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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-2060a

[26 Pa.B. 5891]

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Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate

   Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection 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 to Remediate identifies 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 or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known 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 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 and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact 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 AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Southcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.

   Former Standard Register Plant, Bedford Township, Bedford County. JLG Industries, c/o Louis A. Naugle, Esq., Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, 435 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1886, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with PAHs, diesel range petroleum compounds, and volatile organic compounds. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Bedford Gazette on November 6, 1996.

   Northeast Regional Field Office, Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   Slatedale Industrial Center, Borough of Pen Argyl, Northampton County. Nicholas De Rose, P. G., Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Georgetown Crossing, Suite 225, 3655 Route 202, Doylestown, PA has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of his client, H. W. Exhibits, 141 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ) site soils, groundwater, sediments and surface water suspected to be contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to meet the Statewide health standard, with the option to use either the background standard or the site-specific standard.

   Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection 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 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 a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known 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 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 and 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 cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality 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 date specified below. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact 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 AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Southeast Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.

   SGS--Thomson Microelectronics, Montgomery Township, Montgomery County. Randy L. Shuler, Ph. D., Environmental Resources Management, Inc., Princeton Crossroads Corp. Center, 300 Phillips Blvd., Suite 200, Ewing, NJ 08618, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils and groundwater contaminated with solvents and BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site-specific standard for groundwater and background health standard for soil. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Reporter on October 25, 1996.


Proposed Response Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

   Giordano Waste Materials Site
Butler Township, Schuylkill County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305) (HSCA), proposes to initiate an interim response action at the Giordano Waste Materials Site (site) located in Butler Township, Schuylkill County.

   The site is located 1/2 mile south of the Borough of Ashland, off of TR#417 (Germanville Road). The property is a former battery recycling facility on a 7.7 acre parcel of land in Butler Twp., Schuylkill County, PA. The facility is now abandoned. Site features include an abandoned building which was utilized for aluminum and lead smelting, waste/ash piles and an underground storage tank.

   Under a previous response action, the Department removed hazardous surface waste from this site. Chemical analysis indicates that the site building and soils are also contaminated with lead at levels which the Department considers to be hazardous.

   The response action objective established by the Department for the Giordano Waste Materials site is to prevent human exposure to site media with concentrations of contaminants above health based levels.

   To achieve this objective, the following alternatives were considered:

   *  Alternative 1:  Removal of waste, debris, soil and building material with lead levels in excess of 10,000 mg/kg, offsite disposal of the material removed, and covering the excavated areas of the site with clean soil and/or mine spoil material and stabilizing the site (erosion control and revegetation). The remedy would not be a permanent remedy, since the mobility, toxicity and volume of the contaminants would not be significantly altered, although the direct contact pathway would be reduced.

   *  Alternative 2:  Removal of waste, debris, soil and building material with lead levels in excess of 5,000 mg/kg, offsite disposal of the material removed, and covering excavated areas of the site with clean soil and/or mine spoil material. The remedy would not be a permanent remedy, since the mobility, toxicity and volume of the contaminants would not be significantly altered, although the direct contact pathway would be reduced.

   *  Alternative 3:  Removal of waste, debris, soil and building material with lead levels in excess of 1,000 mg/kg, offsite disposal of the material removed, and stabilizing the site. This remedy would remove a significant amount of contaminated soil but would not address the physical hazard presented by the site processing building.

   *  Alternative 4:  Removal of waste, debris, soil and building material with lead levels in excess of 500 mg/kg, offsite disposal of the material removed, and stabilizing the site. This remedy would remove a significant amount of contaminated soil but would not address the physical hazard presented by the site processing building.

   *  Alternative 5:  Removal of waste debris, soil and building material with lead levels in excess of 500 mg/kg, onsite solidification and offsite disposal of the material removed and stabilizing the site. This remedy would remove a significant amount of contaminated soil but would not address the physical hazard presented by the site processing building.

   *  Alternative 6:  Removal of all site surface waste/debris piles and building contents along with the demolition of the contaminated site building. All waste and demolition material will be sent to an offsite disposal facility. The entire fenced in area of the site would be covered with clean soil and/or mine spoil material and stabilized (erosion control, topsoil addition and revegetation). This alternative would significantly reduce the potential for contact with the contaminated soil onsite and be protective to the community by eliminating the nuisance and physical threats presented by the processing building.

   *  Alternative 7:  No further action. This alternative provides a baseline against which other alternatives can be compared. Under this alternative, no activities would be implemented at the Site. Because no response actions would be implemented with this alternative, neither the human nor the environmental risks associated with the Site would decrease.

Proposed Response

   The Department's proposed response to address the contaminated media at the Site is Alternative 6. This response will be conducted as a HSCA Interim Response action. The Department's goal is to remove the threats of direct contact and offsite migration of contamination by the removal and disposal of surface wastes and demolition of the unstable site building along with the placement of a soil and vegetative cover over the entire site.

   The administrative record, which contains the information that forms the basis and documents the selection of this response action, is available for public review. The Administrative record will be available for public inspection from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Department's Northeast Regional Office located at 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.

   Written comments concerning the response or information in the administrative record will be accepted in person, if delivered, or by mail, if postmarked, on or before March 7, 1997 to the attention of Joseph Iannuzzo, Project Officer, Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program, at the Northeast Regional Office address.

   Additionally, the public will have an opportunity to present oral comments at a public hearing. The public hearing has been scheduled for January 29, 1997, at 1 p.m. at the Butler Township Municipal Building which is located on Route 61 in Butler Township.

   Persons wishing to present oral testimony must register on or before January 22, 1997, by calling Joseph Iannuzzo at (717) 826-2589. Persons interested in finding out if anyone has registered or the location of the hearing should contact Joseph Iannuzzo. The Department may cancel the hearing if no one registers to present comments by the above date.

   The Department is providing this notice under section 506(b) of the HSCA. The date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin initiates the minimum 90 day public comment period on the administrative record, as provided under that act. Questions concerning this site may be directed to Joseph Iannuzzo at (717) 826-2589.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the public hearing referenced above and require an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact Joseph Iannuzzo directly or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1(800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (35 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office, Northeast Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2516.

   A.  301304.  Northeastern Power Company, P. O. Box 7, McAdoo, PA 18237-0007. An Ash Placement Demonstration Project to take place on property located in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, which is owned by Northeastern Power Company (NEPCO). The project will entail the placement of ash generated by the NEPCO Cogeneration Facility into a previously abandoned stripping pit, which contains water from the mine pool. The intent of the project is the beneficial reclamation of the abandoned stripping pit. The Demonstration Project application was received on October 24, 1996, and was determined to be complete in the Regional Office on November 5, 1996.


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

   Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   12-399-012.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Embassy Powdered Metals (P. O. Box 344, Emporium, PA 15834) for the operation of a powdered metal parts sintering furnace and associated air cleaning device (an ''Instackerator'') in Emporium Borough, Cameron County.

   Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   The Department intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit for the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 39-313-032A
   Source: 23 DMPA Tanks W/Packed Scrubber
   Company: Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc.
   Location: South Whitehall Township
   County: Lehigh

   Permit: 48-322-003
   Source: Landfill Gas Flare
   Company: Chrin Brothers Sanitary Landfill
   Location: Williams Township
   County: Northampton


Plan Approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.

   Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   An application for Plan Approval has been received by this office for the construction, modification or reactivation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 48-307-058
   Source: Grit Blast Room W/Baghouse
   Received: November 4, 1996
   Company: Centec Corporation
   Location: City of Bethlehem
   County: Northampton

   Permit: 48-309-084A
   Source: Clinker Operations W/ 8 Baghouses
   Received: November 8, 1996
   Company: Hercules Cement Company
   Location: Stockertown Borough
   County: Northampton

   Permit: 48-310-017C
   Source: Portable Plant #3 W/Watersprays
   Received: November 15, 1996
   Company: Haines & Kibblehouse Incorporated
   Location: Lower Mt. Bethel Township
   County: Northampton

   Permit: 48-318-126
   Source: Three Cement Spray/Cure W/Filters
   Received: November 2, 1996
   Company: S K F USA Incorporated
   Location: Hanover Township
   County: Northampton

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 §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (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.

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

Coal Applications Received

   17960121.  K & J Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 189, Westover, PA 16692), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine-auger permit in Chest and Ferguson Townships, Clearfield County affecting 290 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributary to Wilson Run and McMasters Run, application received November 15, 1996.

   17910131.  Ecklund Coal Co., Inc. (R. D., Box 109, Irvona, PA 16656), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Bigler Township, Clearfield County affecting 137.6 acres, receiving streams Porter Run and unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek, application received November 12, 1996.

   Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   32921302.  Helvetia Coal Company, (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Marshall Run bituminous deep mine in Young Township, Indiana County to add permit and subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharge. Application received October 25, 1996.

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

Noncoal Applications Received

   7574SM5C3.  Pennsy Supply, Inc., (P. O. Box 3331, Harrisburg, PA 17105), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0613711 in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, affecting 395.3 acres, receiving stream Yellow Creek. Application received October 25, 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. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the 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 office noted above the application.

   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.


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.

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

   E35-273.  Encroachment. Gouldsboro-Wayne Peat Humus Company, R. R. 1, Box 1587A, Gouldsboro, PA 18424. To operate and maintain an existing peat mining operation in 23.5 acres of PEM wetlands with work consisting of the restoration of 40 acres of wetlands, the construction and maintenance of 500 linear feet of riprap trapezoidal stream channel and a 40 acre lake. The project is located at the wildcat swamp approximately 1.7 miles northeast of the intersection of S. R. 2013 and S. R. 0435 (Sterling, PA Quadrangle N: 3.8 inches; W: 14.7 inches) in Convington Township, Lackawanna County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E45-312.  Encroachment. Caesars Pocono Resorts, Paradise Stream, P. O. Box 400, Scotrun, PA 18355. To restore a 275 foot long reach of Devils Hole Creek (HQ-CWF) which was altered by erosion during a recent flooding event. The proposed work consists of realigning the stream channel to existing conditions and installing dumped rock streambank stabilization. The project is located at Caesars Pocono Resorts, Paradise Stream approximately 1,000 feet north of S. R. 0940 and 2,000 feet west of S. R. 0390 (Buck Hill Falls, PA Quadrangle N: 1.0 inch; W: 8.3 inches) in Paradise Township, Monroe County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E66-108.  Encroachment. William and Sheila Skoronski, R. R. 5, Box 280 A-1, Tunkhannock, PA 18657. To maintain a private bridge across Marsh Creek (HQ-CWF) having a single span of 18.0 feet and an underclearance of approximately 4.5 feet. The construction of this bridge was authorized under Emergency Permit No. EP6696406 and is located on the north side of S. R. 0292, approximately 1.2 miles west of its intersection with S. R. 2002 (Center Moreland, PA Quadrangle N: 13.9 inches; W: 13.5 inches) in Northmoreland Township, Wyoming County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

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

   E12-098.  Encroachment. Thomas Diamond, 1607 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span, steel beam bridge to carry a private road across Four Mile Run. The proposed bridge shall be constructed with a single span of 24.0 feet, a width of 12.0 feet and an underclearance of 8.0 feet. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0155 approximately 2.1 miles east of the intersection of Four Mile Run Road and SR 0155 (Emporium, PA Quadrangle N: 11.8 inches; W: 15.3 inches) in Shippen Township, Cameron County. Estimated stream disturbance is 16.0 linear feet with no wetland impact; stream classification is Cold Water Fishery.

   E18-228.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, 1924-30 Daisy St., Clearfield, PA 16830. Remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast concrete box culvert with a normal clear span of 10.0 feet with minimum underclearance of 8.0 feet at a 60 degree skew on Bull Run on SR 477 about 1/2 mile south of Sugar Grove School (Loganton, PA Quadrangle N: 1.4 inches; W: 10.5 inches) in Greene Township, Clinton County. Estimated stream disturbance is less than 250 linear feet; stream classification is CWF.

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

   E01-172.  Encroachment. Michael Schuman, 350 Straley Road, Littletowns, PA 17340. To construct and maintain a private drive over Little's Run consisting of two 48-inch diameter culverts each 10 feet long located near the intersection of Hickory and Straley Roads (Gettysburg, PA Quadrangle N: 7.0 inches; W: 3.0 inches) in Mount Joy Township, Adams County.

   E07-269.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 9-0, Dain Davis, 1620 N. Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To remove an existing culvert and to construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box culvert having a span of 8 feet and a rise of 2 feet in an unnamed tributary to Brush Run along with reconstructing the channel upstream and downstream of the culvert for a total length of 150 feet located on Scotch Valley Road (T-424) about 300 feet west of its intersection with SR 1009 (Frankstown, PA Quadrangle N: 14.0 inches; W: 14.5 inches) in Frankstown Township, Blair County.

   E22-357.  Encroachment. Richard Yingst, 7100 Fishing Creek Valley Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112. To construct and maintain a twin 25 feet by 7 feet Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert in the channel of Beaver Creek at a point approximately 3,800 feet upstream of Route 81 (Harrisburg East, PA Quadrangle N: 16.7 inches; W: 1.6 inches) in Lower Paxton and West Hanover Townships, Dauphin County. The applicant is required to provide 0.48 acre of replacement wetlands.

   E28-243.  Encroachment. John Hart, Franklin County Commissioners, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. To replace a previously collapsed bridge with a prestressed spread box beam bridge on a 90 degree skew with a width of 24 feet, span of 37 feet and minimum underclearance of 10.3 feet located on Keffer Road over Rocky Spring Run. Approximately 120 linear feet of Rocky Spring Run will be regraded directly upstream of the structure (Chambersburg, PA Quadrangle N: 18.2 inches; W: 10.8 inches) in Hamilton Township, Franklin County.

   Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   E02-1170.  Encroachment. Grand View Development Company, 300 Mt. Lebanon Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15234. To place and maintain fill in 0.046 acre of wetlands for the purpose of developing a 70-acre site for a proposed Giante Eagle and a parking lot located off of Strochein Road (Braddock, PA Quadrangle N: 11.0 inches; W: 3.0 inches) in Monroeville Borough, Allegheny County.

   E03-360.  Encroachment. Borough of Kittanning, P. O. Box 973, Kittanning, PA 16201. To construct and maintain a riverfront park along the Allegheny River consisting of the following structures: pavilions, gazebo, walkways, stairs and ramp to water's edge, terracing of bank, fishing dock, landscaping, stormwater lines, power lines, restrooms, amphitheater, wharf wall, improvements to existing boat ramp, and to dredge sand and gravel to a 24-foot depth for commercial purposes from the project area. The project is located 2,000 feet north and south of the Kittanning Bridge in Pool 6 (Kittanning, PA Quadrangle N: 11.3 inches; W: 2.8 inches) in Kittanning Borough, Armstrong County.

   E04-241.  Encroachment. THF Chippewa Development, L. P., 955 Executive Parkway, St. Louis, MO 63141. To construct and maintain a 78-inch CMP × 219 linear foot long enclosure in an unnamed tributary to Wallace Run (WWF) and to place and maintain fill in 0.3 acre of wetland (PFO) associated with the enclosure for the purpose of providing access to a proposed retail development site. The project is located on the north side of SR 0051 and SR 0251 (New Galilee, PA Quadrangle N: 5.3 inches; W: 1.2 inches) in Chippewa Township, Beaver County.

   E04-242.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, 45 Thoms Run Rd., Bridgeville, PA 15017. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a box culvert having a clear span of 16 feet with a minimum underclearance of 5 feet in an unnamed tributary to Little Traverse Creek (WWF). The project is located on S. R. 0030, Section B04, Segment 0160, Offset 1620, Station 502+24 (Hookstown, PA Quadrangle N: 5.2 inches; W: 3.2 inches) in Hanover Township, Beaver County.

   E04-243.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, 45 Thoms Run Rd., Bridgeville, PA 15017. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box culvert having a single span of 14.0 feet with a minimum underclearance of 6.5 feet in Little Traverse Creek (WWF). The project is located on S. R. 0030 (Section B03, Segment 0120, Offset 3119, Station 404+47) at the intersection of SR 0030 and SR 0018 (Hookstown, PA Quadrangle N: 7.7 inches; W: 5.1 inches) in Hanover Township, Beaver County.

   E11-247.  Encroachment. Edward J. and Tina M. Shedlock, 815 West Knox Ave., Portage, PA 15946-2174. To construct and maintain 150 feet of a 4-foot by 5-foot enclosure in an unnamed tributary to Kane Run (CWF) for purpose of improving private residential property located on West Knox Ave. (Ebensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 0.4 inch; W: 5.4 inches) in Portage Township, Cambria County.

   E32-379.  Encroachment. Edwin L. and Virginia C. Snyder, R. R. 1, Box 202-A, Rochester Mills, PA 15074. To remove approximately 70 to 100 cubic yards of a 100-foot vegetated gravel bar in Little Mahoning Creek for the purpose of preventing flooding located approximately 800 feet from the Railroad Crossing on Savan Road (Rochester Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 12.9 inches; W: 17.0 inches) in East Mahoning Township, Indiana County.

   E32-380.  Encroachment. Pine Township, R. R. 2, Box 104-D, Barnesboro, PA 15714. To remove existing structure and to construct and maintain a 47" × 71" elliptical pipe, approximately 40 feet long in Yellow Creek on TR-581 (Tower Hill Rd.) (Strongstown, PA Quadrangle N: 0.9 inch; W: 3.6 inches) in Pine Township, Indiana County.

   E56-270.  Encroachment. Brad H. and Gregg H. English, 600 Dott Ave., Somerset, PA 15501. To construct and maintain a 40-foot long, 12-foot wide, single-span bridge with an underclearance of 4.6 feet over an unnamed tributary to Laurel Hill Creek (HQ-CWF) for the purpose of providing access to property located on T-495 approximately 0.5 mile from the intersection of T-495 and SR 3033 (Kingwood, PA Quadrangle N: 17.6 inches; W: 0.9 inch) in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County.

   E63-421.  Encroachment. Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676. To construct and maintain a 1,000-foot long, dual 4-span steel bridge with a minimum underclearance of 200 feet across Maple Creek (WWF); to relocate and maintain 200 feet of channel of a tributary to south branch Maple Creek (WWF); to place and maintain fill in 0.02 acre of wetlands (PEM), for the purpose of constructing the Mon-Fayette Expressway Construction Section 52B2. The wetlands will be replaced under Permit No. E26-217. The project is located off of S. R. 2016 in Fallowfield Township, Washington County.

   E65-642.  Encroachment. Gustine Hempfield Assoc., Ltd., 2100 Wharton St., Ste 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. To place and maintain fill in 0.1 acre pond (POW) for the purpose of constructing a retail sales development located on the south side of Route 30 (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 9.75 inches; W: 13.5 inches) in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County.

   E65-643.  Encroachment. Matthew Canestrale and Lorrine Canestrale, P. O. Box 234, Belle Vernon, PA 15012. To construct and maintain 1,500 linear feet of 80-inch RCP in Speers Run (WWF) for the purpose of commercial development located adjacent to SR 3009 (Donora, PA Quadrangle N: 3.9 inches; W: 13.7 inches) in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.

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

   E09-733.  Encroachment. American Stores Properties, P. O. Box 30658, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0658. To place fill material in 0.03 acre of wetlands (PFO) and approximately 340 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to the north branch of the Neshaminy Creek associated with the construction of the proposed Acme Supermarket. The project site is located immediately north of US Route 202, approximately 1,700 feet northeast from the intersection with the County Line Road (Doylestown, PA Quadrangle N: 3.5 inches; W: 14.0 inches) in New Britain Township, Bucks County.


Applications taken on permits/orders of confirmation issued under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§  631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.

   Northcentral Field Operations, Environmental Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   WA-41-806.  Succession to Water Rights. The Department has acknowledged that Limestone Township Municipal Water Authority, Limestone Township, Lycoming County has given notice that it succeeded to all rights and obligations under the permit issued to the former Oval-Oriole Water Association, Limestone Township, Lycoming County on June 24, 1996.


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, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. 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 audiotape 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.


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

Permits Issued

   Northeast Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0026492.  Sewerage. The Sewer Authority of the City of Scranton, 307 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County to the Lackawanna River.

   Permit No. 1396401.  Sewerage. Duane Schleicher (Schleicher Trailer Park), R. R. 7, Box 198, Lehighton, PA 18235. Permit to construct and operate a wastewater collection system and treatment plant to serve the Schleicher Trailer Park, located in East Penn Township, Carbon County.

   Permit No. 5496404.  Sewerage. Girardville Area Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 5, Girardville, PA 17935. Permit to construct and operate a wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment plant, located in Butler Township, Schuylkill County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0092819.  Fair Winds Manor, Inc., 126 Iron Bridge Road, Sarver, PA 16055 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Winfield Township, Butler County to an unnamed tributary to Buffalo Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0024571.  Amendment No. 1.  Municipal Sewer & Water Authority of Cranberry Township, 2525 Rochester Road, Suite 700, Cranberry Township, PA 16066-6498 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Cranberry Township, Butler County to Brush Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0222119.  Carriage Inn, 3050 Ellwood Road, New Castle, PA 16101 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Shenango Township, Lawrence County to an unnamed tributary to Big Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0032531.  DCNR, Bureau of State Parks, Moraine State Park, P. O. Box 387, Prospect, PA 16052-0387 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County to Muddy Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0104353.  Lemick, Inc., Oakleaf Estates, 4090 Greenwood Oval, North Royalton, OH 44133 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Shenango Township, Mercer County to an unnamed tributary to the Shenango River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA1012296.  Bartone's Stateline Service Center, Inc., 110 Garden Street, Conneaut, OH 44030 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Springfield Township, Erie County to an unnamed tributary to Raccoon Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0102326.  Mercer SCI Wastewater Treatment Plant, Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Findley Township, Mercer County to Neshannock Creek.

   Northwest Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   WQM Permit No. 4395409.  Sewage. Mercer SCI Wastewater Treatment Plant, Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598. This project is for the construction and operation of a proposed wastewater treatment facility in Findley Township, Mercer County.

   WQM Permit No. 2596415.  Sewage. North East Township Water and Sewer Authority, I-90 Rest Stop Sewer Extension, 10300 West Main Road, P. O. Box 249, North East, PA 16428. This project is for plans to install gravity sewer, force main and pump station to serve the I-90 rest area in North East Township, Erie County.

   WQM Permit No. 1096409.  Sewage. Thornhill Industrial Park Sanitary Interceptor Sewer, Marshall Township Municipal Sanitary Authority, P. O. Box 2063, Warrendale, PA 15086. This project is for plans for an expanded service into Thornhill Industrial Park in Cranberry Township, Butler County.

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

   NPDES PAG044911.  Sewerage. Christopher J. Mosier, R. R. 2, Box 223M, Ulster, PA 18850. Approval was granted for renewal of their NPDES permit to discharge from a single family residence sewage treatment system discharging to Brown's Creek. It is located in Smithfield Township, Bradford County.

   NPDES PA0111741.  Sewerage. Warrior Run School District, R. R. 2, Box 151A, Turbotville, PA 17772. Approval was authorized to Warrior Run School District to discharge from a facility located at Lewis Township, Northumberland County.

   NPDES PAG044913.  Sewerage. Franklin S. and Vicki L. Pantalone, R. R. 2, Box 2966, Berwick, PA 18603. Renew their single residence treatment system that discharges to unnamed tributary to Briar Creek. It is located in North Centre Township, Columbia County.

   NPDES PA0209392.  Sewerage. Richmond Township Municipal Authority, 563 Valley Road, Mansfield, PA 16933. Approval was given to discharge treated municipal wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Tioga River. Facility is located at Richmond Township, Tioga County.

   NPDES PA0114979.  Sewerage. Borough of Knoxville, P. O. Box 191, Knoxville, PA 16928. Approval was given to discharge treated sewage from facility located at Knoxville Borough, Tioga County.

   NPDES PAG044912.  Sewerage. Stuart C. Goodwin Jr., R. D. 7, Box 260, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Approval was given to discharge from a single family residence system, located in Charleston Township, Tioga County.

   NPDES PA0008591.  Transfer, Industrial waste. NGC Industries Inc., P. O. Box 338, Milton. Has changed their NPDES Industrial Waste permit name at facility located White Deer Township, Union County.

   NPDES PA0114448.  Industrial waste. Agway Energy Products, P. O. Box 4852, Syracuse, NY 13221-4852. Has renewed their NPDES permit for the treatment and discharge of groundwater as part of remediation project. The discharge is to an unnamed tributary to Warrion Run. Facility is located in Turbotville Borough, Northumberland County.

   NPDES PA0209414.  Industrial waste. Amerada Hess Corporation, 1 Hess Plaza, Woodbridge, PA 18017. Has been approved to discharge treated groundwater as part of a remediation project located in Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County.

   WQM 1496412.  Sewerage. John and Colleen Dunkleberger, R. D. 1, Box 187B, Spring Mills, PA 16875. Has approval to construct a single residence sewage treatment facility located in Gregg Township, Centre County.

   WQM 6096405.  Sewerage. Kim A. and Janeen L. Oberdorf, 133 North Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Has been approved to construct single residence sewage treatment facility located at Limestone Township, Union County.

   5996407.  Sewerage. Richmond Township Municipal Authority, 563 Valley Road, Mansfield, PA 16933. Has approval to construct and maintain small flow wastewater treatment facilities to serve the Mann Creek Heights residential development. It is located in Richmond Township, Tioga County.

   1996405.  Sewerage. Donald and Patricia Wagner, R. R. 2, Box 387, Catawissa, PA 17820. Has approval to construct single residence treatment facility located at Franklin Township, Columbia County.

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