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STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
PROPOSED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS RELATED TO APPLICATIONS FOR NPDES PERMITS FOR CAFOs This notice provides information about agricultural operations that have submitted nutrient management plans (NMPs) for approval under 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5 and that have or anticipate submitting applications for new, amended or renewed (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) NPDES permits, or Notices of Intent (NOIs) for coverage under a general permit, for CAFOs, under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Based upon preliminary reviews, the State Conservation Commission (SCC) or County Conservation Districts (CCD) working under a delegation agreement with the SCC have completed an administrative review of NMPs described. These NMPs are published as proposed plans for comment prior to taking final actions. The NMPs are available for review at the CCD office for the county where the agricultural operation is located. A list of CCD office locations is available at http://www.nacdnet.org/about/districts/directory/pa.phtml or can be obtained from the SCC at the office address listed or by calling (717) 787-8821.
Persons wishing to comment on an NMP are invited to submit a statement outlining their comments on the plan to the CCD, with a copy to the SCC for each NMP, within 30-days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the NMPs. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the SCC of the exact basis of the comments and the relevant facts upon which they are based. Comments should be sent to the SCC, Agriculture Building, Room 310, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service, including TDD users or other accommodations to seek additional information should contact the SCC through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
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NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS
CAFO PUBLIC NOTICE SPREADSHEET—APPLICATIONS
Agricultural Operation
Name and AddressCounty Total
AcresAnimal Equivalent Units Animal
TypeSpecial Protection Waters (HQ or EV or NA) Renewal/
NewWalt Moore Walmoore Holsteins 2196 Gap Newport Road Cochranville, PA 19330 Chester 1,650 2,011.5 Dairy EV, HQ New Hemlock Lane Farm, LP
121 Hemlock Lane
Williamsburg, PA 16693Blair 593.7 759.78 Swine
BeefNA Renewal Kulp Family Dairy, LLC
1691 Millerstown Road Martinsburg, PA 16662Blair 2,645 4,775.7 Dairy
BeefHQ Renewal Dale Stoltzfus
160 Farm View Road
Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972Schuylkill 346.5 274.43 Ducks NA Renewal Reifsnider Farm
2596 New Bridgeville Road
Felton, PA 17322York 27 383.04 Broilers NA Renewal We Kings Farm
6028 Guitner Road
Greencastle, PA 17225Franklin 212.3 441.68 Poultry—
TurkeysNA Renewal Robert Brubaker Jr.
2205 Camp Road
Manheim, PA 17545Lancaster 9.5 314.54 Broilers NA Renewal Brian Doutrich
750 Whitman Road
Lebanon, PA 17042Lebanon 81.4 636.69 Poultry NA Renewal
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PERMITS Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17), the following parties have applied for PWS permits to construct or substantially modify public water systems.
Persons wishing to comment on permit applications are invited to submit statements to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding an application. A comment should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability that require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P.S. §§ 721.1—721.17).
Southeast Region: Safe Drinking Water Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, 484-250-5980.
Permit No. 1522512, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Loch Nairn Golf Club
514 McCue Road
Avondale, PA 19311Municipality New Garden Township County Chester Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer CSC Technology, Inc.
170 Netherwood Drive
West Brandywine, PA 19320Application Received Date June 22, 2022 Description of Action Secondary disinfection to cold water for internal water safety goals and maintenance of disinfectant residual. Northeast Region: Safe Drinking Water Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, 570-826-2511.
Contact: Gillian Pehala, Clerical Assistant 2, 570-830-3077.
Application No. 4022508MA, Public Water Supply.
Applicant CAN DO, Inc., Corporate Center
1 South Church St.
Hazleton, PA 18201Municipality Butler Township County Luzerne Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Jason G. Saylor
Utility Service Co., Inc.
1230 Peachtree St. NE
Suite 1100
11th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309Application Received Date May 9, 2022 Description of Action CAN DO, Inc., Corporate Center water system proposes the installation of a PAX Water Technologies Active Tank Mixing system in the 500KG Standpipe, Corporate Center Tank. The purpose of installing a mixer inside of the water storage tank is to uniformly distribute disinfectants and to prevent conditions favorable to nitrification. Southwest Region: Safe Drinking Water Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit No. 6522508, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington
920 Barnes Street
New Kensington, PA 15068Municipality City of New Kensington County Westmoreland Responsible Official James Matta, General Manager Type of Facility Water System Consulting Engineer Gibson-Thomas Engineering Co., Inc.
1004 Ligonier Street
P.O. Box 853
Latrobe, PA 15650Application Received Date June 17, 2022 Description of Action Filter renovations at the
H. Burns Smith Water Treatment Plant.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
UNDER ACT 2, 1995
PREAMBLE 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate Submitted Under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P.S. §§ 6026.101—6026.908).
Sections 302—305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard, or who intend to remediate a site as a special industrial area, must file a (NOI) to Remediate with the Department. A NOI to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known or suspected contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one, or a combination of the cleanup standards, or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation identified under the Act, will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department. Furthermore, the person shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under Sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the Act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the NOI to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the following identified site(s), proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30-days of the following specified date. During this comment period the municipality may request that the following identified person, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a NOI to Remediate, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notice(s) of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, 484-250-5787.
Contact: Charline Bass.
Giant Supermarket, 1403 and 1451 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19147, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Marc Chartier, Pennoni Associates, Inc., 1900 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19103 on behalf of Tina Roberts, Giant Columbus, LLC, 1520 Locust Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19102 submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil and groundwater have been contaminated with SVOCs, naphthalene and metals. The property will continue to be a Giant Supermarket site. The proposed cleanup standard for the site is the site-specific standard. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Metro Philadelphia on June 20, 2022.
Northeast Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, 570-826-2511.
Lehman Park Caretaker's House, 168 Lehman Park Road, Bushkill, PA 18324, Lehman Township, Pike County. MEA, 1365 Ackermanville Road, Bangor, PA 18013, on behalf of Lehman Township, 193 Municipal Drive, Bushkill, PA 18324, submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate. Soil was contaminated by a release of heating oil from an aboveground storage tank. Future use of the site will be residential. The Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in the Pocono Record on May 12, 2022.
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. Accident Cleanup, Interstate 80 at MM 191E, Loganton, PA 17747, Greene Township, Clinton County. Enviroserve, Inc., 254 Reitz Avenue, Winfield, PA 17889, on behalf of Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., 11690 NW 105 Street, Miami, FL 33178, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning site soil contaminated with diesel fuel. The site will remain a stone and soils area located adjacent to the Interstate roadway. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the nonresidential Statewide health standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Daily Item on June 6, 2022.
HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSE
Applications for Hazardous Waste Transporter License Received under the Solid Waste Management Act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97) (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003) and regulations to transport hazardous waste.
Central Office: Bureau of Waste Management, P.O. Box 69170, Harrisburg, PA 17106-9170.
Renewal Applications Received
Eastern Environmental Industries, LLC, 560 Myrtle St., Reynoldsville, PA 15851. License No. PA-AH 0835. Effective June 29, 2022.
Citiwaste, LLC, 893 Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208. License No. PA-AH 0870. Effective June 29, 2022.
Reliable Hauling LLC, 4321 State Rt 7, New Waterford, OH 44445. License No. PA-AH 0906. Effective June 29, 2022.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Application(s) Under the Solid Waste Management Act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97) (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904); and Municipal Waste Regulations for Determination of Applicability for a General Permit to Operate Municipal Waste Processing Facilities and/or the Beneficial Use of Municipal Waste.
Northcentral Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
General Permit Application No. WMGM036NC006. Denali Water Solutions, LLC, 3308 Bernice Avenue, Russellville, AR 72802-8465. Determination of Applicability received for the portable processing of sewage sludge into Class A and/or Class B biosolids at the Reading Anthracite Company West Spring Mine site. The application for determination of applicability was received by the Northcentral Regional Office on June 29, 2022.
Persons interested in obtaining more information about the general permit application may contact Lisa D. Houser, P.E., Environmental Engineer Manager, Williamsport Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3752. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
AIR QUALITY
PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS The Department has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State Operating Permit and Title V Operating Permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the general public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to submit permitting documents relevant to its application for all sources related to a facility or a proposed project, affords an opportunity for public input, and provides for a decision on the issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department received applications for Plan Approvals or Operating Permits from the following facilities. Copies of the application, the Department's analysis, all pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application and subsequently prepared proposed plan approvals/operating permits are available for public review during normal business hours at the appropriate Department Regional Office. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the appropriate Department Regional Office. The address and phone number of the Regional Office is listed before the application notices.
Persons wishing to file a written protest or provide comments or additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of a permit, may submit the information to the Department's Regional Office. A 30-day comment period from the date of this publication will exist for the submission of comments, protests and information. Each submission must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval/Operating Permit including the permit number and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the permit.
A person wishing to request a hearing may do so during the 30-day comment period. A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper, the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when the Department determines this type of notification is sufficient. Requests for a public hearing and any relevant information should be directed to the appropriate Department Regional Office.
Permits issued to the owners or operators of sources subject to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter D or E, or located within a Title V facility or subject to 25 Pa. Code § 129.51(a) or permits issued for sources with limitations on their potential to emit used to avoid otherwise applicable Federal requirements may be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval as a revision to the State Implementation Plan. Final Plan Approvals and Operating Permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the sources are constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015), 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145, the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401—7671q) and regulations adopted under the Federal Clean Air Act.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the Regional Office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
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.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Dave Balog, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6328.
62-00181B: Ellwood National Forge—Warren Division, 1045 Fourth Avenue, Warren, PA 16365, for the proposed construction of a surface coating operation and abrasive blasting operation in Warren City, Warren County. This is a State Only facility.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Contact: Thomas Hanlon, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4862, Thomas Bianca, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4863, or William Weaver, Regional Air Quality Manager, (717) 705-4702.
28-05001B: Martins Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc., 1000 Potato Roll Lane, Chambersburg, PA 17202, for the installation of a new oven line, catalytic oxidizer, and re-routing of an existing oven line's exhaust to the existing control device at the facility located in Guilford Township, Franklin County. This project is expected to lower facility-wide VOC emissions and increase emissions from other pollutants. Post-project facility PTE is expected to be: 23.71 tpy CO; 27.81 tpy NOx; 1.99 tpy PM-10; 29.83 tpy VOC; and less than 1 tpy of SO2 and HAPs. The Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP's) review of the information submitted by the company indicates that the air contamination sources will comply with all regulatory requirements, including monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements, and pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, and the best available technology requirement (BAT) of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on these findings, DEP proposes to issue a plan approval for the proposed installation. The facility is a State-Only facility. If DEP determines that the sources are constructed and operated in compliance with the plan approval, the requirements established in the plan approval will be incorporated into an Operating Permit pursuant to the administrative amendment provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: David Balog, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
37-00377A: U.S. Rolloffs, Inc., 409 Smalls Ferry Road, New Castle, PA 16102. Notice is hereby given in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44—46 and 127.424 that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue Air Quality Plan Approval PA-37-00377A to U.S. Rolloffs, Incorporated to authorize the installation and temporary operation of their scrap cutting facility located on Gardner Avenue in the city of New Castle, Lawrence County.
The proposed activities at the scrap steel facility include: rail and truck delivery, unloading, and loading (shipping) of scrap; drop ball scrap sizing; stockpiling; and torch cutting operations. The scrap torch cutting operation proposes the use three (3) oxygen/natural gas (propane), low emission, cutting torches and one (1) custom, partially enclosed cutting area/hood equipped with a 42,000 acfm cartridge type fabric filtration control system.
The annual potential to emit from the facility is estimated to be 11.89 tons of particulate matter (PM), 9.67 tons of particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10), and 8.22 tons of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), 0.31 ton of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 0.26 ton of carbon monoxide (CO), 0.02 ton of volatile organic compounds (VOC), 0.00 ton of sulfur oxides (SOx). Best available technology (BAT) for the control of emissions from the sources is the use of low emitting torches, a capture hood and fabric filtration system with installation, operation and maintenance in accordance with manufacturer's specifications where available or with good air pollution control and operating practices. These measures are consistent with BAT determinations at other scrap cutting facilities.
The authorization is subject to State regulations including 25 Pa. Code §§ 121.7, 123.1, 123.2, 123.13, 123.21, 123.31, 123.41, 127.1, 127.11, 127.12b, and 129.14. The Plan Approval has been conditioned to ensure compliance with all applicable rules. This includes testing, work practice, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting conditions. Once compliance with the Plan Approval is demonstrated, the applicant will subsequently apply for a State Only Operating Permit in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Subchapter F.
Copies of the application, the Department's analysis, and other documents used in the evaluation are available for public inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the following address. To make an appointment, contact Records Management at 814-332-6340.
Anyone wishing to provide the Department with additional information they believe should be considered may submit the information to the following address. Comments must be received by the Department within 30 days of the last day of publication. Written comments should include the name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval No. PA-37-00377A and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or any objections to issuance of the Plan Approval.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted on the comments received during the public comment period. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Eric Gustafson, Regional Air Quality Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335, 814-332-6940.
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.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6328.
37-00264: Ellwood Quality Steels Company, 700 Moravia Street, New Castle, PA 16101, the Department intends to issue a renewal Title V Operating Permit for the specialty steel mill facility located New Castle City, Lawrence County. EQS is a small specialty steel mill. The facility's major emission sources include an electric arc furnace (EAF), two ladle refining furnaces, a vacuum degasser, two ingot teeming aisles, an internal scrap yard, six natural gas fired annealing furnaces, preheaters for the ladles and the EAF, miscellaneous steel cutting/grinding, four process steam boilers, miscellaneous heaters less than 2.5 MMBtu/hr each, a lime silo, three emergency generators and vehicle travel. The facility is a major facility due to its potential emissions of Carbon Monoxide (CO) greater than 100 TPY. The actual emissions of CO, Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10), Sulfur Dioxide Compounds (SOx), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Carbon Dioxides (CO2) reported for 2021, 241.85 TPY, 22.03 TPY, 21.09, 8.47, 16.99 TPY, and 41,520.04 TPY, respectively. The facility is subject to the Title V Operating Permit requirements adopted in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G, the applicable requirements of 40 CFR 60 AAa and JJJJ and Part 63 Subpart ZZZZ, YYYYY, and CCCCCC.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Norman Frederick, Facility Permitting Chief. (570) 826-2409.
40-00047: Geisinger Health System/Wilkes-Barre, 1000 East Mountain Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. The Department intends to issue a renewal Operating Permit for their facility located in Plains Township, Luzerne County. The operating permit contains all applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
48-00105: Reeb Millwork Corp/Bethlehem City, 600 Brighton St., Fountain Hill, PA 18015. The Department intends to issue a renewal Operating Permit for their facility located in Bethlehem City, Northampton County. The operating permit contains all applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
54-00007: PA Dept of Corr/Frackville SCI, 1111 Altamont Blvd., Frackville, PA 17931. The Department intends to issue a renewal Operating Permit for their facility located in Ryan Township, Schuylkill County. The operating permit contains all applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
54-00038: Luxfer Magtech, Inc., 1415 East Broad St., Tamaqua, PA 18252. The Department intends to issue a renewal Operating Permit for their facility located in Tamaqua Borough, Schuylkill County. The operating permit contains all applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
58-00013: Roundtop Energy/Auburn, 358 North Shore Drive, Ste 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. The Department intends to issue a renewal Operating Permit for their facility located in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County. The operating permit contains all applicable requirements for emission limitations, work practice standards, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting standards used to verify facility compliance with Federal and State air pollution regulations.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Contact: Thomas Hanlon, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4862, Thomas Bianca, New Source Review Chief, (717) 705-4863, or William Weaver, Regional Air Quality Manager, (717) 705-4702.
06-03164: Sunoco Pipeline LP, State Rt 3024, Alleghenyville Road, Mohnton, PA 19540, to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the natural gas liquid (ethane, propane, butane or a mixture of these) Beckersville pumping station located in Brecknock Township, Berks County. The potential emissions from the facility are estimated to be less than 1 ton for each of the following pollutants: NOx, CO, SOx, PM, and HAPs, less than 2 tons of VOCs and 138 tons of GHGs. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
06-05108: Bally Ribbon Mills, 23 North 7th Street, Bally, PA 19503, to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the ribbons and strap manufacturing plant in Bally Borough, Berks County. The potential emissions from the facility are estimated at 12.4 tpy of VOCs. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 25 Pa. Code § 123.52 and Subpart Dc—Standards of Performance for Small Industrial—Commercial-Institu-tional Steam Generating Units, and Subpart JJJJ—Standards of Performance for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines.
22-03017: Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc., 6011 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112, to issue a State-Only Operating Permit renewal for a human cremation unit controlled by an afterburner in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. The facility's potential-to-emit estimates are 1.30 tpy of CO, 1.55 tpy NOx, 0.31 tpy PM10, 0.48 tpy SOx, and 0.11 tpy VOC. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations.
22-05045: Capital Region Water, 212 Locust Street, Suite 500, Harrisburg, PA 17101, to issue a State Only Operating Permit for the waste water treatment plant in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. The subject facility has the potential to emit 98.1 tpy of NOx, 50.5 tpy of CO, 20.8 tpy of SOx, 7.1 tpy of VOCs, and 1.9 tpy of PM10. The Operating Permit will include emission limits and work practice standards along with monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility complies with the applicable air quality regulations. Among other items, the conditions include provisions derived from 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.11(a)(1) and 123.22(b)(1) and (b)(2).
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Contact: Muhammad Q. Zaman, Program Manager, 570-327-3648.
41-00045: RPS Machinery Sales, Inc., P.O. Box 507, Jersey Shore, PA 17740, to issue a renewal State Only ''Natural Minor'' Operating Permit for their Jersey Shore Plant located in Piatt Township, Lycoming County. The facility is currently operating under State Only Operating Permit 41-00045. The significant emissions sources at the facility are a Wheel Blast Machine and Surface Coating Operations. The facility has potential emissions of 1.2 tons per year of carbon monoxide, 1.5 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 0.1 ton per year of sulfur oxides, 8.7 tons per year of particulate matter, 10.1 tons per year of volatile organic compounds, 10.1 tons per year of total Hazardous Air Pollutants, and 1,122 tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalents (greenhouse gases). No emissions or equipment changes are being proposed by this renewal. The emission limits, throughput limitations and work practice standards along with testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements have been included in the operating permit to ensure the facility complies with all applicable Federal and State air quality regulations. These operating permit conditions have been derived from the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145 and 40 CFR Parts 60 and 63. All pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling 570-327-3636.
17-00008: Triangle Suspension System, Inc., P.O. Box 425, DuBois, PA 15801, for the State Only Operating Permit renewal authorization for their automotive spring and suspension products manufacturing facility in Sandy Township, Clearfield County. The sources associated with the above are comprised of the following: Source IDs 031 including 36 natural gas-fired infrared space heaters; P032 including 31 natural gas-fired space heaters; P101 including amber and black dip-coating operations; P201 fitter draw furnace 1063; P202 unit draw furnace 1062; P301 including manual form furnace 2051 & associated quench unit; P400 including rapid heaters 10030, 10061, 14037, 14064, 14201, 00933, and 00902 as well as SRP Wrap, PG-6, and SRP Eye; P500 including slot furnaces; P601 including walking beam furnace 1057 & associated quench unit; P602 including walking beam furnace 1058 & associated quench unit; P603 including walking beam furnace 1080 & associated quench units; P604 including SRP draw and fitter furnaces; P605 tempering oven (p1000); P606 shotpeen process; and P701 including the two remote reservoir cold cleaning machines. The type and quantity of pollutants emitted on a facility-wide potential emissions basis are provided, as follows: 1.67 tpy of PM-10 (and PM2.5); 0.10 tpy of SOx; 21.75 tpy of NOx; 18.27 tpy of CO; 22.4 tpy of VOC; and 0.42 tpy of HAP. There is one new source addition to the renewal permit, including Source ID P606 noted previously. Additionally, a change in the coating formulation for Source ID P101 was approved in accordance with the existing permit conditions that will continue to be in effect. The permit incorporates all applicable requirements to the source at facility, including the appropriate testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, work practice and any other conditions necessary to verify compliance. The conditions are established pursuant to the applicable air quality regulatory provisions under 25 Pa. Code Article III, Chapters 121 and 145, relating to Air Resources. All pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at the PA DEP's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling 570-327-3636.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Contact: Thomas Joseph, P.E., Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4336.
11-00436: Penn Cambria School District, 201 6th Street, Cresson, PA 16630, synthetic minor State-Only Operating Permit for the continued operation of two boilers and one emergency generator at a secondary school located in Cresson Borough, Cambria County. Air contamination sources at this facility consist of one (1) 7.741 MMBtu/hr CNB T-185L tri-fuel boiler, one (1) 6.21 MMBtu/hr Burnham 3W-150 No. 2 oil-fired boiler, one (1) 1.8 MMBtu/hr No. 2 oil-fired hot water heater, and one (1) No. 2 oil-fired emergency generator rated at 100-kW (134.1-HP). Potential emissions from this site are estimated to be 52.0 TPY SOx, 14.7 TPY NOx, 8.3 TPY CO, 4.3 TPY PM-10/2.5, and less than 1.0 TPY for all other criteria pollutants, VOCs, total HAPs and for any single HAP. This facility is subject to the applicable requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121—145 and 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart JJJJJJ. The proposed operating permit includes facility-wide throughput limitations of 1,077 TPY coal and 738,146 gallons per year of No. 2 fuel oil in addition to emission restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and work practice standards requirements for the site.
Those who wish to provide the Department with additional written information that they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of the State-Only Operating Permit may submit the information to Tom Joseph, Facilities Permitting Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Written comments must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Operating Permit (11-00436) and concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the Operating Permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or by the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Tom Joseph, Facilities Permit Chief, at the previously listed address.
All comments must be received prior to the close of business 30 days after the date of this publication.
The application, DEP's Review Memorandum, and the proposed permit are available for public review during normal business hours at DEP's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A file review can be scheduled through the DEP's website at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/PublicRecords/Pages/Informal-File-Review.aspx or by contacting Tom Joseph, Facilities Permitting Chief, directly.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Contact: Matthew Williams, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
10-00346: Scrap Salvage & Surplus Butler Plant, 690 Glenwood Way, Butler, PA 16001-8422, intent to issue the renewal State Only Operating Permit for the scrap and waste material facility located in Center Township, Butler County. The facility is a Natural Minor. The primary sources at the facility include scrap cutting under a metal hood exhausted to a control device, a diesel generator, a portable torch cutting enclosure controlled by a baghouse, scrap cutting in the yard, and fugitive emissions from the roadways. The diesel generator is subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII. The renewal permit also contains emission restrictions, recordkeeping, work practice, and additional requirements to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and the Air Pollution Control Act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Receipt of Plan Approval Applications and Intent to Issue Plan Approvals, and Intent to Issue Amended Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B and Subchapter F. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Norman Frederick, Facility Permitting Chief, (570) 826-2409.
54-00084C: Pierson Middleport, LLC, P.O. Box 704, Bridgeport, NJ 08014, for installation and operation of an electrically powered crushing plant with water sprays at their Middleport Quarry in Walker Township, Schuylkill County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(a) and 127.45(a), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received and intends to issue a Plan Approval to Pierson Middleport LLC (P.O. Box 704, Bridgeport, NJ 08014) for their facility located in Walker Township, Schuylkill County. This Plan Approval No. 54-00084C will be incorporated into a Synthetic Minor Permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
Plan Approval No. 54-00084C is for the installation and operation of an electrically powered crushing plant with water sprays at their Middleport Quarry. The crushing operation is subject to NSPS Subpart OOO requirements. The company shall be subject to and comply with 25 Pa. Code § 123.31 for malodorous emissions. These limits will meet BAT requirements for this source. The Plan Approval and Operating permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in the evaluation of the application are available for public review during normal business hours at Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.
Any person(s) wishing to provide DEP with additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit, may submit the information to the address shown in the preceding paragraph. Each written comment must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit No. 54-00084C and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to the issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department of Environmental Protection, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the comments received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper or the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, where DEP determines such notification is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Ray Kempa, Environmental Group Manager, New Source Review Section, Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, Phone 570-826-2511 within 30 days after publication date.
COAL & NONCOAL MINING
ACTIVITY APPLICATIONSApplications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1396.1—1396.31); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 3301—3326); the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P.S. §§ 30.51—30.66); the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1406.1—1406.21).
Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications are also subject to applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District Mining Office indicated above each application. Requests for 401 Water Quality Certifications are included in individual application only if noted.
Written comments or objections, or requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the address of the District Mining Office indicated above each application within 30-days of this publication, or within 30-days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121—77.123 and 86.31—86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences). Such comments or objections should contain the name, address and phone 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.
In addition, requests for an informal conference, or a public hearing, as applicable, on a mining permit application, as provided by 25 Pa. Code § 77.123 (relating to public hearing-informal conferences) or § 86.34 (relating to informal conferences), must also contain a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Where a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) number is listed, the mining activity permit application is associated with an application for an NPDES permit. A separate notice will be provided for the draft NPDES permit.
Coal Applications
Effluent Limits—The following range of effluent limits (Table 1) will apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with the associated coal mining activity permit. Additional effluent limits will be listed as part of the publication of the draft NPDES permit.
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 pH must always be greater than 6.0; less than 9.0. Alkalinity must always be greater than acidity. California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100, (Contact: Bonnie Herbert).
Mining Permit No. 63091301. NPDES No. PA0236004. Tunnel Ridge, LLC, 184 Schoolhouse Lane, Valley Grove, WV 26060, to revise the permit and related NPDES Permit for development only in Donegal, West Finley, and East Finley Townships, Washington County, affecting 1451.25 proposed underground acres and 1451.25 proposed subsidence control plan acres. Application received: April 6, 2022.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900, RA-EPCAMBRIA@pa.gov (Contact: Melanie Ford-Wigfield).
Mining Permit No. 56020101. NPDES No. PA0249122. Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201, permit renewal for reclamation only with post-mining water treatment and renewal of NPDES permit of a bituminous surface mine in Jenner Township, Somerset County, affecting 57.3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to/and Roaring Run, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: June 20, 2022.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200, RA-EPMOSHANNON@pa.gov (Contact: Ashley Smith).
Mining Permit No. 17070103. NPDES Permit No. PA0256498. Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201. Permit renewal application for a bituminous surface coal mine and associated NPDES permit located in Girard Township, Clearfield County, affecting 326.1 acres. Remaining mining activities consist only of operation and maintenance of a post-mining mine drainage water treatment system. Receiving stream(s): Tributary 25990 Deer Creek, Clearfield Creek Watershed classified for the following use(s): CWF. Application received: June 27, 2022.
New Stanton District Office: P.O. Box 133, New Stanton, PA 15672, (724) 925-5500, RA-EPNEWSTANTON@pa.gov (Contact: Tracy Norbert).
Mining Permit No. 03900112. Keystone Land Resources, Inc., 46226 National Road, Saint Clairsville, OH 43950. Renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, affecting 81.2 acres. This renewal is issued for reclamation only. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Long Run, classified for the following use: WWF. Application received: June 28, 2022.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, RA-EPPottsvilleDMO@pa.gov (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Mining Permit No. 54860206. Rausch Creek Generation, LLC, 978 Gap Street, Valley View, PA 17983, correction to an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing and coal refuse disposal operation to include surface mining and blasting to the permit in Frailey and Porter Townships, Schuylkill County, affecting 367.4 acres. Receiving stream: Lower Rausch Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF, MF. Application received: June 17, 2022.
Noncoal Applications
Effluent Limits—The following Table 2 effluent limits apply to NPDES permits issued in conjunction with a noncoal mining permit. Additional effluent limits will be listed as part of the publication of the draft NPDES 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 must always exceed acidity. pH must always be greater than 6.0; less than 9.0. Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900, RA-EPCAMBRIA@pa.gov (Contact: Melanie Ford-Wigfield).
Mining Permit 32030301. NPDES No. PA0249408. Britt Energies, Inc., P.O. Box 515, Indiana, PA 15701. Renewal of NPDES permit, located in Center Township, Indiana County. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Yellow Creek and Tearing Run classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: June 29, 2022.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, RA-EPPottsvilleDMO@pa.gov (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
Mining Permit No. 66222501. NPDES Permit No. PA0226301. Gary D. & Gary R. Goble, 133 Patton Road, Monroe Township, PA 18636, new NPDES Permit on a small noncoal quarry operation in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, affecting 10.8 acres. Receiving stream: South Run, classified for the following uses: HQ-CWF, MF. Application received: June 6, 2022.
MINING ACTIVITY NPDES DRAFT PERMITS This notice provides information about applications for a new, amended or renewed NPDES permits associated with mining activity (coal or noncoal) permits. The applications concern industrial waste (mining) discharges to surface water and discharges of stormwater associated with mining activities. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1251—1376).
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a draft NPDES permit and made a tentative determination to issue the NPDES permit in conjunction with the associated mining activity permit.
Effluent Limits for Coal Mining Activities
For coal mining activities, NPDES permits, when issued, will contain effluent limits that are the more stringent of technology-based (BAT) effluent limitations or Water Quality Based Effluent Limits (WQBEL).
The BAT limits for coal mining activities, as provided in 40 CFR Part 434 and 25 Pa. Code Chapters 87—90 are as follows:
30-Day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum Iron (Total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l Manganese (Total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l Suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH must always be greater than 6.0; less than 9.0. Alkalinity must always be greater than acidity. A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applies to: surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; mined areas backfilled and revegetated; and all other discharges and drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of greater than 1-year 24-hour to less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles. Similarly, modified BAT limits apply to iron, manganese and suspended solids in surface runoff, discharges and drainage resulting from these precipitation events and those of greater magnitude in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Exceptions to BAT effluent limits may be applicable in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.292, 89.52 and 90.102.
Effluent Limits for Noncoal Mining Activities
The limits for noncoal mining activities as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 77.522 are pH 6 to 9 and other parameters the Department may require.
Discharges from noncoal mines located in some geologic settings (for example, in the coal fields) may require additional water quality based effluent limits. If additional effluent limits are needed for an NPDES permit associated with a noncoal mining permit, then the permit description specifies the parameters.
Additional criteria
In addition to BAT or WQBEL limits, coal and noncoal NPDES permits establish effluent limitations in the form of implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) identified in the associated Erosion and Sedimentation Plan, the Reclamation Plan, and the NPDES permit application. These BMPs restrict the rates and quantities of associated pollutants from being discharged into surface waters of this Commonwealth.
More restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining that may occur are incorporated into an NPDES permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards and antidegradation requirements (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91—96).
The procedures for determining the final effluent limits, using a mass-balance equation or model, are found in Technical Guidance Document 563-2112-115, Developing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits for Mining Activities. Other specific factors to be considered include public comments and Total Maximum Daily Load(s). Additional discharge limitations may apply in the event that unexpected discharges occur.
Discharge rates for surface mining activities are precipitation driven. Discharge rates for proposed discharges associated with underground mining are noted in the permit description.
Submittal of comments
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES draft permit should submit a written statement to the Department at the address of the district mining office indicated before each draft permit notice within 30-days of this 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 phone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
Requests or petitions for a public hearing on any NPDES permit applications will be accepted as provided in 25 Pa. Code § 92a.82(d). The request or petition for a public hearing shall be filed within 30-days of this public notice and contain the name, address, phone number and the interest of the party filing the request and state the reasons why a hearing is warranted. The Department may hold a public hearing if the public interest is significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. The Department will consider comments from the public hearing in the final determination on the NPDES permit application.
Coal NPDES Draft Permits
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, RA-EPPottsvilleDMO@pa.gov (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
NPDES No. PA0595187. Mining Permit No. 35910101. Pioneer Aggregates, Inc., 220 South River Street, Plains, PA 18705, renewal of an NPDES permit in Fell Township, Lackawanna County, affecting 425.0 acres. Receiving streams: Wilson Creek, classified for the following use: CWF, Wilson Creek TMDL. Application received: June 24, 2021.
Unless otherwise noted, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for coal mining activities.
The following treated wastewater outfalls discharge to Wilson Creek:
Outfall number New or Existing Type Discharge Rate: OMP2 Existing Stormwater 0.23 MGD OMP7 Not yet constructed Stormwater Unspecified at this time OMP8 Not yet constructed Stormwater Unspecified at this time The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
The following limits apply to dry weather discharges from the following stormwater outfalls: OMP2
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter (unit) Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pHi (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 35.0 70.0 90.0 The following alternate discharge limitations apply to discharges from the following stormwater outfalls resulting from precipitation events less than or equal to the 10-year/24-hour precipitation event: OMP7, OMP8
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter (unit) Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pHi (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Settleable Solids (ml/L) 0.5 iThis Parameter is applicable at all times Noncoal NPDES Draft Permits
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118, RA-EPPottsvilleDMO@pa.gov (Contact: Theresa Reilly-Flannery).
NPDES No. PA0593893. Mining Permit No. 48870301. H & K Group, Inc., P.O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474-0196, renewal of NPDES permit in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, affecting 285.12 acres. Receiving stream: Mud Run, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received: April 11, 2022.
Unless otherwise noted, the proposed effluent limits for all outfalls in this permit are the BAT limits described previously for noncoal mining activities.
The following treated wastewater outfalls discharge to Mud Run:
Outfall Number New or existing Type Discharge Rate: ABE-001 No Stormwater Unspecify at this time ABE-002 No Stormwater Unspecify at this time ABE-003 No Pitwater/Stormwater 0.75 ABE-004 No Stormwater Unspecify at this time The proposed effluent limits for the previously listed outfalls are as follows:
The following limits apply to dry weather discharges from the following Mine Drainage Treatment outfalls: ABE-003
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter (unit) Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pHi (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Discharge (MGD) 0.75 0.75 Oil and Grease (mg/L) Monitor And Report The following limits apply to dry weather discharges from the following stormwater outfalls: ABE-001, ABE-002, ABE-004
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter (unit) Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pHi (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Suspended Solids (mg/L) 35.0 70.0 90.0 Oil and Grease (mg/L) Monitor And Report The following alternate discharge limitations apply to discharges from the following stormwater outfalls resulting from precipitation events less than or equal to the 10-year/24-hour precipitation event:
30-Day Daily Instant Parameter (unit) Minimum Average Maximum Maximum pHi (S.U.) 6.0 9.0 Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Total Acidity (as CaCO3) (mg/L) Monitor And Report Net Alkalinity (mg/L) 0.0 Total Settleable Solids (ml/L) 0.5 iThis Parameter is applicable at all times
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of Sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317), as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under Section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30-days of the date of this notice, as well as any questions to the office noted above the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed, and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each working day at the office noted above the application.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS
Applications Received Under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27) and Section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P.S. § 679.302) and Requests for Certification Under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Southeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401. Telephone: 484.250.5160. E-mail: ra-epww-sero@pa.gov.
Permit No. E4601222-013, Montgomery County, One Montgomery Plaza, P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain about 2.25 miles long, 12-foot-wide multi-use trail through Erdenheim Farm from Joshua Road to Wissahickon Avenue partially within the floodway/floodplain of the Wissahickon Creek (TSF-MF). The trail will also include to construct and maintain about 185 feet long and 12 feet wide single span steel arch bridge, associated with the cross-county connector trails.
The site is located north of Stenton Avenue between Valley Green and West Mill Roads (Germantown, PA, USGS Quadrangle Latitude: 40.101920; Longitude: -75.230143) in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County.
Permit No. E4601222-014, Montgomery County Planning Commission, One Montgomery Plaza, P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404, Pottstown Borough and Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain about a 0.9 mile long and 14 feet wide multi-use trail from Industrial Highway to the Armand Hammer Interchange within the floodway/floodplain of the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) associated with the new multi-use trail to create a continuous connection with the existing trail. The project will include five wetland and two stream crossings. Total wetland impacts will be: temporary 0.026 acre, and permanent 0.047 acre (PEM, PSS, PFO).
The site is located north of Armand Hammer Boulevard and SR 422 (Phoenixville; Pottstown, PA, USGS Quadrangle Latitude: 40.232229; Longitude: -75.621100) in Pottstown Borough and Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.
Northeast Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915.
Contact: Gillian Pehala, Clerical Assistant 2, 570-830-3077.
E5402222-004. UGI Utilities, Inc., 1 UGI Drive, Denver, PA 17517-5168, in Foster Township, Butler Township, and Gordon Borough, Schuylkill County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain the following water obstructions and encroachments associated with the construction of the Broad Mountain to Gordon Pipeline Project, a 7.5-mile long natural gas transmission line:
1) A utility line crossing of UNT to Swatara Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
2) A utility line crossing of UNT to Swatara Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
3) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
4) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
5) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
6) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
7) A utility line crossing of PFO Wetlands (EV) consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
8) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via directional drilling.
9) A utility line crossing of UNT to West Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via directional drilling.
10) A utility line crossing of PEM Wetlands (Other) consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
11) A utility line crossing of PEM Wetlands (Other) consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via directional drilling.
12) A utility line crossing of PFO Wetlands (EV) consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
13) A utility line crossing of UNT to Little Mahanoy Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
14) A utility line crossing of UNT to Little Mahanoy Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
15) A utility line crossing of UNT to Mahanoy Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
16) A utility line crossing of UNT to Mahanoy Creek (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
17) A utility line crossing of PFO Wetlands (Other) consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via open cut.
18) A utility line crossing of Rattling Run (CWF, MF) and the floodway consisting of an 8-inch diameter steel natural gas pipe installed via directional drilling.
The project begins at the Broad Mountain Landfill and terminates in Gordon Borough (Ashland, Minersville, Mount Carmel, and Tremont, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 45` 11"; Longitude: -76° 19` 57") in Foster Township, Butler Township, and Gordon Borough, Schuylkill County. Application Received Date: June 16, 2022
E4002222-005. AutoZone Development, LLC, 123 South Front Street, Memphis, TN 38103, in Wyoming Borough, Luzerne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a new AutoZone building, parking lot and stormwater management system impacting 3,740 ft2 (0.086 acre) of the FEMA delineated floodway of Abrahams Creek (CWF, MF). The project is located on the right of Wyoming Avenue in the Midway Shopping Center approximately 2.2 miles after taking the exit to Forty Fort from State Route 309 (Pittston, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 41° 18` 6"; Longitude: -75° 51` 9") in Wyoming Borough, Luzerne County. Application Received date: June 2, 2022.
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636.
F1904222-002: Town of Bloomsburg, 301 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Floodplain encroachment in Bloomsburg, Columbia County. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District. The Town of Bloomsburg is seeking authorization to construct a rain garden, a berm and outlet structure to improve the existing swale behind Town Parke Village Facility within the floodplain of WB Susquehanna River, 1300 Ferry Street, Bloomsburg, PA Quadrangle, (Latitude: 40.995612° N; Longitude: -76.442974° W)
Southwest Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, 412-442-4000.
Contact: Dana Drake.
E0205222-001, O'Hara Township, 325 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District.
The applicant proposes to: Construct, operate, and maintain approximately 310 liner feet of streambank restoration, along a UNT to Little Pine Creek (TSF), including grading the stream bank to aid in reconnecting the stream to its floodplain, 310 linear feet of vegetative slope stabilization, using landscape fabric and riparian buffer plantings along both banks of the UNT to Little Pine Creek, for the purpose of restoring the streambanks that are experiencing severe erosion due to the velocity causing siltation in the stream channel.
The project site is located at the end of Calmwood Road, which is located off Saxonburg Boulevard (Glenshaw, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 31`, 24"; W: -79°, 55`, 23"; Sub-basin 18A; USACE Pittsburgh District) in O'Hara Township, Allegheny County.
E0205222-012, Baldwin Borough, 3344 Churchview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227, Baldwin Borough, Allegheny County; Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. The applicant proposes to:
Regrade and maintain 924 total linear feet of streambank along Glass Run (WWF) and a UNT to Glass Run (WWF), of which 699 linear feet of work is proposed along Glass Run and 225 linear feet of work is proposed along the UNT to Glass Run, and to establish and maintain a riparian buffer through native plantings to an extent of 35 feet perpendicular to the streams' edge on both sides, for the purpose of decreasing pollutant and sediment loading to meet municipal MS4 requirements.
The project will cumulatively and permanently impact 924 linear feet of streambanks; temporarily impact 924 linear feet of streambanks; permanently impact 1.48 acres of the floodway; and temporarily impact 0.78 acre of the floodway. No wetland or streambed impacts are proposed.
The project center is located approximately 420 feet west-south-west of the intersection of Joseph Street and the entrance drive to St. Josaphat Catholic Cemetery. (Pittsburgh East PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 23`, 21"; W: -79°, 58`, 2"; Sub-basin 19A; USACE Pittsburgh District) in the Borough of Baldwin, Allegheny County.
1. Abandon in place an existing 200 LF 30-inch diameter cement enclosure of a UNT to the Allegheny River and construct a replacement 173 LF 30-inch HDPE culvert adjacent to the existing enclosure to be abandoned;
2. Construct, operate, and maintain a new 23 LF stone-lined channel and inlet conveying the UNT to the aforementioned replacement 30-inch stream enclosure;
3. Construct, operate, and maintain a new 165.3 LF watercourse to connect the new enclosure to unaffected portions of the unnamed tributary;
4. Construct, operate and maintain 149 LF of bank stabilization on an existing water course, below the aforementioned existing enclosure to be abandoned in place, consisting of gabion baskets and reno mattresses; and
5. Repair a sink hole that formed under the existing aforementioned stream enclosure with 25 cubic yards of fill.
For the purpose of constructing and maintaining this other phase of the environmental remediation project. This additional phase will result in 173 LF of permanent stream impacts and 0.08 acre of associated floodway impacts, and 0.01 acre of temporary floodway impacts.
The project site is located west of the Ford City Veterans Bridge and south of SR-128 (Kittanning, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; N: 40°, 45`, 29"; W: -79°, 33`, 14"; Sub-basin 17E; USACE Pittsburgh District), in North Buffalo Twp., Armstrong County.
E6505222-001, Rostraver Township, 201 Municipal Drive, Rostraver Township, 15012, Westmoreland County, Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District.
The applicant proposes to:
Construct, operate, and maintain approximately 465 linear feet of streambank restoration along the UNT to Speers Run (WWF) and associated floodway, consisting of re-establishing and stabilizing both eroded streambanks via vegetative slope stabilization, landscape fabric and 35 foot riparian buffer plantings, for the purpose of restoring the streambanks that are experiencing severe erosion causing siltation within the steam channel.
The project site is located near the intersection of Broad Avenue and Elk's Place. (Donora, PA USGS topographic quadrangle N: 40°, 8`, 2"; W: -79°, 51`, 5"; Sub-basin 19C; USACE Pittsburgh District), in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
E6505122-006, PennDOT District 12-0, 825 North Gallatin Ave Ext, Uniontown, PA 15401, Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County; Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District.
The applicant proposes to:
Amend Permit No. E65051-997, which authorized the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to permanently impact 7,148 linear feet (1.1 acres/45,998 square feet) of waterways, and 640,241 square feet (14.7 acres) of floodway, and 151,826 square feet (3.49 acres) of wetlands, in association with the reconstruction of 2.6 miles of SR 0070, Section L10, including the reconfiguration of two full interchanges—Exit 53/Yukon Interchange, and Exit/Madison interchange, and for the purpose of reconstructing and widening 1.1 miles of SR 0070, Section L20 from the eastern limit of Section L10, to the SR 0070 structure over SR 3014.
This amendment proposes:
1. To construct and maintain 15 linear feet of energy dissipation (rip-rap) at the downstream end of an existing, 175-foot long, 30-inch stream enclosure, located at SR 0070, Station 623+21.7, and to construct and maintain 40 LF of channel grading at the upstream end of this existing structure, having a permanent impact of 55 LF, and a temporary impact of 15 LF, to an unnamed tributary to Lick Run (WWF) (Waterway S-MRK-007).
2. To construct and maintain 55 linear feet of energy dissipation (rip-rap) at the downstream end of an existing, 192-foot long, 36-inch stream enclosure, located at SR 0070, Station 642+47.9, and to construct and maintain 14 LF of channel grading at the upstream end of this existing structure, having a permanent impact of 69 LF, and a temporary impact of 34 LF, to an unnamed tributary to Lick Run (WWF) (Waterway S-MRK-008).
3. To construct and maintain 16 linear feet of streambank protection (rip-rap) downstream of an existing stormwater basin (Basin E-1) outfall (ER), located at SR 0070, Station 732+53.9 RT, which flows into to a unnamed tributary to Sewickley Creek (WWF) (Waterway S-MRK-026), resulting in permanent impacts of 16 linear feet.
4. To construct and maintain 5 linear feet of energy dissipation at the downstream end of an existing, 247-foot long, 36-inch stream enclosure and outfall apron, located at SR 0070, Station 749+65.7, and to construct and maintain 17 linear feet of channel grading at the downstream end and 24 LF of channel grading at the upstream end of this existing structure, having a permanent impact of 46 LF, to an unnamed tributary to Sewickley Creek (WWF) (Waterway S-MRK-032).
5. To place and maintain an additional 9 linear feet of fill to an existing 18 linear feet of fill in a waterway located at SR 0070, Station 756+99.7 RT, resulting in a permanent impact of 9 linear feet to unnamed tributary to Sewickley Creek (WWF) (Waterway S-MRK-050).
For the purpose of making minor improvements to the recently reconstructed 2.6 miles of SR 0070, Section L10, and the recently reconstructed and widened 1.1 miles of SR 0070, Section L20.
The project is located along SR 0070, Sections L10 and L20, between the end of the current Section K10 construction project in South Huntingdon Township and the SR 3014 crossing in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, (USGS PA Smithton Quadrangle—Latitude 40.209865° N, Longitude 79.66488° W, Sub-basin 19D; USACE Pittsburgh District), in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
Southwest District: Oil & Gas Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4281.
E0207222-005: Olympus Energy, LLC, 501 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County; US Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District.
This Joint Permit Application is being submitted for stream and floodway impacts due to the construction of a 3,730-foot-long, 24-foot-wide, permanent paved access road that will provide access to the Heracles Well Pad from SR-51. The proposed access road will cross an intermittent stream at two locations and will require the construction of two stream enclosures. A temporary access road, including one existing stream crossing and one proposed stream crossing, is proposed for use during construction of the permanent access road.
The project is located in the Donora 7.5-minute quadrangle.
Resource
NameAquatic Resource Type Activity Chapter 93 Designation Impact Length Temp.
(LF)Impact Length Perm.
(LF)Impact Area
Temp.
(Ac)Impact Area
Perm.
(Ac)Lat.
Long.UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Intermittent Access Road Stream Crossing 1 WWF 43 76 0.007 0.012 40.246585 -79.873603 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 -79.873603 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Access Road Stream Crossing 1 WWF 31 104 0.010 0.007 40.246585 -79.873603 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Intermittent Access Road Stream Crossing 2 WWF 24 196 0.004 0.031 40.246879 -79.872518 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Access Road Stream Crossing 2 WWF 80 173 0.007 0.016 40.246879 -79.872518 UNT 1 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Access Road Stream Crossing 2 WWF 0 45 0 0.044 40.246879 -79.872518 UNT 1 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Intermittent Temporary Road Crossing 1 WWF 86 0 0.008 0 40.247200 -79.872463 UNT 1 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Temporary Road Crossing 1 WWF 180 0 0.145 0 40.247200 -79.872463 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Intermittent Temporary Road Crossing 2 WWF 49 0 0.008 0 40.247569 -79.871686 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Temporary Road Crossing 2 WWF 58 0 0.075 0 40.247569 -79.871686 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Permanent Floodway Impact 1 WWF 198 15 0.064 0.014 40.247449 -79.871671 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Permanent Floodway Impact 2 WWF 291 126 0.107 0.078 40.247449 -79.871671 UNT 2 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Temporary Road Crossing 3 WWF 96 0 0.011 0 40.248111 -79.870349 UNT 3 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Permanent Floodway Impact 3 WWF 37 30 0.021 0.002 40.249968 -79.867836 UNT 5 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Permanent Floodway Impact 3 WWF 128 73 0.059 0.007 40.249968 -79.867836 UNT 4 to Trib 39542 to Fallen Timber Run Floodway Floodway Temporary Road Crossing 4 WWF 85 0 0.025 0 40.249967 -79.867526 Totals Stream 202 272 0.027 0.043 Floodway 1,184 566 0.524 0.168 Eastern Region: Oil & Gas Management Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
Contact: Robert Marquez, Senior Project Manager, Telephone Number: 570-327-3636.
Permit No. E0829222-024, Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 14 Chesapeake Lane, Sayre, PA 18840-1567, Unconventional Gas Well Site and associated infrastructure. State Route 3020, Ulster Township, Bradford County; Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore Office.
To construct, operate, and maintain:
1. a temporary wetland impact from construction activities impacting 2,134 square feet (0.05 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886319°, Longitude: -76.529630°),
2. a temporary wetland impact from construction activities impacting 436 square feet (0.01 acre) of Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.888494°, Longitude: -76.533042°),
3. a temporary wetland impact from construction activities impacting 1,133 square feet (0.03 acre) of Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.887970°, Longitude: -76.532785°),
4. a temporary wetland impact from construction activities impacting 6,534 square feet (0.15 acre) of Palustrine Scrub-Shrub Wetlands (PSS) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886319°, Longitude: -76.529630°),
5. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 3,528 square feet (0.08 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886274°, Longitude: -76.529725°),
6. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 12,327 square feet (0.28 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.888767°, Longitude: -76.532992°),
7. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 5,009 square feet (0.11 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.888026°, Longitude: -76.532671°),
8. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 436 square feet (0.01 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886382°, Longitude: -76.530276°),
9. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 1,742 square feet (0.04 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886422°, Longitude: -76.530529°),
10. a permanent wetland fill impact from construction activities impacting 2,178 square feet (0.05 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.887437°, Longitude: -76.532057°),
11. a temporary wetland restoration impact from mitigation activities impacting 2,134 square feet (0.05 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886319°, Longitude: -76.529635°),
12. a temporary wetland impact from mitigation activities impacting 1,829 square feet (0.04 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886362°, Longitude: -76.529713°),
13. a temporary wetland impact from mitigation activities impacting 2,396 square feet (0.06 acre) of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) (Sayre, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41.886319°, Longitude: -76.529630°).
The Goll Bra Pad, located in Ulster Township, Bradford County, seeks after-the-fact authorization in accordance with the Consent Decree Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC entered into with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the PA Department of Environmental Protection on May 20, 2021. Prior unauthorized impacts resulted in 2,134 square feet (0.05 acre) of temporary Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) impacts, 6,534 square feet (0.15 acre) of temporary Palustrine Scrub-Shrub Wetlands (PSS) impacts, 1,569 square feet (0.04 acre) of temporary Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO) impacts, and 25,220 square feet (0.58 acre) of permanent Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM) impacts. Wetland restoration activities will result in 6,359 square feet (0.15 acre) of on-site mitigation and 1.40 acres of off-site wetland mitigation to restore and mitigate for unauthorized activities at the unconventional gas well site and associated infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 2, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-3411.
D64-239EA. Janet Helms, 232 Ridge Lake Drive, Honesdale, PA 18431. South Caanan Township, Wayne County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
Applicant proposes to remove the Ridge Lake Dam to eliminate a threat to public safety and to restore approximately 3,700 feet of stream channel to a free-flowing condition and to restore inundated wetlands. The project is located across Pond Brook (HQ-CWF, MF) (Honesdale, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.5326; Longitude: -75.3362).
WQ5815122-001. Phil Cwiek, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Flood Risk Management Branch, 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201; Clifford Township, Susquehanna County; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
The Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to conduct work at the Corps-owned Stillwater Lake in Susquehanna County to repair/replace the control gate and an intake pipe within the intake tower. The work will include a temporary sandbag diversion and pump-around to access the Stillwater Dam tunnel for the gate replacement and repairs. The project is located across the Lackawanna River in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County; (Forest City, PA Quadrangle, (Lat: 41.6970, Long: -75.4835).
Eastern Region: Oil & Gas Management Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
EA0829222-004: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 14 Chesapeake Lane, Sayre, PA 18840-1567, Alexander Bra Pad in Terry & Wilmot Townships, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
This project seeks after-the-fact authorization in accordance with the Consent Decree Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC entered into with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the PA Department of Environmental Protection on May 20, 2021. As previously referenced, Environmental Assessment for Waived Activities, (EAR) Application EA0829222-004 Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC (Chesapeake) has applied for an Environmental Assessment waiver 16—restoration to construct, operate and maintain 0.079 acre of temporary impacts to on-site wetlands. All impacts are associated with the Alexander Bra Pad construction in 2011.
There are no stream and floodway impacts associated with this after-the-fact authorization. The project will result in a total of 3,441 SF (0.079 acre) of temporary wetland impacts.
Wetland Impact Table:
Resource
NameMunicipality Quadrangle Activity Cow. Class Listed Trout Impact Length Temp. (LF) Impact Area Temp. (SF) Impact Length Perm. (LF) Impact Area Perm. (SF) Lat.
Long.W-JLK-110-T1 Terry Colley Conversion/
WorkspacePFO Wild 97 2,570 41.611130o 76.317869o W-JLK-110-T2 Terry Colley Temporary Workspace PEM Wild 39 871 41.611196o 76.317614o TOTAL IMPACTS
136 3,441
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