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§ 123.108. Source emissions monitoring requirements.
(a) The NOx emissions from each NOx affected source at this facility shall be monitored as specified in 25 Pa. Code § 123.108 and in accordance with the procedures contained in the document titled, ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program.''
(b) As referenced in § 123.108(2), the permittee shall submit to the Department and the NOx Budget Administrator a monitoring plan in accordance with the procedures outlined in the document titled, ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program.''
(c) New and existing unit emission monitoring systems, as required and specified by 25 Pa. Code § 123.108(4) and the NOx affected source's monitoring plan approved by the Department, shall be installed and operational. The installed emissions monitoring systems shall have met all of the certification testing requirements in accordance with the procedures and deadlines specified in the document titled, ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program'' in a manner consistent with Chapter 139 (relating to sampling and testing).
(d) Sources subject to 40 CFR Part 75 shall demonstrate compliance with § 123.108 by using a certified Part 75 monitoring system.
(e) During a period when valid data is not being recorded by devices approved for use to demonstrate compliance with the NOx Allowance Requirement subchapter, the permittee shall replace missing or invalid data with representative default data in accordance with 40 CFR Part 75 (relating to continuous emission monitoring) and the document titled, ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program.'' For non-Part 75 sources that have Department approved NOx CEMS reporting of NOx emissions in pounds of NOx per hour as required under 25 Pa. Code § 139.101, the data shall be reported to the NETS. The permittee shall continue to report submissions as required under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 139 to the Department.
Testing Requirements
§ 123.108. Source emissions monitoring requirements.
Monitoring systems for each NOx affected source shall comply with the initial performance testing and periodic calibration, accuracy testing and quality assurance/quality control testing as specified in the document titled ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program.''
Notwithstanding this permit condition, Non-Part 75 Sources which have Department approved NOx CEMS reporting in units of pounds of NOx per hour as required under 25 Pa. Code § 139.101 (relating to general requirements) shall complete the periodic self-audits listed in the quality assurance section of § 139.102(3) (relating to references) at least annually and no sooner than 6 months following the previous periodic self-audit. If practicable, the audit shall be conducted between April 1 and May 31.
Reporting Requirements
§ 123.109. Source emissions reporting requirements.
(a) The authorized account representative shall submit to the NOx Budget Administrator, electronically, emissions and operations information for each calendar quarter of each year in accordance with the document titled. ''Guidance for Implementation of Emission Monitoring Requirements for the NOx Budget Program.'' The emissions and operations information shall be submitted in a format that meets the requirements of EPA's Electronic Data Reporting convention.
Compliance Requirements
§ 123.110. Source compliance requirements.
(a) Each year from November 1 through December 31, inclusive, the authorized account representative shall request the NOx Budget Administrator to deduct, consistent with § 123.107 (relating to NOx allowance transfer procedures) a designated amount of NOx allowances by serial number, from the NOx affected source's compliance account in an amount equivalent to the NOx emitted from the NOx affected source during that year's NOx allowance control period. The designated NOx allowances shall be used in accordance with the requirements specified in 25 Pa. Code § 123.110.
(b) For each NOx allowance control period, the authorized account representative for the NOx affected source shall submit an annual compliance certification to the Department no later than the NOx allowance transfer deadline (December 31) of each year.
(c) At a minimum, the compliance certification shall contain the information and statements required under 25 Pa. Code § 123.110(e)(1)--(6).
Recordkeeping Requirements
§ 123.113. Source recordkeeping requirements.
The owner or operator shall maintain for each NOx affected source at this facility, the measurements, data, reports and other information required by 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.101--123.120. The records shall be maintained for 5 years or any other period consistent with the terms of the NOx affected source's operating permit.
(19) § 123.121. NOx Allowance Program Transition.
The emission limitations and monitoring requirements established in §§ 123.101--123.120 (relating to NOx allowance requirements) are replaced by the requirements in Chapter 145 beginning with the May 1, 2003, control period. If a source has failed to demonstrate compliance with § 123.111 (relating to failure to meet source compliance requirements), the provisions in § 145.54(d) (relating to compliance) shall be used to withhold NOx allowances in calendar year 2003 and beyond. If no NOx allowances are provided to the source under § 145.52 (relating to NOx allowance allocations), the source will be obligated to acquire and retire a number of NOx allowances as specified in § 145.54.
§§ 145.1--145.90. NOx Budget Trading Program Incorporation.
The emission limitations, monitoring and all other requirements of the NOx Budget Trading Program established in 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.1--145.90 are hereby incorporated by reference.
§ 145.10. Authorization and responsibilities of the NOx authorized account representative.
(a) § 145.10(a). Except as provided under § 145.11 (relating to alternate NOx authorized account representative), each NOx budget source, including all NOx budget units at the source, shall have one and only one, NOx authorized account representative, with regard to all matters under the NOx Budget Trading Program concerning the source or any NOx budget unit at the source.
(b) § 145.10(e). Each submission under the NOx Budget Trading Program shall be submitted, signed and certified by the NOx authorized account representative for each NOx budget source on behalf of which the submission is made.
§ 145.6(a). Standard requirements--Monitoring requirements.
(a) The owners and operators and the NOx authorized account representative of each NOx budget source and each NOx budget unit at the source shall comply with the monitoring requirements of §§ 145.70--145.76 (relating to recordkeeping and recording requirements) by May 1, 2002.
(b) The emissions measurements recorded and reported in accordance with §§ 145.70--145.76 shall be used to determine compliance by the unit with the NOx budget emissions limitation under § 145.6(c).
§ 145.6(b). Standard requirements--NOx Requirements.
(a) The owners and operators of each NOx budget source and each NOx budget unit at the source shall hold NOx allowances available for compliance deductions under § 145.54 (relating to compliance), as of the NOx allowance transfer deadline, in the unit's compliance account and the source's overdraft account in an amount not less than the total NOx emissions for the control period from the unit, as determined in accordance with §§ 145.70--145.76 (relating to recordkeeping and reporting requirements) plus any amount necessary to account for actual heat input under § 145.42(e) (relating to NOx allowance allocation) for the control period or to account for excess emissions for a prior control period under § 145.54(d) or to account for withdrawal from the NOx budget trading program, or a change in regulatory status, of a NOx budget opt-in unit under §§ 145.86 and 145.87 (relating to withdrawal from NOx Budget Trading Program; and opt-in source change in regulatory status).
(b) An NOx budget unit shall be subject to the requirements under Paragraph (a) starting on May 1, 2003, or the date on which the unit commences operation, whichever is later.
§ 145.6(c). Standard requirements--Excess Emissions.
The owners and operators of a NOx budget unit that has excess emissions in any control period shall do the following:
Surrender the NOx allowances required for deduction under § 145.54(d)(1) (relating to compliance).
§ 145.6(d). Standard requirements--Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Unless otherwise provided, the owners and operators of the NOx budget source and each NOx budget unit at the source shall maintain at a central location and provided upon request by the Department or the NOx budget administrator all documents required under § 145.6(d) for a period of 5 years from the date the document is created. This period may be extended for cause, at any time prior to the end of the 5 years, in writing by the Department or the Administrator.
§ 145.74(b). Standard requirements--Monitoring plans.
(a) The owner or operator of a unit subject to an acid rain emissions limitation shall comply with requirements of 40 CFR 75.62 (relating to monitoring plan), except that the monitoring plan shall also include all of the information required by 40 CFR Part 75, Subpart H.
(b) The owner or operator of a unit that is not subject to an acid rain emissions limitation shall comply with requirements of 40 CFR 75.62, except that the monitoring plan is only required to include the information required by 40 CFR Part 75, Subpart H.
§ 145.74(c). Certification applications.
The NOx authorized account representative shall submit an application to the Department within 45 days after completing all initial certification or recertification tests required under § 145.71 (relating to initial certification and recertification procedures) including the information required under 40 CFR Part 75, Subpart H.
§ 145.74. Source emissions reporting requirements.
(a) The authorized account representative shall submit to the Department and to the NOx Budget Administrator a quarterly emissions report in accordance with the requirements of § 145.74(d).
(b) The NOx authorized account representative shall submit to the Department and the NOx Budget Administrator a compliance certification in support of each quarterly report required under § 145.74(d) based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for ensuring that all of the units emissions are correctly and fully monitored.
§ 145.30. Compliance certification report.
For each control period in which one or more NOx budget units at a source are subject to the NOx budget emissions limitation, the NOx authorized account representative of the source shall submit to the Department and the NOx Budget Administrator by November 30 of that year, a compliance certification report for the source covering all of the units.
§ 145.90. Emission reduction credit provisions.
NOx budget units may create, transfer and use emission reduction credits (ERCs) in accordance with Chapter 127 and § 145.90. ERCs may not be used to satisfy NOx allowance requirements.
(20) Under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter E, New Source Review, the permittee shall secure Department-approved NOx Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs) in the amount of 275 tons per year and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ERCs in the amount of 91 tons per year prior to the commencement of operation of the combustion turbines and duct burners.
(21) The permittee shall limit the combined-cycle electric generating plant emissions of NOx to 239 tons during any consecutive 12-month period.
(22) The permittee shall limit the combined-cycle electric generating plant emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) to 451 tons during any consecutive 12-month period.
(23) The permittee shall limit the combined-cycle electric generating plant emissions of VOCs to 79 tons during any consecutive 12-month period.
(24) Under the Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER) provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.205, the permittee shall limit the emissions from each combustion turbine with duct burner to the following:
Pollutant
Fuel
Emissions
(corrected to 15% O2)
NOx Natural Gas 2.5 ppmvd (1-hr. avg. calculated from a 3-hr. rolling block sum) (0.0094 #/MMBTU HHV)* NOx Distillate Oil 6.5 ppmvd (1-hr. avg. calculated from a 3-hr. rolling block sum) (0.0259 #/MMBTU HHV)* * As calculated using US EPA F factor methodology
Pollutant
Fuel
Emissions
(1 hr.-block avg. on a dry basis
corrected to 15% O2)
VOC Natural Gas 1.0 ppmvd as CH4 at > 85% of full base load (0.0013 #/MMBTU HHV)*
1.6 ppmvd as CH4 at >= 70% but <= 70% but <= 85% of full base load (0.0021 #/MMBTU HHV)*
2.6 ppmvd as CH4 at base load with duct firing (0.0033 #/MMBTU HHV)*VOC Distillate Oil 4.2 ppmvd as CH4 at > 85% of full base load (0.0058 #/MMBTU HHV)*
24.5 ppmvd as CH4 at >= 70% but <= 85% of full base load (0.0340 #/MMBTU HHV)*
5.4 ppmvd as CH4 at base load with duct firing (0.0073 #/MMBTU HHV)** As calculated using US EPA F factor methodology
(25) Under the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.83, the permittee shall limit the emissions from each combustion turbine with duct burner to the following:
Pollutant
Fuel
Emissions
(1 hr.-block avg. on a dry basis
corrected to 15% O2)
CO Natural Gas 3.0 ppmvd at >= 70% of full base load (0.007 #/MMBTU HHV)*
4.0 ppmvd with duct burners (0.009 #/MMBTU HHV)*Distillate Oil 6.0 ppmvd at loads > 85% (0.015 #/MMBTU HHV)*
6.5 ppmvd with duct firing (0.016 #/MMBTU HHV)*
10.0 ppmvd at >= 70% but <= 85% of full base load (0.024 #/MMBTU HHV)*SO2 Natural Gas 0.0006 #/MMBTU (HHV) Distillate Oil 0.051 #/MMBTU (HHV) Particulate (TSP/PM10) Natural Gas 0.0055 #/MMBTU (HHV) at > 85% of full base load
0.0097 #/MMBTU (HHV) at base load with duct firing
0.0071 #/MMBTU (HHV) at >= 70% but <= 85% of full base loadDistillate Oil 0.0437 #/MMBTU (HHV) at > 85% of full base load
0.0497 #/MMBTU (HHV) at base load with duct firing
0.0856 #/MMBTU (HHV) at >= 70% but <= 85% of full base loadH2SO4 Natural Gas 0.0002 #/MMBTU (HHV)
0.0003 #/MMBTU (HHV) at base load with duct firingDistillate Oil 0.0159 #/MMBTU (HHV)
0.0193 #/MMBTU (HHV) at base load with duct firing* As calculated using US EPA F factor methodology
(26) Under the Best Available Technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.1, the permittee shall limit the emission of ammonia for each selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system exhaust to 10 ppmvd, measured dry volume corrected to 15% oxygen, under normal operation.
(27) The emissions in Conditions 24, 25 and 26 apply at all times except during periods of start-up and shutdown as defined as follows:
(a) Cold start-up: Refers to restarts made more than 72 hours after shutdown; cold start-up periods shall not exceed 4 hours per occurrence.
(b) Warm Start-up: Refers to restarts made more than 24 hours but less than 72 hours after shutdown; warm start-up periods shall not exceed 2.5 hours per occurrence.
(c) Hot Start-up: Refers to restarts made 9 hours or less after shutdown; hot start-up periods shall not exceed 1.5 hours per occurrence.
(d) Shutdown: Commences with the termination of fuel (natural gas or distillate oil) injected into the combustion chambers.
(28) Under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 123.31, there shall be no malodorous emissions outside the property boundaries from any operation related to any source covered under this Plan Approval.
(29) Under the provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 123.41, the visible air contaminants from each combustion turbine exhaust stack shall not be emitted in a manner that the opacity of the emissions is equal to or greater than 20% for a period or periods aggregating more than 3 minutes in any 1 hour; or equal to or greater than 60% at any time.
(30) Within 60 days after achieving the maximum firing rate, but not later than 180 days after start-up, the permittee shall demonstrate compliance with each emission limit established in Conditions 24, 25 and 26 and opacity as per § 60.8 and 40 CFR Part 60 Subparts Da, Dc and GG and Chapter 139 of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection.
(31) At least 60 days prior to the test, the permittee shall submit to the Department for approval the procedures for the test and a sketch with dimensions indicating the location of sampling ports and other data to ensure the collection of representative samples.
(32) At least 30 days prior to the test, the Regional Air Quality Program Manager shall be informed of the date and time of the test.
(33) Within 30 days after the source tests, two copies of the complete test report, including all operating conditions, shall be submitted to the Regional Air Quality Program Manager for approval.
(34) Continuous emission monitoring system for nitrogen oxides (as NO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and diluent gas (O2 or CO2) must be approved by the Department and installed, operated and maintained in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 139 of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection. Proposals containing information as listed in the Phase I section of the Department's Continuous Source Monitoring Manual for the CEMs must be submitted at least 3 months prior to the start-up of the combustion turbines.
(35) Phase I Department approval must be obtained for the monitors described in Condition 34 prior to initial start-up of the combustion turbines. Phase III Department approval must be obtained within 60 days of achieving the maximum production rate at which the turbines will be operated, but not later than 180 days after initial start-up of the turbines. Department review time for the Phase III report (time between postmark of the permittee's Phase III report and the postmark of the Department's response letter) will not be charged against the turbines in determining compliance with this condition. Information in obtaining Department approval is included in the Department's Continuous Source Monitoring Manual.
(36) The permittee shall install and maintain fuel flow monitors that meet the requirements of 40 CFR Part 75, Appendix D.
(37) The permittee shall monitor and record the following parameters for each SCR system:
(a) Catalyst bed inlet gas temperature
(b) Ammonia solution injection rate
(c) Ammonia solution concentration
(38) The permittee shall record each start-up and shutdown, including the date and times of each event, for the combustion turbines and the duct burners.
(39) The permittee shall, at the minimum, record the following for the combined-cycle electric generating plant:
(a) Monthly fuel consumption
(b) 2-month rolling total fuel consumption
(c) Monthly emissions of TSP/PM10, SO2, NOx, CO, VOC and H2SO4
(d) 12-month rolling total of the emissions identified in Condition (39)(c)
(e) Results of fuel sampling, as applicable
(f) SCR monitoring results
(40) All emissions shall be determined by the methods found in 40 CFR Part 60 Subparts Da, Dc and GG, the Plan Approval Application and supplemental materials and Continuous Emission Monitoring Manual.
(41) The permittee shall limit the total dissolved/suspended solids in the cooling tower blowdown water to 1100 ppmw, or less.
(42) The permittee shall, on a weekly basis, test the cooling tower water for total dissolved and suspended solids. A schedule of less frequent testing may be approved by the Department upon demonstration that the results of the required testing are below the limitation contained in Condition 41.
(43) Records required under this Plan Approval, 40 CFR Part 60 Subparts Da, Dc and GG and 40 CFR Parts 72, 73, 75 and 77 shall be kept for a period of 5 years and shall be made available to the Department upon request.
(a) The permittee shall maintain records on all air pollution control system performance evaluations and records of calibration checks, adjustments and maintenance performed on all equipment which are subject to this Plan Approval.
(b) The permittee shall maintain a copy of the manufacturer's specifications for the two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators with duct firing, one steam generator, one 39.9 MMBTU/hr auxiliary natural gas boiler, one cooling tower and air pollution control equipment onsite.
(c) The permittee shall maintain a copy of the manufacturer's specifications for all CEMs that are required by this Plan Approval.
(d) The permittee shall keep a record of the date of malfunction, the time of the malfunction, the cause of the malfunction and the action taken to correct the malfunction.
(e) The permittee shall keep a record of the results of the testing for cooling tower blowdown water total dissolved and suspended solids.
(44) The Department reserves the right to use the CEMs data, stack test results and the operating parameters determined during optimization of the turbines and their associated air cleaning devices to verify emission rates, to establish emission factors and to develop compliance assurance measures in the Operating Permit.
(45) Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) for the entire combined-cycle electric generating plant shall not exceed 10 tons per year for a single HAP and 25 tons per year for all HAPs.
(46) The permittee will consume the following portions of the available PSD increments as listed in 40 CFR Part 52, Subpart 21, based upon the modeling conducted in support of the application:
Reliant Energy Maximum Allowable PSD % of PSD Pollutant Averaging Period Portland (µg/m3) PSD Increase (µg/m3) Increment PM10 24-hour 6.5 30 22% Annual 0.12 17 0.7% SO2 3-hour 35.6 512 7% 24-hour 5.5 91 6% Annual 0.06 20 0.3% NO2 Annual 0.1 25 0.4%
(47) The facility shall not burn distillate oil with a Sulfur content greater than 0.05%.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
06-5049A: Fleetwood Industries (3001 St. Lawrence Avenue, St. Lawrence, PA 19606) for construction of a conveyorized, wooden furniture surface coating line controlled by dry filter at the St. Lawrence Plant in the Borough of St. Lawrence, Berks County. This wooden furniture manufacturing facility is a non-Title V (State only) facility. This construction will result in a potential emission of 3.5 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOC). The applicant will be required to record the coating usages and calculate the VOC emissions monthly. Limits will be placed on the VOC content of the coatings used in the source. The approval will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
22-05023: ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, formerly Mobil Oil Corporation (600 Billingsport Road, Paulsboro, NJ 08066) for the administrative amendment to non Title V operating permit to incorporate the change of company name for the Harrisburg Terminal in Swatara Township, Dauphin County.
36-05011: ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, formerly Mobil Oil Corporation (600 Billingsport Road, Paulsboro, NJ 08066) for the administrative amendment to non Title V operating permit to incorporate the change of company name for the Lancaster Terminal in Manheim Township, Lancaster County.
36-05067H: C&D Technologies, Inc. (82 East Main Street, Leola, PA 17540) for installation of a fabric filter emissions control system at the existing lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. No appreciable change in facility emissions is expected from this addition. Sources at the facility are subject to the provisions of 40 CFR 60, Subpart KK--Standards of Performance for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants. The plan approval will include monitoring, testing, record keeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating in accordance with all applicable air quality requirements.
36-05107B: Pepperidge Farm, Inc. (2195 North Reading Road, Denver, PA 17517) for modification of the No. 8 Cracker Line and Bread Line volatile organic compound (VOC) emission controls. No emission increases are expected from this modification. The plan approval will include monitoring, testing, record keeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
67-05069A: Cemex, Inc. (P. O. Box 220, Thomasville, PA 17364) for installation of a new grinding mill at the Thomasville Facility located in Jackson Township, York County. The grinding mill is a non-Title V facility. The facility can process approximately 14 tons of limestone per hour. Particulate matter emissions will be controlled by a dust collector and will stay below 0.02 grain per dry standard cubic foot. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart 000, Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants. The plan approval and operating permit will include monitoring, testing, record keeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the source operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
12-327-001: Keystone Automatic Technology, Inc. (1 South Maple Street, Emporium, PA 15834) for construction of a Hollis model 201796 open-top manually-operated batch vapor degreaser equipped with a Copeland model RRS4-0075-IAV-958 refrigerated freeboard chiller in Emporium Borough, Cameron County.
The operation of the degreaser will result in the emission of up to 3300 pounds of trichloroethylene in any 12 consecutive month period. Trichloroethylene has been designated as a hazardous air pollutant by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has determined that the degreaser will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contaminant sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology provisions of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12 and the National Emission Standards for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning, 40 CFR 63.460--63.469. The Department of Environmental Protection consequently intends to issue plan approval for the construction of the respective degreaser.
The Department intends to place conditions in the plan approval to be issued pertaining to the operation and monitoring of the degreaser. These conditions are intended to assure proper operation of the degreaser as well as maintain compliance with all applicable air quality regulatory requirements. The following is a summary of these conditions regarding the degreaser:
1. The amount of trichloroethylene used in the degreaser shall not exceed 3,300 pounds in any 12 consecutive month period.
2. The degreaser shall not be operated without the simultaneous operation of the refrigerated chiller. The chilled air blanket created by the refrigerated freeboard chiller, as measured at the coldest point on a vertical axis through the center of the degreaser, shall not exceed 56°F at any time, except during times of chiller defrost.
3. The degreaser shall incorporate a freeboard ratio of at least 0.75 and a manually operated working-mode cover.
4. The cover to the degreaser shall fully cover the degreaser opening at all times of operation except to introduce new trichloroethylene into the degreaser compartment or to insert or remove the parts basket. In addition, the cover to the degreaser shall fully cover the degreaser opening at all times of idling and downtime except to perform degreaser maintenance or monitoring that requires that the cover not be in place.
5. The permittee shall maintain comprehensive and accurate records of the amount of trichloroethylene used in the degreaser per month as well as the amount of 100% trichloroethylene shipped off site per month.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
10-021I: Indspec Chemical Corp. (P. O. Box 307, Petrolia, PA 16050) for construction of a 9500-gallon storage vessel for resorcinol and installation of a scrubber to control the resorcinol emissions in the Borough of Petrolia, Butler County. The facility currently has a Title V permit which was issued November 2, 2000. 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. The Plan Approval required stack testing. Particulate sampling is not feasible at this source; therefore, the Plan Approval has been modified to eliminate stack testing at this source. The facility will continue to record nitrogen flow, nitrogen pressure, tank temperature and tank levels daily.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: James Parette, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
40-303-009B: Kaminski Brothers, Inc. (226 New Boston Road, Pittston, PA 18640) for operation of Batch Asphalt Plants 1 & 2 and associated air cleaning devices in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County.
40-310-044: Lonzetta Trucking and Excavating Co. (P. O. Box 644, 340 Rocky Road, Hazleton, PA 18201) for operation of a stone crushing plant and associated air cleaning device in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.
54-317-002B: Kaytee Products, Inc. (Bay-Mor Division, 55 South Sillyman Street, Cressona, PA 17929) for operation of a grain processing and cleaning plant and associated air cleaning device in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-03016: Walter W. Ziegler's Sons, Inc. (830 Loucks Mill Road, York, PA 17405-1501) for operation of the Louck's Mill Concrete Plant located in Spring Garden Township, York County. The particulate matter emission from the operation is less than a ton per year. The permit shall contain additional record keeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
42-00178: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.--Turtlepoint Plant (Route 155, Turtlepoint, PA 16750) for operation of the facility's air contamination sources consisting of a 400-tph-asphalt batch plant in Annin Township, McKean County.
43-00034: Dunbar Asphalt Products, Inc.--Wheatland Plant (Ohio Street Ext., Wheatland, PA 16161) for operation of the facility's air contamination sources consisting of a 150 and 260 tph-asphalt batch plants in Wheatland Township, Mercer County.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Roger Fey, Chief, (215) 823-7584.
96-021: The Curtis Center (625 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106) for operation of an office building in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Natural Minor facility's air emission sources include two 14,845,000 BTU/hr boilers that can burn natural gas or #2 fuel oil.
95-048: Jeanes Hospital (7600 Central Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111) for operation of a hospital in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Synthetic Minor facility's air emission sources include three 304 HP boilers and six emergency generators.
95-066: Perfecseal, Inc. (9800 Bustleton Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19115) for operation of a medical packaging converting facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Synthetic Minor facility's air emission sources include two 6.7 MMBTRU/hr boilers, one MMBTU/hr boiler, four flexographic printing presses and one drying oven.
96-010: Philadelphia Tramrail Company (2201 East Ontario Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134) for the manufacturing of overhead cranes and hydraulic balers and compactors in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Natural Minor facility's air emission sources include three 1.75 MMBTU/hr No. 2 oil-fired space heaters and two painting stations with filters.
00-008: Roto-Die Co., Inc. (2850 Comly Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154) for the process of repairing rotary dies which are utilized by the printing industry, consisting of cleaning, grinding, sharpening, testing, chrome stripping and chrome plating. The Natural Minor facility's air emission sources include a hard chromium electroplating system/stripping process consisting of one 108 gallon strip tank and one 108 gallon plating tank controlled by an air pollution control system consisting of a Pre-Filter Mist Eliminator, Enforcer III Composite Mesh-Pad System and HEPA filters. The facility has been deferred from Title V permitting until December 9, 2004.
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); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated before 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 certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--123 and 86.31--34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment and informal conferences).
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 described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the previous, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit, when necessary, for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of 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 factsupon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
40850102R2. Northeast Energy Co., (254 Johnson Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine/refuse disposal operation in Laurel Run Borough, Luzerne County affecting 111.1 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received: July 16, 2001.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982.
65910104. M. B. Energy, Inc. (250 Airport Road, P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319). Renewal application received for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface/auger mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 89.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Stony Run and McGee Run. Application received: July 17, 2001.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.
11960106. Permit Renewal, M. B. Energy, Inc. (175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717-7961), for continued operation of a bituminous surface mine in Jackson Township, Cambria County, affecting 311.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Laurel Run, Laurel Run. Application received: July 17, 2001.
McMurray District Mining Office: 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.
03961302. TJS Mining, Inc. (R. D. #1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774), to revise the permit for the TJS #4 Mine in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County to add 150 permit and 76 subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharges. Application received: June 6, 2001.
26970702. Matt Canestrale Contracting, Inc. (P. O. Box 124, Belle Vernon, PA 15012), to revise the permit for the La Bell Site in Luzerne Township, Fayette County to revise location of haul road, no additional discharges. Application received: June 7, 2001.
32733709. Robindale Energy Services, Inc. (One Energy Place, Suite 1400, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit for the Dilltown Facility in Brush Valley Township, Indiana County from Custom Coals Dilltown, no additional discharges. Application received: July 6, 2001.
32841601. Robindale Energy Services, Inc. (One Energy Place, Suite 1400, Latrobe, PA 15650), to transfer the permit for the Dilltown Facility in Brushvalley Township, Indiana County from Custom Coals Dilltown, no additional discharges. Application received: July 6, 2001.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669.
33970109. MSM Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 243, DuBois, PA 15801). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Oliver Township, Jefferson County affecting 85.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Lick Run and unnamed tributary to Little Sandy Creek. Revision to include a post mining landuse change from forestland to unmanaged natural habitat on lands of Park and Hoffman. Application received: July 13, 2001.
Noncoal Applications Received
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
15750402C. Glasgow, Inc. (P. O. Box 1089, Glenside, PA 19038), correction to an existing quarry operation in East Whiteland Township, Chester County affecting 239.0 acres, receiving stream--Cedar Hollow Run to Valley Creek. Application received: July 13, 2001.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 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(a)), 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. Initial requests for 401 Water Quality Certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. 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 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. 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 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the 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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E46-891. Cheltenham Township, 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To perform the following activities located within and along Tookany Creek (WWF):
1. To remove the existing steel bridge (aka Morgan Park Bridge) and to construct and maintain a 45-foot by 6-foot wide pedestrian steel bridge located just southeast of the intersection of Paxsen Avenue and South Avenue (Germantown, PA Quadrangle N: 17.3 inches; W: 2.1 inches).
2. To remove the exposed remnants of an existing masonry abutment, formerly the Griffin Field Bridge which was destroyed by Hurricane Floyd and to construct and maintain a 57-foot long by 6-foot wide pedestrian steel bridge which is located 250 feet northwest of the intersection of Tookany Creek Parkway and Central Avenue (Frankford, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 10.9 inches; W: 13.6 inches).
3. To remove the existing steel bridge (aka Little League Bridge) and to construct and maintain a 71-foot long by 6-foot wide pedestrian bridge, including 20 LF of R-6 stone riprap. The bridge is located approximately 120 feet south of the intersection of Tookany Creek Parkway and Ashbourne Road (Frankford, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 10.2 inches; W: 13.6 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E01-226. Hamilton Township, 272 Mummerts Church Road, Abbottstown, PA 17301 in Hamilton Township, Adams County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain 20,000 feet of gravity sewer main, 10,000 feet of sanitary sewer face main and construct three pump stations along an unnamed tributary to South Branch Conewago Creek (WWF) (Hampton, PA Quadrangle N: 22.4 inches; W: 4.9 inches).
E05-295. Monroe Township, P. O. Box 38, Clearville, PA 155535, Monroe Township, Bedford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a 25-foot by 7-foot pre-cast box culvert in the channel of East Branch Sidelings Hill Creek (EV) and to relocate 165 feet of an unnamed tributary to the East Branch Sideling Hill Creek (EV) at a point at T-354 (Amaranth, PA Quadrangle N: 16.5 inches; W: 9.2 inches).
E05-296. John Folk, Box 86, 1208 Main Street, Six Mile Run, PA 16679 in Broad Top Township, Bedford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove an existing culvert and to construct and maintain a 30-inch plastic culvert and to relocate approximately 200 feet of the channel of a tributary to Six Mil Run (WWF) at a point upstream of Wright Boulevard (Saxton, PA Quadrangle N: 8.75 inches; W: 13.2 inches)
E07-347. Bonnie Lewis, Logan Township, 800 39th Street, Altoona, PA 16601 in Logan Township, Blair County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a 71-inch by 47-inch corrugated steel pipe arch in the channel of an unnamed tributary to Homer Gap Run (WWF) at a point at Homer Gap Road (Altoona, PA Quadrangle N: 13.5 inches; W: 6.7 inches).
E22-432. Hummelstown Borough, 136 S. Hanover Street, Hummelstown, PA 17036 in Hummelstown Borough, Dauphin County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain an 8-foot wide pedestrian trail and a 60-foot span timber foot bridge over a tailrace in the floodway of the Swatara Creek (WWF) located off Sweet Arrow Drive near the Dauphin Consolidated Water Company's filtration plant (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N: 3.9 inches; W: 13.2 inches).
E22-433. Sarah Hopkins, 1620 Hemlock Lane, Dauphin, PA 17018 in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 10-foot by 12-foot, 120 square foot, one story addition attached to an existing residential home situated in the floodway of Stony Creek (CWF) located on Hemlock Lane about 3.3 miles northeast of the Borough of Dauphin (Halifax, PA Quadrangle N: 2.2 inches; W: 0.1 inch).
E28-289. Greencastle Borough, 60 N. Washington Street, Greencastle PA 17225 in Antrim Township and Greencastle Borough, Franklin County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a two pipe stormwater system which starts from an existing stormwater line and travels approximately 3,100 feet and then discharges into an unnamed tributary to Paddy Run (WWF). The stream channel will be improved with a wider cross-section and a berm along the stream near the end of the project (Greencastle, PA Quadrangle N: 6.0 inches; W: 15.3 inches).
E28-290. Chambersburg Borough, 100 South Second Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201 in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To (1) remove the existing steel grid deck from Bridge #3 and demo support walls sections 4--6 and (2) construct and maintain a reinforced concrete slab deck and pave a new roadway surface across Falling Spring Branch (TSF) at a point 0.6 mile northeast of the Chambersburg Square (Chambersburg, PA Quadrangle N: 20.4 inches; W: 3.2 inches)
E31-173. Anthony Skicki, GPU Energy, 2800 Pottsville Pike, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640 in Henderson and Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To install a fiber optic cable on an existing aerial electric transmissions line across the channel of the Juniata River (WWF) at a point approximately 3.6 miles upstream of Route 829 (Mount Union, PA Quadrangle N: 17.8 inches; W: 16.5 inches).
E67-700. Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust, 170 W. Ridgely Road, Suite 300, Lutherville, MD 21093, Shrewsbury Borough and Hopewell Township, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove an existing structure, construct and maintain a 72-inch corrugated metal pipe culvert and an 8-inch sanitary sewer pipe across an unnamed tributary channel, to construct an 18-inch and a 24-inch outfall stormwater discharge pipe and to relocate and maintain approximately 490 lineal feet of Deer Creek (CWF) for construction of the Shrewsbury Commercial Center located between I-83, Route 851 and Mount Airy Road (Glen Rock, PA Quadrangle N: 4.25 inches; W: 6.5 inches).
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