The Department of Environmental Protection will now hold a hearing the same day-- August 12-- on the NPDES Stormwater Permit and the draft Air Quality Plan Approval for the Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center to be located at the Grand Central Sanitary Landfill in Plainfield Township, Northampton County
The hearing will be held at the Wind Gap Middle School, 1620 Teels Road in Pen Argyle from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Those wishing to pre-register to comment at the August 12 public hearing or those that wish to submit written testimony can contact Colleen Connolly at coconnolly@pa.gov or by calling the DEP Northeast Regional Office at 570-826-2035.
Following the public hearing, a comment response document will be prepared and made available to the public.
Application Background
-- Slate Belt Air Quality Plan Approval Application: Slate Belt plans to construct and operate a facility that will process biosolids to produce a Class A dried biosolids product. The facility will consist of the following sources: a thermal drying facility, which includes enclosed receiving units, enclosed indirectly heated thermal dryers, and a final product conveyance and storage system to process wastewater storage. Control devices will include a two-stage odor control system and a dust collector system. The permit application was received by DEP on May 18, 2018. DEP has now prepared a draft Plan Approval, which will be open for comment at the public hearing.
-- Slate Belt NPDES Permit Application: Slate Belt plans to discharge stormwater related to industrial activities to nearby Waltz Creek and an unnamed tributary to Little Bushkill Creek. The revised permit application was received by DEP on March 21, 2018.
Material terms from the draft air quality plan approval and the notice of the opportunity to request a public hearing were published in the PA Bulletin on May 11, 2019. Notice of the public hearing was published in the Morning Call newspaper on July 8 and will be published in the PA Bulletin on July 13.
Public comment periods for both permit applications will end on Monday, August 26 at 4:00 p.m. Those wishing to send in written comments can do so by that date by emailing: (air quality plan approval) Mark Wejkszner, Air Quality Program Manager at mwejkszner@pa.gov and (NPDES permit) Amy Bellanca, Environmental Engineer Manager at abellanca@pa.gov. Public comments can also be mailed to DEP at 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
In addition to those permits, Slate Belt has also applied to DEP for a Waste Management Permit and Grand Central Landfill has applied for a minor modification of its existing Waste Management Permit--
-- Slate Belt Waste Management Permit Application: Slate Belt submitted a residual waste general permit application to the DEP on March 23, 2018, to dry biosolids to create a Class A product that can be used as a fertilizer blending agent, soil conditioner, and/or renewable fuel product.
-- Grand Central Waste Management Permit Modification Application: Grand Central Landfill is requesting a modification of its existing Waste Management Permit to allow the proposed heat recovery center to be located within the Grand Central Landfill permit boundary. The permit modification application was received by the DEP on March 21, 2018.
All four permit applications are currently under review by DEP.
For information on the NPDES stormwater permit, read the entire PA Bulletin notice (PA Bulletin page 3689). For more information on the Air Quality Plan Approval, read the entire PA Bulletin notice (PA Bulletin page 3348).
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