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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PERMITS Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for PWS permits to construct or substantially modify public water systems.
Persons wishing to comment on permit applications are invited to submit statements to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding an application. A comment should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability that require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17).
Northeast Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, 570-826-2511.
Contact: Gillian Ostrum, Clerk Typist 2, 570-830-3077.
Application No. 3921506, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Yocco's, Inc.
(Yocco's South Restaurant)
16 East Minor Street
Emmaus, PA 18049Township or Borough Upper Milford Responsible Official Lehigh Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Mr. Thomas G. Pullar, P.E. Senior Project Manager
Earthres Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 468
Pipersville, PA 18947Application Received Date May 20, 2021 Description of Action Application proposes the installation of UV, cartridge filtration and VOC treatment facilities.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted Under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P.S. §§ 6026.101—6026.908).
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard, or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a (NOI) to Remediate with the Department. A NOI to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, or a combination of the cleanup standards, or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the Act, will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under Sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the Act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the NOI to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the following identified site(s), proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30-days of the following specified date. During this comment period the municipality may request that the following identified person, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a NOI to Remediate, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notice(s) of Intent to Remediate:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Lombard Commons, 100 East Broad Street, Dallastown, PA 17313, Dallastown Borough, York County. RT Environmental Services, Inc., 215 West Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406, on behalf of 160 North Hartley LLC, 96 South George Street, Suite 210, York, PA 17401, and Lombard Commons LP c/o Woda Cooper Companies, Inc., 500 South Front Street, 10th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with arsenic. The site will be remediated to the site-specific and residential Statewide health standards. Future use of the site will be redeveloped with residential units. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Daily Record on May 10, 2021
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Stone N 3HC, 155 Learn Road, Wyalusing, PA 18853, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County. Creston Environmental, LLC, P.O. Box 1373, Camp Hill, PA 17001, on behalf of Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 14 Chesapeake Lane, Sayre, PA 18840, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with produced water. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Daily Review on May 30, 2021.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Application(s) Accepted Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904) and Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit Application No. 301238. Allegheny Recovery Corp., P.O. Box 626, 140 Main Street, Irwin, PA 15642. The application for renewal of a residual waste processing facility permit for continued operation of the ARC Transfer/Processing Facility, South Linden Street, Duquesne, PA 15110 in the City of Duquesne, Allegheny County was accepted as administratively complete in the Regional Office on June 3, 2021.
Comments concerning the application should be directed to Gregory Holesh, Environmental Engineering Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact the Department of Environmental Protection, Regional Files, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, 412-442-4000. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Public comments must be submitted within 60 days of this notice and may recommend revisions to, and approval or denial of the application.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS The Department has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State Operating Permit and Title V Operating Permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the general public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to submit permitting documents relevant to its application for all sources related to a facility or a proposed project, affords an opportunity for public input, and provides for a decision on the issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department received applications for Plan Approvals or Operating Permits from the following facilities. Copies of the application, the Department's analysis, all pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application and subsequently prepared proposed plan approvals/operating permits are available for public review during normal business hours at the appropriate Department Regional Office. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the appropriate Department Regional Office. The address and phone number of the Regional Office is listed before the application notices.
Persons wishing to file a written protest or provide comments or additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of a permit, may submit the information to the Department's Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of this publication will exist for the submission of comments, protests and information. Each submission must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval/Operating Permit including the permit number and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the permit.
A person wishing to request a hearing may do so during the 30-day comment period. A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper, the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines this type of notification is sufficient. Requests for a public hearing and any relevant information should be directed to the appropriate Department Regional Office.
Permits issued to the owners or operators of sources subject to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter D or E, or located within a Title V facility or subject to 25 Pa. Code § 129.51(a) or permits issued for sources with limitations on their potential to emit used to avoid otherwise applicable Federal requirements may be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval as a revision to the State Implementation Plan. Final Plan Approvals and Operating Permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the sources are constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015), 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145, the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401—7671q) and regulations adopted under the Federal Clean Air Act.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the Regional Office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Thomas Joseph, Facilities Permitting Chief, 412.442.4336.
26-00547: Pureon, Inc. (1101 Mountain View Drive, Smithfield, PA 15478). The Department intends to renew the State Only Operating Permit for steel tube manufacturing facility located in Georges Township, Fayette County. The sources at the facility include a digester/certrifuge system controlled by a flare and an acid wash process controlled by a wet scrubber. The facility is a Natural Minor. The potential emissions from the facility are as follows: 0.5 tpy VOC; 1.3 tpy CO; 25 tpy NOx; 0.04 tpy HCl; and 0.13 tpy HNO3. The permit contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practice, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act. Contact for this permit renewal is Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, 814.332.6940.
30-00094: Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., Waynesburg Compressor Station (5400 Westheimer Ct., Houston, TX 77056-5353). The Department intends to issue the renewal State-Only Operating Permit of a natural gas transmission facility located in Waynesburg Borough, Greene County. Permitted air contamination sources include a natural gas-fired compressor turbine, two emergency generators, a parts washer, and various fugitive emission sources. The facility is Natural Minor for permitting purposes. In this renewal, two emergency generators and a parts washer are added as permitted sources. As sources of fugitive emissions, storage tanks/vessels, venting/blowdown operations, and components at the facility are added as permitted sources for emissions inventory purposes. Monthly Audio, Visual & Olfactory inspections are also added as permit requirements for components that emit fugitive emissions. Implementation of a subsequent testing requirement is revised. Source test submittals for performance stack test are updated based on Source Testing Section's latest instructions. A previously permitted small emergency generator no longer onsite is removed from the permit. (For comments or questions on this permit, contact Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, NWRO Air Quality Program, at 814.332.6940.)
65-00830: Menasha Packaging Company, LLC (567 Waltz Mill Rd., Ruffs Dale, PA 15679). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.424, 127.425, and 127.521, the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue a renewal natural minor State Only Operating Permit (SOOP) for the operation of the Menasha Yukon Plant in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County.
Air contamination sources at this facility include a 20.92 MMBtu/hr, natural gas-fired Cleaver Brooks model # CB 200-500 boiler used to provide process steam for the corrugation process, fugitive VOC emissions from Ink Mixing/Printing, fugitive VOC emissions from Adhesive Usage, eight (8) natural gas-fired space heaters with a total heat input rating of 8.205 MMBtu/hr, a parts washer, and two (2) emergency generator engines used for emergency lighting. Potential emissions from this facility are 13.87 tons per year (tpy) NOx, 11.82 tpy CO, 0.25 tpy PM10, 0.07 tpy SO2, 5.60 tpy VOC, 0.06 tpy total HAPs, and 3,766 tpy CO2e.
The facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Article III, Chapters 121—145. The proposed operating permit includes emissions limitations, monitoring, work practice standards, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements for the facility.
The application, DEP's Review Memorandum, and the proposed permit are available for public review during normal business hours at DEP's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A file review can be scheduled through the DEP's website at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/PublicRecords/Pages/Informal-File-Review.aspx.
Any person may submit comments, a request for the Department to hold a public hearing, or a protest to the proposed operating permit or a condition thereof by submitting the information to Nick Waryanka, P.E., Air Quality Engineer, at the Southwest Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of publication of this notice will exist for the submission of comments. Each written comment must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit (specify Operating Permit 65-00830) and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information in the proposed permit or objections to issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.429, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. If a public hearing is held, all persons who have properly filed a protest under 25 Pa. Code § 127.426 may appear and give testimony. The applicant, the protestant, and other participants will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing (and the time, place and purpose of such hearing) by publication in the newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
61-00210: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., Barkeyville Plants # 14 & # 19 (157 Hawbaker Industrial Blvd., Grove City, PA 16127), the Department intends to issue the renewal State-Only Operating Permit of an asphaltic concrete plant and a stone crushing facility located in Barkeyville Borough, Venango County. Permitted air contamination sources are a counterflow drum hot mix asphalt (HMA) plant, a recycled asphalt plant (RAP) system, one portable crusher, two crusher plants and a diesel engine. In this renewal, an operating hour restriction is added to ensure the nonroad engine status of the diesel engine. Provisions on source test submittals are revised based on the Source Testing Section's latest instructions. Three previously permitted sources no longer onsite are removed from the permit. With no applicable operating hour restrictions, recordkeeping of operating hours is removed as a permit requirement for the crushing equipment/plants. Incorporation of permit requirements on use of fuels other than natural gas for the HMA plant is revised.
COAL & NONCOAL MINING
ACTIVITY APPLICATIONSApplications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1396.1—1396.31); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 3301—3326); the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P.S. §§ 30.51—30.66); the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1406.1—1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above each application. Notices of requests for 401 Water Quality Certifications are included in individual application notices, as noted.
Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the address of the District Mining Office indicated above each application within 30-days of this publication, or within 30-days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121—77.123 and 86.31—86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based.
Requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code § 77.123 (relating to public hearing-informal conferences) or § 86.34 (relating to informal conferences), must contain the name, address and telephone number of the requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. A separate notice will be provided after the draft NPDES permit is prepared.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits—The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:
Table 1
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l Manganese (total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity1 1 The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.
California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100, (Contact: Bonnie Herbert).
Permit No. 63841304 and NPDES Permit No. PA0111643. Laurel Run Mining Company, LLC, 1000 Consol Energy Drive, Suite 100, Canonsburg, PA 15317 to renew the permit and related NPDES permit for Vesta Mine in North Bethlehem, East Bethlehem, West Bethlehem Townships and Centerville and Deemston Boroughs, Washington County. No additional discharges. The application was considered administratively complete on May 20, 2021. Application received: March 18, 2021.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Permit No. 54060102. Kuperavage Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 99, Middleport, PA 17953, renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine and coal refuse disposal operation in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County affecting 66.0 acres. Receiving stream: Schuylkill River, classified for the following uses: cold water and migratory fishes. Application received: May 18, 2021.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits—The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:
Table 2
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity* pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 * The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200, (Contact: Ashley Smith).
Permit No. 53212801 and NPDES PA0269930. North Penn Supply Quarries, Inc., 115 North East Street, Coudersport, PA 16915. Commencement, operation, and restoration of a small non coal surface mine located in Sweden Township, Potter County affecting 8 acres. Receiving stream(s): Mill Creek classified for the following use(s): HQ-CWF. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: May 20, 2021.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Permit No. 58000844. Bill O'Dell, 215 Beaver Meadow Road, New Milford, PA 18834, Stage I & II bond release of a quarry operation in Harford Township, Susquehanna County affecting 5.0 acres on quarry owned by Bill O'Dell. Application received: May 10, 2021.
MINING ACTIVITY NPDES DRAFT PERMITS This notice provides information about applications for a new, amended or renewed NPDES permits associated with mining activity (coal or noncoal) permits. The applications concern industrial waste (mining) discharges to surface water and discharges of stormwater associated with mining activities. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251—1376).
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a draft NPDES permit and made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the associated mining activity permit.
Effluent Limits for Coal Mining Activities
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that are the more stringent of technology-based (BAT) effluent limitations or Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL).
The BAT limits for coal mining activities, as provided in 40 CFR Part 434 and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 87—90 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (Total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 Alkalinity greater than acidity* *The parameter is applicable at all times. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applies to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and all other discharges and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of greater than 1-year 24-hour to less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles. Similarly, modified BAT limits apply to iron, manganese and suspended solids in surface runoff, discharges and drainage resulting from these precipitation events and those of greater magnitude in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Exceptions to BAT effluent limits may be applicable in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Effluent Limits for Noncoal Mining Activities
The limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 77 are pH 6 to 9 and other parameters the Department may require.
Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional water quality based effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description specifies the parameters.
In addition to BAT or WQBEL limits, coal and noncoal NPDES permits establish effluent limitations in the form of implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) identified in the associated Erosion and Sedimentation Plan, the Reclamation Plan and the NPDES permit application. These BMPs restrict the rates and quantities of associated pollutants from being discharged into surface waters in this Commonwealth.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur are incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 563-2112-115, Developing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits for Mining Activities. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Load(s). Additional discharge limitations may apply in the event that unexpected discharges occur.
Discharge rates for surface mining activities are precipitation driven. Discharge rates for proposed discharges associated with underground mining are noted in the permit description.
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES draft permit should submit a written statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each draft permit within 30-days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92a.82(d). The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30-days of this public notice and contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request and state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. When a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal NPDES Draft Permits
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472.1900.
NPDES No. PA0069143 (Mining Permit No. 11841601), E.P Bender Coal Co., P.O. Box 594, Carroltown, PA 15722, renewal of an NPDES permit and mining activity for Fallentimber Preparation Plant in Reade Township, Cambria County, affecting 43.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): Clearfield Creek and unnamed tributaries to Clearfield Creek, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes. This receiving stream is included in the Clearfield Creek TMDL. There are no potable water supply intakes withing 10 miles downstream. Application received: February 23, 2021.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for coal mining activities.
The following outfalls discharge to Clearfield Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 005 N 008 Y The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
Outfalls: (All Weather Conditions) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (mg/l) 1.5 3.0 3.8 Manganese (mg/l) 1.0 2.0 2.5 Aluminum (mg/l) 0.75 0.75 0.75 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l) 0 0 Report Sulfates (mg/l) 0 0 Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times. Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472.1900.
NPDES No. PA0009059 (Mining Permit No. 6477SM5), Specialty Granules LLC, 1455 Old Waynesboro Road, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214, renewal of an NPDES permit for noncoal surface mining in Hamiltonban and Liberty Townships, Adams County and Washington Township, Franklin County, affecting 297.6 acres. Receiving stream(s): Miney Branch to Toms Creek, classified for the following use(s): Cold Water Fishes (CWF) and Migratory Fish (MF). Application received: April 19, 2021.
Unless otherwise noted for a specific outfall, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for noncoal mining activities.
The following outfall discharges to Miney Branch to Toms Creek:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 N NPDES No. PA0279790 (Mining Permit No. 56010301), New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc., P.O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664. Applying for an NPDES permit for non-coal surface mining in Jefferson Township, Somerset County, affecting 138.5 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributary to/and Kooser Run (HQ-CWF), and unnamed tributaries to/and Shafer Run (HQ-CWF), classified for the following use(s): High Quality (HQ); Cold Water Fishery (CWF). This receiving stream is included in the Casselman TMDL. Application received: February 9, 2021.
The following outfall discharges to unnamed tributary to Kooser Run:
Outfall Nos. New Outfall (Y/N) 001 N The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfall are as follows:
Outfalls: 001 (≥10-yr/24-hr Precip. Event) 30-Day Daily Instant. Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen
Demand (COBD5)Monitor and Report Ammonia (NH3-N) Monitor and Report Nitrates/Nitrites (No2/No3-N) Monitor and Report Phosphorus Monitor and Report Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) Monitor and Report Lead (Total) Monitor and Report Copper (Total) Monitor and Report Iron (Total) Monitor and Report Sulfate Monitor and Report Aluminum (Total) Monitor and Report Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) Monitor and Report Total Dissolved Solids Monitor and Report Zinc (Total) Monitor and Report pH (S.U.): Must be between 6.0 and 9.0 standard units at all times. Alkalinity must exceed acidity at all times.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of Sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317), as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under Section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30-days of the date of this notice, as well as any questions to the office noted above the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed, and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Each individual will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each working day at the office noted above the application.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS
Applications Received Under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and Section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P.S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification Under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Southeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Telephone 484.250.5160, E-mail: ra-epww-sero@pa.gov.
Permit No. E0901221-004, Richland Township, 1328 California Road, Suite A, Quakertown, PA 18951, Richland Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To restore, rehabilitate and maintain approximately 1,000-feet of stream restoration along the Tohickon Creek (TSF/MF) associated with the MS4 Permit and PRP. The improvements will include several areas of eroded stream bank stabilizations, sawtooth deflectors, endwalls, and herbaceous plantings to restore and prevent future issues.
The site is located at south of East Pumping Station Road, (Quakertown, PA, USGS Quadrangle Latitude: 40.84623; Longitude: -75.3398) in Richland Township, Bucks County.
Permit No. E0901221-005, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC), 1199 Woodside Road, Yardley, PA 19067, Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
DRJTBC is proposing to construct and maintain a new 10-foot wide, single span 70 foot long pedestrian bridge over the Delaware Canal (WWF, MF) directly downstream of the Woodside Road Bridge and associated with the new trail connector between the Park and Ride Lot/1799 House (west side of the canal) and the towpath trail/ramp to the Scudder Falls Bridge (east side of canal). This activity will result in 10 linear feet (425 square feet) of permanent watercourse impact for the aerial crossing.
This project is located adjacent to the Woodside Road Bridge between Taylorsville and North River Roads in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County (USGS PA Langhorne; Pennington; Trenton West Quadrangle—Latitude: 40.257557 N, Longitude: 74.852346 W).
Northeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Gillian Ostrum, Clerk Typist 2, 570-830-3077.
E4002221-007. James and Holly Fry, 318 Bunker Hill Road, Wyoming, PA 18644, in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a 1,477 sq. ft. pile-supported boathouse and dock structure within the normal pool elevation of Harveys Lake (HQ-CWF). The project is located at Pole # 116.5, approximately 0.05 mile west of Lakeside Drive (S.R. 415) and Roosevelt Street (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41° 22` 42.21"; Longitude: -76° 1` 50.84") in Harveys Lake Borough, Luzerne County.
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
E1404220-023: Potter Township, 124 Short Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875, Colyer Lake Trail Footbridges, Potter Township, Centre County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (Centre Hall, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40° 46` 30.5"; Longitude: -77° 40` 55.1").
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain three footbridges at an existing recreational trail around Colyer Lake and over Sinking Creek (CWF, MF). The project results in 324 sq. ft. of permanent direct watercourse impacts, and 105 sq. ft. of permanent direct wetland impacts.
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