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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E51-172. Encroachment. CCC Assoc., LP, 1601 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19148-1402. To operate and maintain a parking lot access road and associated potable water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer lines for the proposed CVS Pharmacy in the floodway of Cobbs Creek (TSF), located west of the intersection of Saybrook Avenue and Island Avenue, (Philadelphia, PA Quadrangle N: 7.7 inches; W: 17.0 inches) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
E46-824. Encroachment. Six Tower Bridge, One Tower Bridge, 100 Front St., Ste. 900, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. To install and maintain a 36-inch outfall structure with associated R-5 riprap, to perform minor grading and to extend an existing sidewalk an additional 40 feet within the floodway of the Schuylkill River for the construction of a parking facility and walkway associated with the proposed Six Tower Bridge Complex located at the corner of Washington Street and Ash Street (Norristown Quadrangle N: 12.8 inches; W: 7.8 inches) in Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County.
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-5485.
E35-304. Encroachment. Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 2 Public Square, 5th Floor, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. To reconstruct approximately 1,610 linear feet of the channel of Lucky Run for the purpose of eliminating multiple deep mined infiltration points. The project (OSM 35 (2185) 101.1, Keyser Avenue/Scranton) is located in McDade Park approximately 0.3 mile northwest of the intersection of S. R. 3002 and S. R. 3011 (Scranton, PA Quadrangle N: 7.3 inches; W: 11.7 inches), Taylor Borough, City of Scranton, Lackawanna County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E48-278. Encroachment. Ahold Real Estate Company, One Atlanta Plaza, 950 East Paces Ferry Road, Suite 2575, Atlanta, GA 30326. To place fill in a de minimis area of PSS Wetlands equal to 0.01 acre and to construct and maintain: (1) a stream enclosure in a tributary to Saucon Creek consisting of a 5-foot × 3-foot concrete box culvert having a length of 640 feet; (2) a channel change in a tributary to Saucon Creek having a length of 335 feet; and (3) a retaining wall and earthfill having a maximum height of 15 feet in the 100-year floodway of Saucon Creek. This work is associated with the proposed Creek Side Marketplace Commercial Development, located southwest of the intersection of S. R. 0412 (Leighsville Road) and Township Road T376 (Meadows Road) (Hellertown, PA Quadrangle N: 11.5 inches; W: 12.7 inches), Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E52-157. Encroachment. Donald P. Ziccardi, 1700 Broadway, 35th Floor, New York, NY. To construct and maintain a single-span steel beam bridge, having a span of approximately 80 feet and an underclearance of approximately 12.5 feet, across Shohola Creek (HQ-CWF). The project includes the construction of a gravel approach roadway, including placement of fill in 0.07 acre of wetlands. The purpose of the project is to provide access to a 71.5-acre parcel for residential use. The project is located approximately 500 feet south of the western intersection of S. R. 0434 and T-401 (Shohola, PA-NY Quadrangle N: 9.0 inches; W: 12.7), Shohola Township, Pike County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Southcentral Regional Office, Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
E07-301. Encroachment. Penn State University--Altoona Campus, Rick Wareham, 3000 Ivyside Park, Altoona, PA 16601. To construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge having a span of 50 feet and an underclearance of about 8.5 feet across Spring Run (WWF) located at the Penn State University--Altoona Campus (Altoona, PA Quadrangle N: 7.4 inches; W: 5.1 inches) in Logan Township, Blair County.
E36-662. Encroachment. East Hempfield Township, George Marcinko, 1700 Nissley Rd., Landisville, PA 17538. To construct and maintain twin 8-foot high × 16-foot wide concrete box culverts in Brubaker Run to provide a connection between the two existing sections of Good Drive and link Columbia Avenue and Marietta Pike (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N: 8.25 inches; W: 15.2 inches) in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.
E07-302. Encroachment. Zane Johnsonbaugh, 3200 S. 10th Avenue, P. O. Box 2326, Altoona, PA 16603. To place fill in 0.1 acre of wetlands for the purpose of developing a 8.671 acre commercial property to include a warehouse, general office building and maintenance structures for an existing trucking business located approximately 0.3 mile north of the I-99 Pinecroft Interchange (Bellwood, PA Quadrangle N: 12.75 inches; W: 9.5 inches) in Antis Township, Blair County.
E07-303. Encroachment. Tyrone Township, John Burket, R. R. 1, Box 407, Tyrone, PA 16686. To permanently authorize the construction and maintenance of a corrugated metal arch culvert constructed under General Permit No. 8 (Minor Road Crossings) GP-08-07-98-102, having a radial span of 8.0 feet and a length of about 38.0 feet in Sinking Run for purposes of local highway maintenance located on Township Road T-526, 100 feet south of SR 1013, and about 2.2 miles west of the intersection of SR 1013 and SR 1008 (Spruce Creek, PA Quadrangle N: 17.75 inches; W: 14.75 inches) in Tyrone Township, Blair County.
E22-394. Encroachment. Dermody Properties, David Loring, 1200 Financial Blvd, Reno, NV 89502. To place fill in 0.36 acre of wetlands and 0.69 acre of open water to construct a warehouse distribution center along a tributary to Beaver Creek at a point west of the Route 81/Route 39 Intersection (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N: 18.5 inches; W: 15.8 inches) in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County.
E50-195. Encroachment. Jackson Township, Darlene Cauffman, R. D. 1, P. O. Box 21, Blain, PA 17006. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a bridge having a clear span of 57 feet and an underclearance of 5 feet, 11 inches across the channel of Browns Run at a point at Mount Pleasant Road (T-304) (Blain, PA Quadrangle N: 11.6 inches; W: 6.45 inches) in Jackson Township, Perry County.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1259. Encroachment. Linmar Realty Company II, A Pennsylvania Partnership, 1800 Moler Road, Columbus, OH 43207. To place and maintain fill in approximately 0.404 acre of wetlands (0.234 acre PEM and 0.17 acre PSS) associated with an unnamed tributary to Brush Creek (WWF) for the purpose of expanding an existing warehouse. The project is located approximately 900 feet south from the intersection of Thorn Hill Road and Keystone Drive (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 7.8 inches; W: 14.8 inches) in Marshall Township, Allegheny County.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Requests for Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
The following requests have been made to the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) for certification under section 401(a) of the 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), that there is reasonable assurance that the construction herein described will not violate applicable Federal and State water quality standards.
Prior to final approval or the proposed certification, consideration will be given to any comments, suggestions or objection which are submitted in writing 30 days of the date of this Notice. Comments should be submitted to the Department at the address indicated above each of the following requests for certification. All comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed, and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the proposal and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given comments if deemed necessary to resolve conflicts. Each individual will be notified in writing of the time and place of any scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the protest relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection and review at the address indicated above each request for certification between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day.
Southeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
Certification Request Initiated By: Dames and Moore, 2325 Maryland Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090.
Project Description/Location: This activity involves low-pressure water cleaning prior to painting of the Betsy Ross Bridge. The request was submitted on behalf of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), operator of the bridge which spans the Delaware River between Philadelphia, PA and Pennsauken, NJ. Best Management Practices for bridge painting projects are proposed. Potable wash water will be used without additives, at a flow rate of approximately 4 gpm from two spray wands and an average approximately 8,000 gpd over the 10-month project. Less than half of the cleaning is expected to occur over the Delaware River.
STORAGE TANKS
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION PERMITS The following Storage Tank Site Specific Installation Permit application has been received by the Department and is currently under review. Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Bureau of Watershed Conservation, Division of Storage Tanks, P. O. Box 8555, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555, within 30 days from the date of this publication. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of the comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
SSIP Application
NumberApplicant Name and
AddressCounty and
MunicipalityTank Type and
CapacityN/A Ergon Trucking, Inc.
P. O. Box 1639
Jackson, MS 39215-
1639Mercer County
East Lackawannock
Twp.3 Crude Oil AST's
each totaling 37,800 gallons
ACTIONS
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT
[National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)]
DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER
(Part I Permits) The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.
Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on 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 the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at (800) 654-5984.
Industrial waste and sewerage actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 69.1--69.1001).
Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4795.
Permit No. 6798409. Sewage. West Manheim Township, 31 Fairview Drive, Hanover, PA 17331. This permit approves the construction of sewers and appurtenances in Penn and West Manheim Townships in York County.
Permit No. 2198408. Sewage. Silver Spring Township Authority, 6475 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. This permit approves the construction of pump station in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.
Permit No. 0572401. Sewage. Amendment No. 1. Municipal Authority of Borough of Bedford, 244 West Penn Street, Bedford, PA 15522. This permit approves treatment plant rerating in Bedford Borough, Bedford County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0070343. Sewerage. The Multicare Companies, Inc., 227 West Lancaster Avenue, Devon, PA 19333 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Tilden Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Hassler Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0028975. Sewerage. Womelsdorf Sewer Authority, 498 North Water Street, Womelsdorf, PA 19567-1108 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Heidelberg Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Tulpehocken Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0030597. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. Franklin County General Authority, 5000 Letterkenny Road, Suite 320, Chambersburg, PA 17201-8382 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County to the receiving waters named Rocky Spring Branch.
NPDES Permit No. 0084395. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 8837, Camp Hill, PA 17001-8837 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County to the receiving waters named Cedar Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0083542. Industrial. Flight Systems, Inc., 505 Fishing Creek Road, Lewisberry, PA 17339-9517 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County to a drainage swale to Hogestown Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0009776. Industrial. The Pfaltzgraff Company, Thomasville Plant, Bowman Road, P. O. Box 244, Thomasville, PA 17364 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in West York Borough, York County to an unnamed tributary of Codorus Creek.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 2598414. Sewage. Bob Smith Treatment Facility Association, 10301 Lake Pleasant Road, Waterford, PA 16441. This project is for the construction and operation of a small flow treatment facility in Greene Township, Erie County.
WQM Permit No. 1098408. Sewerage, David and Laurie McClevish, SRSTP, 355 Sunbury Dr., Slippery Rock, PA 16057. Construction of David and Laurie McClevish SRSTP located in Clay Township, Butler County.
WQM Permit No. 4398418. Sewerage, Verna D. Smith, SRSTP, 66 Birchwood Dr., Transfer, PA 16154. Construction of Verna D. Smith SRSTP located in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0004596. Industrial waste. Gleason Corporation, Penn Industrial Products, Inc., 1700 Orco Drive, Conneautville, PA 16406-0483 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Conneautville Borough, Crawford County to Conneaut Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0103772. Sewage. Patrick and Joseph Hodapp, Hodapp Apartments, 9275 Kuhl Road, Erie, PA 16510 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Greene Township, Erie County to an unnamed tributary to Four Mile Creek.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS
(PAR) The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent (NOIs) for Coverage under (1) General NPDES Permit(s) to discharge wastewater into the surface waters of the Commonwealth. The approval for coverage under these general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the general permit. (2) General Permit(s) for Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge or Residential Septage by Land Application in Pennsylvania. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under these general permits is subject to pollutant limitations, pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements, operational standards, general requirements, management practices and other conditions set forth in the respective general permit. The Department of Environmental Protection approves the following coverages under the specified General Permit.
The EPA Region III Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision: 40 CFR 123.24.
The application and related documents, effluent limitations, permitting requirements, and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the contact office noted.
List of NPDES
and/or other
General Permit TypePAG-1 General Permit For Discharge from Stripper Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Construction Activities PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit for Discharges from Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant PAG-5 General Permit for Discharges from Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems PAG-6 General Permit for Wet Weather Overflow Discharges from Combined Sewer Systems PAG-7 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application PAG-8 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Non-Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Residential Septage by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site. General Permit Type--PAG2
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Centre County
College TownshipPAR10F080 Kevin Zimmerman
Birch Tree Assoc.
742 Benner Pike
Bellefonte, PA 16823Unt. Spring Creek Centre County CD
414 Holmes Ave., Suite 4
Bellefonte, PA 16823
(814) 355-6817Union County
Greg TownshipPAR106827 Union County Industrial Dev.
Joe Vetelj
219D Hafer Rd.
Lewisburg, PA 17837Unt. Susquehanna River Union County CD
60 Bull Run Crossing
Lewisburg, PA 17837Tyrone Borough
Snyder Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0671 Reservoir Acres
S & A Customs Homes, Inc.
501 Rolling Ridge Drive
State College, PA 16801Schell Run Blair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877Antis Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0672 Parkview Estates
S & A Custom Homes, Inc.
501 Rolling Ridge Drive
State College, PA 16801Little Juniata
RiverBlair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877Logan Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0673 Reservoir Acres
S & A Custom Homes, Inc.
501 Rolling Ridge Drive
State College, PA 16801Brush Run Blair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877City of Altoona
Blair CountyPAR-10-0674 Cricket Knoll
Yorkshire Group Ltd.
501 Rolling Ridge Drive
State College, PA 16801UNT Spring Run Blair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877Logan Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0675 Camelot Woods
Yorkshire Group Ltd.
501 Rolling Ridge Drive
State College, PA 16801Unt. Little Juniata
RiverBlair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877Blair Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0668 Blair Twp. Sewer & Water Auth.
577 Cedarcrest Drive
Duncansville, PA 16635Halter Creek
Blair Gap Run
Dry Run
Frankstown
BranchBlair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877Snyder Township
Blair CountyPAR-10-0670 William E. Jones, Jr.
210 Main Street
Tyrone, PA 16686Unt Little Juniata Blair County CD
1407 Blair Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(814) 696-0877General Permit Type--PAG 4
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Washington Township,
Erie CountyPAG048551 John R. Suminski
3400 Crane Rd.
Edinboro, PA 16412Unnamed Tributary
to Little
Conneauttee
CreekDEP
Northwest Region
Water Management
230 Chestnut St.
Meadville, PA
16335-3481
(814) 332-6942Pymatuning Township
Mercer CountyPAG048554 Verna D. Smith
66 Birchwood Dr.
Transfer, PA 16154Tributary Shenango
ReservoirDEP
Northwest Region
Water Management
230 Chestnut St.
Meadville, PA
16335-3481
(814) 332-6942General Permit Type--PAG 8
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Washington Township
Erie CountyPAG088304 Washington Township
11800 Edinboro Rd.
Edinboro, PA 16412N/A DEP
Northwest Region
Water Management
230 Chestnut St.
Meadville, PA
16335-3481
(814) 332-6942
SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT
PLAN APPROVAL 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, Floor 2, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure 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.
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, (717) 826-2553.
Borough of Thompson, Susquehanna County
The Department of Environmental Protection has reviewed the Plan Update Revision amended on June 9, 1995 (received by the Department on September 29, 1998) in conjunction with Addendum No. 1-1998 (received by the Department on August 4, 1998), with additional supplemental materials dated September 15, 1998 (received by the Department on September 29, 1998) and October 22, 1998 (received by the Department on October 26, 1998) as prepared by Nassaux-Hemsley Inc. and the Borough of Thompson.
The Department's review has found that the Plan Update Revision is acceptable and hereby grants planning approval. This review has also not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.
The wastewater disposal alternative chosen to be implemented is Alternative 7A as identified in the Plan Update Revision. This alternative proposes the construction of a 30,000 GPD wastewater treatment facility (sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system with stream discharge) and wastewater collection/conveyance system (with various appurtenances) to serve 130 Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDU's) located in the Borough of Thompson as shown on Maps PS-1R, and 8-1 in the Plan Update Revision. The 130 EDU's includes 43 EDU's which currently discharge their untreated wastewater to a ''wildcat'' sewer system with two outfalls directly to Starrucca Creek. Sewer service will also be provided for an additional 19 EDU's which discharge untreated wastewater directly to Starrucca Creek or its immediate tributaries. In addition to eliminating all ''wildcat'' sewers within the Borough, the proposed wastewater collection system will serve 68 EDU's whose onlot wastewater disposal systems are currently malfunctioning or otherwise inadequate. The Plan Update Revision also provides for the establishment of an onlot sewage management program. The proposed program will provide for the long-term monitoring and continued safe operation of all remaining onlot wastewater disposal systems located within Thompson Borough.
Financing of the chosen wastewater disposal alternative's construction is proposed to be provided by the United States Department of Agriculture--Rural Utilities Service (RUS) in the form of a grant and long-term, low interest loan. A special appropriations grant administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers will also be utilized to construct the proposed facilities. The Borough is also proposing a $500 connection fee to reduce the total amount of funds required to be obtained through RUS.
In accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20(a)) (Act 537), and Chapter 71 of the Department's regulations (25 Pa. Code Ch. 71) the Department will hold the Borough of Thompson responsible for the complete and timely implementation of the Plan Update Revision's chosen alternative, as listed in the Schedule of Implementation, contained in Addendum No. 1-1998 of the Plan Update Revision.
Any additional wastewater-related improvements, additions, deletions or changes outside of those explicitly described in the Plan Update Revision must be in compliance with the Department's Regulations and be submitted to and approved by the Department in writing.
Location: Stroud Township, Monroe County
Project Description: The Department has completed its review of the Township's Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan Update Revision for the S. R. 447 study area in the northeastern portion of Stroud Township, dated September 8, 1998, with revisions of September 30, 1998, and October 7, 1998. The Plan Update was prepared by Reilly Associates. The Department finds this Update Revision acceptable and hereby grants planning approval for the proposed modification of the municipality's Plan.
The study area is currently served by onlot sewage disposal systems with a potential health risk due to malfunction of the systems. To address existing and future sewage disposal needs of the study area, a centralized low pressure sewer collection system serving 127 EDU's from approximately 1,500 feet north of Learn Lane (Hayward Labs/United Steel) to the intersection of Business Rt. 209 and S. R. 447 is the recommended alternative of the Plan. The system will extend up Monroe Heights Road and continue south along B. R. 209 connection to an existing 12" diameter sewer line near the intersection of Oak Street and West Sixth Street in East Stroudsburg Borough, with subsequent treatment of the wastewater at the East Stroudsburg treatment plant. Estimated average daily sewage flow from the proposed system is 31,750 gpd.
The Department's review of the Plan Update Revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from the proposal. In accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20(a)) (Act 537), and Chapter 71 of the Department's Regulations (25 Pa. Code Ch. 71), the Department will hold the Township of Stroud responsible for the complete and timely implementation of this plan.
HAZARDOUS SITES CLEAN-UP
Under the Act of October 18, 1988
Proposed Consent Order and Agreement
DuPont/New Castle Junk Yard Site
City of New Castle and Union Township, Lawrence CountyUnder Section 1113 of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305) (HSCA), notice is hereby provided that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has entered into a Consent Order and Agreement (CO&A) with Anchor Hocking Corporation (Anchor) and Pfaltzgraff Company (Pfaltzgraff) concerning the cleanup of the DuPont/New Castle Junk Yard Site (Site).
In the past, hazardous substances were disposed at the Site and these substances contaminated the environment at the Site. The Department has incurred more than $1,100,000 in response costs at the Site. The Department estimates that it will cost up to 14 million dollars more to abate the release and threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site. As an owner of a portion of the Site subsequent to hazardous substance disposal and initial releases at the Site, and during the time of the release and threatened release of hazardous substances at the Site, Anchor and Pfaltzgraff are each a ''responsible party'' as defined in section 103 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.103). Under the terms of the CO&A, Anchor and Pfaltzgraff shall pay a total of $804,945.59 to the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund in settlement of each of their shares of the responsibility for the cleanup of the Site. Anchor and Pfaltzgraff will also conduct a cleanup of the former China Manufacturing building under the terms of the CO&A. The Department anticipates that additional response actions will be conducted at the Site in 1999 to mitigate the threat to human health and the environment posed by the hazardous substances there.
The specific terms of this settlement are set forth in the CO&A between the Department and Anchor/Pfaltzgraff. The Department will receive and consider comments relating to the CO&A for 60 days from the date of this Public Notice. The Department has the right to withdraw its consent to the CO&A if the comments concerning the CO&A disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the CO&A is inappropriate, improper, or not in the public interest. After the public comment period, the Department's settlement with Anchor and Pfaltzgraff shall be effective upon the date that the Department notifies Anchor and Pfaltzgraff, in writing, that this Consent Order and Agreement is final and effective in its present form, and that the Department has filed a response to significant written comments to the CO&A, or that no such comments were received.
Copies of the CO&A are available for inspection at the Department's office at 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA. Comments may be submitted, in writing, to Harold Nye, Project Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Hazardous Sites Cleanup, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335. Further information may be obtained by contacting Harold Nye at (814) 332-6648. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service at (800) 645-5984.
SETTLEMENT
Former Transicoil Property, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, PA
North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site, Worcester Township, Montgomery County, PA The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1304), hereby gives notice that it has entered into a Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) with Techni-Tool, Inc. and T-Squared Realty, L.L.C. associated with the purchase of the former Transicoil Property (Property) in Worcester, Montgomery County, PA.
The Property is located at 1547 N. Trooper Road within North Penn Area 12 (Site), a National Priority List Superfund Site in Worcester, PA. Environmental investigations have revealed the presence of groundwater contamination beneath the Site, including beneath the Property. Techni-Tool, Inc. and T-Squared Realty, L.L.C. (together the Settling Parties), the prospective purchasers of the Property, are not presently responsible persons with regard to contamination at the Site. The Settling Parties have resolved any potential liability to the United States which may be associated with the purchase of the Property through a prospective purchaser agreement.
Through the PPA, the Settling Parties would resolve any potential liability to the Department and become eligible for protection from contribution claims relating to the Site that may stem from the purchase and ownership of the Property. Under the terms of the PPA, Settling Parties agreed to remit certain response costs to the Department, provide access to the Department, cooperate with any response actions, and not exacerbate any contamination at the Site.
This Notice is being provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). The Department will provide for a 60 day public comment period on the proposed PPA from the date of publication of this Notice. Under section 1113 of HSCA, the PPA will become final when the Department files its response to any significant public comments received during the comment period. The PPA may be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Department's Southeast Field Office at Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428. Interested persons may contact Timothy Cherry at (610) 832-6204, or Paul M. Schmidt at (610) 832-6300. Persons may submit written comments to Timothy Cherry at the above address.
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