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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, William R. Weaver, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
05-05021: Hill & Smith Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Creative Pultrusions, Inc. (214 Industrial Lane, Alum Bank, PA 15521-8304) for pultrusion, surface coating and chrome plating operations at their facility in West St. Clair Township, Bedford County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart WWWW, National Emission Standards for HAPs; Reinforced Plastic Composites Production; Subpart N, National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks; and Subpart PPPP, National Emission Standards for HAPs for Surface Coating of Plastic Parts and Products. The primary pollutants are VOCs and HAPs. The operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of a Title V Operating Permit issued in October 2003.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
42-00028: Saint Gobain Containers, LLC (One Glass Place, Port Allegany, PA 16743) for the re-issuance of a Title V Permit to operate a glass containers manufacturing facility in Port Allegany Borough, McKean County. The facility's major emission sources include two natural gas fired glass melting furnaces No. 1 and No. 3, hot end treatment, mold swab, power house and office building boilers, miscellaneous natural gas usage, cold cleaning parts washer, conditioning/forming/finishing lines and emergency generator. The facility is a major facility due to its potential to emit of NOx and SOx. The facility is not subject to CAM plan because the furnaces have no control devices and the other precontrolled emission of criteria pollutants are less than Title V threshold limits. The facility is also subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart SSSSSS--National Emission Standards for HAPs for Glass Manufacturing Area Sources. The applicable requirements have been included in the permit during this 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, Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
15-00061: Phoenixville Hospital (140 Nutt Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460) for operation of boilers and emergency generators at their hospital in Phoenixville Borough, Chester County. The renewal permit is for a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The facility has elected to cap their NOx and SOx emissions to Minor Source threshold levels to remain a Synthetic Minor. The renewal permit includes one new source, Source ID 105, two Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers. The source is of minor significance, according to 25 Pa. Code § 127.14(a)(8) and (b) because potential VOC emissions are less than 1 tpy. The source is subject to the work practice standard and reporting requirement of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart WWWWW--National Emission Standards for Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers (the facility is an area source for HAPs). The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the hospital operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2507.
40-00076: Wilkes-Barre Materials, LLC (500 Chase Road, Shavertown, PA 18708) for operation of a batch asphalt plant and crushing operation and associated air cleaning devices at their facility in Plains Township, Luzerne County. This facility is currently operating under Operating Permits 40-303-012A, 40-310-037C and 40-303-026. All permit requirements shall be included in the new State-only (Synthetic Minor) Operating Permit for this facility. This Operating Permit shall include emission restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to ensure this facility complies with all applicable air quality regulations.
39-00041: Greenwood Cemetery Assoc. (2010 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18104) for operation of a funeral service and crematory facility in Allentown City, Lehigh County. This is a State-only Natural Minor operating permit.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, William R. Weaver, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
36-05032: Versatek Enterprises, LLC (508 Front Street, Lititz, PA 17543) for operation of their display furniture and fixture manufacturing facility in Lititz Borough, Lancaster County. The State-only operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2001.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
12-00012: Quality Compacted Metals, Inc. (214 South Broad Street, Emporium, PA 15834) for operation of a sintered metal parts manufacturing facility in Emporium Borough, Cameron County.
The facility incorporates two electric powdered metal parts sintering furnaces, a rust inhibitor dip coating operation, two .12 mmBtu/hr natural gas-fired space heaters and an aqueous parts washer.
The facility has the potential to emit up to 15.0 tons of VOCs, 1.03 tons of PM/PM10, .14 ton of NOx and .12 ton of CO per year.
The facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a State-only Operating Permit to Quality Compacted Metals, Inc. authorizing the operation of this facility. The Department proposes to incorporate into this operating permit conditions requiring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants as well as conditions contained in Plan Approval 12-399-018, issued on January 2, 2008, and conditions established as requirements of a plan approval exemption determination made by the Department on August 1, 2005, for one of the facility's sintering furnaces.
The conditions previously contained in Plan Approval 12-399-018 include:
1. A condition limiting the VOC and VHAP emissions from the facility's rust inhibitor dip coating operation to no more than 15 tons and zero tons, respectively, in any 12-consecutive month period.
2. A condition prohibiting the solution used in the dip tanks incorporated in the facility's rust inhibitor dip coating operation from containing any VHAPs and limiting its vapor pressure to a maximum of .53 millimeter of mercury at 68° F.
3. A condition prohibiting the onsite addition of any additives to the solution used in the dip tanks incorporated in the facility's rust inhibitor dip coating operation.
4. Conditions prohibiting the heating of the dip tanks incorporated in the facility's rust inhibitor dip coating operation, requiring the tanks to be covered at all times except when parts are being dipped or drained or when solution is being added to, or removed from, the tanks, prohibiting anything but sintered metal parts from being processed in the tanks, prohibiting the processing of hot or warm parts in the tanks, requiring all parts to be drained for at least 15 seconds after being dipped in the tanks or for as long as it takes for the dripping of liquid from the parts to cease and prohibiting any fans from being located such that they blow across the top of the tanks.
5. Conditions requiring the maintenance, and annual submission, of records of the identity, quantity, vapor pressure, VOC content and VHAP of each rust inhibitor or other VOC-containing material added to the dip tanks incorporated in the facility's rust inhibitor dip coating operation each month.
The conditions previously established as requirements of a plan approval exemption determination made by the Department for one of the facility's two sintering furnaces include:
6. Conditions requiring the furnace to be equipped with a flame curtain located between the parts entry and preheat zone, requiring the furnace atmosphere to contain at least 3% hydrogen, prohibiting the furnace from processing parts containing more than .75%, by weight, organic lubricant and prohibiting the furnace from processing parts which have been treated with oil.
The new conditions the Department proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued include:
7. A condition limiting the fuel used in the facility's two space heaters to natural gas.
8. Conditions requiring the facility's second sintering furnace to be equipped with a flame curtain located between the parts entry and preheat zone, requiring the furnace atmosphere to contain at least 3% hydrogen, prohibiting the furnace from processing parts containing more than .75%, by weight, organic lubricant and prohibiting the furnace from processing parts which have been treated with oil.
9. Conditions limiting the PM emissions from the facility's two sintering furnaces to no more than .15 pph when processing parts containing metal-bearing lubricants.
10. Conditions prohibiting the processing of parts through the facility's two sintering furnaces which contain any metal-bearing lubricant other than zinc stearate or lithium stearate as well as the processing of parts which contain both zinc stearate and lithium stearate.
11. Conditions limiting the fuel used in the flame curtains incorporated in the facility's two sintering furnaces to natural gas.
12. Conditions requiring the maintenance of records of the organic lubricant content, zinc stearate content and lithium stearate content of all parts processed through the facility's two sintering furnaces, the identity and content of any other lubricant used in the parts processed through the furnaces and such data as is necessary to demonstrate that the PM emissions from the furnaces did not exceed .15 pph when parts containing metal-bearing lubricants were processed through the furnaces.
13. A condition prohibiting the use, in the facility's parts washer, of any solvent or solution with a VOC content greater than 5%.
14. A condition requiring the maintenance of records of the identity of the solvent or solution used in the facility's parts washer.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
04-00502: Shasta, Inc. (300 Steel Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001-5416) for operation of a fabricated structural metal grinding operation at their plant in Aliquippa City, Beaver County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004 and amended in 2006.
32-00102: Homer Center School District (65 Wildcat Lane, Homer City, PA 15748) for operation of boilers used to provide heat and hot water at the junior/senior high school in Homer City Borough, Indiana County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2003.
56-00154: George E. Mason Funeral Home (P. O. Box 409, Davidsville, PA 15928-0409) for operation of a crematory furnace at their facility in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004.
65-00711: Airtek, Inc. (76 Clair Street, North Huntingdon, PA 15642-9311) to operate a natural gas fired heat cleaning oven equipped with an afterburner at their facility in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004.
03-00148: Altmeyer Farm & Stable (119 Altmeyer Drive, Kittanning, PA 16201) for operation of animal crematory in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Matthew Williams, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
27-00008: Industrial Timber & Lumber Co. (ITL)--Endeavor Lumber Plant (Route 666, Endeavor, PA 16322) a Natural Minor Operating Permit for operation of the facility's air contamination sources consisting of: 23.4 mmBtu/hr woodfired boiler, two 750 mmBtu/hr wood boilers, two trim saws, 15 wood drying kilns and a sawdust collection system in Hickory Township, Forest County.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Edward Brawn, Chief, (215) 685-9476.
S01-001: The Purolite Co. (3620 G Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134) for operation of an ion exchange manufacturing facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emissions sources include one 4.2 mmBtu/hr boiler, two 8.4 mmBtu/hr boilers, a polymerization process (includes a Carrier Dryer, a Witte Dryer with a baghouse, a Fitzpatrick Dryer, an Aeromatic Dryer, a monomer tank that vents to a carbon adsorption unit and two reactors with a Perry Products Condenser), a sulfonation process, two 40,000-gallon wastewater equalization tanks, a 11,000-gallon styrene storage tank, copolymer fugitives and copolymer wastewater.
The operating permit will be issued under the 25 Pa. Code, Philadelphia Code Title 3 and Air Management Regulation XIII. Permit copies and other supporting information are available for public inspection at AMS, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Edward Wiener at (215) 685-9426.
Persons wishing to file protest or comments on the previous operating permit must submit the protest or comments within 30 days from the date of this notice. Any protests or comments filed with AMS must include a concise statement of the objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based. Based upon the information received during the public comment period, AMS may modify the operating permit or schedule a public hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a local newspaper at least 30 days before the hearing.
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 Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such 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 the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above each 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 the certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application 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 address of the district mining office indicated above each 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 86.31-34.
Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; 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, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.123 or 86.34, must contain the name, address and telephone number of the 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 desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the mining activity permit, but the issuance of the NPDES permit is contingent upon the approval of the associated mining activity permit.
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that do not exceed the technology-based effluent limitations. The proposed limits are listed in Table 1.
For noncoal mining activities, the proposed limits are found in Table 2. Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description below specifies the parameters. The limits will be in the ranges specified in Table 1.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur, will be incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91--96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 362-0600-001, NPDES Program Implementation-Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES permit application should submit a statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated previously each application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92.61. The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and shall contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and shall state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. In the case where a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:
Table 1
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 1The 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) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and 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.
03961301 and NPDES Permit No. PA03961301, Rosebud Mining Company, (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201-9642), to revise the permit for the Tracy Lynne Mine in Kiskiminetas and Parks Townships, Armstrong County to add underground permit and subsidence control plan area acres. Underground Acres Proposed 3013.6, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed 3013.6. No additional discharges. Application received October 17, 2008.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
32030102 and NPDES No. PA0249386. Alverda Enterprises, Inc., P. O. Box 87, Alverda, PA 15710, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, affecting 12.2 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to West Branch of Richards Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received November 20, 2008.
11830102 and NPDES No. PA0607550. M. B. Energy, Inc., 175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine and treatment of a post-mining discharge in Lower Yoder Township, Cambria County, affecting 166.3 acres. Receiving stream: UNT to St. Clair Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received November 20, 2008.
17724026 and NPDES No. PA0608904. E. P. Bender Coal Company, Inc., P. O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface and auger mine in White and Beccaria Townships, Cambria County, affecting 145.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Witmer Run and UNT to Beaverdam Run classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received November 17, 2008.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
26080103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251402. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (1384 SR 711, Stahlstown, PA 15687). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mining site located in Wharton Township, Fayette County, affecting 94.1 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Mill Run and UNTs to McIntyre Run, classified for the following uses: HQ, CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake is greater than 10 miles from the point of discharge. Application received November 1, 2008.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
10030101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242331. Quality Aggregates, Inc. (4955 Steubenville Pike, Suite 245, Pittsburgh, PA 15205) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip, auger and coal ash placement operation in Venango Township, Butler County affecting 108.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNT 2 to Seaton Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received November 21, 2008.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
14080103 and NPDES No. PA0256994. RES Coal, LLC (224 Grange Hall Road, P. O. Box 228, Armagh, PA 15920). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Rush Township, Centre County, affecting 101.0 acres. Receiving streams: Moshannon Creek and Mountain Branch, classified for the following uses: TSF and CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. The new coal permit application includes a stream encroachment to utilize an existing private road and existing well-developed stream crossing within 100 feet of Moshannon Creek. Application received November 12, 2008.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
54980102R2. Triple T Mining Co., LP, (332 North Center Street, Frackville, PA 17931), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County affecting 140.0 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received November 20, 2008.
54840202T2. Penn Equipment Corp., (15 Main Street, Port Carbon, PA 17965), transfer of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation from Blaschak Coal Corp. in Branch Township, Schuylkill County affecting 50.0 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received November 24, 2008.
54910205T2. Penn Equipment Corp., (15 Main Street, Port Carbon, PA 17965), transfer of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation from Blaschak Coal Corp. in West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County affecting 12.5 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received November 24, 2008.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:
Table 2
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Suspended solids Alkalinity exceeding acidity* 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* 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.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
13930301C4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0595829. Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc., (P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, receiving stream: Stony Creek, classified as EV. Application received November 25, 2008.
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 Floodplain 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 Northeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E45-532. Pavel Belenkiy and Lina Yamnizki, 44 Tall Oaks Court, Old Bridge, NJ 08857, in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To place fill in 0.39 acre of wetlands for the purpose of constructing a single-family dwelling, garage and driveway within the Arrowhead Lake Subdivision, Lot 9, Block A-109, Section 5. The project is located on the north side of Lakeshore Drive, approximately 0.76 mile south of the intersection of SR 4003 and Arrowhead Drive (Thornhurst, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 09` 47"; Longitude: 75° 34` 59").
E48-400. Monocacy Creek Watershed Association, 1555 Bustard Road, Suite 100, Kulpsville, PA 19443, in City of Bethlehem, Northampton County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain various water obstructions and encroachments within the Monocacy Creek and its floodway/floodplain associated within the Monocacy Creek Restoration Project. The project is located from Illick's Mill Road crossing to a point approximately 1,100 feet upstream (Catasauqua, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 38` 16"; Longitude: 75° 22` 25").
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.
E18-436. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Facility, Design and Construction, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8451. Beaverdam Run Road over the Right Fork Beaverdam Run, in Leidy and East Keating Townships, Clinton County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Susquehanna River Basin District (Hammersley Fork, PA Quadrangle N: 41° 26` 16.0"; W: 77° 58` 15.5").
To construct and maintain three cast-in-place, reinforced concrete, rigid frame culverts to eliminate vehicles fording the Right Fork of Beaverdam Run. The south concrete culvert will have a span of 16.0-feet, underclearance of 2.2-feet, on a skew of 30°. The middle concrete culvert will have a span of 16.0-feet, underclearance of 2.2-feet, on a skew of 55°. The north concrete culvert will have a span of 16.0-feet, underclearance of 2.2-feet, on a skew of 77°. The projects will impact a total of 640 linear feet of waterway. The projects are located 3.5 miles north on Beaverdam Road in the Right Fork of Beaverdam Run, East Keating and Leidy Townships, Clinton County. This project proposes to impact 640 linear feet of the Right Fork of Beaverdam Run, which is designated an EV-CWF and does not propose to impact any jurisdictional wetlands.
Southwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E3074(717) A1. Cumberland Coal Resources, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370. To construct riverbank stabilization in Monongahela Township, Greene County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Masontown, PA Quadrangle N: 14.25 inches; W: 6.75 inches, Latitude: 39° 49` 42"; Longitude: 79° 55` 23"). The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a 480 foot long river bank stabilization project along the west bank of the Monongahela River (WWF). The stabilization includes coarse aggregate and R 6 rip-rap. The project is located at the Cumberland Harbor Facilities downstream of Grays Landing locks and dam.
E11-335. Robert Woloschuk, 317 Park Hill Drive, Park Hill, PA 15945. To remove 38` from upstream portion of a diameter in East Taylor Township, Cambria County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Geistown, PA Quadrangle N: 20.1"; W: 17.3", Latitude: 40° 21` 46"; Longitude: 78° 52` 26"). The applicant proposes to remove 38` from the upstream portion of a 36" diameter stream enclosure, and to operate and maintain the remaining 99` of the 36" stream enclosure on a UNT to the Little Conemaugh River (CWF). The project is located approximately 225` west of SR 271, approximately 1 mile southeast of Hinckston Dam.
E63-612. Cocca Development, LTD, 100 DeBartolo Place, Suite 400, Boardman, OH 44512-6099. To construct stream bank protection and maintain fill in floodway in Donegal Township and Claysville Borough, Washington County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Claysville, PA Quadrangle N: 21.5 inches; W: 4.5 inches, Latitude: 40° 07` 06"; Longitude: 80° 24` 26").
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain stream bank protection (right bank) and to place and maintain fill for a length of 300 feet in the floodway of Dutch Fork (HQ-WWF) for the purpose of building a retail store. Also, to construct and maintain an outfall structure in said stream. The project is located at the corner of SR 40 and Mill Street.
Cambria District: Environmental Program Manager, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119.
EA1009-011. Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931. Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project, in Cherry and Washington Townships, Butler County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District.
The applicant proposes to backfill an abandoned surface mine, which includes a total of 7,300 linear feet of dangerous highwall. The project will include the backfilling of 0.64 acre of PEM wetland and 1.30 acres of open water that have developed within the open surface mine pits. Proposed mitigation includes 2.25 acres of wetland and 2.6 acres of open water (West Sunbury, PA Quadrangle N: 12.0 inches; W: 2.0 inches).
ACTIONS
THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (WQM) PERMITS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received applications for new, amended and renewed NPDES and WQM permits, applications for permit waivers and Notices of Intent (NOI) for coverage under general permits. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Location Permit Authority Application Type or Category Section I NPDES Renewals Section II NPDES New or amendment Section III WQM Industrial, sewage or animal wastes; discharges to groundwater Section IV NPDES MS4 individual permit Section V NPDES MS4 permit waiver Section VI NPDES Individual permit stormwater construction Section VII NPDES NOI for coverage under NPDES general permits Sections I--VI contain actions related to industrial, animal or sewage wastes discharges, discharges to groundwater and discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), stormwater associated with construction activities and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Section VII contains notices for parties who have submitted NOIs for coverage under general NPDES permits. The approval for coverage under general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in each general permit. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under applicable general permit is subject to pollutant limitations, pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements, operational standards, general requirements, management practices and other conditions set forth in the respective permit. Permits and related documents, effluent limitations, permitting requirements and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the contact office noted before the action.
Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users should contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary of the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
I. NPDES Renewal Permit Actions
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
NPDES No.
(Type)Facility Name &
AddressCounty &
MunicipalityStream Name
(Watershed #)EPA Waived Y/N ? PA-0070254
(Minor Sewage)Lynn Township Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 208
New Tripoli, PA 18066Lehigh County
Lynn TownshipOntelaunee Creek
3BY PA0063843
(Industrial)Municipal Authority of the Borough of Milford
120 Pear Alley
P. O. Box 459
Milford, PA 18337Pike County
Milford TownshipVantine Brook
1DY PA0029050
(Minor Sewage)Pine Forest Camps, Inc.
151 Washington Lane
Jenkintown, PA 19046Lackawaxen Township
Pike CountyLake Greeley
01DY Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES No.
(Type)Facility Name &
AddressCounty &
MunicipalityStream Name
(Watershed #)EPA Waived Y/N ? PA0246948
(CAFO)Brian D. Eckman
357 Black Barren Road
Peach Bottom, PA 17563Lancaster County
Fulton TownshipLittle Conowingo Creek
7-KY PA0082147
(SEW)Irvin Peifer
Holtwood Mobile Home Park
P. O. Box 506
Elizabethtown, PA 17022Lancaster County
Martic TownshipSusquehanna River
7-KY PA0083429
(SEW)West Cocalico Township Authority
P. O. Box 95
Reinholds, PA 17569-0095Lancaster County
West Cocalico TownshipLittle Cocalico Creek
7-JY PA0010201
(IW)David Lewis
Columbia Water Company
220 Locust Street
P. O. Box 350
Columbia, PA 17512Lancaster County
Columbia BoroughSusquehanna River
7-GY PA0247197
(IW)Charlotte Katzenmoyer
City of Lancaster
120 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17608Lancaster County
Lancaster CityConestoga River
7-JY PA0086860
(SEW)Springfield Township
York County Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 75
Seven Valleys, PA 17360York County
Springfield TownshipUNT East Branch Conestoga River
7-HY PA0040541
(SEW)Boyertown Area School District--Earl Elementary School
911 Montgomery Avenue
Boyertown, PA 19512-9607Berks County
Earl TownshipUNT Oysterville Creek
3-DY PA0085871
(IW)Mount Joy Borough Authority--Carmany Road Water Treatment Plant
P. O. Box 25
Mount Joy, PA 17552
Lancaster County
East Donegal TownshipUNT Donegal Springs
7-GY Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
NPDES No.
(Type)Facility Name &
AddressCounty &
MunicipalityStream Name
(Watershed #)EPA Waived Y/N ? PA0103136 Woodhaven Mobile Home Park
136 Pine Leaf Drive
Erie, PA 16510Greene Township
Erie CountyUNT to Six Mile Creek
15-6MY
II. New or Expanded Facility Permits, Renewal of Major Permits and EPA Nonwaived Permit Actions
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES Permit No. PA0260126, Sewage, HAMM Equities, LLC, Buffalo Crossing Development STP, 1002 Monroe Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406. This proposed facility is located in Howe Township, Perry County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Authorization to discharge to Watershed 12-B.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES Permit No. PA0096369-A1, Sewage, Patrick J. DiCesare, 116 East Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg, PA 15601. This proposed facility is located in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Permit amendment issuance for increasing discharge rate from 0.006 mgd to 0.02 mgd.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
NPDES Permit No. PA0026617, Sewage, Mark A. Marcucci, d/b/a Remark Estates Mobile Home Park, 26 Kirkland Road, West Middlesex, PA 16158. This proposed facility is located in Lackawannock Township, Mercer County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Issuance of a new permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage.
III. WQM Industrial Waste and Sewerage Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001)
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WQM Permit No. WQG012226, Sewerage, Lehigh Gap Nature Center/Wildlife Information Center, P. O. Box 198, Slatington, PA 18080. This proposed facility is located in Washington Township, Lehigh County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project is for construction of a small flow treatment facility with a projected flow of 1,800 gpd due to expansion of an existing building at the Nature Center.
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
WQM Permit No. 21080402, Sewerage, Hampden Township Sewer Authority, 230 South Sporting Hill Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. This proposed facility is located in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval for the construction/operation of sewerage facilities consisting of: Upgrade of Pump Station 2 with new pumps increasing capacity and addition of emergency generator; replacement of Pump Station 13 increasing capacity.
WQM Permit No. 0508402, Sewerage, Troy and Lisa Dively, P. O. Box 10, Claysburg, PA 16625. This proposed facility is located in Kimmel Township, Bedford County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval for the construction/operation of sewerage facilities consisting of: a 1,000 gallon septic tank, a dosing tank with pump, a 600-square foot subsurface sand filter and chlorine tank to serve their single-family residence.
WQM Permit No. WQG02360803, Sewerage, Paradise Township Sewer Authority, 2 Township Drive, P. O. Box 40, Paradise, PA 17562. This proposed facility is located in Paradise Township, Lancaster County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction/Operation of the Vintage Road Pump Station.
WQM Permit No. 2170402, Amendment 08-1, Sewerage, Lemoyne Municipal Authority, 3 Lowther Street, Lemoyne, PA 17403-2039. This proposed facility is located in Lemoyne Borough, Cumberland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval for the construction/operation of sewerage facilities consisting of: 195` of relocated 12" force main upstream of MH-191, 362` of relocated 12" sewer from MH-140A in Hummel Avenue to MH-243 in new 30" interceptor and 2,853` of 30" interceptor from MH-246 along Norfolk Southern property to MH-230 at STP (Lower Trunk Interceptor).
WQM Permit No. 2108402, Sewerage, Hampden Township Sewer Authority, 230 South Sporting Hill Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. This proposed facility is located in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Approval for the construction of sewerage facilities consisting of: Upgrade of Pump Station 2 with new pumps increasing capacity and addition of emergency generator; replacement of Pump Station 13 increasing capacity.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
WQM Permit No. WQG018655, Sewerage, Matthew J. Gatenby, 9680 Fry Road, McKean, PA 16426-1709. This proposed facility is located in McKean Township, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Issuance of a single-residence Sewage Treatment Plant.
WQM Permit No. 2588403, Sewerage, Amendment No. 2, Albion Borough, 26 Smock Avenue, Albion, PA 16401. This proposed facility is located in Albion Borough, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This permit approves construction and operation of sewage wastewater facilities consisting of a dechlorination system for the plant effluent and an organic rerating of the waterwater treatment plant.
WQM Permit No. WQG018659, Sewerage, David A. Parmenter, 297 Kraus Drive, Erie, PA 16511. This proposed facility is located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Issuance of a single-residence Sewage Treatment Plant.
WQM Permit No. WQG018658, Sewerage, Steven C. and Christine L. Volstad, 13151 Fry Road, Edinboro, PA 16412. This proposed facility is located in Washington Township, Erie County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Issuance of a single-residence Sewage Treatment Plant.
IV. NPDES Stormwater Discharges from MS4 Permit Actions
V. NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from MS4 Actions
VI. NPDES Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities Individual Permit Actions
Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name &
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAS10-
G527-RToll Brothers, Inc.
Orleans Homebuilders, Inc.
K. Hovanian, Inc.
1180 Station Boulevard
Chester Springs, PA 19425Chester Upper Uwchlan Township Tributary to Pickering Creek
HQPAS10-
G543-RValley View Development Corporation
75 Medinah Drive
Reading, PA 19607Chester East Coventry Township UNT Pigeon Creek
HQNortheast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name &
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAI025203005R Woodloch Pines, Inc.
2 Woodloch Springs
Hawley, PA 18428Pike Lackawaxen Township Tributary to Teedyuskung Creek
HQ-CWF, MFPAI023908006 Castle Dev. Group, LTD
310 Schoolhouse Road
Suite 1
Souderton, PA 18964Lehigh and
BucksUpper Saucon, Lower Milford, Springfield and Milford Townships Tributary to Tohicken Creek
CWF
Unami Creek
HQ-TSFNorthcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Centre County Conservation District: 414 Holmes Avenue, Suite 4, Bellefonte, PA 16823, (814) 355-6817.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name &
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/UsePAS10F106(3) Ian Salada
Penn State East Campus
Penn State University
113 Office of Physical Plant
University Park, PA 16802Centre College Township
State College BoroughSlab Cabin
CWF
Thompson Run
HQ-CWF
Spring Creek
HQ-CWF
VII. Approvals to Use NPDES and/or Other General Permits
The EPA Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.23(d).
List of NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types
PAG-1 General Permit for Discharges From Stripper Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities (PAR) PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit for Discharges From Small Flow Treatment Facilities PAG-5 General Permit for Discharges From Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems PAG-6 General Permit for Wet Weather Overflow Discharges From Combined Sewer Systems (CSO) PAG-7 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application PAG-8 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Nonexceptional Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-8 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application Under Approved PAG-8 General Permit Coverage PAG-9 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Residential Septage by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application Under Approved PAG-9 General Permit Coverage PAG-10 General Permit for Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks and Pipelines PAG-11 (To Be Announced) PAG-12 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
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