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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-2086a

[27 Pa.B. 6828]

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LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Under Act 2, 1995

Preamble 2


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Department's Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment 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 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

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

   Golden Triangle Shopping Center, Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Triangle Center Associates, c/o Brentway Management, 44 South Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, NY 11050 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site groundwater contaminated with heavy metals, BTEX and PAHs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Lancaster New Era and Lancaster Intelligencer Journal during the week of December 8, 1997.

   Former Hamburg Coal Gas Plant Site, Hamburg Borough, Berks County. GPU Energy, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with PAHs. The applicant proposed to remediate the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Reading Eagle Times on November 28, 1997.

   Southwest Field Office: John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-5217.

   Dyno Mobile, Inc., Borough of Donora, Washington County. Dyno Mobile, Inc., 11th floor, Crossroads Tower, Salt Lake City, UT 84144 and Martha Fleming, Environmental Strategies Corporation, 4 Penn Center West, Suite 315, Pittsburgh, PA 15276 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with ammonia nitrate. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Valley Independent on September 30, 1997.

   Mobile Oil Corporation, Terminal 37-003, McKees Rocks Borough, Allegheny County. Charles Kominas, Mobile Oil Corporation, 10617 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with PAHs, PHCs, lead, heavy metal and BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on October 4, 1997.

SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE

RESIDUAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES


Applications submitted under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.

   Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   A.  101661.  Eagle Enterprises Municipal Transfer Facility, Eagle Terminal, 7777 State Road, Philadelphia, PA 19136. On December 8, 1997 the Southeast Regional Office received a new application from the above facility located in the City of Philadelphia.

OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE


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

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

   A.  300808.  Boose Aluminum Landfill, Boose Aluminum Foundry, (77 North Reamstown Road, P. O. Box 261, Reamstown, PA 17567). Application for closure of a residual waste landfill in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office December 5, 1997.

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

   I. D. No. WMGR038.  Magnum Industries, Inc., Box 622, Spangler, PA 15775. Operation of a waste tire processing facility to process passenger car tires into tirechips for use as feedstock in the manufacturing of consumer products. Registration completed on December 9, 1997.

AIR POLLUTION

OPERATING PERMITS


Operating Permit applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4587.

   06-302-141D:  Sunsweet Growers, Inc. (P. O. Box 608, Fleetwood, PA 19522) for the operation of three boilers in Fleetwood, Berks County. Two boilers are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Dc, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   06-309-001B:  Glen-Gery Corporation (P. O. Box 340, Shoemakersville, PA 19555) for a brick manufacturing facility controlled by one cyclone and eight fabric collectors in Perry Township, Berks County.

   06-319-077C:  General Battery Corporation (P. O. Box 13995, Reading, PA 19612-3995) for two lead pots controlled by a wet scrubber in Laureldale, Berks County.

   21-320-010A:  Fry Communications, Inc. (800 West Church Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055) for five lithographic printing presses controlled by two catalytic incinerators at Plant No. 2, Building No. 3 in Mechanicsburg Borough, Cumberland County.

   36-310-006A:  Binkley and Ober, Inc. (P. O. Box, Petersburg, PA 17520) for the installation of a primary jaw crusher controlled by a wet suppression system in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.

   36-317-221:  Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. (113 West Harrisburg Avenue, Rheems, PA 17507) for the Pellet Mill Cooler controlled by a cyclone located in Mount Joy Borough, Lancaster County.

   36-323-004A:  Ross Engineering Company (104 North Maple Avenue, Leola, PA 17540) for sandblasting operation controlled by a fabric collector located in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.

   38-323-006:  Aluminum Company of America (3000 State Drive, Lebanon, PA 17042) for the Refractory Machining/Fabrication System controlled by a fabric filter located in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County.

   67-304-035A:  American Colloid Company (600 Lincoln Street, York, PA 17404) for a Additrol Blending Facility/Coal Mill System controlled by a fabric collector located in York City, York County.

   67-310-004D:  Medusa Minerals Company (P. O. Box 220, Thomasville, PA 17364) for the operation of a limestone crushing/grinding plant in Jackson Township, York County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   67-310-018I:  Global Stone PenRoc, Inc. (P. O. Box 1967, York, PA 17405-1967) for the operation of the Roosevelt Avenue Whiting Plant in West Manchester Township, York County. This source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   Northcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 200 Pine Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.

   49-320-001:  Celotex Corporation (P. O. Box 267, Sunbury, PA 17801) for the operation of an offset fiberboard printing press in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County.

   OP-49-0002A:  Foster Wheeler Mt. Carmel, Inc. (P. O. Box 490-D, Marion Heights, PA 17832-0490) for the construction of a coal refuse screen and associated diesel engine, as well as for the installation of air cleaning devices (two cartridge collectors) on an ash silo, in Mt. Carmel Township, Northumberland County. The coal refuse screen is subject to Subpart Y of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

PLAN APPROVALS


Plan Approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4587.

   21-310-031A:  Valley Quarries, Inc. (P. O. Box J, Chambersburg, PA 17201) for modification of an existing limestone crushing plant in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. The plant is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   21-329-001:  Naval Inventory Control Point--Mechanicsburg (Code M0815, P. O. Box 2020, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0788) for the installation of emergency generators in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.

   36-317-083A:  M & M/Mars, Inc. (295 Brown Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022) for the modification of a dry milk storage and handling system in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County.

   Northcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 200 Pine Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.

   17-399-020:  Eagle Environmental II, L. P. (9 Logan Blvd., Altoona, PA 16602) for the construction of a residual waste landfill (Royal Oak Landfill) and associated landfill gas collection and flaring system and stone crushing and screening operation in Chest Township, Clearfield County. The stone crushing and screening operation will be subject to Subpart OOO of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

(RACT)


Operating Permit applications received 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, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.

   OP-09-0020:  Naval Air Warfare Center--Aircraft Division (Street Road and Jacksonville Road, Warminster, PA 18974) for Synthetic Minor NOx Facility in Warminster, Bucks County.

   Northeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 17811-0790, (717) 826-2531.

   39-0031: Stanley Storage Systems, Inc. (11 Grammes Road, P. O. Box 1151, Allentown, PA 18103) for the approval of the VOC RACT determination of the metal parts paint line located in Allentown, Lehigh County.

MINING

APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES

   The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from Cyprus Emerald Resources Corporation. The following notification contains a summary of this request. Complete copies of the variance request may be obtained from Matthew A. Bertovich by calling (412) 439-7469.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is publishing a summary of the request in order to solicit comments from affected parties on the proposed variance request. Comments may be used by the Bureau to assist in its investigation of the variance request. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the publication of this notice. All comments should be addressed to: Richard E. Stickler, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.

   Section 702 of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act (act) (52 P. S. §§ 701--702) provides a mechanism for operators to obtain variances from specific requirements of the act to accommodate the adoption of new machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, methods or processes.

   Section 268(b) requires that shelter holes be provided on the clearance side along designated travelingways that are also used as haulage entries, other than belt conveyor haulage entries. The shelter holes shall be spaced not more than 80-feet apart.

   Summary of the request: Cyprus Emerald Resources Corporation is requesting an increase in shelter hole distances to 150 feet for its non-gate road haulage development.

   The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from Tanoma Mining Company, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. Complete copies of the variance request may be obtained from Matthew A. Bertovich by calling (412) 439-7469.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is publishing a summary of the request in order to solicit comments from affected parties on the proposed variance request. Comments may be used by the Bureau to assist in its investigation of the variance request. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the publication of this notice. All comments should be addressed to: Richard E. Stickler, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.

   Section 702 of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act (act) (52 P. S. §§ 701--702) provides a mechanism for operators to obtain variances from specific requirements of the act to accommodate the adoption of new machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, methods or processes.

   Section 221(d) requires that in case of accident to a ventilating fan or its machinery, or if the fan stoppage is a planned interruption whereby the ventilation of the mine is interrupted, the mine foreman shall order the power to be disconnected from the affected portions and withdraw the men immediately from the face areas. In mines employing the use of multiple fans equipped with self-closing doors which operate automatically when the fan is stopped, the action need not be taken provided the minimum requirements are met by other fans of the system. If the fan has been stopped for a period of time in excess of 15 minutes in a gassy mine, and 30 minutes in a non-gassy mine, the mine foreman shall order the men withdrawn from the mine. If the mine foreman shall deem it necessary, he may withdraw the men from a gassy mine in less than the said 15 minutes and from a non-gassy mine in less than the said 30 minutes. He shall not allow the men to return to their work until ventilation has been restored and the mine has been thoroughly examined by certified personnel and reported safe. A record shall be made of said examination.

   Summary of the request: Tanoma Mining Company requests a waiver of section 221(d) of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act. This waiver will provide accommodations for the evacuation of men from the mine by way of battery-powered personnel carriers and/or mantrips.

   The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from TJS Mining, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. Complete copies of the variance request may be obtained from Matthew A. Bertovich by calling (412) 439-7469.

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is publishing a summary of the request in order to solicit comments from affected parties on the proposed variance request. Comments may be used by the Bureau to assist in its investigation of the variance request. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the publication of this notice. All comments should be addressed to: Richard E. Stickler, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.

   Section 702 of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act (act) (52 P. S. §§ 701--702) provides a mechanism for operators to obtain variances from specific requirements of the act to accommodate the adoption of new machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, methods or processes.

   Section 221(d) requires that in case of accident to a ventilating fan or its machinery, or if the fan stoppage is a planned interruption whereby the ventilation of the mine is interrupted, the mine foreman shall order the power to be disconnected from the affected portions and withdraw the men immediately from the face areas. In mines employing the use of multiple fans equipped with self-closing doors which operate automatically when the fan is stopped, the action need not be taken provided the minimum requirements are met by other fans of the system. If the fan has been stopped for a period of time in excess of 15 minutes in a gassy mine, and 30 minutes in a non-gassy mine, the mine foreman shall order the men withdrawn from the mine. If the mine foreman shall deem it necessary, he may withdraw the men from a gassy mine in less than the said 15 minutes and from a non-gassy mine in less than the said 30 minutes. He shall not allow the men to return to their work until ventilation has been restored and the mine has been thoroughly examined by certified personnel and reported safe. A record shall be made of said examination.

   Summary of the request: TJS Mining, Inc. requests a waiver of section 221(d) of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act. This waiver will provide accommodations for the evacuation of men from the Darmac #2 Mine by way of battery-powered personnel carriers and/or mantrips.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coal Applications Received

   56870107.  Permit Renewal, Action Mining, Inc. (1117 Shaw Mines Road, Meyersdale, PA 15552), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, for reclamation, only in Summit Township, Somerset County, affecting 141.0 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributary to Blue Lick Creek and an unnamed tributary to the Casselman River; application received December 8, 1997.

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

   03910116R.  Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Mahoning Township, Armstrong County. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Mahoning Creek to the Allegheny River. Renewal application received: December 8, 1997.

   26920106R.  Harry Lee and Rolland Herring (R. D. 1, Box 181, Masontown, PA 15461). Renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Nicholson Township, Fayette County. Receiving streams: Jacobs Creek Watershed. Renewal application received: December 8, 1997.

   03920109R.  Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 260-D, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. Receiving stream: Plum Creek. Renewal application received: December 10, 1997.

   03930104R.  Dutch Run Coal, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 366, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. Receiving streams: Dutch Run and Plum Creek. Renewal application received: December 10, 1997.

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

   57970101.  Capital Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 1, Mildred, PA 18632), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine-coal refuse disposal permit in Colley Township, Sullivan County affecting 128.4 acres, receiving streams: Loyalsock Creek; application received November 12, 1997.

   17753050.  River Hill Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 141, Kylertown, PA 16847), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 715.8 to 727.6 acres receiving streams: Saltlick Run and unnamed tributaries to Saltlick Run; application received November 7, 1997.

   17960104.  Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a stream variance near Hagarty's Crossroads approximately 2,400 feet west of the intersection of Routes S. R. 0729 and S. R. 2002, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County. Approximately 100 feet of the intermittent stream to Cofinan Run will be mined through and the channel reconstructed. Said activities will commence approximately 700 feet south of S. R. 0729; application received November 13, 1997.

   59870101.  Antrim Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 38, Blossburg, PA 16912), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Duncan Township, Tioga County affecting 325.4 acres, receiving streams: Smallpox Creek to Rock Run; Rock Run to Babb Creek; and Rolling Run to Babb Creek; Babb Creek to Pine Creek, Pine Creek to West Branch Susquehanna River, West Branch Susquehanna River to Susquehanna River; application received November 17, 1997.

   17930117.  Al Hamilton Contracting Co. (R. D. 1, Box 87, Woodland, PA 16881), major revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit to apply biosolids (stabilized sewage sludge) to enhance vegetation. A variance is also being requested for the application of biosolids within the 100 foot barrier for Surveyor Run and the unnamed tributaries to Surveyor Run. This variance is to apply only to those areas affected by the reclamation activity, Goshen and Girard Townships, Clearfield County affecting 345.6 acres; application received December 3, 1997.

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

Noncoal Applications Received

   26970401.  Laurel Aggregates, Inc. (P. O. Box 23, Gans, PA 15439). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a large noncoal (limestone) surface mine located in Springhill Township, Fayette County, proposed to affect 153.0 acres. Receiving streams: Rubles Run. Application received: December 3, 1997.

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

Industrial Minerals NPDES Permit Renewal Applications Received

   4275SM20.  U. S. Silica Company (P. O. Box 187, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411) renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0125334, Brady Township, Huntingdon County, receiving streams Juniata River; Saddler Creek; unnamed tributary of Shaughnessy Run; and unnamed tributary of Flush Run. NPDES renewal application received December 8, 1997.

   4273SM6.  Grannas Brothers Stone & Asphalt Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 488, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648) renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0212555, Frankstown Township, Blair County, receiving streams unnamed tributary to Brush Creek. NPDES renewal application received December 9, 1997.

   40A76SM9.  Keystone Lime Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 278, Springs, PA 15562) renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0212491, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, receiving streams Glade Run (High Point Lake). NPDES renewal application received December 5, 1997.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS

   The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).

   In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for processing requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provision of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.


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 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.

   E46-789.  Encroachment. Allen and Virginia Gehret, 50 West Indian Lane, Port Indian, PA 19403-3226. To construct and maintain approximately 165 linear feet of reinforced concrete bulkhead along the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) to provide bank stabilization along the Gehret Property located at 50 W. Indian Lane (Valley Forge USGS Quadrangle N: 21.1 inches; W: 3.5 inches) in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County.

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

   E13-107.  Encroachment. Jim Thorpe Municipal Authority, 101 East Tenth Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 24-foot × 6-foot concrete box culvert depressed 0.5 foot below stream bed elevation in Mauch Chunk Creek (CWF). The project associated with the Jim Thorpe west side water filtration plant and is located on the north side of S. R. 3012 approximately 0.8 mile east of the intersection of S. R. 3014 (Nesquehoning, PA Quadrangle N: 19.3 inches; W: 2.0 inches) in Jim Thorpe Borough, Carbon County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

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

   E01-186.  Encroachment. New Oxford Municipal Authority, Earl Mummert, 409 Water Works Road, New Oxford, PA 17350. To relocate 540 feet of stream channel of an unnamed tributary to South Branch Conewago Creek by means of constructing and maintaining a 48-inch diameter by 698-foot long reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) enclosure in order to construct additional facilities at the existing waste water treatment plant located about 3,000 feet northwest of New Oxford Borough (McSherrystown, PA Quadrangle N: 21.0 inches; W: 9.3 inches) in Oxford Township, Adams County.

   E01-187.  Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, District 1, Marcus Snyder, 400 Rachel Carson Building, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a span of 35 feet with an underclearance of 5 feet across Carbaugh Run located downstream of Carbaugh Run Dam (Iron Spring, PA Quadrangle N: 22.2 inches; W: 10.5 inches) in Franklin Township, Adams County.

   E05-255.  Encroachment. Potomac Trail Club, Ed NcKnew, 118 Park Street, Vienna, VA 22180. To construct and maintain a twin 57" × 38" (4.75` × 3.16`) corrugated metal arch culvert in the channel of an unnamed tributary to Piney Creek in order to construct a driveway for the Club located about 1.9 miles southeast of Millers Corners (Chaneysville, PA Quadrangle N: 9.1 inches; W: 4.0 inches) in Mann Township, Bedford County.

   E21-276.  Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, District 1, Marcus Snyder, 400 Rachel Carson Bldg., 8th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a span of 30 feet with an underclearance of 5 feet over Mountain Creek on Woodrow Road located about 500 feet north from its intersection with PA 233 (Dickinson, PA Quadrangle N: 2.0 inches; W: 13.3 inches) in Cooke Township, Cumberland County.

   E29-075.  Encroachment. Fulton Industrial Development Association, Margaret Uhrich Taylor, 100 Lincoln Way East, McConnellsburg, PA 17233. To fill in 0.05 acre of de minimis wetland to construct and maintain a twin 106-inch × 73-inch (8.83-foot × 6.08-foot) corrugated metal pipe arch culvert in the channel of an unnamed tributary to Big Cove Creek in order to construct a roadway of a proposed business park located about 2,800 feet south of McConnellsburg Borough (McConnellsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 9.1 inches; W: 17.32 inches) in Ayr Township, Fulton County. The amount of wetland impact is considered de minimis and wetland mitigation is not required.

   E36-644.  Encroachment. Manheim Township, Nelson Rohrer, 1840 Municipal Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601. To remove two existing highway structures, construct and maintain 190 feet of 4-foot rise × 8-foot span reinforced concrete box culvert in a tributary to Landis Run. The roadway improvement project is in the vicinity of the intersection of Euclid Drive and Sammar Road (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N: 13.3 inches; W: 3.7 inches) in Manheim Township, Lancaster County.

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

   E02-440-A2.  Encroachment. McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprises, Inc., 149 Nichol Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. To operate and maintain the existing barge docking facility and to construct and maintain a 35-foot × 360 foot dock expansion in the Ohio River (WWF) (McKees Rocks, PA Quadrangle N: 19.7 inches; W: 8.3 inches) in Stowe Township, Allegheny County.

   E02-1211.  Encroachment. Dominic and Maria Gigliotti, 11279 Perry Highway, Suite 509, Wexford, PA 15090. To place and maintain fill in approximately 1.4 acres of wetlands (PEM/PSS), to construct and maintain 1.7 acres of replacement wetlands (EM/SS) for the purpose of developing a proposed retail facility. The project is located on the west side of SR 19 approximately 700 feet north of its intersection with Manor Road. An environmental assessment will be done for two nonjurisdicational dams (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 1.1 inches) in Pine Township, Allegheny County.

   E65-680.  Encroachment. Davison Sand and Gravel Company, 400 Industrial Boulevard, New Kensington, PA 15068. An aerial crossing consisting of a belt conveyor at the existing Lower Burrell facility of Davison Sand and Gravel Company over Pucketa Creek (TSF) (New Kensington, PA Quadrangle N: 9.2 inches; W: 1.6 inches) in the City of Lower Burrell/Plum Borough in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties.

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

   E37-115.  Encroachment. Lawrence County Commissioners, Court Street, New Castle, PA 16101. To remove the existing single span pony truss bridge and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete adjacent box beam bridge with a single clear span of 77.2 feet (23.5 meters), a minimum underclearance of 8 feet (2.5 meters) on a 90 degree skew across the North Fork of Little Beaver Creek (HW-CWF, stocked trout) on Wallace Road over the North Fork of Little Beaver Creek approximately 2,000 feet east of the intersection of Wallace Road (T-356), S. R. 3011, and the Conrail rail line (New Galilee, PA Quadrangle N: 21.0 inches; W: 7.0 inches) located in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County.

   E62-335.  Encroachment. Sugar Grove Township, R. D. 3, Box 50, Sugar Grove, PA 16350. To remove the existing 5-foot-diameter and 8-foot-diameter culverts and to place and maintain two 10-foot-diameter culverts on Fiddler Hill Road (T-569) over Patchen Run (CWF). The project is located on Fiddler Hill Road (T-569) over Patchen Run approximately 200 feet east of the intersection of S. R. 0027 and Fiddler Hill Road (T-569) near the village of Matthews Run (Sugar Grove, PA Quadrangle N: 5.8 inches; W: 12.6 inches) located in Sugar Grove Township, Warren County.


ACTIONS

FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT

[National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)]

DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER

(PART I PERMITS)

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

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


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

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA 0051161.  Sewage, Southco Inc., 210 North Brinton lake Road, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Concord Township, Delaware County, into West Branch of Chester Creek.

   Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17011, (717) 657-4590.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0029297.  South Mountain Restoration Center, 10058 South Mountain Road, South Mountain, PA 17261-0999 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Quincy Township, Franklin County to the receiving waters named Rocky Mountain Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PAG053515.  Robert Etter, 314 Ringold Street, Waynesboro, PA 17268 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Washington Township, Franklin County to the receiving waters named Red Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0027189.  Lower Allen Township Authority, 120 Limekiln Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Fairview Township, York County to the receiving waters named Susquehanna River.

   Permit No. 0694418.  Amendment No. 1. Sewerage, Kutztown Borough, 45 Railroad Street, Kutztown, PA 19530-1112. Modification to the construction/operation of sewage treatment facilities in Kutztown Borough, Berks County.

   Permit No. 6790202.  Minor Amendment. Industrial waste, AMP, Inc., P. O. Box 3608, Harrisburg, PA 17105-5817. Modifications to the operation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells in Codorus Township, York County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0032816.  Sewerage. PA Department of Transportation Bureau of Design, 7th Floor, Forum Place, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1900. Renewal was granted (Rest Area No. 33) to discharge from a facility located at Green Township, Clinton County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0024091.  Sewerage. Millville Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 30, Millville, PA 17846. Renewal of NPDES permit for the Municipal Authority facility located at Millville Borough, Columbia County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0028282-A1.  Sewerage. Eagles Mere Borough Authority, P. O. Box 393, Eagles Mere, PA 17731-0393. Amendment granted to the Borough Authority facility located at Eagles Mere Borough, Sullivan County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0025933.  Sewerage. Lock Haven City Authority, 20 East Church Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745. Permittee renewed application to discharge from treatment facility located at Lock Haven, Clinton County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0115126.  Sewerage. Sheetz Inc., 5700 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602. Renewal of NPDES permit to discharge treated domestic waste to an unnamed tributary to Pentz Run in Sandy Township, Clearfield County. The facility is currently not in operation and the permittee is pumping and hauling. They are planning to connect with DuBois.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0112895.  Sewerage. Daniel L. Roeder, R. R. 1, Box 187A, Catawissa, PA 17820. Renewal of NPDES permit to discharge treated domestic wastewater from a single family residence to unnamed tributary to Mill Creek in Roaring Creek Township, Columbia County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0021687.  Sewerage. Wellsboro Municipal Authority, 28 Crafton Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Renewal was granted to the Authority to discharge from a facility located at Wellsboro Borough, Tioga County.

   NPDES Permit No. PAG044973.  Sewerage. Juan B. Torres and Cheryl L. Wagner, R. R. 3, Box 462, Catawissa, PA 17820. Transfer of ownership has been completed for single family residence located at Franklin Township, Columbia County.

   Permit No. WQM 1497404.  Sewerage. William and Dorothy Greer, P. O. Box 481, Port Matilda, PA 16870. Approved for construction of single residence sewage treatment facility, located at Huston Township, Centre County.

   Permit No. WQM 1987409-T2.  Sewerage. David M. and Teresa D. Spiwak, 603 East 4th Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Transfer approval completed for facility located at Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County.

   Permit No. WQM 1496409, Amendment 1.  Sewerage. Gregg Township Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 87, Spring Mills, PA 16875. Standard steel package plant and chlorination-dechlorination replaces original design for facility located at Gregg Township, Centre County.

   Permit No. WQM 4771403-T1-A2.  Sewerage. Washingtonville Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 147, Washingtonville, PA 17884. Applicant will add Draimad Sludge Bagging machine to the sludge handling facility located at Derry Township, Montour County.

   Permit No. WQM 1795408-A25.  Sewerage. Bradford Township, P. O. Box 79, Woodland, PA 16881. The pilot program of Bradford Township is approved to install treatment system to serve single family residence at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. WQM 1795408-A26.  Sewerage. Bradford Township, P. O. Box 79, Woodland, PA 16881. Pilot program has been approved to install treatment system to serve single family residence located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   WQM Permit No. 5991402-T2.  Transfer Sewerage. Robbie D. and Tammy M. Tillotson, R. R. 1, Box 155A, Roaring Branch, PA 17765. Transfer application for NPDES permit and WQM permit was issued to the above applicant. Facility located at Union Township, Tioga County.

   WQM Permit No. 1795408-A27.  Sewerage. Bradford Township, Mona K. Bush, P. O. Box 79, Woodland, PA 16881. The Township's application for the above referenced residence to install a treatment system to serve the new home to be built. The design was previously approved on October 19, 1995 as a pilot program. Facility located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. PA0010596.  Transfer, industrial waste. Shamokin Township Realty Inc., c/o 1100 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. The new permittee submitted application for transfer for the treatment facility formerly Allen Clark Inc. meat processing. The facility has been operating under Chapter 11 and due to low production there has been no discharge since July 1996. Facility located at Shamokin Township, Northumberland County.

   Permit No. PA0010031.  Transfer industrial waste. GPU Generation Inc., 101 Broad Street, Johnston, PA 15907. The transfer is from Pennsylvania Electric Company to GPU Generation Inc., the only change made to permit was the name. The facility location is Bradford Township, Clearfield County.

   Permit No. WQM 4982202-T2.  Industrial waste. Shamokin Township Realty Inc. c/o 1100 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. The new permittee submitted application for transfer for the treatment facility formerly Allen Clark Inc. meat processing. The facility has been operating under Chapter 11 and due to low production there has been no discharge since July 1996. Facility located at Shamokin Township, Northumberland County.

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

   Permit No. 0297409.  Sewerage, Donald and Shirley Cuozzo, c/o Mine Safety Appliances, P. O. Box 426, Pittsburgh, PA 15230. Construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant located in the Borough of Franklin Park, Allegheny County to serve the Cuozzo residence.

   Permit No. 6397401.  Sewerage, Mon View Mining Company, Box 606, New Eagle, PA 15067. Construction of a sewage treatment plant located in the Township of Nottingham, Washington County to serve the Mingo Shaft Sewage Treatment Plant.

   Permit No. 6596412.  Sewerage, Municipality of the Borough of Smithton, P. O. Box 350, 239 Second Street, Smithton, PA 15479-0350. Construction of sanitary sewers, pump station and treatment plant located in the Borough of Smithton, Westmoreland County to serve Smithton Borough Plant.

   Permit No. 6597402.  Sewerage, Municipal Authority of Allegheny Township, 136 Community Building Road, Leechburg, PA 15656. Construction of Chartiers Run Plant Abandonment, pump stations, force main and sewers located in the Township of Allegheny, Westmoreland County to serve the Chartiers Run and Melwood Road Service Area.

   NPDES Permit No. PAS226107.  Industrial waste, Schroth Industries, Inc., P. O. Box 699, Indiana, PA 15701 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at White Township, Indiana County to Whites Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0036595.  Sewage, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections, R. R. 1, Box 67, Waynesburg, PA 15370 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at State Correctional Institute at Waynesburg, Morgan Township, Greene County to Tributary of South Fork Tenmile Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0090786.  Sewage, Hempfield Township Supervisors, R. R. 6, Box 500, Woodward Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Hempfield Park STP, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County to unnamed tributary to Brush Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0092037.  Sewage, James Bender, 57 Woodland Drive, Apt. 101, Vero Beach, FL 32962 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Woodlawn Mobile Home Court STP located at Woodlawn Mobile Home Court STP, Unity Township, Westmoreland County to Little Crabtree Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0205257.  Sewage, Greensboro--Monongahela Township Joint Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 342, Greensboro, PA 15338 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Greensboro--Monongahela Township Sewage Treatment Plant, Monongahela Township, Greene County to Back Channel of the Monongahela River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0205397.  Sewage, Keystone Coal Mining Corporation, P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Emilie No. 9 Portal STP, South Bend Township, Armstrong County to Sugar Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0217727.  Sewage, Rices Landing Borough, P. O. Box 185, 100 Water Street, Rices Landing, PA 15357 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Rices Landing Sewage Treatment Plant, Rices Landing Borough, Greene County to Monongahela River.

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAS)


The following NPDES Individual Permits for Discharges of Stormwater from Industrial Sites have been issued.

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

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