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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (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 any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and are available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
MINOR AMENDMENT
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17)
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Application No. Minor Amendment.
Applicant City of Allentown Township or Borough South Whitehall Township
Lehigh CountyResponsible Official Joseph McMahon
Manager of Operations
435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
(610) 437-7643Type of Facility Community Water System Consulting Engineer David A. Brinjac, P. E.
Brinjac Engineering, Inc.
114 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 233-4502Application Received Date August 25, 2003 Description of Action The application seeks approval for installation of an onsite sodium hypochlorite generation system at its Huckleberry Ridge Reservoir site to boost the chlorine residual of finished water.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of this Commonwealth
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WA 39-272C, Water Allocations, Northampton Borough Municipal Authority (NBMA), 1 Clear Springs Drive, P. O. Box 156, Northampton, PA 18067-0156, Northampton Borough, Lehigh County. NBMA is requesting the right to increase their current water allocation withdrawal from 6.0 MGD to 8.0 MGD. This maximum peak day withdrawal will be from existing intakes on the Lehigh River and Spring Creek in Whitehall Township. The combined withdrawal from both sources shall also not exceed 8.0 MGD.
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 Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. 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 Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, 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 Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a Site-Specific Standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department regional office after 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. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Holland Shopping Center, Northampton Township, Bucks County. Keith T. D'Ambrosio, P. E., Whitestone Associates, Inc., 1120 Welsh Rd., Suite 200, North Wales, PA 19454, on behalf of Wawa, Inc., 260 Baltimore Pike, Wawa, PA 19063, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with fuel oil no. 2 and groundwater contaminated with fuel oil no. 2 and MTBE. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Advance of Bucks County on August 14, 2003.
Lincoln Avenue and Penn Street Site, Newtown Borough, Bucks County. Christopher Orzechowski, P. G., RT Environmental Services, Inc., 215 W. Church Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with PAH. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bucks County Courier on September 26, 2003.
Maple Glen Shopping Center Site, Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County. Keith T. D'Ambrosio, P. E., Whitestone Associates, Inc., 1120 Welsh Rd., Suite 200, North Wales, PA 19454, on behalf of Safeway, Inc., 5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd., Pleasanton, CA 94588-3229, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Ambler Gazette on September 10, 2003.
Former Abrams Metals Company, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Paul Martino, P. G, Pennoni Associates, Inc., One Drexel Plaza, 3001 Market St., Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2897, has submitted a re-vised Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with inorganics, PAH and PCB; and groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents and unleaded gasoline. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Daily News on September 23, 2003.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Department of Environmental Protection (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 public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of the applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the regional office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a proposed plan approval or operating permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the Plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act (act) and regulations adopted under the act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
54-313-073D: Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (357 Marian Avenue, Tamaqua, PA 18252) for modification of the nitrogen tri-fluoride process at their Hometown Plant facility in Rush Township, Schuylkill County.
40-320-022: Offset Paperback Manufacturers Inc. (P. O. Box N, 101 Memorial Highway, Dallas, PA 18612) for construction of a nonheat-set/sheet-fed printing press at their facility in Dallas Borough, Luzerne County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
26-00488C: Laurel Aggregates, Inc. (P. O. Box 1209, Morgantown, WV 26507) for modification to increase the maximum allowable tonnage to be produced from 1 million TPY to 3 million TPY at Lake Lynn Quarry in Springhill Township, Fayette County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-290B: Industrial Concerns, Inc. (526 South Jefferson Street, New Castle, PA 16101) for plan approval to construct a dust collection system to capture particulate emissions from scrap metal operations in the City of New Castle, Lawrence County.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
15-0114: Action Manufacturing Co. (500 Bailey Crossroads Road, Atglen, PA 19310) for authorization to construct a thermal treatment unit with a cyclone, baghouse and ultra-high particulate absolute filter, as described in the applicant's application of March 3, 2003, in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County. Notice is given under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.424(b) and 40 CFR 124.10 and Part 270 that the Department intends to issue a Plan Approval to Action Manufacturing Company, 100 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134 for the company's plant at 500 Bailey Crossroads Road, West Fallowfield Township, Chester County. Action Manufacturing manufactures military ordinance and timing devices. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the company's State-only Operating Permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
The Plan Approval only authorizes Action Manufacturing to conduct a test burn and stack tests. The Plan Approval does not authorize the operation after the completion of the test burn and stack tests. Action Manufacturing is required, as a condition of the Plan Approval, to apply to the Department to amend the Plan Approval to allow the continued operation of the thermal treatment unit once the Department has approved the results of the test burn.
Based on the information provided by the applicant and the Department's own analysis, the thermal treatment unit will emit a total of 0.015 grain of particulate matter per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust, 4.3 grams of lead per hour and 0.17 gram of hexavalent chromium per hour.
The Plan Approval will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation are available for public inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the following address. To make an appointment, contact Records Management at (610) 832-6268.
Persons wishing to provide the Department with additional information they believe should be considered may submit the information to the following address. Comments must be received by the Department within 45 days of the last day of publication. Written comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments, identification of proposed Plan Approval No. PA-15-0114 and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or any objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted on the comments received during the public comment period. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Francine Carlini, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
46-0005X: Merck and Company, Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486) for installation of a 375-kW natural gas-fired emergency generator at their West Point complex in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. This facility is a Title V facility. To minimize emissions of NOx, CO and VOCs, the emergency generator will be equipped with after-cooler, turbocharger, air/fuel monitor system and a nonselective catalytic reduction system. Emissions of criteria pollutants will be less than 1 ton per year each. The emergency generator will be restricted to an operation of 100 hours per 12-month rolling period. The Plan Approval will contain monitoring, recordkeeping and further operating requirements designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
15-0078A: Centocor, Inc. (200 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355) for installation of a 2 mW electric generator at their Centocor pharmaceutical research and development/manufacturing/biotechnological facility at 90 Great Valley Parkway, East Whiteland Township, Chester County. The installation of the electric generator will result in the emissions of 4.45 tons per year of NOx, 0.49 ton per year of CO, 0.2 ton per year of VOCs, 0.76 ton per year of SOx, 0.08 ton per year of PM and 0.004 ton per year of HAPs. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
15-0027F: Johnson Matthey--CSDNA (456 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA 19087) for installation of two dust collectors, at their facility in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County. This is a Title V facility. The Plan Approval will subsequently be incorporated into the company's Title V Operating permit through an administrative amendment in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450. The Plan Approval will include recordkeeping, operating and testing conditions to keep the facility operating within the allowable emission limits and all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark J. Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-00004: Essroc Cement Corp. (3251 Bath Pike, Nazareth, PA 18064) for minor modification to the Title V Operating Permit issued to cement plants 1 and 2 in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County.
48-00007: Essroc Cement Corp. (3251 Bath Pike, Nazareth, PA 18064) for minor modification to the Title V Operating Permit issued to cement plant 3 in Nazareth Borough, Northampton County.
40-310-054: Northampton Fuel Supply Company, Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 13, Bethesda, MD 20814) for construction of a coal refuse wet processing plant at the Huber Bank facility in Hanover Township, Luzerne County. The plant will have a rated capacity of 150 tons/hour of material. The plant will not process more than 495,000 tons of material per year. The plant will have spray bars to control fugitive emissions. The facility is subject to NSPS Part 60, Subpart Y. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-03029B: Yuasa Battery, Inc. (2901 Montrose Avenue, Reading, PA 19605) for modification of a lead/acid storage battery assembly line controlled by a fabric collector in the Borough of Laureldale, Berks County. The source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. The facility is a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The potential increase in emissions is less than 1 ton per year of particulate. The plan approval will include monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
22-03041B: Librandi's Machine Shop, Inc. (93 Airport Drive HIA, Middletown, PA 17057) for construction of an electroplating line in Middletown Borough, Dauphin County. The primary emission from the source is approximately 11 pounds per year of chromium. The decorative chromium electroplating operation is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart N--National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks. The source is controlled by chemical fume suppressant containing a wetting agent to keep the surface tension of the electroplating bath at less than 45 dynes per centimeter to meet the requirements of Subpart N.
36-05071A: Valley Proteins, Inc. (693 Wide Hollow Road, East Earl, PA 17519) to replace their existing scrubbers and add one new scrubber at their facility in East Earl Township, Lancaster County. This rendering facility is a Title V facility. This facility's emissions will not increase with the new scrubbers. Reduced odor emission will result from the increased size of the new scrubbers. This plan approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the sources operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-03122: Key Plastics, LLC (3350 Farmtrail Road, York, PA 17402) for installation of two automated paint lines controlled by dry filters in Manchester Township, York County. Potential emissions for a single HAP are estimated to increase by around 11.8 tons annually. The plan approval will include emission limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-05008A: York International Corp. (P. O. Box 1592, York, PA 17405-1592) to modify a rough casting blasting operation at their facility in Spring Grove Borough, York County. This refrigeration and heating equipment manufacturing facility is a Title V facility. The proposed modification will include redirecting the associated process emissions into an already existing building no. 15 shot blast operation dust collector while removing the rough casting blasting operation's original dust collector from service. Potential emissions of PM are not expected to increase as a result of the modification.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
15-00005: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (201 Carter Drive, Suite 100, West Chester, PA 19383) for renewal of their Title V Operating Permit in West Chester Borough, Chester County. The initial permit was issued on June 2, 1998. The facility is a university campus that operates boilers and emergency generators. As a result of the potential emissions of NOx and SOx, the facility is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D of the Clean Air Act Amendments and is therefore subject to the Title V permitting requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G. The proposed Title V Operating Renewal does not reflect any change in air emissions from the facility. The facility is not subject to Compliance Assurance Monitoring under 40 CFR Part 64. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting. The changes in this permit are considered minor and will not result in an increase of emissions.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark J. Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-00016: Lehigh University (461 Webster Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015-1755) for six steam heating boilers in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1999.
58-00001: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., LP (9 Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046) for a natural gas pipeline compressor station in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1998.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-05020: Exelon Generation Co. (1848 Lay Road, Delta, PA 17314) for the operation of their electric generating facility at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Peach Bottom Township, York County. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1999. This facility is a Title V facility due to its potential to emit NOx and SOx from two boilers and four emergency diesel powdered electric generators. The Title V operating permit contains monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-0512.
19-00022: Berwick Area School District (500 Line Street, Berwick, PA 16803) for a State-only operating permit for their junior-senior high school facility in Berwick Borough, Columbia County. The facility's sources include three natural gas fired boilers. The facility has the potential to emit NOx, SOx, CO, PM-PM10, VOCs and HAPs below Title V emission thresholds. The proposed State-only operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are also included.
60-00014: Evangelical Community Hospital (One Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837) for their facility in Kelly Township, Union County. The facility's main sources include three steam-generated boilers, three emergency generators, one fire pump engine, two chillers, one warehouse furnace and two storage tanks. These sources have the potential to emit PM/PM10, NOx, SOx, HAPs and CO below the major emission thresholds. The proposed State-only operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are also included.
59-00019: Metalkraft Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 606, Wellsboro, PA 16901), for their plant in Charleston Township, Tioga County. The facility's main sources include six metal powder sintering furnaces, three endothermic gas generators, one dissociated ammonia generator and one solvent parts washer. The facility has the potential to emit major quantities of PM10. The facility has taken synthetic minor restrictions to limit its production throughput and use of metal powder lubricants to keep its PM10 emissions below the Title V threshold. The facility has the potential to emit NOx, CO, SOx, VOCs and HAPs below the major emission thresholds. The proposed State-only operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are also included.
49-00054: Meckley's Limestone Products, Inc. (R. D. 1 Box 1682, Herndon, PA 17830) for their facility in Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County. The facility is a manufacturer of crushed limestone and hot mix asphalt for road and paving construction. The facility's main sources include stone crushing, sizing and conveying equipment; two aggregate dryers; hot mix asphalt plant; and five storage tanks. The facility has taken synthetic minor restrictions to limit SOx and CO emissions below the major emission thresholds. The facility has the potential to emit PM/PM10, NOx, VOCs and HAPs below the major emission thresholds. The proposed State-only operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are also included.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
30-00143: Dana Mining Co. of PA, Inc. (P. O. Box 1209, Morgantown, WV 26507) for operation of a bituminous coal mining plant in Dunkard Township, Greene County.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); and The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the 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 (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated before an application. Where a 401 Water Quality Certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for certification.
Written comments, objections or requests for informal conferences on applications 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 same address 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.
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations as identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. In addition to the previous, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit, when necessary, for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies who have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30 day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person 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 must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
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 applied to: (1) 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 (2) 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 Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, California Technology Park, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
30841314. NPDES Permit No. PA0215368, Dana Mining Company of PA, Inc. (P. O. Box 1209, Morgantown, PA 26507), to renew the permit for the Titus Mine in Dunkard Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 18, 2003.
17921604. NPDES Permit No. PA0214167, Waroquier Coal Company (P. O. Box 128, R. D. 4, Washington Avenue, Clearfield, PA 16830), to renew the permit for the Trucking Tipple in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County and related NPDES permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 21, 2003.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56980109. Mountaineer Mining Corporation, 1010 Garrett Shortcut Road, Berlin, PA 15530, permit renewal/revision for continued operation of a bituminous surface mine and to add 2.4 acres to the permit boundary to remove coal from beneath T-864. Total SMP acres goes from 33.1 acres to 35.5 acres in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Hays Run and unnamed tributaries to/and Buffalo Creek (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 24, 2003.
11980102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0234753. E. P. Bender Coal Company, Inc., P. O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722, permit renewal for continued operation of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Reade Township, Cambria County, affecting 240.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Fallentimber Run and Fallentimber Run (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 25, 2003.
56673058 and NPDES Permit No. PA0606227. Windber High Standard Coal Company, 1210 Graham Avenue, Windber, PA 15963, permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Paint Township, Somerset County, affecting 553.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Spruce Creek; unnamed tributaries to Paint Creek, unnamed tributary to Weaver Run (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 24, 2003.
56920111 and NPDES Permit No. PA0212245. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface, auger, coal refuse reprocessing, coal refuse disposal and coal preparation/processing facility mine in Jenner Township, Somerset County, affecting 80.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Quemahoning Creek (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Quemahoning Surface Water Withdrawal. Application received September 23, 2003.
32930104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0212598. P & N Coal Company, Inc., P. O. Box 332, Punxsutawney, PA 15767, permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in East Mahoning Township, Indiana County, affecting 326.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries of Rayne Run, Rayne Run and Dixon Run (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 24, 2003.
56980108 and NPDES Permit No. PA0234915. Fieg Brothers, 3070 Stoystown Road, Stoystown, PA 15563, permit renewal for continued operation of a bituminous surface mine in Milford Township, Somerset County, affecting 160.7 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Coxes Creek (WWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 26, 2003.
11990103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0235091. Paul F. Becker Coal Company, 1593 Old Route 22, Duncansville, PA 16635, permit revision for a road variance to conduct surface mining activities within the 100-foot road barrier of a portion of SR 0036 in Elder Township, Cambria County, affecting 21.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Brubaker Run (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 30, 2003.
56910201 and NPDES Permit No. PA0599271. AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC, One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650, permit renewal for continued operation of a bituminous surface mine (coal refuse reprocessing) in Paint Township, Somerset County, affecting 31.0 acres. Receiving streams: Paint Creek (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received October 1, 2003.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits--The following noncoal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation 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.
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
08030807. Robert E. Harkness, R. R. 2, Box 233A, Towanda, PA 18848. Commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (flagstone) permit in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County affecting 3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary, tributary to King Creek. Application received September 3, 2003.
08030808. Casselbrick Flagstone, R. R. 1, Box 101, Sayre, PA 18840. Commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (bluestone) permit in Herrick Township, Bradford County affecting 3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Camp's Creek. Application received September 3, 2003.
08030809. Carolyn L. Wheaton, R. R. 3, Box 3276, Laceyville, PA 18623. Commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (bluestone) permit in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County affecting 3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary, tributary to Tuscarora Creek. Application received September 5, 2003.
18030802. Sam W. Probst Excavation, Inc., 124 Probst Lane, Lock Haven, PA 17745. Commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial minerals (topsoil) permit in Dunnstable Township, Clinton County affecting 5 acres. Receiving streams: Susquehanna River, tributary to Chesapeake Bay. Application received September 10, 2003.
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 (Department). 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 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the office noted before 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. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend a hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
E39-335. Bruce J. and Tammi A. Yocum, 1101 West Tioga Street, Allentown, PA 18103 in Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To place fill within a de minimis area of PSS wetlands equal to 0.03 acre and to construct and maintain a single-span bridge having a span of 55 feet 4 inches and an underclearance of approximately 2.9 feet across Jordan Creek (CWF). The project is on the north side of SR 4007 approximately 0.3 mile southwest of the intersection with T-593 (Slatedale, PA Quadrangle N: 2.8 inches; W: 2.0 inches).
E58-248. Jens C. Sorensen, R. R. 1, Box 1151, Nicholson, PA 18446 in Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To excavate within approximately 5.03 acres of PEM/SS Wetlands within a 20.43-acre wetland complex in the drainage basin of Tunkhannock Creek (CWF), for the purpose of creating open water habitat. The project will result in the removal of approximately 72,000 cubic yards of peat. The project is approximately 0.5 mile west of the intersection of SR 2016 and T-463, at a site once known as Mountain View Airport (Lenoxville, PA Quadrangle N: 8.0 inches; W: 10.0 inches).
E64-244. Frank and Lynda Marks, R. R. 1, Box 205, Damascus, PA 18415 in Damascus Township, Wayne County, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain two road crossings of tributaries to Hollister Creek (HQ-CWF) for the purpose of constructing a private residential driveway. The crossings will consist of: (1) a single-span steel I-beam bridge, having a span of approximately 26 feet and an underclearance of approximately 2.5 feet; and (2) a 15-inch culvert with its invert depressed 6 inches below streambed elevation. The project is approximately 300 feet north of T-561 (Boyce Road), approximately 0.9 mile southwest of the intersection of T-561 and SR 1016 (Callicoon, NY-PA Quadrangle N: 0.5 inch; W: 15.4 inches).
E54-309. Schuylkill Valley Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 314, Mary-D, PA 17952 in Blythe and Schuylkill Townships and New Philadelphia and Middleport Boroughs, Schuylkill County, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing four-span bridge and to construct and maintain a concrete spread box beam bridge having a single span of 80.0 feet and an average underclearance of 5.5 feet across the Schuylkill River (CWF). The project also includes 31 utility line stream crossings in the Schuylkill River, tributaries thereof and wetlands and a sewer treatment plant and stormwater outfall structure in the Schuylkill River. This work is associated with the Schuylkill Valley Wastewater Treatment Facility and the sewage collection and conveyance system. The project is generally along SR 0209 between Cumbola and Tuscarora (Pottsville, PA Quadrangle N: 15.0 inches; W: 3.0 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E07-375: Department of Transportation, District 9-0, 1620 North Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 in Frankstown Township, Blair County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove the existing structure and then to construct and maintain a new bridge with a single clear span of 36.22 feet on an 80 degree skew with an underclearance of 5.65 feet on SR 1011, Section 002, Segment 0110, Offset 0000 over Canoe Creek (HQ-CWF) about 2.5 miles upstream of the Canoe Creek Dam and to fill in 0.007 acre of de minimis wetland (Bellwood, PA Quadrangle N: 1.9 inches; W: 1.85 inches) in Frankstown Township, Blair County. The wetland impact is considered a de minimis impact; therefore, mitigation is not required.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D20-073EA. Conneaut Lake and French Creek Valley Conservancy, P. O. Box 434, Meadville, PA 16335. Vernon Township, Crawford County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
Project proposes to breach and remove Cussewago Creek Dam across Cussewago Creek (WWF), to eliminate a public safety hazard and restore the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is approximately 1,000 feet north of the intersection of Dunham Road (SR 2038) and SR 102 (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N: 3.9 inches; W: 5.9 inches).
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, Floor 3, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554.
D22-104. King Drive Corporation, 4503 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110. To operate and maintain Felicita Dam--Pond No. 4 (Harrisburg East, PA Quadrangle N: 21.70 inches; E: 4.10 inches) in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County.
D22-105. King Drive Corporation, 4503 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110. To operate and maintain Felicita Dam--Pond No. 6 (Harrisburg East, PA Quadrangle N: 22.20 inches; E: 3.65 inches) in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County.
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