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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMITS Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for PWS permits to construct or substantially modify public water systems.
Persons wishing to comment on permit applications are invited to submit statements to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding an application. A comment should 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. 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 related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability that 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 may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Northwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335
Operations Permit issued to: Aqua PA, Inc., PWSID# 6430054, Farrell Borough, Mercer County on August 15, 2011 for the operation of the Carnegie View Booster Station. This permit is issued in response to an operation inspection conducted by Department personnel, on August 6, 2011 and in accordance with construction permit #4310501 issued August 10, 2010.
Operations Permit issued to: Autumn Grove Care Center, PWSID# 510045, Harrisville Borough, Butler County on August 4, 2011 for the operation a 6000 gal. contact tank, ten (10) Pressure sand filters, four (4) softeners, booster pump station, NaCLO disinfection. This permit is issued in response to an operation inspection conducted by Department personnel, on July 6, 2011 and in accordance with construction permit #4310501 issued February 22, 2011.
Operations Permit issued to: Leesburg Community Water Cooperative Association, PWSID# 6430999, Springfield Township, Mercer County on August 9, 2011 for spring house upgrades, chlorine contact piping and NaCLO upgrades. This permit is issued in response to an operation inspection conducted by Department personnel, on July 22, 2011 and in accordance with construction permit #4310504 issued July 1, 2010.
Operations Permit issued to: Erie City Water Authority d/b/a/Erie Water Works, PWSID# 6250028, McKean Township, Erie County on August 19, 2011 for installation of chlorine booster equipment at the Reichert Road metering vault that services McKean Township and McKean Borough. This permit is issued in response to an operation inspection conducted by Department personnel, on August 16, 2011 and in accordance with construction permit #2509501 issued August 10, 2009.
Operations Permit issued to: Erie City Water Authority d/b/a/Erie Water Works, PWSID# 6250028, Harborcreek Township Erie County on August 19, 2011 for a bulk sodium hypochlorite disinfection feed system at the East Lake Hydropillar. This permit is issued in response to an operation inspection conducted by Department personnel, on August 16, 2011 and in accordance with construction permit #2510504 issued March 8, 2011.
MINOR AMENDMENT
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. 2450080
Applicant Tri Valley Water Supply, Inc. [Township or Borough] Polk Township
Monroe CountyResponsible Official Gregory A Sander, President
Tri Valley Water Supply, Inc. R.D. 3, Box 170
Palmerton, PA 18071Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer NA Application Received Date June 24, 2011 Description of Action Application to transfer the PWS operation permit for El-Do Lake Community from Elwood Beers to Tri Valley Water Supply, Inc. Application No. 4011506MA
Applicant Borough of Freeland Municipal Authority [Township or Borough] Freeland Borough Responsible Official Joseph Wizda, Chairman Borough of Freeland
Municipal Auth.
711 Birkbeck Street
Freeland, PA 18824-1501Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Christopher D. McCue, PE Borton-Lawson
613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 300 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 570-821-1994Application Received Date July 5, 2011 Description of Action Application for installation of larger diameter conveyance line at the Well No. 17 facility to meet 4-log inactivation of viruses. Application No. 4011505MA
Applicant Borough of Freeland Municipal Authority [Township or Borough] Freeland Borough Responsible Official Joseph Wizda, Chairman Borough of Freeland
Municipal Auth.
711 Birkbeck Street
Freeland, PA 18824-1501Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Christopher D. McCue, PE Borton-Lawson
613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 300 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 570-821-1994Application Received Date July 5, 2011 Description of Action Application for installation of larger diameter conveyance line at the Well No. 10 facility to meet 4-log inactivation of viruses. Application No. 6411501MA
Applicant Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. [Township or Borough] Canaan Township
Wayne CountyResponsible Official Roswell S. McMullen, PE Manager, Projects & Development Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
1775 North Main Street Honesdale, PA 18431Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Douglas E. Berg, PE
Entech Engineering, Inc.
4 South 4th Street
Reading, PA 19603 610-373-6667Application Received Date July 8, 2011 Description of Action Application for repainting the 150,000 gallon elevated storage tank serving Waymart. Application No. 4011505MA
Applicant Borough of Freeland Municipal Authority [Township or Borough] Freeland Borough Responsible Official Joseph Wizda, Chairman Borough of Freeland
Municipal Auth.
711 Birkbeck Street
Freeland, PA 18824-1501Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Christopher D. McCue, PE Borton-Lawson
613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 300 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 570-821-1994Application Received Date July 5, 2011 Description of Action Application for installation of larger diameter conveyance line at the Well No. 10 facility to meet 4-log inactivation of viruses. Application No. 4011506MA
Applicant Borough of Freeland Municipal Authority [Township or Borough] Freeland Borough Responsible Official Joseph Wizda, Chairman Borough of Freeland
Municipal Auth.
711 Birkbeck Street
Freeland, PA 18824-1501Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer Christopher D. McCue, PE Borton-Lawson
613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 300 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 570-821-1994Application Received Date July 5, 2011 Description of Action Application for installation of larger diameter conveyance line at the Well No. 17 facility to meet 4-log inactivation of viruses.
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—6026.907)
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) (35 P. S. §§ 6026.302—6026.305) require the 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. A person intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area shall 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 or a combination of cleanup standards or 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 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 following site, 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 as follows. 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 listed before the notice. 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 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
Marsh Run Park/ New Cumberland Army Depot Landfill, Mifflin Avenue and Marsh Run Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070, Fairview Township, York County. EA Engineering, Science and Technology, 1 Marketway West, Suite 4C, York, PA 17401, on behalf of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, PO Box 1715, Baltimore, MD, 21203, submitted a revised Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The site will be remediated to the Site Specific and Statewide Health Standards. Future use of the site is unknown.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-4745
Sowinski Property, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Pennsylvania Tectonics, Inc., 826 Main Street, Peckville, PA 18452 on behalf of Yvonne Sowinski, 1800 Whited Street, Clover Trailer Park, Lot # 50, Pittsburgh PA 15210 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. A home heating oil tank released approximately 25 gallons of home heating oil. The contaminated soil was excavated and disposed of. The site is seeking to attain a residential statewide health standard.
RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Application(s) Received Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904); and Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste other than Coal Ash.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 14, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
General Permit Application No. WMGR131. P.H. Glatfelter Co., 228 S. Main, St., Spring Grove, PA 17362.
General Permit Numbered WMGR131 is for the beneficial use of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler ash generated at the P.H. Glatfelter facility that is located in the Borough of Spring Grove, York County. The boiler ash is proposed for beneficial use as a soil additive or soil substitute material at mine sites for mine reclamation purposes. Central Office received the application on April 11, 2011 and determined it administratively complete on June 10, 2011.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to C. D. Vu, General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Waste Management, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Division at (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Application(s) received Under the Solid Waste Management Act, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act and Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.
Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915
Permit Application No. 101247. Keystone Environmental Landfill, Inc., Keystone Sanitary Landfill, 249 Dunham Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512-0249. A Major Permit modification to increase the current operating permit limits of their average daily volume from 4750 tons/day to 7250 tons/day and the maximum daily volume from 5000 tons/day to 7500 tons/day for this facility located in Throop and Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County. The application was received in the Regional Office on May 27, 2011, with the Local Municipal Involvement Process Meeting (LMIP) conducted on July 26, 2011. The application was deemed to be administratively complete.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to William Tomayko, Program Manager, Waste Management Program, Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, 570-826-2511. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The 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 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 received applications for Plan Approvals 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 listed before the applications. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule appointments.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit shall indicate interests to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and shall file protests or comments on a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed documents to persons or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that hearings be held concerning a proposed Plan Approval or Operating Permit. A comment or protest filed with the Department regional office shall 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 listed before the application. 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—143, the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401—7671q) and regulations adopted under the Federal Clean Air Act.
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
46-0032G: SPS Technologies, Inc. (301 Highland Avenue, Jenkintown, PA 19046) for installation of a vapor degreaser that uses n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent, at an aerospace parts manufacturing facility at Highland Avenue Abington Township, Montgomery County. Based on the information provided by the applicant and DEP's own analysis, the degreaser may emit: 11.32 tons per year of n-propyl bromide (nPB). N-propyl bromide is a Volatile Organic Compound. Emissions of nPB will be controlled by a working mode cover, a freeboard refrigeration device and a superheated vapor. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility currently has a Title V Operating Permit No. 46-00032. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Section 127.450. Further details on the conditions are available upon request.
09-0013A: Wheelabrator Falls, Inc. (1201 New Ford Mill Road, Morrisville, PA 19067) to construct and install a wet scrubber for use in an existing ash load out building in Bucks County. The ash load out building is enclosed and houses several covered conveyors to transfer the wetted ash. The combination of the hot ash and water results in a high moisture environment which leads to poor equipment performance. Potential emissions are anticipated to be less than 0.2 lbs/hr and 0.83 tpy for PM/PM10 and 1.42 lbs/hr and 0.42 tpy for PM 2.5. Appropriate monitoring and recordkeeping requirements have been incorporated into this plan approval.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
45-318-034: Tobyhanna Army Depot (11 Hap Arnold Boulevard, Tobyhanna, PA 18466) for installation and operation of two (2) new blasting booths with dust collectors and two (2) new paint booths with panel filters and dryers for their facility in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Tobyhanna Army Depot (11 Hap Arnold Blvd., Tobyhanna, PA 18466) for their facility located in Coolbaugh Twp, Monroe County. This Plan Approval No. 45-318-034 will be incorporated into the company's Synthetic Minor Permit #45-00004 through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 45-318-034 is for the installation and operation of two new blasting booths with dust collectors and two new paint booths with panel filters and dryers at the facility located in Coolbaugh Twp., Monroe County. The TYAD will use high volumes low-pressure (HVLP) spray system to spray the paint inside each booth manually. All paints and coatings are code-compliant with the VOC limits of § 129.52, Table I. TYAD will maintain actual VOC emissions from the facility below 49.9 TPY on a 12 month rolling sum basis. The company will operate the facility and maintain the sources in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of sources. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit No. 45-318-034
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, Phone # 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6636
16-132I: Clarion Boards, Inc. (143 Fiberboard Road, Shippenville, PA 16254) for a modification of the short term NOx emission limitation from the RTO while maintaining the current annual limit in Paint Township, Clarion 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 or 127.505, be incorporated into the Title V operating permit at a later date.
This modification will result in no annual emission increase but the short term NOx limit will be increased. This Plan Approval will contain conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate BAT for the source including, but are not limited to, the following:
• The emissions from the outlet of the RTO shall not exceed the following:
• PM: 8.0 #/hr and 33.1 tpy based on a consecutive 12-month period
• CO: 44.0 #/hr and 182.2 tpy based on a consecutive 12-month period
• NOx: 46.0 #/hr based on a 24-hour rolling basis [replaced NOx: 27.5 #/hr based on a rolling 24-hour average]
• NOx: 35.0 #/hr based on a 30-day rolling basis [replaced NOx: 27.5 #/hr based on a rolling 24-hour average]
• NOx: 113.9 tpy based on a consecutive 12-month period
In accordance with 25 PA Code § 127.44(e)(1), all the pertinent documents regarding this application (applications, review memos, and draft approvals) are also available for review from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Meadville Regional DEP office (Air Quality). Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the DEP at (814) 332-6340.
In accordance with 25 PA Code § 127.44(e)(2), a 30-day comment period, from the date of publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 230 Chestnut Street, Mead- ville, PA 16335-3494 and must contain the following:
• Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments
• Identification of the proposed plan approval [16-131I]
• A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to H. Thomas Flaherty, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335; Phone # (814) 332-6940.
In accordance with 25 PA Code § 127.45, a person may oppose the proposed plan approval by filing a written protest with the Department's Northwest Region.
If a plan approval has not undergone the above public notice process, the change to an operating permit must be treated as a significant modification. In these situations the Department should follow the procedures described in §§ 127.421 to 127.431 for state only operating permits or §§ 127.521 to 127.524 for Title V operating permits.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426
AMS 11170: RR Donnelly Baum—(9985 Gantry Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19115) for installation of one (1) non-heatset, sheet-feed lithographic printing presses in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. There will be a potential annual emission increase of 2.8 tons for Volatile Organic Compounds and a potential annual emission increase of 0.64 tons for Hazardous Air Pollutants. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
AMS 11201: Lannett Company, Inc.—(9000 State Rd/9001 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136) for installation of four (4) dust collectors in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. There will be a potential annual emission increase of less than 0.5 tons of Particulate Matter. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
23-00043: Sunoco Partners Marketing and Terminals, LP—Hog Island Wharf (4 Atlantic Highway, Essington, PA 19029) for renewal of the Title V Operating Permit which was initially issued on April 12, 2000 for their facility which is a marine cargo-handling terminal in Tinicum Township, Delaware County. No changes have taken place at this facility that were not previously permitted. The renewal contains monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
54-00041: Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. (130 Lincoln Drive, P. O. Box B, Tamaqua, PA 18252) for operation of an aluminum pigment manufacturing and boilers operation in Rush Township, Schuylkill County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 2005. These sources have the potential to emit major quantities of regulated pollutants (VOC) above Title V emission thresholds. The proposed Title V Operating Permit contains applicable requirements for emissions limitations, monitoring, record keeping, reporting, and work practice standards used to maintain facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
41-00010: Andritz, Inc. (35 Sherman Street, PA 17756) for renewal of the Title V operating permit for their facility in Muncy Borough, Lycoming County. The facility's sources include four natural gas-fired boilers with heat input ratings ranging from 4.19 million Btu per hour to 12.0 million Btu per hour, four natural gas-fired, 3.46 million Btu per hour air make-up units, twenty-seven natural gas-fired air make-up units and heaters with heat input ratings of less than 2.5 million Btu per hour, a natural gas-fired, 3.36 million Btu per hour scrap dryer, an endothermic generator, a surface coating operation, a foam packaging operation, a pattern shop, nine parts washers, seven ladle torches, seven induction furnaces with melt capacities ranging from 1,000 pounds to 4,000 pounds, a refiner plate molding line, a no-bake floor molding line, a general castings operation, five propane-fired emergency generators, a casting grinding operation ad a plate finishing operation. The facility has the potential to emit particulate matter (PM/PM10) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) above the major emission thresholds. The potential emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides (SOx) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) are below their respective major emission thresholds. The proposed Title V operating permit renewal contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6131
24-00167: E Carbon America, LLC—St. Marys Plant (806 Theresia Street, St. Marys, PA 15857) to issue a Title V Operating Permit to this carbon and graphite manufacturing facility in the City of St. Marys, Elk County. This facility is classified as a major source due to its' potential to emit VOC emissions.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
15-00060: Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority—SECCRA (PO Box 221, Kennett Square, PA 19348) for renewal of the State Only Operating Permit for a municipal solid waste landfill and its landfill gas collection and control system, in London Grove Township, Chester County. The renewal will include the incorporation of Plan Approval PA-15-0060C for a landfill gas fired engine and Request for Determination 15-A01-1130 for the de minimis emissions increases due to the landfill re-grade. The renewed Operating Permit does not authorize any increase in air emissions of regulated pollutants above previously approved levels. The facility shall remain a minor facility with this renewal. The renewed Operating Permit contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting.
46-00267: GlaxoSmithKline LLC (1250 S Collegeville Rd) for an operating permit for a non-Title V (State only) facility for a Data Center in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County. The initial operating permit is for a non-Title V (State only) facility. The source of emissions are eight, identical diesel/No. 2 fuel oil fired generator engines used to provide emergency power for the Data Center operations and for peak shaving purposes. The permit contains emission restrictions on visible emissions, nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM), formaldehyde and fuel limitations on sulfur content and usage. The conditions of Plan Approvals 46-0267 and 46-0267A form the basis of this initial operating permit. GlaxoSmithKline will follow good air pollution control practices, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This facility was formerly known as SmithKline Beecham Research Company dba GlaxoSmithKline.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6131
25-00911: Humane Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania (2407 Zimmerly Road, Erie, PA 16506-4905) for a renewal of the Natural Minor Operating Permit to operate a pet shelter and crematory in Millcreek Township, Erie County. The emitting sources included, 1) Incinerator and, 2) Secondary chamber. The emission of pollutants from the facility is less than the Title V threshold-limits. Thus, the facility is natural minor.
43-00034: Dunbar Asphalt Products, Inc. Wheat- land Plant (300, Ohio Street, Wheatland, PA 16161), for renewal of the Synthetic Minor Permit to operate asphalt paving mixtures and blocks manufacturing facility. The facility's emitting sources include, Rotary dryer Barber Greene plant 2 BMA plant, Miscellaneous asphalt handling plant 2, Asphalt cement storage & heating plant 2, Raw material handling equipment plant 2, Rotary dryer, McCarter plant 4 BMA plant, Miscellaneous asphalt handling plant 4, Asphalt cement storage & heating plant 4, Stockpile & cold aggregate bins plant 4, Raw material handling equipment plant 4, RAP storage hopper and Horizontal rotary mixing drum. The facility is located in Wheatland Borough, Mercer County. The facility has taken a production restriction of 495,000 tons product per year based on 12-month rolling total to stay below the emission threshold of Title V (less than 100 TPY of Carbon Monoxide). Thus, the facility becomes Synthetic Minor.
PLAN APPROVALS
Receipt of Plan Approval Applications and Intent to Issue Plan Approvals, and Intent to Issue Amended Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B And Subchapter F. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
39-302-198: Kraft Foods Global, Inc. (3 Lakes Drive, Northfield, IL, 60093) for installation of a new 31.2 MMBTU natural gas fired boiler and for the modification to the facility's existing emission limits and fuel usage from their existing boilers at their facility in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Kraft Foods Global, Inc (3 Lakes Drive, Northfield, Il, 60093) for their facility located in Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh County. This Plan Approval No. 39-302-198 will be incorporated into the companies Synthetic Minor Permit #39-00013 through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 39-302-198 is for the installation of a new 31.2 MMBTU natural gas fired boiler and for the modification to the facilities existing emission limits and fuel usage from their existing boilers. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 PA Code § 123.41 for Visible emissions. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 PA Code § 123.22 for Sulfur Compound Emissions. The company is subject to NSPS Subpart Dc requirements. These limits will meet BAT requirements for this source. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit No. 39-302-198.
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Phone 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
58-399-023: Laser Northeast Gathering Company LLC (333 Clay Street, STE 4500, Houston, TX 77002-4102) for their facility to be in Dimock Township, Sus- quehannaCounty.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Laser Northeast Gathering Company LLC (333 Clay Street, Ste. 4500, Houston, TX 77002-4102) for their facility to be located in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County. This Plan Approval No. 58-399-023 will be incorporated into a Synthetic Minor Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 58-399-023 is for the construction of a natural gas compressor station at the Shields Compressor Station. The station will consist of four CAT G3616 engines and three dehydrators with reboilers. The VOC emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 50 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The NOx emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 100 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. Total PM, SOx, and CO emissions from the facility will not equal or exceed 100 TPY, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The HAPs from the facility must never equal or exceed 10 TPY of any single HAP and must never equal or exceed 25 TPY of all aggregated HAPs, based on a 12-month rolling sum. The Plan approval and Operating Permit will include testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
The facility is subject to MACT 40 CFR Part 63 Subparts ZZZZ and HH, NSPS Subpart JJJJ and 25 PA Code § 127.12(a)(5) Best Available Technology (BAT) requirements. The visible emission opacity shall not be equal to or greater than 20% at any time. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 PA Code § 123.31 for malodorous emissions.
Emissions from the engines will meet MACT Subpart ZZZZ, MACT Subpart HH, BAT & NSPS Subpart JJJJ requirements. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the following:
Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
Identification of the proposed permit No.: 58-399-023.
A concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Chief, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Phone # 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1—1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301—3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51—30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1—1406.20a). 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. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before 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 and request for Section 401 water quality certification 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 before 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 regarding 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.
A request 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 an NPDES number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. A separate notice will be provided after the draft NPDES permit is prepared.
Coal Applications Received
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, 724-769-1100
30841316 and NPDES No. PA 0213535, Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, LLC, (1525 Pleasant Grove Road, P. O. Box J, Claysville, PA 15323), to revise the permit for the Bailey Mine & Prep Plant in Richhill and Morris Townships, Greene County and East Finley Township, Washington County to add acreage for development mining only for Underground Training Center II. Underground Acres Proposed 1024.0, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed 1024.0. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on August 16, 2011. Application received: June 21, 2011.
63101601 and NPDES No. PA 0236063, Penn Ridge Coal, LLC, (2596 Battle Run Road, Triadelphia, WV 26059-1200), to operate Penn Ridge in Independence Township, Washington County a new coal preparation plant with a related NPDES permit. Surface Acres Proposed 55.5. Receiving stream: Unnamed Tributary to Cross Creek, classified for the following use(s): WWF. The application was considered administratively complete on August 18, 2011. Application received: September 9, 2010.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900
56060102 and NPDES No. PA0249912. Mountaineer Mining Corporation, 1010 Garrett Shortcut Road, Berlin, PA 15530, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, affecting 83.7 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributaries to/and Schrock Run classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: August 5, 2011.
56110107 and NPDES No. PA0263338. Rosebud Mining Company, 1117 Shaw Mines Road, Meyersdale, PA 15552, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 170.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributaries to Buffalo Creek classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. The application includes a stream encroachment to within 100 feet of unnamed tributary 'B' to construct ponds and ditches and coal removal within the barrier area of unnamed tributary 'B' to Buffalo Creek. Application received: August 18, 2011.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500
03830116 and NPDES Permit No. PA0599727. Bedrock Mines, LP (111 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15215). Revision application to add a sedimentation pond that will discharge into an unnamed tributary to Mill Run for the existing bituminous/auger surface mine, located in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 830 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Mill Run, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: August 12, 2011.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
33980110. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine in Perry Township, Jefferson County affecting 137.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. This renewal is for reclamation only. Application received: August 15, 2011.
10060101. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine in Clay Township, Butler County affecting 89.9 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to South Branch Findley Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. This renewal is for reclamation only. Application received: August 17, 2011.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
17814000 and NPDES No. PA0608769. Rob Holland Enterprises (52 Holland Lane, Curwensville, PA 16833). Transfer of an existing bituminous surface/auger mine from TDK Coal Sales, Inc. located in Penn and Brady Townships, Clearfield County affecting 204.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Irish Run and Irish Run classified for cold water fisheries. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: August 8, 2011.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
54733020C3 and NPDES Permit No. PA0012360. BET Associates IV, LLC, (P. O. Box 150, Tamaqua, PA 18252), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine, coal refuse reprocessing, refuse disposal and preparation plant operation to add discharge points to the NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage in Tamaqua, Coaldale, Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill Boroughs, Schuylkill and Carbon Counties affecting 7596.4 acres, receiving streams: Little Schuylkill River and Panther Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: July 5, 2011.
54733020C4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0012360. BET Associates IV, LLC, (P. O. Box 150, Tamaqua, PA 18252), correction add an E&S pond discharge point to an existing anthracite surface mine, coal refuse reprocessing, refuse disposal and preparation plant operation Tamaqua, Coaldale, Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill Boroughs, Schuylkill and Carbon Counties affecting 7596.4 acres, receiving streams: Little Schuylkill River and Panther Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: July 5, 2011.
54850108T and NPDES Permit No. PA0225053. Locust Valley Culm Co., LLC, (P. O. Box 279, St. Clair, PA 17970), transfer of an existing anthracite surface mine, refuse reprocessing and refuse disposal operation from Jett Contracting Company in Blythe Township and New Philadelphia Borough, Schuylkill County affecting 36.6 acres and the addition of NPDES permit for discharge of treated mine drainage, receiving stream: Schuylkill River, classified for the following uses: cold water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: August 2, 2011.
54870101C2 and NPDES Permit No. PA0593842. Kuperavage Enterprises, Inc., (P. O. Box 99, Middle- port, PA 17935), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation to include refuse reprocessing and a stream variance in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County affecting 638.0 acres, receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Schuylkill River, classified for the following uses: cold water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: August 12, 2011.
54040102C4. Neumeister Coal Company, (23 Frank Lane, Ashland, PA 17921), incidental correction of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Foster and Reilly Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 23.68 acres, receiving stream: Laurel Run to Swatara Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: August 12, 2011.
Noncoal Applications Received
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900
21050301. JR Zimmerman Enterprises, LLC, 35 Ridge Road, Newville, PA 17241, revision of an existing surface mine to change land use in North Newton Township, Cumberland County, affecting 33.3 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributary to Green Spring Creek classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: August 4, 2011.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500
26950401 and NPDES Permit No. PA0201294. Amerikohl Aggregates, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Revision application to add 70 acres for the Phase 7 of an existing large noncoal surface mine, located in Springfield Township, Fayette County, affecting 640 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Clay Run and Buck Run, classified for the following use: HQ-CWF. The potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. Revision application received: August 10, 2011.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
67960301C9 and NPDES Permit No. PA0223701. Codorus Stone & Supply Co., Inc., (135 Mundis Race Road, York, PA 17402), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Manchester Township, York County, receiving stream: Codorus Creek, classified for the following use: warm water fishes and migratory fishes. Application received: August 8, 2011.
MINING ACTIVITY NPDES DRAFT PERMITS This notice provides information about applications for a new, amended or renewed NPDES permits associated with mining activity (coal or noncoal) permits. The applications concern industrial waste (mining) discharges to surface water and discharges of stormwater associated with mining activities. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act(33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251—1376).
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a draft NPDES permit and made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the associated mining activity permit.
Effluent Limits for Coal Mining Activities
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that are the more stringent of technology-based (BAT) effluent limitations or Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL).
The BAT limits for coal mining activities, as provided in 40 CFR Part 434 and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 87—90 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (Total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* * The parameter is applicable at all times.
In addition, the Department imposes a technology-based aluminum limit of 2.0 mg/l (30 day average) to protect stream uses.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applies 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; mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and all other discharges and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of greater than 1-year 24-hour to less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles. Similarly, modified BAT limits apply to iron, manganese and suspended solids in surface runoff, discharges and drainage resulting from these precipitation events and those of greater magnitude in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Exceptions to BAT effluent limits may be applicable in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Effluent Limits for Noncoal Mining Activities
The BAT limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 40 CFR Part 436 and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 77 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity* pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 * The parameter is applicable at all times.
Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional water quality based effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description specifies the parameters.
In addition to BAT or WQBEL limits, coal and noncoal NPDES permits establish effluent limitations in the form of implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) identified in the associated Erosion and Sedimentation Plan, the Reclamation Plan and the NPDES permit application. These BMPs restrict the rates and quantities of associated pollutants from being discharged into surface waters in this Commonwealth.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur are 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 (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). Additional discharge limitations may apply in the event that unexpected discharges occur.
Discharge rates for surface mining activities are precipitation driven. Discharge rates for proposed discharges associated with underground mining are noted in the permit description.
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES draft permit should submit a written statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each draft permit 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 § 92a.82(d). The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and 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. When a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal NPDES Draft Permits
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900
NPDES No. PA0119296 (Mining permit no. 56793091), Hardrock Coal Company, 275 Saddle Ridge Road, Berlin, PA 15530, revised NPDES permit for surface mining, augering and blasting, in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 559.9 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributaries to/and Tubs Run and Unnamed Tributary to Millers Run, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Casselman River TMDL. Application received: April 27, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unnamed Tributaries to/and Tubs Run and Unnamed Tributaries to Millers Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001, 002, 012, 014, 015, 025 & 030
(Unnamed Tributary to Millers Run)N 003, 005, 006, 007, 008, 009, 013, 016, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022, 024, 027, 028, 029 (Unnamed Tributary to Tubs Run) N 011 & 026 (Tubs Run) N 031 (Unnamed Tributary to Tubs Run) Y NPDES No. PA0263141 (Mining permit no. 11110101), K. B. Coal, Inc., 158 Account Lane, Hastings, PA 16646, new NPDES permit for bituminous surface mining in Clearfield Township, Cambria County, affecting 28.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unts to Clearfield Creek, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Clearfield Creek TMDL. Application received: January 18, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unts to Clearfield Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 (Same as Sediment Pond 1) Yes 002 (Same as Treatment Pond 1) Yes 003 (Same as Treatment Pond 2) Yes NPDES No. PA0263214 (Mining permit no. 32110102), Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, new NPDES permit for bituminous surface mining in Burrell Township, Indiana County, affecting 33.8 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unts to Tom's Run, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Kiski-Conemaugh TMDL. Application received: April 11, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for coal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unts to Tom's Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 (Same as Sediment Pond 1) Yes 002 (Same as Treatment Pond 1) Yes The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
Outfalls: 001 (Same as Sediment Pond 1)
002 (Same as Treatment Pond 1)
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.5 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.9 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35 70 90 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
NPDES No. PA0242250 (Permit No. 10020306). Allegheny Mineral Corporation (P. O. Box 1022, Kittanning, PA 16201) Renewal of an existing NPDES permit for a large industrial minerals surface mine in Worth Township, Butler County, affecting 241.2 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Slippery Rock Creek and Slippery Rock Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. TMDL: None. Application received: May 5, 2011.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described above for noncoal mining activities.
The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unnamed tributaries to Slippery Rock Creek and Slippery Rock Creek:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) AB N CB N The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Iron (mg/l) 3 6 7 Manganese (mg/l) 2 4 5 Aluminum (mg/l) Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35 70 90 Sulfates (mg/l) Osmotic Pressure (milliosmoles/kg) 50 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. The outfall(s) listed below discharge to Unnamed tributaries to Slippery Rock Creek and Slippery Rock Creek:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) A N B N C N H N The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfall(s) are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Iron (mg/l) 7.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Total Settleable Solids (ml/l) 0.5
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. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the Commonwealth to certify that the involved projects will not violate the 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, the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment shall submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted before an 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 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days at the office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications Received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification under section 401(a) of the FWPCA.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
E15-821. East Whiteland Township, 209 Conestoga Road, Frazer, PA 19355, East Whiteland Township, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing pump station, and to construct and maintain a new station at the same location in and along the 100-year floodplain of Valley Creek. The site is located northwest of the intersection of Conestoga Road and Mill Lane, (Malvern, PA USGS Quadrangle, N: 9.2 inches; W: 7.8 inches).
E15-818. Kennett Square Realty, LP, 649 W. South Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348, Kennett Square Borough, Chester County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a mixed use commercial and residential development on former scrap yard and brownfields site known as Magnolia Place, impacting approximately 0.11 acre of wetlands. The site is located near the intersection of West Cypress Street and South Mill Road (Kennett Square, PA USGS Quadrangle N: 9.1 inches; W: 6.33 inches).
Southwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E11-343. Municipal Authority of the Borough of Cresson, 631 Second Street, Cresson, PA 16630. The applicant proposes to operate and maintain 0.29 acres of existing wetland fill and 187' of re-located channel, to restore existing disturbed area and to provide remediation for the existing impacts, all for the purpose of constructing improvements to a sewage treatment plant. The project is located on the headwaters of the Little Conemaugh River (CWF) in Cresson Township, Cambria County. (Pittsburgh ACOE District, Latitude 40 27` 30"; Longitude 78 35` 50" Cresson, Pa quadrangle, N 15.1" W 13.5")
E32-496. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 10-0, 2550 Oakland Avenue, Indiana, PA 15701. The applicant proposes to
1. remove the existing SR 259 two lane, 19.5-foot wide, single span bridge having a total length of 67 feet, and having an underclearance of 5.5 feet; construct and maintain a two lane 15-foot wide by 6-foot high opening 85-foot long box culvert, depressed an additional 1 foot into the stream bed; construct and remove a temporary crossing and stream diversion; and construct and maintain associated stream bank stabilization and stormwater outfalls over and in West Branch Richards Run (CWF) with a drainage area of 2.1 square miles. Construct and remove a temporary crossing in Richards Run (CWF) with a drainage area of 6.1 square miles just downstream of the confluence of the east and west branches of Richards Run (New Florence, PA Quadrangle; N 7.5 inches, W 16 inches; Latitude 40° 24` 58" and Longitude -79° 6` 54").
2. remove and replace in kind the existing SR 2011 two lane, 20-foot wide, single span bridge superstructure having a total length of 43 feet, and having an underclearance of 5.9 feet over East Branch of Richards Run (CWF) with a drainage area of 4 square miles. This bridge is located approximately 100 feet east of the above SR259 crossing and approximately 2.25 miles northeast of the confluence with the Conemaugh River (New Florence, PA Quadrangle, N 7.5 inches, W 16 inches; Latitude 40° 24` 58" and Longitude -79° 6` 54"). Use of the above noted temporary crossing is to be coordinated for the construction of the two crossings.
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