NOTICES
Availability of Final General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Hot Mix Asphalt Plants (BAQ-GPA/GP-13)
[40 Pa.B. 751]
[Saturday, February 6, 2010]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has finalized the General Plan Approval and General Operating Permit for Hot Mix Asphalt Plants (BAQ-GPA/GP-13).
The notice of availability of the proposed General Permit was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 38, Pa.B. 6425 on November 22, 2008. A 45-day comment period was provided and written comments were received. A comment and response document has been prepared, which summarizes the Department's response to the comments.
BAQ-GPA/GP-13 applies to the construction, operation and modification of both new and existing hot mix asphalt (HMA) plants. This General Permit is limited to the construction, operation and modification of HMA plants that are located at facilities for which a valid mining permit or an air quality operating permit exists for the operation of the facility. The applicant must notify the Department using the General Permit Application and receive written approval prior to constructing and/or operating under this General Permit. The owners and operators of existing permitted HMA plants may either continue to operate under an existing operating permit, or elect to apply for authorization to use this General Permit. BAQ-GPA/GP-13 is now approved by the Department and available for use by qualifying applicants.
A copy of the General Permit with related documents can be obtained by contacting Jeanette Van Skike, Bureau of Air Quality, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-4325. The documents have also been placed on the Department's web site www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Air Permits'').
JOHN HANGER,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-227. Filed for public inspection February 5, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
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