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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-881c

[27 Pa.B. 2653]

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ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401:  FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS


Dams, Encroachments and Environmental
Assessments

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

   Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street, Floor 2, 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 at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a).

(Note:  Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description).

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications

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

   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 wigwalls 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. 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, (717) 657-4590.

   E01-171. Encroachment. Middle Creek Bible Conference, Inc., Elizabeth Crowley, P. O. Box 1, Cascade, MD 21719. To place fill in a de minimis area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre for the purpose of providing an emergency access drive for the proposed Middle Creek Conference and Retreat Center located north of the intersection of Water Street and Station Road in Freedom and Liberty Townships, Adams County. (Fairfield, PA Quadrangle N:  2.0 inches; W:  10.0 inches). This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E01-176. Encroachment. John Rautzahn, PA Dept. of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove a structure and to construct and maintain a precast concrete box culvert with a normal span of 20 feet and a minimum underclearance of 4 feet and to fill a de minimis area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.01 acre associated with this bridge located over an unnamed tributary to Tom's Creek on SR 0116, Segment 0040, Offset 1686 (Iron Springs, PA Quadrangle N:  1.85 inches; W:  0.85 inch) in Carroll Valley Borough, Adams County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E05-241. Encroachment. Ken Burket, R. D. 2, Box 347, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To maintain three barrels of 48-inch diameter corrugated galvanized steel pipes across an unnamed tributary to Raystown Branch Juniata River (locally called Todd Run) to provide continued access to the Burket and Charles Mackall, Jr., properties located about 1,300 feet north of the PA 56 and US 30 intersections (Bedford, PA Quadrangle N:  9.2 inches; W:  7.3 inches) in Bedford Township, Bedford County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E07-266. Encroachment. Lloyd Gummo, R. R. 7, Box 592, Altoona, PA 16601. To remove two 4-foot diameter culverts and to construct and maintain a box culvert having a span of 11.0 feet and a rise of 5.0 feet in an unnamed tributary of the Little Juniata River to provide access to private property. (Bellwood, PA Quadrangle N:  16.0 inches; W:  10.2 inches) in Aris Township, Blair County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E31-135. Encroachment. US Army Corps of Engineers, Raystown Lake, Dwight Beall, R. D. 1, Box 222, Hesston, PA 16647. To construct and maintain five 1.5 foot diameter culverts in the channel of Tatman Run to create a foot bridge crossing located in the Tatman Run Access Area at Lake Raystown Dam (Entriken, PA Quadrangle N:  10.25 inches; W:  10.75 inches) in Lincoln Township, Huntingdon County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT


ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT APPROVALS AND ACTIONS ON 401 CERTIFICATION

   Central Office:  Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.

   EA46-026CO. Environmental Assessment. Gene Yerger (314 Main Street, Collegeville, PA 19426). To construct and maintain a nonjurisdictional dam (Basin A) in the watershed of a Tributary to Perkiomen Creek (TSF) impacting approximately 0.19 acre of wetlands (PFO) for the purpose of stormwater management at the proposed Salford Knoll subdivision located approximately 600 feet southeast of the intersection of Salford Station Road (S. R. 1024) and Fulmer Road (T-359) (Perkiomenville, PA Quadrangle N:  7.1 inches; W:  13.2 inches) in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County. The applicant has made a contribution to the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project as compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts.

WATER ALLOCATIONS


Actions taken on application 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 this Commonwealth.

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

   WA 26-846B. Water Allocation. Pleasant Valley Water Authority, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The right to purchase a maximum of 50,000 gallons per day of water from the Indiana Creek Valley Water Authority, Fayette County, PA. Permit issued on May 13, 1997.

SPECIAL NOTICES


Additional planning grant eligibility under the
Municipal Waste Planning Recycling and Waste Reduction Act

   The Department of Environmental Protection announces that eligibility for grants under section 901 of Act 101 has been expanded to include activities of Chapter 2 of Act 190 of 1996 as prescribed by that chapter. The application period will continue to be open with no deadline date. Eligible applicants will continue to be counties. The limit set by Act 101 of no more than 10% of the section 901 budget for any fiscal year for any county will continue to be in force, with Act 190 activities being part of that 10%.

   All grant awards are predicated on the receipt of recycling fees required by sections 701 and 702 of Act 101 and the availability of monies in the Recycling Fund.

   Inquiries regarding the grant offerings should be directed to Sally Lohman, Planning 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. Application forms may be obtained from the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinator as listed below.


901 Grant Eligibility Under Act 190 of 1996

   Act 190, Chapter 2 provides grants for educational programs on pollution prevention, technical assistance to small businesses for pollution prevention, and educational programs for Household Hazardous Waste.

   Pollution prevention and source reduction techniques are those that reduce pollution forming in the first place and lessen transfers between air, water and land.

   Educational and technical assistance programs focusing on Small Business Pollution Prevention may include tasks directed toward source reduction techniques, energy conservation, waste minimization, reduction in the toxicity of wastes generated, beneficial use, reuse, recycling or reclamation.

   A Small Business is defined as a business with 100 or fewer employes or a political subdivision.

   Household Hazardous Waste educational programs should be directed toward wastes which would be chemically or physically classified as a hazardous waste but are excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under the regulation of the Department of Environmental Protection because it is generated by a household.

Fundable TasksNon-Fundable Tasks
1.  Costs incurred by a county by contract with another sponsor or other person selected by the county to develop educational and technical assistance programs.1.  The acquisition of equipment of any type and other capital expenditures.
2.  Tasks associated with the gathering of information for subsequent inclusion into educational materials such as brochures, posters, fact sheets, training programs and the like.2.  Any task that fails to produce a measurable end product.
3.  Tasks associated with the gathering of information, developing, printing and distributing eligible pollution prevention and household hazardous waste educational materials.3.  Tasks associated with the production of a grant application, or with the production of the audit report required by the grant contract.
4.  Tasks associated with conducting training, conferences, teleconferences, and the like which result in educational and technical assistance directed toward Small business Pollution Prevention or Household Hazardous Wastes.4.  Tasks associated with the collection of household hazardous wastes.
5.  Tasks associated with the distribution of materials, and co-sponsorship of educational and technical assistance programs in conjunction with DEP staff.

Regional Planning and Recycling Coordinators

CoordinatorCounties
Calvin Ligons
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
Lee Park, Suite 6010
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6212
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery,
Philadelphia
Chris Fritz
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-5425
Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming
Belinda May
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4588
Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, York
Ron Somers
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
208 West Third Street, Suite 101
Williamsport, PA 17701
(717) 327-3653
Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union
Sharon Svitek
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 442-4125
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland
Guy McUmber
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management
230 Chestnut Street
Meadville, PA 16335-3481
(814) 332-6848
Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango, Warren
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-881. Filed for public inspection May 30, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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