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SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT
PLAN APPROVAL
Plan approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).
Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Location: Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, P. O. Box 98, Conestoga, PA 17516.
The approved plan amendment modified new land development procedures in Township areas having elevated nitrate contamination in the groundwater. Specifically, it provides for the use of Component 1, new land development procedures in specific areas of the Township not demonstrating characteristics found in § 71.62 and provide for the use of de-nitrification technology for individual residential OLDS systems. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Northcentral Field Operations: Environmental Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
A. M. A. The Department issued an operating permit to Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home (R. D. 1, Box 646, Millmont, PA 17845; Hartley Township, Union County) for operation of the rehabilitated Well No. 1.
A. 1492504. The Department issued an operating permit to State College Borough Water Authority (1201 West Branch Road, State College, PA 16801-7697, State College Borough, Centre County) to approve use of Wells 17, 18 and 19 (Gray's Wood Well Field or Well Field #2), disinfection and fluoridation facilities, tank #7 and associated transmission lines and electrical controls.
A. M. A. The Department issued an operation permit to State College Borough Water Authority (1201 West Branch Road, State College, PA 16801-7697, State College Borough, Centre County) to approve use of 580 feet of 48-inch transmission line for use as a detention volume at the Gray's Woods Well Field Facility.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, (814) 332-6899.
Permit No. 6198502. Public water supply. Sugarcreek Borough, 212 Fox Street, Franklin, PA 16323 has been issued a permit for upgrading a previously unpermitted public water supply serving several commercial establishments along Rts. 8 and 62 (Allegheny Avenue) in Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County. Type of Facility: Community water supply. Consulting Engineer: Rolfe Porter, P. E., Northwest Engineering, Inc., R. D. 1, P. O. Box Q, Tidioute, PA 16451. Permit to construct issued May 12, 1998.
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 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 reports:
Southcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4705.
JLG Industries/Standard Register Plant, Bedford Township, Bedford County. Mountain Research, Inc., 825 25th Street, Altoona, PA 16601 has submitted a final report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with solvents. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Financial Trust Regional Headquarters, Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County. TETHYS Consultants, Inc., 2933 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110, has submitted a final report concerning remediation of site groundwater contaminated with solvents. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the background standard.
AIR POLLUTION
OPERATING PERMITS
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.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
OP-15-0011. Pierce & Stevens Corp. (Route 113 and Coldstream Road, Kimberton, PA 19442) issued March 27, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOCs RACT in East Pikeland Township, Chester County.
OP-09-0040. Piccari Press, Inc. (315 A West Street Road, Warminster, PA 19874) issued April 29, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Warminster Township, Bucks County.
OP-46-0036. Ford Electronics and Refrigeration Corp. (2750 Morris Road, Lansdale, PA 19446) issued April 30, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in Worcester Township, Montgomery County.
OP-46-0072. Department of the Air Force (2164 McGuire Street, Willow Grove, PA 19090) issued May 1, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
OP-09-0020. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Div. (Street Road and Jacksonville Road, Warminster, PA 18974) issued May 1, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in Warminster Township, Bucks County.
TVOP-09-00025. Delbar Products, Inc. (7th and Spruce Streets, Perkasie, PA 18944) issued May 1, 1998, for the operation of a Facility Title V Operating Permit in Perkasie Borough, Bucks County.
OP-46-0079. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (Route 611, Horsham, PA 19044) issued May 4, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
46-399-111A. McNeil Consumer Products Co. (7050 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, PA 19034) issued for the operation of a Glatt 15 Fluidized Bed Processor in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County.
OP-15-0004. Reynolds Metals Co. (520 Lincoln Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335) issued May 8, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOCs RACT in Downingtown Borough, Chester County.
OP-09-0028. Endura Products (45 North Fourth Street, Quakertown, PA 18951) issued May 13, 1998, for the operation of a Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in Quakertown Borough, Bucks County.
Administrative Amendment of 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.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
CP-46-0005. Merck & Company, Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486) issued April 21, 1998, for Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.
23-301-099A. Foamex, L. P. (1500 East Second Street, Eddystone, PA 19013) revoked May 5, 1998, for an Incinerator in Eddystone Borough, Delaware County.
46-313-007. Hammond Lead Products, Inc. (10 S. Grosstown Road, Pottstown, PA 19464) issued May 11, 1998, for a Lead Oxide Plant in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County.
OP-46-0052. Pottstown Memorial Medical Center (1600 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464) issued May 12, 1998, for Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County.
23-301-085D. Taylor Hospital (175 East Chester Pike, Ridley Park, PA 19078) revoked May 7, 1998, for an Hospital Waste Incinerator in Ridley Park Borough, Delaware County.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan approvals issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
PA-46-0005E. Merck & Company, Inc. (770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486) issued April 20, 1998, for the operation of a Waste Heat Incinerator in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.
PA-23-0006B. Foamex LP (1500 E. Second Street, Eddystone, PA 19022) issued April 29, 1998, for the operation of a Felt Press (E5) in Eddystone Borough, Delaware County.
23-313-003C. Esschem, Inc. (4000 Columbia Avenue, Linwood, PA 19061) issued April 29, 1998, for the operation of a Methacrylate Based Polymer Process in Lower Chichester Township, Delaware County.
46-313-146. Penn Color, Inc. (2755 Bergey Road, Hatfield, PA 19440) issued May 7, 1998, for the operation of a Base Pigment Dispersion Facility in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.
09-313-074B. Solkatronic Chemicals, Inc. (351 Philadelphia Ave., Morrisville, PA 19067) issued May 7, 1998, for the operation of a Specialty Gas Plant in Falls Township, Bucks County.
PA-46-0018. Brown Printing Company (668 Gravel Pike, East Greenville, PA 18041) issued May 11, 1998, for the operation of a Web Offset/Heat Set Printing Press in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.
PA-46-0142. Fluid Energy Processing & Equipment Co. (2629 Penn Avenue, Hatfield, PA 19440) issued May 11, 1998, for the operation of a 8" Jet-O-Dryer Flash Drying System in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.
PA-46-0069. Highway Materials, Inc. (500 Stenton Avenue, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462) issued May 11, 1998, for the operation of a Portable Crushing Plant in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County.
PA-46-0011. Lukens Steel Company (Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, PA 19428) issued May 11, 1998, for the operation of a Scale From Plate Leveling in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.
PA-09-0052. Giles & Ransome, Inc. (200 Rittenhouse Circle South, Bristol, PA 19007) issued May 13, 1998, for the operation of a Spray Paint Booth in Bristol Township, Bucks County.
PA-09-0024A. Waste Management of PA, Inc. (200 Bordentown Road, Tullytown, PA 19007) issued May 13, 1998, for the operation of a Permitted Landfill in Tullytown Borough, Bucks County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
05-399-005E. Bedford Reinforces Plastics, Inc. (R. D. 2, Box 225, Bedford, PA 15522) issued May 14, 1998, for the modification of the fiberglass pultrusion operations in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County.
06-1003C. Lucent Technologies, Inc. (P. O. Box 13396, Reading, PA 19612-3396) issued May 8, 1998, for the construction of a two silicon etcher systems controlled by an oxidizer at their Reading Plant in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County.
07-310-024A. Penn Mag, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 22, Adrian, PA 16210) issued May 14, 1998, for the modification of the iron chromite crushing and classifying operation controlled by fabric filters at their Plant #2 in Greenfield Township, Blair County.
67-318-122. Pennsylvania Heirlooms (100-110 Carlisle Avenue, York, PA 17404) issued May 14, 1998, for the construction of the wood furniture surface coating operation consisting of a stain booth, sealer booth, touchup booth and lacquer booth in York City, York County.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.
PA-04-445A. VEKA, Inc. (100 Veka Drive, Fombell, PA 16123) issued May 15, 1998, for the construction of PVC lineals facility in Marion Township, Beaver County.
Northwest Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
PA-25-069A. Englehard Corporation (1729 East Avenue, Erie, PA 16503) issued May 8, 1998, for the construction of a blender in Erie, Erie County.
PA-61-187A. OMG Americas (671 Colbert Avenue, Franklin, PA 16301) issued May 11, 1998, for the construction of powder coat system in Oil City, Venango County.
Plan Approvals extensions 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.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
09-302-065A: Rohm and Haas Co. (Rte. 413 and Old Route 13, Bristol, PA 19007) issued May 7, 1998, for the operation of two Boilers/to amend waste in Bristol Township, Bucks County.
09-313-093: Cleveland Steel Container Corp. (350 Mill Street, Quakertown, PA 18951) issued for the operation of two Web Offset Presses in Quakertown Borough, Bucks County.
46-318-048: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (Naval Air Station, Route 611, Willow Grove, PA 19090) issued May 13, 1998, for the operation of a Paint Spray Booth in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
07-313-007A: Appleton Papers, Inc. (100 Paper Mill Road, Roaring Spring, PA 16673) issued April 22, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the bleach plant operations controlled by a packed-column wet scrubber covered by this Plan Approval until August 19, 1998, in Roaring Spring Borough, Blair County.
28-318-012D: Department of the Army (Letterkenny Army Depot, SDSLE-EN, Chambersburg, PA 17201-4150) issued March 26, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the chrome plating tank controlled by a fume scrubber covered by this Plan Approval until July 24, 1998, at their Building 1--North in Greene Township, Franklin County. This source is subject to 40 CFR 63, Subpart N, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
36-02027A: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (216 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601) issued May 11, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the rotogravure press area controlled by a carbon adsorption solvent recovery system covered by this Plan Approval until September 7, 1998, at their Lancaster East Plant in Lancaster City, Lancaster County.
36-308-027I. C & D Charter Power Systems, Inc. (82 East Main Street, Leola, PA 17540) issued May 1, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the paste mixing facility covered by this Plan Approval until August 29, 1998, in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. This source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart KK, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
(RACT)
Administrative amendment of 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 § 127.450 for reasonable available control technology.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
OP-46-0031. SmithKline Beecham Research Co. (1250 S. Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA 19426) revised May 1, 1998, for Facility NOx RACT in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County.
OP-23-0006A. Foamex International, Inc. (1500 East Second Street, Eddystone, PA 19022) revised May 5, 1998, for Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Eddystone Borough, Delaware County.
OP-46-0075. American Bank Note Co. (680 Blair Mill Road, Horsham, PA 19044) SIP OPP conditions revised May 7, 1998, for Facility VOC/NOx RACT in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
OP-15-0017. Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. (Station 200 60 Bacton Hill Rd., Frazer, PA 19355) issued May 7, 1998, for Facility VOCs/NOx RACT in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
OP-09-0027. Fres-Co System USA, Inc. (3005 State Road, Telford, PA 18969) issued May 8, 1998, for Facility VOC/NOx RACT in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County.
OP-46-0068. Centennial Printing Corp. (875 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406) issued May 11, 1998, for Facility VOC RACT in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.
MINING
APPROVALS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Actions on applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 water quality certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Issued
56813019. Permit Renewal, Scurfield Coal, Inc. (228 Main Street, Berlin, PA 15530), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, reclamation, only in Paint Township, Windber Borough, Somerset County, affecting 56.3 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Seese Run; tributaries to Paint Creek; and to Paint Creek, application received May 12, 1998. Issued May 12, 1998.
11830103. Permit Renewal, Laurel Land Development, Inc. (P. O. Box 629, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine, reclamation only in West Carroll Township, Cambria County, affecting 46.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to West Branch of Susquehanna River, application received May 8, 1998. Issued May 12, 1998.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Coal Permits Issued
65890108R. V. P. Smith Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 242, Ligonier, PA 15658). Renewal permit issued for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 71.5 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Hannas Run to Hannas Run to Loyalhanna Creek to the Conemaugh River. Renewal application received March 6, 1998. Renewal permit issued April 28, 1998.
02773005T. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Transfer issued from Pangersis Coal Company to Amerikohl Mining, Inc. of an existing bituminous surface mine located in North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, affecting 104.0 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to North Branch of Robinson Run to Chartiers Creek to the Ohio River. Transfer application received March 2, 1998. Transfer permit issued May 1, 1998.
04880103R. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal permit issued for continued reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in South Beaver Township, Beaver County, affecting 194.2 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Brush Run. Renewal application received March 26, 1998. Renewal permit issued May 7, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Coal Permits Issued
35920101R. Maco Associates, Inc. (400 Mill Street, Dunmore, PA 18512), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Fall Township, Lackawanna County, affecting 1700.0 acres, receiving stream Wilson Creek. Renewal issued May 13, 1998.
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Industrial Minerals NPDES Permit Renewal Applications Issued
29940301. H. B. Mellott Estate, Inc. (Route 1, Box 25, Warfordsburg, PA 17267), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0607908, Bethel and Thompson Townships, Fulton County, receiving streams Little Tonoloway Creek. NPDES renewal application received March 25, 1998. Issued May 12, 1998.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Noncoal Permits Issued
3174SM10(T). Pennsylvania Power Co. (One East Washington Street, P. O. Box 891, New Castle, PA 16103). Transfer from Standard LaFarge to Pennsylvania Power Co. issued on an existing large noncoal (sand and gravel) mine located in Greene Township, Beaver County, affecting 77.6 acres. Receiving streams Mill Creek to the Ohio River. Transfer application received July 25, 1997. Transfer permit issued May 5, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Issued
7974SM3C4. New Hope Crushed Stone & Lime Co., (P. O. Box 248, New Hope, PA 18938), renewal and correction of NPDES Permit No. PA0595853 in Solebury Township, Bucks County, receiving stream Primrose Creek. Renewal/Correction issued May 11, 1998.
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, (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, (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.)
Southeast Regional Office, Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E15-543A. Encroachment. Whitford Corporation, P. O. Box 2347, West Chester, PA 19380. To construct and maintain a 6-inch PVC sanitary sewer line crossing a de minimis amount of wetlands (PFO) and 10 L. F. of an unnamed tributary to Valley Creek (EV) located approximately 2,000 feet southeast of the intersection of U. S. Route 30 and S. R. 352 (Malvern, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 7.5 inches) in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
E46-798. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, 200 Radnor-Chester Road, St. Davids, PA 19087-5178. To remove an existing deteriorated single-span reinforced concrete slab bridge and to install and maintain a 47-foot long twin-cell precast concrete box culvert. Each cell will have a 12-foot span and an underclearance of 9 feet. The culvert invert will be depressed one foot and a one foot weir will be placed in the south cell. This stream crossing is located along Schoolhouse Run (TSF) at a point near the intersection of Gravel Pike (S. R. 0029, Section M02) and Schoolhouse Road (Collegeville, PA Quadrangle N: 15.9 inches; W: 10.9 inches) in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County.
Southcentral Region: Section Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, 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. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E05-256. Encroachment. Bedford County Development Association, Bette Slayton, 203 S. Juliana Street, Bedford, PA 15522. To construct and maintain a corrugated structural plate, arch pipe, 189-foot long stream enclosure having a span of 15.83 feet and a rise of 9.83 feet in Brush Run and to place fill in 0.16 acre of associated wetlands for a public access road into Bedford County Business Park located about 200 feet east of old US Route 220 about 2.4 miles north of PA Turnpike Interchange 11 (Bedford, PA Quadrangle N: 14.88 inches; W: 2.95 inches) in Bedford Township, Bedford County. The permittee is required to provide a minimum of 0.40 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E06-503. Encroachment. Kutztown Borough, Keith Hill, 45 Railroad Street, Kutztown, PA 19530. To construct settling tanks at the Kutztown Borough Sewage Treatment Plant in the floodplain of Sacony Creek at a point approximately 400 feet downstream of Route 222 (Kutztown, PA Quadrangle N: 5.0 inches; W: 4.65 inches) in Maxatawny Township, Berks County. This permit was issued under § 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E44-090. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Engineering District 2-0, Kim Bartoo, 1924-30 Daisy Street, P. O. Box 342, Clearfield, PA 16830. To remove an existing bridge and to construct and maintain a single cell reinforced concrete box culvert having a span of 7.11 meters and a rise of 2.370 meters in Little Kishacoquillas Creek located on SR 0655, Section A01, Segment 150, Offset 297 in the center of Belleville (Belleville, PA Quadrangle N: 14.1 inches; W: 19.1 inches) in Union Township, Mifflin County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
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.
E60-131. Encroachment. Union County Commissioners, 103 S. 2nd St., Lewisburg, PA 17837. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 2 span prestressed concrete bridge with a clear span of 153 feet and minimum underclearance of 7 feet across Penns Creek located on RT 304 just north of Thomas Dam Road (Beavertown, PA Quadrangle N: 19.7 inches; W: 17.3 inches) in Hartley Township, Union County. Estimated stream disturbance is 150 feet of stream with 0.003 acres of permanent wetland impacts and 0.02 acres of temporary wetland impact; stream classification is HQ-CWF.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils & Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1010. Encroachment. The Lane Construction Company, 965 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450-6006. To reissue and amend Permit No. E02-1010 to construct and maintain a 800 foot long barge docking facility consisting of embedded barges and maintain fill in 0.29 acres of wetlands (PFO) in and along the right bank of the Allegheny River (WWF), to perform slope restoration along the right bank of Riddle Run (WWF) from its confluence with the Allegheny River, upstream approximately 300 feet for the purpose of unloading gravel. The project is located near River Mile 17.0 New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N: 7.0 inches; W: 3.0 inches) in Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. Permittee has fulfilled wetland replacement requirements by contributing to the Wetland Replacement Project.
E02-1216. Encroachment. Foltz Development Corporation, P. O. Box 401, Bridgeville, PA 15017. To place and maintain fill in approximately 0.08 acre of wetlands adjacent to an unnamed tributary to Chartiers Creek for the purpose of constructing the Ridgewood Condominium development. The project is located at the intersection of Boyce Road and Hunting Ridge Trail (Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle N: 14.1 inches; W: 17.4 inches) in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County. The permittee has met their wetland replacement obligation by contributing to the Wetland Replacement Project.
E02-1223. Encroachment. Chatfield Properties, LP, South Pittsburgh Technology Park, 3117 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017-1496. To construct and maintain a 118 feet long by 11 feet high concrete gabion wall along the right bank of Coal Run (WWF). The project is located on the south side of Bursca Drive near its intersection with Washington Pike Road (S. R. 0519) Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle N: 17.8 inches; W: 15.6 inches) in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County. This permit was issued under § 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E65-688. Encroachment. Hempfield Township Supervisors, R. R. 6, Box 500, Woodward Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-9310. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 16.0 feet and an underclearance of 6.3 feet across an unnamed tributary to Jacks Run for the purpose of improving transportation safety and roadway standards. The project is located on Bothwell Road (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 13.7 inches; W: 3.7 inches) in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. This permit was issued under § 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E65-689. Encroachment. Hempfield Township Supervisors, R. R. 6, Box 500, Woodward Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-9310. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 12.0 feet and an underclearance of 5.5 feet across an unnamed tributary to Brush Creek for the purpose of improving transportation safety and roadway standards. The project is located on Old Route 66, approximately 0.25 mile north of its intersection with Route 66 (Greensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 17.0 inches; W: 8.5 inches) in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. This permit was issued under § 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 water Quality Certification.
WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION
Final actions under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
These actions of the Department may be appealed 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, by any aggrieved person under The Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514); 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law). Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Department's regulations governing practice and procedure before the Board may be obtained from the Board.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
The Port of Philadelphia & Camden, Inc., 3460 N. Delaware Avenue--Room 207, Philadelphia, PA 19134. The project involves the discharge of supernatant from the Ft. Mifflin Dredge Disposal Basin. The supernatant will be generated through the disposal of approximately 20,000 cubic yards of sediment dredged from the Delaware River at Pier 2 of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Certification granted.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Public Hearing Notice
102/NPDES/Stormwater Construction ActivitiesThe Department of Environmental Protection (Department) Water Management Program will be holding a fact finding hearing on the following Stormwater NPDES permit application: David P. Spencer, Spencer Subdivision, PAS10-G319.
The hearing is scheduled for June 30, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. at Chester County Conservation District Office, Government Services Center, Conference Room 380, 610 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382-4519, Chester County. The hearing is being held to solicit pertinent comments on this application. The application is for stormwater construction activities, with a discharge to the White Clay Creek Watershed. A copy of this application is available for review in the Southeast Regional Office's Record Management Section. Telephone number (610) 832-6268. Those interested in reviewing the application should call to schedule a date to review the file. The project sponsor is: David P. Spencer, 2745 Umatilla Street, Denver, CO 80211.
Comments received will be considered by DEP in completing its review and prior to taking final action concerning the application. The hearing will not be a question and answer session.
Anyone intending to make a presentation at the hearing should submit written notice to the Regional Manager, Water Management Program at the above address. The notice should include your name, address and phone number, whether you are opposed or in favor of the project and a brief statement about your presentation. Comments should be kept brief and, depending on the number of speakers, may be limited to 10 minutes per speaker. Where groups are represented, a spokesperson is requested to present the group's concerns. Anyone wishing to present written material directly to the Department may do so within 30 days following the hearing.
If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend the hearing and you require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings, please contact Sharon Moore, at (610) 832-6073. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-858. Filed for public inspection May 29, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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