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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-2191a

[26 Pa.B. 6195]

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Application filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27), 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.

   E15-454.  Encroachment. Citizens Home Utilities Water Co., 4 Wellington Blvd., Wyomissing, PA 19610. To amend permit E15-454 for the following work: To remove an existing intake structure and to construct a concrete intake structure in the Schuylkill River and along the southern bank of the Schuylkill River. This work is located in the Royersford Water Treatment Plant property (Phoenixville, PA Quadrangle N:  12.25 inches; W:  10.0 inches) in East Vincent Township, Chester County.

   E46-757.  Encroachment. Maple Village, 2815 Byberry Road, Hatboro, PA 19040. To construct and maintain a stormwater management facility associated with Maple Village Subdivision Development which will impact a 0.14 acre body of water (POW) and 145 L. F. of unnamed tributary to Pennypack Creek (WWF). The site is located on the northwest corner of Byberry and Orangeman's Roads (Hatboro, PA Quadrangle N:  8.00 inches; W:  12.90 inches) in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County.

   DEP Central Office, Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands, 400 Market Street, Floor 6, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 783-1384.

   D30-046.  Dam. Cyprus Emerald Resources Corporation, 145 Elm Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370. To construct, operate and maintain a slurry impoundment impacting 7,136 linear feet of perennial (5,003 feet) and intermittent (2,133 feet) tributaries to Smith Creek (WWF). The proposed project site is located approximately 1,500 feet west of the intersection of Township Road T-521 and State Route 218 (Waynesburg, PA Quadrangle N:  1.45 inches; W:  11.05 inches) in Franklin Township, Greene County.

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

   E06-485.  Encroachment. Charles and Theresa Ziegler, 1279 Powder Mill Hollow Road, Boyertown, PA 19512. To place fill in 0.3 acre of wetlands adjacent to Ironstone Creek at a point along the north side of South Reading Avenue approximately 300 feet west of the intersection of South Reading Avenue and Mill Street (Boyertown, PA Quadrangle N:  13.8 inches; W:  3.5 inches) in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County.

   E07-275.  Encroachment. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., P. O. Box 77, Church Street, New Enterprise, PA 16664. To construct and maintain a single span concrete foot bridge having a span of about 40 feet and an underclearance of about 4.0 feet across Halter Creek to provide access from a proposed parking area to existing office and maintenance buildings located about 500 feet east of SR 0036 about 1.0 mile north of Roaring Springs Boro (Roaring Springs, PA Quadrangle N:  17.3 inches; W:  4.0 inches) in Taylor Township, Blair County.

   E22-356.  Encroachment. City of Harrisburg, City Government Center, 10 North Second St., Harrisburg, PA 17101. To construct and maintain a 100 foot by 78 foot-6 inch building on City Island along the Susquehanna River at a point approximately 300 feet upstream of the Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg West, PA Quadrangle N:  0.8 inch; W:  1.8 inches) in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.

   E34-085.  Encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, Engineering District 2-0, George Khoury, 1924-30 Daisy Street, Clearfield, PA 16830. To replace an existing structure with a 25 foot x 7 foot-6 inch pre-cast box culvert in the channel of Lick Run at a point at SR 3020 (Blairs Mills, PA Quadrangle N:  18.85 inches; W:  3.35 inches) in Lack Township, Juniata County.

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

   E45-314.  Encroachment. Eldred Township Supervisors, P. O. Box 600, Kunkletown, PA 18058. To maintain a road crossing of Borger Creek (CWF, MF), consisting of an open-bottom corrugated metal culvert having a span of 19.0 feet and an underclearance of approximately 5.1 feet. Removal of the previously-existing flood damaged structure and construction of the existing structure was authorized by Emergency Permit No. EP4596409. The project is located on Township Road T-354 (known locally as 57 Road), approximately 250 feet upstream of the Carbon/Monroe county line (Palmerton, PA Quadrangle N:  19.6 inches; W:  0.2 inch) in Eldred Township, Monroe County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E66-109.  Encroachment. Kane Properties, Inc., P. O. Box 931, Scranton, PA 18501-0931. To place fill in approximately 0.21 acre of PEM wetlands for the purpose of constructing a loading dock area associated with the proposed warehouse addition to the existing freight facility. The project is located on the east side of S. R. 0006, just north of the intersection of S. R. 0006 and Township Road T397 (Mile Road) (Tunkhannock, PA Quadrangle N:  11.5 inches; W:  12.3 inches) in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E66-110.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Electric Company, 2800 Pottsville Pike, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001. To construct and maintain an aerial crossing of the Susquehanna River (WWF) by a 34.5 KV electric distribution line to provide electrical service to Wyoming Sand and Stone Company. The project is located approximately 0.15 mile upstream from the mouth of Meshoppen Creek (Meshoppen, PA Quadrangle N:  20.9 inches; W:  7.5 inches) in Mehoopany Township and Meshoppen Borough, Wyoming County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   Northcentral Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 208 W. Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3574.

   E14-299.  Encroachment. State College Borough Water Auth., c/o Max G. Gill, 1201 West Branch Rd., State College, PA 16801. To construct and maintain a stream enclosure to carry a rough grade road across an unnamed tributary to Buffalo Run that provides access strictly for the operation and maintenance of a municipal water supply line. The proposed stream enclosure shall be constructed with two corrugated metal culvert pipes that have a diameter of 6.0 feet and a length of 235.0 feet. The project is located along southern right-of-way of SR 0322 approximately 1.9 miles south of the intersection of Scotia Range Road and SR 0322 (Julian, PA Quadrangle N:  9.5 inches; W:  12.5 inches) in Patton Township, Centre County. Estimated stream disturbance is 268.0 feet with no wetland impact; stream classification is High Quality-Cold Water Fishery.

   E41-395.  Encroachment. Daniel Dutton, 2826 Oakland Drive, Condo 4, Billings, MT 59102. To reconstruct and maintain the superstructure and abutments of an existing bridge, placing riprap at the wingwalls as necessary on a private road over Mill Creek immediately off SR 864, 0.6 mile east of SR 087 (Montoursville North, PA Quadrangle N:  5.25 inches; W:  2.88 inches) in Upper Fairfield Township, Lycoming County.

   Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   E30-174.  Encroachment. Greene County Commissioners, 93 E. High St., Waynesburg, PA 15370. To remove existing structure known as Bridge No. 25 (TR 555) and to construct and maintain a 121.75-foot normal clear span with an underclearance of 13.9 feet over South Fork of Ten Mile Creek (WWF) located approximately 2,000 feet south of SR 188 (Mather, PA Quadrangle N:  7.35 inches; W:  15.5 inches) in Morgan and Jefferson Townships, Greene County.

   E32-381.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a pre-cast reinforced concrete box culvert having a single span of 15.0 feet with an underclearance of 3.5 feet and a length of 36 feet in south branch Cush Creek (CWF). The culvert invert is to be depressed 1.0 foot. The bridge is located on SR 1034, 100 feet west of its intersection with SR 1033 (Rochester Mills, PA Quadrangle N:  8.1 inches; W:  1.8 inches) in Montgomery Township, Indiana County.

   E32-382.  Encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove existing structure and to construct and maintain a 44-long, twin-cell box culvert 14.0` x 9.0` with a 1-foot depressed invert in Cush Creek (CWF) for the purpose of realigning SR 0286; and to place and maintain fill in 0.098 acre of wetlands (EM) with proposed stabilization of abandoned mine spoil in lieu of wetland replacement. The project is located approximately 1.0 mile north of Arcadia (Burnside, PA Quadrangle N:  7.4 inches; W:  14.2 inches) in Montgomery Township, Indiana County.


Applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.

   Northwest Regional Office, Regional Program Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6899.

   WA 10-921A.  Subsidiary Water Allocation. Center Township Water Department, 419 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001. Applicant submitted revision to original request for the continued right to purchase bulk water from PA American Water Company--Butler District. This revised proposal is to increase the projected amount from 255,135 gpd to 320,880 gpd. Original application published at 26 Pa.B. 3945 (August 17, 1996).


ACTIONS

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0056979. Sewerage. Jonathan Kimmel, 46 Tanguy Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County into an unnamed tributary of Chester Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026662. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. City of Philadelphia Water Department, ARA Tower at Reading Center, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2994 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County into the Delaware River Zone 3: 001-017 and 020-037 and Schuylkill River: 038.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026671. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. City of Philadelphia Water Department, ARA Tower at Reading Center, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2994 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County into the Delaware River Zone 4: 001, Schuylkill River: 002-040 and 073-077; Cobbs Creek: 041-072.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026689. Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. City of Philadelphia Water Department, ARA Tower at Reading Center, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2994 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County into the Delaware River Zone 3: 001-022 and 058; Pennypack Creek: 023-027; Tacony Creek: 028-041 and 059-060; Frankford Creek: 042-057.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0052515. Industrial waste. Ambler Borough Water Department, 122 East Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA 19002-4476 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County into Wissahickon Creek.

   Northcentral Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   Permit No. NPDES PAG044915. Sewerage. R. George and Julia M. Kritzer, R. R. 1 Box 82-1, Woodland, PA 16881. Permit application has been approved for single residence sewage treatment plant, to be located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PAG044916. Sewerage. Al Hamilton, P. O. Box 157, Manheim, PA 17454. Permit application has been approved for single residence sewage treatment plant to be located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PAO114961. Sewerage. Hughesville-Wolf Township Joint Sewer Authority, R. R. 3 Box 167, Hughesville, PA 17737. Renewal Application has been approved for the discharge of sewage to Muncy Creek, located at Wolf Township, Lycoming County.

   Permit No. NPDES PAG044918. Sewerage. Bradley Jones, P. O. Box 212, Woodland, PA 16881. Applicant has been approved for a single residence sewage treatment system located in Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. NPDES PA0101290. Sewerage. Sandy Township Board of Supervisors, P. O. Box 267, Dubois, PA 15801. Renewal application has been approved for discharge from facility located at Sandy Township, Clearfield County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0090964. CQ, Inc., R. R. 2, Box 2113, Homer City, PA 15748 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Center Township, Indiana County to a named tributary of Cherry Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0095851. Amendment No. 1. Sewage. Donald and Marie Shaffer, Roof Garden Court, R. D. 7, Box 55, Route 281 North, Somerset, PA 15501 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Roof Garden Mobile Home Court STP, Somerset Township, Somerset County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0096717. Sewage. Penn Cambria School District, 201 6th Street, Cresson, PA 16630 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Penn Cambria Primary STP, Lilly Borough, Cambria County to Bear Rock Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0111597. Sewage. Westmont Hilltop Recreation Commission, 1000 Edgehill Drive, Johnstown, PA 15905 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Westmont Hilltop Recreation Commission STP, Upper Yoder Township, Cambria County to unnamed tributary to Allwine Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0205087. Sewage. Rockwood Real Estate, R. D. 2, Box 208, Rockwood, PA 15557 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Scottyland Camping Resort STP, Middle Creek Township, Somerset County to Lost Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0217450. Sewage. Dennis F. Creighton, R. D. 2, Box 478, New Alexandria, PA 15670 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Dennis F. Creighton Plan Sewage Treatment Plant, Fenneltown Road, Salem Township, Westmoreland County to an unnamed tributary of Whitethorn Creek.


Notices of Intent for Coverage Under NPDES General Permits for Construction Activities and Department Final Actions

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

   The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent for coverage under NPDES General Permit PAG-2, General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities. Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection will authorize, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the general permit, the discharge of stormwater from eligible new and existing discharges.

   The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the office noted above.

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAR10-5312American Stores Properties, Inc.
P. O. Box 30658
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0658
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pauls Run

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

   Northeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS 10S046S.I.D.E. Corporation
P. O. Box 1050
Blakeslee, PA 18610
Monroe Co.
Tobyhanna Twp.
Goose Run

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

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10-J035County of Delaware
Government Center Building
Media, PA 19063
Concord Township
Delaware County
West Branch
Chester County

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

   PAS-10-H054. Individual NPDES. North Middle- ton Township Board of Supervisors, 211 North Middleton Road, Carlisle, PA 17013. To implement an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan for the Township's Municipal Campus on 30.85 acres in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County. The project is located along the right bank of the Conodoguinet Creek downstream of PA 34 bridge (Carlisle, PA Quadrangle N:  20.7 inches; W:  7 inches). Drainage will be the Conodoguinet Creek.


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

Permits Issued

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

   Permit No. 1596203.  Industrial waste. To-Jo Mushrooms, Inc. (974 Penn Green Road, Avondale, PA 19311). Construction and operation of the industrial wastewater treatment plant located in New Garden Township, Chester County to serve To-Jo Mushrooms.


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

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

   Location:  Trexler Park Multi-family, a.k.a. West Ridge located on the south side of Springhouse Road, City of Allentown, Lehigh County.

   Project Description:  This project proposes a townhouse and apartment development on a 60.0 acre tract. The 196 townhouses and 114 apartments will be built in several phases. The project will be served by an extension of the City of Allentown Sanitary Sewer System, connecting at an existing manhole at Springhouse Road and Benner Road. Sanitary sewer service will be by gravity in 8" diameter main sewer lines with 6" diameter house laterals to the property line. The proposed 75,400 gpd of sanitary flows will be conveyed and treated by City of Allentown Municipal facilities. Public water will be provided to the project by the City of Allentown.

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

   Location:  Bulltown/Remaley Road Sewer Extension Project. The sewer lines will be extended along Bulltown and Remaley Roads. Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County.

   Project Description:  Approval of a revision to the Official Sewage Plan of Municipality of Murrysville, Westmoreland County. Project involves the installation of approximately 25,000 lineal feet of 8-inch and 10-inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer pipe, precast concrete manholes and appurtenances. This sewer project will provide service to 132 existing residences located along Bulltown and Remaley Roads. The sewage is to be conveyed and treated at the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority's Meadowbrook Road Water Pollution Control Plant. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.

   Location:  Samel C. Davis single resident sewage treatment plant. East side of F. R. 0819 across from the Jacobs Creek Methodist Church, south of the Borough of Scottdale, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.

   Project Description:  Approval of a revision to the official Sewage Facilities Plan of East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. Project involves the construction of a single resident sewage treatment plant to serve a proposed dwelling located along F. R. 0819. Treated effluent is to be discharged to Jacobs Creek.


Plan revision approval granted November 26, 1996, under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).

   Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110-3999.

   Location:  Gary Discavage Single Residence Experimental Sewage Treatment Plant. One mile east of Route 22 along T-463.

   Project Description:  Approval of a revision to the Official Plan of Catherine Township, Blair County. Project involves construction of a small flow experimental treatment facility to serve an existing house and cottage located 1 mile east of Route 22 along T-463. Treated effluent is to be discharged to the existing soil via trenches. Any required Water Quality Permits must be obtained in the name of the property owner.


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

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

   Permit No. 603447. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Raystown, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (R. R. 1, Box 222, Hesston, PA 16647). Application for operation of an agricultural utilization of sewage sludge in Hopewell Township, Huntingdon County. Permit issued in the Regional Office December 10, 1996.

Override Justification:

   Hopewell Township has opposed the issuance of an agricultural utilization of sewage sludge permit to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Lake Raystown site in Hopewell Township, Huntingdon County. The Township maintains there are other sites, outside Hopewell Township, that would be suitable for the land application of sewage sludge.

   As the Municipal Waste Regulations do not prescribe how an applicant selects a site location, other than through technical siting criteria, and as it has been determined that all technical and administrative requirements of the regulations have been satisfied by the applicant, the Department has issued a permit for the Lake Raystown site.

   Permit No. 602497.  Reuben Weaver Farm, Ephrata Borough Authority (114 East Main Street, Ephrata, PA 17522). Application for modification of an agricultural utilization of sewage sludge site in Ephrata and West Cocalico Townships, Lancaster County. Permit issued in the Regional Office December 11, 1996.

   Permit No. 400556.  Bridgeview, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 364, Morgantown, PA 19543). Application for modification for the addition of a Chem-Clav processing unit to a site in Robeson Township, Berks County. Permit issued in the Regional Office December 11, 1996.


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

   Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   A.  301259.  Post Precision Casting, Post Precision Castings, Inc. (P. O. Box 4, Strausstown, PA 19559). Application for construction and Operation of a Class III residual waste landfill site Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County. Application withdrawn from the Regional Office December 5, 1996.


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

   Northcentral Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3653.

   Permit No. 101649 (originally 301106). Permit Modification. Phoenix Resources Inc. Construction/Demolition Facility, Phoenix Resources, Inc. (P. O. Box 38, Blossburg, PA 16912). Modification to residual waste landfill to convert to a construction/demolition landfill located in Duncan Township, Tioga County. Permit issued in the regional office on December 12, 1996.

   Southwest Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   Permit No. 603444.  Community Sewage, Inc., operated by Ronald L. Lasher, R. D. 1, Box 248, Fort Run Road, Ford City, PA. Operation of a municipal waste processing facility in Manor Township, Armstrong County. Permit issued in the Regional Office on December 4, 1996.

   Permit No. 100620.  BFI-Imperial Landfill, Browning-Ferris Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc. P. O. Box 47, Route 980 and Boggs Road, Imperial, PA 15126. Operation of a municipal waste landfill in Findlay Township, Allegheny County. Permit modification issued in the Regional Office on December 5, 1996.


Plan Approvals issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.

   Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.

   A Plan Approval has been issued by this office for the construction, modification, reactivation or operation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit:  64-310-004E
Source:  Stone Crushing Plant w/Waterspray
Issued:  November 22, 1996
Company:  Milestone Materials Incorporated
Location:  Lake Township
County:  Wayne

MINING ACTIVITY ACTIONS

   Actions on 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). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 water quality certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality 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).

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

Coal Applications Issued

   11960201.  Smith Energy, Inc. (1075 Chestnut Street, Nanty Glo, PA 15943), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip mine (coal refuse reprocessing) in Nanty Glo Borough, Cambria County, affecting 7.4 acres, receiving stream Pergrin Run, application received August 8, 1996, permit issued December 10, 1996.

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

   65960105.  M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319). Permit issued for commencement, operation, and restoration of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 165.6 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Stony Run and Stony Run. Application received March 5, 1996. Permit issued: November 25, 1996.

   03950112.  Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Permit issued for comencement, operation, and restoration of a bituminous surface mine located in Madison Township, Armstrong County, affecting 55.0 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek. Application received June 6, 1996. Permit issued: December 4, 1996.

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

   17920114.  Forcey Coal, Inc. (P. O. Box 225, Madera, PA 16661), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from James I. Cowfer Contracting, Inc., affecting 61.7 acres in Decatur Township, Clearfield County. Receiving streams an unnamed tributary of Little Beaver Run to Little Beaver Run, Little Beaver Run to Beaver Run, Beaver Run to Moshannon Creek; Moshannon Creek to west branch Susquehanna River, and north branch Morgan Run to Upper Morgan Run; Upper Morgan Run to Clearfield Creek; Clearfield Creek to west branch Susquehanna River, application received July 12, 1996.

   Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   32841302.  Greenwich Collieries Division of Pennsylvania Mines Corporation (P. O. Box 367, Ebensburg, PA 15931), to renew the permit for the Greenwich North no. 1 and south no. 2 bituminous deep mine in Green Township, Indiana County for reclamation only, no additional discharge. Permit issued December 11, 1996.

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

Large Industrial Mineral Permits Issued

   4775SM1.  John H. Bradshaw (R. D. 2, Box 111A, Tioga, PA 16946), transfer of an existing Large Industrial Mineral (Sand and Gravel) permit from Gordon C. Martin Construction, Lawrence Township, Tioga County affecting 42 acres, receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Tioga River to Chemung River to Susquehanna River, application received December 6, 1995, permit issued December 3, 1996.

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

Small Industrial Mineral Authorizations Granted

   59960804.  Copley Sand and Gravel (R. D. 1, Box 139, Covington, PA 16917), commencement, operation and restoration of a Small Industrial Mineral (Gravel) Permit in Delmar Township, Tioga County affecting 1 acre, application received March 26, 1996, authorization granted December 10, 1996.

   53960809.  Fessenden Construction Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 271, Roulette, PA 16746), commencement, operation and restoration of a Small Industrial Mineral (Rock Quarry) Permit in Roulette Township, Potter County affecting 2 acres, application received November 1, 1996, authorization granted December 10, 1996.

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

Coal Applications Returned

   04900102R.  Kerry Coal Company (P. O. Box 19, Portersville, PA 16051). Renewal application returned for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Darlington Township, Beaver County. Receiving streams Dilworth Run/Coalbank Run watersheds. Renewal application received: October 30, 1995. Renewal application returned: November 25, 1996.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute 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 act of June 22, 1937 (P. L. 1987, No. 394) (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a) (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description).

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications:

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

   E23-348.  Encroachment. Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company, Front and Avenue of the States, Chester, PA 19013. To construct and maintain an approximately 515-foot long, steel sheet pile structure and to reconstruct 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 structure is 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 the City of Chester, Delaware County.

   E51-153.  Encroachment. Schuylkill Yankee Realty, 61st and West Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153. To operate and maintain an existing dock, four piling clusters and a transfer barge pier in and along the western bank of the 100-year floodplain of the Schuylkill River (WWF) on Schuylkill Yankee Realty property (a.k.a. Yankee Point Terminal). The site is located approximately 3,000 feet south of the Passyunk Avenue Bridge, at 61st Street and West Passyunk Avenue (Philadelphia, PA-NJ Quadrangle N:  7:00 inches; W:  12.00 inches) in the City and County of Philadelphia. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E40-453.  Encroachment. MapleMoor, Inc., 147 Hayfield Road, Shavertown, PA 18708-9748. To excavate in 0.84 acre of wetlands for the purpose of increasing the storage capacity of an existing irrigation pond serving the Huntsville Golf Course. The project is located on the east side of T-587, approximately 2,000 feet southwest of the intersection of T-587 and T-795 (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle N:  9.7 inches; W:  1.9 inches) in Lehman Township, Luzerne County. The permittee is required to provide 0.87 acre of replacement wetlands.

   E58-212.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To place fill in 0.27 acre of wetlands, to remove the existing superstructure and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge having a span of 76 feet and an underclearance of approximately 15 feet across Trowbridge Creek along the southbound lanes of Interstate 81. The bridge will also be widened by 14 feet to accommodate an acceleration lane for a proposed welcome center to be constructed in the 100-year floodplain of Trowbridge Creek. This project is located on the north side of Trowbridge Creek between S. R. 0081 and S. R. 0011 (Great Bend, PA Quadrangle N:  19.8 inches; W:  16.9 inches) in Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County. The permittee is required to provide 0.33 acre of replacement wetlands.

   Northcentral Region, Water Management--Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.

   E41-388.  Encroachment. Jersey Shore Borough, 232 Smith St., Jersey Shore, PA 17740. To construct and maintain approximately 731 cubic yards of fill in a manmade gully adjacent to the existing garage and office building of the Jersey Shore Borough Sewage treatment plant in the floodway fringe of the west branch of the Susquehanna River. The project is located at the north end of Pennsylvania Ave. (Jersey Shore, PA Quadrangle N:  14.9 inches; W:  0.6 inch) in Jersey Shore Borough, Lycoming County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E59-327.  Encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, PA 17754. To install and maintain streambed paving, partial jacketing on abutments, and a new deck slab on an existing bridge across Bailey Creek. The project is located on SR 1013 about 300 feet north of SR 1011 (Millerton, PA Quadrangle N:  4.5 inches; W:  14.8 inches) in Rutland Township, Tioga County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E06-482.  Encroachment. Parker R. Biery, P. O. Box 68, 1 Kukenbucher Road, Long Pond, PA 18334. To construct and maintain two golf cart bridges across an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek for the purpose of developing a 9-hole golf course and a 3-lot residential subdivision located on the west side of Walnut Road (T-742) about 1,500 feet north of its intersection with Hex Highway (SR 4028) (Auburn, PA Quadrangle N:  7.4 inches; W:  3.8 inches) in Tilden Township, Berks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E06-483.  Encroachment. Neill J. Dekker, Berks County, 1713 Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18103. To construct a temporary detour bridge across the channel of Maiden Creek at a point approximately 100 feet upstream of Route 143 (Hamburg, PA Quadrangle N:  4.5 inches; W:  0.1 inch) in Perry and Greenwich Townships, Berks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E21-248.  Encroachment. North Middleton Township, 211 North Middleton Road, Carlisle, PA 17013. To place fill material in 0.81 acre of wetland in order to construct the North Middleton Township Municipal Campus located along the right bank of Conodoguinet Creek downstream of PA 34 bridge (Carlisle, PA Quadrangle N:  20.5 inches; W:  7.5 inches) in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E21-255.  Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry District 1, ATTN:  Kenneth Swartz, District Forester, Cumberland County, 10099 Lincoln Way East, Fayetteville, PA 17222-9609. To realign approximately 64 feet of the channel of Reservoir Hollow located on the left side of Milesburn Road about 2.8 miles south of Cleversburg Village (Caledonia Park, PA Quadrangle N:  22.2 inches; W:  11.67 inches) in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E36-610.  Encroachment. Gary L. Grossman, 12 Fuhrman Road, Marietta, PA 17547. To construct and maintain two boulder retaining walls (total length of 220 L. F.) and place backfill material within the floodway of a tributary to the Conestoga River, to provide vehicular across from Blanche Place to the rear of six townhouses at Emerald Valley (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N:  3.7 inches; W:  9 inches) in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E50-180.  Encroachment. Juniata Township Supervisors, Robert Gabel, Perry County, R. D. 3 Box 65AA, Newport, PA 17074. To remove an existing twin culvert and to construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box culvert having a span of 7.0 feet and a rise of 4.0 feet in an unnamed tributary to Buffalo Creek for roadway maintenance purposes located on Frog Hollow Road (T-376) about 0.2 mile south of its intersection with SR 0849 (Ickesburg, PA Quadrangle N:  14.45 inches; W:  1.55 inches) in Juniata Township, Perry County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E67-572.  Encroachment. Daniel Petre and Ester C. Petre, Rt. 3 Box 3501, Seven Valleys, PA 17360. To place fill measuring approximately 190 feet by 10 feet by 3 feet deep in the floodway of a tributary to Codorus Creek to build a new dairy barn located on the south side of Wolfs Church Road (West York, PA Quadrangle N:  13.6 inches; W:  8.1 inches) in West Manchester Township, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.


Actions taken on applications filed under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.

   Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Water Supply and Community Health, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6130.

Permit Issued

   WA-23-275B.  Water allocation. City of Chester, Delaware County. The right to sell 6.0 million gallons per day, based on a 30-day average, from Chester Water Authority to Artesian Water Company.

   Type of Facility:  Water supply.

   Consulting Engineer:  Robert W. Naef, Chester Water Authority, P. O. Box 467, Chester, PA 19016.

   Permit Issued:  December 6, 1996.

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

   Permit No. 0996515.  Public water supply. Warwick Township Water and Sewer Authority, Thomas Courduff, 2242 York Road, Jamison, PA 18929. For the construction of the Windrush Storage Tank and Booster Pump Station in Warwick Township, Bucks County.

   Type of Facility:  Public water supply.

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

   Permit to Construct Issued:  December 5, 1996.

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