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AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State operating permit and Title V operating permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of the applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the regional office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a proposed plan approval or operating permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the Plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified before the application. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act (act) and regulations adopted under the act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-05004M: P. H. Glatfelter Co. (228 South Main Street, Spring Grove, PA 17362-0500) on June 1, 2006, to make new products on their paper machines in Spring Grove Borough, York County.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
17-305-051A: Parkwood Resources, Inc. (511 Railroad Avenue, Homer City, PA 15748) for modification of a coal stockpiling and truck loading operation by increasing the throughput from 700,000 tons in any 12-consecutive month period to 1,200,000 tons in any 12-consecutive month period at their Cherry Tree Mine in Burnside Township, Clearfield 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.
09-0134C: Reed Minerals (905 Steel Road South, Fairless Hills, PA 19030) for modification of their coal slag roofing granules plant, to replace a dust collector in Falls Township, Bucks County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The proposed dust collector will control emissions from the rotary dryer and the dryer feed conveyor. The new dust collector will have the same capture efficiency of the old dust collector. Therefore, there will be no change in potential emissions at the facility. Emissions of PM will remain below 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic feet. The Plan Approval will contain monitoring, recordkeeping and operating conditions designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
40-303-027: Pennsy Supply, Inc. (1001 Paxton Street, P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17104) for modification of a batch asphalt plant to utilize waste derived liquid fuel at the Slusser Brothers facility at 225 New Boston Road, Jenkins Township, Luzerne County. Particulate emissions from the plant are controlled by the existing baghouse. Expected particulate emission rate will be less than 0.02 grain/dscf. The company will operate the facility and maintain the equipment in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. The Plan Approval will be incorporated into the company's State-only Operating Permit when operational. The operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions that are designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
45-320-005: United Envelope (P. O. Box 37, Mount Pocono, PA 18344) for construction and operation of flexographic printing presses in Colbaugh Township, Monroe County. The installation will consists of six flexographic printing presses to print envelope. As per Department's best available technology requirements for new sources to minimize emissions, these presses will use low VOC containing inks, which will minimize VOC emissions. Expected VOC emissions from these presses will be 1.3 tons per year including cleaning solvents emissions. The company will operate the facility and maintain the presses in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation. 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.
21-03072A: Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home (219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013) for installation of a human crematory in the Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
36-05145A: Craigg Manufacturing Corp. (P. O. Box 901, Adamstown, PA 19501) for operation of the utility box manufacturing process in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. The facility has limitations to keep emissions less than 50 tpy of VOC, 25 tpy of combined HAPs and 10 tpy of a single HAP. The plan approval will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-05032D: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations, Inc. (1425 Eden Road, York, PA 17402) for the venting to atmosphere of the exhaust from an existing cartridge filter at the York motorcycle assembly plant in Springettsbury Township, York County. Atmospheric emissions will not be measurably impacted by this action. The plan approval and operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
14-00014C: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Ave., Bellefonte, PA 16823) for construction of two aggregate storage bins and two associated conveyors in an existing asphalt plant, construction of a mineral filler storage silo, truck loadout spout and pug mill (mixer) in a secondary stone crushing operation, construction of a portable stone crushing and screening plant and associated 400 horsepower diesel engine, construction of a portable stone screening plant and associated 101 horsepower diesel engine, construction of a railcar stone unloading operation and construction of a liquid asphalt and reprocessed/recycled oil storage and distribution operation at the Pleasant Gap facility on SR 64 in Spring Township, Centre County.
The railcar stone unloading operation will involve the unloading of stone from railcars and will consist of two hoppers and four associated conveyors. The conveyors will be equipped with a water spray dust suppression system for fugitive dust control. This operation is not expected to emit more than 10.81 tons of PM and 3.97 tons of PM10 per year.
The liquid asphalt and reprocessed/recycled oil storage and distribution operation will consist of a 4,200,000 gallon capacity liquid asphalt storage tank, a 1,512,000 gallon capacity liquid asphalt storage tank, a 1,512,000 gallon capacity reprocessed/recycled oil storage tank, a two bay tank truck loading rack, a six station railcar unloading rack and two 8.4 million Btu per hour natural gas-fired hot oil heaters. The air contaminant emissions from this operation are not expected to exceed 6.57 tons of NOx, 2.72 tons of CO, .31 ton of VOCs and .37 ton of PM10 per year.
The portable stone crushing and screening plant will be equipped with a water spray dust suppression system for fugitive dust control. The air contaminant emissions from this plant are not expected to exceed 3.6 tons of particulate matter, 2.35 tons of PM10, 4.72 tons of NOx, 1.18 tons of CO, 1.64 tons of SOx and .26 ton of nonmethane hydrocarbons per year.
The portable stone screening plant will not be equipped with any air cleaning device due to the moist nature of the material being processed. The air contaminant emissions from this plant are not expected to exceed 2.52 tons of NOx, 2.94 tons of PM, 1.19 tons of PM10, .24 ton of CO, .91 ton of SOx tons of hydrocarbons per year.
The mineral filler storage silo and associated truck loadout spout will be ducted to an existing fabric collector for PM control.
The asphalt plant aggregate bins and conveyors will not be equipped with any air cleaning device due to the low associated PM emission potential. The emission of PM and PM10 from the bins and conveyors is expected to be minimal.
Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. has also, in the respective application, proposed to accept more stringent air contaminant emission limitations for a number of air contamination sources located at this site than those previously in force. This is being done to assure that the facility will not become a major (Title V) facility.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. indicates that the air contamination sources to be constructed will comply will all regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the fugitive air contaminant emission requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 123.1 and 40 CFR 60.670--60.676 and the best available technology requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval for the proposed construction.
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. Conditions contained in State-only Operating Permit 14-00014 and Plan Approval 14-00014B remain in effect unless amended or superseded by a condition contained herein. If there is a conflict between a condition contained herein and a condition contained in State-only Operating Permit 14-00014 or Plan Approval 14-00014B, the permittee shall comply with the condition contained herein rather than with the conflicting condition contained in State-only Operating Permit 14-00014 or Plan Approval 14-00014B.
2. Open top trucks loaded with dust from the mineral filler storage silo truck loadout spout shall either be tarped, or otherwise covered, during loading or the loadout spout shall be monitored and adjusted as necessary during loading such that the bottom of the spout is as close to the top of the material in the truckbed at all times as is reasonably possible. Following the completion of loading, all open top trucks shall be tarped, or otherwise covered, before being moved from the silo area.
3. The portable stone crushing and screening plant shall be equipped with a water spray dust suppression system incorporating spray nozzles at the inlet and outlet of the crusher, the inlet of the screen and the discharge of the product conveyor. The water spray dust suppression system shall be connected to an on-demand water source capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at any time the respective plant is in use. The water spray dust suppression system shall also be equipped with strainers to prevent nozzle plugging. If the water source cannot deliver an adequate supply of water to properly operate the water spray dust suppression system or if the water spray dust suppression system is incapable of operation due to weather conditions or any other reason, the portable stone crushing and screening plant shall not be operated.
4. The diesel engine associated with the portable stone crushing and screening plant shall not operate more than 3,999 hours in any 12-consecutive month period nor shall it be fired on anything other than virgin diesel fuel with a maximum sulfur content of .3% (by weight) and to which no reprocessed/recycled oil or waste oil or other waste materials have been added nor shall it emit more than 3.6 grams of NOx per kilowatt-hour, .90 gram of CO per kilowatt-hour, 1.25 grams of SOx per kilowatt-hour, .10 gram of PM/PM10 per kilowatt-hour and .20 gram of nonmethane hydrocarbons per kilowatt-hour nor shall it emit more than 2.36 pounds of NOx per hour, .59 pound of CO per hour, .82 pound of SOx per hour, .07 pound of PM/PM10 per hour and .13 pound of nonmethane hydrocarbons per hour.
5. There shall be no visible fugitive emissions at any time from the portable stone screening plant.
6. The diesel engine associated with the portable stone screening plant shall not operate more than 4,800 hours in any 12-consecutive month period nor shall it be fired on anything other than virgin diesel fuel with a maximum sulfur content of .3% (by weight) and to which no reprocessed/recycled oil or waste oil or other waste materials have been added nor shall it emit more than 6.32 grams of NOx per kilowatt hour, .61 gram of CO per kilowatt hour, 2.3 grams of SOx per kilowatt hour, .24 gram of PM/PM10 per kilowatt-hour and .17 gram of hydrocarbons per kilowatt hour nor shall it emit more than 1.05 pounds of NOx per hour, .10 pound of CO per hour, .38 pound of SOx per hour, .04 pound of PM/PM10 per hour and .03 pound of hydrocarbons per hour.
7. No more than 1,200,000 tons of stone shall be processed through the railcar stone unloading operation in any 12-consecutive month period.
8. The conveyors incorporated in the railcar stone unloading operation shall be equipped with a water spray dust suppression system incorporating a spray nozzle at the discharge of each conveyor. This water spray dust suppression system shall be connected to an on-demand water source capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at any time the railcar unloading operation is in use. The water spray dust suppression system shall also be equipped with strainers to prevent spray nozzle plugging. If the water source cannot deliver an adequate supply of water to properly operate the water spray dust suppression system or if the water spray dust suppression system is incapable of operation due to weather conditions or any other reason, the railcar stone unloading operation shall not be operated.
9. There shall be no visible fugitive emissions at any time from either the hoppers incorporated in the railcar unloading operation or from the rail cars while in the process of being unloaded.
10. The storage tanks incorporated in the liquid asphalt and reprocessed/recycled oil storage and distribution operation shall not be used to store anything other than liquid asphalt or reprocessed/recycled oil nor shall anything ever stored in any of the tanks have a vapor pressure in excess of 1.5 psia under actual storage conditions.
11. The two hot oil heaters incorporated in the liquid asphalt and reprocessed/recycled oil storage and distribution operation should only be fired on natural gas.
12. Records shall be maintained of the number of hours each of the diesel engines associated with the portable stone crushing and screening plant and portable stone screening plant is operated each month, the amount of stone processed through the railcar stone unloading operation each month, the identity of all materials stored in the liquid asphalt and reprocessed/recycled oil storage operation at all times.
13. The emission of NOx, CO and VOCs from the asphalt plant shall not exceed .0345, .0735 and .0420 pounds per ton of asphalt concrete produced, respectively, nor shall they exceed 17.25, 36.75 and 21.0 pounds per hour, respectively.
14. The emission of PM/PM10 from the asphalt plant shall not exceed .0056 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume nor shall it exceed .93 pound per hour.
15. The PM/PM10 emissions from the Astec model RBH-30-7-MOD fabric collector associated with the secondary stone crushing operation shall not exceed .0109 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume nor shall they exceed 1.33 pounds per hour. The PM/PM10 emissions from the Amerex RP-12-429-D6 fabric collector associated with the secondary stone crushing operation shall not exceed .0091 grain per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume nor shall they exceed 3.51 pounds per hour.
16. The secondary stone crushing operation shall not process more than 3,504,000 tons of stone in any 12-consecutive month period.
17. The permittee shall perform stack testing on the asphalt plant annually to determine its NOx, CO, VOC and PM emission rates. The permittee shall also perform stack testing on the Astec model RBH-30-7-MOD and Amerex RP-12-429-D6 fabric collectors associated with the secondary stone crushing operation annually to determine their particulate matter emission rate. The first such annual testing to be performed following the issuance of this plan approval shall be performed by no later than October 31, 2006, and the annual testing in all subsequent years shall be performed by no later than July 31 of each year.
18. Following the completion of the construction approved herein, the total combined emission of nitrogen oxides from all sources existing at this facility shall not exceed 31.80 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined emission of CO shall not exceed 40.88 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined emission of SOx shall not exceed 78.50 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined emission of VOCs shall not exceed 21.20 tons in any 12-consecutive month period, the total combined emission of PM10 shall not exceed 68.70 tons in any 12-consecutive month period and the total combined emission of particulate matter shall not exceed 102.87 tons in any 12-consecutive month period.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, George Monasky, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
10-021L and 10-021M: Indspec Chemical Corp. (133 Main Street P. O. Box 307, Petrolia, PA 16050) for modifications of plan approval 10-021J to remove the restriction on hours of operation for the resin hold tank (Source 191) and the resin scrubber (Source 163) in Petrolia Borough, Butler County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue plan approvals to Indspec Chemical Corporation in Petrolia Borough, Butler County. The facility was issued a Title V permit No. TV-10-00021 on November 2, 2000. These plan approvals will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan approval No. 10-21L and 10-21M are for the modifications of plan approval 10-021J to remove the restriction on hours of operation for the resin hold tank (Source 191) and the resin scrubber (Source 163). The plan approval limits will increase from 8.06 tpy to 11.0 tpy. The plan approvals contain limitations of the resin production of 19,124,000 pounds per year (based on a 12-month rolling total). The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional monitoring, recordkeeping and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the applications, the Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the Applications are available for public review during normal business hours at the Northwest Regional DEP Office, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335.
Persons wishing to provide Department with additional information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. The Department will consider any written comments received within 30 days of the publication of this notice. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit [Permit No. 10-021L and 10-021M].
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines telephone notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Matthew Williams, New Source Review, Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6940.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should by contacting Matthew Williams, or the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
If a plan approval has not undergone the public notice process the change to an operating permit must be treated as a significant modification. In these situations, the Department should follow the procedures described in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.421--127.431 for State-only operating permits or 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521--127.524 for Title V operating permits.
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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-05004: P. H. Glatfelter Co. (228 South Main Street, Spring Grove, PA 17362-0500) for operation of their sulfite kraft paper mill in Spring Grove Borough, York County. This is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 2000.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
65-00788: Sony Electronics, Inc. (1001 Technology Drive, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666) for assembly and manufacturing operations for televisions at their Sony Technology Center in East Huntingdon Township located in Westmoreland County. This is a Title V Operating Permit 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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
44-05016: Lewistown Cabinet Center, Inc. (P. O. Box 507, Reedsville, PA 17084) for operation of their cabinet finishing system in Armagh Township, Mifflin County. The State-only operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, emission restrictions and work practice standards to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality requirements.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
56-00302: Lincoln Contracting and Equipment (2478 Lincoln Highway, Boswell, PA 15563) for painting operation at Boswell facility in Jenner Township, Somerset County.
56-00303: Lincoln Contracting and Equipment (2478 Lincoln Highway, Boswell, PA 15563) for painting and operating at Somerset facility in Somerset City, Somerset County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
33-00160: Reynoldsville Casket Co., Inc. (South 5th Street Extension, Reynoldsville, PA 15851) for manufacturing burial caskets outside the Borough of Reynoldsville, Jefferson County.
62-00174: Warren County Humane Society (212 Elm Street, Warren, PA 16365-2868) for operation of an animal crematorium outside the City of Warren, Warren County.
10-00346: Scrap Salvage and Surplus, Inc. (690A Glenwood Way, Butler, PA 16001) for operation of a scrap cutting and salvage company outside the City of Butler, Center Township, Butler County.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of an application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before an application. Where a 401 Water Quality Certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for certification.
Written comments, objections or requests for informal conferences on applications may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the district mining office indicated before an application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34.
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations as identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. In addition, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit, when necessary, for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies who have requested review of NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on the requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* * The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: (1) surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and (2) drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
03991301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235407. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201), to renew the permit for the Logansport Mine in Bethel, Burrell, Gilpin and Parks Townships, Armstrong County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received May 10, 2006.
33971301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0215031. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (One Energy Place, Suite 2800, Latrobe, PA 15650), to revise the permit and related NPDES permit for the Dora No. 8 Mine in Perry Township, Jefferson County to mine the Middle Kittanning coal seam and add surface acreage to install the new MK Portal. Surface acres proposed 6.3. Receiving stream: Mahoning Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received April 28, 2006.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
26060104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250929. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (1384 SR 711, Stahlstown, PA 15687). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Luzerne and German Township, Fayette County, affecting 90 acres. Receiving streams: Antram Run and the Monongahela River, classified for the following use: WWF. The potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Southwestern PA Water Authority and Tri-County Joint Municipal Authority. Application received on June 13, 2006.
30940102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0200930. Shafer Brothers Construction, Inc. (668 Lower Hildebrand Road, Morgantown, WV 26501). Renewal application for reclamation only of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Greene Township, Greene County, affecting 25.5 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to Whiteley Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is not potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: May 26, 2006.
30960101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0201626. C. J. & L. Coal (P. O. Box 133, Jefferson, PA 15344). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Morgan Township, Greene County, affecting 136 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to South Fork of Ten Mile Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. Renewal application received: June 21, 2006.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
16-06-08 and NDPES Permit No. PA0258148. Neiswonger Construction, Inc. (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258). Proposal to enter into a Government Financed Reclamation Construction Contract on a 13.4 acre site in Clarion Township, Clarion County. The proposal includes total reclamation of 5.8 acres of abandoned mine lands as well as 7.6 acres of coal removal incidental and necessary to the reclamation activities. Receiving streams: UNT A to Little Piney Creek, UNT B to Little Mill Creek and UNT C to Douglass Run to Mill Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 19, 2006.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
17960101 and NPDES No. PA0220256. Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (5510 State Park Road, Penfield, PA 15849), permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Morris Township, Clearfield County, affecting 184.8 acres. Receiving streams: Hawk Run and two UNTs. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 15, 2006.
14940101 and NPDES No. PA0219932. Junior Coal Contracting, Inc. (2330 Six Mile Road, Philipsburg, PA 16866), permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Rush Township, Centre County, affecting 522.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Moshannon Creek to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 16, 2006.
17060106 and NPDES No. PA0256386. King Coal Sales, Inc. (P. O. Box 712, Philipsburg, PA 16866), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Morris Township, Clearfield County, affecting 29.0 acres. Receiving stream: Flat Run; UNT to Sulphur Run; UNT to Moshannon Creek; classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 1, 2006.
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 Alkalinity exceeding acidity1 pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 1 The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour 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.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
3076SM7. Terra Resources, LLC (222 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001. Transfer of an existing sand and gravel operation in Jefferson Township, Mercer County affecting 61.0 acres. Receiving streams: Lackawannock Creek, classified for the following uses: TSF and UNT to Shenango River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Transfer from J. Taylor Sand & Gravel. Application received: June 20, 2006.
43060302. Terra Resources, LLC (222 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001. Commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Jefferson Township, Mercer County affecting 61.0 acres. Receiving streams: Lackawannock Creek, classified for the following use: TSF and UNT to Shenango River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 20, 2006.
18119-43060302-E-1. Terra Resources, LLC (222 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001. Application for a stream encroachment beginning at the intersection of Lackawannock Creek and SR 3039 Valley Road, the variance is requested for the northeast side of Lackawannock Creek for approximately 1,600 feet southeast of the forementioned intersection. A 50-foot variance is re-quested for aggregate stockyard area and truck traffic. Receiving streams: Lackawannock Creek, classified for the following uses: TSF and UNT to Shenango River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 20, 2006.
18119-43060302-E-2. 43060302. Terra Resources, LLC (222 South Main Street, Butler, PA 16001. Application for a stream encroachment for UNT 1 to Lackawannock Creek which runs along the north side of a portion of the permit area and then extends east through the north central portion of the permit area. Beginning at a point approximately 300 feet east of the intersection for the UNT 1 and SR 3039 Valley Road, a 50 foot stream variance is requested for the south side of the UNT 1 to Lackawannock Creek for approximately 750 feet extending eastward. At this point, a 50-foot variance is requested for both the north and south side of the UNT for an additional 700 feet extending in a northeast direction to the permit area. A 50 foot variance is requested for this segment of stream channel to conduct mining activities within 100 feet of the stream but no closer than 50 feet in Jefferson Township, Mercer County. Receiving streams: Lackawannock Creek, classified for the following use: TSF and UNT to Shenango River, classified for the following use: WWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 20, 2006.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the regional office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the regional office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend a hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
E09-898. Bristol Township, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA 19007, Bristol Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To perform the following activities associated with the flood control measures at the existing Minot Avenue subdivision:
1. To construct and maintain an approximately 535 linear feet of earth fill levee in the floodplain of west bank of Delaware River (WWF-MF) impacting 0.01 acre of adjacent wetlands (PFO).
2. To install and maintain a pump station and associated 16-inch dip outfall pipe in the floodplain of Delaware River associated with the interior drainage of the proposed levee.
3. To install and maintain a tide gate at the existing 24-inch outfall pipe to Delaware River.
The site is located approximately 1,800 feet southeast of the intersection of 2nd Street and River Road, (Beverly, NJ-PA USGS Quadrangle N: 13.7 inches; W: 3.5 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
E67-797: James Merritts, 33 Deardorff Road, Dillsburg, PA 17019 in Washington Township, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 21-foot by 3-foot by 14-foot open bottom concrete box culvert with endwalls and two 36-inch by 35-inch smoothed-lined plastic pipe culverts which will impact 0.03 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands all in a UNT to the North Branch Bermudian Creek (WWF) (Dillsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 11.7 inches W: 1.4 inches Latitude: 40° 3` 52" Longitude: 77° 0` 36") in Washington Township, York County. The wetland impact is considered de minimis and mitigation is not required.
E07-403: M.M.F.R.E., LP, 210 E. Plank Road, Altoona, PA 16603-1252 in Logan Township, Blair County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To fill in 0.372 acre of wetland to construct the proposed Hilton Garden Inn hotel and associated improvements located along Amelia Avenue about 400 feet from its intersection with Frankstown Road (Hollidaysburg, PA Quadrangle N: 18.7 inches; W: 2.2 inches; Latitude: 40° 28` 41"; Longitude: 78° 23` 27") in Logan Township, Blair County. The applicant will provide a replacement wetland of 0.375 acre.
E06-610: City of Reading, 503 North 6th Street, Reading, PA 19601-3690 in the City of Reading, Berks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To restore approximately 1,600 LF of Angelica Creek, including a 400-foot realignment, riparian buffer, 2 acres of new wetlands, creation of a recreational fishing pond, restoration of meadow habitat, a new 58-foot span pedestrian bridge, extend a stormwater outfall from an adjacent ballpark and various enhancements to the environmental park located west of Route 10 in the City of Reading at the former site of Angelica Lake (Reading, PA Quadrangle: Latitude: 40° 18` 44", Longitude: 75° 55` 34").
Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E25-665A, Milt and Jean Ganger Property. Retaining wall support structures, in Springfield Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (East Springfield, PA Quadrangle N: 22.2 inches; W: 10.2 inches).
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain two short retaining wall supports, at elevation below (lakeward of) the ordinary high water mark, at the Ganger residence, located at 12996 Old Lake Road, East Springfield. The supports would be comprised of 2-foot by 2-foot by 6-foot (2` by 2` by 6`) concrete blocks, would extend into Lake Erie less than 20 feet from the Ordinary High Water Mark, and be 12 feet and 6 feet wide, respectively. The supports will act as groins, and are proposed to be no taller than eighteen inches above the beach profile elevation. Lake Erie is a body of water classified as a CWF. This project proposes to impact less than 0.1 acre of Lake Erie.
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