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AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS 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 general public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to submit permitting documents relevant to its application for all sources related to a facility or a proposed project, affords an opportunity for public input, and provides for a decision on the issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department received applications for Plan Approvals or Operating Permits from the following facilities.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis, all pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application and subsequently prepared proposed plan approvals/operating permits are available for public review during normal business hours at the appropriate Department Regional Office. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the appropriate Department Regional Office. The address and phone number of the Regional Office is listed before the application notices.
Persons wishing to file a written protest or provide comments or additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of a permit, may submit the information to the Department's Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of this publication will exist for the submission of comments, protests and information. Each submission must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval/Operating Permit including the permit number and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the permit.
A person wishing to request a hearing may do so during the 30-day comment period. A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper, the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines this type of notification is sufficient. Requests for a public hearing and any relevant information should be directed to the appropriate Department Regional Office.
Permits issued to the owners or operators of sources subject to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter D or E, or located within a Title V facility or subject to 25 Pa. Code § 129.51(a) or permits issued for sources with limitations on their potential to emit used to avoid otherwise applicable Federal requirements may be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval as a revision to the State Implementation Plan. Final Plan Approvals and Operating Permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the sources are constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015), 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145, the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401—7671q) and regulations adopted under the Federal Clean Air Act.
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.
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 19428
Contact: James A. Beach, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
23-0119D: Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals, L.P. (SPMT) (2nd and Green Streets, Marcus Hook, PA 19061-0426) for the installation of four (4) cryogenic storage tanks as follows: one 300,000 barrel (bbl) for ethane, one 600,000 bbl for butane, one 900,000 bbl for propane, and one 600,000 for propane. Additionally, this project will also install a new cold flare for emergency depressurization events, modify a previously permitted cold flare, install a new 50,000 gpm cooling tower, a pipeline dehydration system, along with the necessary piping for each of the above at an existing facility, in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. The plan approval is for a Title V facility. This project by itself or in aggregation, does not trigger applicability toward PADEP's NSR or the federal PSD regulations. Potential annual emissions from this project will be fugitive and are as follows: VOC—22.27 tons, NOx—0.09 ton, CO—0.50 ton, SO2—0.0008 ton, GHG—208 tons, PM—0.40 ton, PM10—0.38 ton, and PM2.5—0.06 ton. The plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmer-ton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Contact: Thomas Hanlon, Facilities Permitting Chief, 717-705-4762, Lisa Dorman, New Source Review Permitting Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4863 or William Weaver, Regional Air Quality Manager, Telephone: 717-705-4702.
06-03102B: The City of Reading (815 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601) for the modification of the Reading Waste Water Treatment Plant on Fritz Island located in the City of Reading, Berks County. The potential increase in facility emissions as a result of the changes proposed is 6 tpy of NOx and 1 tpy of CO. The facility is a State Only facility. DEP's review of the information submitted by the applicant indicates that the air contamination sources as constructed or modified will comply with all regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirement (BAT) of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, and 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII and 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ. Based on these findings, the Department proposes to issue a plan approval for the proposed construction. If, after the project has been implemented, the Department determines that the sources are constructed and operated in compliance with the plan approval conditions and the specification of the application for plan approval, the requirements established in the plan approval will be incorporated into an Operating Permit pursuant to the administrative amendment provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
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 19428
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920
46-00060: Norristown State Hospital-PA DHS (1001 East Sterigere Street, Norristown, PA 19401) located in Norristown Borough, East Norriton Township, and West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, for a renewal of Title V Operating Permit (TVOP) No. 46-00060. The facility's air emissions sources consist of three natural gas-/No. 2 fuel oil-fired boilers and eleven diesel fuel-fired emergency generator sets (two emergency generator sets were removed from the facility since the TVOP was amended in 2013). The facility is subject to a site-level nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission restriction of less than 25 tons/yr, and the plan approval-exempt engines of four of the emergency generator sets are subject to combined NOx emission restrictions of 100 lbs/hr, 1,000 lbs/day, 2.75 tons/ozone season, and 6.6 tons/yr (calculated monthly as a 12-month rolling sum).
The facility will restrict the consumption of No. 2 fuel oil by the boilers to periods of natural gas curtailment or supply interruption, startups, or periodic testing not to exceed 48 hours per calendar year, such that the boilers will not be subject to the provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart JJJJJJ. The engines of the emergency generator sets are subject to the provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ; however, the four plan approval-exempt engines shall comply with this regulation by complying with the provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart IIII, instead. The TVOP will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief— Telephone: 412-442-4174
32-00200: PA State System of Higher Education/IUP (525 Pratt Drive, Indiana, PA 15705) In accordance with Pa. Code 25 §§ 127.441, 127.425, and 127.521, the Department is providing notice that they intend to issue a Title V Operating Permit for the continued operation of an electrical cogeneration plant, known as the SW Jack Cogeneration Facility, located at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana Borough, Indiana County.
The facility is a cogeneration plant. Steam is produced to supply the IUP Main Campus and electricity is also generated to supply the campus and for sale. It contains four, 8,400-bhp, reciprocating dual-fuel engines, with downstream waste heat boilers. The waste heat boilers supply steam to the IUP campus. The plant also contains three natural gas-fired boilers with No. 2 Fuel Oil backup. In addition, the facility has an emergency, 600-bhp diesel powered electrical generator. The dual-fuel engines are 4-stroke, lean burn, designed to lower NOx emissions. The natural gas-fired boilers are equipped with low NOx burners. Opacity is limited to 20% and the site is inspected daily.
This facility has the potential to emit the following type and quantity of pollutants: 1,073 tons of NOx, 456 tons of CO, 112 tons of VOC, 24 tons of PM10, and 15 tons of SO2 per year. It also emits 74 tons of all HAPs combined, including 50 tons of formaldehyde, 8 tons of acetaldehyde, and 5 tons of acrolein per year and 196,500 tons per year of CO2e. Sources at this facility are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart A—General Provisions and Subpart Dc—Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart A—General Provisions, Subpart ZZZZ—National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, and Subpart DDDDD—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters, and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145. No equipment or emission changes are being approved by this action. The permit includes emission limitations and operational, monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for the facility.
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
09-00157: Walter R. Earle—Morrisville LLC, (1800 Route 34, Bldg. 2, Suite 205, Wall, NJ 07719; Attn: Mr. Thomas J. Earle) for the renewal of a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in Falls Township, Bucks County. The initial operating permit was issued on August 5, 2009, and was effective September 1, 2009. The facility is a drum mix asphalt plant facility. The primary source of air emissions from the facility is the Drum Mix AsphaltPlant, Source ID 101, which operates on natural gas and uses No. 2 fuel for backup. This source includes a recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) plant, load-out for four (4) identical storage silos, and fugitive sources (vehicular traffic, handling of aggregate material, and storage piles). The asphalt plant also operates a natural gas-fired hot oil heater, used to heat the 4 storage silos and six (6) liquid asphalt cement tanks (30,000 gallons, each). The hot oil heater has been deemed an insignificant source. A Knockout Box/Baghouse, Source ID C01, is used to control emissions of PM from the asphalt plant. Water suppression is used to control fugitive emissions of PM from the fugitive sources. Emissions from the facility are restricted to the following: 12.51 TPY for NOx, 29.95 TPY for CO, 10.84 TPY for VOC, 7.79 TPY for PM, 2.48 TPY for SOx, and 2.03 TPY for HAP. The permit will continue to contain monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice standards 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: Raymond Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507
40-00128: Intermetro Industries Corporation (1101 North Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705-1817) for the operation of a wire manufacturing facility in the City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County. The sources consist of a boiler, cleaning and coating tanks and a welding area. The emissions are controlled by scrubbers. This is an initial State-Only Operating Permit. The State-Only operating permit includes emission limits, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within applicable air quality requirements.
54-00066: Siberline Manufacturing, Co., Inc., Tide-wood Plant (130 Lincoln Drive, Tamaqua, PA 18252) for manufacturing of primary metal products located in Rush Township, Schuylkill County. The primary sources consist of a vacuum metalize pigment process and a silvet pigment process. The control device is a regenerative catalytic oxidizer. The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP), and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions. This is a renewal State-Only Synthetic 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.
66-00012: Williams Field Services Company, Wilcox Compressor Station (1212 South Abington Road, Clarks Summit, PA 18411) for oil and gas field services in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County. The primary sources consist of two (2) Solar Turbines, three (3) CAT Engines, and two (2) emergency generators. The control devices for the CAT Engines are oxidation catalysts. The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP), and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions. This is an initial State-Only Synthetic 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.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648
08-00022: Cummings Lumber Co., Inc. (PO Box 6, Troy, PA 16947) to issue a renewal State Only Operating Permit for their Troy facility located in Troy Township, Bradford County. The facility is currently operating under State Only Operating Permit 08-00022. The facility's main sources include nine (9) lumber dry kilns, one (1) wood fired boiler, and a mill operation.
The facility has potential emissions of 3.74 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 22.05 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 0.27 ton per year of sulfur oxides, 30.94 tons per year of particulate matter, 8.44 tons per year of volatile organic compounds including total hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). No emission or equipment changes are being proposed by this action.
The wood fired boiler is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart JJJJJJ—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers Area Sources.
The emission limits, throughput limitations and work practice standards along with testing, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements have been included in the operating permit to ensure the facility complies with all applicable Federal and State air quality regulations. These operating permit conditions have been derived from the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145 as well as 40 CFR Part 63.
All pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the Department's Northcentral Regional office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling 570-327-0550.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174
65-00873: Pace Industries, Inc. (1004 Industrial Blvd., Loyalhanna, PA 15661) In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gives notice that they intend to issue a State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) renewal to Pace Industries to authorize the continued operation of their Airo Die Casting, Inc., Main Plant located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.
This is an aluminum die casting operation. Facility has three gas fired melt furnaces which feed 23 die cast machines. The facility also include four shot blasting units, finishing equipment (sanders, polishers, etc.), shot blasters, a parts wash system, a wax coating spray booth, a paint booth and a wastewater evaporator. There are several dust collectors and filters with coating booth to control particulate emissions. The facility wide estimated potential emissions are 1.0 ton per year of PM10, 1.0 ton per year of NOx, 1.25 ton per year of VOCs and very little amount of SOx. The emission restriction, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice conditions of the proposed permit have been derived from the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145 (and Federal rules if applicable).
65-00902: Pace Industries, Inc. (1004 Industrial Blvd., Loyalhanna, PA 15661) In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425 the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gives notice that they intend to issue a State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) renewal to Pace Industries to authorize the continued operation of their Airo Die Casting, Inc., West Plant located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.
This is an aluminum die casting finishing operation. The facility include four shot blasting units, finishing equipment (sanders, polishers, etc.), a hand sanding/blasting room, a parts wash system, a powder paint booth, a dryoff and curing oven, a coating rack burn-off oven a wax coating spray booth, a paint booth, Samsco water evaporator and a robotic sander with control. There are several dust collectors and filters with coating and paint booths to control particulate emissions. The facility wide estimated potential emissions are 1.0 ton per year of PM10, 0.25 ton per year of NOx and very little amount of VOCs & SOx. The emission restriction, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice conditions of the proposed permit have been derived from the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145 (and Federal rules if applicable).
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6131
20-00304: Ernst Biomass, LLC/Biomass Pelletizing Facility (9006 Mercer Pike, Meadville, PA 16335) for the issuance of a Natural Minor Operating Permit to operate a biomass pelletizing plant in Union Township, Crawford County. The facility's primary emission sources are the Rotary Dryer with a 16 Million BTU/hour biomass fueled burner, Pellet Cooler, and Packaging Operations. The potential emissions, if this facility were operated continuously throughout the year, are as follows: (All values are in tons/year.) PM10 = 31.5, SOx = 1.75, NOx = 15.4, CO = 42.0, VOCs = 7.50, and Formaldehyde = 1.40.
25-01007: Formtech Enterprises, Inc. (7301 Klier Drive, Fairview, PA 16415), to issue a Natural Minor Operating Permit for the custom extrusion manufacturing of molded thermoplastic parts. The facility's primary emission sources are 14 plastic extrusion lines, plastic grinding, a burn off oven, and miscellaneous natural gas furnaces and a water heater at their facility in Fairview Township, Erie County. The requirements of Plan Approval 25-1007A are incorporated into the permit. The facility wide potential emissions are less than 2 TPY for each of the criteria pollutants. Hazardous Air Pollutants are also less than 2 TPY. Facility-wide CO2e emissions are approximately 1171 TPY.
OPERATING PERMITS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426
The City of Philadelphia, Air Management Services (AMS) intends to renew a Minor State Only Operating Permit for the following facility:
N14-005: Menasha Packaging LLC (801 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134) for a printing and packaging facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources include two (2) Flexographic presses, (2) two 7.53 MMBTU/hr firing No. 2 fuel oil or natural gas boilers, two (2) heaters and a waste paper collector cyclone.
The operating permit will be issued under 25 Pa. Code, Philadelphia Code Title 3 and Air Management Regulation XIII. Permit copies and other supporting information are available for public inspection at AMS, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Edward Wiener at (215) 685-9426.
Persons wishing to file protest or comments on the above operating permit must submit the protest or comments within 30 days from the date of this notice. Any protests or comments filed with AMS must include a concise statement of the objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based. Based upon the information received during the public comment period, AMS may modify the operating permit or schedule a public hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a local newspaper at least thirty days before the hearing.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY 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
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119, 814-472-1900
Permit No. 32990107 and NPDES No. PA0235121. Amerikohl Mining Inc., 202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Rayne & Washington Townships & Ernest Borough, Indiana County affecting 90.5 acres. Receiving stream: McKee Run classified for the following use: cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: November 14, 2014.
Permit No. 56930110 and NPDES No. PA0212610, Rosebud Mining Company, 1117 Shaw Mines Road, Meyersdale, PA 15552-7728, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine to change the land use from Forestland to Cropland and unmanaged Natural Habitat and from Cropland to unmanaged Natural Habitat in Black Township, Somerset County, affecting 129.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Rhoades Creek/unnamed tributary to Isers Run (topographic drainage only) and an unnamed tributary to Casselman River classified for the following uses: warm water fishery, exceptional value. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 18, 2014.
Permit No. 56080103 and NPDES No. PA0262617. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Milford Township, Somerset County affecting 105.5 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and South Glad Creek to the Casselman River to the Youghiogheny River classified for the following use: warm water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 11080101 and NPDES No. PA0262587. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in East Taylor and Croyle Townships, Cambria County affecting 708.5 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and the Little Conemaugh River to the Conemaugh River classified for the following use: cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 56980107 and NPDES No. PA0234877. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Milford Township, Somerset County affecting 227 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Casselman River and South Glad Creek classified for the following use: warm water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 11850107 and NPDES No. PA0597341. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Portage Township, Cambria County affecting 85.7 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to/and Spring Run; unnamed tributary to/and Trout Run classified for the following use: cold water fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Little Conemaugh River SWI. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 56060105 and NPDES No. PA024997. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Jenner Township, Somerset County affecting 120.1 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Quemahoning Reservoir to the Stoney Creek River to the Conemaugh river classified for the following use: cold water fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria-Somerset Authority. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 32090102 and NPDES No. PA0262773. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County affecting 274 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to South Branch of Blacklick Creek classified for the following use: cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 56960106 and NPDES No. PA0234192. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Lincoln Township, Somerset County affecting 352.6 acres. Receiving streams: North Branch Quemahoning Creek and Horner Run classified for the following use: cold water fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Quemahoning SWI. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 56020103 and NPDES No. PA0249238. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Jenner Township, Somerset County affecting 172.7 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Beam Run classified for the following use: cold water fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 31, 2014.
Permit No. 56020101 and NPDES No. PA0249122. Rosebud Mining Co., 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, located in Jenner Township, Somerset County affecting 57.3 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to/and Roaring Run classified for the following use: cold water fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Quemahoning Reservoir (Cambria-Somerset Authority). Application received: December 31, 2014.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
24100101. P. and N. Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 332, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine in Jay Township, Elk County, affecting 102.2 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Kersey Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Jay Township Water Authority. This application is for reclamation only. Application received: January 12, 2015.
24030103. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Horton Township, Elk County, affecting 581.1 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Johnson Run and Johnson Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 8, 2015.
24030102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242322. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Fox Township, Elk County, affecting 172.5 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary No. 1 to Mill Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 13, 2015.
24100104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258954. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Fox & Huston Townships, Elk & Clearfield Counties, affecting 68.9 acres. Receiving streams: East Branch Wilson Run, classified for the following uses: HQ-CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 13, 2015.
24960101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0227170. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Horton Township, Elk County, affecting 235.0 acres. Receiving streams: Four unnamed tributaries to Mead Run and Mead Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 13, 2015.
24990101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0241491. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Horton Township, Elk County, affecting 568.9 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Mead Run and Mead Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 13, 2015.
24010101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251857. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) Transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine from AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC in Horton Township, Elk County, affecting 264.3 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Mead Run and unnamed tributaries to Johnson Run, both classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 13, 2015.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
17860135 and NPDES PA0115622. Strishock, LLC (P. O. Box 1006, DuBois, PA 15801). Permit renewal for continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine located in Union, Brady, and Sandy Townships, Clearfield County affecting 367.6 acres. Receiving stream(s): Stony Run, Laborde Branch, and Sugar Camp Run classified for the following use(s): CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 7, 2015.
New Stanton District Office: 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-925-5500
02743004 and NPDES Permit No. PA0126756. Deep Valley Coal & Disposal (7111 Steubenville Pike, Oakdale, PA 15071). Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, affecting 35 acres. Receiving stream: Pinkerton Run, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: December 22, 2014.
02090103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251801. Neiswonger Construction, Inc. (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258). Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Jefferson Hills Borough, Allegheny County, affecting 57.4 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Peters Creek, classified for the following use: TSF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: December 30, 2014.
26090103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251704. T & B Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 337, McClellandtown, PA 15458). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in German Township, Fayette County, affecting 58.1 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Dunlap Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: January 12, 2015.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2522, 570-621-3118
Permit No. 49-305-005GP12. Keystone Anthracite Co., Inc., (259 N. 2nd Street, Girardville, PA 17935), application to operate a coal preparation plant whose pollution control equipment is required to meet all applicable limitations, terms and conditions of General Permit, BAQ-GPA/GP-12 on Surface Mining Permit No. 4900105 in Zerbe and West Cameron Townships, Northumberland County. Application received: December 17, 2014.
Noncoal Applications Received
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
53150801 and NPDES PA0269638 Spencer L. Empet (11164 State Route 106, Kingsley, PA 18826) Commencement, operation, and restoration of a flagstone operation in West Branch Township, Potter County affecting 5.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Little Kettle Creek classified for the following use(s): EV and MF. Application received: January 9, 2015.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2522, 570-621-3118
Permit Nos. 7774SM2A1C12, 06910301C4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0594521. Berks Products Corporation, (167 Berks Products Drive, Leesport, PA 19533), renewal of an NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County affecting 350.7 acres, receiving stream: Maiden Creek and Schuylkill River, classified for the following uses: warm water and migratory fishes. Application received: December 5, 2014.
Permit No. 8274SM5C6 and NPDES Permit No. PA0123480. ICM of Pennsylvania, Inc., (638 Lancaster Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355), renewal of an NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Fulton Township, Lancaster County affecting 321.82 acres, receiving stream: Octoraro Creek, classified for the following uses: warm water and migratory fishes. Application received: December 15, 2014.
Permit No. 7473SM2A1C23 and NPDES Permit No. PA0118460. Hercules Cement Co., LP d/b/a Buzzi Unicem USA, (501 Hercules Drive, PO Box 69, Stockertown, PA 18083), renewal of an NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Upper Nazareth and Palmer Townships and Stockertown Borough, Northampton County affecting 330.0 acres, receiving streams: Bushkill Creek and Schoeneck Creek, classified for the following uses: HQ—cold water and migratory fishes; warm water and migratory fishes. Application received: December 22, 2014.
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. 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 limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 77 are pH 6 to 9 and other parameters the Department may require.
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 563-2112-115, Developing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits for Mining Activities. 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. PA0249581 (Permit No. 56040103), Fieg Brothers, 3070 Stoystown Road, Stoystown, PA 15563, renewal of an NPDES permit for reclamation only surface mining activities in Southampton Township, Somerset County, affecting 74.8 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to North Branch, classified for the following use: cold water fisheries. These receiving streams are not the subject of a TMDL. Application received: June 20, 2014.
The outfalls listed below discharge to an unnamed tributary to North Branch.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 002 N 003 N The proposed effluent limits for the above listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 002 and 003 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 7.0 Total Settleable Solids (ml/l) 0.5 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
NPDES No. PA0212130 (Permit No. 16940105). Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Renewal of an existing NPDES permit for a bituminous surface mine in Perry Township, Clarion County, affecting 220.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Allegheny River and Allegheny River, classified for the following uses: WWF. TMDL: None. Application received: October 12, 2014.
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 Allegheny River and Allegheny River:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) AB N BB N EB N FB N GB 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) 2 4 5 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35 70 90 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. The outfall(s) listed below discharge to unnamed tributaries to Allegheny River and Allegheny River:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) A N B N E N F N G 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 Southcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ed Muzic, Section Chief, 717.705.4802.
E36-938: High Properties, 1853 William Penn Way, Lancaster, 17605 in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To remove three (3) existing agricultural crossings; and to install and maintain: 1) a 90.0-foot long, 52.75-foot wide, two (2) span concrete arch bridge having an under clearance of 10 feet above the stream bed, wing walls, and rock riprap scour protection; 2) a 130.0-foot long, 10.0-inch diameter concrete encased steel casing for a gas pipe (General Permit 5); 3) a 130.0-foot long, 10.0-inch diameter concrete encased steel casing for electric lines (General Permit 5); 4) a 130.0-foot long, 10.0-inch diameter concrete encased steel casing for communication lines (General Permit 5); and 5) a 130.0-foot long, 24.0-inch diameter concrete encased steel casing, encapsulating a 12.0-inch diameter, ductile iron water line (General Permit 5); and to relocate fill in the floodway, permanently impacting 56,013 square feet of floodway. All the activities are located in or over an unnamed tributary to Stauffer Run (WWF, MF) (Latitude: 40° 03` 30.79"; Longitude: -76° 14` 43.18") in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. Approximately 0.010 acre of wetlands will be permanently impacted by this project. Wetland impacts are de-minimus and replacement is not required.
Southwest Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
E02-1701. The Municipality of Penn Hills, 12245 Frankstown Road, Penn Hills, PA 15235-3494; Municipalities of Penn Hills and Monroeville, Allegheny County; ACOE Pittsburgh District.
The applicant is proposing to relocate approximately 655` of Thompson Run (WWF) by constructing and stabilizing this reach as an approximately 575` channel, for the purpose of protecting an existing 24" diameter, PVC, sanitary sewer interceptor from accelerated bank scour. The project will include the construction and maintenance of several outfall structures and rock vane deflectors within and/or along the relocated channel. The project is located near the intersection of Old William Penn Highway and Thompson Run Road (S.R. 2065), within the Municipalities of Monroeville and Penn Hills, in Allegheny County (Braddock, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; Latitude: 40° 26` 36.69"; Longitude: -79° 47` 49.64"; Sub-basin: 19A; USACE Pittsburgh District).
E63-661. Peters Township Sanitary Authority, 111 Bell Drive, McMurray, PA 15317-3415; Peters Township, Washington County; ACOE Pittsburgh District
The applicant is proposing to demolish and remove select facilities at the existing Donaldson's Crossroads Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), and to construct and maintain:
1. New WPCP facilities within the floodplain of Little Chartiers Creek (WWF), consisting of a new headworks building, two aeration tanks, two digesters, three clarifiers, two chlorine contact tanks, an effluent pumping station, control and process buildings, biofilter, utility lines, and other support structures and appurtenances;
2. A garage within the floodplain of Little Chartiers Creek;
3. Site grading, including the placement and maintenance of fill within the floodplain;
4. A 42" PE pipe, effluent utility line crossing of an unnamed tributary (UNT) to Little Chartiers Creek (WWF);
5. A 24" DIP, raw water utility line crossing (replacement of existing 12" line) of the same UNT;
6. A new outfall structure (to replace an existing structure) within Little Chartiers Creek;
7. Stormwater management facilities, including outfall structures, along the UNT and/or within the floodplain of the UNT and Little Chartiers Creek;
for the purpose of improving sewage treatment within the Donaldson's Crossroads service area, and to potentially accommodate the Lehner Lakes service area. The project will affect approximately 60 lf of watercourse. The project is located near the intersection of Oakwood Road and West McMurray Road (SR 1002), in Peters Township, Washington County (Canonsburg, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; Latitude: 40° 16` 37.08"; Longitude: -80° 8` 15.62"; Sub-basin: 20F; USACE Pittsburgh District).
District Oil & Gas Operations: Eastern Oil & Gas District, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701
E5829-096. Harmony and Oakland Townships, and Lanesboro Borough, Angelina Gathering Company, LLC; 2350 North Sam Houston Parkway E, Suite 125, Houston, TX 77032; Harmony and Oakland Townships, and Lanesboro Borough, Susquehanna County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate, and maintain:
1) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline floodway crossing impacting 5,247 square feet of unnamed tributary to Susquehanna River (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 11" Lat., W -75° 36` 38" Long.),
2) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline floodway crossing impacting 13,280 square feet of unnamed tributary to Susquehanna River (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 57` 48" Lat., W -75° 35` 38" Long.),
3) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline crossing impacting 197 lineal feet of unnamed tributary to Susquehanna River (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 57` 54" Lat., W -75° 35` 21" Long.),
4) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline crossing impacting 347 lineal feet of the Susquehanna River (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 57` 55" Lat., W -75° 35` 27" Long.),
5) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline crossing impacting 50 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 57` 56" Lat., W -75° 35` 21" Long.),
6) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber bridge crossing impacting 3 lineal feet of an unnamed tributary to Pigpen Creek (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 11" Lat., W -75° 34` 27" Long.),
7) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber mat crossing impacting 1,401 square feet (0.03 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 57` 56" Lat., W -75° 35` 21" Long.),
8) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber mat crossing impacting 695 square feet (0.02 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 18" Lat., W -75° 34` 20" Long.),
9) a timber mat crossing impacting 321 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 21" Lat., W -75° 34` 16" Long.),
10) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber bridge crossing impacting 2 lineal feet of an unnamed tributary to Pigpen Creek (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 51" Long.),
11) right of way impacting 1 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 51" Long.),
12) a timber mat crossing impacting 91 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 51" Long.),
13) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber bridge crossing impacting 20 lineal feet of Pigpen Creek (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 51" Long.),
14) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber mat crossing impacting 469 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 51" Long.),
15) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber mat crossing impacting 2,663 square feet (0.06 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 38" Lat., W -75° 33` 48" Long.),
16) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber bridge crossing impacting 4 lineal feet of an unnamed tributary to Pigpen Creek (CWF-MF) (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 46" Long.),
17) a 20 inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline and timber mat crossing impacting 420 square feet (0.01 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 46" Long.),
18) a timber mat crossing impacting 796 square feet (0.02 acre) of PEM wetlands (Susquehanna, PA Quadrangle; N 41° 58` 37" Lat., W -75° 33` 44" Long.).
The project consists of constructing approximately 4.62 miles of 20" steel natural gas gathering pipeline within a 50` permanent right of way located in Harmony and Oakland Townships, and Lanesboro Borough, Susque-hanna County. The project will result in 355 lineal feet of temporary stream impacts and 0.159 acre of temporary wetland impacts all for the purpose of conveying Marcellus Shale natural gas to market.
E5829-097: Brooklyn Township, Williams Field Services Company, LLC; Park Place Corporate Center 2, 2000 Commerce Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275; Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate, ad maintain:
1) an 8 inch diameter steel natural gas gathering pipeline and temporary timber mat crossing impacting 120 square feet (0.01 acre) of a PFO wetland (Montrose—East, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 47` 18", Longitude: -75° 48` 29"),
2) an 8 inch diameter steel natural gas gathering pipeline and temporary timber mat crossing impacting 7,700 square feet (0.18 acre) of a PEM wetland (Montrose—East, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 47` 18", Longitude: -75° 48` 30"),
3) an 8 inch diameter steel natural gas gathering pipeline and temporary timber bridge crossing impacting 50 lineal feet of a unnamed tributary to Hop Bottom Creek (CWF-MF) (Montrose—East, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 47` 23", Longitude: -75° 48` 49"),
4) an 8 inch diameter steel natural gas gathering pipeline and temporary timber mat crossing impacting 1,750 square feet (0.04 acre) of a PEM wetland (Montrose—East, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 47` 23", Longitude: -75° 48` 49"),
5) an 8 inch diameter steel natural gas gathering pipeline and temporary timber mat crossing impacting 500 square feet (0.01 acre) of a PEM wetland (Montrose— East, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 47` 22", Longitude: -75° 48` 59").
The project consists of constructing approximately 0.88 mile of 8" steel natural gas gathering line located in Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, connecting the Diaz Well Pad to the Teddick Pipeline. The project will result in 50 lineal feet of temporary stream impacts, 9,950 square feet (0.23 acre) of temporary wetland impacts, ad 120 square feet (< 0.01 acre) of permanent wetland conversion for the purpose of providing safe and reliable conveyance of Marcellus Shale natural gas to market.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Environmental Program Manager, Brian Bradley, P.O. Box 8461, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
EA5910-002. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8461, Harrisburg, PA 17105. Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project, in Hamilton Township, Blossburg Borough, Tioga County, Baltimore ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to backfill an abandoned surface mine, which includes a total of 2,400 linear feet of highwall. The project will include the backfilling of 0.70 acre of open water and 0.1 acre of wetlands that have developed within the open surface mine pits. (Blossburg Quadrangle 41° 40` 17" N, 77° 03` 04" W).
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8460, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8460
D39-077EA. Brian Costenbader, Vice President Logistics, Essroc Corporation, 3251 Bath Pike, Naza-reth, PA 18064. Mayor Edward D. Hozza, Jr., Whitehall Township, 3219 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, PA 18052. Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, USACOE Phila-delphia District.
Project proposes to remove Egypt Plant Dam for the purposes of eliminating a threat to public safety and restoring the stream to a free-flowing condition. The dam is located across Coplay Creek (CWF, MF) (Cementon, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40.6730; Longitude: -75.5364).
D39-078EA. Brian Costenbader, Vice President Logistics, Essroc Corporation, 3251 Bath Pike, Nazareth, PA 18064. Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, USACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to remove Egypt Quarry Dam for the purposes of eliminating a threat to public and restoring the stream to a free-flowing condition. The dam is located across Coplay Creek (CWF, MF) (Cementon, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40.6775; Longitude: -75.5253).
D64-067EA. Mr. John Cullen, 527 Parkview Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090. Damascus Township, Wayne County, USACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to breach Tyler Hill Dam for the purpose of eliminating a threat to public safety and restoring the stream to a free-flowing condition. The dam is located across Sunny Brook (HQ-CWF, MF) (Damascus, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.6907; Longitude: -75.1135).
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