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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-46b

[27 Pa.B. 195]

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   Southcentral Regional Office: Field Operations, Sanitarian Regional Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4692.

   WA 36-799B.  Water allocation. Borough of Akron, Lancaster County. The applicant is requesting a modification to its existing allocation to increase its withdrawal from Akron Spring to the entire available flow.


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

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0027383.  Sewerage. Southwest Delaware County Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 2081, Park and Gamble Lanes, Aston, PA 19014 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Aston Township, Delaware County into Chester Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0053538.  Industrial waste. Merck and Company, Inc., P. O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486-0004 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0217492.  Sewage, Mon View Mining Corporation, P. O. Box 1203, Uniontown, PA 15401 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Mathies Mine--Mingo Portal STP, Nottingham Township, Washington County to Mingo Creek.

   The following approvals for coverage under NPDES Individual Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.

   These actions of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board), Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, telephone (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 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.

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

   PAS-10-0411.  Individual NPDES. PA Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 122 S. Center Street, Ebensburg, PA 15931. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for an abandoned mine reclamation project on 47.8 acres in Broad Top Township, Bedford County. The project is located 4,500 feet west of Kearney Village (Saxton, PA Quadrangle N: 3.2 inches; W: 15.7 inches). Drainage will be to Longs Run.

   PAS-10-5103.  Individual NPDES. William Cramer, R. D. 3, Box 191, Newport, PA 17074. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the development of housing sites and stormwater control facilities in a residential subdivision known as Thornwood Ridge Estates on 47 acres in Juniata Township, Perry County. The project is located on the north side of SR 4008 at its intersection with Top Road T 424 (Newport, PA Quadrangle N: 16.5 inches; W: 8.2 inches). Drainage will be to Buffalo Creek.

   PAS-10-5104.  Individual NPDES. William Cramer, R. D. 3, Box 191, Newport, PA 17074. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction of housing sites in a 22 lot residential subdivision known as Pine Valley Acres on 77 acres in Juniata Township, Perry County. The project is located along the south side of T. R. 4833 about 2.0 miles east of its intersection with SR 4005 below Markelsville (Newport, PA Quadrangle N: 17.1 inches; W: 8.6 inches). Drainage will be to Buffalo Creek.

   PAS-10-Y017-1.  Individual NPDES. Royal Building, Inc., 160 Ram Drive, Hanover, PA 17331. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for a residential subdivision to be known as Poplar Springs Manor--Phase 3 on 76.43 acres in Stewartstown Borough, York County. The project is located along S. R. 0851 approximately 0.25 mile east of its intersection with S. R. 0024 (Stewartstown, PA Quadrangle N: 0.4 inch; W: 11.5 inches). Drainage will be to Leibs Creek.

   PAS-10-Y036.  Individual NPDES. Stewart & March Partnership, 1020 N. Hartley St., P. O. Box 2587, York, PA 17405. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction of a Weis Market on 27.41 acres in West Manchester Township, York County. The project is located northwest of the intersection of SR0030 and Roosevelt Avenue (West York, PA Quadrangle N: 19.1 inches; W: 1.5 inches). Drainage will be to Willis Run.

   PAS-10-Y048.  Individual NPDES. Monarch Ridge Assoc. & York Condominium Constructors, Inc., 1 Waterford Professional Center, York, PA 17402. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for a single family housing development called Monarch Ridge and a townhouse development called Longstown on 111.6 acres in Windsor Township, York County. The projects are located 3,000 feet southwest of Locust Grove Village (York, PA Quadrangle N: 14.6 inches; W: 2.5 inches). Drainage will be to an unnamed tributary to Kreutz Creek.

   PAS-10-Y053.  Individual NPDES. Dale A. Torbert, 405 Throne Road, Fawn Grove, PA 17321. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for a residential subdivision to be known as Plantation Estates Section 5 on 109.82 acres in Fawn Township, York County. The project is located adjacent to Throne Road just north of Bruce Road (Airville, PA Quadrangle N: 7.3 inches; W: 12.2 inches). Drainage will be to Muddy Creek.


   The following approvals for coverage under NPDES Individual Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.

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


NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10K018Maleno Developers, Inc.
2236 West 38th Street
Erie, PA 16506
Millcreek Township
Erie County
Cascade Creek

   Permit (For Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities) No. PAS10K018. In compliance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1251 et seq.) (act), and Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

   Maleno Developers, 2236 W. 38th Street, Erie, PA 16506, is authorized to discharge stormwater from construction activities from a facility/site located at the proposed site of Lake View Apartments, a multi-and single-family residential development located in Millcreek Township, Erie County (Erie South Quadrangle Lat: 42°, 04`, 45"; Long: 80°, 07`, 55" to receiving waters named Cascade Creek, in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements and other conditions set forth in Parts A, B, and C hereof.

   This permit and the authorization to discharge shall commence on December 11, 1996 and expire at midnight, December 11, 2001.

   The authority granted by this permit is subject to the following further qualifications:

   1.  If there is a conflict between the application, its supporting documents and/or amendments and the terms and conditions of this permit, the terms and conditions shall apply.

   2.  Failure to comply with the terms or conditions of this permit is grounds for enforcement action; for permit termination, revocation and reissuance, or modification; or for denial of a permit renewal application.

   3.  Application for renewal of this permit, or notification of intent to cease discharging by the expiration date, must be submitted to the Department at least 180 days prior to the above expiration date (unless permission has been granted by the Department for submission at a later date), using the appropriate NPDES permit application or Notice of Termination (NOT) form. In the event that a timely and complete application for renewal has been submitted and the Department is unable, through no fault of the permittee, to reissue the permit before the above expiration date, the terms and conditions of this permit will be automatically continued and will remain fully effective and enforceable pending permit reissuance or denial of the application for permit renewal.

   4.  This permit will be terminated if construction activities have been completed prior to the expiration date of this permit. For purposes of this permit, construction activities are completed when permanent stabilization of the site is attained; as defined in Part B.3 of this permit and Chapter 102 of the Department's Rules and Regulations.

   5.  No condition of this permit shall release the permittee from any responsibility or requirement under Pennsylvania, or Federal environmental statutes or regulations, or local ordinances.


The following NPDES Individual Permits for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.

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


NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10-T073The Cutler Group, Inc.
5 Sentry Parkway West
Suite 100
Blue Bell, PA 19422
Lower Providence Twp.
Montgomery County
Tributary to
Stony Creek

   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.

   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 Richard Shudak at (717) 826-2511. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Industrial waste and sewerage actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

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

   Permit No. 0996419.  Sewerage. Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority (7811 New Falls Road, Levittown, PA 19055). Construction of two mechanically cleaned bar racks located in Bristol Township, Bucks County to serve Bristol Township.

   Permit No. 0996406.  Sewerage. Warrington Township (852 Easton Road, Warrington, PA 18976). Construction of a sewage treatment plant located in Warrington Township, Bucks County to serve Tradesville.

   Permit No. 4696413.  Sewerage. Borough of Lansdale (One Vine Street, Lansdale, PA 19446). Rerating of a sewage treatment plant located in Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County to serve the Borough of Lansdale.

   Permit No. 2396201.  Industrial waste. Degussa Corporation (1200 West Front Street, Chester, PA 19013). Construction of their expanded industrial wastewater treatment plant located in the City of Chester, Delaware County to serve Degussa Corporation.

   Permit No. 0996414.  Sewerage. Milford-Trumbauersville Area Sewer Authority (P. O. Box 126, Spinnerstown, PA 18968). Modifications of the wastewater sewage treatment plant located in Milford Township, Bucks County to serve Tertiary Filter Facility Improvements.

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

   Permit No. 5696409.  Sewerage, Shade-Central City Joint Authority, 429 Sunshine Avenue, Central City, PA 15926. Construction of sewer extension, pump station and force main located in the Township of Shade, Somerset County to serve the Bunker Hill Area.

   Permit No. 6596408.  Sewerage, Unity Township Municipal Authority, R. D. 3, Box 526K, Latrobe, PA 15650. Construction of pump station and force main located in the Township of Unity, Westmoreland County to serve the Carney Road Area.


Plan revision approval granted December 16, 1996 under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).

   Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Location: Penn Township, Perry County, 100 Municipal Building Road, Duncannon, PA 17020.

   The approved plan revision provides for a 13 lot residential subdivision and a constructed wetland wastewater treatment facility to serve the subdivision. The treatment facility will be owned and operated by the Penn Township Municipal Authority. The proposed subdivision is located on the east side of Shermanata Drive about 2.4 miles west of the SR 0011--SR 0274 interchange.

   Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority.


Plan revision approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).

   Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Location: Mulvenna Residence, east side of Mill Road, 250 feet south of its intersection with Route 82 in the village of Geigertown, Robeson Township, Berks County.

   The proposed project consists of an individual residential sewage treatment plant with stream discharge to a tributary of Hay Creek, Robeson Township, Berks County. The proposal will serve to rectify an ongoing malfunction of the onlot septic system at the Mulvenna residence. The DEP Code number for the proposal is M3-06954-085-2,3s.

   Location: South side of River Road in Hellam Township, York County.

   Project Description: Approval of a revision to the Official Sewage Plan of Hellam Township, York County, 44 Walnut Springs Road, York, PA 17406.

   Plan approval is given for the construction of a privately-owned sewage treatment facility with stream discharge to serve a proposed gymnasium with estimated sewage flows of 50 GPD. This proposed treatment facility will discharge into the Susquehanna River.

   The project name is Susquehanna Resources and its DEP code number is A3-67929-143-3. Approval granted December 19, 1996.


Plan approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).

   Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2553.

   Bella Mundana Estates, Exeter and Franklin Townships, Luzerne County.

   Project Description: This residential project will entail the development of a 38.874 acre parcel of land into 25 building lots. Total sewage flows will be 7,500 gpd with treatment to be provided by a proposed onsite sewage collection and disposal facility. The onsite facility will be a batch-type wastewater treatment system. The batch-type system will utilize an aerobic treatment/settling clarifier process. The effluent will be discharged into Sutton Creek.

   This project is located 1,000 feet from the intersection of Sutton Creek Road and S. R. 1033 in a northwesterly direction in Exeter and Franklin Township, Luzerne County, PA.

   This treatment plant will discharge to Sutton Creek. Acceptance of this revision is conceptual. It leaves to be addressed at a later date both (1) the effluent limitations necessary to protect public health, and (2) specific treatment technology.

   The developer agrees that the onsite sewage treatment plant shall be considered an interim facility for sewage disposal. If a public sewage system becomes available to the property, the developer agrees to abandon the treatment facility and connect to the public sewer system.

   Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, One Ararat Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   Location: Hamilton Township, Franklin County, 1270 Crottlestown Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201.

   The approved plan provided for participation in the scheduled upgrade and enlargement of the Chambersburg wastewater treatment plant, providing sewer line extensions within 5 years to Edenville Road and Fisher Road and within 10 years to Guitner and Gottlestown Roads. Areas served by onlot sewage disposal systems will be placed in a management district. A new onlot management ordinance will require routine inspections and maintenance for all systems in the district. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority.

   Location: Tyrone Borough, Blair County, 1100 Logan Ave., Tyrone, PA 16686.

   The approved plan provided for upgrade and expansion of an existing wastewater treatment plant to a new capacity of 10.05 mgd. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.

   Location: West Providence Township, Bedford County, 81 East Fifth Avenue, Everett, PA 15537.

   The approved plan provided for construction of public sewer service to a small area located south of Everett Borough and creation of an onlot disposal system management program to serve the non-sewered portions of the municipality. Additionally, a camp ground regulatory ordinance is proposed. Areas identified as 1 and 2 will be reevaluated in 5 years to determine the success of the management program or their feasibility for community sewer systems. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.

   Location: East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, R. D. 1, Box 334, New Paris, PA 15554.

   The approved plan provided for changing the location of a previously approved wastewater treatment plant to lower in the drainage basin and for construction of additional interceptor and collection lines to serve the area between Reynoldsdale and Cessna. Additionally, the Spring Hope area is identified for connection and service in 10 years. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.

   Location: Rye Township, Perry County, 1775 New Valley Road, Marysville, PA 17053.

   The approved plan provided for establishing an onlot sewage disposal system public education and education program. A well water survey will be conducted in 5 years to determine the success of this program. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.

   Location: Latimore Township, Adams County, P. O. Box 218, York Springs, PA 17372.

   The approved plan provided for extensions of the York Springs sewer system to serve Township areas adjacent to the Borough including Harrisburg Street, State Street and Ridge Road. An onlot disposal system maintenance district is created for the Villages of Latimore and Bermudian with mandatory maintenance and repairs and an Onlot Disposal System Management Ordinance will be adopted. The Villages are not feasible for construction of community sewer systems at this time, however, these areas will be re-evaluated in 5 years to determine the success of the management district. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.


Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).

   Northwest Regional Office: Sanitarian Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6899.

   Permit No. 6296504.  Public water supply. Sheffield Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 821, Sheffield, PA 16347-0821. This permit approves the construction of a corrosion control facility under the Lead & Copper rules. The corrosion control equipment will be installed in the Tan Street well building and be utilized for all Sheffield well water (Tan and Horton Street wells) in Sheffield, Warren County.

   Type of Facility: Community Water Supply

   Consulting Engineer: Al Vanderpoel, E & M Engineers and Surveyors, P. C., 24 Derrick Road, Bradford, PA 16701-3350.

   Permit to Construct Issued: December 11, 1996.

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

   Permit No. 0996516.  Public water supply, Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority, Benjamin Jones, 1275 Almshouse Road, Warrington, PA 18976. A permit has been issued granting Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority permission to construct a 2.0 MG storage tank to be known as Feasterville Water Storage Tank No. 2 in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County.

   Type of Facility: Water Supply.

   Consulting Engineer: Carroll Engineering Corporation, 949 Easton Road, Suite 100, Warrington, PA 18976.

   Permit to Construct Issued: December 17, 1996.


Acknowledgment of the Submission of Final Reports on Attainment of Background and Statewide Health Standards.

   The following final reports were submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Provisions of Chapter 3 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of submission of any final reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the act's remediation standards. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis for selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed, and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected.

   For further information concerning the final report, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice of receipt of a final report appears. If information concerning a final report 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 has received the following final reports:

   Southwest Field Office: John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-5217.

   Trumbull Corporation, West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny County. Triline Associates, Inc., 506 Valleybrook Road, McMurray, PA 15317 and Trumbull Corporation, P. O. Box 98100, Pittsburgh, PA 15227 has submitted a Final Report addressing soil contaminated with BTEX, PHCs, and PAHs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.

   Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (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 Final Report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with solvents and BTEX. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard for soil and the site-specific standard for groundwater.


Permits revoked under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   Permit No. 300275.  Merck & Company, Inc., P. O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486-0004. This permit for Merck & Company, Inc. has been revoked, because the facility has indicated that they are no longer operating their Merck & Company Landfill, West Point facility located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. Permit revoked in the Southeast Regional Office December 13, 1996.

   Permit No. 300556.  Strescon Industries, Inc., South Pennsylvania Avenue, P. O. Box 67, Morrisville, PA 19067-0067 has been revoked because the facility indicated that they are no longer operating their Quarry Disposal Site located in Falls Township, Bucks County. Permit revoked in the Southeast Regional Office December 13, 1996.

   Permit No. 101463.  TRC, Inc., Transfer Station, 2904 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148. This amended waste management permit is for an expansion of the permitted area to construct a C&D (construction/demolition) waste recycling facility at the TRC, Inc., Transfer Station located in the City and County of Philadelphia. Permit issued in the Southeast Regional Office on December 12, 1996.

   Permit No. 101477.  BFI--Philadelphia Transcycerly, 2209 South 58th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143. This permit is for the re-issuance of a waste management permit to Browning-Ferris, Inc., from Philadelphia Recycling & Transfer Station, Inc., for the continuing operation of the municipal waste transfer station located in the City and County of Philadelphia. Permit issued in the Southeast Regional Office on December 12, 1996.


Permits issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4588.

   Permit No. 602631.  Roy Byers Farm, Borough of Millerstown, (P. O. Box 200, Millerstown, PA 17062). Application for agricultural utilization of sewage sludge and the addition of acres to a site in Tuscarora Township, Perry County. Permit issued in the Regional Office December 20, 1996.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) 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)).

   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, 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 proves 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 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 act of June 22, 1937 (P. L. 1987, No. 394) (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)) (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)

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

   E22-354.  Encroachment. Wayne Township Supervisors, Gary Miller, P. O. Box E, Halifax, PA 17032. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain twin reinforced concrete box culverts having spans of 18-feet and rises of 8 feet in Powell Creek for public highway maintenance purposes located on Union Church Road about 0.4 mile south of its intersection with SR 4013 (Enders, PA Quadrangle N: 16.25 inches; W: 8.70 inches) in Wayne Township, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   EA36-001.  Environmental assessment. RT Environmental Services, Inc., 215 W. Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406. To dredge contaminated soil from 0.33 acre of wetland at Raymark Industries Landfill in order to meet landfill closure procedures. Soil which is removed to depths greater than original wetland elevations will be replaced. The wetland will be restored by planting with appropriate wetland vegetation. This Environmental Assessment was issued under section 105.15(3b). 401 Water Quality Certification is issued for this Environmental Assessment.

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

   E02-478.  Encroachment. Peggy's Harbor & Boat Club, Inc., 1 Liverpool Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. To operate and maintain an existing boat docking facility originally permitted under Permit E0277702 to construct and maintain an expansion to boat marina and to operate and maintain a walkway. The marina is located along the right bank of the Ohio River near Mile Point 1.6 (Pittsburgh West, PA Quadrangle N: 14.6 inches; W: 4.8 inches) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

   E02-1158.  Encroachment. Leonard R. Bailey Sr., 221 Water Street, Elizabeth, PA 15037. To construct and maintain a recreational boat dock in the channel of and on the right bank of the Monongahela River (WWF) for recreational and business purposes. The project is located just downstream from the Elizabeth (SR 51) Bridge (Glassport, PA Quadrangle N: 4.6 inches; W: 1.7 inches) in Elizabeth Borough, Allegheny County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E02-1162.  Encroachment. William E. Griffith Sr., 5636 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15236. To operate and maintain 220-foot long retaining wall, to construct and maintain three outfall structures along the left bank of Lick Run, and to remove construction debris from Lick Run. The wall is located along Griffith Mortuary on Curry Hollow Road. Approximately 500 feet southwest of the intersection of Curry Hollow Road and Brownsville Road (Glassport, PA Quadrangle N: 14.7 inches; W: 15.6 inches) in South Park Township, Allegheny County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E03-359.  Encroachment. Gilpin Township, R. R. 5, Leechburg, PA 15656. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 19.0 feet and a minimum underclearance of 4.5 feet across Brady Run for the purpose of improving transportation safety. The project is located on T-562 approximately 0.2 mile east of the Armstrong/Westmoreland County line (Leechburg, PA Quadrangle N: 2.1 inches; W: 14.6 inches) in Gilpin Township, Armstrong County.

   E26-227.  Encroachment. Doug Corteal, 101 Frankie Lane, Leisenring, PA 15455. To construct and maintain a 40-foot long, 24-foot × 10-foot box culvert in Opossum Run (WWF) located at a point approximately 400 feet south of intersection of SR 1051 with SR 1039 for the purpose of accessing permittee's property in Divito Park. The project includes construction and maintenance of two 24-inch pipes for a temporary crossing (Uniontown, PA Quadrangle N: 22.0 inches; W: 2.25 inches) in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E32-378.  Encroachment. Canoe Township, P. O. Box 355, Rossiter, PA 15772-0355. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain two 30-foot long 8.2 foot × 5.8 foot (invert depressed 0.5 foot) C. M pipe arch culverts in Canoe Creek (CWF) located on T-800 (Stiver Road) at a point approximately 450 feet south of the intersection of SR 1044 with T-800 (Punxsutawney, PA Quadrangle N: 2.15 inches; W: 13.80 inches) in Canoe Township, Indiana County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E56-268.  Encroachment. Allegheny Township, R. R. 1, Box 401, Manns Choice, PA 15550. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 40-foot long 11.4 foot × 7.2 foot steel arch pipe culvert (invert depressed 0.5 feet) in Panther Run (HQ, CWF) located on T-421 approximately 6,600 feet upstream of the confluence of Panther Run with Brush Creek. The project includes approximately 100 LF gravel bar removal and 50 LF bank stabilization (New Baltimore, PA Quadrangle N: 3.4 inches; W: 16.3 inches). The work was authorized under Emergency Permit No. EP5696212 on March 7, 1996 and is located in Allegheny Township, Somerset County.

   E63-416.  Encroachment. Union Township Board of Parks & Recreation, Box 43, Gastonville, PA 15336. To construct and maintain two pedestrian bridges, each bridge having a span of 15.58 feet with an underclearance of 6.0 feet across an unnamed tributary to Peters Creek (TSF) to provide access to a proposed recreational park and to stabilize and maintain approximately 100 feet of the banks of said stream. The project is located at the intersection of Finleyville Road and Jason Road on the east side of Finleyville Road (Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle N: 2.4 inches; W: 0.5 inch) in Union Township, Washington County.

   E65-639.  Encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 1.0-foot depressed dual cell box culvert, each cell having a normal span of 12.0 feet and a rise of 8.5 feet in Brush Creek for the purpose of improving transportation safety. The project is located on S. R. 4003, Section F01, Segment 0020, Offset 000 (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 15.25 inches; W: 12.9 inches) in Hempfield and Penn Townships, Westmoreland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E45-300.  Encroachment. Walter Bukowski, 607 East 80th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. To construct and maintain a private light-duty bridge having a single span of approximately 18.0 feet and underclearance of approximately 4.0 feet across Middle Branch Brodhead Creek. The project is located 300 feet north of the intersection of S. R. 0447 and Township Road T585 (Buck Hill Falls, PA Quadrangle N: 17.0 inches; W: 2.3 inches) in Barrett Township, Monroe County.

   E54-222.  Encroachment. Borough of Shenandoah, 15 West Washington Street, Shenandoah, PA 17976. To modify and maintain the existing stream enclosure in Kehly Run, having a total length of approximately 440 feet, a varying width from 9 feet to 12 feet, 5 inches and a height of approximately 4 feet to 5 feet, with work consisting of the following: (1) to construct and maintain approximately 135 linear feet of 9 foot × 4 foot concrete box culvert sleeved within the existing structure from Station 1+10 to Station 2+45; (2) to remove the existing deteriorated roof slab and channel walls having an approximate rectangular dimension of 10 feet, 6 inches × 5 feet from Station 0+00 to Station 0+40; (3) to remove the existing deteriorated roof slab and to construct and maintain approximately 40 linear feet of concrete cap and chain link fence on top of the existing stone masonry walls, on either side of the stream, from Station 2+45 to Station 2+85; and (4) to remove the existing sewer line and to construct and maintain approximately 150 linear feet of concrete encased, 8-inch PVC sewer line under the box culvert and stream bed from Station 1+45 to Station 2+95. The project is located approximately 0.04 mile southeast of the intersection of Center Street and Bridge Street (Shenandoah, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 9.5 inches) in Shenandoah Borough, Schuylkill County.

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

   E15-515.  Encroachment. Borough of Phoenixville, 140 Church Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460. To modify an existing stormwater outfall by removing 24 linear feet of 72-inch RCP, and to construct in its place, a concrete flared end outfall structure with 16 linear feet of R-8 riprap lined channel which outfalls to French Creek (TSF), and to install and maintain a 66-inch storm sewer across the 100-year floodplain of French Creek, and install a flared end outfall with 16 linear feet of R-8 riprap lined channel along the French Creek streambank, adjacent to the existing modified stormwater system. The site is located approximately 500 feet from French Creek's confluence with the Schuylkill River, (Phoenixville, PA Quadrangle N: 1.75 inches; W: 1.75 inches) in the Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County.

   Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 783-1384.

   D67-529.  Dam. York Condominium Constructors, Inc., 1003 Villageway, York, PA 17404. To construct, operate and maintain a stormwater detention pond located at the Monarch Ridge and Longstown Village residential developments in Windsor Township, York County.

   Environmental Assessment Approvals and
Actions on 401 Certification

   EA56-002C0.  Environmental Assessment. Huston Farms, R. R. 1, Box 214, Rockwood, PA 15557. To construct and maintain a non-jurisdictional dam across a Tributary to South Glade Creek (WWF) impacting approximately 0.15 acre of wetlands (PEM) for the purpose of recreation and is located approximately 1,100 feet northwest of the intersection of S. R. 281 and T 497 (Rockwood, PA Quadrangle N: 15.85 inches; W: 8.45 inches) in Milford Township, Somerset County. The Environment Assessment approved by this letter requires construction of 0.2 acre of wetlands as detailed in the wetland replacement plan, revision of December 11, 1996.


Actions taken on applications filed 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 this Commonwealth.

   Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   WA 2-1003.  Water allocation. The City of Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA. The right to purchase up to 1.0 million gallons per day of water (3.785 million liters per day of water), as a 30 day average, from Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, Westmoreland County, PA. Permits issued on December 12, 1996.

   WA 4-724B.  Water allocation. Municipal Authority of the Township of North Sewickley, Beaver County, PA. The right to withdraw a maximum of 700,000 gallons per day of water (2.65 million liters per day of water), as a daily peak, from the Beaver River, at an intake located in North Sewickley Township, Beaver County. Permits issued on December 12, 1996.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-46. Filed for public inspection January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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