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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-711a

[29 Pa.B. 2305]

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   S95-074:  Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Nursing Home Care Unit (University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19104), for a synthetic minor operating permit for operation of a hospital and nursing home. Air emission sources include boilers (three are rated at 29.4 MMBTU/hr), hot water heaters, emergency generators and ethylene oxide sterilizers in Philadelphia County.

   S97-013:  Laurel Linen Service (4601 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131), for a synthetic minor operating permit for operation of a commercial laundry/linen supplier. Air emission source is a 16.7 MMBTU/hr boiler in Philadelphia County.

   S96-024:  Saint Joseph's University (5930 City Line Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131), for a synthetic minor operating permit for operation of a university providing education. Air emission sources include boilers (two rated at 13.4 MMBTU/hr and one rated at 20.7 MMBTU/hr), hot water heaters and emergency generators in Philadelphia County.

   S95-070:  Henshell Corp. (2922 N. 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132), for a synthetic minor operating permit for operation of electrocoating and powder coating finishes to plastic and metal parts, primarily for the automotive and construction fastener industries. Air emission sources include boilers, a heater, coating process, ovens and pyrolysis cleaning furnace in Philadelphia County.

   V95-076:  Newman and Co., Inc. (6101 Tacony Street, Philadelphia, PA 19135), for a Title V operating permit for operation of a 118 MMBTU/hr boiler in Philadelphia County.

   V95-090:  Park Towne Place Apartments (2200 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130), for a Title V operating permit for operation of an apartment complex which includes two 20.8 MMBTU/hr boilers in Philadelphia County.

   V96-011:  Lawrence-McFadden Co. (7430 State Road, Philadelphia, PA 19136), for a Title V operating permit for operation of manufacturing industrial wood finish for kitchen cabinets, musical instruments, household and office furniture, wooden caskets and some special metal finishes. Air emission sources include boilers, solvent storage tanks and mixers in Philadelphia County.

PLAN APPROVALS


Applications received and intent to issue Plan Approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.

   06-1069G:  East Penn Mfg. Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 147, Lyon Station, PA 19536-0147), for construction of various lead/acid battery manufacturing sources controlled by a fabric collector in Richmond Township, Berks County. The sources are subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   06-3074:  Super Service Painting & Sandblasting (2350 Camp Swatara Road, Myerstown, PA 17067), for installation of a new sandblasting operation in Bethel Township, Berks County.

   22-317-012A:  Hershey Foods, Inc. (25 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033), for modification of the sugar conveying system in Derry Township, Dauphin County.

   67-320-022D:  Fry Communications, Inc. (800 West Church Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055), for installation of a heatset printing press with control at their Building No. 5 (Plant No. 3) in Manchester Township, York County.

   Northwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.

   PA-16-134A:  Car Mate Trailers, Inc. (Route 66, Leeper, PA 16233), for minor modification of Operating Permit 16-318-006A to increase VOC emission limit from 10 tons/year to 20 tons/year based on production levels (11,700 units/year) in Farmington, Clarion County.

MINING

APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES

   Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).

   The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for the certification.

   Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

Coal Applications Received

   56960111.  Transfer from Laura D. Coal, Inc. to Big J Mining, Inc. (1842 Main Street, Hastings, PA 16646), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Quemahoning and Stonycreek Townships, Somerset County, affecting 90.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to/and Stonycreek River. Application received April 9, 1999.

   11940102.  Permit Renewal, E. P. Bender Coal Company, Inc. (Main and Lehmier Streets, P. O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip-auger-coal refuse disposal mine in Reade Township, Cambria County, affecting 133.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Powell Run; Powell Run; and unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek. Application received April 12, 1999.

   Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.

   03960108.  Dutch Run Coal, Inc. (A02-366, Shelocta, PA 15774). Application received to change the land use from forestland and strip mined area to pastureland/land occasionally cut for hay at an existing bituminous surface/auger mining site located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, affecting 39.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Crooked Creek. Application received April 14, 1999.

   03890106.  Walter L. Houser Coal Company, Inc. (R. R. 9, Box 434, Kittanning, PA 16201). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous strip auger mine located in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 134 acres. Receiving streams: two unnamed tributaries to Mill Run and Mill Run and then Cowanshanock Creek. Renewal application received April 13, 1999.

   26890103R.  Durant Excavating Company (18 North Ross Street, Masontown, PA 15461-1764). Renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Nicholson Township, Fayette County. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Cats Run. Renewal application received April 14, 1999.

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

   41940101.  Fisher Mining Company (460 Market Street, Williamsport, PA 17701), major revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 616.0 to 640.0 acres, Pine Township, Clearfield County. Receiving streams: Buckeye Run, Otter Run, Little Pine Creek, Pine Creek, West Branch Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay. Application received March 26, 1999.

   17940116.  Moravian Run Reclamation Co., Inc. (605 Sheridan Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from Al Hamilton Contracting Company, Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 247.0 acres. Receiving streams Poplar Run to Bell Run to West Branch Susquehanna River. Application received March 31, 1999.

   Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.

   33990907.  Dale Hollobaugh (R. D. 1, Box 31, Penfield, PA 15849). Commencement, operation and restoration of an incidental coal extraction operation in Washington Township, Jefferson County affecting 15 acres. Receiving stream: Wolf Run. Application to include a landuse change from forestland and unmanaged natural habitat to commercial/industrial on lands of Steve A. and Jendi A. Gertz and Virginia Moore and Gloria Austin. Application received April 1, 1999.

   16940107.  RFI Energy, Inc. (555 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701). Transfer of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Perry Township, Clarion County affecting 224 acres. Receiving streams: Five unnamed tributaries to Cherry Run. Transfer from C & K Coal Company. Application received April 9, 1999.

   33940101.  Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Renewal of an existing bituminous strip and auger operation in Oliver Township, Jefferson County affecting 175.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Hadden Run, Hadden Run, Clutch Run, unnamed tributary to Little Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek. Application for reclamation only. Application received April 9, 1999.

   Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   49861311T.  A. L. Coal Co. (672 Bear Valley Avenue, Shamokin, PA 17872), transfer of an existing anthracite underground mine operation from Sheldon Derck in Zerbe Township, Northumberland County affecting 1.4 acres. Receiving stream--none. Application received April 5, 1999.

   54793009R3.  Coal Contractors (1991), Inc. (Gowen Mine, Fern Glen, PA 18241), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Beaver, Black Creek and North Union Townships, Columbia, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties affecting 991.3 acres. Receiving stream--Black Creek. Application received April 6, 1999.

   54830107C3.  Selkirk Mining Company (200 East Norwegian Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation to include fly ash disposal in Branch and Reilly Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 2,207.0 acres. Receiving stream--West Branch Schuylkill River. Application received April 8, 1999.

   54900101C3.  Blackwood, Inc. (P. O. Box 639, Wind Gap, PA 18091), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Reilly, Branch and Tremont Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 1,847.6 acres. Receiving stream--Panther and Swatara Creeks. Application received April 14, 1999.

   Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.

Noncoal Applications Received

   4877SM10.  Lakeland Sand & Gravel, Inc. (7013 Atlantic Lake Road, Hartstown, PA 16131). Transfer of an existing sand and gravel operation in East Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, affecting 10 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed run to Pymatuning Swamp to Crooked Creek to the Shenango River. Transfer from Joseph Arendash. Application received April 8, 1999.

   3075SM6.  Atlantic States Materials of PA, Inc. (P. O. Box 269, Mercer, PA 16137). Revision to an existing sand and gravel operation in Worth Township and West Liberty Borough, Butler County affecting 114.5 acres. Receiving streams: Hogue Run, Black Run and Slippery Rock Creek. Revision to include a postmining land use change to leave a lake on lands of Atlantic States Materials of PA, Inc. Application received March 30, 1999.

   Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   28990301.  Fayetteville Contractors, Inc. (3185 Lincoln Way East, P. O. Box FCI, Fayetteville, PA 17222), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Antrim Township, Franklin County affecting 20.88 acres, receiving stream--Muddy Run. Application received April 6, 1999.

   48990301.  IMS Waylite, Inc. (Box 5165, Easton Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County affecting 57.0 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received April 14, 1999.

   48990302.  IMS Waylite, Inc. (Box 5165, Easton Road, Bethlehem, PA 18015), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County affecting 25.0 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received April 14, 1999.

   Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

Industrial Minerals NPDES Permit Renewal Applications Received

   56940302.  Keystone Lime Company (P. O. Box 278, Springs, PA 15562), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0212822, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, receiving streams High Point Lake to Glade Run; Enos Run. NPDES renewal application received April 9, 1999.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS

   The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317 as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

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

   E23-380.  Encroachment. Darby Borough, 821 Summit Street, Darby, PA 19023. To construct and maintain utility supports for a FEMA sponsored project which will provide appurtenant household utility floodproofing for individual dwellings. This work will be performed for homes along the 100--1400 block of Chestnut Street situated in the 100-year floodplain of Darby Creek (TSF-MF) (Lansdowne, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 2.5 inches) in Darby Borough, Delaware County.

   E15-616.  Encroachment. General Armistead, L. P., 137 Commons Court, Chadds Ford, PA 19317. To construct and maintain a bridge having a clear span of 12.52 feet and an average underclearance of 3.13 feet across Lionville Run (CWF) to provide access to the rear portion of a commercial site. Work also includes minor grading in the floodway and removing an existing footbridge. This site is located 1,000 feet southeast from intersection of Route 100 and Fairview Road (Downingtown, PA Quadrangle N: 6.9 inches; W: 1.15 inches) in West Whiteland Township, Chester County.

   E46-836.  Encroachment. PA Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676. To construct and maintain a slip ramp consisting of on-ramp (B) from west bound Turnpike (I-276) to a signalized intersection at Virginia Drive, opposite Office Center Drive and off-ramp (A) from the same intersection to the west bound Turnpike. This site is located at the existing Fort Washington Interchange of PA Turnpike (Ambler, PA Quadrangle beginning at N: 2 inches; W: 7.5 inches and ending at N: 2.7 inches; W: 5.8 inches) in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County. Work consists of:

   1.  To fill 0.07 acre of wetlands (PFO) for the construction of west bound on-ramp (B) at the station 814+00 of the PA Turnpike;

   2.  To extend the existing 6-foot by 4-foot box culvert in and along an unnamed tributary to Pine Run (TSF) beneath Turnpike Station 828+58 by installing a 70 linear foot extension of 6-foot by 4-foot box culvert at the downstream end to facilitate construction of the on-ramp (B);

   3.  To extend the existing 24-inch CMP storm sewer beneath Turnpike Station 835+25 by installing an additional 120 linear feet of 24-inch pipe at the downstream end for the construction of the on-ramp (B);

   4.  To fill 0.07 acre of wetlands (PEM) for the construction of the west bound on-ramp (B) at Station 52+00 and temporary impact 0.08 acre (PEM) wetland;

   5.  To relocate approximately 460 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Pine Run (TSF) along the east side of off-ramp (A) from Station 22+00 to Station 27+30;

   6.  To install approximately 100 linear feet of 18-foot by 7-foot box culvert, with a 1 foot depressed bottom in and along Pine Run, beneath new Ramps A and B at the Station 27+35 near the intersection of Virginia Drive;

   7.  To construct 60 linear feet of on-ramp (B) and off-ramp (A) within the 100 year floodplain of Pine Run from Station 26+00 to the intersection of Virginia Drive.

   E46-841.  Encroachment. Upper Dublin Township, 801 Loch Alsh Ave., Fort Washington, PA 19034. To improve, widen and maintain Virginia Drive and the intersection of Virginia Drive and Office Center Drive within the 100-year floodplain of Pine Run (TSF) in conjunction with construction of a slip ramp for PA Turnpike at the existing Fort Washington interchange (Ambler, PA Quadrangle beginning at N: 2.2 inches; W: 7.4 inches and ending at N: 2.8 inches; W: 6.3 inches) in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County. Work consists of:

   1.  Extending a 42-inch by 72-inch squashed C.M.P. pipe in and along an unnamed tributary to Pine Run beneath Virginia Drive at Station 504+84 by installing a 16 linear foot extension of 42-inch by 72-inch C.M.P. at the downstream end of the aforementioned culvert.

   2.  Widening Virginia Drive and Office Center Drive within the 100-year floodplain of Pine Run.

   E51-176.  Encroachment. City of Philadelphia Capital Program Office, 1515 Arch Street, 11th Floor, One Parkway Building, Philadelphia, PA 19102. To modify, operate and maintain approximately 2,700 linear feet of the Manayunk Canal (WWF) situated within the 100-year floodplain of the Schuylkill River. The proposed Phase II Manayunk Canal Reconstruction Project consists of the following activities:

   1.  To remove an existing deteriorated timber and stone retaining wall along the southern bank of the canal and to install a steel sheet piling wall;

   2.  To repair and reconstruct three sections of approximately 800 feet of existing stone and concrete retaining wall along the northern bank and 270 feet along the southern bank of the canal;

   3.  To reconstruct the existing 1,100 foot long timber boardwalk and bulkhead along the northern side of the canal between Gay Street and Green Lane, and east and west of the intersection of Green Lane and Main Street;

   4.  To remove sediment from the bottom of the canal in the vicinity of Green Lane Bridge.

   This project also includes installation of a temporary Portadam cofferdam structure. The proposed site is located between the Green Lane Bridge and the intersection of Lock Street and Main Street (Germantown, PA Quadrangle N: 4.3 inches; W: 13.6 inches) in the City and County of Philadelphia.

   Southcentral Regional Office: Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.

   E22-400.  Encroachment. Eugene and Sandra Mulitsch, 2585 Morgan Hill Rd., Easton, PA 18042. To construct and maintain a bridge having a span of 16 feet and a clearance of 4 feet across the channel of Shippens Run at a point along Shippen Dam Road (Millersburg, PA Quadrangle N: 9.9 inches; W: 11.6 inches) for the purpose of providing access to a home in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County.

   E38-124.  Encroachment. Lebanon Valley College, Robert Hamilton, 101 N. College Ave., Annville, PA 17003. To relocate approximately 420 feet of a tributary to the Quittapahilla Creek for construction of a stormwater management retention pond at the Lebanon Valley College. The purpose of the project is to expand athletic facilities and to provide additional parking located on the north side of the campus (Palmyra, PA Quadrangle N: 15.4 inches; W: 1.75 inches) in Annville Township, Lebanon County. The permittee is required to provide 0.25 acre of wetland mitigation on site and 840 feet of off-site stream enhancement on the Quittapahilla Creek.

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

   E32-401.  Encroachment. Steven A. White, 1793 1/2 Getty Avenue, Indiana, PA 15701. To construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 24.0 feet and an underclearance of 3.0 feet across Cheese Run (CWF) for the purpose of providing access to a proposed residential dwelling. The project is located on the southwest side of T-412, approximately 800 feet west of Trim Tree Road (T-430) (Ernest, PA Quadrangle N: 4.25 inches; W: 14.0 inches) in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County.

   E26-254.  Encroachment. Roy F. Gazzam, 4009 Edge Road, Brentwood, PA 15227-3411. To construct and maintain a single 12.9-foot × 8.3-foot structural plate pipe-arch culvert in Crabapple Run (WWF) for the purpose of providing access to a residence. The project is located on R. R. 669, approximately 0.44 mile west of its intersection with S. R. 0051 (Fayette City, PA Quadrangle N: 5.1 inches; W: 4.0 inches) in Franklin Township, Fayette County.

   E65-721.  Encroachment. Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation, 601 Courthouse Square, 2 North Main Street, Greensburg, PA 15601. To place and maintain fill in 0.86 acre of PEM wetlands and 0.9 acre of PEM replacement wetlands. This project is associated with the development of a 50 acre parcel in an existing industrial park. The project is in the watershed of an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 9.3 inches; W: 17.0 inches) in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.

   E65-722.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 12-0, Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast box culvert having a single span of 4.27 M and an underclearance of 1.45 M (invert depressed 0.3 M) in an unnamed tributary to McGee Run. The structure is located on S. R. 217, Section 01R at a point approximately 3 miles north of Kingston (Derry, PA Quadrangle N: 14.0 inches; W: 7.00 inches) in Derry Borough, Westmoreland County.

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

   E10-279.  Encroachment. Jeffrey L. Domhoff, 105 Ziegler Street, Zelienople, PA 16063. To construct and maintain a two span steel I-beam and wooden deck bridge with each span measuring 20 feet wide with a maximum underclearance of 7 feet across Semiconon Run (CWF) for private residential access. The project is located across Semiconon Run approximately 3,400 feet southwest of the intersection of Dick Road (SR 3029) and Purvis Road (County Lane Road SR 3034) (Evans City, PA Quadrangle N: 20.1 inches; W: 3.8 inches) located in Connoquenessing Township, Butler County.

   E10-298.  Encroachment. Cranberry Township, 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066-6499. To remove an existing culvert and to construct and maintain approximately 280 feet of stream enclosure consisting of a 49-inch-wide by 33-inch-high CM pipe arch and a 24-inch-diameter HDPE pipe and excavation of approximately 80 feet of stream channel extending downstream of the proposed enclosure. This work is associated with the widening and drainage improvements along approximately 3,300 feet of Peters Road extending east from the Franklin Road (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 14.5 inches; W: 9.4 inches) located in Cranberry Township, Butler County.

   E10-299.  Encroachment. Butler County, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a steel plate girder bridge with a single clear span of 115 feet and a minimum underclearance of 15.5 feet on Mercer Road across Connoquenessing Creek (WWF). The bridge is located on Mercer Road across Connoquenessing Creek approximately 4,000 feet south of the intersection of Mercer Road and SR 0019 (Evans City, PA Quadrangle N: 9.8 inches; W: 17.2 inches) located in Harmony Borough and Jackson Township, Butler County.

   E61-223.  Encroachment. Venango County, 1174 Elk Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing bridge (McCann Bridge) and to construct and maintain a precast reinforced concrete adjacent box beam bridge having a clear, normal span of 12.327 meters and a minimum underclearance of 2.428 meters on T-318 (Nogle Road) across Little Sandy Creek (CWF, trout stocked and wild trout). This project is located on T-318 (Nogle Road) across Little Sandy Creek approximately 153 meters north of the intersection of T-318 (Nogle Road) and SR 3024 (Utica, PA Quadrangle N: 1.6 inches; W: 9.5 inches) located in French Creek Township, Venango County.


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 (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.

   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, 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).

   Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.

   Permit No. 4099401.  Sewerage. Can Do, Inc., 1 South Church Street, Hazleton, PA 18201-6200. Permit to construct and operate a sewage pumping station and a sanitary sewer collection and conveyance system for Humboldt Industrial Park West, located in East Union Township, Schuylkill County, and Hazle Township, Luzerne County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0070092.  Sewerage. John M. Yetter, t/a Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park, R. R. 5, Box 5308, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton County, to an unnamed Tributary of Allegheny Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0060674.  Sewerage. The Guided Tours Camp Lee Mar, Inc., Route 590, Lackawaxen, PA 18435, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, to an unnamed tributary to Lord's Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0063223.  Sewerage. Martha J. Vetter, P. O. Box 152, Damascus, PA 18415, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Damascus Township, Wayne County, to Delaware River.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0055913.  Industrial waste, Corco Chemical Corporation, Tyburn Road and Cedar Lane, Fairless Hills, PA 19030.

   The following notice reflects changes to the notice published in the March 6, 1999, Pennsylvania Bulletin:

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 002, based on an average flow of 115,000 gallons per day are revised as follows using more effluent analysis data:


AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Tetrachloroethylenemonitormonitor
Trichloroethylenemonitormonitor
Total Ironmonitormonitor
Total Manganesemonitormonitor
Total Zincmonitormonitor
Total Aluminummonitormonitor
Temperature110°F
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707.

   NPDES Permit No. PAG043609.  Sewerage. William D. Baker, 2305 Pinchot Road, Saxton, PA 16678, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Liberty Township, Bedford County to an unnamed tributary to the Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0021539.  Sewerage. Borough of Williamsburg, 305 East Second Street, Williamsburg, PA 16693-1041, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Catherine Township, Blair County to the receiving waters named Frankstown Branch.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026280.  Sewerage. Borough of Lewistown, Two East Third Street, Lewistown, PA 17044, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Lewistown Borough, Mifflin County to the receiving waters named Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0085367.  Sewerage. Sill's Family Campground, P. O. Box 566, Adamstown, PA 19501-0566, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County to the receiving waters named Little Muddy Creek.

   Permit No. 2198411.  Sewage. Borough of Shippensburg, 60 West Burd Street, Shippensburg, PA 17257. This permit approves the modification of sludge dewatering facility in Southhampton Township, Cumberland County.

   Permit No. 0687428 (99-1).  Sewage. Berks Properties, Inc., 2620 Egypt Road, Norristown, PA 19403. This permit approves the modification of sewage treatment facilities in Hereford Township, Berks County.

   Permit No. 2299401.  Sewage. Derry Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 447, Hershey, PA 17033-0447. This permit approves the modification of sewage treatment facilities in Derry Township, Dauphin County.

   Permit No. 2198410.  Sewage. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Roth, 8 West Hatchery Road, Newville, PA 17241. This permit approves the construction of sewage treatment facilities in North Newton Township, Cumberland County.

   Northcentral Regional Office: 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Grit Building, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0022195.  Sewerage. Catawissa Borough, P. O. Box 44, Catawissa, PA 17820-0044. Renewal granted to Catawissa Borough to discharge treated sewage from facility located at Catawissa Borough, Columbia County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0110272.  Sewerage. Cogan Valley Farms, 480 Route 973 West, Cogan Station, PA 17728. Renewal granted to Cogan Valley Farms to discharge treated sewage from facility located at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0208566.  Industrial waste. BTR Inc., P. O. Box 355, Milton, PA 17847. Applicant granted permission to discharge from facility (Milton 32 Truckstop) located at Turbot Township, Northumberland County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PAS206108.  Industrial waste, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., 1840 Baldridge Street, Connellsville, PA 15425, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at South Connellsville, Fayette County to receiving waters named Youghiogheny River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0096083.  Sewage, Connellsville Area School District, 125 North Seventh Street, Connellsville, PA 15425, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Dunbar Junior High West STP, Dunbar Township, Fayette County to receiving waters named Opossum Run.

   Permit No. 5672401-A1.  Sewerage, The Upper Stonycreek Joint Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 24, Hooversville, PA 15936. Construction of treatment plant upgrade and expansion and pump station improvements located in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County to serve Hooversville Area.

   Permit No. 6583401-A3.  Sewerage, The Hempfield Township Municipal Authority. Construction of belt filter press replacement located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, to serve New Stanton Water Pollution Control Plant.

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

   WQM Permit No. 3399401.  Sewage. Sykesville Borough Council, 21 East Main Street, Sykesville, PA 15865. This project is for the construction and operation of a wastewater collection and treatment facility in Sykesville Borough, Winslow Township and Henderson Township, Jefferson County.

   WQM Permit No. 2598417.  Sewage. Scenic Heights Subdivision SFTF, East, John Afton, 7616 Knoyle Road, Erie, PA 16510. This project is for the construction and operation of a small flow treatment facility located in Venango Township, Erie County.

DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER FROM OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES

   Southwest Regional Office: Regional Oil and Gas Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 442-4024.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0218073.  Industrial, Belden and Blake Corporation, 22811 Titusville Road, Pleasantville, PA 16341. Approval granted to discharge treated industrial waste from a facility in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County into Jacobs Creek.

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAS)

   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, (610) 832-6130.

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10-G355James Mark
P. O. Box 861
New London, PA 19360
East Nottingham Township
Chester County
Big Elk Creek
PAS10-T079Galbone Brothers Development
1030 West Germantown Pike
P. O. Box 287
Fairview Village, PA 19409
Skippack Township
Montgomery County
Unnamed Tributary to
Skippack Creek

   Northeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10Q008-RKay Builders
5440 Hamilton Blvd.
Wescosville, PA 18106
Lehigh County
Lower Macungie Township
Little Lehigh Creek

   Southcentral Regional Office: Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707.

   PAS-10-M028-R.  Individual NPDES. Quincy Methodist Home, P. O. Box 217, Quincy, PA 17247-0217. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction of Quincy Nursing Home on 170 acres in Quincy Township, Franklin County. The project is located in Quincy Village (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N: 9.8 inches; W: 11.5 inches). Drainage will be to Little Antietam Creek.

   PAS-10-O-016-R.  Individual NPDES. Jalyn Developers, 148 Brick Church Road, Leola, PA 17540. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for Glen Oaks Residential Subdivision on 130.7 acres in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County. The project is located on the east side of Gault Road and south of Northeimer Road. Drainage will be to Pequea Creek.

   PAS-10-O-077.  Individual NPDES. Clarence R. Wenger, 1011 Woodland Drive, Quarryville, PA 17566. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the Furniss Hill Farms residential subdivision on 43.35 acres in Fulton Township, Lancaster County. The project is located along both sides of Furniss Road (SR 3004), and on the east side of Westbrook Road (T-462) (Wakefield, PA Quadrangle N: 5.5 inches; W: 8.5 inches). Drainage will be to a tributary of Puddle Duck Creek.

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAR)


Approvals to Use NPDES and/or Other General Permits

   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 this 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 Type
PAG-1General Permit For Discharges From Stripper Oil Well Facilities
PAG-2General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Construction Activities
PAG-3General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities
PAG-4General Permit For Discharges From Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant
PAG-5General Permit For Discharges From Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems
PAG-6General Permit For Wet Weather Overflow Discharges From Combined Sewer Systems
PAG-7General Permit For Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge By Land Application
PAG-8General 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-9General Permit For Beneficial Use of Residential Septage By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site

General Permit Type--PAG-2

Facility Location
County andApplicant's NameReceiving Stream Contact Office and
MunicipalityPermit No.and Addressor Body of WaterTelephone No.
Schuylkill Township
Chester County
PAR10-G301Thomas Cosgrove and Mary Selan
1030 Township Line Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460
French CreekSuite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
Lower Oxford Township
Chester County
PAR10-G305Peoples Bank of Oxford
P. O. Box 500
Oxford, PA 19363
Leecrt Run and Hayes RunSuite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
East Caln Township
Chester County
PAR10-G310Downingtown Market Associates, LP
323-234 North 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Parke RunSuite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
Thornbury Township
Chester County
PAR10-G318Thorncroft Woods Development, Inc.
4 Raven Drive
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Unnamed Tributary to
East Branch Chester Creek
Suite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
Bethel Township
Delaware County
PAR10-J152Gilmon Development
510 Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, DE
South Branch Naamons CreekSuite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
Upper Merion Township
Montgomery County
PAR10-T531Brandywine Operating Partnership LP
14 Campus Blvd., Suite 100
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Trout RunSuite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6130
Northampton County
Bethlehem Township
PAR10U085-1Victoria Calantoni
Nancy Run Estates
Family Limited Partnership
6065 William Penn Highway
Easton, PA 18045
Lehigh River
(U.N.T.)
Northampton Cons. Dist.
(610) 746-1971
Luzerne County
Wright Township
PAR10R181Anthony Biago
(Summit Meadow Estates)
456 South Main Rd.
Mountaintop, PA 18707
Big Wapwallopen CreekLuzerne Cons. Dist.
(570) 674-7991
Bern Township
Berks County
PAR-10-C260Easy Does It Community Center
Easy Does It Inc.
647 Walnut Street
Reading, PA 19601
UNT Plum CreekBerks County CD
P. O. Box 520
1238 County Welfare Road
Leesport, PA 19533
(610) 372-4657
Middlesex Township
North Middleton Township
Cumberland County
PAR-10-H196Pamay Development Co. Inc.
5140 Trindle Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Conodoguinet
Creek
Cumberland County CD
43 Brookwood Avenue,
Suite 4
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 40-7812
Derry Township
Dauphin County
PAR-10-I170Shaffer Gelder Dev. Co.
1345 E. Chocolate Ave.
P. O. Box 710
Hershey, PA 17033
Swatara CreekDauphin County CD
1451 Peters Mountain Road
Dauphin, PA 17018
(717) 921-8100
Lower Paxton Township
Dauphin County
PAR-10-I192Dauphin Homes, Inc.
5851 Union Deposit Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Beaver CreekDauphin County CD
1451 Peters Mountain Road
Dauphin, PA 17018
(717) 921-8100
Swatara Township
Dauphin County
PAR-10-I179Capitol Ridge Dev. Corp.
220 N. 72nd Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Beaver CreekDauphin County CD
1451 Peters Mountain Road
Dauphin, PA 17018
(717) 921-8100
West Hanover Township
Dauphin County
PAR-10-I181Houck Properties
7464 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Beaver CreekDauphin County CD
1451 Peters Mountain Road
Dauphin, PA 17018
(717) 921-8100

General Permit Type--PAG-3

Facility Location
County andApplicant NameReceiving StreamContact Office and
MunicipalityPermit No.and Addressor Body of WaterTelephone No.
Lackawanna County
Clarks Summit Borough
PAR232238Ato Findley, Inc.
11320 Watertown Plank Rd.
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Reynolds PondNortheast Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
(570) 826-2511
Lackawanna County
Taylor Borough
PAR232221Taylor Chemical, Inc.
Lackawanna County
10 Stauffer Ind. Park
Taylor, PA 18517
Keyser Creek to
Lackawanna
River
Northeast Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
(570) 826-2511
Luzerne County
Wright Township
PAR802207Boise Locomotive
P. O. Box 27
Crestwood Ind. Park
Mountain Top, PA 18707
N/ANortheast Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
(570) 826-2511
Northampton County
Easton City
PAR602213Jacob Stein
Easton Iron & Metal Co.,
Inc.
1100 Bushkill Drive
Easton, PA 18042-1437
Delaware RiverNortheast Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
(570) 826-2511
Schuylkill County
Ringtown Borough
PAR212220Ringtown Wilbert Vault
Works, Inc.
P. O. Box 215
Ringtown, PA 17967-0215
Little Catawissa
Creek
Northeast Office
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
(570) 826-2511

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