere of the combined exhaust from the induction hardener and draw furnace shall not exceed 0.00002 grain per dry standard cubic foot.
3. Under the best available technology provisions in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the opacity of the combined exhaust to the outdoor atmosphere from the induction hardener and draw furnace shall not exceed 0%, by U.S. EPA Test Method 9, at all times.
4. The permittee shall measure, at least once each month, during induction hardener and draw furnace operation, the opacity of the combined exhaust from the induction hardener and draw furnace, by U.S. EPA Test Method 9.
5. The permittee shall install, maintain and operate instrumentation to continuously measure and record the temperature of the exhaust entering the ESP. The temperature of the exhaust entering the ESP shall not exceed 100°F. The temperature monitoring system shall be electronically interlocked with the induction hardener and draw furnace to immediately shut down the induction hardener and draw furnace should the exhaust temperature to the ESP exceed 100°F. The temperature records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
6. At least 60 days before operation of the induction hardener and draw furnace, the permittee shall submit the following information to the Department regarding the temperature monitoring and recording system: equipment manufacturer and model number, manufacturer's literature, the expected normal and maximum measurement device readings, the location of the monitoring system measurement points in relation to the ESP and the exhaust duct wall, including a flow diagram that clearly shows the location of the measurement points. The Department reserves the right to condition the proposed monitoring system or deny it, if inadequate.
7. The permittee shall monitor and record at least once each day the status of the indicator light on each power pack access door of each module of the ESP. If an indicator lamp is flashing or is not lit, the permittee shall within the same day perform the troubleshooting procedures and repairs/corrective actions contained on pages 17--20 of the manufacturer's manual. The permittee shall record the troubleshooting procedures performed and the repairs/corrective actions made. In addition, the permittee shall record the output voltages to the ionizer section and collection section of each affected module before and after the repairs/corrective actions made. The output voltage to the ionizer section shall be 10.0 to 11.5 KVDC and the output voltage to the collection section shall be 4.5 to 7.3 KVDC. Repairs/corrective actions that can be made during troubleshooting shall be performed the same day; repairs that require replacement parts shall be completed within 15 days of diagnosis. If either the ionizer section output voltage or the collection section output voltage is outside of the above ranges, the induction hardener and draw furnace shall not be operated until the voltages are restored to within the above required ranges. Records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
8. The permittee shall manually clean the internal components of the ESP at least once every 3 months in accordance with the manual cleaning and inspection procedures specified on pages 14--16 of the manufacturer's manual. The induction hardener and the draw furnace shall not be operated during ESP cleaning.
9. The permittee shall perform the weekly inspection and maintenance operations specified on pages 13 and 14 of the manufacturer's manual.
10. The permittee shall keep records of the U.S. EPA Test Method 9 opacity measurements and resulting averages and any corrective actions taken if the average opacity exceeds 0%. The records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
11. The permittee shall keep the following records of each manual cleaning of the ESP: date of cleaning, type of detergent used (including MSDS), detergent strength, water temperature, type of agitation/impingement used, duration of soaking, rinse procedure and dry-out time. The records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
12. The permittee shall keep records of the results of each weekly inspection and the repairs/corrective actions made. The records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
13. The permittee shall keep records of the amount of Polyquench 15 used each month in the induction hardener. The records shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
Copies of the application are available for public review between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling the Department at (570) 327-3693. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Muhammad Q. Zaman, Chief, Facilities Permitting Section, Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality Program, Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-0512.
60-318-011A: Pik Rite, Inc. (60 Pik Rite Lane, Lewisburg, PA 17837) for construction of a fabricated steel parts surface coating operation in Buffalo Township, Union County.
The surface coating operation will incorporate two spray booths in which farm equipment and other items are spray painted. The air contaminant emissions from this surface coating operation are not expected to exceed 3.54 tons of VOCs, .57 ton of volatile hazardous air pollutants and .89 ton of acetone per year.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Pik Rite, Inc. indicates that the surface coating operation will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including the applicable limitation of 25 Pa. Code § 129.52 and the best available technology requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue plan approval for the construction of the surface coating operation.
The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:
1. No more than a combined total of 1,770.5 gallons of coating used in the surface coating operation in any 12-consecutive month period shall contain VOCs in excess of 1.69 pounds per gallon of coating, as mixed for application, and no coating shall contain VOCs in excess of 2.74 pounds per gallon of coating, as mixed for application.
2. No more than a combined total of 1,072.5 gallons of coating used in the surface coating operation in any 12-consecutive month period, as mixed for application, shall contain any volatile hazardous air pollutants, of which no more than 272.5 gallons in any 12-consecutive month period shall contain volatile hazardous air pollutants in excess of .36 pound per gallon of coating, as mixed for application, and none shall contain volatile hazardous air pollutants in excess of 1.2 pounds per gallon of coating, as mixed for application.
3. No more than 5 gallons of adhesives shall be used in any 12-consecutive month period and no adhesive shall contain VOCs or volatile hazardous air pollutants in excess of 5.09 pounds per gallon of adhesive, as mixed for application.
4. No more than 250 gallons of cleanup solvent shall be used in any 12-consecutive month period, of which no more than 200 gallons shall contain any VOCs or volatile hazardous air pollutants. No cleanup solvent shall contain volatile hazardous air pollutants in excess of 3.31 pounds per gallon of solvent.
5. The total combined VOC emissions from the surface coating operation shall not exceed 3.54 tons in any 12-consecutive month period and the total combined volatile hazardous air pollutant emissions shall not exceed .57 ton in any 12-consecutive month period.
6. Coatings applied in the surface coating operation shall be applied by brush or wiping cloth or by high volume low pressure spray technology (or an application technique determined by the Department to have an equivalent transfer efficiency).
7. Surface coating performed at this site shall take place in spray booths which are exhausted to the atmosphere through spray booth filters except that coatings can be applied by brush or wiping cloth outside of the spray booths. The particulate matter emission rate from the spray booths shall not exceed .01 grain per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust.
8. Coatings used in the surface coating operation shall comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.52.
9. VOC-containing, volatile hazardous air pollutant-containing and acetone-containing materials used in the surface coating operation shall be stored in closed containers when not in actual use. Spray lines, guns, and the like, shall be cleaned by either flushing a solid liquid stream of solvent into an appropriate container or by soaking equipment in closed containers of liquid solvent. Under no circumstances shall cleaning solvent be sprayed or flushed from a spray gun or line into the air. Under no circumstances shall cleaning solvent be flushed from a spray gun or line into a container in such a manner that it is atomized. Used cleaning solvent and all used cleaning rags or cloths shall be stored in closed containers and shall never be treated in any manner which would unnecessarily promote the evaporative loss of cleaning solvent to the atmosphere.
10. Records shall be maintained of the identity, composition and amount of each coating, coating component, coating additive, adhesive, cleaning solvent, and the like used each month. If a coating is mixed onsite from multiple components or if a coating has an additive (other than water) mixed with it on site, records shall also be maintained of the identity and composition of each of the coating components mixed together, as well as the mix ratio, for each different batch of coating mixed.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
63-00027A: Allegheny Ludlum (100 River Road, Brackenridge, PA 15014) for addition of a second, natural gas fired, reheat furnace to the 110 inch rolling mill at the company's Jessop Steel, LLC facility in Washington, Washington County.
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(a)(4), the Department of Environmental Protection intends to issue a Plan Approval to Allegheny Ludlum to add a second, natural gas fired, reheat furnace to the 110 inch rolling mill at the company's Jessop Steel, LLC facility located in Washington, Washington County. The potential NOx and VOC emissions from the new reheat furnace source can be accommodated within the existing limits set by Title V Permit No: 63-00027 for Allegheny Ludlum's Washington facility.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
46-00014: Knoll Inc. (1235 Water Street, East Greenville, PA 18041) in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County. The permit is for the renewal of a Title V facility. The facility's sources include 4 boilers, 24 air makeup units, 56-fuel oil heaters, 3 hot oil boilers, 14 spray booths, woodworking areas, metal and plastic saw, wood manufacturing operation, panel finishing, u.v. finishing line (a-e), power wash and bake ovens, finishing sanding (e-146), fluidized bed burner and cyclone, panel cleaning and glue removal operation and pow preheat and curing ovens. The permittee's has the potential to emit more than 25.0 ton/year for VOC and NOx and is therefore characterized as a Title V, Major Facility. The facility is also considered major for its SOx emissions. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-00014: Kimberly-Clark Pennsylvania, LLC (Front and Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013) for the incorporation of plan approval PA-23-0014C into the Title V Permit. The facility is in the City of Chester, Delaware County. The permit was revised for the addition of a venturi scrubber to Paper Machine No. 17. The emission rate of particulate matter from the scrubber is limited to 0.66 pound per hour and 2.89 tons per year and the particulate concentration of the exhaust is limited to 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic feet. The company is required to monitor and record recirculation flow rate of the scrubber liquid and pressure drop across the scrubber.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-00021: Northampton Generating Co., LP (1 Horeith Drive, Northampton, PA 18067) for operation of a CFB Boiler, propane vaporizer, emergency fire pump, emergency generator, Ash handling equipment and Flyash, lime stone handling equipment operation in Northampton Borough, Northampton County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1999.
48-00015: Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp. (1275 Daly Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18016) for operation of 44 forging furnaces, and other ancillary operation for forging in City of Bethlehem, Bethlehem County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1999.
48-00009: Victaulic Co. of America, Fork Facility (4901 Kesslerville Road, Easton, PA 18042) for operation of foundry equipment such as melting furnace, sand handling, charge handling, core preparations, pouring and casting operation, spray booths and other foundry operation equipment in Forks Township, Northampton County. This action is renewal of the title V Operating Permit.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-05008: York International Corp. (P. O. Box 1592-361Q, York, PA 17405-1592) for renewal of their Title V Operating Permit for their Grantley Plant in Spring Garden Township. The refrigeration and heating equipment manufacturing facility's major sources of emissions emanate from the surface coating booths. The sources primarily emit VOCs and HAPs.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
65-00173: Summerill Tube Corp. (Franklin Street, Scottdale, PA 15683) to continue operation at their Scottdale Plant in Scottdale Borough, Westmoreland County. This is a Title V renewal.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-00110: Riverside Construction Materials, Inc. (335 Newbold Rd, Fairless Hills, PA 19030) for operation of a bulk cement off loading and storage system in Bristol Township, Bucks County. The permit is for a non-Title V State-only facility. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-00096: County of Delaware--George W. Hill Correctional Facility (Cheyney and Springlawn Roads, Thornton, PA 19373) for operation of six emergency generators and various small hot water heaters at the correctional facility in Concord Township, Delaware County. The permit is for a non-Title V State-only facility. The facility has elected to cap NOx to less than 25 tons per year each; therefore the facility is a Synthetic Minor. The permit incorporates the plan approval covering the generators, PA-23-0096. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
23-00071: Giant Construction, Inc. (260 Bridgewater Road, Aston, PA 19014) for a non-Title V facility, State-only, Natural Minor Permit in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County. The source of emissions is a concrete plant with a filter vent. Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to address applicable limitations.
46-00100: Moyco Precision Abrasives (200 Commerce Drive, Montgomeryville, PA 18936) for a non-Title V facility, State-only, Synthetic Minor Permit in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County. The sources of emissions are space heaters, surface coating operations and thermal oxidizer. The facility has a potential to emit VOCs. Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to address applicable limitations.
15-00077: Hanson Aggregrates--Downingtown formerly Milestone Materials (1609 Sullivan Trail, Easton, PA 18044) for a non-Title V facility, State-only, Natural Minor Permit in East Caln Township, Chester County. The source of emissions is a stone crushing plant consisting of crushers, screens, conveyors, baghouses and wet suppression system. Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to address applicable limitations.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
40-00089: Jedo Coal Co. (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701) for operation coal processing units such as crusher, screens and associated accessories in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.
40-00096: DMS Shredding Inc. (P. O. Box 1022, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703) for operation of a Hammermill Shredder and its associated accessories in Hanover Township, Luzerne County.
48-00080: Belyea Co., Inc. (2200 Northwood Avenue, Easton, PA 18045) for operation of a spraybooth and its accessories in Palmer Township, Northampton County.
48-00084: Michelman--Cancellirere Iron Works, Inc. (P. O. Box 20431, Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0431) for operation of a spraybooth and its associated accessories in East Allen Township, Northampton County.
54-00065: GHM, Inc. (17 Pinedale Industrial Road, Orwisburg, PA 17961-9727) for operation of a plastic tank manufacturing plant and its accessories in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-05069: Oldcastle Stone Products (550 South Biesecker Road, Thomasville, PA 17364) for an operating permit at their Thomasville Facility for the limestone crushing operations. The operation is located in Jackson Township, York County. This facility's PM emissions are controlled mainly by fabric collectors, enclosures and wet suppression. The State-only Operating Permit will include emission limitations, work practice standards and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements in addition to the New Source Performance Standards requirements found in 40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart OOO.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
47-00007: Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. (1840 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067) for operation of their facility in Danville Borough, Montour County. The facility's main sources include three natural gas fired boilers/heaters, and one packed column air stripper used to remove contaminants from the contaminated groundwater onsite. This facility has the potential to emit SOx, CO, NOx, VOCs, hazardous air pollutants and particulate matter less than PM10 below the major emission thresholds.
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.
California District Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
17851501. NPDES Permit No. PA0215694, Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (5510 State Park Road, Penfield, PA 15849), to renew the permit for Clearfield Siding in Boggs Township, Clearfield County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received July 20, 2005.
30841312. NPDES Permit No. PA0013790, Consolidation Coal Company (1 Bridge Street, Monongah, WV 26554), to renew the permit and related NPDES permit and to revise the permit for the Blacksville Mine No. 2 in Wayne, Jackson and Gilmore Townships, Greene County to delete 5,970 subsidence control plan area acres. No additional discharges. Application received August 30, 2005.
30841317 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213527, Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (P. O. Box J, 1525 Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, PA 15323), to revise the permit for the Enlow Fork Mine in Morris Township, Washington County to install Prosperity Portal, Archer Run Slope, nine boreholes, and add three NPDES discharge points. Surface Acres Proposed 218.9. Receiving stream: Archer Run, classified for the following use: TSF. Application received July 21, 2005.
32980701. NPDES Permit No. PA0235369, RoxCOAL, Inc. (P. O. Box 149, Friedens, PA 15541), to renew the permit for the Rock Refuse Disposal Area (North Branch) in Greene Township, Indiana County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received July 19, 2005.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
11990103 and NPDES No. PA0235091. Paul F. Becker Coal Company, 1593 Old Route 22, Duncans- ville, PA 16635-5707, permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Elder Township, Cambria County, affecting 21.2 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Brubaker Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 9, 2005.
32000103 and NPDES No PA 0235300. AMFIRE Mining Co. LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650-9628, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface auger mine in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, affecting 64.3 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to/and Allen Run, and Penn Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is PA American Water Company Two Lick Creek SWI. Application received September 12, 2005.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
65000101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202827. Coal Loaders, Inc. (210 East Main Street, P. O. Box 556, Ligonier, PA 15658). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 23 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Hypocrite Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: September 13, 2005.
65000101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202827. Coal Loaders, Inc. (210 East Main Street, P. O. Box 556, Ligonier, PA 15658). Revision application for additional acres to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 23 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Hypocrite Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: September 13, 2005.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232 (814) 797-1191.
33050905 and NDPES Permit No. PA0258016. Neiswonger Construction, Inc. (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258). Commencement, operation and restoration of an incidental coal extraction operation in Washington Township, Jefferson County affecting 6.6 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Sandy Lick Creek, classified for the following uses: TSF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application to include a landuse change from forestland to commercial. Application received: September 8. 2005.
61020101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242063. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Irwin Township, Venango County affecting 25.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Scrubgrass Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Revision to include a land use change from forestland and forestland now abandoned surface mine to unmanaged natural habitat on the Dale J. Hoffman, now Martha A. Hoffman, and Donna Duffola properties. Application received: September 14, 2005.
33950109 and NPDES Permit No. PA0227161. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Beaver Township, Jefferson County affecting 110.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNT of Tarkiln Run and Red Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Hawthorn Municipal Authority. Application for reclamation only. Application received: September 15, 2005.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
54020101C4. Summit Anthracite, Inc. (196 Vista Road, Klingerstown, PA 17941), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation to include fly ash disposal in Porter and Hegins Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 300.0 acres, receiving stream: East Branch Rausch Creek. Application received September 6, 2005.
54840201R4. Pagnotti Enterprises, Inc. (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701), renewal of an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation in Mahanoy and West Mananoy Townships and Shenandoah Borough, Schuylkill County affecting 332.0 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received September 8, 2005.
40850203R4. Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc. (1 Market Street, Laflin, PA 18702), renewal of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Newport Township, Luzerne County affecting 49.0 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received September 12, 2005.
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