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STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS RELATED TO APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS FOR CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO) This notice provides information about agricultural operations that have submitted nutrient management plans (NMPs) for approval under the act of July 6, 2005 (Act 38 of 2005, 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—522) (hereinafter referred to as Act 38), and that have or anticipate submitting applications for new, amended or renewed NPDES permits, or Notices of Intent (NOIs) for coverage under a general permit, for CAFOs, under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Based upon preliminary reviews, the State Conservation Commission (SCC), or County Conservation Districts (CCD) working under a delegation agreement with the SCC, have completed an administrative review of NMPs described. These NMPs are published as proposed plans for comment prior to taking final actions. The NMPs are available for review at the CCD office for the county where the agricultural operation is located. A list of CCD office locations is available at www.pacd.org/districts/directory.htm or can be obtained from the SCC at the office address listed or by calling (717) 787-8821.
Persons wishing to comment on an NMP are invited to submit a statement outlining their comments on the plan to the CCD, with a copy to the SCC for each NMP, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NMPs. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the SCC of the exact basis of the comments and the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The address for the SCC is Agriculture Building, Room 407, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service, including TDD users or other accommodations to seek additional information should contact the SCC through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN—PUBLIC NOTICE SPREADSHEET—APPLICATIONS
Agricultural Operation
Name and AddressCounty Total
AcresAnimal Equivalent Units Animal
TypeSpecial Protection Waters (HQ or EV or NA) Renewal/
NewJaindl Farms, LLC
3150 Coffeetown Road
Orefield, PA 18069Lehigh, Berks, Northampton 8,401.8
total acres
8,113.3
acres for manure application3669.02 animal equivalent units
0.45 animal equivalent units per acreTurkeys Unnamed tributaries to Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF
Named tributaries to Little Lehigh Creek including:
Berks:
Toad Creek
HQ/CWF
Lehigh: Breinig Run
HQ-CWF
Iron Run
HQ-CWF
Swabia Creek
HQ-CWF
Little Lehigh Creek
HQ-CWF
MF
Hassen Creek
HQ-CWF
MF and
Monocacy Creek
HQ-CWF, MFNew
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and are available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Application No. 4810503, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Portland Borough Authority Township or Borough Upper Mount Bethel Township
Northampton CountyResponsible Official Lance Prator, Chairperson
Portland Borough Authority
P. O. Box 572
Portland, PA 18351Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Russell D. Scott, IV, P. E.
RKR Hess Associates
112 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
570-421-1550Application Received Date May 24, 2010 Description of Action Application for construction of a new well with associated well house and conveyance main.
MINOR AMENDMENT Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Application No. 5210504MA.
Applicant Twin Lakes Utilities, Inc. Township or Borough Shohola Township
Pike CountyResponsible Official Robert K. Fullagar, P. E.
Director of Operations
Twin Lakes Utilities, Inc.
c/o Middlesex Water Company
1500 Ronson Road
Iselin, NJ 08830Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Same as above Application Received Date May 26, 2010 Description of Action Application for installation of a second booster pump and elimination of the currently approved variable speed drive. Application No. 5210505MA.
Applicant Pennsylvania American Water Township or Borough Deleware Township
Pike CountyResponsible Official David Kaufman
VP Engineering
800 West Hersheypark Drive
Hershey, PA 17033Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Daniel G. Rickard, P. E.
Pennsylvania American Water
100 North Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
570-830-6531Application Received Date March 19, 2010 Description of Action Application for construction of a chlorine contact pipe to replace an existing contact tank at Wild Acres development, Well No. 2. Application No. 4010505MA.
Applicant Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Township or Borough Rice Township
Luzerne CountyResponsible Official Patrick R. Burke
Regional Manager
Northeast and Central Operations
1 Aqua Way
White Haven, PA 18661Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer William A. LaDieu, P. E.
CET Engineering Services
1240 North Mountain Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
717-541-0622Application Received Date June 10, 2010 Description of Action Application for repair of an existing concrete finished water storage reservoir serving the development of Laurel Lakes. Application No. 5410503MA.
Applicant Kline Township Municipal Authority Township or Borough Kline Township
Schuylkill CountyResponsible Official Francis A. Patton, Jr.
Chairperson
Kline Township Municipal Authority
76 South Kennedy Drive
McAdoo, PA 18237Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Michael G. Pohronezny, P. E.
Systems Design Engineering, Inc.
1032 James Drive
Leesport, PA 19533Application Received Date June 14, 2010 Description of Action Application for replacement of the existing disinfection system in use at the community water system from gas chlorination to a sodium hypochlorite feed system.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101—6026.908).
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the Background Standard, Statewide Health Standard, the Site-Specific Standard or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, a combination of the cleanup standards or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a Site-Specific Standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a Site-Specific Standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality within which the site is located may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, the municipality may request that the person identified as the remediator of the site develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department regional office before which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office. TDD users may telephone the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Former Lancaster Malleable Casting Company, Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Reliance Environmental, Inc., 130 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of Mac Land Company, 1350 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil from underground storage tanks. The site will be remediated to the Residential Statewide Health Standard and will remain industrial.
Former Lehr's Exxon, Manchester Township, York County. Alternative Environmental Solutions, Inc., 480 New Holland Avenue, Suite 8203, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of Carole Lehr, c/o Attorney Bob Kane, 474 West Market Street, York, PA 17401, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with unleaded and leaded gasoline from historic operations of an automotive service facility and retail sales of petroleum products. The site will be remediated to a combination of Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards. Future use of the site is unknown.
Arlene Kohr Property, City of Lebanon, Lebanon County. Liberty Environmental, Inc., 50 North 5th Street, Fifth Floor, Reading, PA 19601, on behalf of Arlene M. Kohr, c/o Gregory K. Bump (POA), Fulton Financial Advisors NA, P. O. Box 448, Lebanon, PA 17042, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil from an underground storage tank. The site will be remediated to a combination of Residential Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards. Future use of the site is residential.
O-Z/Gedney Company, LLC Facility, Perry Township, Berks County. WSP Environment and Energy, 11190 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300, Reston, VA 20191, on behalf of Emerson, 8000 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63136-1415, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, PAHs and Inorganics from historic operations for the manufacture of electrical fittings and junction boxes. The site will be remediated to a Site-Specific Standard. Future use will be industrial or commercial.
Lawrence Newcomer Residence, Jackson Township, York County. Trimpi Associates, Inc., 1635 Old Plains Road, Pennsburg, PA 18073, on behalf of Lawrence and Cynthia Newcomer, 230 Perry Avenue, York, PA 17408, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The site will be remediated to the Residential Statewide Health Standard and will remain residential.
Matthew Gartside Property, Rapho Township, Lancaster County. GemChem, Inc., 53 North Cedar Street, Lititz, PA 17543, on behalf of Matthew Gartside, 238 Fairview Road, Manheim, PA 17545, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil released from an aboveground storage tank. The site will be remediated to the Residential Statewide Health Standard and will remain residential.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Trinity Industries, Inc.—North Plant, Borough of Greenville, Mercer County. Golder Associates, Inc., 200 Century Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 on behalf of Trinity Industries, Inc., 2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Lead is the primary chemical of concern in soil and tetrachloroethene and manganese are the primary chemicals of concern in groundwater. The property is currently zoned industrial and the proposed future of the site is industrial as well. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the The Herald on June 7, 2010. The site will be remediated to the Site-Specific Standard.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
RIDC City Center of Duquesne, City of Duquesne, Allegheny County. KU Resources, 22 South Linden Street, Duquesne, PA 15110 on behalf of the RIDC of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the American textile Company, Inc., MBC Properties (Miller Bros. Construction), Ruttenberg Realty Company, LLC, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, and the Regional Trail Alliance has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. The property was utilized as an integrated steel-making facility that ceased operations in 1987. Known primary contaminants include semivolatile organic compounds, volatile organic compounds, metals and PCBs in soil and volatile organic compounds and metals in groundwater. Most of the Site will remain light industrial and/or commercial with a small portion for recreation. The Site previously attained a Site-Specific Standard by means of the Special Industrial Area (SIA) provisions of Act 2. KU Resources intends to attain a combined Site-Specific and Statewide Health Standards without the use of the SIA provisions.
62nd Street Industrial Park, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. GAI Consultants, Inc., 385 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120 on behalf of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, 200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15122 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. The 62nd Street Industrial Park is the Former Tippins facility along Butler Street. Past historical uses include bulk storage of liquid petroleum products and as a cold roll steel fabricator. The remediator is planning to use the Special Industrial Area provisions to attain a Site-Specific Standard. Most of the site will remain nonresidential except for a portion to use as a recreational trail.
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
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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or Daniel Husted, Chief, West Permitting Section—Telephone: 814-949-7935.
06-05100E: Ontelaunee Power Operating Co., LLC (5115 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605-9729) to modify the carbon monoxide limit for the two combined cycle turbines at their electric generating station in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County.
67-03162A: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (5197 Commerce Drive, York, PA 17408) for construction of a cat litter manufacturing line at their facility in Jackson Township, York County. Plant operations include aggregate mixing and blending controlled by two baghouses as well as aggregate coating and fragrance application operations. Potential volatile organic compound and particulate matter emissions are estimated to be approximately 1.2 and 1 ton per year, respectively. The plan approval will include monitoring, work practice standards, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Contact: B. Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226.
PA-04-00699G: NGC Industries, LLC—formerly known as National Gypsum Company (168 Shippingport Hill Road, Shippingport, PA 15077-0346) for authorization to use ammonium sulfate as a board hardening accelerating agent at NGC's wallboard manufacturing facility in Shippingport, Beaver County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.45, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Plan Approval to authorize the use of ammonium sulfate as a board hardening accelerating agent at NGC's wallboard manufacturing facility located in Shippingport, Beaver County.
No physical changes are being made to accommodate this project. Up to 471.5 tons per year of ammonium sulfate will be used in existing equipment. Use of this raw material will result in an increase of 27.8 pounds ammonia per hour and 121.6 tons of ammonia per year. Applicant has modeled the potential impact of the ammonia emissions with reference to potential health and odor impacts, and shown concentrations will not exceed published levels. BAT for this operation consists of the use of best operating practices. The proposed raw material usage is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145. The Department believes that the facility will meet these requirements by complying with Plan Approval conditions relating to restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards:
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the Plan Approval may submit the information to Barbara Hatch, Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed Plan Approval (specify the Plan Approval number).
Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after this publication.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.
10-359B: Keystone Midstream Services, LLC (10355 Westmoor Drive, Suite 250, Westminster, CO 80021) for construction of a natural gas processing facility at their facility in Forward Township, Butler County.
Under to 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Plan Approval 10-359A to Keystone Midstream Services, LLC for the construction of a natural gas processing facility at their facility at 736 Prospect Road, Forward Township, Butler County. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the facility's Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Plan Approval No. 10-359B is for the construction of a 40 MMCF/day capacity natural gas processing, consisting of ten compressor engines, a gas processing skid, a 2 mmBtu/hr glycol dehydrator/reboiler, two 400 barrel capacity condensate storage tanks and miscellaneous process heaters. Based on the information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis, the proposed facility will have the potential to emit approximately 95.54 tons of carbon monoxide, 46.76 tons of nitrogen oxides, 42.16 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 4.59 tons of particulate matter, 0.30 ton of sulfur oxides and 15.53 tons of total Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) per year.
The Plan Approval will contain additional testing, recordkeeping and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility will also be subject to the requirements of New Source Performance Standards, 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts KKK, for Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants, and JJJJ, for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis, and other documents used in the evaluation are available for public inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the address shown as follows. To make an appointment, contact Records Management at 814-332-6340.
Anyone wishing to provide the Department with additional information they believe should be considered may submit the information to the address shown as follows. Comments must be received by the Department within 30 days of the last day of publication. Written comments should include the following:
1. Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments.
2. Identification of the proposed Plan Approval; No. 10-359B.
3. Concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or any objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted on the comments received during the public comment period. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to John Guth, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, 814-332-6940.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Contact: Edward Braun, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9476.
AMS 07034: PA Convention Center (1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) for installation of two 500 Kilowatt (KW) Detroit Diesel emergency generator firing No. 2 fuel oil, one 600 KW Detroit Diesel emergency generator firing No. 2 fuel oil, one 270 Horsepower (HP) Peerless fire protection pump firing No. 2 fuel oil, two 20.4 mmBtu/hr Cleaver Brooks Boiler firing No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas, two 8.76 mmBtu/hr York Chillers firing No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas, one 600,000 Btu/hr Hot Water heater in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Facility will be limited to less than 25 tons of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions per year. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
AMS 09199: PA Convention Center Annex (111 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) to install two 1750 Kilowatt (KW) Cummins Diesel emergency generator firing No. 2 fuel oil, two 20.93 mmBtu/hr Burnham Boiler firing No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas, two 8.43 mmBtu/hr Johnson Controls/Power Flame Chillers firing No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas, two 1.0 mmBtu/hr PVI Industries Hot Water heaters firing natural gas in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Facility will be limited to less than 25 tons of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions per year. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507.
40-00117: Valley Asphalt (215 East Saylor Avenue, Laflin, PA 18702) for operation of a batch mix asphalt plant and associated air cleaning devices at their facility in Plains Township, Luzerne County. This facility is currently operating under Operating Permit 40-303-023. 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.
48-00077: Falk Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc. (1418 Main Street, Hellertown, PA 18055-1325) for operation of funeral services and human crematory in Hellertown Borough, Northampton County. This is a renewal of the State-only Natural Minor operating permit. The State-only operating permit includes emissions, work practice standards and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or Daniel Husted, Chief, West Permitting Section—Telephone: 814-949-7935.
07-03003: Altoona Regional Health System (2500 Seventh Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602) for operation of the boiler plant and emergency generators at their facility in the City of Altoona, Blair County. This action is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004. The permit renewal will contain all of the emission limits and work practice standards along with all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements from the previous permit to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
07-03008: Nason Hospital (105 Nason Drive, Roaring Spring, PA 16673) for operation of two natural gas/No. 2 fuel oil-fired boilers at their facility in Roaring Spring Borough, Blair County. This action is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004. The permit renewal will contain all of the emission limits and work practice standards along with all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements from the previous permit to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
28-03055: D.L. Martin Co. (25 Harbaugh Drive, Mercersburg, PA 17236) for operation of a surface coating system at their facility in Mercersburg Borough, Franklin County. The permit will contain all of the emission limits and work practice standards along with all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
67-03046: Cycle Chem, Inc. (550 Industrial Drive, Lewisberry, PA 17739) for operation of two waste solvent storage tanks in Fairview Township, York County. This action is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2005. The permit renewal will contain all of the emission limits and work practice standards along with all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements from the previous permit to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Matthew Williams, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.
27-00018: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.—Queen Compressor Station (P. O. Box 2081, Erie, PA 16512-2081) for the re-issuance of a Natural Minor Operating Permit to operate a natural gas compressor station on Queen Pumping Station Road in Hickory Township, Forest County. The primary emission sources include four natural gas fueled compressor units, a natural gas fueled auxiliary generator, a natural gas dehydration unit and miscellaneous natural gas use.
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—86.34.
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.
When 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 acidityl 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) 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.
30841316 and NPDES Permit No. PA0213535, Consol PA Coal Company, LLC, (P. O. Box J, 1525 Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, PA 15323), to revise the permit for the Bailey Mine and Prep Plant in Richhill Township, Greene County and East Finley Township, Washington County to add acres for development mining at a new underground training center. Underground Acres Proposed 87.78, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed 87.78. No additional discharges. Application received: May 19, 2010.
56841328 and NPDES Permit No. PA0033677, Rosebud Mining Company, (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201), to revise the permit and related NPDES permit for the Mine 78 in Paint Township, Somerset County to add a sedimentation pond and NPDES discharge point 005. Receiving stream: Paint Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: May 21, 2010.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900.
32950104 and NPDES No. PA 0213055. Big Mack Leasing Company, Inc., R. D. 6, Box 231, Kittanning, PA 16201, renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Young Township, Indiana County, affecting 62.9 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributary to/and Whisky Run to Blacklegs Creek classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 16, 2010.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191.
33100105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258903. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Perry Township, Jefferson County affecting 139.8 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Big Run and Big Run, classified for the following: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 18, 2010.
1419-33100105-E-1. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Application for a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within 100 feet but no closer than 50 feet and to construct erosion and sedimentation control facilities no closer than 25 feet of an unnamed tributary to Big Run in Perry Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Big Run and Big Run, classified for the following: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 18, 2010.
1419-33100105-E-2. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Application for a stream encroachment to install and maintain a stream crossing over an unnamed tributary of Big Run along with mining activities within 100 feet but no closer than 50 feet and to construct erosion and sedimentation control facilities no closer than 25 feet to the stream in Perry Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Big Run and Big Run, classified for the following: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 18, 2010.
1419-33100105-E-3. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Application for a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within 100 feet but no closer than 50 feet and to construct erosion and sedimentation control facilities no closer than 25 feet of an unnamed tributary to Big Run in Perry Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Big Run and Big Run, classified for the following: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 18, 2010.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.
14743007 and NPDES No. PA0610691. Keystone Coal Co. (1375 Jackson Street, Suite 401, Fort Myers, FL 33901). Renewal of an existing surface mine operation located in Snow Shoe Township, Centre County affecting 344.7 acres. Receiving steams: unnamed tributaries to Beech Creek and Logway Run and Council Run to Beech Creek classified for Cold Water Fisheries. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: May 21, 2010.
14860103 and NPDES No. PA0115576. Keystone Coal Co. (1375 Jackson Street, Suite 401, Fort Myers, FL 33901). Renewal of an existing surface mine operation located in Curtin Township, Centre County affecting 199.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Beech Creek (Cold Water Fishery) and Beech Creek to Bald Eagle Creek classified for Trout Stocked Warm Water Fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: May 21, 2010.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118.
54850202R5 and PA0614611. (10 Giberton Road, Gilberton, PA 17934), renewal of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing, refuse disposal, surface mine and preparation operation in West Mahanoy and Mahanoy Townships, Shenandoah and Gilberton Boroughs, Schuylkill County affecting 1,590.0 acres, receiving stream: Mahanoy Creek. Application received: June 23, 2010.
49773202R5. Gilberton Coal Company, (10 Giberton Road, Gilberton, PA 17934), renewal of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing, refuse disposal, surface mine and preparation operation in Mt. Carmel, Conyngham and Butler Townships, Northumberland, Columbia and Schuylkill Counties affecting 958.0 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received: June 23, 2010.
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 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity* 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.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191.
62100302. A.C.A. Sand & Gravel, LLC (19170 Route 89, P. O. Box 16, Corry, PA 16407) Commencement, operation and restoration of a large sand and gravel operation in Columbus Township, Warren County affecting 179.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Brokenstraw Creek and Brokenstraw Creek, classified for the following Statewide uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: June 18, 2010.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118.
4873SM5C and NPDES Permit No. PA0009695. Kinsley Construction, Inc., (P. O. Box 2886, York, PA 17405), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in West Manchester Township, York County, receiving stream: Codorus Creek, classified for the following use: warm water fishery. Application received: June 22, 2010.
5176SM9T. B & D Brothers, LLC, (22878 SR 11, Hallstead, PA 18822), transfer of an existing quarry operation from New Milford Sand and Gravel, Inc. and correction to increase the permitted acres from 17.0 to 22.9 acres in New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, receiving stream: none. Application received: June 23, 2010.
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: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Certification Request initiated by PPL Holtwood, LCC, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101. Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 487, Project), on Lake Wallenpaupack, in Hawley Borough, Wayne and Pike Counties, ACOE Philadelphia District, Hawley Quadrangle N: 16.25 inches; W: 0.75 inch (discharge), source water (Lake Wallenpaupack) is approximately 3.5 miles up-stream.
On September 23, 2003, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) certified that there is reasonable assurance that the Lake Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Project (Project) owned and operated by PPL Holtwood, LLC (Owner), on the Lackawaxen River will comply with section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 96. On November 23, 2004, as a result of an appeal filed by the Owner, the Department issued a modified certification. As a result of various changes requested by the Owner as well as changes made by the Department to the Owner's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, the Department intends to modify paragraph 2 of the November 23, 2004 certification as follows:
2. Monitoring and Reporting
a. The Owner shall conduct effluent monitoring of the turbine discharge for the following parameters at the railroad bridge during the period April 1 through October 31. The effluent shall be monitored for the identified parameters as follows:
Parameter Minimum Measurement Frequency • Flow Daily • DO Daily • pH Daily • Temperature Daily • Total—Iron Weekly • Total—Manganese Weekly • Total—Aluminum Weekly Analytical methods promulgated in 40 CFR Part 136 must be used.
The pH of the discharge may be less than or greater than the standard/range as specified in 25 Pa. Code § 93.7 if the Owner can demonstrate that the pH of the discharge is not less than or greater than the pH of the lake water as measured at the penstock tap in the powerhouse building. The Department will accept simultaneous sampling as a component of such a demonstration.
Samples shall be taken when discharging at a time representative of the entire discharge period. Metal samples shall be a composite sample (minimum of four grabs) evenly spaced throughout the discharge period. Dissolved oxygen sampling shall consist of a minimum of four grab samples evenly spaced throughout the discharge period. The pH grab sample shall be taken at a time representative of the entire discharge period. Temperature shall be measured and reported as a daily maximum. Flow shall be measured and reported as a daily maximum and monthly average.
Monitoring results obtained during April 1 through October 31 shall be summarized for the month and submitted to PADEP and received no later than the 28th day of the following month. The monthly reports shall include sample results, collection, time and date, discharge start and end times, and comments.
b. The Owner shall conduct in-stream benthos monitoring once every 5 years starting in 2014 at three stations, Station 1 above the discharge approximately 600 feet, Station 2 below the discharge approximately 1,300 feet, and Station 3 below the discharge approximately 9,500 feet in accordance with the Macroinvertebrate Sample Collection and Processing Methodology for Cause/Effect Surveys. The station locations are fixed and should not be changed without prior approval from the Department. The Owner will follow the sample collection protocol set forth in the previously referenced document for a stream greater than 50 feet in width. Samples must be collected between October 1 and May 31 during normal to low stream flow conditions. The benthic macroinvertebrate report shall be submitted to the Department 120 days after the sample collection.
c. The Department retains the right to specify additional studies or monitoring to ensure that the receiving water quality is not adversely impacted by any hydrogen sulfide treatment process that may be employed by the Owner.
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, Floor 3, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554.
D54-200 Whippoorwill Dam, Borough of Frackville, c/o Gerard Jankaitis, 42 South Center Street, Frackville, PA 17931. To modify, operate and maintain the existing Whippoorwill Dam across Stony Creek (CWF), with no impacts to wetlands or stream channels, for the purpose of constructing an emergency spillway to pass the spillway design flood and rehabilitation of the existing spillway (Shanandoah, PA Quadrangle N: 6.0 inches; W: 9.8 inches) in West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County.
D54-075A. Ashland Dam. Ashland Area Municipal Authority, 401 South 18th Street, Ashland, PA 17921. To modify, operate and maintain Ashland Dam across Little Mahanoy Creek (CWF), for the purpose of constructing a six foot concrete parapet wall across the crest of the dam which will allow greater storage capacity and allow the spillway to safely pass the probable maximum flood (Ashland, PA Quadrangle N: 5 inches; E: 15.9 inches) in Ashland and Butler Township, Schuylkill County.
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