[50 Pa.B. 5490]
[Saturday, October 3, 2020]
[Continued from previous Web Page]
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING
PERMIT APPLICATIONSThe 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.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Southwest Region, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Edward Orris, New Source Review Chief, 412.442.4168.
04-00740B: Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (300 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061). Notice is hereby given in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44—127.46 that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Air Quality Plan Approval: PA-04-00740B to Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) for the installation and temporary operation of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-insulated high voltage equipment associated with the cogen area of the Shell Polymers Monaca Site in Potter and Center Town- ships, Beaver County. Concurrently, Plan Approval PA-04-00740C is being advertised for as-built changes in design and construction.
Air contamination sources and controls to be authorized include:
• SF6-insulated high voltage equipment; controlled by leak detection and repair (LDAR).
Potential to emit from the project will not exceed 854 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (CO2e).
This authorization is subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements of 40 CFR 52.21; adopted in its entirety by the Department and incorporated by reference under 25 Pa. Code § 127.83; for CO2e. Since there are no NAAQS or PSD increments for GHGs, the requirements in 40 CFR 52.21(k) and 51.166(k) of EPA's regulations to demonstrate that a source does not cause or contribute to a violation of the NAAQS is not applicable to GHGs; thus, PSD modeling for CO2e or GHGs is not required.
This authorization is subject to State regulations including 25 Pa. Code Chapters 123—Standards for Contaminants; 127—Construction, Modification, Reactivation, and Operation of Sources; 129—Standards for Sources; 135—Reporting of Sources; and 139—Sampling and Testing. This authorization is also subject to Federal regulations including 40 CFR Parts 52—Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans (specifically 52.21—Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality) and Part 98—Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting.
Plan approval conditions will include source specific emission limitations, monitoring requirements, and associated recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The Department has determined that the proposed project satisfies BACT and the Department's Best Available Technology (BAT) requirements. Once compliance with the Plan Approval is demonstrated, the applicant will be required to submit a Title V Operating Permit (TVOP) application in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Subchapters F and G.
A person may oppose the proposed plan approval by filing a written protest with the Department through Melissa Jativa via the U.S. Postal Service to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; email to mjativa@pa.gov; or fax to 412.442.4194. Additional written comments may also be submitted. 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-04-00740B) and a concise statement of the objections to the plan approval issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
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 is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Mark R. Gorog, Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or by email to mgorog@pa.gov.
Shell's 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. Documents are available for review at the Department's Southwest Regional webpage at https://www.dep.pa.gov/About/Regional/SouthwestRegion/Community%20Information/Pages/Shell-Petrochemical-Complex-.aspx, or by going to www.dep.pa.gov/southwest and navigating to the Shell Petrochemical Complex project tab. Additionally, to request a review of the Shell 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's Southwest Regional Office File Review Coordinator at 412.442.4000.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
04-00740C: Shell Chemical Appalachia, LLC (300 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061). Notice is hereby given in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44—127.46 that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Air Quality Plan Approval: PA-04-00740C to Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) for ''as-built'' changes in design and construction associated with the Shell Polymers Monaca Site to be located on the site formerly occupied by Horsehead Corporation's Monaca Zinc Smelter plant in Potter and Center Townships, Beaver County. Concurrently, Plan Approval PA-04-00740B is being advertised for the installation and temporary operation of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-insulated high voltage equipment.
This application addresses the differences between the ''as-built'' facility and the original plan approval (PA-04-00740A) which was issued on June 18, 2015. The ''as-built'' changes included in this plan approval application include equipment additions, removal and downsizing of equipment, and increases and decreases in the unit capacities of some equipment.
The following changes from PA-04-00740A are requested to be authorized at this site under PA-04-00740C:
Equipment Additions:
• Two (2) diesel-fired emergency engines (103 bhp and 67 bhp)
• Three (3) natural gas-fired emergency engines (158 bhp, 50 bhp, and 113 bhp)
• Two (2) emergency engine diesel storage tanks (133 gallons and 140 gallons)
• Two (2) 18,000-gallons vehicle fuel diesel storage tanks
• Talc transport via railcar with all transfer points controlled by fabric filter with outlet grain loading not to exceed 0.005 gr/dscf
• Three (3) pressurized methanol storage vessels (36,000-gals, 6,450 gals, and 67,200 gals) and associated components
• Polyethylene Unit No. 3 intermittent particulate vents controlled by fabric filter with outlet grain loading not to exceed 0.005 gr/dscf
• Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) loading other than C3+
Equipment Changes—Removed or Downsized:
• Removal of four 5,028 bhp diesel-fired emergency generator engines
• Removal of four emergency generator diesel storage tanks
• Removal of one 700 bhp firewater pump engine
• Removal of one firewater pump engine diesel storage tank
• Decreased rating of two (2) Firewater pump engines from 700 bhp to 488 bhp
• Decrease in capacity of spent caustic vent thermal incinerator from 8 to 2.5 tons/hr (Heat input unchanged)
• Decrease process cooling water tower rate from 305 to 295.9 MMgal/min
• Decrease in blending silo rate from 3,000,000 metric tons per year to 2,400,000 metric tons per year
• Deduster vent removal for Elutriator wash air
• Decrease in light gasoline loading rate
• Decrease in C3+ emissions
• Decrease in PE3 activated catalyst vent emissions
• Road length updated from 0.97 to 0.49 mile
Equipment Changes—Increased Equipment Capacities:
• Increase in three (3) combustion turbines heat input from 475 to 481.4 MMBtu/hr each and duct burner heat input increase from 189 to 234 MMBtu/hr each
• Recovered oil & flow equalization & removal tank capacity increase from 24,000 to 521,000 gal and 742,000 to 878,000 gal
• Increase in railcar handling and storage PE rates, truck handling and storage PE rates, railcar loading PE rates, and truck loading PE rates
• Increase in pyrolysis fuel oil loading
• Increase in Cogen cooling water tower circulation rate
• Flare gas composition changes & sweep gas rate decreases for multipoint ground flare (MPGF) and low-pressure thermal incinerator (LPTI).
• Flare gas composition changes & sweep gas rate decreases for high pressure ground flare (HPGF) and high-pressure elevated flare (HPEF)
Table 1 shows the change in emissions resulting from the as-built changes when compared to the facility wide potential emissions of Plan Approval PA-04-00740A.
Table 1: Emission Changes from PA-04-00740A
Air Contaminant Emission Changes (tpy) Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) (19)a Carbon Monoxide (CO) (28)a Filterable Particulate Matter (PM) 4 Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns in Diameter (PM10) 5 Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns in Diameter (PM2.5) 5 Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 2 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) (5)a Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) 1.5 Ammonia (NH3) 2 Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (CO2e) 55,352 a Parenthetical values represent a decrease in emissions from PA-04-00740A.
Potential to emit from the facility will be limited to not exceed the following:
Table 2: Facility Wide Potential to Emit
Air Contaminant Emission Rate (tpy) Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 329 Carbon Monoxide (CO) 984 Filterable Particulate Matter (PM) 75 Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns in Diameter (PM10) 169 Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns in Diameter (PM2.5) 164 Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 23 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) 517 Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) 32 Ammonia (NH3) 54 Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (CO2e) 2,303,645 This authorization is subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements of 40 CFR 52.21; adopted in its entirety by the Department and incorporated by reference under 25 Pa. Code § 127.83; for NO2, CO, PM, PM10, and CO2e. In accordance with the PSD rules in 40 CFR 52.21 and 25 Pa. Code § 127.83, Shell has performed an air quality analysis which utilizes dispersion modeling. Shell's air quality analysis satisfies the requirements of the PSD rules and is consistent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Guideline on Air Quality Models (40 CFR Part 51, Appendix W) and the EPA's air quality modeling policy and guidance.
Shell revised the air quality analyses that it previously conducted, using air dispersion modeling, to support the Department's issuance of Plan Approval 04-00740A. The revised air quality analyses satisfy the requirements of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations codified in 40 CFR 52.21 and 25 Pa. Code § 127.83.
In accordance with 40 CFR 52.21(k)—(n), Shell conducted air quality analyses of emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate matter less than or equal to 10 micrometers in diameter (PM-10) for its Shell Polymers Monaca Site. Shell's source impact analyses demonstrate that emissions from the Shell Polymers Monaca Site would not cause or contribute to air pollution in violation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for CO, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), or PM-10. Additionally, Shell's source impact analyses demonstrate that emissions from the Shell Polymers Monaca Site would not cause or contribute to air pollution in violation of the Class II or Class I PSD increments for NO2 or PM-10.
In accordance with 40 CFR 52.21(o), Shell provided additional impact analyses of the impairment to visibility, soils, and vegetation that would occur as a result of the Shell Polymers Monaca Site and general commercial, residential, industrial, and other growth associated with the Shell Polymers Monaca Site.
In accordance with 40 CFR 52.21(p), written notice of the Shell Polymers Monaca Site has been provided to the Federal Land Managers of nearby Federal Class I areas as well as initial screening calculations to demonstrate that emissions from the Shell Polymers Monaca Site would not adversely impact air quality related values and visibility in nearby Federal Class I areas.
In accordance with the public notice requirements in 25 Pa. Code § 127.45(b)(4), the degree of Class II and Class I PSD increment consumption expected to result from the operation of the Shell Polymers Monaca Site is provided in the following tables:
Table 3: Degree of Class II PSD Increment Consumption from Operation of Shell Facility
Degree of Class II Increment Consumption Class II Increment Pollutant Averaging Period micrograms/meter3 % of Class II PSD Increment micrograms/meter3 NO2 Annual < 1.29211 < 5.17 % 25 PM10 24-Hour < 9.60440 < 32.02 % 30 Annual < 2.80329 < 16.49 % 17
Table 4: Degree of Class I PSD Increment Consumption from Operation of Shell Facility
Degree of Class I Increment Consumption Class I Increment Pollutant Averaging Period micrograms/meter3 % of Class I PSD Increment micrograms/meter3 NO2 Annual < 0.02763 < 1.11 % 2.5 PM10 24-Hour < 0.29529 < 3.69 % 8 Annual < 0.01998 < 0.50 % 4 Shell has performed an inhalation risk assessment in order to evaluate potential cancer and noncancer inhalation risks from this facility's potential air emissions. Emission rates of compounds of potential concern (COPC) have been modeled to derive exposure concentrations. The highest modeled exposure concentrations were then multiplied or divided by compound-specific unit risk factors or reference concentrations, respectively. Chronic risks for each COPC were then summed and compared against the Department's benchmark excess lifetime cancer risk and health index (HI) values. Acute risks for each COPC were compared against the Department's benchmark hazard quotient (HQ) value.
Table 5: Inhalation Risk Assessment Results Summary
Inhalation Risk Department Benchmark Modeled Risk Less Than Benchmark? Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk 1 in 100,000 0.94 in 100,000 Yes Chronic Noncancer Risk HI < 0.25 HI = 0.10 Yes Acute Noncancer Risk HQ < 1 HQ = 0.41 Yes
The Department's technical review concludes that Shell's inhalation risk assessment was conducted according to the Department-approved protocol and is acceptable. Furthermore, the Department's independent inhalation risk assessment concludes that chronic cancer and noncancer risks as well as acute noncancer risks do not exceed the Department's benchmarks.
This authorization is subject to New Source Review (NSR) requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter E for NOx, VOC, and PM2.5. These air contaminants are subject to Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER) requirements. This location is designated as an area of nonattainment for the 2008 Lead NAAQS; however, lead emissions from this facility will be negligible because gaseous fuels, which contain little if any lead, will be combusted on site. NSR requirements have not been triggered for lead. Shell has secured 379 tons of NOx, 612 tons of VOC, and 164 tons of PM2.5 emission reduction credits (ERCs) in order to offset emission increases from those air contaminants.
This authorization is subject to State regulations including 25 Pa. Code Chapters 123—Standards for Contaminants; 127—Construction, Modification, Reactivation, and Operation of Sources; 129—Standards for Sources; 135—Reporting of Sources; 139—Sampling and Testing; and 145—Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction. Specific source standards include 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.56 and 129.57 for storage tanks containing VOCs, 25 Pa. Code § 129.65 for ethylene production plants, and 25 Pa. Code § 129.71 for LDAR requirements for ethylene and polyethylene manufacturing fugitive sources. State standards for contaminants and sources are superseded in most cases by more stringent BACT and LAER requirements. This authorization is also subject to Federal New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) including 40 CFR Part 60 Subparts Kb, VV, VVa, DDD, NNN, RRR, IIII, JJJJ, KKKK, and TTTT; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) including 40 CFR Part 61 Subparts J, V, and FF; and NESHAP including 40 CFR Part 63 Subparts SS, UU, XX, YY, EEEE, FFFF, YYYY, and ZZZZ. Other applicable Federal regulations include 40 CFR Parts 52—Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans (specifically 52.21—Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality), 64—Compliance Assurance Monitoring; 68—Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions; 72, 73, and 75—Permits Regulation, Sulfur Dioxide Allowance System, and Continuous Emission Monitoring; Part 97—Federal NOx Budget Trading Program, CAIR NOx and SO2 Trading Programs, and CSAPR NOx and SO2 Trading Programs, and Part 98—Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting.
Plan approval conditions will include source specific and facility-wide emission limitations, operational restrictions, compliance testing and monitoring requirements, work practice standards, and associated recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The Department has determined that the proposed facility satisfies BACT, LAER, and the Department's Best Available Technology (BAT) requirements. Once compliance with the Plan Approval is demonstrated, the applicant will be required to submit a Title V Operating Permit (TVOP) application in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Subchapters F and G.
A person may oppose the proposed plan approval by filing a written protest with the Department through Melissa Jativa via the U.S. Postal Service to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; email to mjativa@pa.gov; or fax to 412.442.4194. Additional written comments may also be submitted. 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-04-00740C) and a concise statement of the objections to the plan approval issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
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 is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Mark R. Gorog, Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or by email to mgorog@pa.gov.
Shell's 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. Documents are available for review at the Department's Southwest Regional webpage at https://www.dep.pa.gov/About/Regional/SouthwestRegion/Community%20Information/Pages/Shell-Petrochemical-Complex-.aspx, or by going to www.dep.pa.gov/southwest and navigating to the Shell Petrochemical Complex project tab. Additionally, to request a review of the Shell 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's Southwest Regional Office File Review Coordinator at 412.442.4000.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Contact: James Beach, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
15-0128A: Brandywine Green dba Pet Memorial (126 Turner Lane, West Chester, PA 19380) for the removal of two (2) Crawford Crematories (450-lb/hr, each) and the installation of three (3) B&L Crematories (250-lb/hr, each). The facility is located in West Goshen Township, Chester County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The newly proposed crematoriums will each be controlled by an afterburner, along with the existing crematoriums. This Plan Approval will implement a sitewide throughput limit of 5,188.84 tons of animals/pets cremated per year. The facility will have the following potential emission: 18.17 TPY of PM, 6.49 TPY of SOx, 25.98 TPY of CO, 8.31 TPY of NOx, 8.12 TPY of VOCs, and 5.58 TPY of HCl. Emissions of PM are expected to be less than 0.08 grains per dry standard cubic feet, corrected to 7 percent O2. Emissions of SOx are expected to be less than 500 ppmv. The Plan Approval will contain monitoring, recordkeeping, and operating conditions designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Anyone wishing to request information regarding this action can do so by contacting the Southeast Regional Office through the contact person listed in the previously listed header. Comments on the draft permit (or plan approval) can be submitted through the Air Quality resource account at RA-EPSEROPUBCOM@pa.gov.
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.
36-05017G: Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. (245 Reading Road, East Earl, PA 17519-0158) for the construction of a new Venjakob conveyorized spray coating line, and associated ovens, at the kitchen cabinet manufacturing facility located in East Earl Township, Lancaster County. This equipment will replace the existing CEFLA coating line (Source ID # 204). The emission increases from the construction of the new equipment, not counting the decreases of 27.62 tpy of VOCs. 0.29 tpy of PM10, and 16.47 tpy of HAP emissions from removal of the existing CEFLA line, are expected to be: 28.51 tpy of VOCs, 1.21 tpy of PM10, and 17.0 tpy of HAPs. DEP's review of the information submitted by the applicant indicates that the air contamination sources as installed will comply with all regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirement (BAT) of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, as well as 25 Pa. Code § 129.52—Surface coating processes, 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.101—129.107—Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations, and 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart JJ—National Emission Standards for Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations. 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 a Title V Operating Permit pursuant to the administrative amendment provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: David Balog, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
16-148D: Robert V. Burns Crematorium, Inc. (638 Wood Street, Clarion, PA 16214). The Department of Environmental Protection intends to issue a plan approval to Robert V. Burns Crematorium for the installation of a second human crematory at their facility located in Clarion Borough, Clarion County. This is an existing non-Title V facility. Public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44.
This application proposes occasional opening of the crematory's door during operation. This crematory was not eligible for authorization under General Plan Approval 14 per the Department's instruction that those facilities which open their primary chamber's door during operation, could no longer use the general permit. Robert V. Burns Crematorium has elected to apply for a plan approval rather than discontinue the opening of their crematories' doors which they feel is necessary for economical and complete cremation cycles. Special conditions will be included in this plan approval which address door opening and its' impact on emissions and operation. The crematory will be required to meet all emission and temperature requirements while the door is opened and will have additional recordkeeping and monitoring requirements.
The Plan Approval will contain testing, recordkeeping, emission restriction, reporting, and work practice requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. Emissions from the proposed source are estimated to be: less than 1.25 ton per year (tpy) of particulate matter, less than 1.0 tpy (each) of SOx, NOx, CO, VOC, and HAP.
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) 332-6940.
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 16-148D: Robert V. Burns Crematorium 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. 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. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Eric A. Gustafson, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335; Phone (814) 332-6819.
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.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6328.
32-00059: Keystone-Conemaugh Projects, LLC Conemaugh Station (175 Cornell Road, Suite 1, Blairsville, PA 15717). The Department intends to issue a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit for the operation of the electrical generation facility in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County.
The facility's major emission sources include two pulverized coal-fired (PC) boilers (Source IDs 031 and 032), each with nominal maximum heat inputs of 8,280 MMBtu/hour, 211.5 and 212.5 MMBtu/hour auxiliary boilers, four 3,600 bhp peaking diesel electrical generators, emergency diesel engines and fire pumps, coal handling, plant haul roads, cooling towers, miscellaneous propane heaters and sorbent handling and storage. The facility reported actual emissions in TPY for 2019 as: 7,674.32 NOx, 6,678.15 CO, 4,298.82 SOx, 1,168.07 PM10, 22.7 VOC, 26.69 HAPs, and 11,464,065.45 CO2. The facility is subject to the Title V Operating Permit requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G. The facility is subject to the New Source Performance Standards for Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units (Subpart Db), Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (Subpart Y); the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (Subpart ZZZZ), Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (Subpart DDDDD) and Coal and Oil Fired Electric Steam Utility Steam Generating Units (Subpart UUUUU); and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CASPR) for NOx Annual Trading Program (Subparts AAAAA), SO2 Group 1 Trading Program (Subpart CCCCC), and NOx Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program (Subpart EEEEE). The renewal permit includes additional operation requirements, monitoring requirements, and recordkeeping requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
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.
67-03083: Utz Quality Foods, LLC (900 High Street, Hanover, PA 17331) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the snack food manufacturing facility located in Hanover Borough, York County. The actual emissions from the facility in 2019 are estimated at 20.0 tons NOx; 16.4 tons CO; 10.23 tons PM10; 10.23 tons PM2.5; 1.74 tons VOC; 0.1 ton SOx; 0.4 ton hexane; and 0.4 ton total HAPs. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with testing, 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 ZZZZ—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (Source IDs 902, 903 and 904) and 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart JJJJ—Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (Source ID 901).
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Program Manager, 570-327-3648.
41-00033: Williamsport Hospital (700 High Street, Williamsport, PA 17701), for the facility located in Williamsport, Lycoming County. The facility's sources include one (1) natural gas-fired co-gen engine, two (2) natural gas/# 2 fuel oil-fired boilers, four (4) natural gas-fired boilers, two (2) diesel-fired emergency generators, one (1) natural gas-fired emergency generator and one (1) diesel-fired fire pump engine. The facility has the potential to emit particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and sulfur oxides (SOx) below the major emission thresholds. In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.446, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received an application and intends to issue an Air Quality operating permit renewal for the previously-mentioned facility. The subject facility has the following potential emissions: 36.38 TPY of carbon monoxide; 53.72 TPY of nitrogen oxides; 0.31 TPY of sulfur oxides; 2.53 TPY of particulate matter; 4.49 TPY of volatile organic compounds, 1.35 TPY of total hazardous air pollutants and 59,548 TPY of greenhouse gases. The Department has determined that the sources at the facility satisfy best available technology (BAT) requirements, pursuant to 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12, the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) pursuant to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart IIII and JJJJ and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) pursuant to 40 CFR Part 63 Subparts ZZZZ. The proposed operating permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with all applicable air quality regulations.
Southwest Region, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Thomas Joseph, Facilities Permitting Chief, 412.442.4336.
30-00166: Greene Team Pellet Fuel (150 Car- michaels Rd., Carmichaels, PA 15320). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425 and 127.521, the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue a natural minor State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) for the operation of a wood pelletizing plant in Greene Township, Greene County.
Equipment at this facility includes a 26.0 MMBtu/hr, wood waste-fired rotary dryer to reduce the moisture content of raw sawdust which is then processed into wood pellets for use in residential pellet burning stoves. The dryer is controlled by a high efficiency multi-clone dust collector. The pellet production process includes crushing the dried saw dust with a hammer mill, screening the saw dust, forming the pellets, and then sorting the pellets by size. These processes are controlled by a 10,000 acfm baghouse. Potential emissions from the facility are estimated to be 16.3 tons NOx per year, 16.4 tons of CO per year, 2.5 tons SO2 per year, 7.1 tons VOC per year, 3.1 tons HAPs per year, and 37.2 tons PM10 per year. These estimates are based on an annual 7,800 hours of operation as requested by the owner/operator. The facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145. The proposed SOOP renewal includes conditions relating to applicable emissions restrictions, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice standards requirements.
The application, DEP's Review Memorandum, and the proposed permit are available for public review during normal business hours at DEP's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A file review can be scheduled through the DEP's website at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/PublicRecords/Pages/Informal-File-Review.aspx.
Any person may submit comments, a request for the Department to hold a public hearing, or a protest to the proposed operating permit or a condition thereof by submitting the information to Nick Waryanka, P.E., Air Quality Engineer, at the Southwest Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of publication of this notice will exist for the submission of comments. Each written comment must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit specify Operating Permit 30-00166 and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information in the proposed permit or objections to issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.429, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. If a public hearing is held, all persons who have properly filed a protest under 25 Pa. Code § 127.426 may appear and give testimony. The applicant, the protestant, and other participants will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing (and the time, place and purpose of such hearing) by publication in the newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
16-00149: Clarion Laminates, LLC (301 Fiberboard Road, Shippenville, PA 16254). The Department intends to issue the renewal of the State Only Operating Permit for the facility located in Paint Township, Clarion County. The primary sources at the facility include 2 natural gas fired thermal oil heaters; 8 natural gas fired space heaters; 2 laminating & saw lines; 3 profiling lines; a degreaser unit; a bonding line; and dust transfer processes. The facility is a Natural Minor. Potential emissions for all pollutants are below the major source thresholds. Potential emissions are as follows: 41.083 tpy PM; 41.082 tpy PM-10; 4.0 tpy NOx; 2.16 tpy CO; 0.022 tpy SOx; 0.19 tpy VOC; and 4,126 tpy CO2. The renewal permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practice, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
20-00043: Lindy Paving, Inc., Conneaut Lake Asphalt Plant (11203 Ellion Road, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316). The Department intends to issue the renewal of the State-Only Operating Permit of an asphalt plant located in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County. Permitted air contamination sources include the hot mix asphalt (HMA) batch plant (i.e., rotary dryer, hot elevators, screens, and bins), asphalt cement storage tanks heater, recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) system, cold aggregate bins, and finished products silos. The HMA plant is subject to a throughput limit of 495,000 tons in any 12-month rolling period, restricting its CO & PM10 emissions below major source thresholds. For permitting purposes, the facility is Synthetic Minor. In this renewal, permit conditions based on an approved Request for Determination (RFD) are removed. With monthly HMA throughputs already reported in annual emissions inventory reports, an annual reporting on 12-month rolling HMA throughputs is removed.
20-00106: Greenleaf Corporation (18695 Greenleaf Drive, Saegertown, PA 16433). The Department intends to issue the renewal of the State Only Operating Permit for the facility located in Hayfield Township, Crawford County. The primary sources at the facility include natural gas combustion for building heat; a natural gas fueled graphite resistance furnace; 5 high/low temperature salt bath furnaces; a CVD coating furnace; an electric grieve oven; 2 spray dryers; grinding & polishing processes; a paraffin wax process; an electric rotary calciner; 6 cold degreasing parts washers; 7 natural gas fired emergency generators; and 1 diesel fired emergency generator. The facility is a Natural Minor. Potential emissions for all pollutants are below the major source thresholds. The emergency generators are subject to 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart ZZZZ, the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines. The diesel fired emergency engine is subject to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart IIII, Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines, and one of the natural gas fired emergency engines is subject to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart JJJJ, Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. The renewal permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practice, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
Philadelphia: Air Management Services, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543.
Contact: Edward Wiener, Chief, Source Registration at 215-685-9426.
The City of Philadelphia, Air Management Services (AMS) intends to issue a renewal for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for the following facility:
OP19-000041: William J Green, Jr. Federal Building (600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106), for the operation of air emission sources in Federal administrative buildings, in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emission sources are three (3) boilers firing natural gas primarily and No. 2 oil during periods of natural gas curtailment each rated 16.329 MMBtu/hr, three (3) hot water heaters firing natural gas each rated 0.285 MMBtu/hr, two emergency generators firing No. 2 oil rated 1,006 HP and 1,495 HP, and one (1) emergency generator firing natural gas rated 650 HP.
The changes made as part of the renewal include the following:
• In Section A, added the permit contact email and updated the responsible official information.
• In Table A1, updated the Facility Inventory update the source ID numbers, remove three (3) old hot water heaters, add three (3) new hot water heaters, remove an old emergency generator, add a new emergency generator, and update the stack information.
• Updated the Process Flow Diagram for consistency with Table A1.
• In Section D: Source Specific Requirements
o For the boilers, added Condition D.2.(a)(3) for combined No. 2 oil usage limit for the boilers requested by the facility to assure compliance with the Synthetic Minor limits.
o Removed the tuneup requirements and energy assessment requirements for the boilers from the SMOP because the facility requested exemption from 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJJ and previously always operated the boilers within the exemption requirements, and added Condition D.2.(a)(4) for the exemption of the boilers from 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJJ.
o Added Condition D.1.(c)(5) for Emergency Generator 011 emission limits.
o Updated the requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.201—129.205 in D.1.(c)(6) and D.2.(b)(5) for the Emergency Generators 005 and 011.
o Updated Conditions D.2.(b)(2)(i) and (ii) to update the definition of emergencies and modify the allowable hours for testing, engine tuning, maintenance checks, and readiness testing for each emergency generator to 100 hours per calendar year.
o Updated Condition D.2.(b)(3)(i) for the operating hour limit for the Emergency Generator 005 requested by the facility to assure compliance with the Synthetic Minor limits.
o Updated the ozone season requirement in Condition D.2.(b)(4) to check and record AQI forecast based on updated websites.
o In Condition D.3.(b)(2), specified that compliance with PM emission limit of 25 Pa. Code § 123.13(c)(1)(i) shall be based on method 5 only.
o Updated the monitoring requirements in Section D.4 and the recordkeeping requirements in Section D.5.
o Added Conditions D.5.(b)(1) and D.5.(c)(1) for the requirement to keep record of maintenance conducted on the boilers, hot water heaters, and emergency generators.
o Added Condition D.6.(b)(1) and updated Condition D.5.(b)(6), for the requirements of 40 CFR 60 Subpart Dc that the boilers must comply with.
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 & NONCOAL MINING
ACTIVITY APPLICATIONSApplications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1396.1—1396.31); 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); the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1406.1—1406.21). 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 of Environmental Protection. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above 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 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 above 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 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based.
Requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code § 77.123 (relating to public hearing-informal conferences) or § 86.34 (relating to informal conferences), 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.
Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (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, (Contact: Bonnie Herbert).
Permit No. 56100701 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235989. Wilson Creek Energy, LLC, 1576 Stoystown Road, P.O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541, to revise the permit and related NPDES Permit for the water handling plan and outfall 003 for Milford # 3 CRDA in Milford Township, Somerset County. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on September 3, 2020. Application received: July 27, 2020.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900, (Contact: Melanie Ford-Wigfield).
Permit No. 56200103 and NPDES No. PA0279757. Wilson Creek Energy, LLC, P.O. Box 260, 1576 Stoystown Road, Friedens, PA 15541, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Lincoln Township, Somerset County affecting 75.4 acres. Receiving stream: Unnamed Tributaries to Quemahoning Creek classified for the following use: cold water fishes. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 8, 2020.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
Permit No. 17030106 and NPDES PA0243477. Waroquier Coal Company, P.O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830, permit renewal for continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface coal mine located in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County affecting 244.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributaries to Dotts Run and Dotts Run classified for the following use(s): CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 4, 2020.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Permit No. 40130201R. Ken Nowakowski (80 Foote Avenue, Duryea, PA 18642), renewal of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Avoca Borough, Luzerne County affecting 15.7 acres. Receiving stream: Mill Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: August 13, 2020.
Permit No. 54850107R7. Lone Eagle Coal Company, Inc. (2068 Old Phoenix Road, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal for reclamation activities only of an anthracite surface mine operation in Foster Township, Schuylkill County affecting 55.9 acres. Receiving stream: West Branch Schuylkill River, classified for the following use: cold water fishes. Application received: August 14, 2020.
Withdrawn
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100, (Contact: Bonnie Herbert).
Permit No. 32081301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235946. Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, to revise the permit and related NPDES Permit for Coral-Graceton Mine located in Center and Blacklick Townships, Indiana County, affecting 3,822.1 proposed underground acres and 3,822.1 proposed subsidence control plan acres. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on February 4, 2020. Application received: December 23, 2019. Permit Withdrawn: August 18, 2020.
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, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
Permit No. PAM215004. North Star Leasing Inc., DBA North Star Stone, P.O. Box 322, Meshoppen, PA 18630, coverage under General NPDES Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Mining Activities (BMP GP-104) on Noncoal Permit No 08152501 located in Asylum Township, Bradford County. Receiving stream(s): Durell Creek and Susquehanna River Watershed classified for the following use(s): WWF, MF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Notice of Intent for Coverage received: August 19, 2020.
Permit No. 59090301 and NPDES PA0257249. Signor Brothers Contracting, LLC, 30 Poplar Street, P.O. Box 98, Arnot, PA 16911, renewal for an existing NPDES on a large noncoal surface mining site located in Bloss Township, Tioga County affecting 26.8 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributary to Johnson Creek and Johnson Creek classified for the following use(s): CWF. Application received: August 31, 2020.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Permit No. 47140301C2 and NPDES Permit No. PA0225495. Hanson Aggregates PA, LLC (7660 Imperial Way, Allentown, PA 18195), renewal of an NPDES permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Limestone & Liberty Townships, Montour County affecting 437.95 acres: Receiving streams: Chillisquaque and Creek and unnamed tributary to Chillisquaque Creek, classified for the following uses: warm water and migratory fishes. Application received: August 13, 2020.
Permit No. 45950302C13 and NPDES Permit No. PA0613037. H & K Group, Inc. (P.O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474), renewal of an existing NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County affecting 116.45 acres. Receiving streams: Twomile Run and unnamed tributary to Trout Creek, classified for the following uses: HQ—cold water fishes and EV. Application received: August 14, 2020.
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
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
NPDES No. PA0219851 (Mining Permit No. 17940122), Waroquier Coal Company, P.O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830 renewal of an NPDES permit for coal surface mine in Greenwood Township, Clearfield County affecting 120.2 acres. Receiving stream(s): Watts Creek, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes (CWF)/High Quality (HQ). This receiving stream is included in the Clearfield Creek Watershed TMDL. Application received: July 22, 2020.
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 Watts Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 005 (SP5) N Sediment 006 (SP6) N Sediment The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 005 (SP5), 006 (SP6) (Dry Weather) 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 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Aluminum (mg/l) Monitor & Report Sulfate (mg/L) Monitor & Report Flow (gpm) Monitor & Report Temperature (°C) Monitor & Report Specific Conductivity (µmhos/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.
Outfalls: 005 (SP5), 006 (SP6) (≤10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) N/A N/A 7.0 Total Settleable Solids (ml/l) N/A N/A 0.5 Sulfate (mg/L) Monitor & Report Flow (gpm) Monitor & Report Temperature (°C) Monitor & Report Specific Conductivity (µmhos/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. Outfalls: 005 (SP5), 006 (SP6) (>10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event)
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. PA0220060 (Mining Permit No. 17950106), Waroquier Coal Company, P.O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830 renewal of an NPDES permit for coal surface mine in Greenwood Township, Clearfield County affecting 111.2 acres. Receiving stream(s): Watts Creek, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes (CWF)/High Quality (HQ). This receiving stream is included in the Clearfield Creek Watershed TMDL. Application received: July 22, 2020.
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 Unnamed Tributary # 2 to Watts Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 001 (SP1) N Sediment 002 (SP2) N Sediment 007 (TP1) N Treatment The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 001 (SP1), 002 (SP2) (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) 2.9 5.8 7.2 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 (µmhos/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.
Outfalls: 007 (TP1) (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) 2.0 4.0 5.0 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 (µmhos/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. The following outfall discharges to Watts Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 005 (SP5) N Sediment The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 007 (Dry Weather) 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 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Aluminum (mg/l) Monitor & Report Sulfate (mg/L) Monitor & Report Flow (gpm) Monitor & Report Temperature (°C) Monitor & Report Specific Conductivity (µmhos/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.
Outfalls: 005 (SP5) (≤10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) N/A N/A 7.0 Total Settleable Solids (ml/l) N/A N/A 0.5 Sulfate (mg/L) Monitor & Report Flow (gpm) Monitor & Report Temperature (°C) Monitor & Report Specific Conductivity (µmhos/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. Outfalls: 005 (SP5) (>10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event)
pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times.
Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times.Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
NPDES No. PA0608874 (Mining Permit No. 08830301, Chemung Plant and 08140301, Chemung Plant # 2), Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co, Inc., 2105 South Broadway, Pine City, NY 14871, renewal of an NPDES permit for Non Coal Surface Mine in Athens Township, Bradford County, affecting 337.3 acres. Receiving stream(s): Chemung River, classified for the following use(s): Warm Water Fishes (WWF). Application received: August 6, 2020.
There are no outfalls directly to streams. All surface water runoff is contained onsite.
NPDES No. PA0256111 (Mining Permit No. 14040302, Aaronsburg West Operation), Con-Stone, Inc., P.O. Box 28, Bellefonte, PA 16823, renewal of an NPDES permit for Non-Coal Surface Mine in Haines Township, Centre County, affecting 95.1 acres. Receiving stream(s): Pine Creek, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes (CWF), Exceptional Value (EV). Application received: August 12, 2020.
There are no outfalls directly to streams under normal weather conditions. All outfalls discharge to groundwater via infiltration galleries.
The following outfalls discharge to Elk Creek and Pine Creek via emergency spillways of sediment ponds in response to precipitation events that exceed a 10-yr/24-hr event:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 001 N SBB ES, Sediment 002 N SBA ES, Sediment 003 N SBD ES, Sediment The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 001, 002, 003 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 Flow (gpm or MGD) Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units. NPDES No. PA0220248 (Mining Permit No. 1474301, Mines 1—4 (1,082 acres; Mining Permit No. 14980301, Mines 5 & 6 (481.1 acres) and 14180401, Pleasant Gap Mine Noll Property (470 acres)), Graymont (PA), Inc., 375 Graymont Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823 renewal of an NPDES permit for Noncoal Deep Mine and supporting Surface Activities in Spring Township, Centre County, affecting 2,033.1 total acres, 84.9 surface acres. Receiving stream(s): Logan Branch, classified for the following use(s): MF (Migratory Fishes), CWF (Cold Water Fishes). Application received: July 20, 2020.
The following outfalls discharge to Logan Branch:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 001 N Eby Sink, Treatment 003 N McJunkin Injection Site, Treatment 001-B N Whiterock Sink, Treatment 002-B N Agway Sink, Treatment 005-B N Smeltzer Farm, Treatment 010-B N Logan Branch Pipeline, Treatment 012 N Truck Wash, Treatment The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 001, 003, 002-B, 005-B 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 25.0 45.0 62.5 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 001-B 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 25.0 45.0 62.5 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Flow (gpm) 3,000 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 010B 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only Turbidity (NTU) Monitor Only Temperature Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 012 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 62.0 Iron (mg/l) 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 2.5 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only Oil and Grease Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units. The following outfalls discharge to Logan Branch:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 002 N Eby Sink, Sediment 013 N Mobile Shop Sediment Trap, Sediment 014 N Std Pit Sediment Trap # 1, Sediment 015 N Std Pit Sediment Trap # 2, Sediment 018 N Std Pit Sediment Trap # 3, Sediment
Outfalls: 002 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 25.0 45.0 62.0 Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 013 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 62.0 Iron (mg/l) 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 2.5 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only Oil and Grease Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 014, 015, 018 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 90.0 Flow (gpm) Monitor Only Oil and Grease Monitor Only pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units. Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
NPDES Permit No. PA0594415. Hanson Aggregates PA, LLC (7600 Imperial Way, Allentown, PA 18195), renewal of NPDES Permit on Noncoal Surface Mine Permit No. 6575SM1 in Hamilton Township, Monroe County affecting 180 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Lake and Cherry Creek Watersheds classified for the following use: HQ—cold water fishes. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is at Portland, PA on the Delaware River. The Department has made a tentative determination to impose effluent limitations, within the ranges specified in Table 1 in addition to the limits identified in Table 2. Application received: January 10, 2020.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 001 No Stormwater 002 No Stormwater/Groundwater
Outfalls: 001, 002 30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH1 (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Discharge (MGD) 001 0.200 Discharge (MGD) 002 1.400 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/L) Monitor And Report Sulfates (mg/L) Monitor And Report Oil and Grease (mg/L) Monitor And Report Turbidity (NTU) Monitor And Report 1 This Parameter is applicable at all times.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT SECTION 401The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 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 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30-days of the date of this notice, as well as any questions to the office noted above the 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 the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each working day at the office noted above the application.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS
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 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Northeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Gillian Ostrum, Clerk Typist 2, 570-830-3077.
E4002220-026. CAN DO, Inc., One South Church Street, Hazleton, PA 18201, in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain the following water obstruction and encroachments associated with the Lot 104 industrial building project in the Humboldt Industrial Park:
1. To fill two (2) wetland areas permanently impacting a total of 0.07 acre of isolated, PEM wetlands for the purpose of constructing a 105,000 sq ft warehouse facility. Wetland mitigation is proposed in a 1:1 ratio on site.
2. To construct and maintain a stream enclosure of a UNT to Cranberry Creek (CWF, MF) consisting of 676-foot long 24-inch diameter SLCPP pipe. The stream enclosure will tie into an existing stream enclsoure on Lot 103 to the west.
The project is located on Lot 104 in the Humboldt Industrial Park-East, approximately 0.6-mile down Commerce Drive on the right (Conyngham, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 55` 52"; Longitude: -76° 1` 47") in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.
Southcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E0703220-022. Randall and Holly Sheetz, 3341 Scotch Valley Road, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648, Frankstown Township, Blair County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain 1200 feet of sewer main extension and two service laterals to service an existing residential home, a barn and extend for a future home in/across floodway of UNT to New Creek (HQ-CWF) and having 0.046 acre temporary and 0.005 acre permanent floodways impacts, 0.09 acre temporary and 0.01 acre permanent impact to exceptional value wetlands, for the purpose of abating a failing on-lot septic system located on the south side of Scotch Valley Road in Frankstown Township, Blair County. Latitude (40.487345); Longitude (-78.305447).
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
E1804220-023: Woodward Township, Clinton County, 86 Riverside Terrace, Lock Haven, PA 17745. T-404 Queens Run Rd Improvements, Woodward Township, Clinton County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (Lock Haven Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 11` 24.54"; Longitude: -77° 28` 29.45"). The applicant proposes a drainage improvement project consists of installation of nine (9) cross pipes, including headwalls and endwalls, 235 feet of new french drain, a 12 ft x 25 ft french mattress under and adjacent to Queens Run Road, in Woodward Township, Clinton County, located in the floodway of Queens Run (HQ-CWF). The project proposes 0.1 acre of direct floodway impact.
Southwest Region: Dana Drake, Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E0205220-022, Allegheny Valley Joint Sewer Authority, P.O. Box 158, Cheswick, PA 15204, Harmer Township, Allegheny County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
1. Construct and maintain connections to outlet structure and upgrades to forebay berm and Pocket Wet Pond within the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River;
2. Construct and maintain a riprap outlet (RA-2) structure and 36" HDPE storm sewer pipe via open trench within the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River;
3. Construct and maintain 12` wide concrete cascade for wastewater treatment plant outfall via open trench within the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River;
4. Construct and maintain 15" HDPE storm sewer outfall including rock apron via open trench within the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River;
5. Construct and maintain 16" HDPE sewage forcemain under Guys Run (WWF), and associated floodway, and PFO wetland via directional drilling;
6. Construct and maintain 30" HDPE sewage forcemain under Deer Creek (WWF) and associated floodway, and PFO wetland via directional drilling;
7. Construct and maintain 48" PVC gravity sewer line under PEM wetland via open trench;
8. Construct and maintain 24" HDPE sewage overflow outfall including rock apron via open trench within the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River (WWF);
9. Construct and maintain a variable diameter (2.0`, 1.75`, 1.5` and 1.25`) PVC gravity sewer line via open trench under Tawney Run (WWF) and associated floodway; and
10. Construct and maintain 18" PVC gravity sewer line via open trench under a UNT to Tawney Run (WWF) and associated floodway.
For the purpose of upgrading the Allegheny Valley Joint Sewer Authority Sewage Treatment Plant facility, the construction of a new pump station, new gravity sewer lines, and forcemain. The project will result in permanent impacts to Deer Creek (66 LF), Guys Run (286 LF), Tawney Run (127 LF) and a UNT to Tawney Run (25 LF), temporary impacts to Guys Run (0.08 acre) and Allegheny River (0.24 acre), permanent impacts to the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River (0.29 acre), and permanent impacts to the floodway of Deer Creek (0.01 acre), Guys Run (0.03 acre), Tawney Run (1.41 acre) and UNT to Tawney Run (1.10 acre) and temporary impacts to the FEMA defined floodway of the Allegheny River (1.60 acre), and temporary impacts to the floodway of Guys Run (0.18 acre). Additionally, approximately 0.92 acre of permanent impact and 0.03 acre of temporary impact to PFO wetlands. The project site is located at 2400 Freeport Road (New Kensington West, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 31`, 50.12"; W: -79°, 50`, 51.62"; Sub-basin 18A; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Cheswick Borough, Harmar Township, Springdale Borough and Springdale Township Allegheny County.
Northwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E1006220-024, Thornhill Partners, LP (c/o Elmhurst Development, LLC), One Bigelo Square, Suite 630, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Heights at Thornhill (Phase 2), in Cranberry Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 40.677478; W: -80.115955).
To fill 0.009 acre of PEM wetland for the construction of a stormwater management pond associated with development of Heights at Thornhill (Phase 2) along Thorn Hill Road approximately 1.5 mile west of US 19.
[Continued on next Web Page]
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.
