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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-594b

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PLAN APPROVALS


Applications received and intent to issue Plan Approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

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

   28-03020:  LamTech, Inc. (649 Lincoln Highway West, Chambersburg, PA 17201) for construction of two gel coating spray booths and a synthetic marble casting line in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County.

   67-304-034C:  R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc. (101 Philadelphia Street, Hanover, PA 17331) for construction of two sinto molding machines with pouring/cooling lines in Hanover Borough, York County.

   PA67-05042:  Hanover Foods Corp. (P. O. Box 334, Hanover, PA 17331) for installation of a water-tube boiler fired by No. 6 fuel oil or natural gas in Penn and Heidelburg Townships, York County.

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

   49-331-001:  Merck & Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 600, Danville, PA 17821-0600) for construction of a hazardous waste (organic solvent waste, aqueous waste and wastewater treatment sludge) fluidized bed incinerator and associated air cleaning devices (a rapid adiabatic quench system, a venturi scrubber, a wet tray scrubber, a wet electrostatic precipitator and a selective noncatalytic reduction system) as well as for the construction of various associated storage tanks and silos, a tank truck loading and unloading station and associated air cleaning devices (conservation vents and bin vent filters) in Riverside Borough, Northumberland County. The incinerator is subject to Subpart E of 40 CFR Part 61, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and the storage tanks will be subject to Subpart Kb of 40 CFR Part 60, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources. All of the wastes to be incinerated in the proposed incinerator will be generated onsite; none will be transported to the site from other locations.

   OP-53-0003B:  CNG Transmission Corp. (CNG Tower, 625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3199) for construction of a 26.5 million Btu per hour natural gas-fired gas heater equipped with a low NOx burner at the Greenlick Compressor Station in Stewardson Township, Potter County. The heater is subject to Subpart Dc of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   41-399-025:  Plastic Development Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 4007, Williamsport, PA 17701) for modification of a fiberglass reinforced plastics manufacturing operation in Woodward Township, Lycoming County. The respective modification is an increase of the facility's allowable emission of styrene, a hazardous air pollutant, from a current maximum of 10 tons per year to a new maximum of 25 tons per year.

   17-303-006A:  Clearfield Asphalt and Construction Supply, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 179, Curwensville, PA 16833) for construction of a diesel-fired generator in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County.

   8-303-006B:  Dalrymple Gravel and Contracting Co., Inc. (2105 South Broadway, Pine City, NY 14871) for installation of an air cleaning device (a fabric collector) on a drum mix asphalt concrete plant in Athens Township, Bradford County. The asphalt plant is subject to Subpart I of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

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

   PA-63-014B:  Duquesne Light Co. (411 Seventh Ave., Mail Drop 14-705, Pittsburgh, PA 15230) for installation of pulverized coal-fired boiler at Elrama Station in Union Township, Washington County.

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

   PA-43-310A:  Duferco Farrell Corp. (15 Roemer Boulevard, Farrell, PA 16121) for reactivation of the No. 3 reheat furnace in Farrell, Mercer County.

Strick Corporation

Limestone Township, Montour County

   Strick Corp. (RR 8, Box 281, Danville, PA 17821-8386) has submitted an application (TVOP-47-0002A) to the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) for plan approval to construct a metal parts shot blasting operation and associated air cleaning device (a cartridge collector) at its Danville plant.

   Strick Corp.'s Danville plant is a major facility which has been issued a Title V Operating Permit (TVOP-47-0002) and is located in Limestone Township, Montour County. The construction of the metals parts shot blasting operation is expected to result in a negligible increase (less than 50 pounds per year) in the facility's emission of particulate matter and PM-10 (particulate matter sized 10 microns and below). The plan approval, and subsequent amended Title V operating permit, will contain conditions requiring the maintenance and use of the cartridge collector to be associated with the shot blasting operation as well as appropriate monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to help assure that compliance with applicable air contaminant emission limitations will be maintained.

   A copy of the plan approval application is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the address listed as follows. Persons interested in inspecting the application should schedule an appointment in advance.

   Persons wishing to protest the issuance of a plan approval or provide the Department with additional information which they believe should be considered in the Department's review of the respective plan approval application may do so by submitting the protest or information in writing to the Department at the address listed. Protests or comments must be received by the Department within 30 days from the last day of publication of this notice to be considered. Each protest or comment should include the following: name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the protest or comment and a concise statement explaining the relevancy of the protest or comment being presented to the Department.

   A public hearing may be held if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. Persons submitting comments, protesting the issuance of a plan approval or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Montour County or by letter or telephone if the Department feels that such contact is adequate.

   Written comments, protests or requests for a public hearing should be directed to David W. Aldenderfer, Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 327-3745.

   For additional information regarding the respective plan approval application contact Richard L. Maxwell, Jr., Chief--Engineering Services, Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 327-3745.

REASONABLY AVAILABLE
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
(RACT)

Notice of Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Oxides of Nitrogen and Volatile Organic Compounds and Notice of Public Hearing

   Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Celotex Corporation in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a fiberboard manufacturing facility owned and operated by Celotex Corporation in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County.

   The proposed SIP revision does not adopt new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.

   The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The following is a summary of the preliminary volatile organic compound RACT determination for this operation:

SourceRACT Requirements
*fiberboard dryer*By no later than June 1, 1999, install, replace or modify various dryer doors, seals, expansion joints, gaskets, and the like.
*By no later than August 1, 1999, submit a plan approval application for the installation of a thermal oxidizer.
*Complete the installation of a thermal oxidizer with 390 days of the date of plan approval issuance.
*offset fiberboard printing press*Use only the inks identified as Ink no. 1 and Ink no. 2 in the application and supplemental materials for Plan Approval 49-320-001 or inks determined by the Department to be equivalent to Ink no. 1 and Ink no. 2.
*The use of Ink no. 2 shall be limited to situations where Ink no. 1 is not available, however, the total quantity of Ink no. 2 used shall not exceed 51.5 tons per year.
*Volatile organic compound-containing materials shall not be used to clean anything associated with the printing press.
*The volatile organic compound emissions from the printing press shall not exceed 10.3 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
*fiberboard edge spraying operation*The volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
*fiberboard laminating operation*The volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
*two 35,000,000 BTU per hour natural gas/no. 6 fuel oil-fired boilers and a 700,000 BTU per hour natural gas-fired water heater*The volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
*135 horsepower kerosene-fired emergency electric generator and a 115 horsepower kerosene fired fire pump*The volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per 12 consecutive month period.
*11 storage tanks (no. 6 fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and asphalt)*The volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per 12 consecutive month period.

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on May 11, 1999, at 1 p.m. at the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (570) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (570) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to David W. Aldenderfer, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, Pennsylvania DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments must be received by May 26, 1999.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (570) 327-3693.

Notice of Public Hearing

Proposed Approval of Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT)
Plans And Permits

   The City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health, Air Management Services, will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, April 21, 1999, in the Auditorium of the Medical Examiners Office, Spelman Building, 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, beginning promptly at 6 p.m. and continuing to 8 p.m. or the conclusion of testimony. The hearing is being held to receive comments from the public on the proposed approval, by the Department, of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plans and permit amendments, related to emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), submitted by the following facilities:

   PLID 01501:  Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) (3144 Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19145) for installation of ultra-low NOx burners on six combustion sources and use combustion tuning on all other heaters and boilers. Sunoco shall utilize a fugitive emissions leak detection and repair program for a tank farm and related piping. Sunoco shall utilize a monitoring/inspection and maintenance monitoring program for VOC fugitive emissions from cooling towers.

   PLID 01531:  Rohm & Haas Delaware Valley Inc. (5000 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137) for limitation of the Goal® Area annual production rate to 9 million lbs. of formulated Goal® and 3 million lbs. of Goal® Technical. The Consolidated Goal® Process shall use Scrubbers U-526, U-585, U-588, and U-594. All Goal® point sources, Building R11 Vent Group 1, Building R11 Backwash Towers, Building R-6 Fluid Bed Dryer, Building 80 Reactor Vent 1, Building 80 Amines Scrubber, Building 85 Monomer Feed System, Building 85 Reactor Systems, Building 29 Wastewater Treatment and Building 24 Mechanical Shop shall use good operating practices. Building R11 MMA Tank Car conservation vent is RACT. Building R11 Wyssmont Dryer shall use a scrubber. The ion-exchange bead production area (R11 Group 4) shall use a chilled water condenser. Building 85 Methanol Wash System shall use a scrubber. Three 120 MMBTU/hr boilers, RACT shall be the installation of low NOx burners, running burner cap trials, and the elimination of burning DMF waste. Goal production area and transfer piping in Building 85 Separations area shall implement a leak detection and repair program.

   PLID 01551:  Sunoco Chemicals, Frankford Plant (4700 Bermuda Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137) for boiler no. 1 and boiler no. 2 (both 260 MMBTU/hr) are required to burn only natural gas and phenol residue during the ozone season. Boiler no. 3 (381 MMBTU/hr) shall be equipped with low NOx burners. Sunoco Chemicals shall establish NOx emission limits for boilers nos. 1, 2 and 3 through the use of CEMs. The barge loading process shall not load any VOC with a vapor pressure in excess of 1.5 psia at 20 degrees Celsius. Storage tanks VT-609 and VT-610 shall install IFRs. Rail car cleaning VOC emissions shall not exceed 2.7 tons per 12 month period.

   PLID 03542:   McWhorter (7600 State Road, Philadelphia, PA 19136) for implementation of a program of improved operating standards and process modifications to reduce VOC emissions.

   PLID 03811:  Arbill Industries, Inc. (2207 West Glenwood Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132) for installation of cooling towers and replacement of its current petroleum cleaning solvents with solvents with higher flash points. The Hoyt dryers shall be retrofitted with temperature gauges and covers shall be placed over all hampers.

   PLID 04172:  SEPTA Berridge/Courtland (200 West Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120) to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.63(a) for its degreasers not currently applicable to 25 Pa. Code § 129.63. Only HVLP type spray guns shall be used in all paint spraying operations and shall minimize solvent emissions when cleaned.

   PLID 04922:  Philadelphia Gas Work's (3100 East Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134) to retrofit four Clark engines with new ignition and air-fuel-ratio controls, and turbocharger systems and fuel shall be limited to 570 MMCF of natural gas. These four engines shall limit their emissions to 5g NOx per brake horse power hour and 320 tons NOx per rolling 12 month period.

   PLID 09513:  Philadelphia Water Department (3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137) to adhere to a good maintenance and operation program for its wastewater treatment plant.

   PLID 09515:  Philadelphia Water Department (8200 Enterprise Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153) to adhere to a good maintenance and operation program for its wastewater treatment plant and its existing biofilters and compost pile aeration system.

   The RACT proposals have been submitted under requirements of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 129, Stationary Sources of NOx and VOCs (§§ 129.91--129.95). Final RACT plan and permit approval actions will be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency as formal revisions to the Philadelphia portion of the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan for Air Quality.

   Copies of the proposals and other supporting information are available for public inspection at the offices of Air Management Services (AMS), 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Thomas Huynh, Chief of Source Registration at (215) 685-7572.

   Persons interested in testifying on the proposals at the public hearing are requested to call or write AMS (as indicated previously) to be placed on the hearing agenda. It is also requested that written copies of testimony be provided for the hearing record. All written comments on the proposals must be received by AMS by April 21, 1999 to be considered.

   Persons with a disability, who desire to attend the public hearing and may require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding, should contact AMS at (215) 685-7572 to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

MINING

APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES

   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 the 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

   56890101.  Permit Renewal, Croner, Inc. (629 Main Street, Suite 1, Berlin, PA 15530), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 205.9 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Buffalo Creek and Buffalo Creek. Application received March 23, 1999.

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

   03940104.  Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal application received for continued reclamation of a bituminous auger mine located in South Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 19.3 acres. Receiving streams: Craig Run to Crooked Creek. Renewal application received: March 25, 1999.

   02930201.  Allegheny Valley Resources, Inc. (623 West Waldheim Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15215-1846). Renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a coal refuse reprocessing and coal preparation plant/processing facility located in West Deer Township, Allegheny County. Receiving stream: Little Deer Creek. Renewal application received: March 24, 1999.

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

   17990103.  River Hill Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 141, Kylertown, PA 16847), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine-auger permit in Bigler Township, Clearfield County, affecting 228.8 acres. Receiving streams: Upper Morgan Run, unnamed tributary to Upper Morgan Run, and Alexander Run. Application received March 19, 1999.

   17990104.  Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. D. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Covington Township, Clearfield County affecting 54 acres. Receiving streams: Grimes Run and an unnamed tributary to Grimes Run. Application received March 19, 1999.

   17990105.  W. Ruskin Dressler (Box 39, Rockton, PA 15856), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine-auger permit in Brady Township, Clearfield County affecting 79 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Luthersburg Branch, Luthersburg Branch, unnamed tributary to LaBorde Branch and LaBorde Branch. Application received March 25, 1999.

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

   32901602.  North Cambria Fuel Co. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319), to renew the permit for the Route 22 Tipple in Burrell Township, Indiana County, no additional discharges. Application received February 26, 1999.

   03851302.  Rosebud Mining Co. (R. D. 9, Box 379A, Kittanning, PA 16201), to revise the permit for the Rosebud No. 3 Deep Mine in Perry Township, Armstrong County to add 5.8 surface acres to and revise portal no. 2 surface site, no additional discharges. Application received March 1, 1999.

   Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.

Noncoal Applications Received

   37930302.  Quality Aggregates, Inc. (200 Neville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15225). Revision to an existing limestone operation in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County affecting 140.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary of Slippery Rock Creek to Slippery Rock Creek. Revision to include an exemption for the extraction of coal incidental to the mining of limestone on their existing permit. Application received March 24, 1999.

   20990301.  Vanderhoof Sand and Gravel, Inc. (P. O. Box 214, Spartansburg, PA 16434). Commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Oil Creek Township, Crawford County affecting 21.5 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to McLaughlin Creek. Application received March 18, 1999.

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). Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the 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 office noted above the application.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


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.

   Northcentral Region: Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.

   E08-345.  Encroachment. Central Bradford Progress Authority, 701 Main Street, P. O. Box 214, Towanda, PA 18848. To construct and maintain a pedestrian/bicycle trail in the floodplain of the Susquehanna River at the Route 6 bridge (Towanda, PA Quadrangle N:  2.8 inches; W:  9.1 inches) in the Borough of Towanda, North Towanda and Wysox Townships, Bradford County. Stream classification is WWF; no stream or wetland impacts.

   Southwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.

   E02-1268.  Encroachment. Owl Cleaners, Inc., 10562 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090. To place and maintain fill along the right side of a tributary to Brush Creek (WWF) (known as Tributary No. 2) for a distance of approximately 40 feet for the purpose of expanding an existing parking lot for a commercial building. The site is located along the west side of Northgate Drive approximately 100 feet north of its intersection with Shenot Road (Mars PA Quadrangle N:  4.8 inches; W:  11.1 inches) in Marshall Township, Allegheny County.

   E56-290.  Encroachment. Precision Pallets and Lumber, 7044 National Road, P. O. Box 51, Addison, PA 15411. To construct and maintain a pond having a length of 250.0 feet, a width of 200.0 feet and a depth of 8.0 feet in Chub Run (WWF) located south of the intersection of Route 40 and Addison--Friendville Road (Accident, PA Quadrangle N:  20.75 inches; W:  11.0 inches) in Addison Township, Somerset County.

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

   E20-471.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1.0 foot below the existing stream bed elevation under the bridge across a tributary to French Creek (Coulter Run) on S. R. 1015 Segment 0090, Offset 0000 approximately 0.25 mile north of S. R. 1006 east of I-79 (Edinboro South, PA Quadrangle N:  12.1 inches; W:  5.6 inches) located in Cussewago Township, Crawford County.

   E20-472.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation Dist. 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete streambed paving 1.0 foot below the existing streambed elevation under the bridge across Williams Run on S. R. 0019 Segment 0090 Offset 037 approximately 0.25 mile south of S. R. 285 (Geneva, PA Quadrangle N:  6.5 inches; W:  8.75 inches) located in Greenwood Township, Crawford County.

   E20-473.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1 foot below the existing stream bed under the bridge across a tributary to French Creek (Coulter Run) on S. R. 1006 Segment 0010 Offset 1706 approximately 1 mile east of I-79 (Edinboro South, PA Quadrangle N:  11.3 inches; W:  4.9 inches) in Cussewago Township, Crawford County.

   E20-474.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1.0 foot below the existing stream bed elevation under the bridge across a tributary to Little Sugar Creek on S. R. 2014, Segment 0100 Offset 0000 (Sugar Lake Road) approximately 2.4 miles east of Pettis Corners (Cochranton, PA Quadrangle N:  12.25 inches; W:  0.85 inch) in Wayne Township, Crawford County.

   E25-581.  Encroachment. Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, 17 West Dobbins Landing, Erie, PA 16507-1424. To place a total of approximately 512,500 cubic yards of dredged material from the bed of Presque Isle Bay and local Lake Erie waters resulting from maintenance dredging under various Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permits into the Erie Harbor Confined Disposal Facility (CDF). The final purpose of this disposal is to create a 30-acre upland public recreational area. The Erie Harbor CDF was constructed in 1979 by the US Army Corps of Engineers on the bed of Lake Erie (Erie North, PA Quadrangle N:  4.7 inches; W:  10.3 inches) and is located within the City of Erie, Erie County.

   E25-583.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1.0 foot below the existing stream bed elevation under the bridge across Marsh Run on S. R. 3006 Segment 0110 Offset 0000 approximately 0.5 mile west of S. R. 0215 (East Springfield, PA Quadrangle N:  15.2 inches; W:  9.7 inches) in Conneaut Township, Erie County.

   E25-584.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To install and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1.0 foot below the existing stream bed elevation under the bridge across a tributary to French Creek (Brown Run) on S. R. 0089, Segment 0370, Offset 2050 approximately 1 mile south of the village of Little Hope (Wattsburg PA-NY, Quadrangle N:  15.2 inches; W:  9.7 inches) in Greenfield Township, Erie County.

   E61-222.  Encroachment. Pa. Dept. of Transportation 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To place and maintain concrete stream bed paving 1.0 foot below the existing stream bed elevation under the bridge across Bear Run on S. R. 0038, Segment 0190, Offset 2178 approximately 0.5 mile west of Nickleville (Cranberry, PA Quadrangle N:  4.3 inches; W:  5.2 inches) in Richland Township, Venango County.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT


Requests for Environmental Assessment approval under 25 Pa. Code § 105.15 and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

   Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.

   D13-005EA.  Environmental Assessment. Borough of Lehighton (Municipal Building, P. O. Box 29, Lehighton, PA 18235). To breach and remove the Heilman Dam across Mahoning Creek (CWF) for the purpose of restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1,000 feet upstream from the confluence of Mahoning Creek and the Lehigh River (Lehighton, PA Quadrangle N:  13.5 inches; W:  11.1 inches) in Lehighton Borough, Carbon 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, 400 Market Street, Floor 2, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. 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.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

   Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6942.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0100790. Sewage, Raymond P. DiLoreto, 6059 Grubb Rd., Erie, PA 16506-4608, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Millcreek Township, Erie County to an Unnamed Tributary of Thomas Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0210137. Industrial waste. Adesa Pennsylvania, Inc., dba Adesa Pittsburgh, P. O. Box 550, Mercer, PA 16137, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Cool Spring Township, Mercer County to an unnamed tributary to Cool Spring Creek and an unnamed tributary to Yellow Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0090590. Sewage. Port O'Call Recreational Club, 108 Bay Street, Butler, PA 16001, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Penn Township, Butler County to an unnamed tributary to Glade Run.

   WQM Permit No. 1099401. Sewage. Port O'Call Recreational Club, 108 Bay Street, Butler, PA 16002. This project is for the construction and operation of a new wastewater treatment plant and pump station in Penn Township, Butler County.

   WQM Permit No. 6299402. Sewerage, Jeffrey S. Kania, SRSTP, 680 Hatch Run Rd., Warren, PA 16365. Construction of Jeffrey S. Kania SRSTP located in Glade Township, Warren County.

   WQM Permit No. 2099401. Sewerage, Joseph A. and Ruth E. Ruggiero, SRSTP, 201 N. Fourth Ave., Titusville, PA 16354. Construction of Joseph A. and Ruth E. Ruggiero SRSTP located in Rome Township, Crawford County.

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