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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-1307b

[26 Pa.B. 3868]

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Applications received for Minor Source Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office:  Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   OP-56-119.  The Department received an application for an Air Quality Control Operating Permit from West Salisbury Foundry & Machine Co. (P. O. Box 45, Main Road, West Salisbury, PA 15565) for their foundry located in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County.


Notice of Plan Approval Application Minor Source

   The following stationary sources have filed a request for plan approval with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Air Quality. Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protest or comments to the Regional Office at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval application by filing a request with the Regional Office stating the reason for the request.

   The Department will evaluate and consider all protests and comments received. The Department will, where appropriate, modify the proposed plan approval based on the protests and comments received.

   The final plan approval will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operated in compliance with the Department's regulations contained in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 through 143 and the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act. A notice of the Department's final decision on the proposed plan approval will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Air contaminants emitted from these sources are less than the amounts that would trigger major new source review requirements. For additional information on the following applications contact Devendra Verma, Engineering Services Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   Northwest Regional Office:  Bureau of Air Quality Control, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   The Department received the following four plan approval applications from Tri-County Landfill, Inc. (156 Landfill Road, Grove City, PA 16127) in Pine and Liberty Twp., Mercer County for the following sources:

   43-322-001.  Installation of an interim landfill gas flare and 800 kw engine generator to control VOC emissions from the existing landfill. The existing landfill will be subject to New Source Performance Standard 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart CC.

   43-322-002.  Installation of a landfill gas flare and 3 Mw engine generator to control VOC emissions from the new landfill. This new landfill will be subject to New Source Performance Standard 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart WWW.

   43-399-017.  Construction of a screening plant for earthen materials and a screening plant for refuse/soil.

   43-399-018.  Construction of an 85,000 gpd wastewater treatment plant with an anaerobic flare and several carbon canisters.


Reasonably Available Control Technology; Public Hearings

   Revision of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, Sunbury SES, Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a facility (Sunbury SES) owned and operated by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company in Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County.

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

   The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will result in the revision of operating permit # OP-55-0001 previously issued on December 27, 1994, and will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination which the Department proposes to incorporate into operating permit # OP-55-0001 for 4 pulverized coal and petroleum coke arch-fired electric utility boilers as a revision to the respective permit:

Sourcenitrogen oxides emission limit
Units 1A and 1B (Stack # 1)not to exceed 1.10 pounds of nitrogen oxides (NOx, expressed as NO2) per million BTU of heat input, 30 day rolling average
Units 2A and 2B (Stack # 2)not to exceed 1.16 pounds of nitrogen oxides (NOx, expressed as NO2) per million BTU of heat input, 30 day rolling average

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit revision and SIP revision. The hearing will be held on September 10, 1996, at 1 p.m. at the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to Joseph Cooper, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by September 25, 1996.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.

   Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476.

   Under Act 181 of 1984, the Department of Environmental Protection gives notice of an unsolicited proposal received from Kraynak Coal Company, Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, to reclaim an abandoned surface mine in Grant Township, Indiana County. The Department intends to enter into negotiations with Kraynak Coal Company to contract for site reclamation.

   The project, BF 344-102.1, involves reclamation of the area mined by Benjamin Coal Company where bonds were forfeited by the Department under Permit Number SMP 32860105.

   Kraynak Coal Company proposes to backfill, regrade and revegetate 22.0 acres. All areas will be regraded to promote surface drainage and provide integration with surrounding unmined areas.

   Interested parties should send comments to Richard L. Joyce, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 8476, Harrisburg, PA no later than 4 p.m., September 9, 1996.

   Newspaper:  Indiana Evening Gazette,
899 Water Street,
Indiana, PA 15701.

   Mailed:  August 2, 1996.

   Published First Time:  August 9, 1996.

   Published Second Time:  August 16, 1996.

   30 Days Ends--September 9, 1996.

MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

   Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal 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 will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes:  the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).

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

   Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, 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 same address 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 §§ 86.31--86.34 and 77.121--77.123 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. Such NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chs. 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections, application number and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor, application number, a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   District Mining Operations, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

   Coal Applications Received

   32940105.  Kent Coal Mining Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to utilize circulating fluidized bed (CFB) ash from a cogeneration plant for beneficial use and abandoned deep mine reclamation in Center Township, Indiana County, affecting 180.0 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Yellow Creek to Yellow Creek to Two Lick Creek. Application received July 23, 1996.

   11960107.  T. J. Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 370, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Cresson Township, Cambria County, affecting 62.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Burgoon Run, application received July 16, 1996.

   56960106.  Dunamis Resources, Inc. (P. O. Box 846, Latrobe, PA 15650), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip-auger mine in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, affecting 374.5 acres, receiving stream north branch of Quemahoning Creek and Horner Run and their tributaries, application received July 17, 1996.

   11960108.  Laurel Land Development, Inc. (P. O. Box 629, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, beneficial use of circulating fluidized bed ash in Blacklick Township, Cambria County, affecting 54.1 acres, receiving stream Coalpit Run, application received July 23, 1996.

   Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.

   17910118.  Swisher Contracting, Inc. (P. O. Box 1223, Clearfield, PA 16830), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County affecting 74.2 acres, receiving streams three unnamed streams, tributaries to Clearfield Creek, application received July 9, 1996.

   17920114.  Forcey Coal, Inc. (P. O. Box 225, Madera, PA 16661), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from James I. Cowfer Contracting, Inc., Decatur Township, Clearfield County affecting 61.7 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributary of Little Beaver Run, north branch of Morgan Run, application received July 12, 1996.

   17753050.  River Hill Coal Co., Inc. (Kylertown, PA 16847), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in the erosion and sedimentation control plan, and an encroachment within 100 feet of a stream barrier on an unnamed tributary to the west branch Susquehanna River, application received July 23, 1996.

   17960114.  Larry D. Baumgardner Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 186, Lanse, PA 16849), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Brady Township, Clearfield County affecting 57 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributary to Luthersburg Branch, Laborde Branch, application received July 25, 1996.

   Mineral Resources Management--District Mining, Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   Noncoal Applications Received

   09960301.  Warner Company, (600 Tyburn Road, Morrisville, PA 19067), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Falls Township, Bucks County affecting 46.0 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received July 15, 1996.

   45900301C.  Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc., (2052 Lucon Road, P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474), renewal of NPDES Permit # PA0595241 in Ross Township, Monroe County, receiving stream--Buckwha Creek. Application received July 19, 19965.

   6575SM4C2.  Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc., (2052 Lucon Road, P. O. Box 196, Skippack, PA 19474), renewal of NPDES Permit # PA0611964 in Ross and Eldred Townships, Monroe County, receiving stream--Buckwha Creek, Aquashicola Creek. Application received July 19, 1996.

   The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).

   In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office of Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for process requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provision of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.


Applications filed 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.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   E05-238.  Encroachment. Diann L. and Raymond A. Cosgrove, 513 B Maryland Ave., Westernport, MD 21562. To rehabilitate and maintain an existing bridge having a new total span of 56 feet with an underclearance of 7 feet 8 inches across Little Wills Creek to provide continued access to area residents located about 1 mile south of Madley Village (Buffalo Mills, PA Quadrangle N:  1.6 inches; W:  7.85 inches) in Londonderry Township, Bedford County.

   E22-353.  Encroachment. Mary Brooks and Robert Southard, Box 307, Dauphin, PA 17018-0307. To construct and maintain a garage next to an existing house in the floodway of the Susquehanna River at a point along River Road (Harrisburg West, PA Quadrangle N:  20.75 inches; W:  8.5 inches) in Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County.

   E28-239.  Encroachment. E. Lewis Leaman, Presi- dent/CEO, Menno Haven, Inc., 2075 Scotland Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17210. To relocate and maintain and to place fill along the floodway of an unnamed tributary to Conococheague Creek in order to construct a detention basin for the proposed expansion of the Menno Haven Retirement Community located about 1,200 feet southeast of Red Bridge Village (Chambersburg, PA Quadrangle N: 15.45 inches; W:  1.75 inches) in Greene Township and Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.

   E29-071.  Encroachment. Dublin Township Supervisors, HCR 75, Box 240, Fort Littleton, PA 17223. To rehabilitate an existing bridge across North Branch Little Aughwick Creek on T-457 by removing the center pier and underpinning the abutment with concrete and rocks located about 1.2 miles northwest of Burnt Cabins Village (Burnt Cabins, PA Quadrangle N:  16.7 inches; W:  4.8 inches) in Dublin Township, Fulton County.

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

   E09-721.  Encroachment. Newtown Enterprises, P. O. Box 8297, Trenton, NJ 08650. To construct a stormwater management facility on an unnamed tributary to Hough Creek (WWF) impacting approximately 1,080 feet of stream channel and adjacent floodway associated with the proposed Eagleton Farms Subdivision located near the intersection of Stoopville Road and Eagle Road (Lambertville, PA-NJ Quadrangle N:  3.4 inches; W:  10.7 inches) in Newtown Township, Bucks County.

   E46-749.  Encroachment. Cheltenham Township, 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027-1589. To reconstruct and maintain the William Gottschalk Fire Training Center which is located within the 100-year floodway fringe of Tookany Creek (aka Tacony Creek). Construction activities include:  1. Reconstruction of a Fire Training Center building at approximately its original location. 2. Removal of the approach embankment of the vacated Stetson's Lane which is located on the west side of the site. 3. Construction of approximately 300 linear feet of diversion/detention curbing on the east side of the site. 4. Installation of bituminous paving adjacent to the Training Center. The site is located approximately 800-linear feet downstream of the New Second Street Bridge (Frankford, PA Quadrangle N:  12.25 inches; W:  15.75 inches) in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County.

   E51-154.  Encroachment. Rohm & Haas Co., 5000 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137-0000. To perform maintenance dredging of the Delaware River which impacts approximately 0.44 acre (WWF-MF), adjacent to the Rohm and Haas Plant Dock Facility situated along the western shoreline at 5000 Richmond Street, in the Frankford Section of Philadelphia. This project also includes the modification of an existing berth area by the installation of an additional mooring cluster. The purpose of this project is to enhance an existing mooring area to accommodate large barges. This site is located approximately 3/4 mile east from the intersection of I-95 and Bridge Street (Camden, NJ-PA Quadrangle N:  22.6 inches; W:  8.75 inches) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

   E51-155.  Encroachment. Philadelphia Gas Works, 800 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122. To operate and maintain an existing 24-inch petroleum pipeline crossing the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) associated with the Philadelphia Gas Works. It is planned to convert this pipeline for natural gas use. The site is situated approximately 600 feet upstream of the Passyunk Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia USGS Quadrangle N:  8.2 inches; W:  11.0 inches) in the City and County of Philadelphia.


Requests for Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

   The following requests have been made to the Department of Environmental Protection for certification under § 401(a) of the 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a), that there is reasonable assurance that the construction herein described will not violate applicable Federal and State water quality standards.

   Prior to final approval of the proposed certification, consideration will be given to any comments, suggestions and objections which are submitted in writing 30 days from the date of this notice. Comments should be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection at the address indicated above each of the following requests for certification. 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 and suggestions in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the proposal and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given comments if deemed necessary to resolve conflicts. Each individual will be notified in writing of the time and place of any scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the protest relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection and review at the address indicated above each request for certification between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m on each working day.

   Southeast Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.

   Certification Request Initiated By:  Department of the Army, Philadelphia District Corp of Engineers, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3391.

   Project Description/Location:  This project involves the discharge of 26 mgd of supernatant from the Ft. Mifflin Dredge Disposal Area. Sediments dredged from the Delaware River and Schuylkill River are placed in the Disposal Area. The sediments settle out and the supernatant is discharged back to the Schuylkill River. The following effluent limits and monitoring requirements apply:

AverageMaximumInstantaneousMonitoring
Monthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)Frequency
Flowdaily
Total Suspended Solids8,000daily
pH6--9 std units at all timesdaily
Total Arsenic0.08 mg/l0.121/week
Total Antimony0.016 mg/l0.0251/week
Total Berylliumnot detectable1/week
Total Cadmium0.0015 mg/l0.0021/week
Total Copper0.014 mg/l0.021/week
Hex Chromium0.016 mg/l0.0251/week
Total Lead0.0035 mg/l0.0051/week
Total Zinc0.096 mg/l0.151/week
4,4'-DDTnot detectable1/week
4,4'-DDDnot detectable1/week
4,4'-DDEnot detectable1/week
Total PCBsnot detectable  1/week

   Northcentral Regional Office:  Soils and Waterways Section, 208 W. Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3574.

   E41-380.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp., P. O. Box 405, Salladasburg, PA 17740. To remove unvegetated gravel and to place and maintain about 900 linear feet of fill and riprap along bank of Loyalsock Creek. This project is located near Rt. 87 about 1.5 miles north of Rt. 180 (Montoursville North, PA Quadrangle N:  5.5 inches; W:  5.6 inches) in Fairfield Township, Lycoming County. Estimated stream disturbance 900 feet; stream classification is TSF.

   E41-381.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To construct and maintain streambed paving and rock protection at wings and upstream and downstream banks for an existing bridge across Gamble Run. The project is located on Rt. 414 just south of Gamble Run Road (Cedar Run, PA Quadrangle N:  1.5 inches; W:  11.2 inches) in Brown Township, Lycoming County. Estimated stream disturbance 60 feet; stream classification HQ-CWF.

   E41-383.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Clinton Twp. Supervisors, R. R. 1, Box 33, Montgomery, PA 17752. To place and maintain fill in 0.04 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands for the purpose of enlarging an existing stone parking lot and to redefine a stormwater drainageway. The project site is located approximately 1.9 miles east southeast of the SR 15 and SR 54 intersection (Montoursville South, PA Quadrangle N:  10.0 inches; W:  0.3 inch) in Clinton Township, Lycoming County. The proposed work will result in impact to a deminimus area of wetlands less than 0.05 acre and therefore, replacement will not be required.

   E53-288.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Ulysses Twp. Supervisors, R. R. 1, Box 220, Ulysses, PA 16948. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 121 inch by 173 inch corrugated metal culvert with a length of 30 feet in middle branch of the Genesee River. The project is located on T-450 about 400 feet east of SR 449 (Ulysses, PA Quadrangle N:  5.2 inches; W:  12.4 inches) in Ulysses Township, Potter County. Estimated stream disturbance 60 feet; stream classification is HQ-CWF.

   E59-325.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To remove the existing far right wingwall and to construct and maintain a new wingwall and streambed paving for an existing bridge across an unnamed tributary to North Elk Run. The project is located on SR 6 about 600 feet west of T-648 (Crooked Creek, PA Quadrangle N:  2.8 inches; W:  10.5 inches) in Charleston Township, Tioga County. Estimated stream disturbance 40 feet; stream classification CWF.

   E59-329.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To construct and maintain approximately 450 square feet of streambed paving with a rough finish along with aprons and cutoff walls, to place a partial jacket along both abutments and a rock apron at the outlet end of the bridge on an existing bridge over Hills Creek on SR 4039 about 2 miles south of SR 4037 (Crooked Creek, PA Quadrangle N:  12.0 inches; W:  13.3 inches) in Charlestown Township, Tioga County. Estimated stream disturbance less than 250.0 linear feet; stream classification WWF.

   E18-213.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 701 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716. To place 280,000.0 cubic yards of fill in the floodway of Bald Eagle Creek for the construction of a 181,120.0 square foot retail facility and its associated appurtenances. The proposed work shall consist of placing and compacting fill on 23.0 acres of floodplain, all designated as floodway, from an existing elevation of 557.0 feet to a proposed elevation of 569.0 feet. The project is located along the western right-of-way of SR 0150 approximately 400.0 feet north of the intersection of SR 0150 and Country Club Road (Mill Hall, PA Quadrangle N:  21.0 inches; W:  14.5 inches) in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County. As proposed, the project will not impact wetlands or any linear footage of Bald Eagle Creek:  a warm water fishery.

   E55-139.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Sheetz, Inc., 5700 6th Ave., Altoona, PA 16602. To construct and maintain two reinforced concrete box culverts with a span of 16 feet, a rise of 8 feet and a length of 35 to 40 feet to be used to connect three existing stream enclosures in an unnamed tributary to Penns Creek located in the northeast intersection of SR 0011/0015 and SR 8005 (Susquehanna Mall Drive) (Sunbury, PA Quadrangle N:  12.9 inches; W:  13.7 inches) in the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County. This project proposes to impact approximately 75 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Penns Creek which is designated CWF.

   E55-140.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Shamokin Dam Borough, 144 W. 8th Ave., Shamokin Dam, PA 17876. To construct and maintain a reinforced box culvert with a span of 16 feet, a rise of 4 feet and a length of 32.3 feet in an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River located on Stettler Avenue and Maple Street (Sunbury, PA Quadrangle N:  16.9 inches; W:  11.0 inches) in the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County. This project proposes to impact approximately 60 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River which is designated as a WWF.

   E59-326.  Water obstruction and encroachment. William Bennett, R. R. 2, Box 32, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge to carry T-305 across an unnamed tributary to Bald Eagle Creek. The proposed bridge shall be constructed with a single span of 30.50 feet, an underclearance of 5.00 feet and a curb-to-curb width of 14.25 feet. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0220 approximately 100.0 feet east of the intersection of SR 0220 and T-305 (Port Matilda, PA Quadrangle N:  3.1 inches; W:  13.5 inches) in Taylor Township, Centre County. Estimated stream disturbance is approximately 44 linear feet; no wetland impact. Stream classification is CWF.

   E14-291.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Keith G. Benner, HC 1 Box 75, Aaronsburg, PA 16820. To construct and maintain two 48-inch diameter CMP culverts 16 feet long in an unnamed tributary to Pine Creek. The project is located off Middle Road about 600 feet east of Applebutter Road (Millheim, PA Quadrangle N:  6.3 inches; W:  0.6 inch) in Haines Township, Centre County. Estimated stream disturbance 50 feet; stream classification EV.

   E08-235.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Towanda Area Joint Municipal Auth., R. R. 2, Box 69A, Towanda, PA 18848. To construct and maintain a 4,300 foot airport runway with associated electrical vault building and oil/water separator within the 100 year designated FEMA floodplain of the Towanda Creek just south of the existing runway and to construct and maintain a 66-inch diameter 225 foot long stream enclosure with a 200 foot wide overflow spillway in an unnamed tributary replacing an existing 108 inch x 78 inch oval culvert under the present airport access road and to extend an existing 60-inch diameter stormwater culvert by the addition of 465 feet of 77-inch x 52-inch enclosure beyond the end of the proposed runway. (Monroeton, PA Quadrangle N:  22.0 inches; W:  9.5 inches) in Towanda Township, Bradford County. Estimated stream disturbance more than 250 linear feet; stream classification is CWF.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-5485.

   E39-316.  Encroachment. Washington Township, P. O. Box 27, Slatedale, PA 18079. To place fill in 0.03 acre of wetlands (PEM) to maximize the development area for a multipurpose recreational park. This project is located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Eagle Road (T-855) and Best Station Road (L. R. 39054) (Slatedale, PA Quadrangle N:  16.2 inches; W:  0.4 inch) in Washington Township, Lehigh County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E40-446.  Encroachment. Pocono Downs, Inc., 1280 Highway 315, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. To construct and maintain 120 linear feet of dual 13.3 foot x 9.4 foot corrugated steel arch pipe stream enclosure in Mill Creek (CWF), for the purpose of replacing a flood-damaged road crossing providing horse and vehicular access to the stables and race track. The project is located at Pocono Downs (Pittston, PA Quadrangle N:  4.2 inches; W:  8.9 inches), in Plains Township, Luzerne County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E64-172.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To maintain two 48-inch C.M.P. culverts in the channel of Hiawatha Creek (HQ-CWF) located along S. R. 4014, Segment 0130, Offset 3726 (Starrucca, PA Quadrangle N:  12.5 inches; W:  0.1 inch) in Scott Township, Wayne County. These culverts replaced two collapsed 48-inch C.M.P. culverts at the same location under Emergency Permit No. EP6496406 (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E64-173.  Encroachment. Dr. Paul and Mrs. Bonnie Mancia, 1485 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, PA 18704. To place fill in 0.9 acre of PEM/PSS wetlands and to construct and maintain a stream enclosure consisting of 170 linear feet of 48-inch concrete pipe culvert, connecting to approximately 75 feet of 36-inch concrete culvert in a tributary to Wallenpaupack Creek for unknown future commercial development. This project is located along the north side of S. R. 0590, 0.75 mile west of the intersection with S. R. 0191 (Lake Ariel, PA Quadrangle N:  5.4 inches; W:  4.9 inches) in Salem Township, Wayne County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   Northwest Regional Office:  Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   E42-242.  Encroachment. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., P. O. Box Drawer A, Brookville, PA 15825. To install and maintain cathodic protection for 15,000 feet adjacent to the existing 8-inch steel gas transmission pipeline. The project will include crossing four streams/watercourses and seven wetland areas. The project is located on the west approximately 2,800 feet south of the intersection of Bingham Road and S. R. 0646 in Cyclone (Cyclone, PA Quadrangle N:  14.3 inches; W:  13.0 inches) to the east approximately 1,800 feet south of the intersection of S. R. 0059 and S. R. 0646 in Ormsby (Cyclone, PA Quadrangle N:  10.4 inches; W:  6.75 inches) located in Keating Township, McKean County.

   Central Office:  Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands, 400 Market Street, Floor 6, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 783-1384.

   Requests for Environmental Assessment approval under 25 Pa. Code § 105.15 and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

   EA46-022C0.  Environmental assessment. T. H. Properties, P. O. Box 159, Franconia, PA 18924. To construct and maintain two non-jurisdictional dams (Basin A and Basin B) across tributaries to Skippack Creek (TSF) for the purpose of stormwater management at the proposed Summerwind Subdivision located approximately 1,800 feet north of the intersection of Clemens Road and Yoder Road (Telford, PA Quadrangle N:  4.15 inches; W:  15.20 inches) in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County.


ACTIONS

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street Floor 2, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audio tape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

   Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0034941. Sewage. West Mead Industrial Park, Crawford County Development Corporation, R. D. 2, Dunham Road, Meadville, PA 16335 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in West Mead Township, Crawford County to French Creek.

   Northcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0020583, Sewerage. Door W. Stock, Middleburg Sewer Authority, 13 North Main Street, Middleburg, PA 17842. Has been approved for renewal to discharge treated sewage from facility located in Middleburg Borough, Snyder County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA 0031852. Sewerage. Dr. Ivan A. Shibley, Central Columbia School District, 4777 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Has been approved for renewal to discharge treated sewage from facility located in South Centre Township, Columbia County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0029831. Sewerage. Paul A. Schaefer, Sullivan County School District, P. O. Box 346, Dushore, PA 18614. Has been approved for renewal to discharge treated sewage from facility located in Laport Borough, Sullivan County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0046159. Sewerage. Houtzdale Borough Municipal Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 277, Houtzdale, PA 16651. Has been approved for renewal to discharge treated sewage to Beaver Run. Authority is located in Woodward Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0110540. Industrial waste. Furman Foods, Inc., Box 500, Northumberland. Has been approved for renewal to discharge treated effluent from facility located in Point Township, Northumberland County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0030601. Sewerage. Walter Clark, Clearfield Area School District, P. O. Box 710, 438 River Street, Clearfield, PA 16830. Has been approved for renewal to discharge from facility located at Goshen Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA 0028631. Sewerage. Mid-Cameron Authority, 421 North Broad Street, Emporium, PA 15834. Has been approved for renewal to discharge from facility at Emporium Borough, Cameron County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0114880. Sewerage. James M. Underwood, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, P. O. Box 750, Clarks Summit, PA 18411. Has been approved for renewal to discharge from facility at North Centre Township, Columbia County.

   Permit No. NPDES PAG044881. Sewerage. Joseph Cochran, R. D. 4, Box 140, Westfield, PA 16950. Applicants has been approved to discharge from facility located in Brookfield Township, Tioga County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0112585. Sewerage. Calvin Williams, R. D. 1, Box 141, Athens, PA 18810. Approval has been granted for renewal of an existing NPDES Sewerage Permit. Facility located in Ulster Township, Bradford County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0044652. Sewerage. DCNR Bureau of State Parks, Mt. Pisgah State Park, R. R. 3, Box 362, Troy, PA 16947. Has been approved to discharge treated wastewater from facility located in West Burlington Township, Bradford County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0033928. Sewerage. Thomas Calkins, Town and Country Estates, R. D. 3, Box 8, Troy, PA 16947. Has been approved for renewal. Facility is located in Troy Township, Bradford County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0209376. Sewerage. Linda Geyer, Twin Oaks Bar and Grille, R. D. 1, DuBois, PA 15801. Has been approved to discharge treated wastewater from facility located in Brady Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0111414. Sewerage. McEwensville Municipal Authority Community Building, McEwensville, PA 17749. Has been approved to discharge treated wastewater from facility located in Delaware Township, Northumberland County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0029068. Sewerage. Valley Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 307, Danville, PA 17821. Has been authorized to discharge from facility located at Valley Township, Montour County to receiving waters named Mauses Creek.


Final Actions

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

   These actions of the Department may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483, by any aggrieved person under The Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514); 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law). Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Department's regulations governing practice and procedure before the Board may be obtained from the Board.

Permits Issued

   Northcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-0000, telephone (717) 327-3664.

NPDES No.Facility Name and AddressFacility LocationStream NameSIC
PAR 804836University Park Airport
2535 Fox Hill Road
University Park, PA 16802
Centre County
College, Benner and Patton Township
Buffalo Run CWF unnamed tributaries to Spring Creek4522


Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

   Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0004936. Industrial waste, Vesuvius McDanel, 510 Ninth Avenue, P. O. Box 560, Beaver Falls, PA 15010-0560 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at City of Beaver Falls, Beaver County to Walnut Bottom Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0030082. Sewage, Brownsville General Hospital, 125 Simpson Road, Brownsville, PA 15417 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Brownsville General Hospital Sewage Treatment Plant, Redstone Township, Fayette County to unnamed tributary of Dunlap Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0041238. Sewage, Meyersdale-Summit Park Recreation Commission, 117 Olinger Street, Meyersdale, PA 15552 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Maple Valley Park Sewage Treatment Plant, Summit Township, Somerset County to Blue Lick Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0096164. Sewage, Jeffrey D. Smith, 264 East Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA 15143 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at little Village Sewage Treatment Plant, Donegal Township, Westmoreland County to Indian Creek.

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