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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-1080

NOTICES

General Permit No. WMGR038; Notice of Renewal and Public Comment Period

[36 Pa.B. 3040]
[Saturday, June 17, 2006]

   Under the authority of 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 the Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste other than Coal Ash, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) seeks comments on the proposed renewal of and revisions to General Permit No. WMGR038. The current general permit will expire on August 24, 2006.

   General Permit No. WMGR038 authorizes processing and beneficial use of waste tires for tire derived fuel and tire derived material. The processing is limited to collection, sorting, storage, recapping, cleaning, shredding, chipping, grinding, crumbing and baling. The approved beneficial use of whole waste tires, tire chips, baled tires, tires shreds and crumb rubber is limited to use in recapping, as fuel in boilers or other combustion units, in civil engineering practices and as an ingredient in commercial products.

   The Department is proposing to modify the current requirement in the general permit to allow the height fence to be lowered from 10 feet to 6 feet. The general permit is proposed for renewal for 10 years.

   The following current operators have submitted renewal applications for the general permit:

   *  Southeast Region
   Carbon Services of Philadelphia, Inc.
   52 Fairview Drive,
   Leighton, PA 18235
   Permit No.:  WMGR038SE002

   *  Southcentral Region
   Penn Turf, Inc.
   R. R. 4 Box 624,
   Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
   Permit No.:  WMGR038SC001

   Public comments on the proposed renewal of and revisions to General Permit No. WMGR038 must be submitted by July 17, 2006, and may include recommended revisions to the general permit and approval or denial of the renewal applications indicated previously. When finalized, notice of the renewal of General Permit No. WMGR038 and the subsequent issuance of renewals thereof will be published in future editions of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   The revised General Permit No. WMGR038 can be obtained by contacting the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Management, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, (717) 787-7381, rhassinger@state.pa.us. The revised General Permit is also accessible on the Department's website at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Public Participation, Participate,'' then choose ''Proposals Open for Comment'').

   Comments concerning General Permit No. WMGR038, including its renewal and issuance thereof, should be directed by July 17, 2006, to Ronald C. Hassinger, Chief, General Permits/Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, (717) 787-7381. Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

   Following the specified comment period, the Department will review submitted comments, prepare a written comments and response document (CRD) and prepare a final documents package for this general permit. An availability of the final general permit documents, including the CRD, will be announced in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1080. Filed for public inspection June 16, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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