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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-1450c

[28 Pa.B. 4546]

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LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Under Act 2, 1995

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

   Provisions of Chapter 3 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) 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, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department's 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:

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

   Lenape Manufacturing Co., Perkasie Borough, Bucks County. Thomas R. Severino, Environmental Science & Remediation Technologies, Inc., 105 E. Evans St., West Chester, PA 19380, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons; and groundwater contaminated with solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet Statewide health standards for soil and site-specific standards for groundwater.

   National Label Co., Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County. Thomas R. Marks, P.G., Tetrahedron Consultants, Inc., 422 W. First St., Parkesburg, PA 19365, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet Statewide health standards.

   Northcentral Regional Office:  Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (717) 321-6525.

   Friedman's Express--Bloomsburg Truck Terminal, City of Bloomsburg, Columbia County. RT Environmental Services Inc., on behalf of their client Friedman's Express, 475 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 has submitted a Final Report addressing soil and groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.

AIR QUALITY

OPERATING PERMITS


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

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

   40-313-018A:  HPG International, Inc. (Crestwood Industrial Park, Oakhill Road, Mountaintop, PA 18707) for minor modification of a plastic laminating process in Wright Township, Luzerne County.


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

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

   48-323-006GP:  M A Hanna Color Co. (177 Mikron Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020) for construction and operation of a burn-off oven in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.

   GPI-36-3060:  Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co. of PA, Inc. (198 West Liberty Street, P. O. Box 897, Lancaster, PA 17608-0897) issued July 17, 1998, to operate natural gas/No. 2 fuel oil boilers in Lancaster City, Lancaster County.

   Northwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.

   GP-61-016:  Pennzoil Products Co., Rouseville Refinery (Two Main Street, Rouseville, PA 16344) issued August 18, 1998, for a 374,000 gallon storage tank (Tank ID No. 2-140) in Cornplanter Township, Venango County.

   GP-20-279A:  Lomak Operating Co., Humes Compressor Station (Miller Road, Saegertown, PA 16433) for operation of a natural gas fired compressor engine in Cussewago Township, Crawford 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.

   46-326-001A:  Knoll, Inc. (1235 Water Street, East Greenville, PA 18041) issued August 21, 1998, for alternative emission reduction in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.


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.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.

   04-467A:  J&L Structural, Inc. (111 Station Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001) issued August 19, 1998, for operation of a billet reheat furnace at Aliquippa Plant in Aliquippa Borough, Beaver County.

   63-080A:  Lukens Steel Co. (P. O. Box 494, Washington, PA 15301) issued August 19, 1998, for operation of slag handling at Houston Plant in Houston Borough, Washington County.

   26-472A:  Iron & Metal, Inc. (P. O. Box 76, Brownsville, PA 15417) issued August 19, 1998, for operation of United AS-990 Sweat Furnace at Brownsville Plant in Jefferson Township, Fayette 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.

   09-0037B:  CMS Gilbreth Packaging Systems (3001 State Road, Croydon, PA 19021) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of a reduce the ''potential to emit'' in Bristol Township, Bucks County.

   09-0037:  CMS Gilbreth Packaging Systems (3001 State Road, Croydon, PA 19021) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of a Temco Press in Bristol Township, Bucks County.

   46-0020:  Superior Tube Co. (3900 Germantown Pike, Collegeville, PA 19426) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of three fabric filters and one rotoclove in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County.

   46-0154:  Eye Designs LLC (245 West Fifth Avenue, Trappe, PA 19426) issued August 24, 1998, for operation of two spray booths in Trappe Borough, Montgomery County.

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

   39-399-047:  Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. (8240 Spring Street, Alburtis, PA 18011) issued August 5, 1998, for construction of a stencil cleaning operation in Alburtis Borough, Lehigh County.

   40-320-008:  Bemis Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 557, Hazleton, PA 18201) issued August 14, 1998, for construction of two flexographic presses in West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County.

   48-304-016C:  Victaulic Co. of America (4901 Kesslerville Road, Easton, PA 18040) issued August 6, 1998, for modification of the foundry operations in Forks Township, Northampton County.

   48-322-003A:  Chrin Brothers Sanitary Landfill (635 Industrial Drive, Easton, PA 18042) issued August 5, 1998, for modification of the landfill gas extraction and collection system in Williams Township, Northampton County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.

   28-304-011C:  T. B. Woods, Inc. (440 North Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201) issued July 17, 1998, for installation of the mold line no. 2 sand system and shakeout controlled by an air filter dust collector in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.

   Northcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.

   19-304-006B:  Benton Foundry, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 110, Benton, PA 17814) issued July 2, 1998, for construction of an iron castings shakeout drum to be controlled by an existing air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County.

   08-303-006A:  Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co., Inc. (2105 South Broadway, Pine City, NY 14871) issued July 13, 1998, for construction of a drum mix asphalt concrete plant and associated air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Athens Township, Bradford County. This plant is subject to Subpart I of the Standards Of Performance For New Stationary Sources.

   08-301-014A:  Tioga Point Crematory, Inc. (802 North Main Street, Athens, PA 18812) issued July 20, 1998, for construction of a crematory incinerator in Athens Borough, Bradford County.

   12-399-009B:  GKN Sinter Metals (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834-9797) issued July 20, 1998, for installation of an air cleaning device (an electrostatic precipitator) on a sintered metal parts oil impregnation operation consisting of two impregnation vessels and four associated heated oil holding tanks at Plant No. 1 in Shippen Township, Cameron County.

   12-399-006B:  GKN Sinter Metals (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834-9797) issued July 20, 1998, for installation of an air cleaning device (an electrostatic precipitator) on a sintered metal parts heat treat furnace, a sintered metal parts draw furnace and a parts dryer at Plant No. 1 in Shippen Township, Cameron County.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.

   56-181A:  Alleghenies Disposal Service (Pk W 2, Suite 420, 2000 Cliff Mine Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15275) issued August 19, 1998, for operation of leachage evaporation system at Southern Alleghenies Landfill in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County.

   Northwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.

   43-170B:  Werner Co., Greenville Division (93 Werner Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) issued August 10, 1998, for modification to the fiberglass pultrusion process in Sugar Grove Township, Mercer County.

   33-161A:  Buff One Transmission and Core Buyer, Anthony Buffone (74 First Street, Falls Creek, PA 15840) issued August 13, 1998, for construction of an aluminum melting furnace in Falls Creek, Jefferson County.

   25-318-119A:  General Electric Transportation Systems (2901 East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16531) issued August 18, 1998, for modification of a surface coating operation in Lawrence Park Township, Erie 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.

   15-314-004:  Norwood Industries, Inc. (57 Morehall Road, East Whiteland, PA 19355) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of a dust collector in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.

   15-314-002:  Norwood Industries, Inc. (57 Morehall Road, Frazer, PA 19355) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of a medical device mfg. process in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.

   15-314-003:  Norwood Industries, Inc. (57 Morehall Road, East Whiteland, PA 19355) issued August 21, 1998, for operation of six storage tanks in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.

   01-320-004:  Quebecor Printing Fairfield, Inc. (100 North Miller Street, Fairfield, PA 17320) issued July 19, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the web offset lithographic printing press with one dryer, covered by this Plan Approval until November 15, 1998, in Fairfield Township, Adams County.

   28-318-012D:  Dept. of the Army, Letterkenny Army Depot (SDSLE-EN, Chambersburg, PA 17201-4150) issued July 25, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the chrome plating tanks controlled by fume scrubbers, in Building 1-North, covered by this Plan Approval until November 22, 1998, in Greene Township, Franklin County.

   36-309-055B:  Martin Limestone, Inc. (P. O. Box 550, Blue Ball, PA 17506) issued July 16, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the lime plant and crushing area, at the Weaverland Quarry, covered by this Plan Approval until November 12, 1998, in Lancaster County. These sources are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   44-03004:  Guardian Industries Corp. (One Belle Avenue, Bldg. 35, Lewistown, PA 17044-2434) issued August 11, 1998, to authorize temporary operation of the mirror coating operation controlled by a regenerative thermal oxidizer, located at the Falconer Glass Industries, Inc., and covered by this Plan Approval until December 9, 1998, in Granville Township, Mifflin County.

   Southwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.

   26-310-018:  Sand & Gravel Co. (400 Industrial Boulevard, New Kensington, PA 15068) issued August 19, 1998, for installation of limestone crushing at Connellsville II Quarry in Bullskin Township, Fayette County.

   32-305-053:  Senate Coal Mines, Inc. (One Energy Place, Suite 5100, Latrobe, PA 15650) issued August 19, 1998, for installation of bituminous coal processing at Coral Tipple in Burrell Township, Indiana County.

   63-307-027:  American Iron Oxide Co. (Foster Plaza, No. 7, 661 Andersen Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220) issued August 5, 1998, for installation of iron oxide production at Allenport Plant in Allenport Borough, Washington County.

   65-309-061B:  Norton Pakco Industrial Ceramics (55 Hillview Avenue, Latrobe, PA 15650) issued May 7, 1998, for installation of ceramic mixing and firing at Derry Plant in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.

   65-309-074A:  American Video Glass Co. (777 Technology Drive, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666) issued August 19, 1998, for installation of color TV glass manufacturing in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County.

   Northwest Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.

   20-194B:  Lord Corp. (601 South Street, P. O. Box 1050, Saegertown, PA 16433) issued July 31, 1998, for a latex plant expansion in Saegertown, Crawford County.

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.

   23-0005:  BASF Corp. (1830 Columbia Avenue, Folcroft, PA 19032) issued August 19, 1998, for Facility VOCs RACT in Folcroft Borough, Delaware County.

   Northcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.

   47-0002:  Strick Corp. (R. R. 8, Box 281, Danville, PA 17821-8386) amended July 31, 1998, to incorporate several additional minor volatile organic compound sources (a space heater, an emergency generator and a kerosene tank) at the Danville facility in Limestone Township, Montour 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

   32823005. Permit Renewal. Blairsville Associates, Inc. (P. O. Box 157, Blairsville, PA 15717-0157), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Burrell and West Wheatfield Townships, Indiana County, affecting 367.0 acres, receiving stream a tributary to Black Lick Creek and Palmers Run and unnamed tributaries to Roaring Run. Application received June 23, 1998. Issued August 18, 1998.

   56960108. PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 101.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Buffalo Creek; Buffalo Creek. Application received August 19, 1996. Permit issued August 18, 1998.

   32970109. P & N Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 332, 240 West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney, PA 15767), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip mine in Banks Township, Indiana County, affecting 62.3 acres, receiving stream UNTs to Brady Run and UNTs to Horton Run to Cush Creek. Application received August 18, 1997. Permit issued August 19, 1998.

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

   17870129, Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), major revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit to apply biosolids (stabilized sewage sludge) to enhance vegetation on a 498.3 acre operation in Morris Township, Clearfield County. Application received March 25, 1998. Permit issued August 19, 1998.

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

Large Industrial Mineral Permits Issued

   53980301. NE Hub Partners, L.P. (2 Riverbend at Lansdowne, 44084 Riverside Parkway, Suite 340, Leesburg, VA 22075), commencement, operation and restoration of a large industrial mineral surface mine permit for the surface activities connected with surface or underground solution mining of caverns in salt formation 4,500--5,000 feet below ground surface in Lawrence, Farmington and Tioga Townships, Tioga County affecting 2,379 acres, receiving streams:  Baldwin Creek, Cummings Creek, Crawford Run and Elkhorn Creek. Application received March 11, 1998. Permit issued August 11, 1998.

   Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

Noncoal Permits Issued

   8073SM2A1C4. Glasgow, Inc. (Willow Grove Ave. and Limekiln Pike, P. O. Box 248, Glensides, PA 19038), correction to an existing quarry operation in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County affecting 191.7 acres, receiving stream--unnamed tributary to Schuylkill River. August 21, 1998.

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

Small Industrial Mineral Authorizations Granted

   08980806. Marvin J. Armitage, Sr. (R. D. 2, Box 6B, New Albany, PA 18833), commencement, operation and restoration of a small industrial mineral (bluestone) permit in Terry Township, Bradford County affecting 2 acres, receiving streams:  none. Application received May 18, 1998. Authorization granted August 13, 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)).

   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. (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 rule of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


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

   E15-574. Encroachment. Donna Horvath, Ted Piersol and Tom Piersol, Honey Brook Golf Club, 1420 Cambridge Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344. To perform the following activities associated with the construction of the Honey Brook Golf Club Development:

   1.  To place and maintain fill within an existing 0.75 acre pond and remove an associated on-stream nonjurisdictional dam, located along an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek (HQ-TSF-MF);

   2.  To place and maintain fill within various locations of the 100-year floodway of an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek (HQ-TSF-MF), associated with grading activities for fairway construction;

   3.  To rehabilitate and maintain an existing wooden golf cart bridge and to construct and maintain numerous bituminous cart paths, along existing terrain situated in and along the 100-year floodway of an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek;

   4.  To rehabilitate and maintain 2,512 linear feet of stream bank by a combination of vegetative plantings, grading, rock riprap and stone wall construction, along an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek;

   5.  To excavate along the stream and within the 100-year floodway of an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek, associated with the establishment of a pond, which will impact approximately 505 linear feet of stream channel;

   6.  To construct and maintain an intake structure for an off-stream pond, along an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek;

   7.  To place and maintain fill within 0.09 acre of wetland (PEM), associated with the construction of a tee for hole 13 of the proposed golf course.

   The site is located approximately 1,000 feet south of the intersection of Cambridge Road and White Horse Pike (S. R. 0322) (Honeybrook USGS Quadrangle N:  14.4 inches, W:  2.2 inches) in Honeybrook Township, Chester County. This approval also includes an Environmental Assessment approval for the construction of an on-stream nonjurisdictional dam, which will impact approximately 65 linear feet of stream. The permittee will provide 0.27 acre of replacement wetlands.

   E23-370. Encroachment. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 1234 Market Street--13th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107. To construct and maintain 288 linear feet of a 6.5-foot high gabion wall, to construct and maintain an additional 3 foot high course of gabions along the top of a previously constructed gabion wall that is 204 feet long, and to authorize the maintenance of 145 linear feet of 8-foot high gabion wall. These activities are located alongside SEPTA's Point Reading Road Bus Route to protect the left bank of an unnamed tributary to Cobbs Creek (WWF-MF) (Lansdowne, PA Quadrangle N:  22.2 inches; W:  7.10 inches) in Haverford Township, Delaware County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E46-791. Encroachment. Bentwood Corporation, 839 East Germantown Pike. To construct the Bentwood Executive Campus, a business complex consisting of three office buildings, a hotel and a restaurant, which will impact 425 feet of an intermittent tributary to Stoney Creek (TSF) and 1.05 acres of adjacent wetlands. The proposal includes:

   1.  Placing fill in 400 linear feet of stream and 0.56 acre of wetlands (PEM) associated with the construction of parking areas, a stormwater collection system and roadway accesses to the site from Old Arch Road.

   2.  The construction of seven stormwater outfall structures discharging to wetlands (PEM).

   3.  The dredging of 0.46 acre of wetland (POW).

   This application also includes a request for an environmental assessment approval for a nonjurisdictional dam. The work will include the filling of 0.02 acre of wetlands (POW). This site is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Germantown Pike and Arch Road (Lansdale, PA Quadrangle N:  2.2 inches; W:  7.7 inches) in East Norriton Township, Montgomery County.

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

   E45-347. Encroachment. Pocono Commons Associates, L.L.C., 1765 Merriman Road, Akron, OH 44315. To place fill in approximately 0.41 acre of wetlands for the purpose of constructing a commercial/retail complex known as Pocono Commons. The project is located north of the intersection of S. R. 0611 and T498 (White Stone Corner Road) (Stroudsburg, PA-NJ Quadrangle N:  22.0 inches; W:  16.5 inches) in Stroud Township, Monroe County. The permittee is required to provide 0.41 acre of replacement wetlands.

   E64-186. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a stream enclosure of Holbert Creek, consisting of approximately 110 linear feet of 18.0-foot by 14.5-foot cast-in-place concrete box culvert, with its invert depressed 1.0 foot below streambed elevation. Construction of the culvert will permanently impact a de minimis area of wetlands equal to 0.01 acre. The project is located on S. R. 0006, Section 671, Segment 0320, Offset 1388, approximately 0.7 mile northwest of the intersection of S. R. 0006 and S. R. 0652 (White Mills, PA Quadrangle N:  9.8 inches; W:  13.5 inches), in Texas Township, Wayne County.

   E66-117. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501-0111. To remove the existing S. R. 0092 structure and abandoned bridge abutments approximately 400 feet upstream of S. R. 0092, to place fill in the 100-year floodplain of the Susquehanna River for the proposed S. R. 0006 roadway embankment fill, to excavate a silt and sediment deposit having a length of approximately 365 l.f., along the eastern streambank of Tunkhannock Creek near the confluence of the Susquehanna River, to construct and maintain approximately 310 l.f. of R-8 riprap slope protection above sheet piling along the western streambank of Tunkhannock Creek and to construct and maintain the following three bridges:  (1)  the ''Eastern Terminus'' structure consisting of a four-span prestressed I-beam bridge having a total span of 475 feet and a minimum underclearance of approximately 30 feet across Tunkhannock Creek on a 51° skew; (2)  the S. R. 0092 structure consisting of a three-span prestressed spread box beam bridge having a total span of 256 feet and a minimum underclearance of approximately 23.9 feet across Tunkhannock Creek on a 72° skew; and (3)  the ''Viaduct'' structure consisting of a five-span prestressed I-beam bridge having a total span of 620 feet and a minimum underclearance of approximately 31.9 feet across Tunkhannock Creek on an approximate 71° skew. This work is associated with the construction of Section E11 of the S. R. 0006 Tunkhannock By-Pass project which begins 0.2 mile east of the intersection of S. R. 0006 and S. R. 0092, continues west parallel to S. R. 0006 between Tunkhannock Creek and the Susquehanna River and ends at S. R. 0029 (Tunkhannock, PA Quadrangle N:  6.8 inches; W:  8.3 inches and N:  6.6 inches; W:  9.9 inches) in Tunkhannock Borough and Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.

   E07-291. Encroachment. Forever of Pennsylvania, Inc., WFGY Radio Station, Carol Mills, P. O. Box 2005, Altoona, PA 16603. To place fill in 0.18 acre of wetlands in conjunction with the construction of a 9288.4 square foot building to house the office staff at Forever of Pennsylvania, Incorporated located about 600 feet west of Logan Boulevard (SR 0220) 1.6 miles south of its intersection with Route 36 (Hollidaysburg, PA Quadrangle N:  14.5 inches; W:  3.25 inches) in Allegheny Township, Blair County. The permittee is required to provide a minimum of 0.18 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E22-379. Encroachment. Milton Hershey School, Lawrence Davenport, Founders Hall, P. O. Box 830, Hershey, PA 17033. To relocate approximately 2,950 feet of stream channel to near its original location to excavate an instream pond (Town Center Pond) to dredge and restore the banks of Founders Pond and to construct a foot bridge over Town Center Pond in the channel of a tributary to Spring Creek at a point upstream of Route 322 (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N:  4.0 inches; W:  16.7 inches) in Derry Township, Dauphin County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E22-384. Encroachment. Roy Brubaker, 4146 Colebrook Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. To construct and maintain a bridge having a span of 38 feet and a clearance of 5 feet across the channel of Hoffer Creek at a point approximately 3,000 feet downstream of Route 341 (Elizabethtown, PA Quadrangle N:  15.8 inches; W:  14.1 inches) in Conewago Township, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E17-321. Encroachment. Salvation Army, 119 South Jared St., City of Dubois, PA 15801. To construct and maintain a 4,300 square foot addition to an existing 3,080 square foot building and to demolish approximately 2,100 square feet of existing structures in the floodway of Pentz Run approximately 1,700 feet above the mouth of Pentz Run on South Jared Street (Dubois, PA Quadrangle N:  21.6 inches; W:  2.2 inches) in the City of Dubois, Clearfield County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E49-218. Encroachment. Jim and Nellie Vargo, R. R. 3, Muncy, PA 17756. To remove washed in gravel and restore eroded stream banks along 150 feet of Warrior Run located just downstream of Fullertown Road along SR 1007 (Muncy, PA Quadrangle N:  4.4 inches; W:  6.80 inches) in Delaware Township, Northumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E10-271. Encroachment. Recmix of PA, Inc., 359 North Pike Road, Sarver, PA 16055. To relocate approximately 1,000 feet of a tributary to Little Buffalo Creek for the expansion of the existing Recmix industrial facility's slag stockpile area east of S. R. 356 approximately 3,000 feet north of Riemer Road in the village of Lernerville (Curtisville, PA Quadrangle N:  22.6 inches; W:  1.5 inches) located in Winfield Township, Butler County. Project includes rock riprap and gabion lined channel and a riprap and gabion energy dissipater. Energy dissipater will impact a de minimis area of wetland (0.04 acre).

   E43-267. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast reinforced concrete box culvert having two 20-foot-wide by 6.33-foot-high waterway openings in Lackawannock Creek on S. R. 3022, Segment 0250, Offset 0000 approximately 1 mile north of S. R. 258 near the village of Big Bend (Fredonia, PA Quadrangle N:  4.7 inches; 8.6 inches) located in Jefferson Township, Mercer County.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1450. Filed for public inspection September 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]



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