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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 these 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 the 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 should 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.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Contact: M. Gorog and B. Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226.
CORRECTION: INCORRECT PERMIT NO.
30-00193 should be 32-00409: Rosebud Mining Company (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201-9642) for construction of new coal processing facility at Starford Mine Preparation Plant in Green Township, Indiana County.
30-00194: EQT Gathering, LLC (EQT Plaza, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) for installation of Callisto Compressor Station in Morris Township, Greene County.
30-00195: EQT Gathering, LLC (EQT Plaza, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) for installation of Jefferson Compressor Station in Jefferson Borough, Greene County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.
20-040F: Advanced Cast Products, Inc. (18700 Mill Street, Meadville, PA 16335) for establishment of an alternative opacity limitation per 25 Pa. Code § 123.45 in Vernon Township, Crawford County. This is a Title V facility.
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.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507.
PA No. 35-322-011: Alliance Sanitary Landfill, Inc., 398 South Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA 18517 to construct a landfill expansion at the previously approved municipal solid waste landfill with an Active Gas Collection System with landfill gas flares for methane gas collection in Taylor and Old Forge Boroughs, Ransom Township and Lackawanna County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Plan Approval No. 35-322-011 to Alliance Sanitary Landfill, Inc., 398 South Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA 18517 for their landfill located in Taylor and Old Forge Boroughs, Ransom Township and Lackawanna County. This plan approval will be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit No. 35-00011 through an administrative amendment at a later date, and the action will be published as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The plan approval No. 35-322-011 is to construct a landfill expansion at the previously approved municipal solid waste landfill with an Active Gas Collection System with landfill gas flares for methane gas collection and recovery. Landfill construction and waste disposal activities are currently taking place in permitted waste disposal area, Area I and II. This major permit modification application presents a proposed plan to expand the facility into an 87.3 acre area adjacent to Area II called Area 2A. The proposed Area 2A will provide additional waste disposal capacity for the existing permitted landfill and will modify existing site facilities to accommodate this expansion. The existing Alliance Sanitary Landfill covers an area of approximately 196 acres comprised of Area I and Area II, being approximately 150 and 46 acres, respectively. Area 2A will add approximately 87.3 acres to the landfill footprint for a total waste disposal area of approximately 283.3 acres. Area 2A will be constructed in a phased approach using separate landfill pads ranging in size from 8 to 18 acres. The Area 2A expansion will add a proposed net permitted capacity of approximately 29 million cubic yards to the existing landfill, extending the life of this facility by an estimated 16 years, assuming an average waste intake of 4,000 tons per day. The landfill gas well field will be designed and operated having a radii of influence (ROI) of 145 feet. The area 2A field will contain 165 vertical LFG collection wells over approximately 87.3 acres. The well placing at 145 feet ROI will cover almost 100% of landfill area. The gas management system will be installed incrementally with the placement of waste in each of the pads. This system entails the ''capping'' of closed pads shortly after the pad has accumulated its design capacity of municipal waste. After capping, active gas collection wells will be placed in the pad. The gas management system will incorporate ''best available technology'' (BAT) by transporting the collected gas under negative pressure to an enclosed ground type flares where the gas will be burned and 98% of the NMOC will be destroyed. It is proposed to burn the collected landfill gas in existing enclosed type ground flares prior to being released to the atmosphere or be routed to a treatment system that processes the gas for subsequent use in the PEI Energy Archbald Power Facility.
The volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the landfill will be controlled by enclosed landfill gas flares and shall not exceed 50 tons per year keeping the landfill below the major source threshold. The Department will place conditions to limit the emissions from the landfill. 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.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the Department, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit No. 54-322-011, and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, whichever the Department determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Mark J. Wejkszner, P. E., Program Manger, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, phone (570) 826-2528 within 30 days after publication date.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701. Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648.
17-00017C: Rescar, Inc. (407 West Brentwood Street, Channelview, TX 77530-3952) to construct an abrasive blasting operation at their facility in DuBois, Clearfield County. The respective facility is a synthetic minor facility for which State-only Operating Permit 17-00017 has been issued.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information submitted by Rescar, Inc. indicates that the construction of the abrasive blasting operation will meet all applicable air quality regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants. Based on these findings, the Department intends to issue a plan approval for the construction of an abrasive blasting operation. Additionally, if the Department determines that the abrasive blasting operation is operating in compliance with all plan approval conditions, the conditions established in the plan approval will be incorporated into State-only Operating Permit 17-00017 via an administrative amendment under 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
The following is a summary of the conditions that the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:
1. The permittee shall not permit the emission of particulate matter into the outdoor atmosphere from Source P206 in such a manner that the concentration of particulate matter in the effluent gas from Control Device C206 exceeds 0.005 grains per dry standard cubic foot of effluent gas volume. Additionally, the emission of particulate matter, including particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 microns or less, from Source P206 shall not exceed 1.50 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
Compliance with this condition also ensures compliance with 25 Pa. Code § 123.13.
2. Control Device C206 shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor the differential pressure across the collector.
3. The permittee shall maintain accurate and comprehensive records of the total number of hours that abrasive blasting occurs in Source P206 for each month. All records generated pursuant to this permit condition shall be retained for a minimum of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
4. The compressed air system associated with Control Device C206 shall be equipped with an air dryer and oil trap.
5. The permittee shall keep on hand a sufficient quantity of spare collector cartridges for Control Device C206 to be able to immediately replace any cartridges requiring replacement due to deterioration resulting from routine operation of Source P206 and Control Device C206.
6. Source P206 is an abrasive blasting operation comprised of a 25 ton media hopper, a Hoffman grit delivery system and a Quiet Cube vacuum system. The particulate matter emissions from the abrasive blasting operation shall be controlled by a Farr Gold Series Model GS8 reverse pulse cartridge collector (Control Device C206).
A copy of the plan approval application is available for public review between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling the Department at 570-327-3693. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality Program, Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3648.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.
10-333C: Penn United Technologies, Inc. (799 North Pike Road, Cabot, PA 16023-2223) to change the recordkeeping requirement for the closed sump system to a visual observation rather than an actual physical measurement and to add the New Source Performance Standards for the batch vapor degreaser solvent degreasing unit (40 CFR 60, Subpart T) when halogenated solvents are used under the alternative operating scenario in Jefferson Township, Butler County.
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.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Contact: Barbara Hatch, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 412-442-4174.
32-00200: Indiana University of Pennsylvania: (525 Pratt Drive, Indiana, PA 15705-1028) for operation of the SW Jack Cogeneration Facility at IUP in Indiana Borough, Indiana County. This is a Title V Renewal.
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. Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.
09-00158: Allied Crematory, LLC (864 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, PA 19020) for renewal of the Non-Title V State-only Operating Permit for operation of two existing incinerators at a crematory in Bensalem Township, Bucks County. There are no changes to the existing crematory (Source ID 101) listed in the facility-wide permit. The newest crematory (Source ID 102) has been operating under General Permit-14 No. 09-301-125GP; this renewal permit incorporates the requirements of GP No. 09-301-125GP. The facility has the potential to emit less than 25 tons of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and less than 25 tons per year of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx); the facility is a Natural Minor. The renewal permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
09-00152: Gelest, Inc. (11 East Steel Road, Morrisville, PA 19067) for a State-only, Natural Minor Permit in Falls Township, Bucks County. The Company has a specialty chemical operation with mainly seven reactors and an electric dryer controlled by condenser and two scrubbers. This facility is a Natural Minor facility. The estimated total VOC emissions from the facility are less than 21.66 tpy, and total HAPs emissions are less than 17.98 tpy. The permit will contain monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to address all applicable air quality requirements.
09-00175: Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc.—Penns Park Aggregate Plant (852 Swamp Road, Penns Park, PA 18943) in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. Renewal of a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code § 127.450. The Operating Permit will contain recordkeeping requirements, monitoring requirements and operating conditions designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emission limits and all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: Thomas J. Hanlon, Chief, East Permitting Section—Telephone: 717-705-4862 or Daniel Husted, Chief, West Permitting Section—Telephone: 814-949-7935.
28-05009: Borough of Chambersburg—Falling Spring Diesel Power Plant (100 South Second Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201) for renewal of their synthetic minor operating permit issued in March 2006 in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701. Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Environmental Program Manager—Telephone: 570-327-3648.
19-00016: Milco Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 568, Bloomsburg, PA 17815) for their facility in the Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County. The facility's main sources include two identical Kewanee manufactured natural gas/No. 2 fuel fired boilers and two natural gas fired tenter frame fabric dryers. The facility has the potential to emit sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM10), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) below the major emission thresholds. The proposed 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 included.
41-00056: Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. (101 West Harrisburg Avenue, P. O. Box 26, Rheems, PA 17570-0026) for the Muncy Mill in Clinton Township, Lycoming County. The facility's main sources include two natural gas/No. 2 fuel oil-fired boilers and 17 grain processing operations. The facility has the potential to emit particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and sulfur oxides (SOx) below the major emission thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting conditions to ensure compliance with applicable Federal and State regulations.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1—1396.19(a)); 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 Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51—30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1—1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above each 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 such certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121—77.123 and 86.31—86.34.
Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based.
Requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.123 or 86.34, must contain the name, address and telephone number of the requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the mining activity permit, but the issuance of the NPDES permit is contingent upon the approval of the associated mining activity permit.
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that do not exceed the technology-based effluent limitations. The proposed limits are listed in Table 1.
For noncoal mining activities, the proposed limits are found in Table 2. Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description below specifies the parameters. The limits will be in the ranges specified in Table 1.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur, will be incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 362-0600-001, NPDES Program Implementation-Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES permit application should submit a statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92.61. The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and shall contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and shall state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. In the case where a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits—The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:
Table 1
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity1 1 The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900.
56060107. Coal Loaders, Inc., (210 East Main Street, Ligonier, PA 15658), transfer of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine from Greathouse and Greathouse Enterprises, 2066 Whistler Road, Stoystown, PA 15563, located in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, affecting 26.4 acres. Receiving stream(s): Higgins Run, a tributary to Quemahoning Creek classified for the following use: highway quality cold water fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority and Johnstown Water Authority. Application received: July 15, 2010.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500.
65060101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250856. Coal Loaders, Inc. (210 East Main Street, Ligonier, PA 15658). Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Gary Gioia Coal Company for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 23.2 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed Tributary A to the Youghiogheny River, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Transfer application received: July 22, 2010.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191.
33080105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258547. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) Revision to add 2.0 acres to the existing bituminous strip operation in Perry and Young Townships, Jefferson County affecting 432.9 acres. Receiving streams: Three unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: August 2, 2010.
10040103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242535. Annandale Quarries, Inc. (219 Goff Station Road, Boyers, PA 16020) Revision to an existing bituminous strip operation in Venango Township, Butler County affecting 23.3 acres. Receiving streams: Seaton Creek to Slippery Rock Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Revision to include a post-mining land use change from forestland to unmanaged natural habitat on the land of Samuel W. Tiche. Application received: August 2, 2010.
4674SM8 and NPDES Permit No. PA0258920. Fairview Coal Company (P. O. Box R, Ridgway, PA 15853) Revision to add an NPDES Permit to an existing bituminous strip operation in Fox Township, Elk County affecting 63.4 acres. Receiving streams: Benninger Run, classified for the following use: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: August 4, 2010.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C. § 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 or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions, to the 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 and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users should 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(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Telephone 570-826-2511.
E54-345. Schuylkill County Municipal Authority, 221 South Centre Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, in West Brunswick Township and Deer Lake Borough, Schuylkill County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
To authorize the following water obstructions and encroachments associated with the: 1. Deer Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion; 2. Deer Lake Pump Station Upgrade; and 3. Deer Lake Sanitary Sewer Collection System. The project will permanently impact 0.91 acre of PEM, SS, FO wetlands and temporarily impact 1.00 acre of PEM, SS, FO wetlands.
1. Deer Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion—To place and maintain an average of 3 feet of fill in approximately 2.2 acres of the floodplain of Pine Creek (CWF, MF); to place fill in 0.91 acre of wetlands; and to construct and maintain a treated wastewater outfall pipe with an endwall and riprap apron in the floodway of Pine Creek. The Deer Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion is located on the south side of SR 0895 (Market Street) approximately 0.3 mile southwest of its intersection with SR 0061 (Auburn, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 36` 59"; Longitude: -76° 03` 40") in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County.
2. Deer Lake Pump Station Upgrade—To place and maintain an average of 3 feet of fill in approximately 0.1 acre of the floodplain of Pine Creek and to construct and maintain an 8-inch diameter sanitary PVC force main across Pine Creek and approximately 45 feet of adjacent PEM wetlands. The Deer Lake Pump Station Upgrade is located approximately 300 feet west of the intersection of SR 0895 and SR 0061 (Auburn, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 37` 11.3"; Longitude: -76° 03` 25.7") in Deer Lake Borough, Schuylkill County.
3. Sanitary Sewer Collection System—To construct and maintain the following stream and wetland crossings. The collection system starts at the Deer Lake Pump Station and runs approximately 1.5 miles northwest to near the intersection of Pheasant Run Road and SR 0061 (Orwigsburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 38` 14.3"; Longitude: -76° 04` 17.8") in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County.
a. (Stream Crossing A) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 37` 14"; Longitude: -76° 03` 25")
b. (Stream Crossing B) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter DIP (mechanical joints) sanitary sewer line crossing of Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 37` 14"; Longitude: -76° 03` 27")
c. (Stream Crossing C) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 37` 35"; Longitude: -76° 03` 32")
d. (Stream Crossing D) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 37` 41"; Longitude: -76° 03` 34")
e. (Stream Crossing E) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 37` 42"; Longitude: -76° 03` 35")
f. (Stream Crossing F) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 38` 01"; Longitude: -76° 03` 52")
g. (Stream Crossing G) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter DIP (concrete encased) sanitary sewer line crossing of Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 38` 06"; Longitude: -76° 03` 58")
h. (Stream Crossing H) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line crossing and a temporary road crossing of a tributary to Pine Creek. (Latitude: 40° 38` 08"; Longitude: -76° 04` 06")
i. (Wetland Crossing J1) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road 489 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 37` 35"; Longitude: -76° 03` 31")
j. (Wetland Crossing J2) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 219 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 37` 42"; Longitude: -76° 03` 34")
k. (Wetland Crossing J3) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 82 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 37` 42"; Longitude: -76° 03` 35")
l. (Wetland Crossing K1) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 29 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 37` 56"; Longitude: -76° 03` 47")
m. (Wetland Crossing K2) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 27 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 37` 58.5"; Longitude: -76° 03` 50")
n. (Wetland Crossing K3) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 246 feet of PSS wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 38` 0.5"; Longitude: -76° 03` 53")
o. (Wetland Crossing K4) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 61 feet of PEM wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 38` 5.5"; Longitude: -76° 03` 57.6")
p. (Wetland Crossing L1) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 63 feet of PSS wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 38` 5.9"; Longitude: -76° 03` 57.4")
q. (Wetland Crossing L2) To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and a temporary road crossing 51 feet of PSS wetlands. (Latitude: 40° 38` 8.4"; Longitude: -76° 03` 58.4")
The project is located approximately 0.02 mile southwest of the intersection of SR-895 and SR-61. (Auburn, Orwigsburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 36` 59"; Longitude: -76° 03` 40").
Southcentral Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Telephone: 717-705-4707.
E67-884: Mark Koski, 12294 Pleasant Valley Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
The applicant proposes to realign approximately 30.0 feet of stream and to construct and maintain a 24.0-foot wide, single span bridge having a normal span of 50.0 feet and an underclearance of 10.7 feet across South Branch Codorus Creek (WWF) for the purpose of gaining access to adjacent property. The project is located at 12294 Pleasant Valley Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327, 600 feet north of the intersection of Fissels Church and Pleasant Valley Roads (Glen Rock, PA Quadrangle N: 4.5 inches; W: 11.8 inches, Latitude: 39° 46` 46.84"; Longitude: 76° 43` 34.29") in Shrewsbury Township, York County.
E36-873: Conewago Industrial Park Association, P. O. Box 332, Lemoyne, PA 17043, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, ACOE Baltomore District.
To place and maintain fill in 0.93 acre of palustrine emergent/forested (PEM/PFO) wetlands for the purpose of developing lots on an existing industrial park located off SR 230 on Industrial Road (Middletown, PA Quadrangle N: 5.55 inches; W: 2.33 inches, Latitude: 40° 09` 20"; Longitude: 76° 38` 30") in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County. To compensate for wetland impacts, the permitee shall provide 3.27 acres of PEM/PSS/PFO replacement wetlands onsite.
Northcentral Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
E41-610. Anadarko Marcellus Midstream, LLC, P. O. Box 1330, Houston, TX 77251. Larry's Creek Pipeline, in Cummings and Mifflin Townships, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Waterville, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 19` 26"; Longitude: 77° 15` 33").
The application proposes a total of eight stream and three wetland crossings. Wetland and stream crossing number 1 and 3 will be avoided. Wetland crossing number 2 and 7 will cross Exceptional Value wetlands in the Harbor Run Drainage and the other in an Unnamed Tributary to Larry's Creek. The remaining stream crossings 2 and 4—8 in Harbor Run and an Unnamed Tributary to Larry's Creek are proposed to be open trench crossings with the exception of crossing 7 and 8, which will be Directional Drilled. The total stream impacts for the 8 crossings are 181 linear feet and the total area of temporary wetland impacts is 93 square feet. All of these crossings are within Wild Trout Waters along with Exceptional Value waters.
Southwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1640. Plum Borough, 4575 New Texas Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. To remove and replace a box culvert and maintain fill in wetlands in Plum Borough, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh ACOE District (New Kensington East, PA Quadrangle N: 1.5 inches; W: 14.4 inches, Latitude: 40° 30` 30"; Longitude: 79° 43` 43"). The applicant proposes to remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a box culvert having a span of 10.0 feet with an underclearance of 8.0 feet in the channel of Little Plum Creek (WWF) and to place and maintain fill in approximately 0.14 acre of for the purpose of providing access to the proposed Plum Borough Municipal Center which will consists of a new Public Works Building, Salt Storage Building, Renton Firehouse and a Plum Municipal Building. The project is located approximately 1,700.0 feet downstream from the intersection of Little Plum Creek and Renton Road and will impact approximately 130.0 linear feet of stream channel and 0.14 acre of wetlands.
Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E10-462, Butler Area Sewer Authority, 100 Litman Road, Butler, PA 16001. Monroe Diversion, Pumping and Storage Facility, in City of Butler, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Butler, PA Quadrangle N: 40° 51` 31"; W: 79° 53` 15").
The applicant is proposing to construct and maintain the following structures within the Federal Flood Control project in Connoquenessing Creek within the City of Butler: 1) a stormwater/sewage emergency overflow structure having a 1.5-foot diameter outfall pipe and concrete endwall at the Monroe Equalization Tanks site approximately 240 feet southwest of the intersection East Cunningham and South Monroe Streets; and 2) a stormwater/sewage emergency overflow structure having a 2-foot diameter outfall pipe and concrete endwall at the Monroe Pump Station site approximately 300 feet northeast of the intersection of McClain Avenue and South Monroe Street. Connoquenessing Creek is a perennial stream classified as a warm water fishery.
E37-183, Lawrence County Commissioners, Lawrence County Government Center, 430 Court Street, New Castle, PA 16101. South Mill Street Bridge Across Neshannock Creek, in City of New Castle, Lawrence County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (New Castle South, PA Quadrangle N: 40° 59` 54.6"; W: 80° 20` 39.3").
To remove the existing single span truss bridge and to construct and maintain a 44.6 ft long steel girder bridge having two clear spans of 109 feet (bearing to bearing) and a maximum underclearance of 14 feet on a 45° skew across Neshannock Creek (TSF) on South Mill Street between SR 422 Business (East Washington Street) and SR 108/168 (South Croton Avenue). Temporary construction access causeway and cofferdams will be installed from the south bank of Neshannock Creek to about mid channel for removal of the existing bridge and construction of the new bridge.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
EA21-005: Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17107-7676, Hopewell and North Newton Townships, Cumberland County, ACOE Baltimore District.
The applicant proposes to impact 0.95 acre of Palustrine Emergent (PEM) wetland for the purpose of tying in a 3.6 acre wetland creation/enhancement project, located east of the intersection of SR 0641 and Mountain Road in Hopewell and North Newton Townships, Cumberland County (Newburg, PA Quadrangle N: 4.09 inches; W: 1.09 inches, Latitude: 40° 08` 51"; Longitude: -77° 30` 28").
Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
EA25-052. Department of Environmental Protection Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335. Currie Landfill Remediation, in Millcreek Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Swanville, PA Quadrangle N: 42° 5` 55"; W: 80° 8` 5").
The Department of Environmental Protection Northwest Regional Office Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program is requesting 401 Water Quality Certification for encroachments associated with the consolidation and capping of waste in place at the Currie Landfill site. The Currie Landfill site is bordered to the north by West 15th Street, to the east by Pittsburgh Avenue, to the northwest by Sellinger Avenue and to the south by Conrail railroad tracks. The site consists of three parcels of land, two currently owned by the Erie Drive-In Theater Corporation, referred to as parcels A and B; and one owned by UPS Freight, referred to as parcel C. The area that will be part of the remedial response will include the entirety of parcels A and B, and also include the northwest corner of parcel C.
The proposed remediation will consolidate the landfill waste and place a two foot soil cap over the waste. This alternative will remove the waste from parcel A and a portion of parcel C to be incorporated with the waste in parcel B. A two foot soil cap would be placed over parcel B. Parcel A will be covered with clean fill followed by course aggregate for future land development opportunities. The northeastern area of the undeveloped landfill will serve as the constructed wetland stormwater detention basin. Waste will be removed from the stream banks and will be restored with a 25` riparian buffer. The waste and soil cap will be graded to a final slope of 1% crowned from the center of parcel B to the north and south into collection channels that will drain into the stormwater detention basin. Parcel A will slope 1% to the south and drain into the stormwater detention basin. Parcel A will be an impervious surface and parcel B will have a vegetative cover. Operations and maintenance will be required by the landowners to maintain the landfill cap and to ensure the wetland stormwater detention pond operates properly.
The proposed encroachments are: 1) to remove waste from the streambanks and associated floodplain of the West Branch of Cascade Creek for a length of approximately 700 feet; 2) to reconstruct and maintain streambanks, riparian area and stream channel for a length of approximately 700 feet; 3) to construct stormwater BMPs including associated outfalls within the floodway and floodplain of the West Branch of Cascade Creek; and 4) to impact an unknown area of wetland if the wetland is located on top of waste that would be removed. The West Branch of Cascade Creek is a perennial stream classified as a warm water fishery and migratory fishery.
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, Floor 3, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554.
D46-350. Upper Dublin Township, 801 Loch Ash Avenue, Fort Washington, PA 19034-1697. To construct, operate, and maintain the Rapp Run Flood Retarding Dam across Rapp Run (TSF). Project proposes permanent impacts to 0.53-acre of PEM/PSS/PFO wetland; temporary impacts to 0.23-acre of PEM wetland; permanent impacts to 191 lineal feet of stream channel; and temporary impacts to 70 lineal feet of stream channel and providing 0.90-acre of wetland mitigation, for the purpose of alleviating flooding within the Fort Washington Office Center (Ambler, PA Quadrangle N: 2.9 inches; W: 8.3 inches) in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County.
D46-351. Upper Dublin Township, 801 Loch Ash Avenue, Fort Washington, PA 19034-1697. To construct, operate and maintain the Pine Run Flood Retarding Dam across Pine Run (TSF). Project proposes permanent impacts to 0.43-acre of PEM/PFO wetland; temporary impacts to 0.12-acre of PEM wetland; permanent impacts to 375 lineal feet of stream channel; and temporary impacts to 377 lineal feet of stream channel and providing 0.62-acre of wetland mitigation, for the purpose of alleviating flooding within the Fort Washington Office Center (Ambler, PA Quadrangle N: 3.3 inches; W: 5.7 inches) in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County.
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