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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17), 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
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Permit No.1505501, Public Water Supply
Applicant Avonwheel Estate Mobile Home Park Township London Grove County Chester Responsible Official John D. Haldaway Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Ruby Engineering Application Received Date January 3, 2005 Description of Action Installation of a granulated activated carbon filtration system for VOC reduction. Permit No.0905501, Public Water Supply
Applicant Newtown Artesian Water Company Borough Newtown County Bucks Responsible Official William H McCormick Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Gannett Fleming, Inc. Application Received Date January 3, 2005 Description of Action Permitting of a new drilled Well (No. 4) for replacement of existing Well No. 4. Permit No. 0905502, Public Water Supply
Applicant Borough of Sellersville Township West Rockhill County Bucks Responsible Official Alan S. Frick Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer Cowan Associates, Inc. Application Received Date January 11, 2005 Description of Action Renovation of existing water filtration plant, including, replacement of filter underdrain system and media, flocculator, and finished water pump; modification in treatment chemicals, addition of turbidity analyzers lever sensors, and chlorine analyzer with SCADA system.
MINOR AMENDMENT
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
RESUBMITTAL Application No. 3281501-T1-A2, Minor Amendment.
Applicant Pennsylvania American Water Company, 800 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 Township or Borough White Township Responsible Official Scott Thomas, Operations Engineer Pennsylvania American Water Company, 800 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 Type of Facility Water storage tank Consulting Engineer Application Received Date October 18, 2004 Description of Action Repainting/rehabilitation of the Indiana Aldrich Unit No. 2
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
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Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of 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 before 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, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Lansdale Holding Group Assoc., L.P., Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County. Donald a. Coleman, PG, Penn Environmental & Remediation, Inc., 2755 Bergey Rd., Hatfield, PA 19440 on behalf of Peter Economou, Lansdale Holding Group Assoc., LP, 230 Windsor Ave., 1st Floor, Narberth, PA 19072 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site were impacted with other organics and chlorinated solvents. The primary contaminants include trichloroethene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)flouran- thene, benzo(g,H,I)perylene, chrysene and tetrachloroe- thane. The proposed future use of the property will be residential.
Harrah's Chester Downs Casino and Racetrack, City of Chester, Delaware County. Terrence J. McKenna, PE, Keating Env. Mgmt., Inc., 123 John Robert Thomas Dr., Exton, PA 19341 on behalf of J. Patrick Killian, Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware, 200 East State St., Suite 205, Media, PA 19063 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater at the site were impacted with chlorinated solvents, lead and inorganics. The intended future use of the property is a licensed harness racetrack and casino, including restaurant, grandstand and related facilities. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Daily News on December 24, 2004.
Proposed Rite Aid Store No. 2604, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Kenneth M. Yoder, PG, BL Companies, 830 Sir Thomas Court, Harrisburg, PA 17109 on behalf of Robert Lerner, Rite Aid Corporation, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Groundwater at the site was impacted with chlorinated solvents. The future site is to be non residential.
INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES
Applications received or withdrawn under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the act of July 13, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.
Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.
Renewal Applications Received
Pet Memorial Services Corp., 319 Westtown Road, Suite Q, West Chester, PA 19382. License No. PA-HC 0195. Received on December 17, 2004.
NYESC Acquisition Corp., 1281 Viele Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474. License No. PA-HC 0216. Received on December 29, 2004.
The Williamsport Hospital, 777 Rural Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701. License No. PA-HC0186. Received on January 6, 2005.
New Applications Received
Conservative Environmental Services, Inc., P. O. Box 745, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Received on January 12, 2005.
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.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717)-705-4702.
36-05008D. Tyson Foods, Inc (403 South Custer Avenue, New Holland, PA 17557) for construction of a vegetable oil poultry fryer controlled by a wet scrubber in Earl Township, Lancaster County.
38-03007A. Evans Eagle Burial Vaults, Inc. (15 Graybill Road, Leola, PA 17540) for construction of a human crematorium in Heidlesberg Township, Lebanon County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
11-00513A. Cambria Coke Co. (1111 Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919-4093) for construction of a heat recovery coke plant in Ebensburg, Cambria County.
11-00512A. EMF Development Corp. (365 Bassett Road, Hooversville, PA 15936) for installation of a multichamber specialty furnace designed to reclaim aluminum and copper metals at Bethlehem Steel Franklin Plant in Franklin Borough, Cambria County.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 823-7584.
AMS 04322. Sunoco, Inc.--R&M (93144 Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147) for modification of 1232 Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
23-0047D. Degussa Corp. (1200 West Front Street, Chester, PA 19013) for installation of the silica granulation line with the dust collector as a control device, at their Degussa silica manufacturing facility at 1200 West Front Street, City of Chester, Delaware County. The installation of the silica granulation line may result in the emissions of: 2.0 tons per year of Silicon Dioxide and 2.0 tons per year of Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometer or smaller. 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.
09-0180. White Engineering Surfaces Corp. (One Pheasant Run, Newtown, PA 18940) for installation of a Vapor Degreaser, that uses trichloroethylene (TCE) as a degreasing agent, at their White Engineering machine shop/parts manufacturing new facility at One Pheasant Run, Newtown Township, Bucks County. The installation of the vapor degreaser may result in the emissions of: 2.98 tons per year of TCE. TCE is a Volatile Organic Compound. TCE is a Hazardous Air Pollutant. 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.
46-0198I: Blommer Chocolate Co. (1101 Blommer Drive, East Greenville, Pa 18041) for installation of a diffusion filter collector system and modification to raise the VOC emissions limit of Line 3 Roaster from 8.22 TPY to 23.00 TPY, and for the two grinders (line 1 and line 3) from 5.7 to 13.8 TPY in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County. This facility is a Major for VOC. The Plan approval will contain recordkeeping and operating restriction designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
40-399-038C. Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (125 Crestwood Drive, Mountaintop, PA 18707) for installation and operation of air cleaning devices to control emissions from the FAB 8 production lines at their facility in Wright Township, Luzerne County. The company has proposed to installed up to 12 point of use scrubber, six burn box, and four coalescing filters to control emissions from the wafer manufacturing processes. All of these control equipment will be exhausted to the existing acid scrubber. Installation of these devices will reduce emissions from the plant. No emission increases are anticipated by this modification. The company will operate the facility and maintain the system in accordance with the good engineering practices to assure proper operation of the system. 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.
48-328-007. Green Knight Economic Development Corp. (P. O. Box 4, Pen Argyl, PA 18072) for modification to the operation of three identical turbines by the implementation of a maintenance plan at their Green Knight Energy Center in Plainfield Township, Northampton County. The maintenance plan is for the replacement of the combustor section of each turbine with an identical combustor section. The Plan Approval and Operating Permit will contain emission restrictions and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. The facility has a Title V Operating Permit Application No. 48-00071 currently under review. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-05005B. Eastern Industries, Inc. (4401 Camp Meeting Road, Suite 200, Center Valley, PA 180340) for construction of additional equipment at a non-metallic mineral crushing plant controlled by wet suppression in Oley Township, Berks County. The facility is a non-Title V (State only) facility. The equipment is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. The approval will include monitoring, testing, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 823-7584.
AMS 04315. Albert Einstein Medical Center (5501 York Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141) for installation of one 800 kW and one 600 kW diesel emergency generator in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The allowable NOx emission increase is 11.9 tons per year. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
AMS 04323. Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. (1905 East Fourth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015) for installation of a portable concrete crusher at PGW-Tioga Station, 3109 East Venango Street in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. NOx emissions permitted from the crusher during the operation is 8.6 tons. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
AMS 04324: Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. (1905 East Fourth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015) for installation of a portable concrete crusher at PGW-Passyunk Station, 2430 South 28th Street, in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. NOx emissions permitted from the crusher during the operation is 5.73 tons. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
07-05010: Small Tube Products Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 1674, Altoona, PA 16603) for a tubing fabrication operation in Allegheny Township, Blair County. The facility is a major source that primarily emits VOCs. The Title V operating permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of their Title V operating permit.
36-05081: Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (P. O. Box 4425, Lancaster, PA 17604) for landfill operations at their Frey Farm-Creswell landfill in Manor Township, Lancaster County. The facility is a major source that primarily emits Nonmethane Organic Compounds (NMOCs). The Title V oeprating permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of their Title V operating permit.
36-05082: Clark Filter (3649 Hempland Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) for a paper coating operation in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. The facility is a major source that primarily emits VOCs, and Hazardous Air Pollutants. The Title V operating permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements. This is a renewal of their Title V operating permit.
67-05016: R.H. Sheppard Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 877, Hanover, PA 17331) for operation of their ductile and gray iron foundry in Hanover Borough, York County. The facility has the following annual potential emissions: 86 tons CO, 47 tons VOC, 12 tons aggregate HAPs, 10 tons NOx, 6 tons PM10, 3 tons SOx. The Title V operating permit renewal will include emission restrictions, work practice standards, and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
11-00288: Johnstown America Corp.--Freight Car Division (17 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA 15901) Operating Permit renewal for their Franklin Plant in Franklin Borough, Cambria County. The facility's major sources of emissions include rail car painting operations, which emit major quantities of Individuals may make an appointment to review the Department of Environmental Protection files on this case by calling the File Review Coordinator at (717) 705-4732.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
09-00134: Reed Minerals--Division of Harsco Corp. (905 Steel Road, South, Fairless Hills, Falls Tiwnship Bucks, PA 19303) for a non-Title V Facility, State-Only, Natural Minor Operating Permit in Falls Township, Bucks County. The permit is for the operation of their coal slag drying, crushing and screening facility. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
07-05021: Albemarle Corp. (P. O. Box 216, 2 Adams Avenue, Tyrone, PA 16686) for their specialty chemical plant in Tyrone Borough, Blair County. Presently the facility has a potential to emit 16 tons/yr of VOC and 11 tons/yr of HAP. The State only operating permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, emission restrictions, and work practice standards designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
22-05050: Dauphin Meadows, Inc. (4300 Industrial Park Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011) for a facility wide State only operating permit to incorporate renewal of the Landfill's source only operating permit number 22-322-001A, at Washington Township, Dauphin County. The emission from the source is controlled by Enclosed Ground Flare. The source primarily emits VOCs, and it has a potential to emit approximately 26 tons of VOC annually. The Synthetic Minor operating permit will contain monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
28-03044: Tarco Roofing Materials, Inc. (8650 Molly Pitcher Highway North, Greencastle, PA 17225) for their asphalt saturated felt operations in Atrim Township, Franklin County. The facility is subject to the New Source Performance Standards, promulgated under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU--Standards of Performance for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture. The Natural Minor operating permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-03123: American Ash Recycling Corp. of PA (1072 Roosevelt Avenue, York, PA 17404) for operation of their ash recycling facility in West Manchester Township, York County. The Natural Minor operating permit will contain appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
41-00027: Muncy Valley Hospital (Susquehanna Health Systems, 1100 Grampian Boulevard, Williamsport, PA 17701) for operation of a hospital at 215 East Water Street in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County.
The hospital incorporates three natural gas/No. 2 fuel oil-fired boilers and three diesel fuel/No. 2 fuel oil-fired emergency generators. The air contaminant emissions from the hospital are not expected to exceed 10.60 tons of NOx, 27.89 tons of SOx, 4.93 tons of CO, .52 ton of VOCs and .32 ton of particulate matter (including particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 microns or less also known as PM10) per year.
The respective facility is not a major (Title V) facility for any air contaminant.
The Department of Environmental Protection proposes to incorporate into the operating permit to be issued a condition limiting the sulfur content of the No. 2 fuel oil and diesel fuel to be fired in the facility's boilers and generators to .5% by weight, a condition limiting the operation of the facility's generators to no more than 500 hours each per year and a condition requiring that records be maintained of the number of hours each generator is operated each month.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Eric Gustafson Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
42-00192: IA Construction Corp.--McKean Plant (7024 Highway 59, Lewis Run, PA 16738) for a Synthetic Minor Permit to operate a hot mix asphalt plant in Lafayette Township, McKean County. The significant sources are hot mix batch plant; fugitives from transfer points and propane storage tank 30,000 gallons. The facility has taken a restriction on production not exceeding 495,000 tons per year to qualify as a Synthetic Minor facility.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to 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 an 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 district mining office indicated before an 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.
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, 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 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 the requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the 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; the 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 pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 alkalinity greater than acidity1 1The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to (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, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-7100.
30841307. NPDES Permit No. PA0213438, Emerald Coal Resources, LP, (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to revise the permit for the Emerald Mine No. 1 in Franklin, Jefferson and Cumberland Townships, Greene County to add underground permit and subsidence control plan acres. Underground Acres Proposed 2392.0, SCP Acres Proposed 2392.9. No additional discharges. Application received October 26, 2004.
56971301. NPDES Permit No. PA0214973, RoxCOAL, Inc., (P. O. Box 149, Friedens, PA 15541), to transfer the permit for the Geronimo Mine in Jenner Township, Somerset County and related NPDES permit from GM & S Coal Corporation. No additional discharges. Application received December 16, 2004.
30831303. NPDES Permit No. PA0013511, Cumberland Coal Resources, LP, (158 Portal Road, P. O. Box 1020, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to revise the permit for the Cumberland Mine in Whiteley Township, Greene County for a stream and road variance for the No. 7 dewatering borehole. No additional discharges. Application received December 27, 2004.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
03000104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202746. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal application for reclamation only of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Valley and Kittanning Townships, Armstrong County, affecting 260.9 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Mill Run and Cowanshannock Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. The first potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Manor Township Water Authority. Renewal application received: January 10, 2005.
03940113 and NPDES Permit No. PA0201031. Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application for continued operation and reclamation of an existing bituminous surface mine, located in Washington Township, Armstrong County, affecting 68.7 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Huling Run, classified for the following use: TSF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Renewal application received: January 12, 2005.
26040103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250589. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 427, Acme, PA 15610-0427). Revision application to an existing bituminous surface mine for auger mining, located in German Township, Fayette County, affecting 201.4 acres. Receiving streams; UNTs to Cat's Run, classified for the following use: WWF. The first potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Masontown Water Works Revision application received: January 12, 2005.
03990105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202592. Seven Sisters Mining Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 300, U. S. Route 22, Delmont, PA 15626-0300). Application received to revise the permit for an existing bituminous surface/auger mining site located in South Bend and Burrell Townships, Armstrong County, affecting 206.2 acres, to change the postmining land use from forestland and pastureland/land occasionally cut for hay to unmanaged natural habitat in grass. Receiving streams: UNT to Fagley Run to Fagley Run, classified for the following use: WWFs. There is no potable water supply intake within ten miles downstream from the point of discharge. Revision application received: January 13, 2005.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232, (814) 797-1191.
33010103 and NPDES permit No. PA0241954. Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (5510 State Park Road, Penfield, PA 15849). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Winslow Township, Jefferson County affecting 103.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Sandy Lick Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: January 10, 2005.
33980109 and NPDES Permit No. PA0227897. MSM Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 243, DuBois, PA 15801). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Oliver Township, Jefferson County, affecting 52.0 acres. Receiving streams: UNTs to Beaver Run and Beaver Run, classified for the following uses: HQ CWF; and UNT to Little Sandy Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: January 12, 2005.
33950106 and NPDES Permit No. PA0227081. Falls Creek Energy Co., Inc. (R. D. 6, Box 231, Kittanning, PA 16201). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Perry Township, Jefferson County affecting 148.4 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Mahoning Creek, UNT to Sawmill Run; and Rose Run; classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Revision to add blasting to the permit. Application received: January 14, 2005.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
54850101R4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0614424. Schuylkill Reclamation Corp., (10 Gilberton Road, Gilberton, PA 17934), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation and discharge of treated mine drainage in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County affecting 61.0 acres, receiving stream: Mahanoy Creek. Application received January 7, 2005.
54743007R4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0123617. Schuylkill Reclamation Corp., (10 Gilberton Road, Gilberton, PA 17934), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation and discharge of treated mine drainage in Branch and Cass Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 326.0 acres, receiving stream: West Creek. Application received January 11, 2005.
19793201R4. Gilberton Coal Company, (10 Gilberton Road, Gilberton, PA 17934), renewal of an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation in Conyngham Township, Columbia County affecting 3.4 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received January 11, 2005.
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 Alkalinity exceeding acidity1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 1The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. 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.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
26050401 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250643. Laurel Aggregates, Inc. (P. O. Box 1209, Morgantown, WV 26507). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface mine, located in Springhill Township, Fayette County, affecting 122 acres. Receiving stream: Rubless Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: January 11, 2005.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232, (814) 797-1191.
16030302 and NPDES permit No. PA0242365. Quality Aggregates, Inc. (200 Neville Road, Neville Island, PA 15225-0347). Transfer of an existing limestone operation in Richland Township, Clarion County affecting 129.5 acres. Receiving streams: two UNTs to Turkey Run, classified for the following uses: HQ-CWF and two UNTs to Clarion River, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Transfer from I.A. Construction Corporation. Application received: January 13, 2005
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
7473SM2AC12 and NPDES Permit No. PA0118460. Hercules Cement Co., LP, (501 Hercules Drive, P. O. Box 69, Stockertown, PA 18083), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Upper Nazareth and Palmer Townships, Northampton County, receiving streams: Bushkill and Schoeneck Creeks, classified for the following uses: HQ-CWFs and WWFs. Application received January 4, 2005.
8274SM5A1C7 and NPDES Permit No. PA0123480. DM Stoltzfus & Son, Inc., (P. O. Box 84, Talmage, PA 17580), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, receiving stream: Octararo Creek, classified for the following uses: WWF and migratory fishes. Application received January 7, 2005.
5074SM3A2C4 and NPDES Permit No. PA0121126. Valley Quarries, Inc., (P. O. Box J, Chambersburg, PA 17201), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Greene Township, Franklin County, receiving stream: Conococheaque Creek and UNT to Conococheaque Creek, classified for the following use: CWFs. Application received January 10, 2005.
8073SM4A2C7 and NPDES Permit No. PA0594849. Reading Materials, Inc., (P. O. Box 1467, Skippack, PA 19474), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, receiving stream: Sanatoga Creek, classified for the following use: WWFs. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Philadelphia Electric-- Limerick. Application received January 12, 2005.
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 regional 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 regional 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.
E39-445. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 5-0, 1713 Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18013-4727, in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, United States. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 152-foot long stream enclosure consisting of a 14-foot by 8-foot precast box culvert with baffles depressed 1-foot below stream bed elevation in a tributary to Jordan Creek (HQ-CWF, MF) and 0.23 acre of adjacent PEM, PSS wetlands. The project is located near the intersection of Old Packhouse Road (T-683) and Country Lane (T-578). (Cementon, PA Quadrangle N: 5.0 inches; W: 15.3 inches).
E48-357. N.A.P.E.R. Development Corporation, Inc., P. O. Box 639, Wind Gap, PA 18091, in Borough of Wind Gap, Plainfield Township, Northampton County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To place fill in approximately 0.22 acre of PFO wetlands in Little Bushkill Creek (HQ-CWF) watershed for the purpose of constructing a roadway to provide access to a proposed 125 acre industrial park known as Slate Belt Industrial Center. The project is located at an abandoned rail yard on the north side of SR 0512 between North Broadway and Glass Street. (Wind Gap, PA Quadrangle N: 20.1 inches; W: 3.7 inches).
E48-358. Hillcrest Development Corporation, LLC, 1667 Robinhood Road, Upper Mount Bethel Township, PA 18343, in Portland Borough, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a 550-foot long stream enclosure consisting of two 48-inch diameter H.D.P.E. culverts in a tributary to the Delaware River (CWF). The work is associated with a proposed 20-lot residential subdivision, known as Hillcrest Estates, located on the east side of Ruth Street (Portland, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 9.2 inches; W: 14.5 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E38-143: PennDOT Engineering District 8.0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103-1699, Bethel Township, Lebanon County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove the existing structure and then to construct and maintain a single span bridge of 58.5 feet with an underclearance of 7.8 feet across the channel of Elizabeth Run (WWF) on SR 1014, Section 005, to fill in 0.008 acre of de minimis wetland and associated improvements to improve the traffic safety condition of the road located about 0.5 mile from its confluence with the Little Swatara Creek (Fredericksburg, PA Quadrangle N: 7.9 inches; W: 8.4 inches) in Bethel Township, Lebanon County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.
E14-469. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 2-0, 1924-30 Daisy Street Extension, P. O. Box 342, Clearfield, PA 16830, Bridge Replacement in Gregg Township, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District (Spring Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 16.90 inches; W: 4.38 inches).
To: 1) remove the existing single span steel I-beam structure which has a timber deck and masonry stone abutments. The existing bridge has a normal clear span of 8 feet, 6 inches, a roadway width of 24 feet, a maximum underclearance of 2 feet 8.5 inches; 2) construct and maintain a precast concrete box culvert with 6 feet 8 inch long fish baffles with a clear span of 10.64 feet on a skew of 70 degrees with a minimum underclearance of 3 feet and a waterway opening of about 30 square feet with inlet concrete wingwalls and about 100 square feet of inlet and outlet protection rip-rap; 3) construct and maintain a R-5 riprap outlet lined stream channel about 140 feet long by 3 feet wide and a temporary stream diversion pipe 48 inch diameter minimum by 120 lineal feet. The project is located on SR 2012 about 3 miles from the intersection of SR 45 with S.R. 2012 in Gregg Township, Centre County. The project will not impact wetlands while impacting about 190 feet of stream. Spruce Run is a Cold Water Fisheries Stream.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E10-396, Jerome Oliver, Delwood Road Butler, PA 16001. Safe and Sound Self-Storage in Butler Township, Butler County. ACOE Pittsburgh District (Mt. Chestnut, PA Quadrangle N: 0.75 inch; W: 1.80 inches).
The applicant proposes to 1.) fill 0.009 acre of PEM wetlands for the construction of a self-storage facility adjacent to SR 422 approximately 0.5 mile east of the intersection of SR 422 and Route 8, 2.) enclose approximately 57 feet of stream channel of an UNT to Connoquenessing Creek and fill approximately 0.02 acre of PEM wetlands for construction of a minor road crossing and 3.) extend the SR 422 culvert enclosing 165 feet of stream channel of an UNT to Connoquenessing Creek with a drainage area of less than 100 acres. UNTs to Connoquenessing Creek are classified as WWF. The project proposes to directly affect 0.029 acre of PEM wetlands and 222 feet of stream channel.
E43-319, Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 255 Elm Street, P. O. Box 398, Oil City, PA 16301-1412. SR 4006, Section B00, Segment 0040, Offset 0000 Porter Road over the Shenango River and an UNT to Shenango River, in West Salem Township, Mercer County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Greenville West, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 3.3 inches).
To remove the existing Steel Through Truss structure and construct and maintain a single span composite prestressed concrete I-beam bridge having a clear span of 130.0 feet and a maximum underclearance of 13.0 feet on a 90° skew across the Shenango River an UNT to Shenango River. De minimis wetland impacts consist of 0.015 acre of permanent impacts to PEM/PFO and 0.03 temporary impacts to PFO wetlands. The project also includes 100 feet of relocation to an UNT to the Shenango River, 100 feet of impact to the Shenango River and 575 cubic yards of fill within the floodplain.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D06-342EA. Borough of Shillington, 2 East Lancaster Avenue, P. O. Box 247, Shillington, PA 19607. Cumru Township, Berks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to breach and remove Mohnton Pump Station Dam located across Wyomissing Creek (HQ-CWF) to eliminate a threat to public safety and to restore the stream to free-flowing conditions. The dam is located approximately 150 feet southeast of the intersection of Wyomissing Road and Rudloff Lane, southwest of the town of Mohnton (Reading, PA Quadrangle N: 5.8 inches; W: 16.25 inches).
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