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STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
PROPOSED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS RELATED TO APPLICATIONS FOR NPDES PERMITS FOR CAFOs This notice provides information about agricultural operations that have submitted nutrient management plans (NMPs) for approval under 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5 and that have or anticipate submitting applications for new, amended or renewed NPDES permits, or Notices of Intent (NOIs) for coverage under a general permit, for CAFOs, under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Based upon preliminary reviews, the State Conservation Commission (SCC) or County Conservation Districts (CCD) working under a delegation agreement with the SCC have completed an administrative review of NMPs described. These NMPs are published as proposed plans for comment prior to taking final actions. The NMPs are available for review at the CCD office for the county where the agricultural operation is located. A list of CCD office locations is available at http://www.nacdnet.org/about/districts/directory/pa.phtml or can be obtained from the SCC at the office address listed or by calling (717) 787-8821.
Persons wishing to comment on an NMP are invited to submit a statement outlining their comments on the plan to the CCD, with a copy to the SCC for each NMP, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NMPs. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the SCC of the exact basis of the comments and the relevant facts upon which they are based. Comments should be sent to the SCC, Agriculture Building, Room 310, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service, including TDD users or other accommodations to seek additional information should contact the SCC through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
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NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS
CAFO PUBLIC NOTICE SPREADSHEET—APPLICATIONS
Agricultural Operation
Name and AddressCounty Total
AcresAEU's Animal
TypeSpecial Protection Waters (HQ or EV or NA) New or
RenewalLGH Farms, LLC
2129 Mountain Road
Catawissa, PA 17820
Columbia 95 530.28 Layer Hens HQ Renewal Kline's Hillside Farm
167 Coble Rd
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Frankliin 0 514.3 Swine & Turkey n/a Renewal Tim Goss
Goss Family Farms
123 Decatur Rd.
McClure, PA 17841
Mifflin 322 1,197.74
17Swine
BeefNA Renewal
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMITS Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for PWS permits to construct or substantially modify public water systems.
Persons wishing to comment on permit applications are invited to submit statements to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding an application. A comment should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability that require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17).
Northeast Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Application No. 1319506, Public Water Supply.
Applicant D's Water Company
241 Harvard Avenue
Palmerton, PA 18071
[Township or Borough] Palmerton Borough
Carbon CountyResponsible Official Frank DePaulo
D's Water Company
241 Harvard Avenue
Palmerton, PA 18071
Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Geregory R. Rogalski, PE
Pennoni Associates, Inc.
5072 Ritter Road
Suite 102
Upper Allen Township, PA 17055
Application Received Date 10/15/2019 Description of Action Construction of a new booster pump station and interconnection with Palmerton Municipal Authority water system. Northcentral Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
Application No. 1719503—Construction—Public Water Supply.
Applicant Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.—Treasure Lake Division Township/Borough Sandy Township County Clearfield County Responsible Official Mr. Stephen J. Draus, P.E.
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
204 E. Sunbury Avenue
Shamokin, PA 18782
Type of Facility Public Water Supply—Construction Consulting Engineer N/A Application Received 5/2/2019 Description of Action Authorizes the installation of phosphate feed systems at each of the six wells in the Treasured Lake Water System. Upon construction of a proposed treatment project, the phosphate equipment from Wells No. 12 and N14 will be relocated to the Cayman Booster Pump Sta. Application No. 1919504—Construction—Public Water Supply.
Applicant Suez Water PA, Inc. Township/Borough Montour Township County Columbia County Responsible Official Mr. John Hallenbach
6310 Allentown Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17112Type of Facility Public Water Supply—Construction Consulting Engineer N/A Application Received 8/15/19 Description of Action Authorizes the Montour Booster Pump Station to convert an existing building into a new booster pump station. Northwest Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Permit No. 0319502, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Brady's Bend Township Water & Sewer Authority Township or Borough Bradys Bend Township County Armstrong Responsible Official Wade Ion
697 SR 68
East Brady, PA 16028
Type of Facility Community Water Supply Consulting Engineer Christopher Wharton, P.E.
Gibson—Thomas Engineering Company, Inc.
1004 Ligonier Street
Box 853
Latrobe, PA 15650
Application Received Date October 3, 2019
Description of Action Reconfigure existing meter pit between Brady's Bend and Petrolia Borough.
MINOR AMENDMENT
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act.
Northwest Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Application No. 2515505-MA1, Minor Amendment.
Applicant Erie City Waterworks Township or Borough City of Erie County Erie Responsible Official Chad Ellsworth Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Chad Ellsworth
240 West 12th Street
Erie, PA 16501
Application Received Date October 7, 2019 Description of Action Upgrades to existing Bulk Sodium Hypochlorite Fed System at Grubb Road, Lancaster and Henderson Booster Stations
Applicant Rural Valley Borough Township or Borough Rural Valley Borough County Armstrong Responsible Official Kathy Fusaro
Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Kevin Szakelyhidi
Bankson Engineers
267 Blue Run Road
Cheswick, PA 15024
Application Received Date October 3, 2019 Description of Action Rehabiliation of Water Treatment Plant
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
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Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P.S. §§ 6026.101—6026.907).
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) (35 P.S. §§ 6026.302—6026.305) require the Department to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. A person intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard or intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area shall file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of cleanup standards or receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the following site, proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified as follows. During this comment period, the municipality may request that the person identified as the remediator of the site develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department Regional Office listed before the notice. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office. TDD users may telephone the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Northeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Former Rainbow Market Property, 621 Northern Boulevard, South Abington Township, Lackawanna County. LaBella Associates, 1000 Dunham Drive, Suite B, Dunmore, PA 18512, on behalf of Rainbow Land Company, P.O. Box 716, Waverly, PA 18741, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater were contaminated by historic releases of gasoline at a former service station. Future use of the site will be Non-residential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Scranton Times on October 11, 2019.
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Harer 713 Pad, 957 Bogar Run Road, Roaring Branch, Liberty Township, Tioga County. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, on behalf of Rockdale Marcellus, LLC, 4600 J Barry Court, Suite 120, Canonsburg, PA 15317, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with produced water. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Background and Statewide Health Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Williamsport Sun Gazette on September 21, 2019.
Guillaume 714 Pad, 10562 Route 414, Liberty Township, Tioga County. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, on behalf of Rockdale Marcellus, LLC, 4600 J Barry Court, Suite 120, Canonsburg, PA 15317, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with flowback water. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Sun-Gazette on September 14, 2019.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Determination of Applicability for General Permit(s) Issued 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 Municipal Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Municipal Waste Processing Facilities and/or the Beneficial Use of Municipal Waste.
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
General Permit No. WMGM016SW001: Chestnut Ridge Mulch, LLC, 684 Old Farm Road, Blairsville, PA 15717, Burrell Township, Indiana County. Determination of Applicability (DOA) under municipal waste General Permit WMGM016 for the processing and beneficial use of wood waste to produce wood chips for wholesale purposes was approved in the Southwest Regional Office on October 16, 2019.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Application(s) Received Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904) and Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.
Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Permit Application No. 100933. Alliance Sanitary Landfill, Inc., 398 South Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA 18517. An application for permit renewal for the continued operation of a municipal waste landfill located in Taylor Borough, Old Forge Borough and Ransom Township, Lackawanna County. The application was received by the Regional Office on October 17, 2019 and the application was deemed administratively complete on October 18, 2019.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to Roger Bellas, Environmental Program Manager, Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915 at 570-826-2511. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS 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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Contact: Thomas Hanlon, Facilities Permitting Chief, 717-705-4862, Thomas Bianca, New Source Review Chief, 717-705-4863, or William Weaver, Regional Air Quality Manager, 717-705-4702.
36-05026D: LSC Communications, Inc. (1375 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601) for the installation of a new heatset web offset printing press controlled by two existing regenerative thermal oxidizers at the Lancaster West facility in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. Potential emissions from the project are estimated to be: 6.2 tpy CO, 7.4 tpy NOx, 0.6 tpy PM/PM10/PM2.5, 0.0 tpy SOx, 39.0 tpy VOC, 4.8 tpy of a single HAP (glycol ether), and 9.6 tpy of combined HAPs. 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 127.12. 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.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648.
14-00003K: Pennsylvania State University (101P Physical Plant Bldg, University Park, PA 16802) for the construction of a natural gas-fired (diesel fuel backup) lean-burn pre-mix Solar Taurus 60-7901S turbine with an electric output of approximately 6.5 MW and a natural gas-fired Indeck Heat Recovery Steam Generator rated at a maximum heat input capacity of 94.9 MMBtu/hr at the West Campus Steam Plant of the University Park Campus located in College Township and State College Borough, Centre County.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) indicates that the air contamination sources to be constructed will comply with all regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including New Source Performance Standards and the best available technology requirement (BAT) of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue a plan approval for the proposed construction. The following is a summary of the conditions that the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to ensure compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements:
1. The annual emissions from the operation of the CT and HRSG shall not exceed any of the following in any 12 consecutive month period: 39.9 tons of NOx; 28.5 tons of CO; 0.62 ton of SOx; 5.2 tons of particulate matter; 10.2 tons of VOCs; 0.71 ton of formaldehyde; and 83,415 tons of CO2e.
2. The emissions from the operation of the CT operating alone shall not exceed the following rates: When firing natural gas: NOx: 9 ppmvd 15% O2. CO: 1.3 ppmvd 15% O2. VOCs: 2.4 ppmvd 15% O2. SOx: 0.060 lb/MMBtu, Formaldehyde: 400 ppbvd 15% O2. Particulate matter: 0.010 lb/MMBtu. When firing diesel: NOx: 65 ppmvd 15% O2. CO: 2.6 ppmvd 15% O2. VOCs: 3.9 ppmvd 15% O2. SOx: 0.060 lb/MMBtu, Formaldehyde: 400 ppbvd 15% O2. Particulate matter: 0.020 lb/MMBtu.
3. The emissions from the combined operation of the CT and HRSG shall not exceed the following rates. When operating the combustion turbine on natural gas: NOx: 8.3 lbs/hr. CO: 1.3 ppmvd 15% O2. VOCs: 2.4 ppmvd 15% O2. SOx: 0.060 lb/MMBtu. Formaldehyde: 400 ppb 15% O2. Particulate matter: 1.15 lbs/hr. When operating the combustion turbine on diesel: NOx: 22.0 lbs/hr. CO: 2.6 ppmvd 15% O2. VOCs: 3.9 ppmvd 15% O2. SOx: 0.060 lb/MMBtu. Formaldehyde: 400 ppb 15% O2. Particulate matter: 1.72 lbs/hr.
4. The short-term emission limits apply at all times except during startup (SU) and shutdown (SD). SU and SD shall be limited to 10 minutes per instance. During periods of SUSD while firing natural gas, emissions from the CT shall not exceed the following: NOx: 1 lb per SU and 1 lb per SD. CO: 86 lbs per SU and 79 lbs per SD. VOCs: 22 lbs per SU and 18 lbs per SD. CO2: 338 lbs per SU and 392 lbs per SD.
5. The CT shall not operate on diesel fuel in excess of 384 hours in any 12 consecutive month period.
6. The natural gas combusted in the CT/HRSG shall containing a maximum sulfur content equal to 20 grains per 100 scf. The ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel combusted in the CT shall contain a maximum percentage of sulfur equal to 15 ppm by weight. The permittee shall never simultaneously use natural gas and diesel as a combined fuel mixture to operate the CT. The HRSG shall only be fired on pipeline-quality natural gas.
7. The total heat input to the CT/HRSG shall not exceed 1,414,740 MMBtu/year.
8. Within 120 days of initial start-up of the CT/HRSG, the permittee shall submit a source testing protocol for EPA reference method testing programs to determine the emission rates of NOx, CO, VOCs, formaldehyde, PM10 and PM2.5. Within 90 days of receipt of an approved protocol from BAQ Source Testing, the permittee shall conduct the testing while the turbine is operating at plus or minus 10 percent of peak process load, or at other load as approved by the Department. Testing shall be performed under each of the following operating scenarios: The CT operating alone, while firing natural gas. The CT operating alone, while firing ultra-low sulfur diesel. The combustion turbine and heat recovery steam generator together while firing natural gas. The combustion turbine firing ultra-low sulfur diesel and the heat recovery steam generator firing natural gas.
9. The CT shall be equipped with instrumentation that monitors the manufacturer's recommended operational parameters and continuously indicates whether the CT is operating in or out of low-NOx mode. The oxidation catalyst shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor the catalyst bed inlet and outlet temperatures as well as the pressure differential across the catalyst bed.
10. The CT shall only operate out of low-NOx mode during periods of SUSD. The permittee shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations for SUSD procedures.
11. The CT shall be equipped with Solar SoLoNOx technology and an Indeck oxidation catalyst or equivalent as determined by the Department.
12. The CT/HRSG is subject to Subpart KKKK of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR 60.4300—60.4420. The permittee shall comply with all applicable requirements specified in 40 CFR 60.4300—60.4420.
The facility is a major (Title V) facility. If 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 14-00003K, the requirements established in the plan approval will be incorporated into Title V Operating Permit 14-00003 pursuant to the administrative amendment provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
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: Ed Orris, P.E., New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4168.
04-00748: ARDEX L.P. (400 Ardex Park Drive, Aliquippa, PA 15001). Notice is hereby given in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44—127.46 that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Air Quality Plan Approval: PA-04-00748 for the expansion of their facility for the production of high performance dry and liquid flooring and tiling products and continued operation of the existing operations at the Aliquippa Plant located in Center Township, Beaver County.
Emissions from the sources covered under this plan approval are 28.0 tons of total particulate matter (PM), 24.0 tons of particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10), 23.0 tons of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5), 2.0 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOC), 0.5 ton of carbon monoxide (CO), and 0.5 ton of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The authorization is subject to State regulations including 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.1, 123.2, 123.13, 123.31, 123.41 and 127.1. Plan Approval has been conditioned to ensure compliance with all applicable rules. This includes visible emission limits, work practice, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting conditions. Once compliance with the Plan Approval is demonstrated, the applicant will subsequently submit a State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) for this Facility.
The Plan Approval application, the Department's Air Quality Review Memorandum, and the Proposed Air Quality Plan Approval for this project are available for review by any interested party at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. To request a review of the Plan Approval Application, to receive an electronic copy of the Department's Air Quality Review Memorandum, or to receive an electronic copy of the Department's proposed air Quality Plan Approval for this project, a person may contact the Department at 412-442-4000.
A person may oppose the proposed plan approval by filing a written protest with the Department through Alexander Sandy, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; asandy@pa.gov; or fax 412-442-4194. Each protest or set of written comments must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval (PA-04-00748) and a concise statement of the objections to the plan approval and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based. All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication. For additional information, you may contact Alexander Sandy at 412-442-4028.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: David Balog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6328.
16-149E: Clarion Laminates (301 Fiberboard Road, Shippenville, PA 16254) for the proposed production increase in Paint Township, Clarion County. This is a State Only facility. The public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 or § 127.505, be incorporated into the State Only operating permit at a later date.
Plan approval No 16-149E is for the proposed modification of a facility production limit due to the construction of Source 109 under Plan Approval 16-149C that was inadvertently not changed in the facility operating permit to reflect the production increase. This Plan Approval will contain emission restriction, testing, recordkeeping, work practice standard and additional requirement conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate Best Available Technology (BAT) for the source including, but are not limited to, the following:
• Site:
• The maximum throughput of laminate wood flooring for the facility will be 330 million square feet per year. [This condition replaces the following condition: The maximum throughput of laminate wood flooring for the facility will be 230 million square feet per year.]
• The permittee shall maintain monthly records of the laminate wood flooring throughput in square feet per month.
• The permittee shall maintain 12-month rolling total of the laminate wood flooring throughput in square feet per 12-month period.
• Source 031 & Source 032:
• All conditions from the facility operating permit revised on November 8, 2017, for this source and from Plan Approval 16-132N (Clarion Boards) issued on March 20, 2019, remain in effect unless modified in this plan approval.
• Source 101, Source 102, Source 103, Source 104, Source 105, Source 106, Source 107, Source 108, & Source 109:
• All conditions from the facility operating permit revised on November 8, 2017, for this source remain in effect unless modified in this plan approval
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(f)(1), all the pertinent documents regarding this application (applications, review memos, and draft approvals) are also available for review from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Meadville Regional DEP Office (Air Quality). Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the DEP at (814) 332-6340.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44(f)(2), a 30-day comment period, from the date of publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3494 and must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed plan approval [16-149E] and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Regional Air Quality Program Manager, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335; Phone (814) 332-6940.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.45, a person may oppose the proposed plan approval by filing a written protest with the Department's Northwest Region Air Quality Program Manager.
If a plan approval has not undergone the previously listed public notice process, the change to an operating permit must be treated as a significant modification. In these situations, the Department should follow the procedures described in §§ 127.421 to 127.431 for State Only operating permits or §§ 127.521 to 127.524 for Title V operating permits.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.
09-00210: Waste Management of Fairless, LLC (1000 New Ford Mill Rd, Morrisville, PA 19067) for a new municipal landfill and landfill gas collection system in Falls Township, Bucks County (Fairless Landfill). This is the initial Title V permit for the facility. The landfill currently operates under Plan Approval 09-0210A, which forms the basis for the conditions in this Operating Permit. Although the facility has estimated emissions below the thresholds for a Title V permit, the facility is subject through 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart XXX to permitting under 40 CFR Part 70.
Landfill gas generated by the landfill is routed either to a treatment system, which prepares the gas for use by an end-user or to an enclosed flare, which destroys the volatile organic compounds (VOC) with an efficiency >98%. Emissions estimates, including an additional flare authorized but not yet constructed, are in tons per 12-month rolling period—VOC: 24.75; nitrogen oxides (NOx): 22.7; carbon monoxide (CO): 41.63; sulfur oxides (SO2): 16.77; hazardous air pollutants (HAP): 4.68. Particulate matter emissions from the Fairless Landfill and the adjacent GROWS Landfill are limited to 99.9 tons per year as a 12-month rolling basis.
Besides the landfill and the flare, equipment for a Leachate Treatment Plant and 4 emergency generators are being incorporated. Besides 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart XXX the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills that Commenced Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification After July 17, 2014, the landfill is subject to the National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories, Subpart AAAA: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants- Standard for Asbestos. The engines are subject to the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, Subpart ZZZZ. All applicable requirements are included in the Operating Permit.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Thomas Joseph, P.E., Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4336.
26-00405: Dominion Energy Transmission Inc. (5000 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, VA 23060). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425 and 127.521, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is providing notice that it intends to modify Title V Operating Permit (TVOP-26-00405) to incorporate the Reasonably Available Control Technology II (RACT II) requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.96—129.100 for the continued operation of a natural gas compressor station for their North Summit Compressor Station in North Union Township, Fayette County. The facility is subject to presumptive RACT requirements for NOx and VOC, which have been evaluated during this review. The facility's main sources include two (2) 25 MMBtu/hr Tulpro Heaters (Source IDs 034 and 035), one (1) 10.5 MMBtu/hr Natco DeHy Heater (Source ID 036), one (1) 3.57 MMBtu/hr Peerless Boiler (Source ID 037), two (2) 3,200 bhp natural gas-fired engines (Source IDs 101 and 102), and one (1) 610 bhp natural gas-fired auxiliary generator (Source ID 103).
Actual facility emissions for 2018 were reported as follows: 19.57 TPY NOx; 14.64 TPY CO; 5.55 TPY VOC; 0.05 TPY SOx; 1.33 TPY PM-10/2.5; 1.75 TPY HAP total; and 6,472 TPY for CO2e.
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the Title V Operating Permit may submit the information to Thomas Joseph, Facilities Permit Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Written comments must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Operating Permit (26-00405) and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Thomas Joseph, Facilities Permit Chief, at the previously listed address. For additional information concerning the permit or the issuance procedure, contact Thomas Joseph at the same address previously listed or phone at (412) 442-4336.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
Notice
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
Air Quality
Notice of Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Oxides of Nitrogen, Volatile Organic Compounds, Notice of Public Hearing, and Notice of Intent to Issue Revised Air Quality Operating Permit TVOP-65-00622 In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425 and 127.521, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is providing notice that it intends to issue a renewal Title V Operating Permit (TVOP-65-00622) to General Carbide Corporation to authorize the continued operation of the carbide manufacturing facility located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. The name and address of the applicant is General Carbide Corporation, 1151 Garden Street, Greensburg, PA 15601. The carbide powder manufacturing process consists of a powder preparation area, ball mills, dryers, condensers, ISO presser area, final fitz mill, crusher, CT-15 high pressure boiler (rated at 0.5 MMBtu/hr), Ajax low pressure boiler (rated at 0.6 MMBtu/hr), cooling tower, and various baghouses. The shaping operations include hydraulic pressing and furnaces, numerous lathes, grinders, mills, saws and presses. Each piece of shaping equipment has a Torit dust collector that exhaust to one of two large baghouses. This facility's potential to emit VOC is limited to 79.43 tons/yr. The proposed TVOP renewal contains conditions relating to monitoring, recordkeeping and work practice standards.
As part of this action, the Department intends to issue an Approval of a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT II) plan for General Carbide Corporation.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.96—129.100, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has made a preliminary determination to approve a RACT II plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the carbide manufacturing facility owned and operated by General Carbide Corporation located at 1151 Garden Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County.
The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the amended RACT II approval for the facility, which are intended to satisfy the requirements for the 1997, 2008, and 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. Other sources at the facility meet the presumptive RACT II requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 129.97.
The proposed amendments to the RACT II determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit (65-00622) for the facility.
The relevant RACT II requirements will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan and will remain in effect until replaced pursuant to 40 CFR 51 and approval by the EPA. Requirements that are not part of the RACT II determination will be excluded from the SIP submittal.
The following is a summary of the proposed amendments to the RACT II determination for this operation that will be submitted to the EPA as a SIP revision:
Source RACT II Requirement TVOP 65-00622 Cond. No Main Storage Tank
Mills 1—10 (80% emitted through C03/
Baghouse # 4)
Mills 11—15 (80% emitted through C10)
LDAR Components
The facility wide Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions shall not exceed 79.43 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
All air cleaning devices and air contamination sources at the facility shall be operated and maintained in accordance with manufacturer's specification and good air pollution and engineering practices.
Section C, Condition # 012
Section C, Condition # 025
Public hearing. A public hearing will be held if requested by December 3, 2019 to accept oral comments on the proposed operating permit revision and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held, if requested, on December 17, 2019 at 10 am at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. To request a hearing, to register to speak at a hearing, or to inquire if a hearing will be held, please contact Thomas Joseph at 412-442-4336. The last day to pre-register to speak at a hearing, if one is held, will be December 3, 2019.
Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the hearing, including whether or not a hearing will be held, will be posted online at https://www.dep.pa.gov/About/Regional/SouthwestRegion/Community%20Information/Pages/default.aspx.
We ask that you contact Thomas Joseph at 412-442-4336 or monitor our Web site to determine if a hearing will be held.
Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Thomas Joseph at 412-442-4336 at least one week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf. Persons unable to attend the hearing, if it is held, may submit three (3) copies of a written statement and exhibits within 10 days thereafter to Mark Gorog, Environmental Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
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 Mark Gorog, Environmental Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A 30-day comment period from December 3, 2019 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 RACT II Operating Permit including the permit number and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the proposed RACT II Plan.
All pertinent documents are available for public review between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made online at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/PublicRecords/Pages/Informal-File-Review.aspx or by calling the Department at 412-442-4000.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Lauren Fraley at 412-442-4203 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1-800-654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate your needs.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426.
V13-003: Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership—Schuylkill Station (2600 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146) for the operation of a ship repairing facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources include a 1,515 MMBtu/hr natural gas or # 2 fuel-fired combustion turbine with or without a 366 MMBtu/hr natural gas or # 2 fuel-fired Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) with Selective Catalytic Reduction System (SCR) and Oxidation Catalyst (OC), and a 1,119 MMBtu/hr natural gas or # 2 fuel-fired auxiliary boiler.
OP18-000003: Philadelphia Ship Repair, LLC (5195 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19112) for the operation of a ship repairing facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources include: one (1) natural gas-fired heating boiler rated at 0.792 MMBtu/hr; one (1) No. 2 Oil-fired portable heating boiler less than 8.4 MMBtu/hr; ship painting operations including underwater hulls, interior, superstructure, and interior tanks; abrasive blasting operations; fugitive emissions from containment tarps and dust collector; three (3) diesel-fired portable rental compressors less than 440 horsepower; five (5) diesel-fired portable rental washers less than 250 HP, and one diesel-fired fire pump rated at 225 horsepower.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.
46-00101: Ball Metalpack Aerosol Container, LLC (431 Privet Road, Horsham, PA 19044-1220) submitted a renewal for a Non-Title V Facility, State-Only, Synthetic Minor Permit in Horsham Township, Montgomery County. Ball Metalpack Aerosol Container is a metal can manufacturing facility. The sources of emissions include: side seam stripe lines (6), stripe cleaning, and parts washers. The facility took voluntary facility-wide VOC and total HAP emission limits to be less than 25 tpy. Monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to address applicable limitations.
15-00078: Janssen Biotech Inc. (200 Great Valley Pkwy, Malvern, PA 19355) submitted a renewal for a Non-Title V Facility, State-Only, Synthetic Minor Permit in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. Janssen Biotech Inc. is a manufacturing facility. The sources of emissions include: boilers and generators. The facility voluntarily took emission limits for NOx (24.9tpy), SOx (17.0 tpy) and PM (3.97 tpy). Monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements have been added to the permit to maintain compliance and to address applicable limitations.
09-00245: Telford Recycling & Materials, LLC (2850 Clymer Avenue, Telford, PA 18969) for a State-Only Natural Minor Operating Permit in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Telford Recycling operates a portable nonmetallic crushing plant, consisting of a portable crusher and portable screener at this site. Each piece of equipment is powered by a diesel engine. The primary pollutant emitted is particulate matter (PM), due to the processing of aggregate materials. The PM is controlled by water sprays located on the equipment. The site is not a mining site, aggregate materials are brought on site and processed. The permit includes monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable local, State, and Federal 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.
48-00063: Columbia Gas Transmission/Hellertown (455 Racetrack Road, Washington, PA 15301). The Department intends to issue a renewal State-Only (Natural Minor) Permit for the pipeline transportation of natural gas in Williams Township, Northampton County. The primary sources consist of two Reciprocating Engines/Integral Compressors with Oxidation Catalyst as control devices. 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. The operating permit contains applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
40-00036: Hydro Extruder, LLC (330 Elmwood Avenue, Crestwood Industrial Park, Mountain Top, PA 18707). The Department intends to issue a renewal State-Only Natural Minor Permit for Hydro Extruder, LLC located in Wright Township, Luzerne County. Activities performed at this facility include the manufacturing of close tolerance aluminum extrusions using anodizing, fabricating, heat treating and chemical conversion coating. The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP) and VOC's. The proposed permit contains applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Contact: Thomas Hanlon, Facilities Permitting Chief, 717-705-4862, Thomas Bianca, New Source Review Chief, 717-705-4863, or William Weaver, Regional Air Quality Manager, 717-705-4702.
38-05037: Zimmerman Chair Shop (1486 Colebrook Road, Lebanon, PA 17042) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the wood furniture manufacturing facility located in North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. The actual emissions from the facility in 2018 year are estimated at 18.65 tons of VOC, 2.86 tons of HAPS and less than a ton of other pollutants. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.52 and 129.101—129.107.
22-05035: New Enterprise Stone & Lime, Co., Inc. (P.O. Box 177, Winfield, PA 17889-0177) to issue a State-Only operating permit for their stone crushing and asphalt operations at the Elizabethville Quarry in Washington Township, Dauphin County. The facility has synthetic minor limits which restrict its potential-to-emit for all criteria pollutants to less than major source levels. This is for renewal of the existing operating permit. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from NSPS Subpart OOO. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
22-03052: Hearth & Home Technologies (352 Mountain House Road, Halifax, PA 17032) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the pellet, gas and wood burning appliances manufacturing facility located in Jackson Township, Dauphin County. The potential emissions from the facility are estimated at 54.6 tpy of VOC and 45.2 tpy of HAPs. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart XXXXXX—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Source Standards for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Source Categories.
06-03025: Reading Plating & Polishing Works (1833 Cotton Street, Reading, PA 19606) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the plating and polishing facility located in Reading City, Berks County. The potential yearly emissions from the facility are estimated at 4.66 tons of VOC, 1.27 ton of HAP and less than a ton of other pollutants. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 40 CFR 63 Subpart N, 40 CFR 63 Subpart WWWWWW and 25 Pa. Code § 129.63.
67-03013: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC (25 Walnut Street, Mount Wolf, PA 17347) for the operation of a corrugated container manufacturing facility in Mount Wolf Borough, York County. This is for renewal of the existing State-Only permit. Potential air emissions from the facility are estimated at 21.9 tpy PM, 12.8 tpy NOx, 24.5 tpy CO, 11.3 tpy VOC, 0.18 tpy SO2, and 5.81 tpy HAPs. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648.
19-00031: Press Enterprise, Inc. (3185 Lackawanna Avenue, Bloomsburg, PA 17815) to issue a State Only operating permit for their facility located in Scott Township, Columbia County. The facility is currently operating under State Only Operating Permit 19-00031. The facility's sources include five (5) 0.13 million Btu per hour, natural gas-fired space heaters, two (2) heatset web offset lithographic printing presses, three (3) non-heatset web offset lithographic printing presses, two (2) parts cleaners, an 80 kilowatt (144 horsepower), natural gas-fired emergency generator and a piezoelectric printer. The facility has potential emissions of 1.93 ton per year of nitrogen oxides, 1.08 ton per year of carbon monoxide, 13.79 tons per year of volatile organic compounds, 0.01 ton per year of sulfur oxides, 0.13 ton per year of particulate matter and 3.31 tons per year of volatile hazardous air pollutants. The 80 kilowatt emergency generator is subject to Subpart ZZZZ of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines. The emission limits, throughput limitations and work practice standards along with testing, monitoring, recordkeeping 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. 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.
08-00016: Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co., Inc. (2105 South Broadway, Pine City, NY 14781) for renewal of the State Only (Synthetic Minor) Operating Permits for their asphalt as well as sand and gravel processing facility located in Athens Township, Bradford County. The facility is currently operating under Synthetic Minor Operating Permit 08-00016. The facility's main sources include a Cedar Rapids batch mix asphalt plant, a Barber Greene drum mix asphalt plant, floating dredge operation and various pieces of crushing, screening and conveying equipment of sand and gravel operation and site haul roads. The facility has taken synthetic minor restrictions to limit its nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants emissions below the major emission thresholds. With synthetic minor restriction, the facility has potential emissions of 24.8 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 39.04 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 21.75 tons per year of sulfur oxides, 22.81 tons per year of particulate matter, 9.62 tons per year of volatile organic compounds, and 2.76 tons per year of total hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). No emission or equipment changes are being proposed by this action. The drum mix plant is subject to Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I. The permittee shall comply with all applicable requirements of 40 CFR 60.90—60.93. The sand and gravel operation and the floating dredge operation are subject to Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO, 60.670—60.676 for non-metallic mineral processing plant. 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 60, 63 and 98. 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.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: David Balog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6328.
10-00390: MarkWest Liberty Bluestone, Royal Oak Compressor Station (961 Brownsdale Rd, Evans City, PA 16033). The Department is providing notice that they intend to issue a new State Only Natural Minor Operating Permit for the compressor station and dehydration facility located in Forward Township, Butler County. The facility's primary emission sources include three (3) 3,550-hp and three (3) 2,370-hp lean-burn natural gas-fired compressor engines equipped with oxidation catalysts, a 120 mmscf/day glycol dehydration unit (controlled by a 7.0 MMBtu/hr enclosed flare) and its associated 2.00 MMBtu/hr reboiler, condensate and produced water tanks, and fugitive VOC emissions. The potential emissions of the primary pollutants from the facility are as follows: 91.15 TPY (tons per year) NOx, 36.70 TPY CO, 49.04 TPY VOC, 13.41 TPY total HAPs, 6.00 TPY formaldehyde, 0.28 TPY filterable PM-10 and PM-2.5, and 0.37 TPY SOx; thus, the facility is a natural minor. The facility was originally permitted under General Permit GP5-10-00390A & B, which includes emission restrictions on the engines for NOx, NMNEHC, CO, and formaldehyde. All six compressor engines are subject to 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJ, Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. The dehydrator is subject to 40 CFR 63 Subpart HH, NESHAP From Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities. Facility compressors (including the rod packing) are subject to 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO, Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission and Distribution for which Construction, Modification or Reconstruction Commenced After August 23, 2011, and on or before September 18, 2015. The renewal permit will contain emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practices, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief—Telephone: 215-685-9426.
OP17-000039: Philadelphia Renewable Bio-Fuels (7800 Penrose Ferry Road, Philadelphia, PA 19153) administratively amended on October 15, 2019 to incorporate a change of permit contact. The Natural Minor Operating Permit was originally issued on July 10, 2018.
OP19-000022: Philadelphia Navy Public Works Department (4921 South Broad St, Building 1, Philadelphia, PA 19112), which is a modification for a Natural Minor Operating Permit (OP17-000026) issued on June 21, 2018, for the operation of air emission sources at a Public Works Department in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources are nine (9) boilers firing natural gas each rated less than 1 MMBtu/hr, three (3) air handling units firing natural gas each rated 0.5 MMBtu/hr, one (1) emergency generator firing diesel fuel rated 85 kW, one (1) parts washer, and one (1) dust collector.
The changes made as part of the modification includes the following:
• Removed the sources CU10 and CU11 in Building 1081, and the associated stacks S10 and S11, from Table A-1: Facility Inventory List, the Process Flow Diagram, and Section D, as the units have been transferred to the Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (PLID 09702) as per RFD No. IP19-000692.
• In Section B, updated the General Conditions to the current AMS versions.
• In Section C, updated the Facility Wide Conditions to the current AMS versions.
• In Section D: Source Specific Requirements, updated Conditions D.2.(a)(1) and D.4.(a)(1) for the installation, operation, and maintenance of the boilers and air handling units to be done in accordance with the Navy's Operations and Maintenance Plan, updated the ozone season requirement for the emergency generator to add the requirement to record AQI forecast if the unit is tested before 7:30 AM and AQI or color code if it is tested after 5 PM, specified that compliance with the PM emission limit of 25 Pa. Code § 123.13(c)(1)(i) shall be based only on Method 5, and updated the recordkeeping requirements.
• Added Section E: Non-Applicable Requirements.
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, comments, or request a public hearing on the previously listed operating permit must submit the protest, comments or request for public hearing 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.
OP17-000056: Evergreen Resources Group, LLC (2700 and 3144 W. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19145) for the operation of a remediation facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources include the following:
• One (1) biofilter with 4 biomass treatment beds (Point Breeze);
• One (1) biofilter with 2 cells, biomass treatment beds (Belmont Terminal); and
• One (1) close vent groundwater remediation system consisting of an oil-water separator, three (3) settling or holding tanks, and one (1) catalytic oxidizer. (Penrose Ave.)
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, comments, or request a public hearing on the previously listed operating permit must submit the protest, comments or request for public hearing 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 suffi-cient 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
Effluent Limits—The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:
Table 1
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity1 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, 724-769-1100.
32041301 and NPDES No. PA0235644. Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201). To revise the permit for the Brush Valley Mine in Center and Brush Valley Townships, Indiana County and related NPDES Permit to add 172.6 acres of underground permit and subsidence control plan area acres from the Barrett Deep Mine, back to the Brush Valley Mine. Also includes the deletion of 345.5 acres of underground permit and subsidence control plan area acres to be transferred to the Barrett Deep Mine. This notice is being republished to indicate the deletion of the 345.5 acres for Underground Acres Proposed and Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed, originally published October 12, 2019. Underground Acres Proposed: 172.6, Underground Acres Proposed: -345.5, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed: 172.6, Subsidence Control Plan Acres Proposed: -345.5. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on September 24, 2019. Application received: August 29, 2019.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900.
Permit No. 32940105 and NPDES No. PA0212806. Consol Mining Co., LLC, 1000 Consol Energy Drive, Suite 100, Canonsburg, PA 15317, permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine in Center Township, Indiana County, affecting 2.2 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Yellow Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Edison Mission Energy Homer City Generating Station, PWS ID No. 5320802. Application received: October 9, 2019.
Permit No. 56120102 and NPDES No. PA0263419, Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface & auger mine to change the land use from forestland to pastureland/land occasionally cut for hay & residential in Jenner Township, Somerset County, affecting 114.7 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Coal Run and unnamed tributaries to Pickings Run, classified for the following uses: cold water fishes and high quality cold water fishes. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Lincoln Municipal Authority—intake on North Branch of Quemahoning Creek. Application received: October 16, 2019.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.
17930124 and NPDES PA0219649. RES Coal LLC (224 Grange Hall Road, P.O. Box 228, Armagh, PA 15920). Permit renewal for reclamation only of a bituminous coal surface and auger mine located in Woodward and Decatur Townships, Clearfield County affecting 346.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): North Branch to Upper Morgan Run classified for the following use(s): CWF, MF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: October 8, 2019.
17000111 and NPDES PA0243027. Waroquier Coal Company (P.O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830). Permit transfer of a bituminous surface coal and auger mine from Gregg Barrett Coal located in Ferguson Township, Clearfield County affecting 65.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributaries to Watts Creek and Watts Creek classified for the following use(s): HQ-CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: October 2, 2019.
New Stanton District Office: P.O. Box 133, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-925-5500.
65120103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0252336. Coal Loaders, Inc. (210 East Main Street, P.O. Box 556, Ligonier, PA 15658). Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Fairfield and Ligonier Townships, Westmoreland County, affecting 107.7 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Hannas Run and unnamed tributaries to Hypocrite Creek, classified for the following use: HQ-CWF. Latrobe Municipal Authority is the potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: October 18, 2019.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118.
Permit No. 54040101C4. Char-Pac Coal Co. (P.O. Box 81, Minersville, PA 17954) correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation to update the post-mining land use in Foster Township, Schuylkill County affecting 200.5 acres, receiving stream: Hans Yost Creek, classified for the following uses: cold water and migratory fishes. Application received: October 11, 2019.
Permit No. 35090101R2 and NPDES Permit No. PA0225258. Maco Associates, Inc. (400 Mill Street, Dunmore, PA 18512) renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine and coal refuse reprocessing operation and NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage in Fell Township and Carbondale Borough, Lackawanna County affecting 1,693.0 acres, receiving stream: Lackawanna River, classified for the following use: HQ—cold water fishes. Application received: October 15, 2019.
Permit No. 35091010C2. Maco Associates, Inc. (400 Mill Street, Dunmore, PA 18512) correction to update the post-mining land use forestland to unmanaged natural habitat of an existing anthracite surface mine and coal refuse reprocessing operation and NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage in Fell Township and Carbondale Borough, Lackawanna County affecting 1,693.0 acres, receiving stream: Lackawanna River, classified for the following use: HQ—cold water fishes. Application received: October 15, 2019.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits—The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:
Table 2
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity* pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 * The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.
08190301 and NPDES PA0269905. Johnson Quarries, Inc. (P.O. Box 136, LeRaysville, PA 18829). Commencement, operation, and restoration of a large noncoal surface mine located in Wilmot Township, Bradford County affecting 55.3 acres. Receiving stream(s): Sugar Run classified for the following use(s): CWF, MF. There are no portable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. This permit includes stream encroachment. Application received: September 30, 2019.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118.
Permit No. 7973SM6A1C13 and NPDES Permit No. PA0120979. Eureka Stone Quarry, Inc. (P.O. Box 249, Chalfont, PA 18914) renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County affecting 35.68 acres, receiving stream: Mill Creek, classified for the following uses: warm water and migratory fishes. Application received: October 8, 2019.
NOTICE OF PROJECTS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOOD SAMARITAN ACT The Environmental Good Samaritan Act (27 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 8001—8114) provides certain protections and immunities from civil liability for landowners and persons who voluntarily undertake reclamation and abatement projects to address land and water adversely affected by mining or oil or gas extraction or exploration for natural resources and left in an unreclaimed condition or left discharging water pollution. In order for landowners and persons to qualify for immunity, the projects must be approved by the Department.
The following project proposals have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. A copy of the proposals is available for inspection at the DEP Northwest (Meadville) Regional Office at 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Written comments or objections may be submitted by any person or any office or head of any Federal, State, or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the proposal identification number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department of the basis of the comment or objection and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
PROJECT PROPOSALS RECEIVED EGSOG59-0001. Robert Harer Orphaned Well Plugging. SWN Production Company, LLC, 10000 Energy Drive, Spring, TX 77389. Energy is planning to plug an abandoned oil and gas well (API No. 117-21913) located in Liberty Township, Tioga County. The well is an assumed 1930's era orphaned well in a wooded area, with adjacent agricultural fields to the south and bordered in all directions by agricultural fields and woodlands, and further to the west by Urban Road. The well plugging project will affect an area of less than 1 acre. Complete project proposal received October 16, 2019.
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
Knox District Mining Office: P.O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191.
NPDES No. PA0259055 (Permit No. 24110101). RES Coal, LLC (51 Airport Road, Clearfield, PA 16830). Renewal of an NPDES permit for a bituminous surface mine in Fox Township, Elk County, affecting 68.0 acres. Receiving streams: Little Toby Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. TMDL: Little Toby Creek. Application received: August 29, 2019.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for coal mining activities.
The following outfalls discharge to Little Toby Creek:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) 003 N 004 N 005 N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Iron (mg/l) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.75 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 0.75 0.75 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. The following outfalls discharge to Little Toby Creek:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 N 002 N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Iron (mg/l) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.75 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 0.75 0.75 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.
NPDES No. PA0215317 (Mining Permit No. 17831601), River Hill Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 141, Kylertown, PA 16847, modified NPDES permit for bituminous coal surface mining in Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, affecting 16.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): West Branch Susquehanna River, classified for the following use(s): WWF and MF. The receiving stream is in the West Branch Susquehanna River TMDL. Application received: February 21, 2019.
The following treated mine drainage outfall discharges to Little Laurel Run:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) 001R N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfall are based on water quality based effluent limits (WQBELs) and BAT and are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/l) 2.0 4.0 5.0 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.8 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. NPDES No. PA0269620 (Mining Permit No. 17130106), Black Cat Coal, LLC, 446 Wm. Cemetery Road, Curwensville, PA 16833, NPDES permit renewal for bituminous coal, topsoil, shale, and sandstone mining also transfer from Horton Coal, LLC in Bloom Township, Clearfield County affecting 16.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributary to Anderson Creek classified for the following use(s): CWF.
The following outfalls discharge to Unnamed Tributary to Anderson Creek:
Outfall No. New Outfall (Y/N) B N E N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 0.75 0.75 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 35.0 NPDES No. PA0269891 (Mining Permit No. 17180101), Bell Resources, Inc., 1340 Hoyt Road, Curwensville, PA 16833, new NPDES permit for bituminous coal mining operation in Penn Township, Clearfield County, affecting 127.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): Bell Run classified for the following use(s): CWF. This receiving stream is included in the West Branch Susquehanna River Watershed TMDL. Application received: June 28, 2019.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for coal mining activities.
The following outfalls discharge to Bell Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 (Treatment Basin 1) Y 002 (Treatment Basin 2) Y 003 (Sedimentation Pond A) Y 004 (Sedimentation Pond B) Y 005 (Sedimentation Pond C) Y 006 (Sedimentation Pond D) Y 007 (Sedimentation Pond E) Y The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 001, 002 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/l) 2.0 4.0 5.0 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 1.5 1.8 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Sulfate (mg/L) Monitor & Report Flow (gpm) Monitor & Report Temperature (°C) Monitor & Report Specific Conductivity (mhos/cm) Monitor & Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. New Stanton District Office: P.O. Box 133, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-925-5500.
NPDES No. PA0588601 (Surface Mine Permit No. 65860105), correction to previously published draft NPDES permit limits, M.B. Energy, Inc., 175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717, NPDES permit renewal for a passive post-mining discharge water treatment system from a bituminous surface mine located in Donegal and Mount Pleasant Townships, Westmoreland County, affecting 372 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributaries (UNTs) to the Fourmile Run, classified for the following use: TSF. Application received: September 4, 2018.
The following passive treatment system outfall discharges to UNT to Fourmile Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type TP-A2 No Mine Drainage Treatment Outfall The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfall are as follows:
Outfalls: TP-A2 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/l) 2.0 4.0 5.0 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 0.75 0.75 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35 70 90 Osmotic Pressure (mOsm/kg) Monitor and Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the Commonwealth to certify that the involved projects will not violate the sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA, the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment shall submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted before an application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Each individual will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days at the office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications Received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P.S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification under section 401(a) of the FWPCA.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Telephone 484.250.5160.
E51-298. City of Philadelphia—Water Department, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19030, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To install and maintain approximately 5,400 square feet of floating classroom and an additional 960 square feet of floating docks anchored with three mooring clusters in the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) associated with the floating classroom. The project will also include the ramps and the platforms.
The site is located at about 90 feet of the western Schuylkill River trail and approximately 60 feet south of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Philadelphia, PA, USGS Quadrangle Latitude: 39.964019; Longitude: -75.182662) in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
E09-1034: Bristol Township, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
Bristol Township is proposing to update their existing park for the JFK Park Revitalization Project. The proposed improvements include the repair and overlay to the existing east parking lot and basketball court, the replacement of the asphalt trail, the regrading of the football/soccer field, the replacement of the playground, installation of a new west parking lot, pavilion, public restroom, and new stormwater facilities. These activities will take place within the floodplain of a UNT to Neshaminy Creek (WWF-MF) resulting in 4.94 acres of permanent floodplain impact and the placement of 850 cubic yards of fill placed across the entire site. This project is located at 3500 Snowden Avenue in Bristol Township, Bucks County (USGS PA Beverly Quadrangle—Latitude 40.102685 N, Longitude 74.878773 W).
Northeast Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Telephone 570-826-2511.
E1302219-002. PA Solar Park II, LLC, 100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY 10595, in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To install and maintain a 24" steel conduit that will run 3-feet below the existing stream bed, and cross approximately 6 linear feet of Deep Run (EV, MF). The steel conduit will contain two (2) × 6" PVC conduits, housing electrical lines and two (2) × 2" PVC conduits, housing communication lines. This crossing is associated with the PA Solar Park II Project. Access to the project is located approximately 0.25 mile on the right of Industrial Road after the intersection of Industrial Road and Park Ave. (Nesquehoning, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 51` 18" Longitude: -75° 51` 32") in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County.
E6602219-004. David Earl Enterprises, LLC, 20 Wright Road, Monroe Township, PA 18657, in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain the following water obstructions and encroachments associated with the David Earl Enterprises Convenience Store Project:
1) A stream enclosure of an Unnamed Tributary to Leonards Creek (HQ-CWF, MF) consisting of the removal of an existing structure and the construction a 48-inch diameter, 73-LF SLCPP culvert, concrete catch basin, and concrete wingwalls for the purpose of constructing an entrance drive and parking lot associated with a convenience store.
2) A fill within 0.16 acre of the floodway of an Unnamed Tributary to Leonards Creek (HQ-CWF, MF) consisting of a 10-space asphalt parking lot, asphalt generator pad, asphalt dumpster pad, propane tank pad, concrete retaining wall, portions of a Convenience Store building, drinking water well, and associated grading.
The project is located 0.1 mile northwest of the intersection of S.R. 309 and T-2002 (Graveyard Hill Road) (Noxen, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41°, 24`, 51"; Longitude: -76°, 00`, 07") in Monroe Township, Wyoming County.
Southcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ed Muzic, Section Chief, 717.705.4802.
F2203219-007: Lower Swatara Township (Floodplain Mitigation), 1499 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, PA 17057, in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To remove structures from the floodplain that were damaged by flooding at the location. The project proposes to temporarily affect approximately 1.37 acre of floodplains. The issuance of this permit will not constitute approval of Water Quality Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Address Waterway Chapter 93
DesignationUSGS
QuadrangleLatitude Longitude 1 99 Bradford Ave UNT Susquehanna River WWF Steelton 40.201469° -76.764115° 2 163 Bradford Ave UNT Susquehanna River WWF Steelton 40.202651° -76.763548°
Southwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Dana Drake, Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager, 412-442-4000.
E02052-1820, Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc., 925 White Oaks Boulevard, Bridgeport WV 26330, Indiana Township, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
1. Place and maintain rock fill and a submar mat system in 45 linear feet of a UNT to Cedar Run (CWF);
2. Excavate 0.001 acre of Wetland (PEM);
3. Place and maintain fill in 0.007 acre of floodway; and
4. Temporarily cross 27 linear feet of a UNT to Cedar Run (CWF) and 0.02 acre of wetland (PEM)
For the purpose of repairing an exposed 30-inch natural gas line via a submar mat and step pool system. The project site is located 0.4 mile from the intersection of Tree Farm Road and PA-410 (Glenshaw, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 35`, 41.39"; W: -79°, 53`, 30.28"; Sub-basin 18A; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Indiana Township, Allegheny County.
E30052-266, Emmert Industrial Corp (DBA Emmert International), 11811 SE Hwy 212, Clackamas, OR 97015; Monongahela Township, Greene County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
Construct a temporary barge-offloading ramp/access road with four clusters of H-piles (26 ft × 250 ft) and a crane pad (32 ft × 60 ft).
For the purpose of unloading oversized equipment needed for Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC's power plant. The project will temporarily encroach upon 2,250 square feet of the Monongahela River and 6,325 square feet of floodway area. Once the project is complete, the temporary structures will be removed and the impacted areas will be returned to original condition and elevation.
The project site is located along the left descending bank of the Monongahela River (WWF) at Mile Point 79.1 (Masontown, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 39°, 51`, 12"; W: -79°, 55`, 41"; Sub-basin 19G; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Monongahela Township, Greene County.
Northwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E1006219-006, Geyer Construction and Development, Inc., 451 Denny Road, Valencia, PA 16059-1507. Adams Corners Development, in Adams Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Valencia, PA Quadrangle N: 40°, 41`, 33"; W: -79°, 58`, 25").
To construct and maintain a mixed-use land development with nine parcels, constructed in two phases, including the construction of three roadways with one 48-inch diameter, 123 feet long culvert replacement spanning a UNT to Glade Run (WWF) and impacting approximately 0.1529 acre of wetland located on a 56.39 acres lot at the intersection of RT 228 and Three Degree Road in Adams Township, Butler County. Project includes creation of at least 6,662 square feet of replacement wetland on site.
E1006219-005, MHB Real Estate Holdings, LLC, 705 Moravia St, New Castle, PA 16101. Butler Equipment Rental, in Lawrence Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District Evans City and Zelienople, PA Quadrangles N: 40°, 49`, 13"; W: -80°, 07`, 29").
To conduct the following activities associated with the expansion of an existing heavy equipment rental and storage yard and to permit unpermitted activities that preciously occurred at the site located at 322 Perry Highway in Harmony:
1. To fill a total of 0.199 acre of PEM wetland (2 wetlands previously filled)
2. To construct and maintain 3 stormwater outfalls (1 previously constructed)
3. To remove a timber foot bridge.
Project proposes the creation of 0.2 acre of PSS replacement wetland. 0.15 acre on the west side of Scholars Run and 0.05 acre on the east side of Scholars Run adjacent to existing wetlands. An H&H study has been completed, which shows the floodway to be less than 50 feet from top of bank.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Southcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ed Muzic, Section Chief, 717.705.4802.
EA6703219-002: Hallam Borough, 250 West Beaver Street, Hallam, PA 17406, in Hallam Borough, York County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
The applicant proposes to restore and maintain 545 linear feet of an Unnamed Tributary to Kreutz Creek (WWF-MF) and its floodplain by means of creating a floodplain bench and stabilized side slopes. The project is located between West Beaver Street and Kreutz Creek in Hallam Borough, York County (40.000799°, -76.609671°).
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 2, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8460, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8460.
D15-388EA. James Fisher, President, Lenape Cabin Club, Inc., P.O. Box 14, Pocopson, PA 19366, Pocopson Township, Chester County, USACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to remove the Lenape Dam to eliminate a threat to public safety and to restore approximately 3,400 feet of stream channel to a free-flowing condition. The project is located across Brandywine Creek (WWF, MF) (Unionville, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 39.9168; Longitude: -75.6371).
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