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[Continued from previous Web Page] 32930105-10. P & N Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 332, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Revision to add 15.2 acres through an insignificant boundary correction on a bituminous surface mine site located in Banks Township, Indiana County, affecting 86.7 acres. Road variance within 100 feet of S. R. 1048 beginning at a point 1,900 feet east of the intersection of S. R. 1048 and S. R. 1050, thence continuing easterly 100 feet along the southern side to S. R. 1048. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Cush Creek and unnamed tributary to South Branch Bear Run. Application received July 2, 1997. Permit issued September 11, 1997.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
26870107R. Durant Excavating Company (18 N. Ross Street, Masontown, PA 15461). Permit renewed for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Nicholson Township, Fayette County, affecting 63.0 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Jacobs Creek. Application received July 8, 1997. Renewal issued September 4, 1997.
03940110R. Seven Sisters Mining Co., Inc. (200 U. S. Route 22, Delmont, PA 15626). Permit renewed for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Wayne Township, Armstrong County, affecting 55.5 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to the North Branch of the South Fork of Pine Creek. Application received July 9, 1997. Renewal issued September 9, 1997.
03970901. SBP Coal Company (P. O. Box 11, Kittanning, PA 16201). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of an incidental coal extraction/auger mining site located in Pine Township, Armstrong County, affecting 15.6 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Scrubgrass to Scrubgrass to Mahoning Creek. Application received June 4, 1997. Permit issued September 11, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54871302R2. West End Coal Company Deep Mine (4 Gene Circle, Williamstown, PA 17098), renewal of an existing anthracite deep mine operation in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County affecting 2.7 acres, receiving stream none. Renewal issued September 9, 1997.
McMurray District Office
30841317. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (P. O. Box 174, Graysville, PA 15337), to revise the permit for the Enlow Fork Mine in Morris Township, Greene County, for the E-1 Bleeder Airshaft Site, to an unnamed tributary to Enlow Fork. Permit issued September 11, 1997.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Noncoal Permits Issued
65892301T. Flagstone Vista Inc. (H. C. 64, Box 388, Rector, PA 15677). Transfer of permit previously issued to Richard Withrow for continued operation and reclamation of a small noncoal (shale and flagstone) quarry located in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 23.85 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Loyalhanna Creek. Application received June 16, 1997. Permit transfer issued September 1, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
5273SM2C. Milestone Materials, Inc. (P. O. Box 231, Easton, PA 18044-0231), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0594130 in Thornbury and Middletown Townships, Delaware County, receiving stream Chester Creek and unnamed tributary to Chester Creek. Renewal issued September 9, 1997.
7075SM1C2. Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, 1001 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0612120 in Spring Township, Perry County, receiving stream Sherman's Creek. Renewal issued September 10, 1997.
50820303C3. Pennsy Supply, Inc. (P. O. Box 3331, 1001 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0613169 in Oliver Township, Perry County, receiving stream Little Buffalo Creek. Renewal issued September 10, 1997.
General Small Noncoal Authorizations Granted
58970838. Paul R. Wells (R. R. 1, Box 362, Montrose, PA 18801), commencement, operation and restoration of a small bluestone quarry in Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County affecting 1.0 acre, receiving stream none. Authorization granted September 8, 1997.
45970801. Clark H. George (184 Evergreen Lake, Kunkletown, PA 18058), commencement, operation and restoration of a small quarry operation in Ross Township, Monroe County affecting 2.0 acres, receiving stream none. Authorization granted September 8, 1997.
58960806. Elaine H. Helvig (R. R. 1, Box 78, Laceyville, PA 18623), commencement, operation and restoration of a small quarry operation in Choconut Township, Susquehanna County affecting 5.0 acres, receiving stream none. Authorization granted September 9, 1997.
ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS 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)).
Persons 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 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 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)), (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description).
Southeast Regional Office, Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E09-744. Encroachment Permit. Paunnacussing Founders, Inc., P. O. Box 82, Buckingham, PA 18912. To construct and maintain a 405 foot long golf cart/equipment access pile supported bridge across the channel and 100 year floodway of Mill Creek (TSF) and adjacent wetlands (PFO), and 11 prefabricated steel bridges spanning several unnamed tributaries to Mill Creek and their adjacent wetlands associated with the construction of the Lookaway Golf Club. This project will impact 0.28 acre of wetland. The site is located on 220 acres of land along both sides of Lower Mountain Road, just south of S. R. 413 (Buckingham, PA Quadrangle N: 9.5 inches; W: 7.0 inches) in Buckingham Township, Bucks County. The project will include the construction of 0.5 acre of replacement wetland.
E09-753. Encroachment Permit. Durham Township, P. O. Box 4, Durham, PA 18039. To perform maintenance dredging in a mill race situated near Cooks Creek (EV) to restore the structure to its original condition. The dredging is proposed from the mill race lock to a point approximately 1,200 linear feet upstream to the confluence with Coon Hollow Run. The work will also include bank rehabilitation and the installation of erosion protection utilizing riprap stone in selected sections of the mill race. The mill race lock is located approximately 200 feet west from the intersection of Old Furnace Road (T497) and Durham Road (S. R. 4075) (Riegelsville, PA Quadrangle N: 13.7 inches; W: 14.0 inches) in Durham Township, Bucks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E23-348A. Encroachment Permit. Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company, Front and Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013. To amend Permit No. E23-348 which gives authorization to construct and maintain an approximately 515-foot long, steel sheet pile structure to place and maintain fill beneath the existing low deck pier structure and a large storage tank to ensure structural stability of a partially collapsed existing low deck pier structure, and to construct and maintain a 24-inch steel pipe stormwater outlet structure within the Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company property at the upriver confluence of the Delaware River (WWF-MF) and Chester Creek (WWF-MF). This steel sheet pile and appurtenances are a rehabilitative measure for an existing deteriorated bulkhead of a low deck pier. The site is situated 1,100 feet south of the intersection of Second Street and the Avenue of the States (Bridgeport, NJ-PA USGS Quadrangle N: 16.80 inches; W: 15.25 inches) in Chester City, Delaware County.
E09-737. Encroachment Permit. The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Morrisville, 35 Union Street, Morrisville, PA 19067. To construct and maintain a 16.5-foot by 13-foot concrete slab for the purpose of providing a foundation for a proposed emergency generator at the Borough of Morrisville's Water Filtration Plant located in the floodplain of the Delaware River (Trenton West, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 17.3-inches; W: 5.0-inches) in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E23-362. Encroachment Permit. Gloria E. White, 201 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Newtown Square, PA 19073-4225. To remove an existing 36-inch reinforced concrete driveway culvert, associated masonry endwalls and retaining walls, to relocate approximately 80 linear feet of an unnamed tributary of Foxes Run (CWF-MF) to a location approximately 31 linear feet southeast of the existing culvert, to install and maintain a low flow stream crossing consisting of approximately 46 linear feet of 64-inch by 43-inch arch pipe culvert, and to install and maintain riprap lining protection along this relocated section of stream. This site is located along Bryn Mawr Avenue approximately 3,400 feet northeast of its intersection with West Chester Pike (SR0003) (Media USGS Quadrangle N: 21.0 inches; W: 1.2 inches) in Newtown Township, Delaware County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E15-542. Encroachment Permit. Tattersall Development Company, P. O. Box 217, Chester Springs, PA 19425. To construct and maintain wooden golf cart bridges to provide access to the golf holes, a clubhouse and maintenance facilities for the proposed Tattersall Golf Course. These bridge crossings, which span Broad Run (EV), its three tributaries and adjacent wetlands, will also include below ground utility piping to provide irrigation for the golf course. Bridge No. 1 is a 10-foot wide by 260.25-foot long wooden, pile supported structure which will span Broad Run. Bridges No. 2 and 3 are 10-foot wide by 58-foot long and 10-foot wide by 60-foot long respectively. These wooden prefabricated golf cart bridges will span tributary No. 1 (northern) and tributary No. 2 (eastern) and adjacent wetlands. Bridge No. 4 is a 10-foot wide by 30-foot long wooden pre-fabricated maintenance vehicle bridge which will span tributary No. 3 (eastern). A de minimis amount of wetland will be impacted as a result of this project. The site is located along the north and south sides of Strasburg Road (S. R. 3062), at its intersection with Broad Run Road (Unionville, PA Quadrangle N: 14.0 inches; W: 11.5 inches) in West Bradford Township, Chester County.
E46-730. Encroachment Permit. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676. To widen, construct and maintain 1.5 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the vicinity of the Schuylkill River from four to six lanes. Work consists of:
1. Widening the south side of existing Schuylkill River Bridge (DB-113) by construction of an independent bridge structure having a width of 51.75 feet;
2. Constructing a temporary causeway consisting of 22 112-inch by 95-inch arch pipe culverts backfilled with clean fill across the Schuylkill River;
3. Relocate approximately 550 L. F. of Diamond Run by installing a 375-foot long, 15.33-foot by 10.33-foot multi plate pipe arch stream enclosure, which will extend downstream from the existing culvert under Conshohocken Road and install 225 L. F. of gabion lined trapezoidal channel with a natural stream bottom, which extends downstream from the aforementioned stream enclosure;
4. Construction of a two span, 151-foot long bridge (DB-114A) over the Conrail tracks and the realigned Diamond Run Channel.
This project is located on the Pennsylvania Turnpike right-of-way (Norristown, PA Quadrangle; beginning at N: 17.7 inches; W: 12.5 inches and will end at N: 19.1 inches; W: 9.0 inches), in Plymouth and Upper Merion Townships in Montgomery County.
E46-756. Encroachment Permit. Montgomery County Commissioners, Courthouse, P. O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404. To operate and maintain a 20-foot wide by 6-foot high precast reinforced concrete box culvert with wingwalls, which was previously authorized under emergency permit EP4696317, located across Spring Mill Run (proposed as WWF) (tributary to the Schuylkill River) at a point approximately 1,000 feet west of the intersection of Joshua Road and Ridge Pike (Norristown, PA Quadrangle N: 16.1 inches; W: 2.75 inches) in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southcentral Region: Section Chief, Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
E07-277. Encroachment. R&M Family Limited Partnership, Robert Pennington, 300 Union Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602. To remove an existing 36 inch diameter RCP, 200 foot long stream enclosure and to construct and maintain a precast concrete box culvert stream enclosure having a span of 8.0 feet and a rise of 4.0 feet and a length of 365 feet which will require the relocation of about 500 feet of a partially enclosed stream channel of an unnamed tributary to the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River located along the north side of Newry Lane (SR 2012), 1.6 miles east of Hollidaysburg (Hollidaysburg, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 4.6 inches) in Blair Township, Blair County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E07-279. Encroachment. Sheffield Rent-It, Inc., Tim Sheffield, 420 Blair Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To place fill in approximately 0.35 acre of wetlands for the purpose of developing 0.5 acre of a 3.0 acres property for equipment storage located along the south side of SR 0022 about 3.0 miles west of Hollidaysburg (Frankstown, PA Quadrangle N: 13.3 inches; W: 13.0 inches) in Frankstown Township, Blair County. The permittee is required to make a contribution to the wetland replacement fund. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E67-592. Encroachment. TDC Galleria West LLC, John Donohue, 513 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL 60035. To place fill in a de minimis area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre for the purpose of constructing the Galleria West retail shopping center at a location immediately west of the existing York Galleria Mall (York, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 7.8 inches) in Springettsburg Township, York County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northcentral Region, Water Management--Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.
E08-318. Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To construct and maintain 7 inch thick stream bed paving to repair scour and to construct and maintain cutoff walls and partial height adjustment jackets under the SR 514 bridge over Mud Creek approximately 1.5 miles southeast of SR 014 (Canton, PA Quadrangle N: 20.0 inches; W: 4.2 inches) in Granville Township, Bradford County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E17-311. Encroachment. Glyn D. and Mary Powell, RR Box 668H, Houtzdale, PA 16651. To remove an unpermitted stream enclosure and to restore and maintain 255 linear feet of channel in an unnamed tributary to Beaver Run; 2) remove fill and restore 0.13 acre of wetlands; 3) place and maintain fill in 0.47 acre of wetland; 4) construct and maintain a sanitary sewer within the floodway of an unnamed tributary to Beaver Run; 5) maintain a water intake structure in an unnamed tributary to Moshannon Creek; and 6) construct and maintain 2.0 acres of replacement wetlands for mitigation in Woodward Township, Clearfield County.
Northwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
E24-200. Encroachment. Saint Marys Equipment Co., Inc., 1300 Brussels Street, St. Marys, PA 15857-1300. To maintain fill placed within the 50-foot right floodway of Elk Creek (DEP NOV dated August 22, 1996) extending approximately 400 feet downstream from Trout Run Road (S. R. 120) approximately 1.5 miles east of S. R. 255 associated with St. Marys Equipment Company facility (St. Marys, PA Quadrangle N: 9.3 inches; W: 4.3 inches) located in the City of St. Marys, Elk County.
E25-554. Encroachment. Millcreek Township Supervisors, 3608 West 26th Street, Erie, PA 16506. To repair, reconstruct and modify a reach of the Beaver Run Storm Drainage Project originally authorized by DEP Permit No. E25-507 in Beaver Run beginning at S. R. 19 (Peach Street) and extending downstream a total distance of approximately 600 feet (Erie South, PA Quadrangle N: 13.4 inches; W: 12.9 inches) in Millcreek Township, Erie County.
Work includes: 1) dismantle a total of approximately 685 feet of five streambank retaining walls, 2) reconstruct four of the streambank retaining walls with a total length of 343 feet, 3) grade and stabilize a total of 525 feet of streambank slopes, and 4) construct and maintain a 12-foot wide by 10-foot high precast concrete arch stream enclosure with headwalls and wingwalls beginning approximately 325 feet downstream of S. R. 19 and extending downstream 192 feet.
E43-261. Encroachment. Pa. Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge having a clear, normal span of 37 feet and an underclearance of 8.26 feet across McCullough Run on S. R. 3018, Segment 0030, Offset 0000 approximately 100 feet west of S. R. 846 (Sharpsville, PA Quadrangle N: 4.1 inches; W: 16.2 inches) located in South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County.
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
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D67-493A. Dam. Kinsley Equities II Ltd. Partnership (R. R. 1, Box 131AA, Seven Valleys, PA 17360). To modify, operate and maintain an existing dam across a Tributary to Codorus Creek located in York Township, York County.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
EA22-008C0. Environmental Assessment. Millersburg Area Authority (101 West Street, Millersburg, PA 17061). To construct and maintain a nonjurisdictional dam across a tributary to Wiconisco Creek (WWF) to serve as a public water supply intake structure for the Millersburg Area Authority. The proposed dam will be located approximately 300 feet downstream of the existing intake dam which will be breached and removed (Millersburg, PA Quadrangle N: 6.2 inches; W: 6.1 inches) in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Act 101 Section 902 Recycling Grant Applications for Mechanical Processing Equipment The Department of Environmental Protection announces that the following municipalities and counties submitted recycling grant applications for mechanical processing equipment under section 902 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904). Questions concerning the applications may be directed to the applicants, the appropriate DEP Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinator, or Carl Hursh, Chief, Recycling and Markets, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
Applicant Project Type Contact Telephone Southeast Region Warwick Township
Bucks CountyLeaf Shredder Joseph S. Czajkowski (215) 343-6100 Chester County Can Crusher Nancy Fromnick (610) 344-5940 East Marlboro Township
Chester CountyWood Recycling Equipment Jane R. Laslo (610) 444-0725 Uwchlan Township
Chester CountyWood Recycling Equipment Lynda Phiel (610) 363-9450 Swathmore Borough
Delaware CountyCompost Turner Jane Billings (610) 543-4599 Lower Merion Township
Montgomery CountyTub Grinder Steven Handy (610) 667-1952 Northeast Reigon Towamensing Township
Carbon CountyMaterials Compaction Baler Patricia Snyder (610) 681-4202 Lackawanna County Tub Grinder Joyce Hatala (717) 963-6868 Lehigh County Compost Windrow Turner Julia Marano (610) 820-2003 Dallas Township
Luzerne CountyMobile Grinder Larry Spaciano (717) 696-1133 Exeter Borough
Luzerne CountyWood Recycling Equipment Karen Szwast (717) 654-8414 Northampton County Materials Sorting System A. Landis Brackbill (610) 559-3193 Southcentral Region Adams County Glass Crusher Bicky Redman (717) 334-6781 Menallen Township
Adams CountyWood Recycling Equipment Nancy Cline (717) 677-6676 Reading City
Berks CountyTub Grinder, Screener Jane Meeks (610) 655-6278 Susquehanna Township
Dauphin CountyWindrow Turner, Screener Gary Myers (717) 545-4751 Greene Township
Franklin CountyWood Recycling Equipment Charles Jamison, Jr. (717) 263-4990 Washington Township
Franklin CountyRecycling Sorting System Michael Christopher (717) 762-3128 Lancaster County Wood Recyclling Equipment Steven Booth (717) 299-8214 Manor Township
Lancaster CountyCompost Screener, Wood Recycling Equipment Barry Smith (717) 397-4769 Providence Township
Lancaster CountyWood Recycling Equipment Paul Lefever (717) 786-7596 Lebanon County Compost Screener Amy Mazzalla di Bosco (717) 867-5790 Derry Township
Mifflin CountyWood Recycling Equipment Margaret Stewart (717) 248-8151 York County Compost Screener Jeff Fox (717) 845-1066 Northcentral Region Bradford County Materials Compaction Baler David Terrill (717) 297-4177 College Township
Centre CountyWood Recycling Equipment Garry L. Williams (814) 231-3021 Clinton County Tub Grinder, Materials Compaction Baler Leslie Bilbay (717) 769-6977 Bloomsburg Town
Columbia CountyPaper Shredder Carol Mas (717) 784-4532 Southwest Region Cambria Township
Cambria CountyWood Recycling Equipment Tanya McCoy-Caretti (814) 472-2109 Ferndale Borough
Cambria CountyWood Recycling Equipment Beverly E. Roth (814) 288-1771 Connellsville Township
Fayette CountyWood Recycling Equipment Robert W. Carson (412) 628-6882 Elk Lick Township
Somerset CountyWood Recycling Equipment Ardith M. Deal (814) 662-2227 Windber Borough
Somerset CountyWood Recycling Equipment Richard Wargo (814) 467-9014 Ligonier Borough
Westmoreland CountyWood Recycling Equipment Grove T. Binkley (814) 238-2725 Northwest Region Butler County Wood Recycling Equipment Mark Burd (412) 284-5305 West Mead Township
Crawford CountyShredder, Baler, Tying Machine Walter Young (814) 336-1271 Summit Township
Erie CountyWood Recycling Equipment Nancy Agostine (814) 868-9686 Venango Township
Erie CountyWood Recycling Equipment Richard Bessetti (814) 739-2502 Waterford Borough
Erie CountyWood Recycling Equipment Richard McGuire (814) 796-2633 Forest County Can Flattener, Materials Compaction Balers Douglas Carlson (814) 755-3560 Jefferson County Newsprint Animal Bedding Chopper Jan Cunningham (814) 849-3047 McKean County Baler, Newsprint Fluffer Max Standish (814) 778-9931 Mercer County Paper Shredder, Glass/Can Crusher, Unbagger Beth Graham (412) 962-5787 Conewango Township
Warren CountyWood Recycling Equipment Charles Barone (814) 723-6410
Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinators
Southeast Region Coordinator DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(215) 832-6212
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia CountiesCalvin Ligons
Ann Ryan
Mary Alice ReisseNortheast Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2516
Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming CountiesChris Fritz
Joan BanyasSouthcentral Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4588
Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York CountiesBelinda May Northcentral Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
208 W. 3rd Street, Suite 101
Williamsport, PA 17701
(717) 327-3653
Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union CountiesRon Sommers Southwest Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland CountiesSharon Svitek
Stephen Sales
Bob EmmertNorthwest Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
1012 Water Street
Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 332-6848
Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren CountiesGuy McUmber
Submission Date for Recycling Program Development and Implementation Grants
Under Act 101 Section 902
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act The Department of Environmental Protection announces a request for applications from municipalities for recycling program grant assistance under section 902 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904). Municipalities eligible for the grants include counties, cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships and home rule municipalities. Authorities are not eligible to apply for the grants, but may be sponsored by a municipality.
The following categories of recycling projects will be given funding priority in the order they are listed. Intergovernmental cooperative projects within any category will receive higher priority.
1. Projects implemented by a municipality, mandated by Act 101 to have a curbside recycling program, that establish or maintain compliance with the recycling requirements of the act including:
a) semi-annual public information and education programs required under Act 101 section 1501(d) concerning recycling program features and requirements for the residential, commercial, institutional and municipal sectors; and,
b) programs for the collection of recyclable and leaf or yard waste from residential, and/or commercial, institutional and municipal establishments.
2. Implementation of a curbside or drop-off recycling programs.
3. Replacement equipment for the collection or processing of recyclable or leaf and yard wastes.
4. Leaf or yard waste collection and composting programs.
5. Expansion of existing public sector recycling collection centers or materials processing facilities.
6. General recycling education projects.
7. New public sector recycling collection centers or materials processing facilities.
Municipalities and counties are eligible for 90% funding of approved recycling program costs. Municipalities considered financially distressed by the Department of Community and Economic Development under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (53 P. S. §§ 11701.101--11701.501) are eligible to receive funding for an additional 10% of approved costs.
Eligible recycling program development costs include: recycling program design costs; recycling market investigations; development of recycling market commitments; development of recycling program ordinances; development of recycling public education programs; and the costs of developing contracts for procuring equipment or services necessary for the operation of the recycling program.
Eligible recycling program implementation costs include: purchasing or leasing vehicles used to collect recyclables, transport recyclables to processing facilities, or markets, and vehicles used in the operation of a materials recovery facility; reusable containers for the collection or storage of recyclable materials; acquiring and/or renovating buildings for the processing or storage of recovered materials; equipment used to process or manufacture recyclable materials into usable products; improvements to land need to operate a recycling facility or yard waste composting facility; and the costs associated with educating the public on recycling program requirements, including the development and publication of printed and audio-visual educational materials, advertisements, the development of Internet ''Recycling Home Pages,'' and school or special event programs.
Leaf and yard waste collection programs, and composting programs defined by the Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Management Regulations, Chapter 75, will be considered as recycling programs.
The cost of equipment or facilities purchased for the recycling program that is used for purposes other than recycling will be pro-rated according to its recycling use. Funding for certain leaf and yard waste collection equipment may be limited according to its seasonal use. Funding for wood processing equipment will be approved only when the equipment is part of an approved yard waste composting facility operating under the Department's guidelines or in cases where the equipment is used cooperatively among two or more municipalities. A municipality must retain sole ownership of equipment or facilities funded by the grant.
Before a municipality can submit an application to the Department for the funding of mechanical processing equipment, it must first publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation describing in detail the kinds of processing equipment that it proposes to purchase and the intended use of the equipment. The municipality must allow 30 days for responses from interested individuals. When the municipality submits the recycling grant application to the Department, it must include proof of compliance with the notification requirements, a description of any responses received to the notice, and an explanation of why the municipality has concluded the mechanical processing equipment is not available to the program from the private sector.
Applications must be received or postmarked by 3 p.m. November 20, 1997. Applications received by the Department after that date will not be considered during the current round of solicitation. Applications must be on forms provided by the Department, with two copies submitted to the appropriate DEP Regional Office. All grant awards will be predicated on the receipt of recycling fees required by sections 701 and 702 of Act 101, and the availability of monies in the Recycling Fund.
Those municipalities wishing to file an application may contact the appropriate DEP Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinator listed below to obtain a grant application. Preapplication conferences are strongly recommended. Applicants should also contact the County Recycling Coordinator serving their county for consultation and assistance in completing the application form. Inquiries concerning this notice should be directed to Carl Hursh, Chief, Recycling and Markets, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinators
Southeast Region Coordinator DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(215) 832-6212
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia CountiesCalvin Ligons
Ann Ryan
Mary Alice ReisseNortheast Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2516
Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming CountiesChris Fritz
Joan BanyasSouthcentral Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4588
Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York CountiesBelinda May Northcentral Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
208 W. 3rd Street, Suite 101
Williamsport, PA 17701
(717) 327-3653
Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union CountiesRon Sommers Southwest Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland CountiesSharon Svitek
Stephen Sales
Bob EmmertNorthwest Region DEP, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
1012 Water Street
Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 332-6848
Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren CountiesGuy McUmber
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1547. Filed for public inspection September 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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