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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-2152a

[39 Pa.B. 6664]
[Saturday, November 21, 2009]

[Continued from previous Web Page]

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 should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

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

PLAN APPROVALS


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

Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401. Contact: Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.

09-0021C: MRI Flexible Packaging Co. L.P. (122 Penns Trail, Newtown, PA 18940) for installation and operation of a new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer to replace two (2) existing catalytic oxidizers to control pollutant emissions from their printing operations in Newtown Township, Bucks County. The Plan Approval will contain applicable testing, monitoring and recordkeeping requirements to ensure compliance with the emission limits for a State Only facility.

Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. Contact: M. Gorog and B. Hatch, Environmental Engineer Managers—Telephone: 412-442-4163/5226.

32-00055G: Homer City OL (1750 Power Plant Road, Homer City, PA 15748-8009) for installation of carbon injection system for Units 1 & 2 at Homer City Generating Station in Center Township, Indiana County.

65-00986A: Overly Door Co. (574 West Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601-2148) for construction and temporary operation of a fiberglass door manufacturing facility in the Greensburg-Hempfield Industrial Park, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. The applicant estimates that total VOC and HAP emissions.

65-00630B: Mine Safety Appliances Company (3880 Meadowbrook Road, Murrysville, PA 15668) for installation of a respirator mask manufacturing operation at the Murrysville Plant in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.


Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.

Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401. Contact: Sachin Shankar, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.

23-0100A: Pyramid Materials—a division of Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc. (P. O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474) for installation of a non-metallic mineral processing plant at an existing facility at 414 West Knowlton Road, Media, PA 19063, Aston Township, Delaware County. The facility is a synthetic minor for oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The permittee will take limitations to remain a synthetic minor facility for NOx and a natural minor facility for all other pollutants. The Plan Approval will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

15-0060F: Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority—SECCRA (P. O. Box 221, Kennett Square, PA 19348) for installation of two (2), 233 HP IC engine/electric generator at the SECCRA municipal solid waste landfill at 219 Street Road, West Grove, PA 19390, London Grove Township, Chester County. The installation of the engine/electric generator will utilize landfill gas generated on site to produce electricity; it will result in an increase in VOC, CO, PM, SOx, NOx and HAP emissions. The facility is a synthetic minor and operates under Operating Permit 15-00060. The permittee will take limitations to remain a synthetic minor facility for all pollutants. The Plan Approval will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: William R. Weaver, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4702.

22-05012D: ArcelorMittal Steelton, LLC (215 South Front Street, Steelton, PA 17113) for construction of a natural gas fired boiler (99.3 mmbtu/hr) and four (4) railroad car ingot heaters (total 12.3 mmbtu/hr), a cooling tower, associated degasser system and ingot expansion project in Steelton Borough, Dauphin County. Primary emissions from the project will be NOx with a potential of approximately 23 tons per year. The new boiler partly covers the steam heat lost from the shutdown #6 oil fired 200 mmbtu/hr boiler. The project will improve utilization of the existing DCEAF, achieve overall energy efficiency and emissions reductions per ton of steel, and increase the ingot production without increasing the facility's DCEAF's rated annual steel production capacity. The plan approval will contain emission standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements 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: Mark Gorog, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.

43-011F: Greenville Metals, Inc. (99 Crestview Drive Ext, Transfer, PA 16154) for modification of plan approval 43-011E to include the Drying Tube (Source 201) being controlled by the new baghouse (C205) in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County. This is a Title V facility. The public notice is required for sources required to obtain a Plan Approval in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.44. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the State Only operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date. The source shall comply with the following conditions, which will satisfy the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 127.12b (pertaining to plan approval terms and conditions) and will demonstrate Best Available Technology for the source:

 • The conditions from plan approval 43-011E issued on August 7, 2008, will remain in effect for Sources 202, 203, & 205.

 • Source 201 conditions:

 • Subject to 25 Pa. Code § 123.21

 • Particulate matter emissions exiting the control device(s) associated with this source shall not exceed 0.0052 grains per dry standard cubic foot.

 • Within twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months prior to the expiration of the facility operating permit, a stack test for PM shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 139 of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). The stack test shall be performed while the aforementioned source is operating at the maximum or normal rated capacity as stated on the application. The stack test shall be conducted at the outlet of the normal control device (C205).

 • The company shall maintain a log of all preventative maintenance inspections of the source and control device(s). The inspection logs, at a minimum, shall contain the dates of the inspections, the name of the person performing the inspection, record of any bag/cartridge replacements, any mechanical repairs and/or adjustments, any potential problems or defects that were encountered, and the steps taken to correct them.

 • The company shall maintain a log of the following, at a minimum, from the operational inspections:

 • Pressure drop across the operating baghouse (C205 and/or BH01)

 • Permittee looked for any unusual conditions that might indicate a need for further maintenance

 • The permittee shall record the following operational data from the baghouse (these records may be done with strip charts recorders, data acquisition systems, or manual log entries):

 • Pressure differential—daily defined as once every calendar day

 • The permittee shall perform a daily operational inspection of the operating control device(s) (C205 and/or BH01).

 • The permittee shall perform monthly maintenance inspections of the control device(s) (C205 & BH01).

 • A magnehelic gauge or equivalent shall be permanently installed and maintained at a conveniently readable location to indicate the pressure drop across the control device(s) (C205 & BH01).

 • All gauges employed by the permittee to monitor the required control device (C205) operating parameters shall have a scale such that the expected normal reading shall be no less than twenty percent (20%) of full scale and be accurate within plus or minus two percent (+/- 2%) of full scale reading.

 • Control device operating parameters, including pressure drop, shall be operated in a range defined by the manufacturer or in a range developed during compliant stack testing. The operating range shall be determined within 90 days after startup of the control device and shall be indicated to the Department in writing prior to administratively amending into the facility operating permit. The operating range shall be made part of the facility operating permit.

 • The permittee shall maintain 20% of the required filter elements for both control device(s) (C205 & BH01) associated with this source, on site, for emergency replacement.

 • The permittee shall operate the control device (C205 and/or BH01) at all times that the source is in operation.

 • The company shall maintain and operate the source and control device(s) in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and in accordance with good air pollution control practices.

 • The permittee shall adhere to the approved indicator range for the baghouse so that operation within the range shall provide reasonable assurance of compliance. A departure from the specified indicator range over a specified averaging period shall be defined as an excursion. The approved indicator range for the following shall be determined during the initial performance test or any subsequently approved performance tests unless otherwise stated:

 • Pressure drop determined during initial stack testing and shake down period.

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

AMS 09188: Sun Chemical Corp. (3301 Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132) to increase Mill HM-1 & HM-2 batch size from 150 lbs for each to 1,400 lbs for each in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from mill HM No. 1 shall not exceed 3.78 lbs/hr and shall be less than 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from mill HM No. 2 shall not exceed 3.78 lbs/hr and shall be less than 5.1 tons per rolling 12-month period. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.

AMS 09196: Sun Chemical Corp. (3301 Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132) to increase batch size Kady Mill No. 12 (milling ink product) from 6,500 lbs. to 8,000 lbs, in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from Kady Mill No. 12 shall not exceed 0.87 pound per hour or 3.80 tons per year. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.

AMS 09195: Sun Chemical Corp. (3301 Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132) to increase Kady Mill No. 1 (milling white ink product) batch size from 120 lbs to 200 lbs in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from Kady Mill No. 1 shall not exceed 0.09 pound per hour or 0.16 ton per year. The plan approval will contain operating, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements to ensure operation within all applicable requirements.

OPERATING PERMITS


Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.

Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: William R. Weaver, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4702.

21-05002: PPG Industries, Inc. (400 Park Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015) for operation of a flat glass manufacturing facility in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County. This action is a renewal of Title V operating permit No. 21-05002 issued in 2005. The facility's major emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the glass melting furnaces. The Title V permit renewal will contain all of the emission limits and work practice standards along with all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements from the previous permit to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.


Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.

Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428. Contact: Janine Tulloch-Reid, Facilities Permitting Chief—Telephone: 484-250-5920.

09-00031: Eureka Stone Quarry, Inc. (P. O. Box 249, Chalfont, PA 18914) for renewal of the State Only Operating Permit for a stone crushing and asphalt plant in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County. The renewal includes several revisions, including but not limited to site inventory and site map. In addition, two asphalt plants are no longer operated and therefore removed from the site inventory. The option to use fuel oil is removed. The renewal will include the incorporation of Plan Approval 09-0031A and Request for Determination (RFD) No. 227. The renewed Operating Permit does not authorize any increase in air emissions of regulated pollutants above previously approved levels. The facility shall remain a synthetic minor facility. The renewal contains all applicable requirements including monitoring, record- keeping and reporting.

Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Contact: Ray Kempa, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 570-826-2507.

39-00033: Lutron Electronics—Alburtis (7200 Suter Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036-1249) for a State Only Operating Permit to manufacture electrical equipment and supplies in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County. The proposed State Only Operating Permit contains applicable requirements for emissions limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice standards used to maintain facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.

Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact: William R. Weaver, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 717-705-4702.

06-03029: Yuasa Battery, Inc. (2901 Montrose Avenue, Laureldale, PA 19605) for operation of a lead—acid storage battery manufacturing facility in Laureldale Borough, Berks County. The facility is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Part 63, Subpart PPPPPP, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants. This action is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004.

06-05095: Unicast Co. (6th & Washington Streets, Boyertown, PA 19512) for operation of a gray iron foundry in the Boyertown Borough, Berks County. This is a renewal of the State-only operating permit issued in 2004.

Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Contact: Matthew Williams, New Source Review Chief—Telephone: 814-332-6940.

24-00146: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.—Boone Mountian Station (P. O. Box 2081, Erie, PA 16512-2081) to re-issue a Natural Minor Operating Permit to operate a natural gas compressor station on Mud Road in Horton Township, Elk County. The primary emission sources include three (3) natural gas fueled compressor units, a natural gas fueled auxiliary generator and two (2) pipeline heaters.

COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

 Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1—1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301—3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51—30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1—1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001—4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003).

 The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above each application. Where a 401 Water Quality Certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for the certification.

 Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated above each application within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121—77.123 and 86.31—86.34.

 Written comments or objections related to a mining permit application should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based.

 Requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.123 or 86.34, must contain the name, address and telephone number of the requestor; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

 When a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application was accompanied by an application for an individual NPDES permit. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the mining activity permit, but the issuance of the NPDES permit is contingent upon the approval of the associated mining activity permit.

 For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that do not exceed the technology-based effluent limitations. The proposed limits are listed in Table 1.

 For noncoal mining activities, the proposed limits are found in Table 2. Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for a NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description below specifies the parameters. The limits will be in the ranges specified in Table 1.

 More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur, will be incorporated into a NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).

 The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 362-0600-001, NPDES Program Implementation—Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Water Quality Management, NPDES Program Implementation and Related Matters. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).

 Persons wishing to comment on a NPDES permit application should submit a statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated previously each application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the comment period will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NPDES permit applications. Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.

 The Department will also accept requests or petitions for a public hearing on NPDES permit applications, as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92.61. The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30 days of this public notice and shall contain the name, address, telephone number and the interest of the party filing the request, and shall state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. A public hearing may be held if the Department considers the public interest significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing on the NPDES permit application will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. In the case where a public hearing is held, the Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.

Coal Applications Received

Effluent Limits—The following range of effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit and, in some cases, noncoal mining permits:

Table 1

30-Day Daily Instantaneous
Parameter Average Maximum Maximum
Iron (Total) 1.5 to 3.0 mg/l 3.0 to 6.0 mg/l 3.5 to 7.0 mg/l
Manganese (Total) 1.0 to 2.0 mg/l 2.0 to 4.0 mg/l 2.5 to 5.0 mg/l
Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l
Aluminum (Total) 0.75 to 2.0 mg/l 1.5 to 4.0 mg/l 2.0 to 5.0 mg/l
pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
Alkalinity greater than acidity1
1The parameter is applicable at all times.

 A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.

Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, 814-472-1900.

56090112 and NPDES No. PA0262901. Hoffman Mining, Inc., P. O. Box 130, 118 Runway Road, Friedens, PA 15541, commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 603.0 acres. Receiving stream(s): unnamed tributaries to/and Fallentimber Run, unnamed tributaries to Stonycreek River classified for the following use(s): cold water fishery, trout stocked fishery. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Hooversville Borough. Application received: October 27, 2009.

Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500.

02080102 and NPDES Permit No. PA0251500. R & R Mining, LLC (21101 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA 16066). Application received to transfer permit currently issued to Mashuda Corporation for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mining site located in North Fayette and Collier Townships, Allegheny County, affecting 163.8 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Robinson Run and Pinkertons Run; Pinkertons Run to Robinson Run to Chartiers Creek to Ohio River, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. There are no potable water supplies located within 10 miles from the point of discharge. Application received: October 26, 2009.

65-09-01 and NPDES PA0251771. Robindale Energy Services, Inc. (224 Grange Hall Road, P. O. Box 228, Armagh, PA 15920). Application for a government financed construction contract to remove coal refuse and reclaim abandoned mine lands, located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 15.2 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Little Crabtree Creek, classified for the following use: WWF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. GFCC application received: May 14, 2009.

Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.

17070115 and NPDES No. PA0256641. Swisher Contracting, Inc. (P. O. Box 1223, Clearfield, PA 16830). Revision of an existing bituminous surface mine for stream encroachment for unnamed tributary ''A'' to Abe's Run in Bradford Township, Clearfield County, affecting 36.2 acres. Receiving stream: Abe's Run, classified for the following use: Cold Water Fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: October 14, 2009.

17813084 and NPDES No. PA0609994. Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (5510 State Park Road, Penfield, PA 15849). Permit renewal for the continued operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, affecting 407.3 acres. Receiving streams: Wolf Run and an unnamed tributary to West Branch Susquehanna River, classified for the following uses: Cold Water Fishery, Warm Water Fishery. There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: September 28, 2009.

Noncoal Applications Received

Effluent Limits—The following effluent limits will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit:

Table 2

30-day Daily Instantaneous
Parameter Average Maximum Maximum
Suspended solids 10 to 35 mg/l 20 to 70 mg/l 25 to 90 mg/l
Alkalinity exceeding acidity*
pH* greater than 6.0; less than 9.0
* The parameter is applicable at all times.

 A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.

Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Professional Center, 8205 Route 819, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-925-5500.

65900402 and NPDES Permit No. PA0591777. Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. (2200 Springfield Pike, Connellsville, PA 15425). Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Hanson Aggregates PMA, Inc., for continued operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface mining site (limestone quarry) located in Derry and Fairfield Townships, Westmoreland County, affecting 1,303.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Conemaugh River; and unnamed tributary to Tannery Hollow to McGee Run to Conemaugh River; and unnamed tributaries to Harbridge Run to McGee Run to Conemaugh River, classified for the following use: warm water fishes. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is the Torrance Reservoir. Transfer application received: October 13, 2009.

65900403 and NPDES Permit No. PA0591866. Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. (2200 Springfield Pike, Connellsville, PA 15425). Application received for transfer of permit currently issued to Hanson Aggregates PMA, Inc., for continued operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface mining site (limestone quarry) located in Unity and Cook Townships, Westmoreland County, affecting 139.8 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Ninemile Run to Ninemile Run to Loyalhanna Creek to Kiskiminetas River; and unnamed tributaries to Campbelle Run and Campbelle Run to Fourmile Run to Loyalhanna Creek (Fourmile Run to Miller Run Section) to Loyalhanna Creek to Kiskiminetas River, classified for the following use(s): warm water fishes and trout stocking. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. Transfer application received: October 13, 2009.

Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191.

37870303. RWE Holding Company (P. O. Box 144, Portersville, PA 16051). Transfer of an existing slag quarry operation in Taylor Township, Lawrence County affecting 46.0 acres. Receiving streams: Shenango River to the Beaver River, classified for the following uses: WWF. The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is the City of West Pittsburgh. Transfer from R. W. Elliott & Sons, Inc. Application received: October 30, 2009.

Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118.

58070816. Gerald Ellis, Jr. (RR 4, Box 277, Montrose, PA 18801), Stages I & II bond release from a quarry operation in Springville Township, Susquehanna County, affecting 1.0 acre on property owned by Berlin Russo, Jr. Application received: October 19, 2009.

58072802. Joseph A. Decker, Sr. (RR 1 Box 254, Kingsley, PA 18826), Stages I & II bond release from a quarry operation in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, affecting 5.0 acres on property owned by Joseph A. Decker, Sr. Application received: October 19, 2009.

5276SM5C9 and NPDES Permit No. PA0595217. Eureka Stone Quarry, Inc., (P. O. Box 249, Chalfont, PA 18914), renewal of NPDES Permit for existing discharge of Pit/groundwater and an incidental boundary correction to add 4.7 acres of support area and permitted acreage update for a total permitted acreage of 202.3 acres for a quarry operation in Dingman Township, Pike County, receiving stream: Sawkill Creek, classified for the following use: Exceptional Value. Application received: October 22, 2009.

FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401

 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the regional office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.

 The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the regional office noted before the application.

 Persons with a disability who wish to attend a hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and section 302 of the Floodplain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS

Southcentral Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Telephone: 717-705-4707.

E21-373: Community Refuse Service, Inc., 135 Vaughn Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257, Hopewell and North Newton Townships, Cumberland County, ACOE Baltimore District.

 The applicant proposes to (1) construct and maintain 57.0 linear feet of an 8-foot by 10-foot concrete box culvert depressed two feet below the existing streambed elevation on an unnamed tributary to Conodoguinet Creek (WWF) (Newburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 08` 29"; Longitude: 77° 30` 16"); (2) fill or excavate a total of 0.49-acre of three P.E.M wetlands (Newburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 08` 05"; 40° 08` 10"; 40° 08` 18", Longitude: 77° 30` 21"; 77° 30` 35"; 77° 30` 28"); (3) fill or excavate an existing 0.19-acre pond (Newburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 08` 18"; Longitude: 77° 30` 28"); (4) construct and maintain 1.08 acre of replacement wetland (Newburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 07` 57"; Longitude: 77° 29` 50"); (5) fill in two unnamed tributaries to Conodoguinet Creek (Newburg, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 07` 52.39"; Longitude: 77° 30` 17.5", Latitude: 40° 07` 52.25"; Longitude: 77° 30` 21.63" respectively); and (6) mitigate stream impacts by enhancement of 1,513.0 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Conodoguinet Creek (WWF) with nine step pools, two log vanes, rock toe protection, vegetative plantings, and debris removal (Newburg, PA Quadrangle from Latitude: 40° 07` 53"; Longitude: 77° 30` 06" to Latitude: 40° 07` 49"; Longitude: 77° 30` 22") all for the purpose of constructing a 102-acre expansion for the existing Cumberland County Landfill, and a 90-acre soil borrow area to the north and east of the intersection of S.R. 4003 and Vaughn Road in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County.

E67-872: Snyder's of Hanover, Inc., 1350 York Road, Hanover, PA 17331-0917, Snyder's of Hanover Glatco Lodge Road Quarry, Heidelberg Township, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.

 To fill and maintain a 1.93 acre, abandoned open water quarry pit with clean fill. The project is located west of Glatco Lodge Road, north of its intersection with Moulstown Road (Hanover, PA Quadrangle N: 15.9 inches; W: 10.2 inches, Latitude: 39° 50` 19"; Longitude: 76° 56` 46.5") in Heidelberg Township, York County. The purpose of the project is to reclaim the mine area and to eliminate potential safety hazards to the community.

E67-873: PennDOT Engineering District 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103-1699, Springettsbury and Spring Garden Townships, York County, ACOE Baltimore District

 To: (1) raze the existing SR 1033 (Sherman Street) steel I-beam bridge having four spans, a width of 37.3 feet, a total span of 263.7 feet, and an underclearance of 22.5 feet over Mill Creek (WWF) and Interstate 83 (York, PA Quadrangle N: 18.9 inches; W: 11.9 inches, Latitude 39° 58` 45"; Longitude: 76° 42` 35"); (2) construct and maintain a two span composite steel plate girder bridge approximately 18 feet west of the existing bridge having a width of 55.3 feet, a total span of 265.0 feet, and an underclearance of 24.5 feet carrying SR 1033 (Sherman Street) over Mill Creek (WWF) and Interstate 83 (York, PA Quadrangle N: 18.9 inches; W: 11.9 inches, Latitude: 39° 58` 45"; Longitude: 76° 42` 35") in Springettsbury and Spring Garden Townships, York County, for the purpose of providing a structurally sound bridge that will maintain safe and adequate movement of motorized vehicles.

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

E63-618. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 12-0, 825 N Gallatin Avenue Ext, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401-0459. To construct and maintain culverts and replacement bridge in South Straband and Somerset Townships, Washington County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. The applicant proposes to construct and maintain:

 1. a 174 ft long extension of an existing 168 ft long, 21 ft span arch culvert with a drainage area of 6 square miles under the to be widened SR 70 and reconstructed SR 519 access ramps in Little Chartiers Creek (HQ-WWF, Washington East, PA Quadrangle North 5.6 inches and West 1.25 inches, Latitude: 40° 9` 22.8` and Longitude: 80° 8` 2.1") ;

 2. a 70 ft long extension of an existing 183.5 ft long, 5 ft span, 6 ft clearance box culvert under the to be widened SR 70 in an unnamed tributary of Opossum Run (HQ-WWF, Hackett, PA Quadrangle North 5.9 inches and West 17.0 inches, Latitude: 40° 9` 27" and Longitude: 80° 7` 16.3");

 3. a 22 ft span, 51.9 ft wide with a 3.4 ft underclearance replacement bridge with a drainage area of 1.3 square miles for the existing 31.5 ft wide bridge under the to be widened SR 519 and in Opossum Run (HQ-WWF, Washington East, PA Quadrangle North 5.0 inches and West 0.75 inches, Latitude: 40° 9` 11" and Longitude: 80° 7` 49.8");

 4. Road construction associated temporary crossings and stormwater outfalls;

 5. In addition a total of 0.095 acres of permanent fill and maintenance of P.E.M/PSS/PFO wetlands;

 Constructed wetland mitigation is intended to be provided on site. Stream mitigation will be provided off site. This project is associated with SR 70 and SR 519 interchange improvements starting approximately 4.5 miles east of Washington, PA and extending east approximately 1.5 miles and is located in South Strabane and Somerset Townships (Washington East, PA Quadrangle North 5.6 inches and West 1.25 inches; Latitude: 40° 9` 22.8" and Longitude: 80° 8` 2.1"; and extending east to Hackett, PA Quadrangle North 5 inches and West 17.0 inches, Latitude: 40° 9` 27" and Longitude: 80° 7` 16.3"), Washington County.

Northwest Region: Watershed Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.

E43-350, Northeastern ITS, 6779 Engle Road, Ste D, Middleburg Heights, OH. Wilderness Fiber Installation Project, in various municipalities, Mercer County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.

 The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a conduit fiber optic system across Pennsylvania along roadway right-of-ways. The proposed project originates in Cleveland, OH and terminates in New Jersey running approximately 450 miles. A total of 29.7 miles of Mercer County will be traversed by the proposed project beginning at the Pennsylvania-Ohio boarder on SR 4004 and ending at the Mercer-Venango County boarder on SR 1014. The applicant proposes to cross a total of 39 streams in Mercer County via boring, trenching, or bridge attachment. The proposed crossings are listed from west to east.

 1. Trib to Shenango River (WWF), N: 41° 25` 44.81"; W: 80° 30` 51.80", West Salem Twp.

 2. Trib to Booth Run (WWF), N: 41° 25` 27.60"; W: 80° 29` 42.22", West Salem Twp.

 3. Trib to Booth Run (WWF), N: 41° 25` 25.17"l; W: 80° 29` 37.65", West Salem Twp.

 4. Trib to Big Run (WWF), N: 41° 25` 09.50"; W: 80° 28` 31.29", West Salem Twp.

 5. Big Run (WWF), N: 41° 25` 00.95"; W: 80° 27` 52.06", West Salem Twp.

 6. Trib to Big Run (WWF), N: 41° 24` 59.02"; W: 80° 27` 43.45", West Salem Twp.

 7. Trib to Big Run (WWF), N: 41° 24` 45.02"; W: 80° 26` 41.09", West Salem Twp.

 8. Trib to Big Run (WWF), N: 41° 24` 43.52"; W: 80° 25` 47.64", West Salem Twp.

 9. Shenango River (WWF), N: 41° 25` 18.56"; W: 80° 23` 57.08", West Salem Twp.

 10. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 25` 38.57"; W: 80° 22` 32.55", Hempfield Twp.

 11. Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 25` 34.13"; W: 80° 22` 25.63", Hempfield Twp.

 12. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 25` 39.96"; W: 80° 21` 43.85", Sugar Grove Twp.

 13. Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 02.93"; W: 80° 19` 39.78", Sugar Grove Twp.

 14. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 03.34"; W: 80° 19` 26.86", Sugar Grove Twp.

 15. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 13.37"; W: 80° 17` 50.03", Salem Twp.

 16. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 14.17"; W: 80° 17` 45.90", Salem Twp.

 17. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 18.65", W: 80° 17` 21.94", Salem Twp.

 18. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 11.73"; W: 80° 16` 39.18", Salem Twp.

 19. Trib to Little Shenango River (TSF), N: 41° 26` 11.85"; W: 80° 16` 27.40", Salem Twp.

 20. Trib to Morrison Run (TSF), N: 41° 26` 12.32"; W: 80° 15` 57.55", Salem Twp.

 21. Morrison Run (TSF), N: 41° 26` 23.36"; W: 80° 15` 12.16", Sandy Creek Twp.

 22. Trib to Mill Run (WWF), N: 41° 26` 35.13"; W: 80° 13` 02.18", Sandy Creek Twp.

 23. Mill Run (WWF), N: 41° 26` 35.75"; W: 80° 12` 36.42", Sheakleyville Borough.

 24. Trib to Morrison Run (TSF), N: 41° 26` 27.98"; W: 80° 14` 32.84", Sandy Creek Twp.

 25. Trib to Morrison Run (TSF), N: 41° 26` 30.98"; W: 80° 14` 03.60", Sandy Creek Twp.

 26. Trib to Mill Creek (CWF), N: 41° 24` 33.02"; W: 80° 03` 54.65", Mill Creek Twp.

 27. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 26` 39.02"; W: 80° 11` 34.98", Sandy Creek Twp.

 28. Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 26` 41.43"; W: 80° 10` 44.26", Deer Creek Twp.

 29. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 26` 24.98"; W: 80° 09` 31.70", Deer Creek Twp.

 30. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 26` 21.74"; W: 80° 09` 28.08", Deer Creek Twp.

 31. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 26` 09.17"; W: 80° 09` 12.26", Deer Creek Twp.

 32. Schofield Run (WWF), N: 41° 25` 40.03"; W: 80° 08` 35.22", New Vernon Twp.

 33. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 25` 29.21"; W: 80° 08` 16.29", New Vernon Twp.

 34. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 25` 20.45"; W: 80° 08` 05.79", New Vernon Twp.

 35. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 25` 07.87"; W: 80° 07` 46.84", New Vernon Twp.

 36. Trib to Sandy Creek (WWF), N: 41° 24` 48.83"; W: 80° 06` 58.11", New Vernon Twp.

 37. Mill Creek (CWF), N: 41° 24` 42.20"; W: 80° 05` 12.35", Mill Creek Twp.

 38. Mill Creek (CWF), N: 41° 24` 28.12"; W: 80° 04` 20.14", New Lebanon Borough.

 39. Trib to Little Sandy Creek (HQ-CWF), N: 41° 24` 24.96"; W: 80° 02` 22.78", Mill Creek Twp.

E62-421, Warren County, 204 Fourth Ave, Warren, PA 16365. Warren Bike/Hike Trail, in Conewango Township, Warren County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Russell, PA-NY Quadrangle N: 41° 53` 36"; W: 79° 8` 52").

 To construct and maintain a steel beam bridge having providing a clear, normal span of 13 feet and an underclearance of 8.5 feet across a tributary to Dougherty Run and place and maintain fill over the downstream end of an existing stream enclosure in a tributary to Conewango Creek for the construction of the Warren Bike/Hike Trail along the east side of SR 62 extending north from the end of the existing trail at the intersection of North State Street to Hatch Run Road.

Cambria District: Environmental Program Manager, 286 Industrial Pk Rd, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119.

E3709-001. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Division of Mine Hazards, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105. Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Project, in New Beaver Borough, Lawrence County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. Receiving Streams/Watershed: Unnamed tributary to Wampum Run (WWF) to Beaver River (Ohio Basin/The Ohio Sub-basin 20B/Beaver River Watershed).

 The applicant proposes to reclaim/backfill an abandoned surface mine, eliminating 1,200 linear feet of dangerous highwall. The project involves the encroachment and elimination of all but 0.4 acre of a 3.5 acre open-water body as part of the reclamation work. The project will also directly impact less than 0.05 acre of wetland, which is considered diminimus. Impacts to the water body and wetland are unavoidable to address the public safety hazards at this site. However, a deep and shallow fringe area of the existing water body will remain intact and an additional shallow retention pond will be constructed to alleviate the aquatic resource impacts of the project. Total proposed area for these aquatic features is 0.6 acre. The proposed work includes clearing and grubbing, grading to backfill the highwalls (including water body) with associated spoil material, construction of a shallow retention pond, temporary and permanent erosion control measures and revegetating the entire project area with grasses and legumes (New Galilee and Beaver Falls, PA Quadrangles Latitude: 40° 52` 18"; Longitude: 80° 22` 29", N: 22 inches; W: 17 inches—Beaver Falls Quad).

STORAGE TANKS

SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION PERMITS

 The following Storage Tank Site-Specific Installation Permit application has been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and is currently under review. Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Bureau of Waste Management, Division of Storage Tanks, P. O. Box 8763, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8763, within 30 days from the date of this publication. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of the comment and the relevant facts upon which it based.


The following applications have been received for Storage Tank Site-Specific Installation Permits under the authority of the Storage Tank Spill Prevention Act (35 P. S. §§ 6021.304, 6021.504, 6021.1101 and 6021.1102) and under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 245, Subchapter C.

SSIP Application No. Applicant Name &
Address
County Municipality Tank Type Tank Capacity
09021 VersaCold Logistics
200 First Avenue
Gouldsboro, PA 18424
Attn: Mr. Robert Figueroa
Lackawanna Covington Township 2 ASTs storing diesel fuel 32,000 gallons total

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