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AIR QUALITY
NOTICE OF PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) 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 DEP, 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. Notice is hereby given that DEP has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of these 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 the proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit must indicate their interest to the DEP 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 DEP 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. Any comments or protests filed with DEP 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 DEP 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 below. TDD users may 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 through 143, the Federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under the Act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: M. Gorog & B. Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226
32-00357B: Rosebud Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201-9642) for installation of a wet coal processing and loading facility at their Crooked Creek Plant in Washington Township, Indiana County.
63-00936D: Markwest Liberty Midstream and Resources LLC (1515 Arapahoe Street Tower 2, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80202-2126) for construction and operation of a fractionation tower at Houston Gas Plant in Chartiers Township, Washington County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940
10-309E: Harsco Metals (8050 Rowan Road, P. O. Box 5003, Cranberry Township, PA 16066) for installation of a slag pot dumping station equipped with water sprays and additional control activities. Harsco Metals will increase slag handling capacity to handle the increased production projected by AK Steel. This action is under Plan Approval 10-309E for the facility adjacent to the AK Steel plant along Route 8, in Butler Township, Butler County.
24-131N: SGL Carbon LLC (900 Thersia Street, St Marys, PA 15857) for installation of a new reactor. This action is under Plan Approval 24-131N for the facility in the City of St Marys, Elk County.
25-025Q: General Electric Transportation—Erie Plant (2901 East Lake Road, Bldg 9-201, Erie, PA 16531) for modification of plan approval 25-025O with regards to the test cells in buildings 4E and 63 in Lawrence Park Township, Erie County. This is a Title V facility.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Contact: Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
09-0188C: Gamesa Wind PA, LLC (400 Gamesa Drive, Fairless Hills, PA 19030) for modification of their nacelle assembly operation at USX Industrial Complex in Falls Township, Bucks County. This facility is a minor facility. The facility wide VOC emissions will stay below 25 tons per year. The combined HAP emissions will be below 25 tons per year. Each HAP emissions will stay below 10 tons per year. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain recordkeeping requirements and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
08-00031A: Appalachia Midstream Services, LLC (6100 N. Western Avenue, P. O. Box 54382, Oklahoma City, OK 73154-1382) has submitted an application (08-00031A) to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for plan approval to construct eight natural gas-fired compressor engines each equipped with oxidation catalysts at the Granville Compressor Station located in Granville Township, Bradford County.
The Department's review of the information submitted by Appalachia Midstream Services, LLC indicates that the air contamination sources to be constructed will comply with all regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirement (BAT) of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue a plan approval for the proposed construction.
The emissions from the control devices associated with the compressor engines will not exceed on a 12-consecutive month period (CMP) basis; 68.56 tons of nitrogen oxides, 26.40 tons of carbon monoxide, 25.92 tons of volatile organic compounds, 1.20 tons of sulfur oxides, 4.08 tons of total particulate matter, and 8.24 tons of formaldehyde (HAPs). To demonstrate compliance with the emissions limitations, Appalachia Midstream Services, LLC is required to conduct EPA reference method testing on the exhausts of the control devices associated with the compressor engines for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde and particulate matter emission limitations as stated below:
nitrogen oxides—0.50 g/BHP-hr
carbon monoxide—0.19 g/BHP-hr
volatile organic compounds—0.18 g/BHP-hr
sulfur oxides—0.008 g/BHP-hr
formaldehyde—0.06 g/BHP-hr
particulate matter—0.03 g/BHP-hrIn addition to the emission limitations above, the following is a summary of the types of conditions the Department intends to place in the Plan Approval to ensure compliance applicable Federal and State regulatory requirements including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code Sections 127.1 and 127.12.
Work practice requirements to construct and operate the compressor engines and control devices in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and good air pollution control practices.
Recordkeeping and Reporting conditions to verify compliance with the emission limitations and all applicable requirements.
A copy of the plan approval application and the Department's review is available for public review between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling the Department at 570-327-3693. Written comments or requests for a public hearing shall be directed to Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality Program, Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3648 within 30 days of the publication date for this notice.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940
24-167A: E Carbon America, LLC (806 Theresia Street, St Marys, PA 15857) for modification of the method of operation for the carbon baking kilns and the construction of the special impregnation process in St Marys City, Elk County. This is a Title V facility. The public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the State Only operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date. The source shall comply with the following conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate Best Available Technology for the source:
• Baking Kilns (Source 101):
• Subject to 25 Pa. Code 123.13 and 123.21.
• VOC emissions from this source shall not exceed 62.8 lbs/ton of product averaged over a 12-month rolling period and 70.4 lbs/ton of product at any time.
• The VOC emissions shall not exceed 53.5 tpy based on a consecutive 12-month period.
• Stack test prior to expiration of operating permit for VOC on at least one recirculating muffle furnace and at least one box furnace. Subsequent testing shall be performed on alternate furnaces. • All recordkeeping shall commence upon startup of the source.
• The company shall maintain a log of all preventative maintenance inspections of the source and control device(s). The inspection logs, at a minimum, shall contain the dates of the inspections, the name of the person performing the inspection, any mechanical repairs and/or adjustments, any potential problems or defects that were encountered, and the steps taken to correct them.
• The company shall maintain a log of the following, at a minimum, from the operational inspections:
• Flame Grid temperature
• The times that the flame grids are turned on and off
• Temperature of the kiln at time when flame grids are turned on and off
• The permittee shall maintain records of the quantity of parts (in pounds) charged into the kilns and the percent by weight of potential VOC chemicals contained in the parts. This information will be used to calculate the VOC emissions from this source on a quarterly basis. The VOC emissions shall be calculated based on the following equation:
• Lbs of VOC consumed / Tons of product produced = Lbs VOC per ton product
• The permittee shall perform a daily operational inspection of the source and control device.
• The flame grid for each kiln shall be inspected for proper operation prior to each load being fired in the kiln.
• A thermocouple or equivalent shall be permanently installed and maintained at a conveniently readable location to indicate the flame grid temperature.
• All gauges employed by the permittee to monitor the required control device operating parameters shall have a scale such that the expected normal reading shall be no less than twenty percent (20%) of full scale and be accurate within plus or minus two percent (+/- 2%) of full scale reading.
• Control device operating parameters, including flame grid temperature, shall be operated in a range defined by the manufacturer or in a range developed during compliant stack testing. The operating range shall be determined within 90 days after startup of the control device and shall be indicated to the Department in writing prior to administratively amending into the facility operating permit. The operating range shall be made part of the facility operating permit.
• The permittee shall turn on the control device prior to the furnace bottom temperature reaching 650F and shall operate the control device whenever the furnace bottom temperature is greater than 650F.
• The permittee shall maintain and operate the source and control device(s) in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and in accordance with good air pollution control practices.
• Special Impregnation Process (Source 102):
• Subject to 25 Pa. Code 123.13.
• VOC emissions from this source shall not exceed 25.0 tons in any consecutive twelve (12) month period.
• All recordkeeping shall commence upon startup of the source.
• The company shall maintain a log of all preventative maintenance inspections of the source. The inspection logs, at a minimum, shall contain the dates of the inspections, the name of the person performing the inspection, any mechanical repairs and/or adjustments, any potential problems or defects that were encountered, and the steps taken to correct them. • The company shall maintain a log of the following, at a minimum, from the operational inspections:
• Performance of the inspection
• The permittee shall keep monthly records to demonstrate compliance with the VOC emission limit for this source. This record shall indicate the type and quantity of solvent used by this source for each month. A running total of solvent usage shall also be maintained. This running total shall be calculated by adding the current month's solvent usage to the usage for the previous eleven (11) months. These records shall be maintained for a period of five (5) years and shall be made available to the Department on request.
• The permittee shall perform a daily operational inspection of the source.
• The permittee shall maintain and operate the source in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and in accordance with good air pollution control practices.62-017S: United Refining Co. (15 Bradley Street, Warren, PA 16365) for modification of several existing sources to produce reduced benzene gasoline (meet EPA's MSAT II fuel requirements) in Warren City, Warren County. This is a Title V facility. The public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the State Only operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date. The source shall comply with the following conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate Best Available Technology for the source:
• All conditions from Title V permit issued on August 20, 2007, and revised on March 10, 2010, remain in effect.
• Source 053 (Sat Gas Plant) will control the DeEthanizer tower operation more precisely to handle an increase in light ends. The Sat Gas KVG compressor will increase its operating speed to handle more light ends. This project will also add a bypass line to bypass the DeEthanizer to minimize the potential for flooding of the trays in the tower. The increase in light ends will result in an increase in firing rate of the Sat gas Reboiler heater and the additional controls will add components which will increase the potential fugitive emissions.
• Source 056 (Prefractionator Reboiler 2) will add a precursor stripper tower to separate a concentrated stream of benzene and its precursors, will add several heat exchangers to cool the stream down, will add a steam reboiler to prevent any increase in firing rate associated with steam production, and will add or replace some control valves and connections. These controls and connectors will increase the potential fugitive emissions.
• Source 1000 (Liquid Hydrogen Unit) will be added to store liquid hydrogen to be used at DHT2. The need for hydrogen stems from a reduction of hydrogen production from the Reformer unit as a result of the required operation to meet the MSAT2 requirements and from an increase in consumption at the Isom unit. The Liquid Hydrogen unit will have no emissions.
• Source 1001 (Lite Stabilizer) which currently receives light ends from the Prefractionator 2 will realize an increase due to shifting of benzene precursors from the bottom of the Prefractionator 2. This project will add Delta V controls to operate the unit more precisely to minimize the amount of butane that goes to the Isom unit. These controls (CV, pressure indicators, and connectors) will increase the potential fugitive emissions.
• Source 1002 (Isomerization Unit) which receives its feed from the Lite Stabilizer unit will see an increase in throughput due to the benzene precursors. The new stripper will send materials directly to the Isom unit bypassing the Lite Stabilizer. The Isom will minimize benzene from forming; however, the Isom increases the vapor pressure so during the summer months some of the Isomerate will be stored in Tank 248. The Isom is a fugitive emission source and there will not be any downstream emission increases as a result of the Isom feed increase. This project will add some components which will increase the potential fugitive emissions.
• Source 107 (Sat Gas KVG Compressor) will increase its operating speed to handle more light ends.
• Source 109 (NSPS Fug Emissions - Valves/Pumps/etc) and 109A (State Fug Emissions - Valves/Pumps/etc) will pick up the additional components added as part of this project.
• Source 247 (Tank 247) which is permitted under the General Permit will store ethanol required for the RFS-1 standard of 10% ethanol to be added to the finished gasoline products.
• Source 248 (Tank 248) which is permitted under the General Permit will be used to store Isomerate due to the summer RVP issue.
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
Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or Daniel Husted, Chief, West Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-949-7935
05-05022: Bedford Reinforced Plastics, Inc. (264 Reynoldsdale Road, Bedford PA 15522) for pultrusion operations at their facility in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart WWWW, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Reinforced Plastic Composites Production. The primary pollutants are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAPs). The operating permit will include monitoring, record keeping, work practices and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal o a Title V Operating Permit issued in February 2004.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940
24-00123: Veolia ES Greentree Landfill LLC. (635 Toby Road, Kersey, PA 15846-1033) to re-issue the Title V Operating Permit for their facility in Fox Township, Elk County. Veolia is an active Municipal waste landfill company. The facility's major emission sources include Municipal waste landfill, wastewater treatment plant (250,000 GPD), road/operation dust fugitives, rock crushing and parts washer. Veolia is a major facility due to CO emissions more than 100 tons per year. The flares are subject to CAM plan. Municipal waste landfill source is subject to § 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart WWW and § 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAA.
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
54-00049: US DOJ—Federal Corrections Institute (P. O. Box 700, Minersville, PA 17954-0700) for operation of three (3) boilers at the facility in Butler Township, Schuylkill County. This is a renewal of a State-Only Operating permit.
48-00095: ECOPAX, LLC (3600 Glover Road, Easton, PA 18040) for operation of a plastic foam products manufacturing facility consisting of six (6) scrap material grinders located in Forks Township, Northampton County. This is an initial State-Only 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: 717-949-7935
36-05084: Ephrata Community Hospital (169 Martin Avenue, Ephrata, PA 17522) for operation of two boilers and two emergency generators at their facility in Ephrata Borough, Lancaster County. This is a renewal of a synthetic minor operating permit issued in 2005.
06-03011: Giles & Yeckley Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc. (21 Chestnut Street, Mohnton, PA 19540) for operation of their two (2) cremation units at their facility in Mohnton Borough, Berks County. This is a renewal of a natural minor operating permit issued in 2005 and revised in 2007.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
08-00036: Talisman Energy USA, Inc. (50 Pennwood Place, Warrendale, PA 15086) for the Putnam Compressor Site in Armenia Township, Bradford County. The facility's main sources include 12 compressor-engines, and two (2) glycol dehydrators. The main sources are used to process and gather the natural gas from the nearby drilling operations. The facility has the potential to particulate matter (filterable and condensable), and sulfur oxides (SOx) emissions below the major thresholds. The facility has taken synthetic minor restrictions to limit the nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and hazardous air pollutants emissions below the major thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains limitations and requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting conditions to ensure compliance with applicable Federal and State air regulations.
59-00018: Hanson Aggregates (PA) Inc. (7660 Imperial Way, Suite 103, Allentown, PA 18195-1040) for their Blossburg quarry in Liberty Township, Tioga County. The facility's main sources include two crushers and associated various material sizing and conveying equipment and three diesel engines. The facility has the potential to emit CO, VOCs, and HAPs below the major emission thresholds. The facility has taken a synthetic minor restriction to limit the NOx and particulate matter (PM10) emissions below the major thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting conditions.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174
30-00148: Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania, LLC-4-West Deep Mine (625 Bald Hill Road, Dilliner, PA 15327) for operation of a coal preparation plant in Dunkard Township, Greene County. The operation of the facility's air contamination source consisting of 2-1,200 ton per hour screens, 6 transfer points, stockpile/wind erosion, and truck traffic. The facility is limited to a production rate of 1,980,000 tons per year, coal moisture content of 5 percent or greater at all times, and maximum opacity from any processing equipment of 20 percent. The permit also includes operation requirements, monitoring requirements, and recordkeeping requirements.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Brawn, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9476
S10-001: Saint Joseph's University (5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131) for operation of a university in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's major air emission source are 2 Boilers rated at 13.4 MMBTU/hr and one Boiler rated at 20.7 MMBTU/hr, 6 emergency generators, 26 boilers less than 5 MMBTU/hr.
The operating permit will be issued under the Pennsylvania Code Title 25, 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 above 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 thirty days before the hearing.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING
ACTIVITY APPLICATIONSApplications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1—1396.31); 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. Notices of requests for 401 Water Quality Certifications are included in individual application notices, as noted.
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—123 and 86.31—34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
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 (relating to public hearing-informal conferences) or § 86.34 (relating to informal conferences), 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 below. 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 through 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 (MOU) Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation, and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Load(s) (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 above 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 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
30841320 and NPDES Permit # PA0213861, Dana Mining Company of PA, LLC, (308 Dents Run Road, Morgantown, WV 26501), to renew the permit for the Dooley Run Mine in Dunkard Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. Application received: June 28, 2010.
10101301 and NPDES Permit # PA0235962, Rosebud Mining Company, (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201), to operate the Donegal Mine in Donegal Township, Butler County a new underground mine and related NPDES permit. Application also includes a request for a Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Written comments or objection on the permit application and the request for Section 401 water quality application may be submitted to the Department. Surface Acres Proposed 62.6, Underground Acres Proposed 2086.0, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed 2086.0. Receiving stream: Buffalo Creek, classified for the following use: HQ-CWF. Application received: May 13, 2010.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500
26900109 and NPDES Permit No. PA059206. Chess Coal Company (155 Chess Road, Smithfield, PA 15478). Renewal application for continued mining of a bituminous surface mine, located in Georges Township, Fayette County, affecting 213 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to York Run, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: September 29, 2010.
26743202 and NPDES Permit No. PA0069736. Bute Coal Recovery, LLC (P. O. Box 275, West Leisenring, PA 15489). Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Fayette Coal & Coke, Inc., for continued operation and reclamation of an existing coal refuse reprocessing facility located in Dunbar and North Union Townships, Fayette County, affecting 150.1 acres. Receiving streams: Rankin Run to Redstone Creek, to Monongahela River, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. The first potable water supply intake within ten miles downstream from the point of discharge is the North Fayette Municipal Authority. Transfer application received: September 14, 2010.
65990101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202428. Coal Loaders, Inc. (210 East Main Street, Ligonier, PA 15658). Revision application to add 3.6 acres for an existing bituminous surface mine, located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 23.4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed Run to the Youghiogheny River, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: September 29, 2010.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
12040101 and NPDES No.PA0243701. Allegheny Enterprises, Inc. (3563 Roller Coaster Road, Corsica, PA 15829). Permit revision to an existing bituminous surface mine located in Shippen Township, Cameron County affecting 280.8 acres. This revision is to change the post-mining land use from forestland to wildlife habitat. This change will allow the operator to create grazing area for the elk and deer herds. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Finley Run classified for cold water fisheries. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 17, 2010.
17814000 and NPDES No. PA0608769. TDK Coal Sales, Inc. (279 Shannon Road, Monongahela, PA 15063). Permit revision to an existing bituminous surface mine located in Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 204.2 acres. The purpose of this revision is to add auger mining to the existing permit. Receiving streams: Irish Run and unnamed tributaries to Irish Run classified for cold water fisheries. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 20, 2010.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
49851602T and NPDES Permit No. PA0223662. D. Molesevich & Sons Construction Co., Inc., (333 South Pine Street, Mt. Carmel, PA 17851), transfer and correction to add 2.8 to an existing anthracite coal preparation plant operation in Mt. Carmel Township, Northumberland County affecting 48.2 acres, receiving stream: Shamokin Creek, classified for the following uses: warm water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: September 22, 2010.
49851602R5 and NPDES Permit No. PA0223662. D. Molesevich & Sons Construction Co., Inc., (333 South Pine Street, Mt. Carmel, PA 17851), renewal of an existing anthracite coal preparation plant operation in Mt. Carmel Township, Northumberland County affecting 48.2 acres, receiving stream: Shamokin Creek, classified for the following uses: warm water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: September 22, 2010.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:
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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
33050304. Glen-Gery Corporation (1166 Spring Street, P. O. Box 7001, Wyomissing, PA 19610) Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0258008, Oliver Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Beaver Run (CWF section) to Redbank Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES renewal application received: September 24, 2010.
24050301. North Star Aggregates, Inc. (P. O. Box R, Ridgway, PA 15853) Renewal of an NPDES Permit No. PA0257974, Horton Township, Elk County. Receiving streams: Johnson Run and Oyster Run, all to Little Toby Creek to the Clarion River, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. NPDES renewal application received: September 27, 2010.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
59050301 and NPDES No. PA0256170. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (1952 Waddle Road, Suite 203, State College, PA 16803). Renewal of the NPDES Permit for discharges of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Lawrence Township, Tioga County. Receiving streams: Mutton Lane Creek to Tioga River classified for Warm Water Fisheries. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 14, 2010.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
52050801. Randy S. Miller, Inc., (232 White Road, Lake Ariel, PA 18436), Stage I & II bond release from a quarry operation in Blooming Grove Township, Pike County affecting 2.0 acres on property owned by Vladimir Potiyevsky & Lisa Alexander. Application received: September 22, 2010.
09890303C3 and NPDES Permit No. PA0594661. Naceville Materials, (c/o Miller & Son Paving, Inc., 6100 Easton Road, Pipersville, PA 18947), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, receiving stream: North Branch of Neshaminy Creek, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. Application received: September 29, 2010.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C. 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. §$sect; 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317 as well as relevant state requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under Section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above 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. Each individual 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 the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each working day at the office noted above the application.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1-800-654-5984.
Applications Received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and Section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification Under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
E25-736, Amity Township Supervisors, 15030 Casler Road, Union City, PA 16438. Tarbell Road Culvert, in Amity Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Union City, PA Quadrangle N: 41°, 56`, 50.5"; W: 79°, 46`, 31";).
The applicant proposes To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a 40-foot long, 5.6-foot high by 7.9-foot wide CMP pipe arch culvert in Beaver Run on Tarbell Road (T-770) approximately 800 feet south of the intersection of Tarbell Road and Fenno Road in Amity Township, Erie County. Project includes deminimus impacts to Exceptional Value wetlands. Beaver Run is a perennial stream classified as Exceptional Value.
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, Floor 3, PO Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554.
D30-074. Freeport Sedimentation Pond. River Processing Corporation, 158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370. To construct, operate, and maintain Freeport Sedimentation Pond across a tributary to Tenmile Creek (WWF) impacting 1.56 acres of wetlands (PEM) and 508 feet of stream and providing a minimum of 1.56 acres of wetland mitigation, for the purpose of providing sediment control for the proposed Freeport Mine CRDA No. 1. (Mather, PA Quadrangle N: 18.2 inches; W: 2.8 inches) Jefferson Township, Greene County.
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