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LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 2
The following plans and reports were submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101—6026.907).
Provisions of Sections 301—308 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) (35 P. S. §§ 6026.301—6026.308) require the Department to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of submission of plans and reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the act's remediation standards. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis for selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed and summaries of sampling analytical results which demonstrate that remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected. Submission of plans and reports, other than the final report, will also be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. These include the remedial investigation report, risk assessment report and cleanup plan for a site-specific standard remediation. A remedial investigation report includes conclusions from the site investigation; concentration of regulated substances in environmental media; benefits of reuse of the property; and, in some circumstances, a fate and transport analysis. If required, a risk assessment report describes potential adverse effects caused by the presence of regulated substances. If required, a cleanup plan evaluates the abilities of potential remedies to achieve remedy requirements.
For further information concerning plans or reports, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department regional office under which the notice of receipt of plans or reports appears. If information concerning plans or reports 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 plans and reports:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Rose Marie Allison Estate, 2070 Enfield Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011, Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County. Reliance Environmental, Inc., 130 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of William Allison, Executor, 2070 Enfield Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011, submitted a Remedial Investigation Report and Cleanup Plan for site soils and groundwater contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The site is being remediated to the Site Specific and Residential Statewide Health standards.
Patriot Federal Credit Union Residential Property, 233 Schoolhouse Road, Saint Thomas, PA 17252, Saint Thomas Township, Franklin County. Mountain Research, LLC, 825 25th Street, Altoona, PA 16601, on behalf of Patriot Federal Credit Union, PO Box 778, Chambersburg, PA 17201, submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Residential Statewide Health Standard.
Lester R. Summers—Fleet Fueling Facility, 566 North Reading Road, Ephrata, PA 17522, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Reliance Environmental, Inc., 130 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of Lester R. Summers, Inc., 40 Garden Spot Road, Ephrata, PA 17522, submitted a Final Report concerting remediation of site soils contaminated with diesel fuel. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Nonresidential Statewide Health Standard.
Market Street Parking Lot, 405-421 North Market Street, Lancaster, PA 17603, City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. GCI Environmental Services, 1250 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of Prince Street Associates, LP, PO Box 1806, Lancaster, PA 17601, and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Lancaster, 120 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, submitted a combined Remedial Investigation and Final Report for site soils and groundwater contaminated with gasoline released from non-regulated underground storage tanks. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Nonresidential Statewide Health and Site Specific standards.
Former F. L. Smithe Machine Company, Inc., Old Route 220, Duncansville, PA 16635, Allegheny Township and Duncansville Borough, Blair County. Mountain Research, LLC, 825 25th Street, Altoona, PA 16601, on behalf of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., 8020 Forsyth Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63105, submitted a Final Report for groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Background Standard.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Verizon-Pennsylvania Inc.—Erie Work Center, City of Erie, Erie County. EnviroTrac, Ltd., 176 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086 on behalf of Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., 7701 E. Telecom Drive, MC: FLTDSB1M, Temple Terrace, FL 33637-0914 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with Pentachlorophenol and site groundwater contaminated with Pentachlorophenol, Arsenic, Lead, and Cobalt. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 3
The Department has taken action on the following plans and reports under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101—6026.907).
Section 250.8 of 25 Pa. Code and administration of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of its final actions on plans and reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the remediation standards of the act. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis of selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected. Plans and reports required by the act for compliance with selection of remediation to a site-specific standard, in addition to a final report, include a remedial investigation report, risk assessment report and cleanup plan. A remedial investigation report includes conclusions from the site investigation; concentration of regulated substances in environmental media; benefits of reuse of the property; and, in some circumstances, a fate and transport analysis. If required, a risk assessment report describes potential adverse effects caused by the presence of regulated substances. If required, a cleanup plan evaluates the abilities of potential remedies to achieve remedy requirements. A work plan for conducting a baseline remedial investigation is required by the act for compliance with selection of a special industrial area remediation. The baseline remedial investigation, based on the work plan, is compiled into the baseline environmental report to establish a reference point to show existing contamination, describe proposed remediation to be done and include a description of existing or potential public benefits of the use or reuse of the property. The Department may approve or disapprove plans and reports submitted. This notice provides the Department's decision and, if relevant, the basis for disapproval.
For further information concerning the plans and reports, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department regional office under which the notice of the plan or report appears. If information concerning a final report 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 plans and reports:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, North America, 325 North Bridge Street, Marietta, PA 17547, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County. IES Engineers, Inc., 1720 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422, on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, NA, 325 North Bridge Street, Marietta, PA 17547 and Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., 4565 William Penn Highway, Murrysville, PA 15668, submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with diesel fuel. The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Residential Statewide Health standard, and was approved by the Department on January 7, 2013.
Worley Industries / Worley Lumber, 6210 West Penn Avenue, Wernersville, PA 19567, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County. GCI Environmental Services, 1250 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, on behalf of Worley Industries, Inc., 410 Sheridan Road, Wernersville, PA 19567, and RLP Land Holdings, LLP, 6371 Penn Avenue, Wernersville, PA 19565, submitted a combined Remedial Investigation and Final Report for site soils and groundwater contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The combined report demonstrated attainment of the Site Specific standard and was approved by the Department on January 9, 2013.
Northwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Emkey Gathering LLC Union City Compressor Station, Union City, Erie County. Environmental Coordination Services & Recycling, 3237 U.S. Highway 19, Cochranton, PA 16314 and Moody & Associates, Inc., 11548 Cotton Road, Meadville, PA 16335 on behalf of Emkey Gathering, LLC., 2501 Palermo Drive, Suite B, Erie, PA 16506 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with 2-Methylnaphthalene, Benzene, Toluene, Total Xylene, Naphthalene, n-Propylbenzene, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, 4-Isopropyltoluene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, sec-Butylbenzene, and N-Butylbenzene. The site was remediated within 90 days of the release. The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Statewide Health Standard and was approved by the Department on January 10, 2013.
Titusville Wax Plant, City of Titusville, Crawford County. AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., 800 North Bell Avenue, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15106 on behalf of Honeywell International, Inc., 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, NJ 07962 has submitted a Risk Assessment/Remedial Investigation Report concerning the remediation of site soil contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), metals and groundwater contaminated with VOCs. The Risk Assessment/Remedial Investigation Report was disapproved by the Department on January 10, 2013.
RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Permit(s) Rescinded 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, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
General Permit Number WMGR128. On August 13, 2012, the Department issued General Permit Number WMGR128 authorizing the beneficial use of crystalized sodium chloride and liquid calcium chloride generated at distillation facilities operating under General Permit Number WMGR123. The beneficial uses of crystalized sodium chloride and liquid calcium chloride included use as a roadway deicer, use for roadway dust suppression, soil stabilization, as an ingredient in an industrial process to make a product, and as an effective substitute for a commercial product.
The Department has determined that the notice provided to the public on April 9, 2011, advising the public of the Department's receipt of the permit application and soliciting public comments, was not sufficiently detailed to provide the category of proposed beneficial use. General Permit Number WMGR128 was rescinded on January 8, 2013. The Department anticipates republishing notice of the application in the near future, and accepting public comments on the application thereafter.
Permit(s) Issued Under the Solid Waste Management Act; the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act; 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, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
General Permit Application No. WMGR139. Roaring Spring Biofuel, a Division of Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, 231 Cove Lane Road, Suite 3, Roaring Spring, PA 16673. This permit is for processing post-industrial, pre-consumer waste into fuel cubes. The permit was issued by Central Office on January 3, 2013.
Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact Scott E. Walters, Chief, Permits Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Waste Management, P. O. Box 69170, Harrisburg, PA 17106-9170, 717-787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.
MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Registration for General Permit issued under the Solid Waste Management Act; and Municipal Waste Regulations for a General Permit To Operate Municipal Waste Processing Facilities (25 Pa. Code § 271.811 relating to authorization for general permit).
South Central Regional Office: Waste Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200.
General Permit No. WMGM042-SC002. Mike Brubaker, Brubaker Farms Partnership, 493 Musser Road, Mt. Joy, PA 17552. The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a registration under General Permit WMGM042 to Brubaker Farms Partnership. This registration is for their location at 493 Musser Road, Mt. Joy, PA 17552 in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County. The registration was issued on January 14, 2013.
Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact John Oren, Facilities Manager, Waste Management Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4706. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.
AIR QUALITY
General Plan Approval and Operating Permit Usage Authorized under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
GP5-08-377: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC (PO Box 18496, Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496) on January 7, 2013, for the construction and operation of one (1) 215 bhp Caterpillar G3406 natural gas-fired rich-burn engine equipped with a 3-way catalyst at the Bustin Homestead Bra Well Pad located in Wysox Township, Bradford County. The site also contains two (2) 0.75 MMBtu/hr line heaters and two (2) 16,800 gallon produced water storage tanks.
GP5-08-378: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC (PO Box 18496, Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496) on January 7, 2013, for the construction and operation of one (1) 215 bhp Caterpillar G3406 natural gas-fired rich-burn engine equipped with a 3-way catalyst at the Flash Bra Well Pad located in Rome Township, Bradford County. The site also contains two (2) 0.75 MMBtu/hr line heaters and two (2) 16,800 gallon produced water storage tanks.
GP5-41-710: NFG Midstream Trout Run, LLC (6363 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221-5887) on January 8, 2013, authorize the construction and operation of a FLOCO model 500MD30F12N3PYS (Unit #1) and model FLOCO/1MMD42F18N3PYS (Unit #2) Tri-ethylene glycol dehydrators, 192.5 brake horsepower, Cummins model GM8.1L, natural gas-fired emergency generator, one (1) 65 brake horsepower Cummins model 35DSFAA/C1203188893 diesel-fired emergency generator and one (1) ETI line heater pursuant to the General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Natural Gas, Coal Bed Methane or Gob Gas Production or Recovery Facilities (BAQ-GPA/GP5) at the Liberty Drive Interconnect Station located in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County.
GP3-08-337B: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Avenue, Bellefonte, PA 16823) on January 10, 2013, to authorize the relocation of a 440 TPH Nordberg model LT1213 crushing unit to the Greens Landing facility pursuant to the General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Portable Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plant (BAQ-GPA/GP-3) in Athens Township, Bradford County.
GP11-08-337B: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (711 East College Avenue, Bellefonte, PA 16823) on January 10, 2013, to authorize relocation of a 425 bhp CAT model C-12 DITA diesel-fired engine to their Greens Landing facility pursuant to the General Plan Approval and/or General Operating Permit for Nonroad Engines (BAQ-GPA/GP-11) in Athens Township, Bradford County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Mark Gorog and Barb Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226
GP5-65-01011B: CNX Gas Company LLC (200 Evergreen Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370) on January 9, 2013, to allow the installation and operation of three (3) additional natural gas-fired compressor engines, Caterpillar model G3516B rated at 1,380 brake horsepower, each controlled by an oxidation catalyst at the Mamont Compressor Station located in Washington Township, Westmoreland County. A total of five (5) compressor engines are authorized for installation and operation at Mamont.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6636
GP5-27-042A: A & S Production, Inc. (Kiffer Hill Road, Endeavor, PA 16322) on December 20, 2012), for operation of one (1) lean burn, 2 stroke natural gas engine, Ajax Model DPC-180 rates 180 bhp at 400 rpm, and one (1) Cenatco Natural Gas Dehydrator, Model (National Build) Number 5930 (BAQ-GPA/GP-5) in Hickory Township, Forest County.
Plan Approvals Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act and regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B relating to construction, modification and reactivation of air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Mark Gorog and Barb Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226
63-00965A: M3 Appalachia Gathering, LLC (1099 Main Avenue, Suite 210, Durango, CO 81301) on January 08, 2013, to allow installation and operation of four (4) additional G3612LE Compressor Engines each rated at 3550 bhp at Twilight Compressor Station in West Pike Run Township, Washington County.
Plan Approval Revisions Issued including Extensions, Minor Modifications and Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.13, 127.13a and 127.32.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Contact: Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
46-0049A: International Business Systems, Inc. (431 Yerkes Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406-3523) on January 8, 2013, for modification of two conditions in the Plan Approval for their existing facility in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. This facility is a synthetic minor facility for VOC emissions. The modification removed the requirement to test for PM, PM-10 and PM-2.5 emissions from the Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO). The main pollutant from the printing presses is VOCs, and using natural gas as the RTO fuel, the small PM emission does not require source testing. Also, this modification removes the requirement to install four natural gas meters and requires the installation of one gas meter for monitoring natural gas usage. The fuel combustion process in the press dryers and RTO contribute a very small amount of pollutant. Emissions can be calculated from the total fuel usage rate since the emission factor is the same for both the dryers and the RTO. There will be no emission increases at the facility from the above minor modifications to the Plan Approval. The Department is not authorizing any modification of any sources at this facility under this application. The Plan Approval still contains testing, monitoring and recordkeeping requirements and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Facility Permitting Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or William Weaver, Program Manager—Telephone: 717-705-4702.
07-03055A: Advanced Metals Processing—PA LLC (129 South Sparks Street, Suite 1, State College, PA 16801-3913) on January 9, 2013, for a nonferrous metal delacquering oven at their facility in Hollidaysburg Borough, Blair County. The plan approval was extended.
31-05012A: PA Department of Corrections (1120 Pike Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652-1117) on January 9, 2013, to increase the coal usage restriction on three existing coal fired boilers, and to install a baghouse on the boilers and to install two 29.5 MMBtu/hr oil-fired backup boilers at their Smithfield State Correctional Institution in Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County. The plan approval was extended.
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
65-00629A: CBC Latrobe Acquisition, LLC (100 33rd Street, Latrobe, PA 15650-1474) on January 9, 2013, to modify the Responsible Official and Contact Person at the Latrobe Brewery in Latrobe Borough, Westmoreland County. This plan approval expires on July 9, 2013.
65-00986A: Tiger Door, Inc. (574 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601) on January 14, 2013, with an expiration date of July 14, 2013, to extend the period of temporary operation of sources and controls authorized under Plan Approval PA-65-00986A at the Tiger Door Manufacturing Plant in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. The plan approval has been extended.
03-00027B: GenOn Northeast Management Company (121 Champion Way, Suite 200, Canonsburg, PA 15317) on January 10, 2013, to extend the period of temporary operation of the Units No. 1 and 2 flue gas desulfurization systems and emergency generator covered under plan approval 03-00027B, until July 13, 2013, at the Keystone Generating Station located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. The plan approval has been extended.
30-00194: EQT Gathering, LLC (625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) on January 14, 2013, with an expiration date of July 14, 2013, to authorize continued temporary operation of air contamination sources and controls at the Callisto Compressor Station in Morris Township, Greene County. The plan approval has been extended.
26-00500A: Alpha Pa Coal Terminal (158 Portal Road Waynesburg, PA 15370) on January 22, 2013, to allow the company to change names of the responsible officials at their coal processing plant, in Luzerne Township, Fayette County. The plan approval has been extended.
Operating Permits for Non-Title V Facilities Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act 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
39-00056: Lehigh County Wastewater Treatment Plant (7676 Industrial Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18106) on January 14, 2013, to operate odor control equipment in the Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County. This is a renewal State-Only Natural Minor operating permit. The State-Only operating permit includes emissions, work practice standards and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
54-00038: Hart Metals, Inc. (1415 East Broad Street, Tamaqua, PA 18252) on January 14, 2013, to operate a metal processing operation and associated air cleaning devices at their facility in Tamaqua Borough, Schuylkill County. This is a renewal State-Only Natural Minor operating permit. The State-Only operating permit includes emissions, work practice standards and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Facility Permitting Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or William Weaver, Program Manager—Telephone: 717-705-4702.
36-05023: F&M Hat Company, Inc. (103 Walnut Street, Denver, PA 17517-1605) on January 9, 2013, for their hat manufacturing facility in Denver Borough, Lancaster County. The State-only permit was renewed.
07-05032: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. (PO Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664-0077) on January 9, 2013, for their drum mix asphalt plant and recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) processing plant at the Roaring Spring quarry in Taylor Township, Blair County. The State-only permit was renewed.
36-05087: Morgan Truck Body LLC (111 Morgan Way, PO Box 588, Morgantown, PA 19543-8838) on January 8, 2013, for their truck body manufacturing facility in Ephrata Borough, Lancaster County. The State-only permit was renewed.
07-03036: Forsht Concrete Products (763 Forsht Lane, Altoona, PA 16601-7112) on January 9, 2013, for the human crematory at their facility in Logan Township, Blair County. The State-only permit was renewed.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174
63-00878: Peoples Natural Gas Co. LLC (1201 Pitt Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221) on January 14, 2013, for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit renewal for their Gibson Compressor Station in Fallowfield Township, Washington County. Equipment at this facility includes one steam boiler, a 200 hp compressor engine, an emergency generator engine, a maintenance building heater, and a parts washer. All sources are natural gas-fired. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6636
20-00272: Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (121 Caldwell Street, Titusville, PA 16354) on January 8, 2013, for a Natural Minor Permit to operate a precision hot and cold rolling mill and ferrous and non-ferrous materials shaping facility in Titusville Municipality, Crawford County. The significant sources are, 1) Rolling Mill, 2) Annealing Furnaces, 3) Dip Tank Heater, 4) Vacuum Pumps, 5) Grinding Room (six grinders), 6) Mold Cleaning Unit, 7) Miscellaneous Natural Gas Usage and, 8) Degreaser Units (4). The emission of pollutants from the facility is less than the Title V threshold limits. Thus, the facility is natural minor. The potential emission statement: PM-10: 2.11 TPY (tons per year), PM-2.5: 2.11 TPY, CO: 4.25 TPY, NOx: 18.88 TPY, SO2: 0.10 TPY and, VOC: 3.28 TPY
33-00137: V L Greenhouses, LLC—Pennsylvania Division (Highway L.R. 33001, P. O. Box 192, Ringgold, PA 15770) on January 9, 2013, to re-issue a Natural Minor Operating Permit for this facility in Ringgold Township, Jefferson County. The facility's major sources of emissions are three (3) Auxiliary Boilers used to produce heat for a greenhouse. All emissions of criteria pollutants are well below major source thresholds.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426
N12-033: Septa Southern Bus Facility (20th & Johnson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145) on January 14, 2013, for operation of a bus repair and maintenance shop in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources include Four (4) Boilers less than 10 MMBTU/hr firing natural gas or #2, One (1) 0.72 MMBTU/hr Pressure Washer firing natural gas, One (1) 6000 gallon gasoline storage tank with Stage 2 vapor recovery, Three (3) Cold cleaning degreasers, (1) Paint Booth with 2.3 MMBTU/hr natural gas burner.
S12-040: North Philadelphia Health System—St. Joseph's Hospital, (1601 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130) on January 14, 2013, for operation of a hospital in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission source includes three 200 Horsepower boilers, one 25 horsepower boiler, and one 565 kW emergency generator.
N12-038: Methodist Hospital—Thomas Jefferson Health System. (2301 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148) on January 14, 2013, to operate a hospital facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission source includes a two (2) #2 oil or natural gas fired 16.76 MMBTU/hr boilers, and two (2) #2 oil fired emergency generators.
ACTIONS ON COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on 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; 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). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the NPDES permit application and, if noted, the request for a Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to applications will also address the application permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality Pollution Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4014); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1002).
Coal Applications Returned
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, 724-769-1100
30940701 and NPDES No. PA0215465, Cobra Mining, LLC, (P. O. Box 40, 178 Chess Mine Road, Dilliner, PA 15327). To renew the permit for the Refuse Dump No. 4 in Monongahela Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on January 18, 2012. Application received: March 11, 2011. Application returned: January 9, 2013.
30940701 and NPDES No. PA0215465, Coresco, LLC, (308 Dents Run Road, Morgantown WV 26501). To transfer the permit and related NPDES permit for the Refuse Dump No. 4 in Monongahela Township, Greene County to Coresco, LLC from Cobra Mining, LLC. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on January 3, 2012. Application received: May 1, 2011. Application returned: January 9, 2013.
Coal Permits Actions
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, 724-769-1100
32991301. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650). To revise the permit for the Nolo Deep Mine in Buffington Township, Indiana County to change the water handling plan for surface runoff from the adjacent Barrett Mine parking lot. Surface Acres Proposed 0.6. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on September 25, 2012. Application received: February 29, 2012. Permit issued: January 11, 2013.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500
03050105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250821. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal permit for reclamation only issued to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Madison Township, Armstrong County, affecting 305.4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek and Mahoning Creek Application received: May 7, 2012. Permit issued: January 7, 2013.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
10120102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0259306. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001) Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Parker & Perry Townships, Butler & Armstrong Counties affecting 70.3 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to South Branch Bear Creek. Application received: June 5, 2012. Permit Issued: January 9, 2013.
33070106. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine in Winslow Township, Jefferson County affecting 138.0 aces. Receiving streams: Eight unnamed tributaries to Panther Creek. This renewal is issued for reclamation only. Application received: November 30, 2012. Permit Issued: January 9, 2013.
33070103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258334. Reichard Contracting, Inc. (212 Olean Trail, New Bethlehem, PA 16242) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine in Ringgold & Redbank Townships, Jefferson & Armstrong Counties affecting 165.5 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Painter Run and Painter Run. Application received: April 17, 2012. Permit Issued: January 7, 2013.
Noncoal Applications Returned
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
58100301. Meshoppen Stone, Inc., (P. O. Box 127, Meshoppen, PA 18630), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County affecting 61.7 acres, receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Meshoppen Creek. Application received: September 14, 2010. Application withdrawn: January 8, 2013.
Noncoal Permits Actions
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900
28010302 and NPDES Permit No. PA0224162, David H. Martin Excavating, Inc., 4961 Cumberland Highway, Chambersburg, PA 17202-9655, renewal of NPDES Permit, Antrim Township, Franklin County. Receiving stream(s): UT to Muddy Run classified for the following use(s): high quality—cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 4, 2012. Issued: January 4, 2013.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500
26122801. Fayette Coal & Coke, Inc. (195 Enterprise Lane, Connellsville, PA 15425). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a small noncoal surface mine, located in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, affecting 5.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Mounts Creek. Application received: July 17, 2012. Permit issued: January 8, 2013.
26122801-GP-104. Fayette Coal & Coke, Inc. (195 Enterprise Lane, Connellsville, PA 15425). General NPDES permit for stormwater discharge associated with mining activities on small noncoal (Industrial Mineral) Permit No. 26122801, located in Bullskin Township, Fayette County. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Mounts Creek. Application received: January 3, 2013. GP-104 permit issued: January 8, 2013.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
10010309. Annandale Sandstone (219 Goff Station Road, Boyers, PA 16020) Renewal of existing NPDES Permit No. PA0241938 in Venango Township, Butler County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Seaton Creek and Seaton Creek. Application received: December 16, 2011. Permit Issued: January 7, 2013.
61110304 and NPDES Permit No. PA0259217. Glenn O Hawbaker, Inc. (1952 Waddle Street, State College, PA 16803) Commencement, operation and restoration of a large industrial minerals and incidental coal removal mine in Barkeyville Borough, Venango County, affecting 144.0 acres. Receiving streams: Four unnamed tributaries to East Branch Wolf Creek and one unnamed tributary to North Branch Slippery Rock Creek. Application received: December 15, 2011. Permit Issued: January 7, 2013.
61110304. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (1952 Waddle Road, State College, PA 16803) Application for a wetlands encroachment to mine through 1.459 acres of wetlands and reconstruct 1.7 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands in Barkeyville Borough, Venango County. Receiving streams: Four unnamed tributaries to East Branch Wolf Creek and one unnamed tributary to North Branch Slippery Rock Creek. In conjunction with this approval, the Department is granting 401 Water Quality Certification certifying that the approved activities will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301—303, 306, and 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) and will not violate applicable Federal and State water quality standards. Application received: July 10, 2012. Permit Issued: January 7, 2013.
16050802. Lopa Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 621, Clarion, PA 16214). Final bond release for a small industrial minerals surface mine in Paint Township, Clarion County. Restoration of 5.0 acres completed. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Deer Creek. Application Received: December 17, 2012. Final bond release approved: January 10, 2013.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
54122801. Summit Anthracite, Inc., (196 Vista Road, Klingerstown, PA 17941), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Porter Township, Schuylkill County affecting 5.0 acres, receiving stream: Rausch Creek. Application received: March 20, 2012. Permit issued: January 9, 2013.
54122801GP104. Summit Anthracite, Inc., (196 Vista Road, Klingerstown, PA 17941), General NPDES Permit for stormwater discharges associated with mining activities on Surface Mining Permit No. 54122801 in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, receiving stream: Rausch Creek. Application received: March 20, 2012. Permit issued: January 9, 2013.
ACTIONS ON BLASTING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on applications under the Explosives Acts of 1937 and 1957 and 25 Pa. Code § 211.124. Blasting activity performed as part of a coal or noncoal mining activity will be regulated by the mining permit for that coal or noncoal mining activity.
Blasting Permits Actions
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
40134101. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc., (P. O. Box 1140, Gardiner, ME 04345), construction blasting for East Mountain Corporate Center in Plains Township, Luzerne County with an expiration date of January 31, 2014. Permit issued: January 9, 2013.
45134101. ER Linde Construction Corp., (9 Collan Park, Honesdale, PA 18431), construction blasting for Route 209 By Pass in Middle Smithfield and Smithfield Townships, Monroe County with an expiration date of December 30, 2013. Permit issued: January 9, 2013.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The Department has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department has granted 401 Water Quality Certification certifying that the construction and operation described will comply with sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317) and that the construction will not violate applicable Federal and State water quality standards.
Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal that action to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704. The appeal should be sent to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, PO Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create a right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, the appeal must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
Actions on applications for the following activities filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27), section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and The Clean Streams Law and Notice of Final Action for Certification under section 401 of the FWPCA.
Permits, Environmental Assessments and 401 Water Quality Certifications Issued:
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401
E23-501. Frank Bussey, United States Golf Association, 450 Ardmore Ave, Ardmore, PA 19003-1033, Haverford Township, Delaware County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain two temporary 12 foot long, 24-foot-span pedestrian bridges across Cobbs Creek (Perennial, WWF-MF) associated with 2013 US Open within Merion Golf Club. The low chord of the proposed bridges will be approximately 18-inches above the 100-year water surface elevation. This work also includes the installation and maintenance of a tent and its support structures within the floodway.
The site is located approximately 1500 feet southwest of the intersection of Haverford Road and College Avenue (Norristown, PA USGS Quadrangle N: 00.88 inches; W: 8.86 inches).
E46-1077. Texas Eastern Transmission LP, 890 Winter Street, Suite 300, Waltham, MA 02451, Conshohocken, West Conshohocken Boroughs, Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To remove the two existing 8-inch dilapidated gas pipelines and to install and maintain approximately 700 linear feet of one 8-inch and one 12-inch diameter gas pipelines across the Schuylkill River (WWF, MF) and its floodplain. This work includes construction and maintenance of a cofferdam/causeway in the river. The site is located approximately 500 feet downstream of Mid County Expressway (I-476) crossing of the Schuylkill River. (Norristown, PA, USGS Quadrangle N: 20-inches; W: 12.75 inches).
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636
E12-186. David J. Gleixner, 121 Timberline Road, Saint Marys, PA 15857-3345. Gleixner Access Road Project, Elk Fork Creek, Shippen Township, Cameron County, ACOE Baltimore District (Wildwood Fire Tower, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 34` 12.47"; Longitude: 78° 2` 3547.61").
The applicant is seeking authorization to construct, operate and maintain a private access bridge across Elk Fork. The private bridge shall be constructed with a single span having a minimum width of 5-feet, underclearance of 4-feet and clear span of 37-feet. Construction of the in-stream bridge footing scour and stream bank stream protection shall be performed in dry work conditions by dam and pumping, diverting or fluming stream flow around the work areas. As proposed, construction poses 20-feet of permanent stream impact. The project is located along the northern right-of-way of SR 4004 approximately 1.2 miles north of the confluence of Elk Fork Creek and Driftwood Branch, Sinnemahoning Creek. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E41-630. Verizon Pennsylvania, LLC, 1 Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. Verizon Pennsylvania Aerial Utility line Relocation Project Across Loyalsock Creek, Eldred and Upper Fairfield Townships, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Montoursville, PA North Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 19` 23.5"; Longitude: 76° 54` 48.2").
The applicant proposes to relocate, operate and maintain a single aerial communication line crossing of Loyalsock Creek. The aerial communication line crossing shall be constructed with minimum pole to pole span of 372-feet resulting in aerial stream crossing of 245-feet. No permanent fill placement shall occur within the floodway so that flood storage capacity and water surface elevations are unaltered. The project is located along the western right-of-way of SR 0087 at the intersection of SR 0973 and SR 0087. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E41-641. Verizon North, LLC. Inc. 15 East Montgomery Place, #2, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5238. Verizon Pennsylvania Aerial Utility line Relocation Project Across Loyalsock Creek, Eldred and Upper Fairfield Townships, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Montours- ville, PA North Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 19` 23.5"; Longitude: 76° 54` 48.2").
The applicant proposes to relocate, operate and maintain a single aerial communication line crossing of Loyalsock Creek. The aerial communication line crossing shall be constructed with minimum pole to pole span of 372-feet resulting in aerial stream crossing of 245-feet. No permanent fill placement shall occur within the floodway so that flood storage capacity and water surface elevations are unaltered. The project is located along the western right-of-way of SR 0087 at the intersection of SR 0973 and SR 0087. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
District Oil & Gas Operations: Eastern Oil & Gas District, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701
E5729-039: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 101 North Main Street, Athens, PA 18810, Cherry and Forks Townships, Sullivan County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate, and maintain:
1) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 1,103 square feet of an exceptional value palustrine emergent/forested (EV-PEM/PFO) wetland and 40 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Black Creek (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`56"N, 76°29`13"W);
2) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 15 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Black Creek (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`56"N, 76°29`12"W);
3) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 12 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Black Creek (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`52"N, 76°28`53"W);
4) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 1,451 square feet of an exceptional value palustrine emergent/scrub shrub (EV-PEM/PSS) wetland (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`30"N, 76°28`54"W);
5) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 32 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Black Creek (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`29"N, 76°28`52"W);
6) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 23 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Black Creek (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle 41°32`28"N, 76°28`51"W);
The project will result in 2,554 square feet (0.06 acre) of temporary wetland impacts and 122 linear feet of temporary stream impacts, all for the purpose of installing fresh waterlines for Marcellus well development in Cherry and Forks Townships, Sullivan County.
E0829-062: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 101 North Main Street, Athens, PA 18810, Wilmot Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate and maintain:
1. two 16 inch diameter temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 21 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to North Branch Mehoopany Creek (CWF, MF) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°33`40", Longitude: -76°19`31").
2. two 16 inch diameter temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 692 square feet of a Palustrine Emergent Wetland (EV) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°33`45", Longitude: -76°19`35").
3. two 16 inch temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 25 linear feet of North Branch Mehoopany Creek (CWF, MF) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°33`45", Longitude: -76°19`37");
4. two 16 inch temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 21 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to North Branch Mehoopany Creek (CWF, MF) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°33`43", Longitude: -76°19`52");
5. two 16 inch diameter temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 4,108 square feet of a Palustrine Emergent and Palustrine Scrub-Shrub Wetland (EV) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°34`08", Longitude: -76°20`08").
6. two 16 inch diameter temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 21 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to North Branch Mehoopany Creek (CWF, MF) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°34`13", Longitude: -76°20`19").
7. two 16 inch diameter temporary waterlines and a timber mat bridge impacting 21 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to North Branch Mehoopany Creek (CWF, MF) and impacting 6,572 square feet of an adjacent Palustrine Emergent and Palustrine Scrub-Shrub Wetland (EV) (Colley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41°34`14", Longitude: -76°20`20").
The project will result in 109 linear feet and 805 square feet of temporary stream impacts and 11,372 square feet (0.26 acre) of temporary PEM and PSS wetland impacts from temporary waterlines and timber mat bridge crossings all for the purpose of establishing a temporary water supply for Marcellus well development.
E0829-056: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 101 North Main Street, Athens, PA 18810, Overton Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate and maintain an access road with:
1. Three 24 inch by 54 foot long culverts and associated fill impacting 8276 square feet of an exceptional value Palustrine Emergent Wetland (EV) (Dushore, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41°34`23", Longitude: -76°29`36"),
The project will result in 2701 square feet (.06 acre) of permanent impacts and 5575 square feet (0.13 acre) of temporary impacts to a PEM wetland, all for the purpose of installing a permanent access road to a natural gas well pad.
E5729-041: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 101 North Main Street, Athens, PA 18810, Forks Township, Sullivan County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate, and maintain:
1) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines impacting 4 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Lick Creek (EV) (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°32`15"N, 76°33`09"W);
2) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines impacting 3 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Lick Creek (EV) (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°32`22"N, 76°33`14"W);
3) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 908 square feet of an exceptional value palustrine emergent/scrub shrub/forested (EV—PEM/PSS/PFO) wetland (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°32`27"N, 76°33`08"W);
4) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 2,225 square feet of an exceptional value palustrine emergent/scrub shrub/forested (EV—PEM/PSS/PFO) wetland (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°32`27"N, 76°33`08"W);
5) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines and a temporary access road using timber matting impacting 25 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Streby Run (EV) (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°33`03"N, 76°31`50"W);
6) two 16 inch diameter fresh waterlines impacting 4 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Streby Run (EV) (Overton, PA Quadrangle 41°32`50"N, 76°31`23"W).
The project will result in 3,133 square feet (0.07 acre) of temporary wetland impacts and 36 linear feet of temporary stream impacts, all for the purpose of installing fresh waterlines for Marcellus well development in Forks Township, Sullivan County.
Southwest Regional Oil and Gas Manager. 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
[Permit # 95-7-60915-18]. Range Resources—Appalachia LLC, 3000 Town Center Boulevard, Canonsburg, PA 15317. Project proposes to operate and maintain the Hibbits Impoundment Dam (42.61 ac-ft) as a centralized impoundment to collect and store flow-back water and fresh water, for the use and re-use of hydraulic fracturing water, from the Hercules, James Unit Well (# 2H, 5H, and 7H), and future wells in the area (PA Quadrangle; Canonsburg, Latitude: N 40° 09` 13.3", Longitude: W 80° 25` 17.66"), Donegal Township, Washington County. Pittsburgh ACOE District, State Water Plan Basin 20-E, Wheeling - Buffalo Creeks Watershed (HQ-WWF).
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL The following Erosion and Sediment Control permits have been issued.
Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal that action to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704. The appeal should be sent to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, PO Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create a right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, the appeal must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
Southwest Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-4745.
ESCGP-1 No. Applicant Name &
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving
Water/Use6512801 Dominon Transmission, Inc.
445 West Main Street Clarksburg, WV 26301Westmoreland Penn Township
Salem TownshipUNT Beaver Run
(CWF)
UNT Brush Creek (CWF)
UNT Bushy Run (HQ-TSF)
Northwest Region: Oil and Gas Program Manager, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335
ESCGP-1 #ESX12-121-0013A—Allam 1H Pad
Applicant Halcon Operating Co., Inc.
Contact Jon C. Wright
Address 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6700
City Houston State TX Zip Code 77002
County Venango Township(s) Frenchcreek(s)
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) Little Sandy Creek/Ohio River Basin in PA—HQ/WWF
SPECIAL NOTICES
Submission Date for Recycling Program Development and Implementation Grants under Section 902 of Act 101
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988 The Department of Environmental Protection announces the opening of a new Section 902 grant round to support the development of municipal recycling programs pursuant to section 902 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. § 4000.902) (Act). Municipalities eligible for recycling grants include counties, cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships, home rule municipalities, councils of governments, consortiums, or similar entities established by two or more municipalities under 53 Pa.C.S. Chapter 23, Subchapter A.
Applicants must be in compliance with the provisions of Act 101 and the implementing regulations, the Department's Guidelines for Proper Management of Recyclable Materials, and any previous grant contract provisions to be eligible to receive grant funding. County applicants should be in compliance with planning and other county-related provisions of Act 101. Applicants who are not in compliance with Act 101 annual reporting requirements or the program requirements of Act 140 of 2006 will not be considered in this grant application round. Municipalities that were a grant recipient from the last 902 grant solicitation in 2012 will not be considered for funding this solicitation period. Programs operating in municipalities covered by land use plans and ordinances (as outlined under Acts 67 and 68 of 2000) or projects that are in compliance with their municipality's land use plan will receive priority over similar programs and projects absent such conditions.
Municipalities are eligible for 90% funding of approved recycling program costs. Municipalities considered financially distressed by the Department of Community and Economic Development under the Financially Distressed Communities Act are eligible for 100% of approved costs. No application requesting more than $250,000 in grant funding will be accepted.
All applicants are required to complete the Sustainability Plan portion of the application that includes definitive actions and strategies for optimizing program self-sufficiency. The plan shall include, at a minimum, strategies for reducing costs and generating revenues, provisions for establishing incentives associated with waste reduction and recycling, mechanisms for public outreach and stakeholder input, and tracking mechanisms to document progress toward sustainability milestones until optimum sustainability is realized. The Department's technical report on Building Financially Sustainable Recycling Programs can provide assistance in developing such methods and strategies. The technical report can be found on the Department's website at www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/document/fin_sust_rec.pdf. Applicants that fail to complete the Sustainability Plan portion of the application will not be considered for funding.
The following will receive priority for funding:
• Newly mandated municipalities based on the 2010 decennial census by the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Applicants proposing incentive-based pricing and collection programs designed to increase the quantities and types of recyclable materials and reduce the quantity of waste collected.
• Applicants proposing multi-municipal collection, processing and/or materials marketing program where capital costs are reduced and/or recycling marketability is enhanced due to intergovernmental cooperation.
• Applicants proposing new or expanded collection, education and outreach for commercial and institutional establishments, including school recycling programs.
In addition, communities whose existing recycling programs contain the following components will receive additional consideration:
• Municipally operated or municipal-contracted waste and recycling services that provide consistency and uniformity of the waste and recycling programs.
• The collection of six (6) or more of the following materials: newsprint, office paper, corrugated paper, other marketable grades of paper, aluminum cans, steel or bimetallic cans, colored glass containers, clear glass containers and plastics.
Only those projects involving municipalities that have a mandatory trash collection program or projects seeking support for a residential recycling program that have a corresponding commercial recycling program will be considered for funding. Applicants seeking funds to replace curbside collection containers and/or collection vehicles will need to demonstrate that the new equipment will increase collection efficiencies and tonnage of materials.
Eligible recycling program development costs include: recycling program design costs, recycling market investigations, development of recycling market commitments, development of recycling program ordinances, development of recycling public education programs, and the costs of developing contracts for procuring equipment or services necessary for the operation of the recycling program.
Eligible recycling program implementation costs include: purchasing or leasing vehicles used to collect recyclables (including automated and single-stream collection vehicles), transporting recyclables to processing facilities or markets, and vehicles used in the operation of a materials recovery facility; reusable containers for the collection or storage of recyclable materials; acquiring and/or renovating buildings for the processing or storage of recovered materials; equipment used to process or manufacture recyclable materials into usable products; improvements to land needed to operate a recycling facility or yard waste composting facility authorized under 25 Pa. Code § 271.103(h); and the costs associated with educating the public on recycling program requirements. Under this grant solicitation, promotional items, glass crushing equipment (unless specific marketing ar-rangements have been identified), vehicles equipped with compaction units (except for the sole collection of yard waste, paper fiber and/or single-stream collection where a facility equipped to process such material has been identified), backyard composting units and public recycling containers for parks and streetscapes will not be considered eligible for funding. Other eligible and non-eligible costs are listed in the grant application packet. Composting projects and programs will be considered to be recycling projects or programs accordingly.
A municipality must retain sole ownership of equipment or facilities funded by the grant. Funding for equipment or facilities purchased for the recycling program used for recycling and other purposes will be pro-rated according to its recycling use (no equipment used for recycling less than 50% of the time will be eligible for funding). Funding for certain leaf and yard waste collection equipment may be limited according to its seasonal use. Funding for wood chipping equipment will be approved only when the equipment is part of an approved yard waste composting facility operating under the Department's guidelines and where the material is collected curbside from residents. Funding of street sweepers for the purpose of leaf collection will not be considered.
Funding may be restricted in situations where equipment or services requested through a grant application may be available from the public or private sector within the county of the applicant. Public notices may be required before the grant application may be submitted depending upon the nature of the funding request. When the municipality submits the recycling grant application to the Department, it must include proof of compliance with the notification requirements, a description of any responses received to the notice, and an explanation of why the municipality has concluded the mechanical processing equipment is not available to the program from the private sector.
Potential applicants must contact the appropriate Department regional planning and recycling coordinator to schedule a preapplication conference to discuss application requirements and program particulars. Applications will be returned to municipalities that fail to schedule preapplication conferences. Grant application forms are available from the Department's regional offices and the Department's website, www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword ''Recycling Grants'').
Grant applications must be received or postmarked by May 31, 2013. Applications received by the Department after that date will not be considered during the current round of solicitation. Applications must be on forms provided by the Department, with two copies submitted to the Department Central Office (Rachel Carson State Office Building, Harrisburg) and one copy submitted to the appropriate county recycling coordinator. Grant awards will be predicated on the receipt of recycling fees required by Sections 701 and 702 of Act 101 and the availability of moneys in the Recycling Fund.
Inquiries concerning this notice should be directed to Mark Vottero, Recycling Grants Coordinator, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Bureau of Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, mvottrro@state.pa.us.
Regional Planning & Recycling Coordinators SOUTHEAST REGION
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery & Philadelphia CountiesDEP, Waste Management Program
Mr. Calvin Ligons
2 East Main Street
Ms. Ann Ryan
Norristown, PA 19401
Mary Alice Reisse
(484) 250-5900Email: cligons@pa.gov
aryan@pa.gov
mreisse@pa.govNORTHEAST REGION
Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming CountiesDEP, Waste Management Program
Mr. Berit Case
2 Public Square
(570) 826-2108
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790Email: bcase@pa.gov
SOUTHCENTRAL REGION
Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry & York CountiesDEP, Waste Management Program
Mr. John
909 Elmerton Avenue
Lunsted
Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200
(717) 705-4927Email: jlundsted@pa.gov
NORTHCENTRAL REGION
Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga & Union CountiesDEP, Waste Management Program
Mr. Joseph
208 W. 3rd Street, Suite 101
Delgrippo
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 321-6533Email: jdelgrippo@pa.gov
SOUTHWEST REGION
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland CountiesDEP, Waste Management
Ms. Sharon Svitek
400 Waterfront Drive
Mr. Stephen Sales
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Mr. Bradley Cunningham
(412) 442-4000Email: ssvitek@pa.gov
ssales@pa.gov
bcunningham@pa.govNORTHWEST REGION
Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango, & Warren CountiesDEP, Pollution Prevention and
Compliance Assistance
Mr. Guy McUmber
230 Chestnut Street
(814) 332-6848
Meadville, PA 16335-3481Email: gmcumber@pa.gov
The Clean Streams Law
Public Notice of Proposed Consent Order
and Agreement
St. Michael Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Adams Township, Cambria County California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, 724-769-1100
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) (CSL) and other environmental statutes, has entered into a Consent Order and Agreement (COA) with Rosebud Mining Company (Rosebud) and St. Michael Land Company, Inc. (SMLC) to finance and construct a wastewater treatment facility to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) discharges from the abandoned Berwind underground coal mine into the South Fork of the Little Conemaugh River.
The Little Conemaugh River is approximately 29 miles long and drains 188 square miles of the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River watershed. All major sections of the Little Conemaugh River have been degraded by discharges of AMD from abandoned coal mines. There is a regional, large underground mine pool known as the Berwind Mine Pool in a complex of abandoned deep mines in the southern portion of the syncline of the Wilmore Basin in northern Somerset and southern Cambria counties. Extensive deep mining and surface mining of the Lower Kittanning coal seam occurred in the southern end of the Wilmore Basin dating back to the late 19th century and continuing through much of the 20th century. This mining contributed acid mine water to the Berwind Mine Pool. The largest former but now abandoned underground mines (known locally as the Berwind Mines) that are contributing mine water to the Berwind Mine Pool are the Maryland Mine No. 1 and Eureka Mines Nos. 35, 36, 37, 40 and 42. Other smaller abandoned underground mines also contribute water to the Berwind Mine Pool.
The largest single discharge from the Berwind Mine Pool is from an abandoned former elevator shaft known as the St. Michael Shaft, which is located near the town of St. Michael, Pennsylvania. The discharge from the St. Michael Shaft flows into Topper Run, which is a tributary to the South Fork of the Little Conemaugh River. The St. Michael Shaft discharge is the largest of seven significant regional abandoned mine discharges that are contributing to the degradation of the Little Conemaugh River. The discharge from the St. Michael Shaft alone contributes almost 30% of the total AMD load to the Little Conemaugh River. There are three abandoned discharges or seeps within approximately 400 feet of the St. Michael Shaft. Neither Rosebud nor SMLC at any time owned or operated any of the Berwind Mines or any other abandoned mine in this area. There is no existing person or entity responsible for treating the St. Michael Discharge or the Berwind Mine Pool, which the Department considers to be an abandoned discharge of AMD.
Rosebud and SMLC are Pennsylvania corporations with a business address of 301 Market Street, Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Rosebud mines the Upper Kittanning underground coal seam and operates an associated coal preparation plant known as Mine 78 located in Paint Township, Somerset County pursuant to Bituminous Coal Mining Activity Permit No. 56841328 (CMAP). The CMAP prohibited mining the Upper Kittanning coal seam below an elevation of 1604 MSL in the vicinity of the Berwind Mine Pool. A water treatment facility to pump and treat mine water from the Berwind Mine Pool, in addition to treating the AMD discharges, will allow coal reserves in the Upper Kittanning seam at Mine 78 to be mined. On December 7, 2012, the Department issued a revised CMAP, which allows Rosebud to mine below elevation 1604 MSL, and accompanying NPDES Permit No. PA0033677, which authorized the discharge of treated water from the Berwind Mine Pool through new Outfall 005.
Under the terms of the CO&A, Rosebud has agreed to construct a treatment facility to treat the St. Michael Shaft Discharge and the AML Discharges (as defined in the COA) and to test the facility after construction. The Department has estimated that treating the discharge from the treatment facility will reduce the current iron load from the St. Michael Shaft Discharge and the AML Discharges by 98.6% (a reduction of 2,807,209 (lbs/yr), the current manganese load by 74.4% (a reduction of 76,611 lbs/yr) and the current aluminum load by 74.1% (a reduction of 75,385 lbs/yr). Rosebud has also agreed that if it commences Active Mining Operations (defined as extracting coal from an elevation below 1604 MSL), it will (i) pay the cost to operate and maintain the treatment facility during Active Mining Operations and (ii) pay a total of $15 million dollars into a trust to provide financial resources to the Department toward the operation and maintenance of the treatment facility after Rosebud ends Active Mining Operations. The first payment of $1 million dollars will be due within ten business days after Active Mining Operations commence. Rosebud will convey the treatment facility to the Department or its designee after Active Mining Operations end. In return, the Department has agreed to limit Rosebud's and SMLC's potential liability for treating or being responsible for, in any way, the St. Michael Discharge, the AML Discharges and the Berwind Mine Pool. The St. Michael treatment facility will accomplish an overall improvement in the water quality of the Little Conemaugh River watershed, which together with projects and funds from third parties at other AMD sites will significantly and permanently reduce AMD discharges from abandoned mines in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River Watershed. The successful implementation of the CO&A will yield a cleaner environment in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River Watershed, allow access to coal reserves and expand mining and other employment in the area.
The Department is publishing notice of the COA and will provide a 30-day period for public comment on the COA beginning with the date of this publication. Copies of the COA may be reviewed or obtained by contacting William S. Plassio, District Mining Manager, California District Office, 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, Pa. 15423, Phone: (724) 769-1100, Fax: (724) 769-1102, email: wplassio@Pa.Gov. Persons may submit comments on the proposed CO&A during the 30-day public comment period only. Comments may be sent to Mr. Plassio at the address noted or may be delivered to him in person at the Department's California District Mining Office.
The Clean Streams Law
Public Notice of Proposed Consent Order
and Agreement
Hughes Borehole Abandoned Mine Drainage Site Portage Township, Cambria County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) (CSL) and other environmental statutes, has entered into a proposed Consent Order and Agreement (CO&A) with AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC (AMFIRE) to secure funding to reduce acid mine drainage (AMD) discharges from abandoned underground coal mines in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River watershed, including the Hughes Borehole. In the CO&A, AMFIRE agrees to help mitigate AMD not caused by AMFIRE. The Little Conemaugh River is 29.2 miles long and drains 188 square miles of the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River watershed. All major sections of the Little Conemaugh River have been degraded by discharges of AMD from abandoned coal mines. One of the largest of these discharges is an artesian discharge known as the Hughes Borehole located near the village of Jamestown, Pennsylvania. The Hughes Borehole is a major contributor of AMD to the upper main stem of the Little Conemaugh River. The Hughes Borehole drains approximately 7300 acres of abandoned Lower Kittanning deep mine workings, most of which are flooded. These deep mine workings include the Hughes No. 2 mine, which was operated by the C.A. Hughes Coal Company from approximately 1923 through 1953. AMFIRE did not at any time own or operate the Hughes No. 2 mine or any other abandoned mine in this area. There is no existing person or entity responsible for treating the Hughes Borehole, which the Department considers an abandoned discharge of AMD.
AMFIRE is a Delaware limited liability company with a business address of One Energy Place, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. AMFIRE is in the business of mining coal in Pennsylvania by surface and underground mining methods. In 2005, AMFIRE filed a permit application with the Department to mine certain acreage of the Upper Freeport coal seam in Cambria County, Pennsylvania known as the Cresson Mine. In the vicinity of the Cresson Mine, the Upper Freeport coal seam is located at an elevation approximately 240 feet above the Lower Kittanning coal seam. At the Department's request, AMFIRE deleted from its original permit application for the Cresson Mine approximately 1000 acres of the Upper Freeport coal seam located directly above the Hughes No. 2 mine. At that time, the Department felt that the potential existed for a post-mining hydrologic connection between the proposed area of the Cresson Mine and the Hughes No.2 Mine. In December of 2006, the Department issued a mining permit authorizing AMFIRE to conduct room and pillar mining in approximately 2929 acres of the Upper Freeport coal seam.
Under the terms of the proposed CO&A, AMFIRE has agreed to contribute $5,666,164.31 for the treatment of the discharge from the Hughes Borehole and/or other discharges of AMD impacting the Little Conemaugh River. In return, the Department has agreed to limit AMFIRE's potential liability for additional acreage in the Upper Freeport coal seam located above the Hughes No. 2 mine (Additional Acreage), that is conditioned upon the contribution of funds to the Department expected to be used to accomplish an overall improvement in the water quality of the Little Conemaugh River watershed. A trust fund will be established in accordance with a payment schedule set forth in the CO&A. AMFIRE will commence payments within one (1) year of initiating underground coal production within the Additional Acreage. The Department intends to use these funds along with financial contributions from other third parties to significantly and permanently reduce AMD discharges from abandoned mines in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River Watershed in accordance with the 2010 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for that watershed. In summary, the prospect of the successful implementation of the CO&A is a cleaner environment in the Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh River Watershed.
The Department is publishing notice of the proposed CO&A and will provide a 30-day period for public comment on the CO&A beginning with the date of this publication. Notice will be published at the same time that the Department provides public notice of the permit issuance for the Additional Acreage. Copies of the CO&A can be reviewed or obtained by contacting William S. Plassio, District Mining Manager, California District Office, 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, Pa. 15423. Phone: 724.769.1100, Fax: 724.769.1102; wplassio@Pa.Gov. Persons may submit comments on the proposed CO&A during the 30-day public comment period only. Comments can be sent to Mr. Plassio at the address noted or may be delivered to him in person at the Department's California District Mining Office.
The Department has reserved the right to withdraw its consent to the CO&A if comments submitted during the 30-day public comment period disclose facts or considerations which indicate, in the Department's judgment, that the CO&A is impracticable or not in the public interest. AMFIRE has also reserved the right to withdraw its consent to this CO&A in response to public comments.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-138. Filed for public inspection January 25, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
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