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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-838b

[27 Pa.B. 2561]

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INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAS)


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

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

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10F059Bureau of Abandoned Mine
   Reclamation
P. O. Box 149
Ebensburg, PA 15931
Snow Shoe Township
Centre County
Little Sandy Run
PAS101910Schrack Farm Partnership
R. R. 2, Box 68
Loganton, PA 17747-9612
Greene Township
Clinton County
Fishing Creek

   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
PAS10U062Country View Manor, Inc.
3220 Valley View Drive
Bath, PA 18014
Northampton
Moore Township
Monocacy Creek
PAS10S051Skytop Lodges, Inc.
One Skytop
Skytop, PA 18357
Monroe
Barrett Township
Leavitt Branch

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAR)


APPROVALS TO USE NPDES GENERAL PERMITS

   The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent (NOI) for Coverage under General NPDES Permits to discharge wastewater into the surface waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Department of Environmental Protection approves the following coverages under the specified General Permit. This approval is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring and reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the respective 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 applications and related documents, effluent limitations and special conditions, and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the contact office noted.

   List of NPDES General Permits issued by Department of Environmental Protection:

NPDES
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
Facility
Location
County andApplicant NameReceiving Stream orContact Office and
MunicipalityPermit No.and AddressBody of WaterTelephone No.
Luzerne County
Hanover Township
PAR702206Evans Asphalt Co. -- Plant No. 1
P. O. Box 1087
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
Solomon CreekNortheast Regional Office
Regional Water Management Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2554
Luzerne County
Dorrance Township
PAR702207Evans Asphalt Plant No. 2
Dorrance Plant
P. O. Box 1087
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
Balliet RunNortheast Regional Office
Regional Water Management Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2554
Luzerne County
Dorrance Township
PAR21221281 Concrete Inc.
125 N. Warren Street
West Hazleton, PA 18201
Balliet RunNortheast Regional Office
Regional Water Management Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2554
Lehigh County
Upper Macungie Township
PAR122212The Coca-Cola Company
One Coca-Cola Plaza
P. O. Box 1734
Atlanta, Georgia 30301
Iron Run CreekNortheast Regional Office
Regional Water Management Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2554
Schuylkill County
Pine Grove Borough
PAR132201Guilford Mills, Inc.
P. O. Box 26969
Greensboro, NC 27419-6969
Wideawake CreekNortheast Regional Office
Regional Water Management Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2554
Allegheny County
Hampton Township
PAG056104Exxon Company, USA
2567 University Avenue, Suite 5008
Morgantown, WV 26505
Unnamed tributary to
Crouse Run
(tributary to Pine Creek)
Southwest Regional Office:
Water Management Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Allegheny County
Plum Borough
PAG056105Exxon Company, USA
2567 University Avenue, Suite 5008
Morgantown, WV 26505
Plum CreekSouthwest Regional Office:
Water Management Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000

SAFE DRINKING WATER


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

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

Permits Issued:

   Permit No. 1195505.  Public water supply. Greater Johnstown Water Authority, P. O. Box 1287, Johnstown, PA 15907.
   Type of Facility: Mineral Point Well No. 1.
   Permit to Operate Issued: May 6, 1997.

   Permit No. 5688507.  Public water supply. John Bishop, Bishop's Mobile Home Park II, Hickory Hollow Road, Somerset, PA 15501.
   Type of Facility: Bishop's Mobile Home Court #2 Water Supply System.
   Permit to Operate Issued: May 6, 1997.

   Permit No. 6397501.  Public water supply. Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, 325 McKean Avenue, P. O. Box 211, Charleroi, PA 15022-0211.
   Type of Facility: Lover, Jonestown and Fallowfield Township Lover area waterlines.
   Permit to Construct Issued: May 5, 1997.

   Northwest Regional Office: Regional Environmental Protection Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   Permit No. 2597501.  Public water supply. Warner's Mobile Home Park, Inc., 12180 Route 6, Corry, PA 16407-8977. A permit has been issued for the drilling of three new wells, iron removal treatment along with sequestering and disinfection system; a 2,500 gallon storage tank; two 300 gallon detention tanks; two booster pumps and pneumatic tanks in Wayne Township, Erie County.
   Type of Facility: Community Water Supply
   Consulting Engineer: William E. Dunagan, P. E., 1176 E. Gore Rd., Erie, PA 16504
   Permit to Construct Issued: May 5, 1997

LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Under Act 2, 1995

Preamble 3

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

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

   For further information concerning the final report, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice of receipt of a final report appears. If information concerning a final report is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

   The Department has received the following final report:

   Southcentral Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.

   Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Distribution Pole 23587S32818, Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County. Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.

   Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-5950.

   Benson East Apartment Facility, Jenkintown Borough, Montgomery County. Derek J. Pinkham, 1350 Route 130 South, Burlington, NJ 08016, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet Statewide health standards.

SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE

OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE


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

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

   Permit No. 603285.  Martin Greenleaf Farm, Bio Gro Division, (180 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 305, Annapolis, MD 21401). Application for modification to add additional acreage to a site in Colerian Township, Lancaster County. Permit issued in the Regional Office May 6, 1997.

   Permit No. 400592.  Lancaster County Resource Recovery Facility, Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (P. O. Box 4425, Lancaster, PA 17604). Application for major modification including Form S, Form R, increase of waste storage in a pit and direct injection system. Permit issued in the Regional Office May 6, 1997.

   Regional Office: Northeast Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2516.

   Permit I. D. No. 602432.  State Correctional Institute at Dallas, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598. A Permit Issuance for the agricultural utilization of sewage sludge at this facility, located in Jackson Township, Luzerne County. The permit was issued in the Regional Office on May 1, 1997.

AIR POLLUTION

OPERATING PERMITS

Construct, modify or activate air contaminant sources

25 Pa. Code § 129.1


Operating Permits 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.

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

   The Department has issued the following Air Quality Operating Permits for the operation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 40-018C
   Source: Flexible Packaging Manufacturing
   Company: Union Camp Corporation
   Location: Hazle Township
   County: Luzerne

   Permit: 48-004
   Source: Kiln/Roller Mill/Clinker Cooler
   Company: Essroc Cement Corporation
   Location: Lower Nazareth Township
   County: Northampton

   Permit: 48-006
   Source: Power Plant
   Company: Metropolitan Edison Company
   Location: Upper Mt. Bethel Township
   County: Northampton

   Permit: 54-305-011A
   Source: Coal Refuse Prep w/Spray and Baghouse
   Company: Schuylkill Energy Resources
   Location: Mahanoy Township
   County: Schuylkill

   Permit: 54-310-009A
   Source: Portable Rock Crusher/Screen Plt.
   Company: Huss Contracting Company
   Location: West Penn Township
   County: Schuylkill

   Permit: 54-313-080
   Source: Coextrude/Corona TMT w/Ozone Dest
   Company: Allied-Signal Incorporated
   Location: Pottsville
   County: Schuylkill

   Regional Office: Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   General Plan Approval and Operating Permit No. BAQ-GPA/GP-1 for small combustion units was issued to the following:

   Permit: 15-302-086GP
   Source: Small Combustion Unit
   Issued: April 21, 1997
   Company: Southeastern PA Veterans Center
   Location: East Vincent
   County: Chester

   The Department has issued the following air quality operating permits for the operation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.

   Permit: 46-301-268
   Source: Hospital Waste Incinerator
   Issued: April 17, 1997
   Company: North Penn Hospital
   Location: Hatfield
   County: Montgomery

PLAN APPROVALS


Plan Approvals issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4005) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources or air cleaning devices.

   Regional Office: Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   01-303-008:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Valley Quarries, Inc. (P. O. Box J, Chambersburg, PA 17201) for the construction of a batch asphalt plant controlled by a fabric filter and a cyclone at their Gettysburg Quarry in Cumberland Township, Adams County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart I, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   06-3015:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Construction Fasteners, Inc. (P. O. Box 6326, Wyomissing, PA 19610) for the construction of an electrostatic deposition coating line at their Exeter Plant in Exeter Township, Berks County.

   06-313-006C:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Morton International (P. O. Box 15209, Reading, PA 19612) for the construction of a weigh-up area with fabric collector at their Glenside Plant in Reading, Berks County.

   06-319-046B:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to General Battery Corporation (P. O. Box 14294, Reading, PA 19612-4294) for the installation of a raw material storage building with fabric collector at their Reading Smelter plant in Laureldale, Berks County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 63, Subpart X, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.

   06-319-077B:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to General Battery Corporation (P. O. Box 13995, Reading, PA 19612-3995) for the construction of a coating operation with two wet scrubbers at their SLI plant in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County. The sources are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   07-308-003C:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Fry Metals, Inc. (4100 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602) for the construction of a refining and dross treatment operation controlled by a post-combustion settling chamber in series with a MAC Environmental fabric filter in Altoona, Blair County.

   21-318-002B:  On May 9, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to L. B. Smith, Inc. (2001 State Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011) for the construction of three spray booths controlled by dry filters in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County.

   29-302-028:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Mellott Wood Preserving Company (P. O. Box 209, Needmore, PA 17238) for the installation of a wood-fired boiler at their Sawmill Road facility in Belfast Township, Fulton County.

   Regional Office:  Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   67-303-006D:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to York Building Products Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 1708, York, PA 17405) for the installation of a fabric collector on an existing batch asphalt plant at their Roosevelt Avenue Quarry in West Manchester Township, York County.

   67-303-011A:  On May 5, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Highway Materials, Inc. (1750 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0465) for the installation of a fabric collector on an existing batch asphalt plant at their County Line Quarry, Plant No. 4, in Hellam Township, York County.

   67-313-027:  On May 9, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to P. H. Glatfelter Company (228 South Main Street, Spring Grove, PA 17362) for the construction of a precipitated calcium carbonate plant and PCC lime storage and handling system controlled by a fabric collector in Spring Grove Borough, York County.

   67-318-121:  On May 6, 1997, the Department issued a Plan Approval to Tate Access Floors, Inc. (P. O. Box 398, Red Lion, PA 17356) for the installation of three adhesive spray lines (uncontrolled) in Windsor Township, York County.

   Regional Office:  Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   49-313-035K. On April 1, 1997, plan approval was issued to Merck & Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 600, Danville, PA 17821) for the construction, modification and installation of an air cleaning device (a condenser) on various pharmaceutical process vessels in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County.

   47-310-002B. On April 8, 1997, plan approval was issued to Royer's Lime Quarries (R. R. 2, Box 420, Milton, PA 17847) for the construction of stone crushing and conveying equipment and associated air cleaning device (a water spray dust suppression system) in Limestone Township, Montour County. Some of the equipment is subject to Subpart 000 of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   14-313-035. On April 18, 1997, plan approval was issued to Ruetgers-Nease Corporation (201 Struble Road, State College, PA 16801) for the modification of a chemical process facility to manufacture a new product, MMPDC Intermediate, in College Township, Centre County.

   19-302-030. On April 29, 1997, plan approval was issued to Blue Falcon Forge, Inc. (P. O. Box 188, Berwick, PA 18603) for the construction of a natural gas/#2 oil-fired boiler in Berwick Borough, Columbia County.

   OP-14-0001A. On April 30, 1997, plan approval was issued to Con-Lime, Inc. (P. O. Box 118, Bellefonte, PA 16823) for the construction of a lime kiln fabric collector dust loadout spout and associated air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Benner Township, Centre County.

   PA-49-0001. On April 30, 1997, a revised RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology) plan approval was issued to Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. (P. O. Box 112, Northumberland, PA 17857) for the construction of a wood door prefinish line in Point Township, Northumberland County.

   Regional Office:  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:  13-302-020
Source:  1500HP Johnston Boiler (#60IL)
Issued:  April 16, 1997
Company:  Consolidated Cigar Corporation
Location:  Banks Township
County:  Carbon

   Permit:  48-309-084A
Source:  Clinker Operations w/8 baghouses
Issued:  April 30, 1997
Company:  Hercules Cement Company
Location:  Stockertown Borough
County:  Northampton

   Permit:  48-309-098
Source:  Finish Cement Silos w/3 baghouses
Issued:  April 21, 1997
Company:  Keystone Portland Cement Company
Location:  East Allen Township
County:  Northampton

   Permit:  48-318-127
Source:  Door prefinish & finish lines
Issued:  April 28, 1997
Company:  Lifetime Doors Incorporated
Location:  Forks Township
County:  Northampton

   Southeast Regional Office:  Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   The Department has issued the following air quality plan approvals for the specified companies described below:

   Permit:  23-312-208
Source:  LPG Recovery Unit
Issued:  April 18, 1997
Company:  Tosco Refining/Tosco Corp.
Location:  Trainer
County:  Delaware

   Permit:  23-329-001A
Source:  Six Stationary Diesel Engines
Issued:  April 18, 1997
Company:  Sun Refining & Marketing
Location:  Marcus Hook
County:  Delaware

   Permit:  09-320-044
Source:  3 Web Offset Presses
Issued:  April 18, 1997
Company:  Moore Business Forms
Location:  Richland
County:  Bucks

   Permit:  46-313-093B
Source:  Chemical Development Facility
Issued:  April 21, 1997
Company:  SmithKline Beecham Research
Location:  Upper Providence
County:  Montgomery

   Permit:  46-313-093C
Source:  Hydrogenation Facility
Issued:  April 25, 1997
Company:  SmithKline Beecham Research
Location:  Upper Providence
County:  Montgomery

   Permit:  15-320-023
Source:  Flexographic Printing Press
Issued:  April 25, 1997
Company:  Dopaco, Inc.
Location:  Downingtown
County:  Chester

   Permit:  09-320-047
Source:  Graphic Art Line No. 2
Issued:  April 25, 1997
Company:  Specialty Paperboard/Endura, Inc.
Location:  Quakertown
County:  Bucks

   Permit:  15-303-012
Source:  Drum Mix Asphalt Plant
Issued:  May 5, 1997
Company:  Great Valley Materials/Div. Allan A. Mayers, Inc.
Location:  Charlestown
County:  Chester

REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

(RACT)


Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an operating permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonable Available Control Technology

   Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   The Department has issued the following air quality operating permits for the operation of the air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies:

   Permit:  OP-46-0025
Source:  NOx & VOC Sources
Issued:  April 22, 1997
Company:  Lonza, Inc.
Location:  Upper Merion
County:  Montgomery

   Permit:  OP-15-0018
Source:  Synthetic NOx & VOC Facility
Issued:  May 2, 1997
Company:  Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Inc.
Location:  East Whiteland
County:  Chester

   Permit:  OP-15-0034
Source:  NOx Sources
Issued:  May 2, 1997
Company:  Sanofi Winthrop, Inc.
Location:  East Whiteland
County:  Chester

MINING

CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES

MINING ACTIVITY ACTIONS

   Actions on applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.31); 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. §§ 4401--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).

   McMurray District Office, 3913 Washington Rd., McMurray, PA 15317.

Coal Mining Permits Issued:

56831601. Reitz Coal Company (509-15th Street, Windber, PA 15963), to renew the permit for the Reitz No. 11 preparation plant in Shade Township, Somerset County and relate NPDES permit, no additional discharge. Permit issued May 9, 1997.

32921302. Helvetia Coal Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Marshall Run bituminous deep mine in Young Township, Indiana County to add permit and subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharge. Permit issued May 9, 1997.

32743710. Helvetia Coal Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Helvetia Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 in Center Township, Indiana County to add disposal area and an NPDES discharge point, receiving stream unnamed trib. to Blacklick Creek. Permit issued May 8, 1997.

32841307. Tanoma Coal Company, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 594, Marion Center, PA 15759), to revise the permit for the Tanoma bituminous deep mine in Rayne Township, Indiana County for E-2 seal borehole and Main E bleeder borehole, no additional discharge. Permit issued May 2, 1997.

56911302. Rox Coal, Inc. (P. O. Box 149, Friedens, PA 15541), to revise the permit for the Long T bituminous deep mine in Stoneycreek Township, Somerset County to add new treatment ponds and relocate hydraulic barrier, no additional discharge. Permit issued May 9, 1997.

30871301. Genesis, Inc. dba, Meadow Run Genesis, Inc. (P. O. Box 317, Stoystown, PA 15563), to revise the permit for the Meadow Run bituminous deep mine in Dunkard Township, Greene County to add 114 permit and subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharge. Permit issued May 9, 1997.

ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401:  FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS

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

   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, telephone (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, telephone (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, telephone (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)). (Note:  Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)

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

   E01-173. Encroachment. Craig A. Hartley, 2558 Old Route 30, Orrtanna, PA 17353. To construct and maintain two 48-inch diameter squash pipes -20 feet long in Marsh Creek for a private drive located 1.5 miles west of Cashtown on SR 0030, 0.5 mile southwest of an existing drive at 2558 Old Route 30 (Caledonia Park, PA Quadrangle N:  2.75 inches; W:  4.0 inches) in Franklin Township, Adams County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E05-240. Encroachment. DCNR Bureau of Forestry District 2, 400 Rachel Carson Bldg, 8th Fl., Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 14-foot × 6-foot concrete box culvert along Cove Creek on Wertz Road located about 1.1 miles northwest of Blankley Picnic Area in Buchanan State Forest Beans Cove, PA Quadrangle N:  22.4 inches; W:  8.2 inches) in Colerain Township, Bedford County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E06-488. Encroachment. Blase L. Gavlick, Foundation for the Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Road, Reading, PA 19611-1412. To construct a parking area within the floodway of Wyomissing Creek at a point at Museum Road and Parkside Drive South (Reading, PA Quadrangle N:  14.1 inches; W:  10.7 inches) in Reading City, Berks County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E21-259. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, John Rautzahn, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast reinforced concrete box culvert having a centerline span of 20 feet 8.5 inches on 75 degrees skew with a minimum underclearance of 3 feet, 6 inches along Alexanders Spring Creek on SR 0641, Section 003, Segment 0404, Offset 1653 located about 3.2 miles west of Carlisle (Carlisle, PA Quadrangle N:  13.95 inches; W:  17.35 inches) in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E22-360. Encroachment. Middletown Borough Authority, Peter Pappas, 60 W. Emaus Street, Middletown, PA 17057. To construct a well building and treatment facilities in the floodplain of Swatara Creek at a point along Hoffer Street (Middletown, PA Quadrangle N:  14.5 inches; W:  13.1 inches) in Middletown Borough, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E50-181. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, John Rautzahn, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To maintain a bridge having a clear span of 32 feet and an underclearance of 8.5 feet across the channel of Horse Valley Run, constructed under Emergency Permit EP 50-96-07, at a point at SR 3002-001, Segment 0130. (Blair, PA Quadrangle N:  16.72 inches; W:  13.38 inches) in Toboyne Township, Perry County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E14-301. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation, 1924-30 Daisy St., Clearfield, PA 16830. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span composite prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge with a clean span of 50.0 feet and minimum underclearance of 5.0 feet on a 76-degree skew on Spring Creek on SR 3012, approximately 1,800 feet west of the roadway intersection of SR 3012 and SR 3011 (State College, PA Quadrangle N:  13.0 inches; W:  11.5 inches) in College Township, Centre County.

   E19-162. Encroachment. Merritt Rimshaw, 105 St. Johns Dr., Drifton, PA 18221. To construct and maintain a low flow culvert crossing for a private driveway consisting of three 66 inch diameter concrete pipes with a length of 32 feet in Scotch Run. The project is located next to an old railroad grade about 2,500 feet northeast of Mifflin Cross Roads (Shuman, PA Quadrangle N:  18.25 inches; W:  8.25 inches) in Beaver Township, Columbia County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E14-397. Encroachment. Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 29, Montoursville, PA 17754. To construct and maintain two wastewater pump stations in the floodplain of the West Branch Susquehanna River. One station is a submersible type and the other station is a suction lift type housed in a masonry building. The project is located just north of the Conrail tracks at Mill Street and the eastern Montoursville Borough boundary (Montoursville South, PA Quadrangle N:  22.3 inches; W:  7.3 inches) in Montoursville Borough and Fairfield Township, Lycoming County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E53-297. Encroachment. John H. Brown, P. O. Box 268, Roulette, PA 16746. To maintain a 1.1 acre open water area excavated in a Palustrine Emergent/Palustrine Scrub Shrub wetland, to construct and maintain a 0.39 acre palustrine emergent bench around the open water area. To construct and maintain a 2.2 acre wetland mitigation area and to excavate a 1,400 square foot channel connecting an existing pond with the open water area. The site is located at approximately 0.25 mile east of Hester Avenue T-507 (Roulette, PA Quadrangle N:  4.4 inches; W:  3.3 inches) in Roulette Township, Potter County.

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

   E35-273. Encroachment. Gouldsboro-Wayne Peat Humus Company, R. R. 1, Box 1587A, Gouldsboro, PA 18424. To operate and maintain an existing peat mining operation in 23.5 acres of wetlands. The project is located, within the area locally known as the Wildcat Swamp, approximately 1.7 miles northeast of the intersection of S. R. 2013 and S. R. 0435 (Sterling, PA Quadrangle N:  3.8 inches; W:  14.7 inches) in Covington Township, Lackawanna County. This permittee is required to provide 44 acres of wetland in accordance with the Wetland Restoration Plan.

   E35-278. Encroachment. Laminations, Inc., 1300 Meylert Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509-2021. To construct and maintain approximately 360 linear feet of channel change consisting of trapezoidal channel having a bottom width of 8 feet with 1.5 H:  1.0 V side slopes and R4 riprap channel lining to relocate a portion of Meadow Brook. The project is located approximately 0.1 mile upstream of the confluence of Meadow Brook and Lackawanna River (Scranton, PA Quadrangle N:  9.3 inches; W:  4.6 inches) in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County.

   E39-332. Encroachment. Cedar Fair, L. P. Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom, 3830 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104. To construct and maintain a roller coaster on a 54 degree skew across Cedar Creek consisting of an outbound track having a total span of 158 feet and an approximate underclearance of 14.0 feet, a return track having a span of 166 feet and an approximate underclearance of 65 feet and 10 associated columns within the floodway. The project is located within Dorney Park approximately 0.66 mile northeast of the intersection of S. R. 0309 and S. R. 0222 (Allentown West, PA Quadrangle N:  14.7 inches; W:  4.85 inches) in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

   E48-242. Encroachment. Borough of Northampton, 1401 Laubach Avenue, Northampton, PA 18067. To construct and maintain a single-span box beam bridge having a span of 90 feet and an underclearance of approximately 9 feet across Hokendauqua Creek. This project will provide emergency vehicles with a secondary access into the Borough and is located at the end of Lerchenmiller Drive, 400 feet south of Smith Street, (Catasauqua PA Quadrangle N:  10.5 inches; W:  15.9 inches) in the Borough of Northampton, Northampton County.

   E64-178. Encroachment. Anthony V. Herzog and Jane H. McNulty, 200 Delaware Avenue, Honesdale, PA 18431. To place fill in de minimus areas of wetland less than or equal to 0.05 acre to develop the property for a commercial building and parking lot. This project is located on the east side of S. R. 0191, 0.7 mile south of S. R. 3033 (Honesdale, PA Quadrangle N:  5.3 inches; W:  1.5 inches) in Cherry Ridge Township, Wayne County.

   EA39-002NE. Encroachment. City of Allentown, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1699. To remove an abandoned 6-span bridge (former Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge) having a total span of 220 feet with an underclearance of approximately 10 feet across Jordan Creek. The project is located approximately 750 feet upstream of the intersection of Linden Street and Jordan Creek (Allentown East, Pa Quadrangle N:  19.5 inches; W:  11.5 inches) in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County.

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

   E46-763. Encroachment Permit. Lower Providence Township, 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403. To impact 160 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Yerkes Creek (TSF) and a deminimus amount of adjacent wetland (PFO) associated with the roadway widening of Meadow Road (T-555) and the proposed roadway serving the Runnymead Phase II residential subdivision. The project includes the following activities.

   1.  To remove two existing culvert endwalls.

   2.  To install 20 linear feet of 48-inch by 68-inch CMP culvert which is used to extend upstream an existing roadway culvert. Also to install two additional 70-foot long, 48-inch diameter RCP culverts adjacent to the existing roadway culvert and to construct a common endwalls adjoining the three pipe structures.

   3.  To construct 70 linear feet of stream channel relocation upstream of the proposed culvert, and to place fill in 90 linear feet of original stream channel and adjacent wetland.

   4.  To install a stormwater outfall structure within the assumed 100-year floodway of Yerkes Creek.

   5.  To place approximately 110 linear feet of gabion wall protection along the realigned stream channel

   The project is located 200 feet west of the intersection of Landis Mill Road (T-320) and Meadow Road (Collegeville, PA Quadrangle N:  8.0 inches; W:  10.9 inches), in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County.

   E09-726. Encroachment Permit. Lower Makefield Township, 1100 Edgewood Road, Yardley, PA 19067. To remove an existing 36-inch CMP culvert which conveys Core Creek (CWF) under Woodside Road, and to install 42 linear feet of twin cell box culvert as a replacement structure. The western cell will be 12.5 feet wide by 4.25 feet high, and the eastern cell will be 12.5 feet wide by 5.25 feet high. The project will include the construction of modified roadway approach fills and an 8-foot wide bike path impacting 0.15 acre of wetland (PFO). Also included is the construction of 258 linear feet of modified stream channel to serve as transitions to and from the proposed structure. The applicant has met the wetland replacement requirement by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project. The site is located 1000 feet east of the intersection of Lindenhurst and Woodside Road (Lambertville, PA Quadrangle N:  0.7 inch; W:  2.5 inches) in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County.

   E15-329. Encroachment Permit. PA Department of Transportation, 200 Radnor-Chester Road, St. Davids, PA 19087-5178. To reissue Permit No. E15-329 which authorized you to remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a bridge having a clear span of 48.5 feet on a 60° skew with an underclearance of 8.9 feet across Hodgson Run at Station 119+89 on S. R. 3005 (L. R. 15015), Segment 0020, Offset 1560 (West Grove, PA-DEL Quadrangle N:  0.45 inch; W:  16.9 inches), in New London Township, Chester County.

   E15-535. Encroachment Permit. QVC Realty, Inc., 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380-4251. To operate and maintain an existing bridge and to place and maintain fill in a deminimus amount of wetlands (PEM) in the floodplain of the East Branch of Chester Creek (TSF) for the purpose of widening and paving an existing service road to provide access to QVC Headquarters' Studio Park Office Complex employee parking lot located along North Five Points Road (West Chester, PA Quadrangle N:  20.5 inches; W:  12.4 inches) in West Goshen Township, Chester County.


SPECIAL NOTICES

Extended Submission Date for County Recycling Coordinator Grant Applications under the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act

   The Department of Environmental Protection announces an extension of the deadline for 1996 County Recycling Coordinator Grant applications under section 903 of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (Act 101) (53 P. S. § 4000.903). The application submission deadline has been extended to 3 p.m., June 30, 1997. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Applications must be on forms provided by the Department. All grant awards will be predicated on the receipt of recycling fees required by section 701 of Act 101 and the availability of moneys in the Recycling Fund. Grant funds may not exceed 50% of the approved cost of the county recycling coordinator's salary and expenses incurred on or after January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996.

   Inquiries concerning this notice should be directed to Evelyn D'Elia, Recycling and Markets Section, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.


Availability Of Final General Permits Nos. PAG-7, PAG-8 and PAG-9 For Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge and Residential Septage By Land Application

   The Department of Environmental Protection announces the availability of final General Permits (PAG-7, PAG-8 and PAG-9) for Beneficial Uses of Sewage Sludge and Residential Septage By Land Application for use by generators and septage haulers. A notice of the draft general permits was published by the Department on January 25, 1997 in the Pennsyvania Bulletin at 27 Pa.B. 482. The notice provided 30 days for submittal of public comments. Several commentators requested additional time to review the permits and related documents. In response to the request, a notice was published on March 8, 1997 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at 27 Pa.B. 1177 that extended the comment period to March 28, 1997.

   A total of 40 commentators submitted 250 written comments. The comments ranged from comments on the implementing regulations to comments on the proposed general permits and related draft documents. A comment and response (C&R) document has been prepared which summarizes comments received and the Department's responses to the comments. The final general permits being made available today reflect the responses contained in the C&R document.

   Copies of the final general permits, the Notice of Intent (NOI) application form and instructions to complete and submit the NOI and the C&R document are now available. These documents may be obtained by contacting the Department's Water Management field offices or by contacting Mary A. Miller, Bureau of Water Quality Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, Pa 17105-8774, (717) 787-8184. In the near future, these documents should be available through the Department's World Wide Web site on the Internet which can be accessed at http://www.dep.state.pa.us. Select Bureau of Water Quality Protection, then Division of Wastewater Management.


Registered and Certified Emission Reduction Credits

   The following emission reduction credits (ERCs) have been approved, registered and certified by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ERCs are surplus, permanent, quantified and Federally enforceable emission reductions used to offset emission increases of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the following criteria pollutants:  carbon monoxide (CO), lead (Pb), oxides of sulfur (SOx), particulate matter (PM), PM-10 and PM-10 precursors. The certified NOx and VOCs credits shown below, expressed in tons per year (tpy), satisfy the applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.206--127.209.

   For additional information concerning this listing of certified ERCs, contact Virendra Trivedi, Bureau of Air Quality, Division of Permits, Department of Environmental Protection, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-4325.

Facility informationCriteriaCertified ERCsExpiration dateIntended use of
Pollutant oramountERCs
Precursor(tpd)
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Source Location:  Lancaster
County: Lancaster
Ozone nonattainment status:  Moderate
Contact Person:  David A. York
Telephone Number:  (717) 293-2056
VOCs15Internal Use and Trading
DMi Furniture, Inc.
Source Location:  Gettysburg
County:  Adams
Ozone nonattainment status:  Moderate
Contact Person:  John Rothgerber
Telephone Number:  (812) 367-1020
VOCs85.212/1/2005Trading
Mercersburg Tanning Company
Source Location:  Mercersburg
County:  Franklin
Ozone nonattainment status:  Moderate
Contact Person:  David W. Warne
Telephone Number:  (717) 765-0746
VOCs2010/1/2004Trading
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-838. Filed for public inspection May 23, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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