Renewal of General Permit No. WMGR038; Renewal and Availability [36 Pa.B. 6348]
[Saturday, October 14, 2006]Under the authority of the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and the Residual Waste Regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and the Beneficial Use of Residual Waste other than Coal Ash, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) announces the renewal and availability of General Permit No. WMGR038. The general permit is renewed for 10 years.
General Permit No. WMGR038 authorizes the processing, reuse and beneficial use of waste tires, which includes whole tires, tire chips, baled tires, tire shreds and crumb rubber. The permitted processing is limited to the collection, sorting, storage, recapping, cleaning, shredding, chipping, grinding, crumbing, cutting and baling of waste tires. The permitted beneficial use of whole tires, tire chips, baled tires, tire shreds and crumb rubber is limited to use in recapping, as fuel in boilers or other combustion units, in civil engineering practices and as an ingredient in or as a commercial product.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 287.626 (relating to permit renewal), the following operators submitted renewal applications for the general permit:
Carbon Services of Philadelphia, Inc.
52 Fairview Drive
Leighton, PA 18235
Permit No.: WMGR038SE002Penn Turf, Inc.
R. R. 4 Box 624
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Permit No.: WMGR038SC001Notice requesting comments on the proposed renewal of General Permit No WMGR038, including recommendations for the approval or denial of the renewal applications indicated previously, was published at 36 Pa.B. 3040 (June 17, 2006). During the 30-day public comment period, the Department received comments on the general permit. The Department prepared a Comment and Response Document, which summarizes the comments received and the changes in the final general permit.
Issuance of the renewal of WMGR038SE002 and WMGR038SC001 to Carbon Services of Philadelphia, Inc. and Penn Turf, Inc., respectively, is hereby announced.
General Permit No. WMGR038 can be obtained by contacting the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Management, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, (717) 787-7381, rhassinger@state.pa.us. The general permit is also accessible on the Department's website at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Public Participation, Participate,'' then choose ''Other Proposals'').
KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2024. Filed for public inspection October 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
