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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/
NewLester & Andrew Weaver
2560 Sunnyside Road
Manheim, PA 17545Lancaster 268.3 515.22 Dairy/
SwineNA Renewal Brock Hite
Hershberger CAFO Farm
612 Viall Hill Road
Towanda, PA 18848Bradford 140.8 646.95 Swine/
BeefNone Renewal Clair Hurst
788 Kingpen Road
Kirkwood, PA 17536Lancaster 105.6 632.95 Dairy/
SwineHQ Renewal Elvin Zimmerman
180 Degan Road
McAlisterville, PA 17049Juniata 141.42 259.58 Broilers 1 Steer &
1 CalfHQ Renewal Kieran Buser
49 Buser Road
York, PA 17406York 3 1,031.6 Swine NA Renewal
LAND RECYCLING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
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.
1011 RT 6, 1011 Scranton-Carbondale Highway (Route 6), Dickson City, PA 18508, Dickson City Borough, Lackawanna County. Partner Engineering/PSG, 100 Deerfield Lane, Suite 200, Malvern, PA 19355, on behalf of Scranton Storage LLC, 55 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10006, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil was contaminated by a release of heating oil from an underground storage tank. Future use of the site will be nonresidential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Scranton Times on September 24, 2021.
Fred Shuler Inc., 206 Cary Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne County. United Environmental Services, P.O. Box 701, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, on behalf of David Shuler, 70 First Street, Harvey Lake, PA 18618, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil was contaminated by releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks. Future use of the site will be nonresidential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Citizen's Voice on September 17, 2021.
Roller Roost Sports Arena, 94 Westwood Road, Pottsville, PA 17901, Norwegian Township and Pottsville City, Schuylkill County. United Environmental Services, P.O. Box 701, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, on behalf of JLM Real Estate Investments LLC, 950 East Main Street, Post Office Box 472, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater were contaminated by a release of heating oil from underground storage tanks. Future use of the site will be nonresidential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Republican-Herald on September 17, 2021.
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
R. H. Sheppard Facility, 101 Philadelphia Street and 400 Pine Street, Hanover, PA 17331, Borough of Hanover, York County. Arcadis U.S., Inc., 10 Friends Lane, Suite 100, Newtown, PA 18940, on behalf of WABCO North America, 1911 Lee Boulevard, North Mankato, MN 56003, and RH Sheppard, 101 Philadelphia Street, Hanover, PA 17331, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil and groundwater contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, chlorinated solvents and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The site will be remediated to the site-specific and residential Statewide health standards. Future use of the site will be zoned commercial and will remain nonresidential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Evening Sun on August 15, 2021.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Application(s) for Determination of Applicability Administratively Complete Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904); and Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and/or the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste Other Than Coal Ash.
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
General Permit Application No. WMGR123SW054. Range Resources Appalachia, LLC, 3000 Town Center Boulevard, Canonsburg, PA 15317. An application for coverage under General Permit No. WMGR123 for the processing, transfer and beneficial use of oil and gas liquid waste to develop or hydraulically fracture an oil or gas well at the Donegal 30 Tank Pad facility, located at 106 Grimes Road, Claysville in Donegal Township, Washington County, was accepted as administratively complete in the Southwest Regional Office on September 29, 2021.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to the Southwest Regional Office Resource Account at RA-EP-EXTUPLSWRO@pa.gov. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Southwest Regional Office, 412-442-4000. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice.
General Permit Application No. WMGR123SW055. Range Resources Appalachia, LLC, 3000 Town Center Boulevard, Canonsburg, PA 15317. An application for coverage under General Permit No. WMGR123 for the processing, transfer and beneficial use of oil and gas liquid waste to develop or hydraulically fracture an oil or gas well at the Rastetter Tank Pad facility, located at 1466 Toll Gate Road, West Alexander in Donegal Township, Washington County, was accepted as administratively complete in the Southwest Regional Office on September 24, 2021.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to the Southwest Regional Office Resource Account at RA-EP-EXTUPLSWRO@pa.gov. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Southwest Regional Office, 412-442-4000. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice.
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.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Norman Frederick, Facility Permitting Chief. (570) 826-2409.
35-00023: United Gilsonite Lab/Dunmore (1396 Jefferson Avenue, Dunmore, PA 18509) for the operation of sources at their facility located in Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County. This is a renewal State-Only Operating Permit. The State-Only Operating Permit includes emission limits, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within applicable air quality requirements.
58-00021: Xpress Natural Gas, LLC (300 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810) for the operation of sources at their facility located in Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna County. This is a renewal State-Only Operating Permit. The State-Only Operating Permit includes emission limits, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within applicable air quality requirements.
39-00024: GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (2409 N Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104) for the operation of sources at their facility located in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. This is a renewal State-Only Operating Permit. The State-Only Operating Permit includes emission limits, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within applicable air quality requirements.
40-00028: Dupont Terminals—DE LLC, Dupont Terminals (P.O. Box 2621, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2621). The Department intends to issue a renewal State-Only (Synthetic) Minor Operating Permit for the Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals facility in Pittston Township, Luzerne County. The sources consist of gasoline and distillate storage tanks, one (1) Truck Loading Rack, and an emergency generator. The control devices consist of two (2) Vapor Recovery Units (VRU's). The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP), and VOC's. The proposed operating permit contains applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
40-00029: Dupont Terminals—DE, Dupont East Terminal/Pittston (P.O. Box 2621, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2621). The Department intends to issue a renewal State-Only (Synthetic) Minor Operating Permit for the Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals facility in Pittston Township, Luzerne County. The sources consist of gasoline and distillate storage tanks and one (1) Truck Loading Rack. The control device consists of one (1) Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU). The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP), and VOC's. The proposed operating permit contains applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
40-00033: ZENITH Energy Terminal PA Holdings/Dupont Terminal (3900 Essex Lane, Suite 700, Houston, TX 77027). The Department intends to issue a renewal State-Only (Synthetic) Minor Operating Permit for the Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals facility in Pittston Township, Luzerne County. The sources consist of gasoline and distillate storage tanks, and one (1) Truck Loading Rack. The control device consists of one (1) Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU). The sources are considered minor emission sources of nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP) and VOC's. The proposed operating permit contains applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
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.
36-05153: Pierson Rheems LLC (5 Heisey Quarry Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022) to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the stone quarry located in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County. The potential emissions from the facility are estimated at NOx 10.86 tpy, CO 2.30 tpy, SOx 0.72 tpy, PM 32.42 tpy, PM10 12.70 tpy and TOC 0.87 tpy. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOO—Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants and 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart ZZZZ—National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-00300: North American Forgemasters (710 Moravia St, New Castle, PA 16101). The Department intends to issue a renewal State Only Operating Permit for the facility located in New Castle City, Lawrence County. The facility is a Natural Minor. The primary sources at the facility are 6 forge furnaces, 2 slow cooling furnaces, 2 press forge furnaces, a temper furnace, hand scarfing, an emergency generator and an immersion degreaser. The emergency generator is subject to 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII—Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines. The conditions of Plan Approval 37-300B were incorporated into this permit. The renewal permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, and work practice requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act. The facility potential emissions are: 7.62 TPY; 65.95 TPY; 5.51 TPY; 0.65 TPY; and, 84.06 TPY for PM10, NOx, VOC, SOx, and CO, respectively.
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.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
Permit No. 17814000. Rob Holland Enterprises, 52 Holland Lane, Curwensville, PA 16833, revision of permit for land use change from Forestland to Unmanaged Natural Habitat for an existing coal surface mine located in Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 23.8 acres. Receiving stream(s): Irish Run and Unnamed Tributaries to Irish Run classified for the following use(s): CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 27, 2021.
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).
NPDES No. PA0115789 (Mining Permit No. 4774SM4). Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania LLC, 7660 Imperial Way, Allentown, PA 18195, renewal of an NPDES permit for a large noncoal mining site located in Fairfield Township and Montoursville Borough, Lycoming County affecting 950.1 acres. Receiving stream(s): Bennetts Run, Tules Run and West Branch Susquehanna River classified for the following use(s): WWF, MF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 23, 2021.
New Stanton District Office: P.O. Box 133, New Stanton, PA 15672, (724) 925-5500, (Contact: Tracy Norbert).
Permit No. 02010301 and NPDES No. PA0202916. Glen-Gery Corporation, 1166 Spring Street, Wyomissing, PA 19610-6001. Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Redland Brick, Inc. for continued operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface mining site located in Harmar Township, Allegheny County, affecting 48.0 acres. Receiving streams: Deer Creek, classified for the following use(s): CWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Transfer application received: September 28, 2021.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
NPDES Permit No. PA0612243. Naceville Materials, 350 South Main Street, Suite 207, Doylestown, PA 18901, renewal of an NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation on Surface Mining Permit No. 09120301C in Hilltown Township, Bucks County affecting 128.5 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to North Branch Neshaminy Creek, classified for the following use: trout stocking fishes. Application received: September 24, 2021.
NPDES Permit No. PAD760001. Robert Mackrell, 710 Justus Boulevard, Scott Township, PA 18411, new NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation on Small Noncoal Permit No. 64120802C in Buckingham Township, Wayne County affecting 6.7 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Equinunk Creek, Classified for the following uses: cold water and migratory fishes. Application received: September 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. PA0092631 (Mining Permit No. 32841602), Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, renewal of a NPDES and mining activity permit for the Clymer Tipple Preparation Plant in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, affecting 47.6 acres. Receiving streams: Dixon Run and UNT 44302 to Dixon Run, both classified for the following use: CWF. Kiski-Conemaugh TMDL. The application was considered administratively complete on December 30, 2020. Application received on August 19, 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.
Outfall 001 discharges to: Dixon Run
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 (Lat: 40° 41` 06" Long: 79° 00` 44") are:
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum Flow (mgd) - - Report - pH (s.u.) 6.0
Min- - 9.0
MaxSpecific Conductivity (µmhos/cm) - - - Report Temperature (0C) - - - Report Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) - 35.0 70.0 90.0 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) - - - Report Osmotic Pressure (mOsm/kg) - - - Report Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Acidity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Net Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) 0.0 - - - Iron (mg/l) - 1.5 3.0 3.8 Aluminum (mg/l) - 0.75 1.5 1.8 Manganese (mg/l) - 1.0 2.0 2.5 Sulfate (mg/l) - - - Report Chlorides (mg/l) - - - Report Outfall 002 discharges to: Unnamed Tributary 44302 to Dixon Run
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 002 (Lat: 40° 41` 01" Long: 79° 00` 42") are:
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum Flow (mgd) - - Report - pH (s.u.) 6.0
Min- - 9.0
MaxSpecific Conductivity (µmhos/cm) - - - Report Temperature (0C) - - - Report Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) - 35.0 70.0 90.0 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) - - - Report Osmotic Pressure (mOsm/kg) - - - Report Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Acidity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Net Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) 0.0 - - - Iron (mg/l) - 1.5 3.0 3.8 Aluminum (mg/l) - 0.75 1.5 1.8 Manganese (mg/l) - 1.0 2.0 2.5 Sulfate (mg/l) - - - Report Chlorides (mg/l) - - - Report Outfall 003 discharges to: Dixon Run
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 003 (Lat: 40° 41` 11" Long: 79° 00` 37") are:
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum Flow (mgd) - - Report - pH (s.u.) 6.0
Min- - 9.0
MaxSpecific Conductivity (µmhos/cm) - - - Report Temperature (0C) - - - Report Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) - 35.0 70.0 90.0 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) - - - Report Osmotic Pressure (mOsm/kg) - - - Report Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Acidity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) - - - Report Net Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) (mg/l) 0.0 - - - Iron (mg/l) - 1.5 3.0 3.8 Aluminum (mg/l) - 0.75 0.75 - Manganese (mg/l) - 1.0 2.0 2.5 Sulfate (mg/l) - - - Report Chlorides (mg/l) - - - Report NPDES No. PA0214761 (Mining Permit No. 56841605), Croner, Inc., 1576 Stoystown Road, P.O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541. Renewal of an NPDES permit for the Goodtown Preparation Plant in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 6.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributary 39112 to Buffalo Creek, classified for the following use(s): cold water fishes. This receiving stream is included in the Buffalo Creek TMDL. Application received: March 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 outfall discharges to unnamed tributary 39112 to Buffalo Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 003 N TFO The proposed effluent limits for the outfall 003 (Lat: 39° 53` 21" Long: -78° 58` 45") are as follows:
Outfalls: (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 0.75 0.75 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Flow (mgd) Report Sulfates (mg/l) Report 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.
NPDES No. PA0614181 (Mining Permit No. 60840401), New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 3912 Brumbaugh Road, New Enterprise, PA 16664, modification of an NPDES permit for noncoal surface mine in Buffalo Township, Union County, affecting 324.9 acres. Receiving stream: Buffalo Creek, classified for the following use(s): TSF, MF. Application received: May 3, 2021.
The NPDES permit is being modified to add the following outfalls listed as follows which discharge to Buffalo Creek or which are non-discharging but are located within the Buffalo Creek watershed:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 010 Y Sedimentation Pond J 011 Y Sedimentation Trap Y (non-discharging) The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: 010 (Dry Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 25.0 45.0 60.0 Flow (gpm) Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units.
Outfalls: 010 (≤10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Total Settleable Solids (mL/L) N/A N/A 0.5 Flow (gpm) Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times.
Outfalls: 010 (>10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event) pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2522, (570) 621.3118.
NPDES Permit No. PA0224693. H & K Group, Inc., P.O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Rd, Skippack, PA 19474, modification of the NPDES Permit on Surface Mining Permit No. 64080301 in Palmyra Township, Wayne County affecting 79.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Lake Wallenpaupack to Wallenpaupack Creek, classified for the following use: HQ—warm water fish. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Easton Area Water System. The Department has made a tentative determination to impose the following effluent limitations. Application received: September 9, 2020.
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) Type 002 N TFO
Outfalls: 30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pH (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Turbidity (NTU) 40.0 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Acidity (mg/L) Report Alkalinity (mg/L) Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) Report Flow (MGD) 0.5
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department 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)).
Southeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Telephone 484.250.5160, E-mail: ra-epww-sero@pa.gov.
E0901221-006, Pennridge School District, 1200 North 5th Street, Perkasie, PA 18944, East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To perform the following listed water obstruction and encroachment activities associated with the Pennridge Middle School & High School Campus (Pennridge School District—New Parking and Practice Field Project) for the Pennridge School District. The proposed project involves the construction of a new practice field, new parking lot, and addition and modification of several stormwater management facilities near a UNT to the East Branch of the Perkiomen (TSF, MF). The project proposes approximately 1,595 square feet of permanent wetland impacts and no floodway, floodplain, or waterway impacts.
The site is approximately located 1200 North Fifth Street in Perkasie, PA (Quakertown, PA Lat: 40° 23` 21"; Long: -75° 16` 27") in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County.
Northeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Gillian Ostrum, Clerk Typist 2, 570-830-3077.
E4002221-017, Lou and Rebecca Blaum, 653 Lakeside Drive, Harveys Lake, PA 18618, in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 264 ft2, pile-supported dock addition within the normal pool elevation of Harveys Lake (HQ-CWF, MF). The project is located at Pole # 62, approximately 0.04 mile southwest of the intersection of Lakeside Drive (S.R. 415) and Emily Lane (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41° 21` 47"; Longitude: -76° 2` 8.64") in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County. (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41° 22` 14"; Longitude: -76° 2` 22"). Latitude: 41° 26` 42"; Longitude: -75° 34' 19").
E4002221-018, Rich Rome, 969 Lakeside Drive, Harveys Lake, PA 18618, in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a 700 ft2, pile-supported dock and an 1,893 ft2, pile-supported boathouse within the normal pool elevation of Harveys Lake (HQ-CWF, MF). The project is located at 969 Lakeside Drive, approximately 0.2 mile southwest of the intersection of Lakeside Drive (S.R. 415) and Carrie Street (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41° 22` 38"; Longitude: -76° 1` 38") in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County. (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41° 22` 38"; Longitude: -76° 1` 38").
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
E6004221-003, Douglas W. Reed, 6906 Buffalo Road, Mifflinburg, PA 17844, Septic System Replacement, Buffalo Township, Union County, Baltimore ACOE (Mifflinburg, PA Quadrangle N: 40° 57` 39.48"; W: -77° 01` 12.17").
The landowner is proposing to replace a residential septic system which requires a utility crossing over a tributary to Rapid Run. The house was built in 1962 and the septic system needs replaced. The Sewage Enforcement Officer (SEO) approved the design which requires a new tank to be installed near the house for solids and a sand mound for effluent which is sited at the edge of the property near Buffalo Road. The connecting pipeline must cross Tributary 19005 to connect the tank and sand mound. The tributary and Rapid Run are listed in the 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93 designation as Exceptional Value (EV) and supporting Migratory Fish (MF). The project is planned for the Autumn of 2021.
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