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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 (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) 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 Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
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NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS
CAFO PUBLIC NOTICE SPREADSHEET—APPLICATIONS
Agricultural Operation
Name and AddressCounty Total
AcresAnimal Equivalent Units Animal
TypeSpecial Protection Waters (HQ or EV or NA) Renewal/New
Clair Burkholder
316 Center Road
Quarryville, PA 17566Lancaster 328.1 804.06 Layers
Steers
Swine
HQ Renewal
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY 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 Hamilton 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).
Northcentral Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Permit No.1421505, Major Public Water Supply.
Applicant Unionville Borough
201 Allegheny Street
Unionville, PA 16835Borough Unionville Borough County Centre Responsible Official John R. Segursky, P.E. Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer K. Alan Uhler, Jr., P.E. PLS Kerry A Uhler & Associates, Inc. 140 West Hight Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 Application Received Date May 7, 2021 Description of Action Construction of a new, grade-level, water-storage tank. Southwest Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit No. 6321504, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Donegal Township
P.O. Box 310
34 N Liberty Street West Alexander
Donegal Township, PA 15376Township or Borough Donegal Township County Washington Responsible Official Richard Fidler, Chairman Type of Facility Water system Consulting Engineer Senate Engineering Company 420 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238Application Received Date April 20, 2021 Description of Action Installation of the Highland Avenue pump station. Permit No. 0221516, Public Water Supply.
Applicant West View Water Authority 210 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15229Borough or Township City of Pittsburgh, Wexford, McKees Rocks, Bellevue, Kennedy Township & McCandless Township County Allegheny Type of Facility Water system Consulting Engineer Utility Service Co., Inc.
1230 Peachtree Street NE
Suite 1100
Promenade, GA 30309Application Received Date April 14, 2021 Description of Action Tank mixer installation in ten water storage tanks.
MINOR AMENDMENT
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17)
Southwest Region: Safe Drinking Water Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Application No. 0221515MA, Minor Amendment.
Applicant Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
1200 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222Township or Borough City of Pittsburgh County Allegheny Responsible Official William Pickering, CEO Type of Facility Water system Consulting Engineer Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.
5313 Campbells Run Road
Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA 15205Application Received Date May 4, 2021 Description of Action Replacement of approximately 4,200 feet of existing 50-inch diameter watermain within the Four Mile Run neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh along the western edge of Schenley Park, near Panther Hollow Lake on the northern end of the project and in Four Mile Run Park, on the southern end of the project.
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—6026.908).
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent (NOI) 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. Persons intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard, or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a (NOI) to Remediate with the Department. A NOI 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 the cleanup standards, or who 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 any 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 NOI to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the following identified site(s), 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 following specified date. During this comment period the municipality may request that the following identified person, 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 NOI to Remediate, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notice(s) of Intent to Remediate:
Northeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, 570-826-2511.
Contact: Eric Supey, Environmental Program Manager.
Groce-Brown Property, 1101 West Walnut Street, Allentown, PA 18102, Allentown City, Lehigh County. JMT Industrial & Environmental Contracting Services, 710 Uhler Road, Easton, PA 18040, on behalf of Angela Groce-Brown, 615 North 23rd Street, Allentown, PA 18104, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil was contaminated by a release of heating oil from an aboveground storage tank. Future use of the site will be residential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Morning Call on April 29, 2021.
Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
411 Swedeland Road Quarry 3, 411 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406, Upper Merion Township and West Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County. Mark Fortna, Penn Environmental and Remediation, Inc., 2755 Bergey Road, Hatfield, PA 19440 on behalf of Kevin Kyle, Innovation 411 Fee Owner, LLC, 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 501, Radnor, PA 19087 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil at the site has been found to be impacted with lead. The site is intended to remain as an undeveloped portion of property. The proposed cleanup standard for the site is Statewide health standard. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Times Herald on April 2, 2021.
3701 Welsh Road, 3701 Welsh Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090, Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County. Douglas Sutton, Ph.D., PE, HGL, 9 Tanner Street, Suite 101, Haddonfield, NJ 08033 on behalf of Michael Rieders, Rushland Limited Partnership, 200 Welsh Road, Horsham, PA 19044 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Chlorinated solvents were detected in bedrock groundwater beneath the site. The proposed cleanup standard for the site is Statewide health standard. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Times Chronicle and montgomerynews.com on April 25, 2021.
2601 Poplar Street, 2601 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Andrew D. Miller, Ally Services Company, 1441 Anderson Avenue, Unit B, Oreland PA 19075 on behalf of Daniel Greenberg, 2601 Poplar O2 LLC, 1516 North 5th Street, Philadelphia PA 19121 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil has been contaminated with leaded/unleaded gasoline. The proposed future use of the property will be commercial/residential mixed-use. The proposed cleanup standard for the site is Statewide health standard. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the STAR Newspaper on March 24, 2021.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Determination of Applicability for General Permit(s) Revoked 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, Telephone 412-442-4000.
General Permit No. WMGM043SW001. Boyd Roll-Off Services, Inc., 1107 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. A Determination of Applicability under general permit WMGM043 was issued on September 21, 2015 for the acceptance, transfer, and processing prior to beneficial use of construction and demolition waste materials at 1107 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 in McKees Rocks Borough, Allegheny County. Solid Waste Permit No. 101717 was issued on January 11, 2021, for a municipal/C&D/residual waste transfer and recycling facility named the Boyd Waste Transfer & Recycling Facility at the same location. Permit No. 101717 superseded general permit WMGM043SW001; therefore, the Regional Office revoked general permit WMGM043SW001 and approved of the bond release on May 7, 2021.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE Permit(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
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit Application ID No. 101421. Shade Landfill, Inc., 1176 No. 1 Road, Cairnbrook, PA 15924-9726. A Solid Waste Management permit application was received for modification of the approved Closure Plan for continuing post-closure activities at Shade Landfill, located in Shade Township, Somerset County. The application was received in the DEP Regional Office in Pittsburgh on February 21, 2021.
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 Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
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.
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 Title V/State Operating Permit for the following facility:
V08-001: AdvanSix Resins and Chemicals LLC, Frankford Plant (4701 Bermuda Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137), owns and operates a chemical manufacturing facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The facility's air emissions sources include two 260 MMBtu/hr boilers, one 381 MMBtu/hr boiler, one (1) 2.5 MMBtu/hr boiler, emergency generators, air compressors, distillation columns, condensers, oxidation processes, reactors, phenol and alpha-methyl styrene loading, and storage tanks. Control devices include scrubbers, charcoal adsorbers, a thermal oxidizer, and four catalytic oxidizers.
The facility is a major source of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SOx), and Particulate Matter less than 10 microns (PM10). The facility is therefore subject to the Title V operating permit requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code § 127, Subchapter G.
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 Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Mr. Edward Wiener (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 public hearing request 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.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-00184: Doylestown Hospital (595 West State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901), for renewal of a State Only Operating Permit in Doylestown Township, Bucks County. The facility operates four (4) dual-fired boilers, one (1) natural gas 1.6 MW cogeneration unit, one (1) natural gas fired electric generator for peak shaving purposes, four (4) emergency diesel electric generators, and two (2) emergency diesel fire pumps. Doylestown Hospital is categorized as a synthetic minor facility for NOx emissions with a site-wide limit of 24.9 tons per year. There have been no changes to any of the existing sources and there are no new sources being added under this renewal and the permittee shall continue to comply with all existing requirements. The permit includes monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to address 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 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.
21-05066: Martins Creek, LLC (600 Hamilton Street, Suite 600, Allentown, PA 18101), to issue a State Only Operating Permit renewal for the electric peaking station at the West Shore CTG site located in the Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County. The facility's actual emissions as reported in 2019 were: 0.49 ton of NOx, 0.58 ton of SO2, and 0.01 ton of PM10. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 25 Pa. Code § 123.13 for particulate matter and 25 Pa. Code § 123.21 for sulfur dioxide emissions.
01-03020: Genlyte Thomas Group, LLC (100 Craftway Drive, Littlestown, PA 17340) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the lighting products manufacturing facility located in Littlestown Borough, Adams County. The actual emissions from the facility in 2019 year are estimated at 1.72 tons of VOCs and less than 1-ton 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 25 Pa. Code § 129.52—Surface coating processes, 25 Pa. Code § 129.52d—Control of VOC emissions from miscellaneous metal parts surface coating processes, miscellaneous plastic parts surface coating processes and pleasure craft surface coatings, and 25 Pa. Code § 129.77—Control of emissions from the use or application of adhesives, sealants, primers and solvents.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Program Manager, 570-327-3648.
41-00065: Fisher Mining Company (40 Choate Circle, Montoursville, PA 17754-9791) to issue a renewal State Only Operating Permit for the Thomas Site located in Pine Township, Lycoming County. The facility is currently operating under State Only Operating Permit 41-00065. The facility's sources include a coal preparation plant consisting of various crushers, screens, conveyors and stockpiles, as well as minor combustion sources and parts washers. The facility has potential emissions of 0.29 TPY of CO; 0.71 TPY of NOx; 5.04 TPY of SOx; 1.43 TPY of PM/PM10; 2.77 TPY of VOCs; 0.06 TPY HAPs; 1,312 TPY GHGs. The coal prep plant is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y—Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants. The emission limits 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 Title 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145, as well as 40 CFR Part 60. 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 570-327-3636.
17-00075: Kinkead Aggregates, Inc. (2311 Route 56 Hwy E, Homer City, PA 15748) applied for a State Only Operating Permit authorization for the operation of their nonmetallic mineral processing plant (Sources ID 101) and stationary diesel engines (Source IDs 103 and 104) at the Buena Vista Mine in Bell Township, Clearfield County. The potential emissions for the aforementioned sources plus the listed ancillary source operations, such as usage of unpaved site haul roads and stockpiling within the facility are determined to be approximately equal to the following values: 46.2 TPY PM-10; 0.5 TPY SOx; 12.0 TPY NOx; 0.56 TPY CO; 0.07 TPY VOC; 0.02 TPY HAP; and 1,477 TPY CO2. No modifications to the facility occurred since the previous authorization was issued to the company. The fixed nonmetallic mineral processing plant at this facility is subject to the National Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Sources as codified in 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOO, as well as the applicable State BAT requirements established by the Department for Sources 101 construction and operation. Additionally, the diesel engines are subject to the National Standards of Performance for Stationary Diesel Engines as codified in 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart IIII, as well as the applicable State BAT requirements established for Source 103 and 104 constructions and operations. By complying with the applicable requirements of Part 60 Subpart IIII of 40 CFR, the company would satisfy the National Hazardous Air Pollutants for stationary RICE engine as codified 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart ZZZZ, per 40 CFR section 63.6590(c)(1). Along with the above, the permit incorporates all other applicable requirements to each source including appropriate testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice conditions to verify compliance. The applicable requirements are derived from 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 145 (relating to Air Resources). All pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the PA DEP's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling 570-327-3636.
18-00014: Jersey Shore Steel Company (P.O. Box 5055, Jersey Shore, PA 17740) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for their facility located in Pine Creek Township, Clinton County. The facility is currently operating under State Only Operating Permit 18-00014. The facility's sources include a 55 million Btu per hour steel reheat furnace, three scarfing booths, a 4 million Btu per hour blacksmith furnace, a gasoline dispensing facility and numerous small combustion units, space heaters, torpedo heaters and parts washers. The facility has potential emissions of 67.00 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 11.40 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 3.81 tons per year of volatile organic compounds, 75.72 tons per year of sulfur oxides and 73.70 tons per year of particulate matter. 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 570.327.3636.
Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Thomas Joseph, Facilities Permitting Chief, 412.442.4336.
11-00052: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (727 Goucher Street, Johnstown, PA 15905-3025). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.441 and 127.425, the Department is providing notice that they intend to issue a renewed, facility-wide, State Only Operating Permit for the continued operation of a boiler house at an occupational retraining institution, known as the Hiram G. Andrews Center, located in Upper Yoder Township, Cambria County.
The primary sources at the boiler house are two boilers. Each of these boilers (Boilers # 1 and # 2, Source IDs 034 and 035, 25.2 MMBtu/hr, each) is natural gas-fired with distillate oil fuel backup. The facility also contains four, reciprocating, emergency generator engines. Three engines are propane-fueled, spark ignition, with rated capacities of 225-bhp, 225-bhp, and 120-bhp. The other engine is diesel, compression ignition, with a rated capacity of 225-bhp.
Annual potential emissions are 66 tons of CO, 14 tons of NOx, 2 tons of PM10, 2 tons of PM2.5, 2 tons of VOC, 1 ton of SO2, 0.5 ton of all HAPs combined, and 26,639 tons of CO2e. Sources at the Torrance State Hospital are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart A—General Provisions, and 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Dc—Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units. Sources are also subject to 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145. The permit includes emission limitations, operational, monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for the plant.
The application, the 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.
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this Title V Operating Permit may submit the information to Martin L. Hochhauser, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Each written comment must contain the name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Operating Permit (specify Operating Permit SOOP-11-00052) and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication. In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.428, prior to issuing an operating permit, the Department may hold a fact-finding conference or hearing at which the petitioner, and a person who has properly filed a protest under § 127.426 (relating to filing protests) may appear and give testimony. The Department is not required to hold a conference or hearing. The applicant, the protestant and other participants will be notified of the time, place, and purpose of a conference or hearing, in writing or by publication in a newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the Department determines that notification by telephone will be sufficient.
30-00116: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (455 Racetrack Road, Washington, PA 15301). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425 and 127.521, the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue a renewal Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for operation of the Waynesburg Compressor Station located in Franklin Township, Greene County.
Equipment covered by this operating permit includes five (5) natural gas-fired Solar Saturn turbines, one (1) natural gas-fired Solar Centaur turbine, one (1) Waukesha natural gas-fired emergency generator engine, one (1) natural gas-fired fuel line heat exchanger, forty (40) natural gas-fired catalytic space heaters, gasoline storage tanks, and pipeline liquids storage tanks.
Potential emissions for the facility including emission restrictions have been calculated as follows: 63.4 tons per year of carbon monoxide (CO), 96.0 tons per year of nitrogen oxides (NOx), 6.42 tons per year of particulate matter less than 10-microns (PM10), 6.42 tons per year of particulate matter less than 2.5-microns (PM2.5), 0.42 ton per year of sulfur oxides (SO2), 3.16 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOC), 0.47 ton per year of formaldehyde, 0.71 ton per year of total Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), and 69,609 tons per year of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
The facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Article III, Chapters 121—145. The proposed operating permit includes emission limitations, monitoring, work practice standards, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements for the facility.
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 30-00116) 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.
56-00119: West Salisbury Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. (P.O. Box 541, Salisbury, PA 15558-0541). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424 and 127.425, notice is hereby given that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) intends to issue an Air Quality State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) renewal to West Salisbury Foundry & Machine to authorize the operation of a traditional iron job-shop foundry producing iron castings for general industry. The facility is located in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County.
Operations at this facility include melting, molding, mixing, and preparing sand for molds, refining, casting iron as well as cleaning and grinding the casting. The emission sources at this facility are a small coal fired boiler, pouring, casting & cooling operations, large shot blast machine, electric induction furnaces, and casting finishing operation. There are several dust collectors to control emissions and they are exhausted indoors. The estimated emissions from this facility are 5.984 tons/yr of particulate material (PM10), 0.346 ton/yr of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), 1.308 tons/yr of oxides of sulfur (SOx), 2.036 tons/yr of volatile organic compound (VOCs) and 0.1 ton/yr of HAPs. The proposed SOOP contains emission restriction, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards derived from the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Article III, Chapters 121—145, MACT requirements established under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZZ for small foundry and 40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJJJ for the coal-fired boiler.
A person may oppose the proposed State Only Operating Permit by filing a written protest with the Department through Noor Nahar via mail to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 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 State Only Operating Permit (56-00119) and a concise statement of the objections to the Operating Permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
West Salisbury' State Only Operating Permit application, the Department's Air Quality Review Memorandum, and the Proposed Air Quality Operating Permit for this facility 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 West Salisbury' State Only Operating Permit 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 Operating Permit for this facility, a person may contact Noor Nahar at nnahar@pa.gov or 412.442.5225.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
20-00263: The TAPCO Tube Company (10748 South Water Street, Meadville, PA 16335). The Department intends to renew the State Only Operating Permit for steel tube manufacturing facility located in West Mead Township, Crawford County. The sources at the facility include a dip coating operation, a powder coating operation, 2 clear coating lines, 30 natural gas fueled space heaters for building heat, 2 scarfing & remetalization operations, and 3 parts washers. The facility is a Natural Minor. The potential emissions from the facility are as follows: VOCs, 49.9 tpy; CO, < 1 tpy; NOx, < 1 tpy; SO2, < 1 tpy; PM, < 1 tpy; any single HAP 9.9 tpy; and all combined HAPs 24.9 tpy. The permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practice, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
25-00931: PA Department of Corrections/Albion SCI (10745 Rte 18, Albion, PA 16475-0002). The Department is providing notice that they intend to renew a State Only Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for the State Correctional Institute located in Conneaut Township, Erie County. The facility's primary emission sources include five boilers, two emergency power generators, a parts washer, and miscellaneous natural gas combustion. The potential emissions of the primary pollutants from the facility are as follows: 99.00 TPY (tons per year) NOx, 33.59 TPY CO, 9.07 TPY VOC, 1.14 TPY total HAPs, 3.42 TPY filterable PM-10, 3.41 TPY filterable PM-2.5, and 4.84 TPY SOx. The facility is a synthetic minor, taking limits on natural gas and fuel oil usage to maintain a NOx emission limit of 99.00 TPY. The existing 33.4 mmBtu/hr hot water boiler and a new 33.5 mmBtu/hr boiler are subject to 40 CFR 60 Subpart Dc, Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units. The new 33.5 mmBtu/hr boiler and a new 14.644 mmBtu/hr boiler are also subject to GP-1 requirements, which includes emission restrictions. None of the boilers are subject to 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJJ, NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources, as they have taken hours of operation limits on usage of fuel oil. 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.
43-00319: Sharon Tube Co., Church St. Plant (20 Church St., Wheatland, PA 16161), the Department intends to issue the renewal State-Only Operating Permit of a steel pipe and tube manufacturing facility located in Wheatland Borough, Mercer County. Permitted air contamination sources at the facility are annealing furnaces, inert gas generators, cold immersion oil dip tanks, boilers, tube dryers, emergency generators, heaters, and parts washers. Established through PA 43-319C and D, the facility has been subject to a facility-wide and a source-specific VOC restrictions and annual emissions inventory reporting. For permitting purposes, the facility is Natural Minor. In this renewal, the facility-wide VOC restriction is revised to account for the VOC restrictions authorized by PA 43-319D for the cold immersion oil dip tanks and by PA 43-319C for the rest of the permitted sources. For the boilers, a fuel restriction is added to ensure their exemption from 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJJ.
43-00360: Cronimet Specialty Metals USA, Inc. (40 Council Avenue, Wheatland, PA 16161). The Department intends to renew the State Only Operating Permit for the melting and foundry operations in the Borough of Wheatland, Mercer County. The primary emission sources at the facility include 4 Electric Induction Furnaces, a 1.5 million Btu/hr natural gas fueled shot dryer, shakeout operations, shot blasting, a ball mill, a Next Gen2 Mixer, and other natural gas combustion sources with ratings of less than 1 million Btu/hr. The facility is a natural minor. Estimated potential emissions for the facility are as follows: 1.3 tpy NOx; 0.008 tpy SOx; 1.09 tpy CO; 3.17 tpy PM; 0.07 tpy VOC; and 1,564 tpy CO2. The permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, and work practice requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
62-00035: IA Construction Corporation (P.O. Box 568, Franklin, PA 16323). The Department intends to renew the State Only Operating Permit for the Warren Hot Mix Asphalt Plant located in Conewango Township, Warren County. The facility is a Natural Minor. The primary sources at the facility include a Batch Hot Mix Asphalt Plant with maximum throughput rate of 240 tons asphalt per hour and a Portable Crushing Plant with a maximum throughput of 150 tons of crushed material per hour. The portable crushing plant is powered by a Nonroad diesel-fueled engine. The asphalt plant is restricted to a production limit of 495,000 tons of hot asphalt paving materials per year. Reported emissions for 2020 were: 15.03 tons CO; 1.46 tons NOx; 4.7 tons PM-10; 0.00 ton PM-2.5; 0.17 ton SOx; 0.31 tons VOC; 0.404 ton HAPs; 1,236 tons CO2; 0.0233 ton methane; and 0.0023 ton nitrous oxide. 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.
COAL & NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications 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 1The 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. 63723707 and NPDES Permit No. PA0215520. Washington County Land Resources, Inc., 46226 National Road, St. Clairsville, OH 43950 to transfer the permit and related NPDES permit from Maple Creek Mining, Inc. for Ginger Hill Refuse Area II in Nottingham and Carroll Townships, Washington County. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on April 16, 2021. Application received: November 30, 2020.
Permit No. 11841301 and NPDES Permit No. PA0001317. ArcelorMittal Pristine Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 36, 129 Bethlehem Road, Revloc, PA 15948 to revise the permit and related NPDES permit to add an additional NPDES point (outfall 007A) for Cambria Slope Mine No. 33 in Cambria, Allegheny, Munster, Portage, Summerhill, and Croyle Townships, Cambria County. Receiving stream(s): Little Conemaugh River classified for the following use(s): WWF and South Branch Blacklick Creek classified for the following use(s): CWF. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on April 19, 2021. Application received: February 2, 2021.
New Stanton District Office: P.O. Box 133, New Stanton, PA 15672, (724) 925-5500, (Contact: Tracy Norbert).
Permit No. 63100101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251933. Neiswonger Construction, Inc., 17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258. Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Somerset Township, Washington County, affecting 293.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Center Branch Pigeon Creek, South Branch Pigeon Creek and Pigeon Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: April 30, 2021.
Permit No. 03090105. Amerikohl Mining, Inc., 1384 State Route 711, Stahlstown, PA 15687. Renewal application for reclamation only to an existing bituminous surface mine located in Bethel Township, Armstrong County, affecting 42 acres. Receiving streams: Crooked Creek. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: May 3, 2021.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits—The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:
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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. 55100301 and NPDES No. PA0257401. National Limestone Quarry, Inc., P.O. Box 397, Middleburg, PA 17842, renewal of an NPDES permit for a large noncoal mining site located in Franklin and Beaver Townships, Snyder County affecting 12.8 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributary to Middle Creek classified for the following use(s): CWF, MF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: April 29, 2021.
NPDES No. PA0614181 (Mining Permit No. 60840401), New Enterprise Stone & Lime, Inc., P.O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664, NPDES modification to add an additional Sediment Pond outfall on a noncoal surface mine in Buffalo Township, Union County affecting 324.9 acres. Receiving stream(s): Buffalo Creek classified for the following use(s): TSF, MF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: May 3, 2021.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Permit No. 45842304C2 and NPDES Permit No. PA0226181. Louis J. Manzie, Inc., 1155 Francis Lane, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, correction to include an NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Stroud Township, Monroe County affecting 5.0 acres. Receiving stream: Pocono Creek and Little Pocono Creek, classified for the following uses: HQ—cold water and migratory fishes. Application received: March 24, 2021.
MINING ACTIVITY NPDES DRAFT PERMITS This notice provides information about applications for a new, amended or renewed NPDES permits associated with mining activity (coal or noncoal) permits. The applications concern industrial waste (mining) discharges to surface water and discharges of stormwater associated with mining activities. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251—1376).
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a draft NPDES permit and made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the associated mining activity permit.
Effluent Limits for Coal Mining Activities
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that are the more stringent of technology-based (BAT) effluent limitations or Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL).
The BAT limits for coal mining activities, as provided in 40 CFR Part 434 and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 87—90 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (Total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* *The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applies to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and all other discharges and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of greater than 1-year 24-hour to less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles. Similarly, modified BAT limits apply to iron, manganese and suspended solids in surface runoff, discharges and drainage resulting from these precipitation events and those of greater magnitude in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Exceptions to BAT effluent limits may be applicable in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Effluent Limits for Noncoal Mining Activities
The limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 77 are pH 6 to 9 and other parameters the Department may require.
Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional water quality based effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description specifies the parameters.
In addition to BAT or WQBEL limits, coal and noncoal NPDES permits establish effluent limitations in the form of implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) identified in the associated Erosion and Sedimentation Plan, the Reclamation Plan and the NPDES permit application. These BMPs restrict the rates and quantities of associated pollutants from being discharged into surface waters in this Commonwealth.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur are incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 563-2112-115, Developing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits for Mining Activities. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Load(s). Additional discharge limitations may apply in the event that unexpected discharges occur.
Discharge rates for surface mining activities are precipitation driven. Discharge rates for proposed discharges associated with underground mining are noted in the permit description.
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES draft permit should submit a written statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each draft permit within 30-days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92a.82(d). The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30-days of this public notice and contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request and state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. When a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal NPDES Draft Permits
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472.1900.
NPDES No. PA0607878 (Mining Permit No. 39A77SM4), Bentley Development Company, Inc., P.O. Box 338, Blairsville, PA 15717, renewal of an NPDES permit for a post-mining treatment outfall in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, affecting 197 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributary to Conemaugh River, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes. This receiving stream is included in the Kiski-Conemaugh River TMDL. Application received: March 11, 2021.
The following outfall discharges to Unnamed Tributary to Conemaugh River
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 N
Outfalls: 001 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 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 10.5 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. NPDES No. PA0279412 (Mining Permit No. 4270BSM1), Cooney Brothers Coal Company, P.O. Box 246, Cresson, PA 16630, renewal of an NPDES permit for a post-mining treatment outfall in Dean Township, Cambria County, affecting 14.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): Brubaker Run classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes. This receiving stream is included in the Brubaker Run TMDL. Application received: March 5, 2021.
The following outfall discharges to Brubaker Run
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 306 (Treatment System) N
Outfalls: 001 (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 Osmotic Pressure (milliosmoles/kg) 50.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 10.5 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. NPDES No. PA0597490 (Mining Permit No. 11850111), E.P. Bender Coal Co., P.O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722, renewal of an NPDES permit for continued discharge from an existing post-mining treatment system in Dean Township, Cambria County, affecting 14.0 acres. Receiving stream: Brubaker Run, classified for the following use: cold water fishery. This receiving stream is included in the Brubaker Run TMDL. Application received: February 23, 2021.
The following outfall discharges to Brubaker Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 005 (Treatment Facility) N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfall are as follows:
Outfalls: 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 Aluminum (mg/l) 2.0 4.0 5.0 Osmotic Pressure (mOs/kg) 50.0 50.0 50.0 pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 10.5 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342.8200.
NPDES No. PA0238236 (Mining Permit No. 17990102), RES Coal LLC, 224 Grange Hall Road, P.O. Box 228, Armagh, PA 15920, renewal of an NPDES permit for a bituminous surface coal mine in Decatur Township, Clearfield County, affecting 344.2 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributaries to Little Laurel Run and Little Laurel Run, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes (CWF). This receiving stream is included in the Laurel Run TMDL. Application received: February 3, 2021.
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 Tributaries to Little Laurel Run and Little Laurel Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 001 N Sedimentation Pond A 002 N Sedimentation Pond B 003 N Sedimentation Pond C 004 N Sedimentation Pond D 005 N Sedimentation Pond E 006 N Sedimentation Pond F 008 N Treatment Pond 1 010 N Treatment Pond 3 012 N Treatment Pond 5 The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 008, 012 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/L) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/L) 1.5 3.0 3.7 Aluminum (mg/L) 1.0 2.0 2.5 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: 010 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/L) 1.6 3.2 4.0 Manganese (mg/L) 0.8 1.6 2.1 Aluminum (mg/L) 1.0 2.0 2.5 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: 001 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/L) 3.0 6.0 7.0 Manganese (mg/L) 1.5 3.0 3.7 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: 003—006 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/L) 1.6 3.2 4.0 Manganese (mg/L) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/L) 0.80 1.6 2.0 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.
Outfalls: 002 (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/L) 1.7 3.4 4.2 Manganese (mg/L) 1.1 2.2 2.7 Aluminum (mg/L) 0.80 1.6 2.1 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. This mine site also contains or is hydrologically connected to substandard discharges for which there is no responsible party. Pursuant to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 87, Subchapter F, effluent limits for those discharges will be based upon the existing baseline pollution load, or the standards found at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 87.102(a) Group A, whichever is least stringent.
NPDES No. PA0256196 (Mining Permit No. 17050103), RAMM Coal, Inc., 1092 Spruce Hill Road, Rockton, PA 15856, renewal of an NPDES permit for surface coal mining in Brady Township, Clearfield County affecting 49.1 acres. Receiving stream(s): Unnamed Tributary to Little Anderson Creek classified for the following use(s): CWF. This receiving stream is included in the Anderson Creek TMDL. Application received: December 21, 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 outfall discharges to Unnamed Tributary to Little Anderson Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 003 N Sediment Pond 2 Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2522, (570) 621.3118.
NPDES Permit No. PA0225274. Noxen Sand & Materials, 2162 Chase Road, Shavertown, PA 18708, renewal of a non-discharging, no-outfall Individual NPDES Permit Associated with Mining Activities on SMP No. 66090301 in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, affecting 23.52 acres. Receiving stream: Beaver Run, classified for the following use: HQ—cold water fishes. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Danville Municipal Water Authority, Susquehanna River intake. The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the non-discharge to Beaver Creek. Application received: June 17, 2019.
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 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 Hamilton 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)).
Southcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E2203220-026. Halifax Area Water & Sewer Authority, 203 Armstrong Road, P.O. Box 443, Halifax PA 17032. Halifax Township, Dauphin County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To construct approximately 13,600 linear feet of 6-inch, 8-inch, and 10" gravity sewer lines, approximately 19,800 linear feet of associated 2-inch to 6-inch force mains and low pressure sewers, approximately 160 grinder pumps, and three pump stations to provide sewer service to the Matamoras, State Routes 147 & 225, Triangle & Lanker Estates areas of Halifax Township, Dauphin County. The project proposes utility line stream crossings of 6 UNTs to Powells Run (TSF, MF) and 0.045 acre of non-exceptional value wetland impacts for the construction of one of the three pump stations. (Halifax, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40.427079; Longitude: -76.938937).
E2203221-001. Lower Paxton Township Authority, 425 Prince Street, Harrisburg, PA 17109, in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To modify and maintain an existing fill within 0.003-acre of the floodplain of Beaver Creek (CWF, MF) with work consisting of a 4.3-foot height increase to the concrete walls associated with an existing 9-foot wide by 17-foot long concrete slab housing a sanity sewer metering chamber. The project is located 0.09 mile southeast of the intersection of S. Nyes Road and Conway Road in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County. Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 16` 26.48" Longitude: -76° 44` 50.85". (Hershey, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40° 16` 26.48"; Longitude: -76° 44` 50.85").
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
E1404221-001. Mark and Olga Levi, 196 Potters Lane, Port Matilda, PA 16870-7199. Barger Fields Subdivision, Patton Township, Centre County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (Julian, PA Quadrangle; 40° 48` 54.6"; -77° 59` 4.12").
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a public road and associated utilities across a UNT Buffalo Run (HQ-CWF) and adjoining wetlands (EV) in order to provide access for 10 proposed single family lots. The project results in 456 sq. ft. of permanent direct wetland impacts, 348 sq. ft. of permanent direct watercourse impacts, and 8,700 sq. ft. of permanent direct floodway impacts.
E0804221-006. Nelson Welles II, 289 Strickland Road, Towanda, PA 18848. Welles Farm in Wysox Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District (Towanda, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 46` 7"; Longitude: -76° 24` 23").
To permit an existing field drainpipe and approximately 1,500-ft of streambank protection along Lanning Creek (WWF-MF). The total disturbed area along the watercourses is 0.12 acre. A PNDI search determined no species of concern to be present.
Southwest Region: Dana Drake, Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, 412-442-4000.
E0205221-005. Springdale Borough, 325 School Street, Springdale, PA 15144, Springdale Borough, Allegheny County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
Construct and maintain a 17.8 foot by 32.1-foot floating kayak dock and 16` foot long floating gang way, attached to two 12" permanent piles within the Allegheny River (WWF). Upgrades to the existing parking lot including adding a concrete ADA parking spot will occur and two jumbo block walls will be installed within the floodplain measuring 48 feet and 53 feet. The total permanent impacts to the Allegheny River are 875 square feet, and the total permanent impacts to the floodway are 0.048 acre. The total permanent floodplain impact is 0.056 acre.
For the purpose of enhancing the existing launch area for Springdale Borough and neighboring communities by providing ADA accessibility.
The project site is located at 2 Colfax Street (New Kensington West, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 32`, 08"; W: -79°, 46`, 59"; Sub-basin 18A; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Springdale Borough, Allegheny County.
E0205220-040, Hampton Township, 3101 McCully Road, Allison Park, PA 15101-1331, Hampton Township, Allegheny County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
1. Demolish and remove existing aeration basins, digester tanks, secondary clarifiers, chlorine contact tanks, a dewatering building, a comminutor, an influent pump station, an office building, fencing, piping and other accessory infrastructure in the floodplain and floodway of Pine Creek (TSF),
2. Demolish and remove existing structures on adjacent properties which is part of the proposed site expansion in the floodplain of Pine Creek,
3. Construct and maintain a new head works facility consisting of an influent pump station, screening, and grit removal; a new Sequencing Batch Reactors; a new ultraviolet disinfection system; and, a new sludge dewatering system, and access road in the floodplain of Pine Creek,
4. Retrofit existing primary clarifier tanks into new aerobic digesters in the floodplain of Pine Creek,
5. Construct and maintain a floodwall, infiltration basins, rain gardens, and swales in the floodplain and floodway of Pine Creek,
6. Remove four (4) outfalls and construct and maintain two (2) new outfalls in the streambank of Pine Creek, and
7. Restabilize 990 LF of the streambank of Pine Creek once work is completed.
For the purposes of upgrading the Allison Park Water Pollution Control Facility to address wet weather flows, flooding, and increase treatment capacity.
The project will temporarily and permanently impact 990 LF of streambank, temporarily impact 0.4 acre of the floodway, permanently impact 1.8 acres of floodway, temporarily impact 0.3 acre of floodplain, and permanently impact 6.3 acres of floodplain.
The project site is located at 2536 Toner Avenue, Allison Park, PA 15101 (Gibsonia, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 33`, 43"; W: -79°, 57`, 51"; Sub-basin 18A; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Hampton Township, Allegheny County.
E2605220-024, North Fayette County Municipal Authority, 1634 University Drive, Dunbar, PA 15431, Dunbar Township, Fayette County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
1. Construct, operate, and maintain a 1,800-square-foot pump station building within the floodway of the Youg- hiogheny River (HQ-CWF);
2. Perform dredging in the Youghiogheny River to an area of 110 feet by 30 feet (0.08 acre) and depth of 8 feet;
3. Construct, operate, and maintain two 12 feet by 2.5 feet diameter stainless steel intake structures, with 65 square feet of R-4 riprap and a 20-foot concrete protection wall, within the Youghiogheny River;
4. Construct, operate, and maintain a 62-foot concrete deflector wall within the Youghiogheny River;
5. Construct, operate, and maintain a 20-inch PVC outfall pipe, 62 square-foot concrete headwall, and approximately 40 square feet of R-4 riprap within the floodway of Dunbar Creek (TSF).
6. Place and maintain fill within a de minimus 0.02-acre wetland (PEM);
In association with the construction of a new water treatment plant. Cumulatively, the project will permanently impact 3,510 square feet of the Youghiogheny River, permanently impact 1,800 square feet of the floodway of the Youghiogheny River, permanently impact 80 square feet of the floodway of Dunbar Creek, and permanently impact 0.02 acre of wetland. The project site is located 0.4 mile downstream of the existing NFCMA water treatment plant, located 2.4 miles south of the Route 119 crossing in Connellsville, PA (S. Connellsville, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 39°, 59`, 35.0"; W: -79°, 36`, 20.0"; Sub-basin 19D; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Dunbar Township, Fayette County.
E6305221-004, Ted Taylor Builders, LLC, 608 East McMurray Road, Suite 101, McMurray, PA 15317, Peters Township, Washington County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to construct, operate, and maintain:
1. A new 55 feet long, 18-inch diameter culvert. The installation proposes to permanently impact 55 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Chartiers Creek (HQ-WWF).
2. A new 12 linear foot extension of an existing 36-inch diameter culvert. The installation proposes to permanently impact 12 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Brush Run (WWF).
For the purpose of constructing a 43-lot residential subdivision with an 18" culvert stream crossing that serves as access to the site. The 36" culvert is proposed, to allow for installation of a sanitary sewer.
The project site is located at 270 Thomas Road, McMurray, PA 15317 (Bridgeville, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 16`, 1"; W: -80°, 5`, 32"; Sub-basin 20F; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Peters Township, Washington County.
E6505221-001, Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation, 40 North Pennsylvania Avenue, 5th Floor, Suite 520, Greensburg, PA 15601, Greens- burg City, Westmoreland County; Pittsburgh ACOE District.
The applicant proposes to:
1. Place and maintain fill within 5 separate wetlands as follows: Wetland 2—0.04 acre (PEM), Wetland 3—0.10 acre (PEM/PSS), Wetland 4—0.03 (PEM), Wetland 5—0.66 acre (PEM/PSS); Wetland 7—0.02 (PEM/PSS). Wetland impacts total 0.85 acre.
2. Mitigation is proposed through the purchase of wetland mitigation bank credits from the Schrader Hollow Road Mitigation Bank.
For the purpose of site development to construct an industrial park building and associated infrastructure.
The project site is located Waltz Mill Flats Road, Ruffs Dale, PA 15679 Smithton, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 12`, 51"; W: -79°, 40`, 22"; Sub-basin 19D; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E2506221-004, Gary Brotherson, 1801 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16505-4938. Brotherson Beach Project, in Mill Creek Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Swanville, PA Quadrangle N: 42°, 6`, 17.8"; W: -80°, 10`, 2.3").
The Applicant proposes to conduct the following activities associated with the Brotherson Beach Project, a lakeshore stabilization and residential development along Lake Erie and Marshall Run:
1. To construct and maintain, on several properties in the Forest Park Beach Subdivision, seven, eight feet wide, lower-profile, concrete groin structures extending varying distances into Lake Erie from the Lake's Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) but with none extending beyond the Lake's Ordinary Low Water Mark (OLWM);
2. To construct and maintain approximately 80 feet of an approximately 500 feet long concrete seawall lakeward of the OHWM;
3. To relocate a portion of an existing sanitary sewer line that is presently lakeward of the OHWM to an area landward of the OHWM;
4. To construct and maintain various utility line crossings of Marshall Run;
5. And to construct and maintain a stormwater outfall with energy dissipator in Marshal Run.
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.
E6512221-001. Department of General Services, Bureau of Capital Projects Design, 1800 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103-1540, Northmont Street Area Flood Protection Project, City of Greensburg and Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, USACOE Pittsburgh District.
The permit is requested for a flood protection project with the following activities associated with the construction of the project in and along approximately 2,089 linear feet (~10.61 acres) of an unnamed tributary to Jacks Run (perennial, WWF):
1. The upstream end of the project is approximately 126-feet north of Northmont Street. The upstream end of the project is a 91-foot long trapezoidal reinforced earth channel debris basin emptying through a bollard style trash rack into a 10-foot long concrete inlet structure.
2. A 5-feet high rectangular concrete box culvert will connect the inlet structure to a rectangular concrete channel downstream of Kenneth Street. This culvert will extend for a distance of 476-feet and replace an existing 42-inch RCP of approximately the same length. The culvert will transition from a width of 8-feet to a width of 6-feet at approximately 80-feet downstream of the inlet structure.
3. A 6-feet wide rectangular concrete channel will continue 120-feet from downstream of Kenneth Street to an unnamed alley.
4. A 6-feet wide by 5-foot high rectangular concrete box culvert will continue 25-feet under the unnamed alley connecting two sections of rectangular concrete channel and replace an existing 72-inch RCP of approximately the same length.
5. A 6-feet wide rectangular concrete channel will continue 120-feet from downstream of the unnamed alley to upstream of Beaver Street.
6. A 6-feet wide by 5-foot high rectangular concrete box culvert will continue 630-feet downstream of Beaver Street and running under Harvey Avenue and continuing 240-feet past Harvey Avenue to a trapezoidal reinforced earth channel. This will replace an existing culvert with sections consisting of 72-inch RCP, 72-inch CMP and a 6-feet wide by 6-foot high rectangular box culvert of approximately the same length.
7. A 6-feet wide trapezoidal reinforced earth channel will continue 178-feet downstream to a concrete channel.
8. A 10-foot wide rectangular concrete channel will continue 101-feet from the trapezoidal reinforced earth channel to the SR119 New Alexander Way Bridge. The initial 20-feet will be a concrete transition from the 6-foot wide trapezoidal channel to the 10-foot wide rectangular concrete channel.
9. The invert of the SR119 New Alexander Way Bridge will be paved with concrete for a length of 33 lineal feet. The interior dimensions between the bridge abutments is 9-feet width with a height of 5-feet to the existing low chord from the paved invert.
10. A 10-feet wide rectangular concrete channel will continue 49-feet to Roosevelt Way.
11. The Roosevelt Way Bridge will be replaced with a 10-wide by 4 1/2-foot high box culvert extending 42-feet downstream connecting the rectangular concrete channel to a reinforced earth channel with precast block walls. The box culvert will be slightly longer than the existing bridge that is an angled crossing.
12. A 10-foot wide reinforced earth channel with precast block walls continue 215-feet from downstream of the Roosevelt Way box culvert to the confluence with Jacks Run.
The project is located along an unnamed tributary to Jacks Run (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 40° 18` 34", W: 79° 32` 20") in the City of Greensburg and Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County.
Eastern Region: Oil and Gas Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
E0829221-004: Appalachia Midstream, LLC, 30351 Route 6, Wysox, PA 18854, Smithfield and Troy Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct, operate and maintain:
1. a gravel valve site permanently impacting 195 square feet of a Palustrine Emergent Wetland (Troy, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.750241°, Longitude: -76.772360°);
2. a gravel valve site permanently impacting 4,023 square feet of a Palustrine Emergent Wetland (East Troy, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.833928°, Longitude: -76.646405°);
The project will result in 4,218 square feet (0.10 acre) of permanent PEM impacts all for the purpose of installing a natural gas pipeline with associated access roadways for Marcellus shale development in Smithfield and Troy Township, Bradford County. On-site wetland mitigation of 11,874 square feet (0.27 acre) of PEM wetland enhancement (East Troy, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.833928°, Longitude: -76.646405°).
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Northwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
EA2006221-001, Crawford County, 903 Diamond Park, Meadville, PA 16335. South Perry Street Bridge Removal, in Titusville City, Crawford County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Titusville South, PA Quadrangle N: 41°, 37`, 21.88"; W: -79°, 40`, 36.99").
To remove the existing single span thru truss bridge that spans Oil Creek in Titusville City, Crawford County. The project will temporarily impact 231 linear feet of Oil Creek (CWF, TSF). No wetland impacts are proposed.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL The following parties have applied for an Erosion and Sediment Control Permit (ESCP) for an earth disturbance activity associated with either a road maintenance or timber harvesting operation.
Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided as erosion and sediment control best management practices (BMPs) which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharged.
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the appropriate Department Regional Office listed above the application within 30-days of this public notice. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses 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 relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received by the appropriate Department Regional Office during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the 30-day comment period, the appropriate Regional Office Water Management Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The application and related documents, including the erosion and sediment control plan for the earth disturbance activity are on file and may be inspected at the office identified in this notice.
Persons with a disability that require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the specified Regional Office. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications received under Sections 5 and 402 of the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402).
Southwest District: Oil & Gas Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 442-4281.
ESCGP-3 # ESX10-059-0075 Renewal/Major Revision
Applicant Name EQT Production Company
Contact Person Todd Klaner
Address 400 Woodcliff Drive
City, State, Zip Canonsburg, PA 15317
County Greene
Township(s) Morgan Twp
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) UNTs to Brown's Run (WWF), UNTs to South Fork Tenmile Creek (WWF); Brown's Run (WWF), South Fork Tenmile Creek (WWF)ESCGP-3 # ESX17-059-0037
Applicant Name Rice Drilling B, LLC
Contact Person Todd Klaner
Address 2400 Ansys Drive, Suite 200
City, State, Zip Canonsburg, PA 15317
County Greene
Township(s) Wayne Twp
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) UNT to Rudolph Run (WWF), UNT to Roberts Run (WWF), Rudolf Run (WWF)ESCGP-3 # ESG073019027-00
Applicant Name EQT Production Company
Contact Person Todd Klaner
Address 2400 Ansys Drive, Suite 200
City, State, Zip Canonsburg, PA 15317
County Greene
Township(s) Perry & Whiteley Twps
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) Rudolf Run (WWF), UNT to Rudolf Run (WWF); Dunkard Creek (WWF)
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