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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-2115a

[33 Pa.B. 5428]

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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT

   Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.

   Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.

   Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and are available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.

   Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

SAFE DRINKING WATER


Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17)

   Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Permit No. 5403504, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Borough of Schuylkill Haven
Township or Borough North Manheim Township
Schuylkill County
Responsible Official Jack B. Travis, Borough Treasurer
Schuylkill Haven Borough Building
12 West Main Street
Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972-1900
(570) 385-8241
Type of Facility Community Water System
Consulting Engineer James P. Palumbo, Jr., P. E.
Quad Three Group, Inc.
37 North Washington Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
(570) 829-4200
Application Received Date October 3, 2003
Description of Action The application involves construction of a new 2 MGD water filtration plant and a 150,000-gallon elevated water storage tank to serve the Chestnut Hill Development. The project also includes demolition/modification of the existing Tumbling Run Water Treatment Plant for conversion to a raw water pump station.

   Permit No. 4503506, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Pocono Springs Company
Township or Borough Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County
Responsible Official William Sardegna, Operations Manager
Pocono Springs Company
P. O. Box 787
Mount Pocono, PA 18344
Type of Facility Bottled Water System
Consulting Engineer Brian P. Swanson, P. E.
Swanson Engineering, P. C.
435 Green Ridge Street
Scranton, PA 18509
Application Received Date October 14, 2003
Description of Action The Pocono Springs Company is proposing to add distilled and fluoridated water product lines to their facility in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County. The existing bottling train and storage silos will be used. The existing ozonation system will be used to maintain residual in the storage silos. The facility will be dedicated to the production of an individual product over the desired production cycle time, either spring water, fluoridated water or distilled water. The distillation facility will bring an existing, currently unused, storage silo online with a new ozone feed. Raw water for the distillation line will be supplied from PAWC public system.

   Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Permit No. 4403501, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown
Municipality Armagh Township
County Mifflin
Responsible Official Harris Layton
70 Chestnut St.
Lewistown, PA 17044
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Dennis P. Lingenfelter, P. E.
Uni-Tec Consulting Engineers Inc.
2007 Cato Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Application Received Date August 22, 2003
Description of Action Replacing existing chlorine gas disinfection system with new onsite sodium hypo-chlorite generation system.

   Permit No. 0603512, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Heritage Building Group Land Division
Municipality Union Township
County Berks
Responsible Official Richard R. Carroll Jr.
Vice President
3326 Old York Road, Suite 4100
Furlong, PA 18925
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Mark S. Geosits, P. E.
Schoor DePalma Inc.
1555 Bustard Road Suite 5DT
Suite 4100
Kulpsville, PA 19443-0304
Application Received Date September 19, 2003
Description of Action This PWS permit application is for the construction of a new community water system. The proposed facilities include two wells, a pump house/treatment building, 185,000-gallon finished water storage tank and distribution system.

   Northcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   Application No. 1403505--Construction. Public Water Supply.

Applicant The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-1118
Township College Township, Centre County
Responsible Official Robert E. Cooper, P. E.
Manager, Engineering Services
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-1118
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Buchart-Horn, Inc.
Jeffrey S. Culton, P. E.
445 West Philadelphia Street
P. O. Box 15040
York, PA 17405-7040
Application Received Date October 14, 2003
Description of Action Build air stripping towers using packed column aeration to remove Tetrachloroethylene from groundwater wells.

   Application No. 1403503--Construction. Public Water Supply.

Applicant Spring Township Water Authority
1309 Blanchard Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823-8625
Township Spring Township, Centre County
Responsible Official Paul M. Meister, P. E.
Uni-Tec Consulting Engineers, Inc.
2007 Cato Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Paul M. Meister, P. E.
Uni-Tec Consulting Engineers, Inc.
2007 Cato Avenue
State College, PA 16801
Application Received Date October 1, 2003
Description of Action Project includes the Pleasant Gap pump station, refurbishment of the 300,000-gallon Pleasant Gap reservoir and approximately 2,725 feet of 10-inch DI pipeline on Mulbarger Road (replacing the proposed 8-inch pipeline) and a submersible well pump capable of 1,000 gallons per minute (replacing the former well pump).

   Application No. 4596431-Amendment 2--Construction. Public Water Supply.

Applicant Cedar Mountain Springs Water Company
William E. Merkle, Owner
Box 17
Gaines, PA 16921
Township Elk Township, Tioga County
Responsible Official William E. Merkle, Owner
Box 17
Gaines, PA 16921
Type of Facility PWS
Consulting Engineer Peter G. Titlow, P. E.
R. R. 1, Box 128B
Tioga, PA 16946
Application Received Date August 15, 2003
Description of Action Install polishing filters in bottled water plant.

   Southwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   Permit No. 0303502, Public Water Supply.

Applicant Parker Area Authority
P. O. Box 342
Parker, PA 16049
Township or Borough Parker City
Responsible Official Donald Lowe, Chairperson
Parker Area Authority
P. O. Box 342
Parker, PA 16049
Type of Facility Water Treatment Plant
Consulting Engineer Gray-Warnick Engineering
662 West New Castle Road
Butler, PA 16001
Application Received Date September 29, 2003
Description of Action Resubmittal of application for additions to the existing water treatment facilities including a new filtration package plant to replace existing filters, mixing/flocculation tank and process piping.

   Permit No. 1103504, Public Water Supply.

Applicant West Carroll Township Water and Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 328
Elmora, PA 15737
Township or Borough West Carroll Township
Responsible Official John Thurman, Chairperson
West Carroll Township Water and Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 328
Elmora, PA 15737
Type of Facility Water Treatment Plant
Consulting Engineer Gwin, Dobson & Foreman, Inc.
3121 Fairway Drive, Suite B
Altoona, PA 16602
Application Received Date August 29, 2003
Description of Action Addition of filter-to-waste piping at the St. Benedict water treatment facilities.

   Permit No. 1103505, Public Water Supply.

Applicant West Carroll Township Water and Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 328
Elmora, PA 15737
Township or Borough West Carroll Township
Responsible Official John Thurman, Chairperson
West Carroll Township Water and Sewer Authority
P. O. Box 328
Elmora, PA 15737
Type of Facility Water Treatment Plant
Consulting Engineer Gwin, Dobson & Foreman, Inc.
3121 Fairway Drive, Suite B
Altoona, PA 16602
Application Received Date August 29, 2003
Description of Action Addition of filter-to-waste piping at the Bakerton water treatment facilities.

MINOR AMENDMENT


Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act

   Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Application No. Minor Amendment.

Applicant City of Allentown
Township or Borough South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County
Responsible Official Joseph McMahon, Manager of Operations
435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
(610) 437-7643
Type of Facility Community Water System
Consulting Engineer David A. Brinjac, P. E.
BRINJAC Engineering, Inc.
114 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 233-4502
Application Received Date August 27, 2003
Description of Action The application seeks approval for installation of an onsite sodium hypo-chlorite generation system at its Schantz Spring Water Treatment Plant to replace the existing chlorine treatment system. The modification will require expansion of the existing pump house facility. In addition, the application seeks approval for a second onsite sodium hypo-chlorite generation system to be at the South Mountain Reservoir Storage Facility to boost the chlorine residual of the finished water stored at the facility prior to distribution.

WATER ALLOCATIONS


Applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) regarding the acquisition of rights to divert waters of this Commonwealth

   Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   WA46-372A, Water Allocations, Borough of East Greenville, 206 Main Street, East Greenville, PA 10841, Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County. Renewal of the existing 350,000 gallons per day Water Allocation Permit No. WA46-372A.

   WA15-67H, Water Allocations, Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company, 762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, Caln, East Brandywine and West Brandywine Townships, Chester County. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company requests the rights to purchase up to 500,000 gallons per day from the Downingtown Municipal Water Authority.

BIOSOLIDS INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PABIG AND PABIS)

   The following parties have applied for either an Individual Site Permit (PABIS) or an Individual Generator Permit (PABIG) for beneficial use of sewage sludge (biosolids) by land application. Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to land apply biosolids subject to certain requirements set forth in the permit.

   Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the responsible Department office before the application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determination regarding the application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the responsible Department office considers the public response significant.

   Following the 30-day comment period, a final determination regarding the proposed permit will be made. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board).

   The application and related documents, comments received and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the responsible Department office indicated before the application.

   Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   Bureau of Water Quality Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 787-8184.

   PABIG 9902, Unified Environmental Services Group, LLC, 130 Brainards Road, Phillipsburg, NJ has applied to have their biosolids approved for beneficial use by land application.

LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

UNDER ACT 2, 1995

PREAMBLE 1


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 302--305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the Background Standard, Statewide Health Standard, the Site-Specific Standard or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, a combination of the cleanup standards or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(n) (1) (ii) and 305(c) (2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a Site-Specific Standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified, proposed for remediation to a Site-Specific Standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, the municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of the site.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the environmental cleanup program manager in the Department regional office after which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   GTE Muncy, Muncy Township, Lycoming County. Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP on behalf of Clint GTE Operations Support, Inc., 600 Hidden Ridge Drive, Irving, TX 75038, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents, fuel oil no. 2, inorganics, leaded gasoline, other organics and unleaded gasoline. The applicant proposes to remediate site soils to meet a combination of the Site-Specific and Statewide Health Standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on September 15, 2003.

INFECTIOUS AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES


Applications received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the act of July 13, 1988 (P. L. 525, No. 93) (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

   Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

Renewal Applications Received

   Environmental Options Group, Inc., 18 Water Street--Tuckertown, Reading, PA 19605, License No. PA-HC 0131. Received on September 9, 2003.

   Med-Trac, Inc., 715 William Pitt Highway, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, License No. PA-HC 0086. Received on September 18, 2003.

   Omega Medical Laboratories, Inc., 2001 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610, License No. PA-HC 0042. Received on September 29, 2003.

   S. H. Bio-Waste Ltd., P. O. Box 1866, Norristown, PA 19401-1866, License No. PA-HC 0096. Received on October 1, 2003.

   Verity Medical, Inc., P. O. Box 7722, Warren, OH 44483, License No. PA-HC 0212. Received on October 10, 2003.

   Northeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   Permit Application No. 100933. Alliance Sanitary Landfill, Inc., 398 South Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA 18517. An application for the community landscape project (demonstration project) designed to implement and evaluate several vegetative cover alternatives that may offer viable options to the commonly accepted practice of hydro-seeding grasses at this municipal waste landfill in Taylor Borough and Ransom Township, Lackawanna County. The application was received in the Regional Office on September 5, 2003. As of September 30, 2003, it was found to be administratively complete.

   Permit Application No. 301295. Hazleton Oil Salvage, Ltd., P. O. Box 2339, Hazleton, PA 18072. An application for a name change to Hazleton Oil and Environmental, Inc. and an increase in the overall storage capacity from 249,000 to 347,600 gallons at this residual waste processing facility in Banks Township, Carbon County. The application was received in the Regional Office on August 13, 2003. As of September 17, 2003, it was found to be administratively complete.

   Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   Permit ID No. 100172. Arden Landfill, Inc., 625 Cherrington Parkway, Moon Township, PA 15108. Arden Landfill, 200 Rangos Lane, Washington, PA 15301. Application for a permit renewal of a municipal waste landfill in Chartiers Township, Washington County, was received in the Regional Office on October 16, 2003.

AIR QUALITY

PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS

NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State Operating Permit and Title V Operating Permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.

   The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.

   Copies of the applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the regional office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.

   Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a proposed plan approval or operating permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the Plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act (act) and regulations adopted under the act.

PLAN APPROVALS


Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.

   Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.

   48-306-008D: Northampton Generating Co. LP (1 Horwith Drive, Northampton, PA 18067) for amendment of the Title V Permit (48-00021) to include an alternative fuel for combustion in the fluidized bed combustion unit at their facility in Northampton Borough, Northampton County. The alternative fuel will be high carbon ash and no atmospheric emission changes are anticipated.

   40-305-023: Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 13, Bethesda, MD 20814) for construction of a coal culm bank processing plant at the Prospect Bank in Plains Township, Luzerne County.

   54-322-004: Pine Grove Landfill Inc. (P. O. Box 307, Pine Grove, PA 17963) for an increase in landfill capacity and the replacement of the two existing landfill gas system flares with a single larger unit at their municipal waste landfill on Schultz Road, Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County.

   Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Ronald Davis, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   28-03045: Dominion Transmission, Inc. (625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) for construction of two natural gas fired gas turbine driven natural gas compressors to back up existing electric compressors and an emergency generator at its Chambersburg Station in Hamilton Township, Franklin County. The primary emissions from the sources are NOx of 72 tons per year. The gas turbines are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG--Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines. These sources are controlled by low NOx combustors.

   67-03078A: Snyder's of Hanover (P. O. Box 917, Hanover, PA 17331-6917) for construction of a pellet fryer controlled by oil mist eliminator in Penn Township, York County. The primary emissions from the sources are particulate matter of about 5 tons per year.

   Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.

   32-00368B: T. J. S. Mining (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774) for installation of screening and truck loading operation at Rossmoyer No. 1 Deep Mine in South Mahoning, Indiana County.

   Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   37-0237A: Essroc Cement--McQuiston Plant (300 Small Ferry Road, Bessemer, PA 16112) for reactivation of a limestone crushing and screening plant controlled with a baghouse in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County.

   Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Thomas Barsley, Chief, (215) 685-9428.

   AMS 03163: Sunoco Inc.--R and M (3144 Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19145) for the reactivation of alkylation unit 869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

   AMS 03164: Karabinchak Brothers Inc. (10 Liberty Street, Edison, NJ 08837) for installation of a portable concrete crusher in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.


Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.

   Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   46-0169C: H and N Packaging, Inc. (92 County Line Road, Colmar, PA 18915) for installation of a wax laminator/flexographic printing station and one dryer at an existing facility in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County. This facility is a non-Title V facility. The VOC emissions from the facility will be capped at 24.7 tons per year so this facility will remain a minor facility. The existing thermal oxidizer will be the control device for this new source. The Plan Approval will contain recordkeeping, operating and performance testing requirements designed to keep the facility operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.

   Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark J. Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.

   40-399-052: Bridon American Corp. (P. O. Box 6000, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706) for installation of a fabric collector to collect soap dust at their facility in Hanover Township, Luzerne County. This manufacturing facility is not a Title V facility. The installation of the fabric collector will result in particulate emissions of less than 1 ton per year. The plan approval will include all appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping, inspection and reporting requirements designed to keep the device operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   45-00017: Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania, Inc. (1900 Sullivan Trail, P. O. Box 231, Easton, PA 18044-0231) for administrative amendment to include operation of a vertical shaft impact crusher at the company's Stroudsburg Quarry in Hamilton Township, Monroe County. The crusher is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. The State-only operating permit will include monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the plant operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   06-03029B: Yuasa Battery, Inc. (2900 Montrose Avenue, Reading, PA 19605) for modification of a lead/acid storage battery assembly line controlled by a fabric collector in the Borough of Laureldale, Berks County. The facility is a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. The modification will result in no changes in the potential emissions. The approval will include limits, monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   06-05090B: Chiyoda America, Inc. (P. O. Box 470, Morgantown, PA 19543-0470) for installation of an activated carbon filter to control the VOC emissions from the facility's Color Lab and QC/QA area in Caernarvon Township, Berks County. The facility is a non-Title V (State-only) facility. The facility's VOC emissions are limited to less than 50 tons per year. The approval will contain VOC emission limits as well as monitoring, work practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.

   41-330-004: Sunoco, Inc.--R and M (205 Park Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13204) for construction of a soil vapor extraction system and installation of an associated air cleaning device (a biofilter) at their former Atlantic Terminal on Sylvan Dell Road in Armstrong Township, Lycoming County.

   The soil vapor extraction system will be used to extract VOCs and volatile HAPs from soil which has been contaminated by petroleum products (gasoline, and the like). All vapors extracted from the contaminated soil will be directed to the biofilter which will consist of a 900 square foot surface area mulch bed in which the VOCs and volatile HAPs contained in the vapors will decompose due to the presence of microorganisms. The resultant emission of combined VOCs and volatile HAPs to the atmosphere will be no greater than 3.6 tons per year.

   The Department has determined that the proposed construction and installation will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department consequently intends to issue a plan approval.

   The following is a summary of the conditions the Department plans to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:

   1.  All vapors from the soil vapor extraction system shall be directed to the biofilter.

   2.  The total volume of gases (soil vapors and ambient air) directed to the biofilter shall never exceed 600 cubic feet per minute.

   3. The biofilter bed surface shall be 30 feet long by 30 feet wide and the bed shall contain at least 213 cubic yards of filter material (mulch).

   4. The biofilter shall achieve a combined VOC and volatile HAP destruction and removal efficiency of at least 92% at all times, including initial startup of the biofilter. Additionally, the total combined VOC and volatile HAP emissions from the biofilter shall not exceed 3.6 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.

   5. Upon startup of the soil vapor extraction system and biofilter, the soil vapors from the soil vapor extraction system shall be diluted with ambient air so that the resultant gas stream ducted to the biofilter consists of 10% soil vapors and 90% ambient air (by volume). The percentage of soil vapors shall thereafter be gradually increased and the percentage of ambient air decreased until the gas stream to the biofilter is 100% soil vapors.

   6. The permittee shall monitor and record the total flow of all gases to the biofilter, the biofilter influent gas humidity, the biofilter bed temperature, the concentration of VOC/volatile HAPs at the biofilter bed inlet and the concentration of VOC/volatile HAPs emitted from the biofilter bed surface. The permittee shall additionally perform visible inspections of the biofilter bed surface and the biofilter air handling system. The monitoring and inspection shall be performed frequently enough prior to the introduction of 100% soil vapors to the biofilter to ensure compliance with the 92% destruction and removal efficiency requirement and shall thereafter be performed on a weekly basis for the remainder of the first 90 days of operation and twice per month thereafter.

   49-00024B: Sunbury Property, LLC, owner and Knight-Celotex, LLC, operator (1400 Susquehanna Avenue, Sunbury, PA 17801) for construction of a fiberboard sanding operation in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County. The respective facility is a major facility for which a Title V Operating Permit (No. 49-00024) has been issued.

   The particulate matter emissions from the proposed fiberboard sanding operation will be controlled by a cyclone collector and a cartridge collector operating in series. The resultant particulate matter emissions to the atmosphere will be no greater than 2.55 tons in any 12 consecutive month period and are actually expected to be significantly less.

   The Department has determined that the fiberboard sanding operation will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department consequently intends to issue plan approval for the construction of the respective fiberboard sanding operation.

   The following is a summary of the conditions the Department plans to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:

   1. The particulate matter emissions from the exhaust of the cartridge collector shall not exceed .01 grain per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust.

   2. At no time shall there be any visible air contaminant emissions from the exhaust of the cartridge collector (other than water vapor or steam).

   3. The cartridge collector shall be equipped with instrumentation to monitor the pressure differential across the collector on a continuous basis.

   4. The air compressor used to supply compressed air to the cartridge collector shall be equipped with an air dryer and oil trap.

   5. Spare cartridges for the cartridge collector shall be kept on hand.

   Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 685-9476.

   03091: Naval Surface Warfare Center--Carderock Division--Ship Systems Engineering Station--NSWCCD-SSES (5001 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19112) authorization of construction in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

   The City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health Air Management Services (AMS) proposes to issue Plan Approval No. 03091 This Plan Approval authorizes the construction of the following air contaminant source at the facility:

   A marine gas turbine (MGT) test cell for the testing of various marine gas turbines. The test cell will be in Building 633. Only one turbine will be tested at a time, the largest of which is rated at 35,000 hp.

   1.  Emissions from the MGT test cell will not exceed the following limits in any 12-month rolling period:

Pollutant Tons
NOx 171.00
CO     4.89
SO2   25.70
PM/PM10     3.86
VOC     0.30

   2. This source is subject to Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration regulations for NO2 and is required to do modeling. The maximum NO2 increment consumption for the test cell, as determined by modeling, is 6.4 µg/m3.

   3. This source is subject to State New Source Review regulations and is required to offset its NOx emissions. NSWCCD-SSES will offset a total of 195.7 tons of NOx with either NOx or VOC emission reduction credits at the ratio of 1.3 to 1 or 1.69 to 1, respectively. The certified ERCs shall be transferred by the Department to NSWCCD-SSES prior to commencement of operation of the proposed test cell.

   4. This plan approval includes conditions to ensure that emission limits are not exceeded. The conditions include limits on the quantity and quality of fuel used and requirements for stack testing, monitoring and recordkeeping.

   Copies of the application and other pertinent documents are available for public inspection at AMS, Room 218, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4543 during normal business hours. Persons wishing to review these documents should contact Karol Bowman, (215) 685-7572.

   The comment period on this plan approval ends on December 1, 2003. Comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment period and sent directly to AMS. AMS may, at its discretion, hold a public hearing. Written requests to hold a hearing must be received before November 17, 2003. A public hearing, if held, will begin at 7 p.m. on December 2, 2003, at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center, Building 4, Auditorium, 5001 South Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19112.

   AMS 03164: Karabinchak Brothers, Inc. (10 Liberty Street, Edison, NJ 08837) for installation of a concrete crusher in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. One ton of NOx emissions is expected from the temporary operation. The plan approval will contain operating and recordkeeping requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.

OPERATING PERMITS


Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.

   Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   09-00041: Hines Horticulture, Inc. (6071 Durham Road, Pipersville, 18947). This is action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit in Plumstead Township, Bucks County. The initial permit was issued on August 22, 1997. The facility is a wholesale greenhouse and has several boilers (fired on natural gas and/or no. 2 fuel oil and one diesel-fired emergency generator). As a result of potential emissions of NOx, the facility is a major stationary source as defined in Title I, Part D of the Clean Air Act Amendments and is therefore subject to the Title V permitting requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G. The proposed Title V Operating Renewal does not adopt any new regulations and does not reflect any change in air emissions from the facility. The facility is not subject to Compliance Assurance Monitoring under 40 CFR Part 64. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting.

   Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   06-05014: Garden State Tanning Co. (16 South Franklin Street, Fleetwood, PA 19522) for operation of a leather finishing operating facility (Fleetwood Plant) in the Borough of Fleetwood, Berks County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart TTTT--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Leather Finishing Operations. This action is a renewal of the Title V Operating Permit issued in 1998.

   Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Program Manager, (570) 327-0512.

   49-00009: Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. (U. S. Route 11, P. O. Box 112, Northumberland, PA 17857) the Department intends to issue a revised Title V Operating Permit for their wood door/door components manufacturing facility in Point Township, Northumberland County under 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521 and 127.541. The Title V operating permit revision is to incorporate revised Reasonably Available Control Technology requirements into the operating permit for a wood door/door component prefinish line and three associated spray booths. In addition, this revision also incorporates the name change from Premdor Corporation to Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. and the applicability of 25 Pa. Code § 129.63(a) to the Graymills Model DMD236 parts cleaner. The Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. representative to contact regarding this project is Paul Dalkiewicz, Human Resource Manager.

   18-00007: Brodart Co. (500 Arch Street, Williamsport, PA 17705) for their Brodart McElhattan facility in Wayne Township, Clinton County. The facility's sources include 2 boilers, 1 hot water heater, 2 air make up combustion units, 12 paint booths, woodworking operations, 2 process ovens, 1 emergency generator, gluing operations, 2 solvent parts washers, 1 welding booth and 1 no. 2 fuel oil tank. The facility has the potential to emit major quantities of PM10, VOCs and HAPs. The facility has the potential to emit NOx, CO and SOx below the major emission thresholds. The proposed Title V Operating Permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.


Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.

   Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.

   15-00112: Merck and Co., Inc. (466 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA 19087) for operation of their research facility in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State-only) facility. Major sources of air emissions include two natural gas-fired boilers and one diesel-fired emergency generator. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

   Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.

   67-03018: Penn Mar Castings, Inc. (500 Broadway Avenue, Hanover, PA 17331) for operation of an iron foundry in Hanover Borough, York County. The facility estimated actual emissions are 40 tons per year of particulate matter. The State-only operating permit will include emission restrictions, work practice standards and testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality regulations.

   Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-0512.

   19-320-005: Press Enterprise, Inc. (3185 Lackawanna Avenue, Bloomsburg, PA 17815) for operation of an eight color heatset web offset lithographic printing press and two associated dryers in the company's facility in Scott Township, Columbia County.

   The VOC and volatile HAP emissions from the printing press and dryers are controlled by a regenerative thermal oxidizer. The resultant VOC emissions will be no greater than 5.25 tons per 12 consecutive month period and the emission of volatile HAPs will be no greater than 2.12 tons per 12 consecutive month period.

   The Department has determined that the printing press and dryers and associated regeneratative thermal oxidizer have been constructed and are being maintained and operated, in accordance with the conditions of Plan Approval 19-320-005, as amended, as well as in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including the best available technology requirements of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. The Department consequently intends to issue an operating permit for the operation of the respective printing press and dryers and associated regenerative thermal oxidizer.

   The following is a summary of the conditions the Department proposes to place in the operating permit to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:

   1. The dryers and regenerative thermal oxidizer shall only be fired on natural gas.

   2. The dryer shall capture 100% of all VOCs and volatile HAPs emitted from the application of inks.

   3. The destruction efficiency of the regenerative thermal oxidizer shall be equal to or greater than 98%.

   4. The combustion chamber of the regenerative thermal oxidizer shall be maintained at a temperature of at least 1,575°F whenever the printing press is in operation.

   5. The regenerative thermal oxidizer shall be equipped with instrumentation to continuously monitor combustion chamber temperature and shall incorporate interlocks to prevent the dryers from operating if a minimum combustion chamber temperature of 1,575°F is not being maintained.

   6. The inks used by the printing press shall not contain more than 50% VOCs and shall contain no volatile HAPs.

   7. The amount of fountain solution additive used by the printing press shall not exceed 3,460 gallons during any 12 consecutive month period.

   8. The fountain solution additive shall not contain more than 1.2 pounds of VOCs or 1.2 pounds of volatile HAPs per gallon unless prior approval has been obtained from the Department.

   9. The vapor pressure of the fountain solution additive shall be no greater than 16 millimeters of mercury at 20°C unless prior approval has been obtained from the Department.

   10. The fountain solution shall not contain more than 6 ounces of additive for every gallon of water.

   11. The amount of blanket wash solution used by the printing press shall not exceed 600 gallons during any 12 consecutive month period.

   12. The blanket wash solution shall not contain more than .11 pound of volatile HAPs per gallon unless prior approval has been obtained from the Department.

   13. The vapor pressure of the blanket wash solution shall be no greater than 3 millimeters of mercury at 20°C unless prior approval has been obtained from the Department.

   14. All solvent-laden rags used for cleanup shall be stored in closed containers after use until properly disposed of. Solvent-laden rags shall not be treated by allowing solvents to evaporate into the atmosphere.

   15. The total combined VOC emissions from the printing press shall not exceed 5.25 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.

   16. The total combined volatile HAP emissions from the printing press shall not exceed 2.12 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.

   17. The VOC emissions from the Goss press, Harris press and Tensor Tower press shall not exceed 8.05 tons, 5.51 tons and 6.16 tons of VOCs, respectively, in any 12 consecutive month period.

   18. Records shall be maintained of the identity and amount of each ink, fountain solution additive and blanket wash solution used for each individual press for each month.

   41-00059: Stroehmann Bakeries, L. C. (3375 Lycoming Creek Road, Williamsport, PA 17701), for their Lycoming Creek Roll Plant in Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County. The facility's main sources include 2 bread processing lines, 16 combustion units, 1 cold cleaning degreaser and 2 gasoline fired engines. The facility has the potential to emit NOx, SOx, CO, PM (PM10), VOCs and HAPs below the major emission thresholds. The proposed operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.

   17-00039: Clearfield County SPCA (R. D. 3, P. O. Box 86, Philipsburg, PA 16866) for their animal shelter facility in Decatur Township, Clearfield County. The facility's main source is a natural gas fired, small animal incinerator. The facility is classified as a natural minor facility since its potential emissions of PM, CO, VOCs, NOx, SOx and HAPs are below the major emission thresholds. The proposed State Only operating permit contains all applicable requirements including Federal and State regulations. In addition, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions regarding compliance with all applicable requirements are also included.

   Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.

   03-00224: McVille Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) for operation of a coal prep plant in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County.

   30-00112: Equitable Production (P. O. Box 2347, Charleston, WV 25328) for operation of a natural gas compressor at the Mt. Morris Station in Dunkard Township, Greene County.

   63-00101: Maple Creek Mining, Inc. (981 Route 917, Bentleyville, PA 15314) for operation of a coal preparation plant in New Eagle Borough, Washington County.


PUBLIC HEARINGS

   Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: Muhammad Zaman, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 327-0512.

   49-00009: Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. (US Route 11, P. O. Box 112, Northumberland, PA 17857) to issue a revised Title V Operating Permit to their facility in Point Township, Northumberland County in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.521 and 127.541. The Mohawk Flush Doors representative to contact regarding this application is Paul Dalkiewicz, Human Resource Manager, US Route 11, P. O. Box 112, Northumberland, PA 17857.

   In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.541, this Title V operating permit revision is to include revised Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements into the operating permit for Source IDs P101, P102, P103 and P106. This revision also incorporates the name change from Premdor Corporation to Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. and the applicability of 25 Pa. Code § 129.63(a) to the Graymills Model DMD236 parts cleaner. The proposed Title V operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.

   In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.91--129.95, the Department has made a preliminary determination to approve an amendment of a RACT plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a wood door/door component prefinish line and three associated spray booths owned and operated by Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. (Premdor Corporation) in Point Township, Northumberland County.

   The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the amendment of the RACT approval for the facility, which are intended to comply with current regulations.

   The preliminary RACT determination, if approved, will result in the revision of Title V Operating Permit 49-00009 issued on May 22, 2000, and will be submitted to the EPA as a revision to the Commonwealth's SIP.

   The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination, which the Department proposes to incorporate into Title V Operating Permit 49-00009, as a revision to that permit:

   1.  The coatings used in the prefinish line (other than UV topcoats) shall not exceed the following limitations as mixed (with tint pastes, dyes, ''additives,'' thinners, reducers, and the like) for application:

Maximum Pounds of VOCs per
Gallon of Coating
Washcoats 1.80
Tiecoats 0.10
Sealers 0.60
Stains 0.90
Basecoats 0.15
Floodcoats 0.20
Wipe Stains 3.60
Primers 0.30
Enamels 0.70
Water Based Topcoats 1.60
Inks 0.70
Wood Protectant 6.30
Strippable Booth Coating 1.20

   2. The UV topcoats used in the prefinish line shall have a maximum theoretical VOC content of 0.13 pound of VOCs per gallon of coating (based on the identities and quantities of coating constituents mixed together to produce the coating) but may be shown by Method 24 to have a VOC content of up to 0.68 pound of VOCs per gallon of coating.

   3. The VOC content of the coating used in the three spray booths (other than strippable booth coating) shall not exceed 1.5 pounds of VOCs per gallon of coating. The VOC content of all strippable booth coating used in the three spray booths shall not exceed 1.2 pounds of VOCs per gallon of coating.

   4. No more than 100 gallons of strippable booth coating shall be used in the prefinish line and three spray booths combined in any 12 consecutive month period.

   A public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit revision and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on December 8, 2003, at 1 p.m. at the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni, (570) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Persons who are unable to attend the hearing but wish to comment should provide written comments to David W. Aldenderfer, Environmental Program Manager, Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments must be received by the Department by December 19, 2003.

   All pertinent documents are available for review, by appointment only, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (570) 327-3693.

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