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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-687f

[27 Pa.B. 2149]

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ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401:  FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS

DAMS, ENCROACHMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received Dam Safety and Encroachment 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. § 341(a)).

   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. 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 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.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

Permits Issued:

   Permit No. E02-1159. Encroachment. John Folino, 1889 Menold Drive, Allison Park, PA 15101. To place and maintain fill in approximately 0.1 acre of scrub shrub wetlands for the purpose of constructing a new office building and parking lot. The project is located on the north side of Hillvue Lane, approximately 500 feet east from the intersection of Hillvue Lane and SR 19 (Emsworth, PA Quadrangle N:  12.6 inches; W:  5.0 inches) in McCandless Township, Allegheny County. The applicant has contributed toward the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project.

   Permit No. E02-1170 Encroachment. Grand View Development Company, 300 Mt. Lebanon Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. To place and maintain fill in a de minimus area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre for the purpose of constructing the Old Stone Church Commons development. The project is located just south of the intersection of Monroeville Boulevard and Strochein Road (Braddock, PA Quadrangle N:  11.0 inches; W:  3.0 inches) in Monroeville Borough, Allegheny County.

   Permit No. E26-231. Encroachment. PA Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676. To construct and maintain two (2) four (4) span bridges each having a total normal clear span of 589 feet and an underclearance of 71.9 feet across Georges Creek on S. R. 0043, Station 560+67; to construct and maintain a temporary roadway crossing consisting of five (5) 36-inch C. M. pipes in Georges Creek for the purpose of constructing above mentioned structures; to relocate and maintain a 215-foot length of channel of an unnamed tributary to Georges Creek along SR 0043, Section 566+00 and to fill and maintain 2.67 acres of wetlands as part of the construction of Section 50D of the Mon-Fayette Expressway project. 9.3 acres of replacement wetlands were approved under Permit No. E26-217. The project is located off of S. R. 0857 (Smitfield, PA Quadrangle N:  11.0 inches; W:  3.50 inches) in Georges Township, Fayette County.

   Permit No. E26-232. Encroachment. PA Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17105-7676. To construct and maintain various structures and channel relocations in an unnamed tributary (UNT) to Grassy Run, UNT to Mountain Creek, UNT to Brownfield Hollow, Brownfield Hollow and Mountain Creek and to place and maintain fill in 1.90 acres of wetlands. Replacement wetlands are authorized under Permit No. E26-217. The project is located off of SR 0857 in Georges and Springhill Townships, Fayette County.

   Permit No. E32-383. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove the existing Wandin Bridge and to construct and maintain a new bridge having a normal span of 43.0 feet with an underclearance of 7.0 feet across north branch Two Lick Creek (CWF). The bridge is located on S. R. 1014, Section 450, just southwest of the intersection of S. R. 1014 and S. R. 1012 (Commodore, PA Quadrangle N:  9.1 inches; W:  12.2 inches) in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County.

   Permit No. E32-384. Encroachment. Saltsburg Borough, P. O. Box 104, Saltsburg, PA 15681. To construct and maintain a crushed stone walkway, a 170-foot long wooden boardwalk and stage structure and two brick entrance ways along the Conemaugh River. This permit also authorizes the placement and maintenance of riprap along 150 L. F. of the Conemaugh River's right bank as part of the Saltsburg Canal Park Project located along Water Street (Saltsburg, PA Quadrangle N:  19.5 inches; W:  10.8 inches) in Saltsburg Borough, Indiana County.

   Permit No. E56-274. Encroachment. Roger L. Lamens, R. R. 1, Schellsburg, PA 15559. To construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 24.0 feet and an underclearance of 8.7 feet across Breastwork Run for the purpose of accessing property for a timbering operation located on Breastwork Run Road approximately 1.52 miles south of its intersection with US Route 30 (Central City, PA Quadrangle N:  4.05 inches; W:  4.8 inches) in Allegheny Township, Somerset County.

   Permit No. E65-662. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To remove the existing Arona Road bridge and to construct and maintain a box culvert having a span of 19.0 feet with an effective underclearance of 7.0 feet (invert depressed 1.0 foot) in an unnamed tributary to Sewickley Creek (WWF). The bridge is located on Arona Road (SR 3071 Section A01, Segment 0010, Offset 1740) (Mt. Pleasant, PA Quadrangle N:  18.7 inches; W:  14.0 inches) in New Stanton Borough, Westmoreland County. This permit also authorizes the construction and maintenance of a temporary stream crossing consisting of two 60-inch diameter culverts. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E15-537. Encroachment. The Home Depot, 3096 Hamilton Boulevard, South Plainfield, NJ 07080. To place fill in a 0.50 acre ornamental pond, and to construct, operate and maintain two trapezoidal grassed stormwater outfall channels along Valley Creek (HV) associated with the construction of a Home Depot department store. The site is located along the south side of Route 30, and about 1,000 feet east of its intersection with Route 202 (Malvern USCS Quadrangle N:  5.75 inches; W:  11.20 inches) in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.

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

   E45-310. Connaught Laboratories, Inc., Route 611, P. O. Box 187, Swiftwater, PA 18370-0187. To modify and maintain two outfall structures in and along Swiftwater Creek as follows:  1)  extend an existing 6-inch PVC treated industrial wastewater outfall to discharge in the center of the channel and 2)  relocate an existing stormwater outfall utilizing a riprap-lined outfall channel. The project is located approximately 0.3 mile downstream of S. R. 0611 (Mount Pocono, PA Quadrangle N:  17.0 inches; W:  9.8 inches) in Pocono Township, Monroe County.

   E58-214. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 22.0-foot × 9.0-foot precast concrete box culvert on an 86 degree skew in Martins Creek. The culvert will be depressed 12 inches below existing streambed elevations with alternating 10 inch high concrete baffles along its invert. The project is located along S. R. 2055, Section 570, approximately 0.1 mile west of its intersection with S. R. 0011 (Montrose East, PA Quadrangle N:  1.6 inches; W:  0.5 inch) in Brooklyn and Harford Townships, Susquehanna County.

   E58-215. Encroachment. Byron Lesjack, P. O. Box 430, Hallstead, PA 18822. To place fill in approximately 0.4 acre of wetlands for the purpose of expanding the Hallstead Railroad Station complex. The project is located on the east side of Railroad Street, approximately 0.25 mile west of the intersection of S. R. 0011 and S. R. 1010 (Great Bend, PA-N. Y. Quadrangle N:  15.8 inches; W:  16.8 inches), in Hallstead Borough, Susquehanna County. The permittee is required to provide 0.4 acre of replacement wetlands.

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

   E10-253. Encroachment. Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 907 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3805. To fill a total of 0.26 acre of two wetland areas for construction of a 900-foot extension onto Keystone Drive South beginning approximately 550 feet north of Thorn Hill Road near the Allegheny-Butler County Line for access to a parcel within Thorn Hill Industrial Park (Mars, PA Quadrangle N:  9.0 inches; W:  15.7 inches) located in Cranberry Township, Butler County. This project includes creation of 0.3 acre of replacement wetland approximately 2,000 feet north adjacent to the wetland mitigation site associated with DEP Permit No. E10-243.

   E10-254. Encroachment. Butler County Commissioners, P. O. Box 1028, Butler, PA 16003-1208. To remove the existing Schenck Farm Bridge (County No. 131) and to construct and maintain a steel girder bridge having a clear normal span of 35 feet and a maximum underclearance of 8 feet across Kaufman Run on Forsythe Road (T-781) approximately 4,200 feet north of S. R. 228 (Mars, PA Quadrangle N:  14.55 inches; W:  4.65 inches) located in Adams Township, Butler County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E42-245. Encroachment. Thomas R. Hutton, P. O. Box 436, Pocono Pines, PA 18350-0436. To construct and maintain two 5-foot diameter, 20-foot long culverts in King Run for a private driveway crossing approximately 100 feet east of Kings Run Road (T-430) and 2,400 feet south of Lynch Hollow Road (T-338) (Bullis Mills, PA Quadrangle N:  14.1 inches; W:  3.75 inches) located in Ceres Township, McKean County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E43-256. Encroachment. Mercer County Commissioners, 503 Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer, PA 16137. To remove the existing bridge (County No. 2629) and to construct and maintain a 28-foot long concrete box culvert having a 20-foot wide by 2.62-foot high waterway opening in Pine Run on Uber Road (T-944) approximately 2,600 feet south of S. R. 58 (Mercer, PA Quadrangle N:  11.2 inches; W:  5.3 inches) located in Findley Township, Mercer County. This project includes impact to a de minimus wetland area.

DAM SAFETY


Actions on 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 sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certification

   Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 787-8568

   D58-006A. Dam. Dr. Kamel Kazan (752 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470). To modify, operate and maintain the Hathaway Pond Dam located in Ararat Township, Susquehanna County.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT


Environmental Assessment Approvals and Actions on 401 Certification

   Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 787-8568.

   EA09-001CO. Environmental Assessment. The Cutler Group, Inc. (5 Sentry Parkway West, Suite 100, 325 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422). To construct and maintain two nonjurisdictional dams across a tributary to Neshaminy Creek (TSF, MF) impacting approximately 0.9 acre of wetlands (PFO) for the purpose of stormwater management at the proposed Warrington Crest subdivision located immediately east of the intersection of Upper State Road and Pickertown Road (Doylestown, PA Quadrangle N:  4.75 inches; W:  8.70 inches) in Warrington Township, Bucks County.


SPECIAL NOTICES

Notice of Settlement under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company
Newberry Township, York County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305), has entered into a proposed consent order and agreement (COA) with Ferranti International Simulation and Training (FIST) regarding the Department's costs incurred for conducting response activities at the Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company (ISCC) site. The ISCC site is a 9-acre parcel of land in Newberry Township, York County, adjacent to Interstate 83. The surrounding area is primarily rural, although residential, commercial, and industrial developments are located within a close vicinity of the site. A number of private residential and commercial wells have been contaminated by hazardous substances migrating from the ISCC site.

   ISCC was involved in the reprocessing of used solvents. Because of violations of hazardous waste requirements, the Department on July 6, 1989, terminated ISCC's authority to operate a hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. The site was abandoned in 1990 when ISCC declared bankruptcy. A total of 996 parties potentially responsible for the hazardous substances located at the ISCC site were identified by the Department.

   Because of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the ISCC site, the site was placed on the Pennsylvania Priority List for Remedial Response on October 26, 1991. The Department and the Committee have conducted a number of interim actions at the site to address the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. To date, the Department has incurred costs of approximately $3 million to implement and/or oversee these interim actions. A final remedial action for the groundwater and soil at the ISCC site will be selected by the Department and implemented in the future.

   Under the terms of the proposed COA, FIST will pay the Department $20,000.

   This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). This section provides that the settlement will become final upon the filing of the Department's response to any significant written comments. The proposed COA that contains the specific terms of the settlement is available for public review and comment. The proposed amendment may be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's office at One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, by contacting Barbara Faletti at (717) 657-4592. A public comment period on the proposed consent order and agreement will extend for 60 days from today's date. Persons may submit written comments regarding the proposed consent order and agreement to the Department by July 3, 1997, by submitting them to Barbara Faletti at the above address.


Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company
Newberry Township, York County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305) has entered into a proposed amendment to a consent order and agreement with the ISCC Steering Committee (Commiteee), a group of potentially responsible parties, regarding work to be performed at the Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company (ISCC) site. The ISCC site is a 9-acre parcel of land in Newberry Township, York County, adjacent to Interstate 83. The surrounding area is primarily rural, although residential, commercial and industrial developments are located within a close vicinity of the site. A number of private residential and commercial wells have been contaminated by hazardous substances migrating from the ISCC site.

   ISCC was involved in the reprocessing of used solvents. Because of violations of hazardous waste requirements, the Department on July 6, 1989, terminated ISCC's authority to operate a hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. The site was abandoned in 1990 when ISCC declared bankruptcy. A total of 996 parties potentially responsible for the hazardous substances located at the ISCC site were identified by the Department.

   Because of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the ISCC site, the site was placed on the Pennsylvania Priority List for Remedial Response on October 26, 1991. The Department and the Committee have conducted a number of interim actions at the site to address the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. To date, the Department has incurred costs of approximately $3 million to implement and/or oversee these interim actions. A final remedial action for the groundwater and soil at the ISCC site will be selected by the Department and implemented in the future.

   Under the terms of the proposed consent order and agreement, the Committee will provide connection to a public water supply to certain parcels with impacted groundwater. The Department published a notice of this proposed interim response in the April 12, 1997, Pennsylvania Bulletin. If the proposed response is chosen, the work to be performed will comply with the Statement of Decision issued for this response.

   This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). This section provides that the settlement will become final upon the filing of the Department's response to any significant written comments. The proposed consent order and agreement that contains the specific terms of the settlement is available for public review and comment. The proposed amendment may be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's office at One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, by contacting Barbara Faletti at (717) 657-4592. A public comment period on the proposed consent order and agreement will extend for 60 days from today's date. Persons may submit written comments regarding the proposed consent order and agreement to the Department by July 3, 1997, by submitting them to Barbara Faletti at the above address.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-687. Filed for public inspection May 2, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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