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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-1989b

[30 Pa.B. 5976]

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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) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B (relating to plan approval requirements).

   Southeast Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.

   09-310-062:  Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. (300 Skunk Hollow Road, Chalfont, PA 18914) for construction of a portable crushing plant in Hilltown Township, Bucks County.

   46-0112:  Palmer International, Inc. (2036 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474) for installation of a thermal oxidizer in Skippack Township, Montgomery County.

   09-310-064:  Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. (300 Skunk Hollow Road, Chalfont, PA 18914) for construction of a portable crushing plant in Hilltown Township, Bucks County.

   09-310-063:  Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. (300 Skunk Hollow Road, Chalfont, PA 18914) for construction of a portable crushing plant in Hilltown Township, Bucks County.

   15-0027C:  Johnson Matthey (434 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA 19087) for installation of two coating lines and wet scrubber in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County.

   46-0047:  Mueller Streamline Co. (287 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454) for modification of two vapor degreasers in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

   46-0209:  PPL Hatfield (Elroy Road, Hatfield, PA 19440) for installation of two (2) electric LM600 Turbines in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 17811-0790, (570) 826-2531.

   66-399-003:  Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co. (P. O. Box 32, Mehoopany, PA 18629) for construction of a central vacuum system for the diaper production area along Route 87 in Washington Township, Wyoming County.

   54-322-003A:  Commonwealth Environmental Systems L. P. (P. O. Box 249, Dunmore, PA 18512) for modification of the landfill (daily capacity limits) in Foster Township, Schuylkill County.

   35-399-035:  Corning, Inc. (Franklin Valley Road, Fleetville, PA 18420-0188) for construction of assembly and soldering benches in Benton Township, Lackawanna County.

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

   06-05002A:  Allentown Cement Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 619, Blandon, PA 19510-0619) for installation of two cyclones, two spray towers and two fabric collectors on two cement kilns in Maidencreek Township, Berks County.

   21-05064A:  Atlas Roofing Corp. (802 Highway 19 North, Suite 190, Meridian, MS 39307) for a conversion over to a different blowing agent (that is, pentane) to be used in the production of foam insulating materials at their plant located at 817 Spangler Road, in Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County. The majority of VOC emissions emanating from the process will be controlled by a thermal oxidizer.

   06-05100A:  Calpine Construction Finance Co., LP (The Pilot House, 2nd Floor, Lewis Warf, Boston, MA 02110) for transfer of Emission Reduction Credits to the proposed combined cycle electric generating plant in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County.

   21-05021C:  Arnold Fuel Oil, Inc. (P. O. Box 2621, Harrisburg, PA 17105) for installation of a back up Vapor Recovery Unit at Mechanicsburg North Terminal in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.

   36-05019D:  Anvil International, Inc. (1411 Lancaster Avenue, Columbia, PA 17512) for installation of a gray iron casting line at the Columbia Facility in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County. The installation will allow the facility to produce cast iron plumbing fixtures. The installation of equipment will result in a net decrease of particulate and an increase in volatile organic compounds (VOC). The particulate will be controlled by new and existing fabric collectors and the VOCs will be vented to the atmosphere. The plan approval will contain operational, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to ensure the facility is complying with all applicable air quality requirements. Upon completion of the construction and compliance of all conditions, the plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V Operating Permit through an Administrative Amendment.

   36-05114:  PPL Global LLC (Suite 400, 11350 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, VA 22030) for construction of four gas-fired simple cycle combustion turbines nominally rated at 45 MW each for electrical generation for a new facility in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. This source is subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG--Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines.

   Northcentral Regional Office:  Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3637.

   59-00005B:  Dominion Transmission Corp. (CNG Tower, 625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3199) for installation of a replacement air cleaning device (a ''screw-in prechamber) on a 2,000 horsepower natural gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion compressor engine (Engine #6) at the Sabinsville Compressor Station in Clymer Township, Tioga County. The air cleaning device installation will not result in any change in the amount of nitrogen oxides or any other air contaminant allowed to be emitted from the engine but may result in a reduction in the emission rate of one or more air contaminants from the levels now actually occurring. This is a Title V facility.

   41-0010A:  Andritz, Inc. (35 Sherman Street, Muncy, PA 17756-1202) for construction of a 650 pound electric induction furnace and a thermal sand reclaimer and associated air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Muncy Borough, Lycoming County.

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

   63-911A:  Twilight Industries (212 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012) for installation of a coal crusher at the Lustik Surface Mine in Somerset Township, Washington County.

   03-224A:  McVille Mining Co. (R. D. 9, Box 379A, Kittanning, PA 16201) for operation of coal processing at Clementine #1 Mine in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County.

   26-521A:  Thomas M. Dolfi Funeral Home (136 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401) for operation of Cremator #1 in Uniontown, Fayette County.

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

   37-314A:  Natural Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. (Plain Grove Road, Slippery Rock, PA 16075-0774) for construction of a non-metallic mineral processing facility (100 tons/hour) with baghouse control in Plain Grove and Scott Townships, Lawrence County.


Notice of Intent to Issue a Plan Approval and Amend a Title V Operating Permit

   In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue two plan approvals to Southdown, Inc. (2001 Portland Park, Wampum, PA 16157), for their plant located in Wampum Borough, Lawrence County. The facility currently has a Title V permit No. 37-00013. The plan approvals will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into the Title V operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.

   Plan approval No. PA37013A is for the installation of slag feed equipment and the incorporation of slag as a raw material. This construction will result in no emission increases at the facility. The construction of material handling equipment at a Portland Cement production facility is subject to Federal NESHAP requirements defined in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart LLL.

   Plan approval No. PA37013A is for the installation of four baghouses on the existing clinker transfer system. The installation of the baghouses on the transfer system will result in a particulate matter reduction of 5.40 tons/year.

   The Plan Approvals and Operating Permit will contain additional recordkeeping and operating restrictions designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.

REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

(RACT)

Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Plain'n Fancy Kitchens, Inc.

Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing to amend its State Implementation Plan (SIP) by withdrawing the existing facility specific SIP revision and to issue a new Plan Approval for Plain'n Fancy Kitchens, Inc. at Oak Street and Route 501, Schaefferstown, PA 17088.

   The Department issued an operating permit (38-318-019C) to Plain'n Fancy Kitchens, Inc. on December 23, 1994 limiting the facility's Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions to less than 50 tons per year. Subsequently, U. S. EPA approved this Operating Permit on August 8, 1995, as a part of Pennsylvania's SIP. Plain'n Fancy Kitchens, Inc. submitted an application on May 10, 2000, to increase the facility's VOC emissions to 70 tons per year.

   This proposal includes two actions:  1)  Revocation of the existing facility specific SIP revision which limited the facility's VOC emissions to less than 50 tons per year of VOC. 2)  Issuance of a new Plan Approval (38-02011). These actions do not adopt any new regulations.

   The proposed Plan approval limits the facility's potential VOC emissions to 70 tons per year. Additional conditions require monitoring, testing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements for the VOC sources at the facility. Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under the act.

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposal. The hearing will be held on December 19, 2000, at the Schaefferstown Fire Company, Oak Street, Schaefferstown, PA 17087 from 1 p.m. until such a time as all scheduled comments on the proposal are received. The public is invited to comment on the proposed action and SIP revision revocation. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing. Persons interested in submitting written comments should send their comments to Ranjan Roy, Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200 on or before December 29, 2000.

   An appointment may be scheduled to review Plan Approval 38-02011A, and other pertinent documents at the Southcentral Regional Office by contacting Mary DiSanto at (717) 705-4732 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

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 such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes:  the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).

   The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such 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 §§ 86.31--86.34 and 77.121--77.123 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. These 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.

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

Coal Mining Applications Received:

   56001301.  Genesis, Inc. (P. O. Box 552, Somerset, PA 15501), to operate the Genesis No. 17 Mine in Lincoln, Quemahoning and Somerset Townships, Somerset County, new deep mine permit application, 001--Higgins Run, 002 -- 003 004 -- Tribs to Beaver Dam Creek. Application received August 29, 2000.

   0380302.  Keystone Coal Mining Corp. (P. O. Box 219, Shelocta, PA 15774), to revise the permit for the Margaret No. 7 Mine in Cowanshannock and Plumcreek Townships, Armstrong County to re-designate an existing permit at the Margaret No. 7 Mine's upper and lower pool mine drainage sites as an Industrial Waste Permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 30, 2000.

   63733708.  Mon View Mining Corp. (5311 Progress Blvd., Bethel Park, PA 15102), to revise the permit for the Mathies Mine CRDA in Union Township, Washington County, slurry injection into abandoned deep mine, no additional discharges. Application received September 20, 2000.

   30733707.  Consolidation Coal Co. (P. O. Box 100, Osage, WV 26543), to renew the permit for the Robena CRDA in Monongahela and Green Townships, Greene County to renew the permit, no additional discharges. Application received August 28, 2000.

   63851702.  Consolidation Coal Co. (4000 Brownsville Rd., South Park, PA 15129), to renew the permit for the Westland Mine, Arden AMD Treatment Plant in Chartiers Township, Washington County to renew the permit, no additional discharges. Application received September 27, 2000.

   03841305.  Keystone Coal Mining Corp. (P. O. Box 219, Shelocta, PA 15774), to revise the permit for the Emilie No. 1 and 2 in South Bend Township, Armstrong County, revision to change the post mining land use of approximately 20.5 acres at the Emilie No. 9 drift portal area, no additional discharges. Application received October 11, 2000.

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

   33930107.  Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Transfer of an existing bituminous strip operation from Leonard Yenzi in Pinecreek and Warsaw Townships, Jefferson County affecting 383.3 acres. Receiving streams:  Unnamed tributary of Laurel Run to Little Mill Creek and unnamed tributaries to Little Mill Creek. Application received:  April 10, 2000. Permit issued:  October 30, 2000.

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

   03960109.  Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Application received to change the postmining land use from forestland to land occasionally cut for hay at a bituminous surface mining site located in Valley Township, Armstrong County, affecting 113 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Laurel Run and Laurel Run. Application received: October 25, 2000.

   63890103.  Pangersis Coal Company (165 Old McKee Road, Oakdale, PA 15071). Application received to renew permit for reclamation only at a bituminous surface mine located in Robinson Township, Washington County, affecting 28.5 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Robinson Run. Application received:  November 1, 2000.

   03950110. Rosebud Mining Company (R. D. 9, Box 279A, Kittanning, PA 16201). Application received to renew permit for reclamation only at a bituminous surface/auger mine located in Mahoning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 82.9 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek. Application received:  November 1, 2000.

   03950106.  TDK Coal Sales, Inc. (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824). Application received for renewal of permit for reclamation only for a bituminous surface mining site located in Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 95.3 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Sugar Creek and to Sugar Creek. Application received:  November 2, 2000.

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

   17814000. T D K Coal Sales, Inc. (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from Al Hamilton Contracting Company, located in Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 204.2 acres. Receiving streams:  Irish Run and unnamed tributaries to Irish Run. Application received October 5, 2000.

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

   49850701R3.  Reading Anthracite Company (200 Mahantongo St., PO Box 1200, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of an existing coal refuse disposal operation in Coal Township, Northumberland County affecting 29.8 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received October 27, 2000.

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

Noncoal Applications Received

   1307-16950306-E-2.  Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254). Application for a stream encroachment to upgrade an existing stream crossing over an unnamed tributary to Black Fox Run in Toby and Perry Townships, Clarion County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Black Fox Run. Application received:  October 31, 2000.

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

Coal Applications Withdrawn

   54820203T2.  International Anthracite Corporation (213 South 16th Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), withdrawal of a permit transfer application in Hegins and Porter Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 200.0 acres, receiving stream--Each Branch Rausch Creek. Application received September 27, 2000. Application withdrawn October 30, 2000.

Bureau of Deep Mine Safety

   The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from DLR Mining, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Gaida by calling (724) 439-7469 or from the BDMS web site at http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep.deputate/minres/dms/dms.htm.

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

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

   Section 242(c) states that where belt conveyors are installed, main stoppings and regulators shall be so arranged as to reduce the quantity of air traveling in the belt conveyor entry to a minimum for effective ventilation and to provide an intake air split as an escapeway from the face area to the main air current.

   Summary of the request:  DLR Mining, Inc. requests a variance to use point carbon monoxide early warning fire detection system and entries in common with the belt conveyor entry in short term panels at the Nolo Mine.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401:  FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

ENCROACHMENTS

   The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 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 any 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 received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

   Southeast Regional Office:  Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   E15-651. Encroachment. Peter D. Melchiorre, 1020 North Valley Road, Paoli, PA 19301. To maintain an existing fill which impacted approximately 0.32 acre of wetland in and along the 100-year floodplain of French Creek (TSF-MF). The site is located approximately 2,000 feet southeast of the intersection of Township Road and Mawere Road (Phoenixville, PA Quadrangle N:  2.25 inches; W:  4.25 inches) in Phoenixville Borough, Chester County.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.

   E39-367. Encroachment. County of Lehigh, 17 South Seventh Street, Allentown, PA 18101-2400. To maintain the existing Basin Street Bridge across the Little Lehigh Creek (HQ-CWF) with work consisting of scour repairs to bridge piers and the construction of deflectors in Little Lehigh Creek. The project is located east of Klines Island at the Basin Street Bridge over Little Lehigh Creek, (Allentown East, PA Quadrangle N:  18.6 inches; W:  11.6 inches), City of Allentown, Lehigh County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   E40-559. Encroachment. Michael Forte, 37 North Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. To place fill in 0.13 acre of PSS wetlands for the purpose of constructing a residential dwelling on Lot No. 4 in Clifton Court. The project is located approximately 0.6 mile north of the intersection of Ashley Street and Middle Road, (Wilkes-Barre West, PA Quadrangle N:  16.3 inches; W:  9.7 inches), Hanover Township, Luzerne County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers). The applicant proposes wetland replacement by making a contribution to the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project.

   E45-401. Encroachment. East Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-2999. To place fill in approximately 0.55 acre of PFO wetlands for the purpose of constructing an athletic field at East Stroudsburg University. The project is located on the eastern side of the campus along Mary Street, approximately 300 feet east of its intersection with Gwendolyn Street, (East Stroudsburg, PA Quadrangle N:  0.25 inch; W:  5.75 inches), East Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   E45-402. Encroachment, Harry B. Kneezal, R. R. 1, Box 198, Tannersville, PA 18372-9602. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a private footbridge having a single span of approximately 62 feet an underclearance of approximately 8 feet across Pocono Creek (HQ-CWF). The project is located on the north side of S. R. 4006 (Camelback Road), approximately 200 feet east of the intersection of S. R. 4006 and Township Road T539, (Mount Pocono, PA Quadrangle N:  10.8 inches; W:  14.1 inches), Pocono Township, Monroe County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   E52-167. Encroachment. Wild Acres Lakes Property and Homeowners Association, R. R. 1, Box 500, Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a road crossing of Hornbeck's Creek (HQ-CWF), consisting of an open-bottomed aluminum boxed culvert having a waterway opening of approximately 14.4 feet × 3.3 feet. The project is located on Doe Drive, approximately 1,500 feet southeast of Richard's Lake (Lake Maskenozha, PA-NJ Quadrangle N:  17.9 inches; W:  7.2), Delaware Township, Pike County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   E64-213. 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 prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge having a single span of 62.3 feet (19.00 meters) and underclearance of approximately 13.2 feet (4.03 meters) across Wallenpaupack Creek (HQ-CWF); to temporarily place fill in 0.4 acre (1,936 square meters) of PSS Wetlands for the purpose of maintaining a temporary roadway during construction of the new bridge; and to permanently place fill in a de minimis area of PSS wetlands equal to 0.03 acre (140 square meters). The project is located along S. R. 0507, Segment 0230, Offset 1187 (Newfoundland, PA Quadrangle N:  12.0 inches; W:  9.1 inches), Dreher Township, Wayne County, and Greene Township, Pike County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   E64-214. Encroachment. Paul E. Saylor, Jr., R. R. 2, Box 2127, Equinunk, PA 18417. To dredge approximately 6 to 7 feet of material from an on-stream pond having a surface area of approximately 0.03 acre. The pond is situated on a tributary to south branch Equinunk Creek (HQ-CWF) on the east side of S. R. 1023, just north of S.G.L. 159, Long Eddy NY-PA Quadrangle N:  3.4 inches; W:  16.9 inches), Lebanon Township, Wayne County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

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

   E07-339. Encroachment. Terry Wagner, Blair County Commissioners, 423 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To remove an existing bridge and to construct and maintain a concrete culvert having a normal span of 12 feet and an underclearance of 3.6 feet in the channel of a tributary to the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River (WWF) at a point at East Second Street (Williamsburg, PA Quadrangle N:  15.6 inches; W:  10.5 inches) in Williamsburg Borough, Blair County.

   E28-282. Encroachment. John Hart, Franklin County Commissioners, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. To remove the existing County Bridge #76, construct and maintain twin pre-cast concrete box culverts each having spans of 16.0 feet and a rise of 4.9 feet in the West Branch Antietam Creek (CFW). Channel realignment and widening of approximately 100 feet of upstream and 130 feet of downstream channel section is proposed. The project is located on Hess-Benedict Road (T-391) (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N:  11.0 inches; W:  10.7 inches) in Quincy Township, Franklin County.

   E28-283. Encroachment. John Hart, Franklin County Commissioners, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. To remove the existing County Bridge #74 and to construct and maintain twin pre-cast concrete box culverts each having spans of 11 feet with a rise of 4.75 feet in the West Branch Antietam Creek (CWF). Channel realignment and widening of approximately 60 feet of upstream and 105 feet of downstream channel section is proposed. Project is located on Stamey Hill Road (T-399) (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N:  15.9 inches; W:  9.7 inches) in Quincy Township, Franklin County.

   E28-284. Encroachment. John Hart, Franklin Cnty Comm, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. To remove the existing County Bridge #75 and to construct and maintain twin pre-cast concrete box culverts each having spans of 13.0 feet and a rise of 4.5 feet in the West Branch Antietam Creek (CWF). Channel realignment and widening of approximately 30 feet of upstream and 125 lineal feet of downstream channel section is proposed. The project is located on Mt. Zion Road (T-397) (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N:  13.9 inches; W:  10.2 inches) in Quincy Township, Franklin County.

   E31-166. Encroachment. Charles Querry, R. D. 4, Box 433, Tyrone, PA 16686. To construct and maintain a stream crossing consisting of three 42-inch by 29-inch corrugated metal pipe arch culverts in the channel of Logan Spring Run (WWF) at a point approximately 1,500 feet upstream of the Route 550 crossing (Tyrone, PA Quadrangle N:  10.7 inches; W:  8.8 inches) in Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County.

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

   E02-1324. Encroachment. J. West Corporation, 222 Oxford Boulevard, Allison Park, PA 15101. To place and maintain fill on the right bank of the Allegheny River (WWF), to place and maintain fill in approximately 0.17 acre of wetlands and to construct and maintain two outfall structures on the right bank of said stream for the purpose of constructing the Cove at St. Charles residential development located on the south side of St. Charles Court, approximately 300 feet west from the intersection of Boyd Avenue, River Road and St. Charles Court (Braddock, PA Quadrangle N:  21.8 inches; W:  14.4 inches) in O'Hara Township and Baldwin Borough, Allegheny County.

   E03-390. Encroachment. Boggs Township Supervisors, R. D. 1, Box 49A, Templeton, PA 16259. To remove the existing structure (Township Bridge No. 33) and to construct and maintain a bridge having a normal clear span of 20 feet and an underclearance of 6.9 feet across Scrubgrass Creek (CWF) located on T-822 at a point approximately 200 feet from its intersection with T-632. Also to construct and maintain temporary diversion devices in the channel during construction (Distant, PA Quadrangle N:  5.69 inches; W:  16.99 inches) in Boggs Township, Armstrong County.

   E26-275. Encroachment. Kenneth Nicholson, Jr., P. O. Box 201, Normalville, PA 15469. To construct and maintain a 125-foot long, 8-foot diameter pipe stream enclosure in Irish Run (WWF) for the purpose of providing additional parking for Fat Boys Lounge located along S. R. 119 South approximately 0.5 mile north of its intersection with S. R. 982 (Connellsville, PA Quadrangle N:  11.25 inches; W:  8.95 inches) in Bullskin Township, Fayette County.

   E32-427. Encroachment. Pine Township, P. O. Box 89, Heilwood, PA 15745-0089. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 40-foot long culvert consisting of four 5-foot diameter pipes (invert depressed 4 inches) in Dutch Run (CWF) located on T-585 (Kinter Station Road) at a point approximately 0.5 mile east of its intersection with S. R. 1013. Also to place and maintain rock rip rap at the structure's inlet and outlet (Colver, PA Quadrangle N:  19.38 inches; W:  15.77 inches) in Pine Township, Indiana County.

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

   E25-622. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 255 Elm Street, P. O. Box 398, Oil City, PA 16301. To install concrete paving 1-foot below the existing streambed and maintain the 480-foot long concrete arch stream enclosure having a span of 21 feet and a rise of 12 feet in Twelvemile Creek (HQ-CWF; MF) on S. R. 0090, Segment 0384, Offset 1789 approximately 2.4 miles east of exit 10A (North East, PA-NY Quadrangle N:  7.9 inches; W:  13.8 inches) in North East Township, Erie County.

DAM SAFETY


Applications received 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.

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

   D02-098A. Dam. Adam and Becky Slade (2510 Wexford Bayne Road, Sewickley, PA 15143). To modify, operate and maintain Adam and Becky Slade Dam across Rippling Run (TSF), for the purpose of making repairs and meeting current design standards for dams. Work includes replacing the primary spillway, constructing a new emergency spillway, constructing a forebay in the upstream section of the lake to reduce sedimentation in the remaining portion of the lake. (Emsworth, PA Quadrangle N:  18.4 inches; W:  15.7 inches) in Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT


The following Environmental Assessment and request for Water Quality Certification is being processed under section 105.12(a)(16) and 105.15(b), restoration activities undertaken and conducted under a restoration plan approved by the Department.

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

   EA46-032CO. Environmental Assessment. Robert Levy, Jr., President (Talamore at Oak Terrace, 723 Talamore Drive, Ambler, PA 19002). To remove a partially breached dam across a tributary to Park Creek (WWF, MF) for the purpose of restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1,100 feet northeast of the intersection of Talamore Drive and State Route 63 (Ambler, PA Quadrangle N:  12.75 inches; W:  10.75 inches). Horsham Township, Montgomery County.

WATER ALLOCATIONS


Applications filed under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of this Commonwealth.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Water Supply Management Program, Sanitarian Regional Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4708.

   Permit No. WA06-1015. Water Allocation. Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania, Berks County. Responsible Official:  Brian Hassinger, P. O. Box 6342, 4 Wellington Blvd., Wyomissing, PA 19610. Request:  Right to purchase 330,000 gallons per day (mgd) on a monthly basis from the Western Berks Water Authority to serve Rosewood Hills area of the Penn District service area. Consulting Engineer:  Darryl Jenkins, P. E., Citizens Utilities, P. O. Box 6342, 4 Wellington Blvd., Wyomissing, PA 19610. Application received:  September 18, 2000.

STORAGE TANKS

SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION PERMITS

   The following Storage Tank Site Specific Installation Permit application has been received by the Department and is currently under review. Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Bureau of Watershed Conservation, Division of Storage Tanks, P. O. Box 8762, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8762, within 30 days from the date of this publication. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of the comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.


SSIP ApplicationApplicant NameCounty andTank Type and
Numberand AddressMunicipalityCapacity
00027Steven W. Crain
Panda Perkiomen Power, L. P.
Suite 1001
4100 Spring Valley
Dallas, TX 75422
Montgomery County
Upper Hanover Township
1 AST storing
Aqueous Ammonia 20% Solution
60,000 gallons
1 AST storing
Acid (Sulfuric) 95% Solution
6,000 gallons
1 AST storing
Caustic (Sodium Hydroxide)
25% or 50% Solution
6,000 gallons
2 ASTs storing
Biocide Storage Tanks--15%
Sodium Hypochlorite
2,000 gallons each
1 AST storing
Diesel Generator Fuel Oil Tank
1,600 gallons
2 ASTs storing
Steam Turbine Lubricating Oil Tanks
5,000 gallons each
4 ASTs storing
Combustion Turbine Lubricating Oil Tanks
6,000 gallons each


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.

   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, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.


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


Industrial waste and sewerage actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.100).

Permits Issued

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026867 Amendment No. 2. Sewage. Abington Township, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. The applicant is authorized to discharge from a facility in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0055972 Permit Transfer. Sewage. Joseph M. Davis Owner, 411 Tudor Road, Collegeville, PA 19426. The applicant is authorized to discharge from a facility in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0058106. Sewage. Doug Jones, Owner, 229 Goshen Road, Apartment B, Schwenksville, PA 19473. The applicant is authorized to discharge from a facility in Douglass Township, Montgomery County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0056642. Sewage. Meenan Oil Company, 8301 Lansdowne Avenue, Upper Darby, PA 19082. The applicant is authorized to discharge from a facility in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0056006. Sewage. Nicholas M. Caban, Owner, 136 Haldeman Road, Schwenksville, PA 19473. The applicant is authorized to discharge from a facility in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County.

   Northeast Regional Office:  Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.

   WQM Permit No. 5400403. Sewerage Industrial Waste. Schuylkill County Municipal Authority, 221 South Centre Street, P. O. Box 960, Pottsville, PA 17901, is authorized to construct a pump station and force main to serve the Foster Township, Schuylkill Highridge Business Park, CES Landfill, and Butler Township, Schuylkill County.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Regional Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707.

   Permit No. PA0054852 Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. Western Berks Refuse Authority, 455 Poplar Neck Road, Birdsboro, PA 19508 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Cumru Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Schuylkill River.

   Permit No. PA0041220. Sewerage. Hershey Conewago Recreaground, LLC., P. O. Box 449, Hershey, PA 17033 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Conewago Township, Lancaster County to the receiving waters named UNT to the Conewago Creek in Watershed 7-G.

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

   Permit NPDES PA0114472. Sewerage. Cherry Township Board of Supervisors, R. R. 1, Box 1283BB, Dushore, PA 18614-9804. Renewal granted to existing NPDES permit for facility located at Cherry Township, Sullivan County.

   Permit NPDES PA0209236. Sewerage. Borough of Tioga, P. O. Box 158, Tioga, PA 16946-0158. Renewal granted to existing NPDES permit for facility located at Tioga Township, Tioga County.

   Permit NPDES PA0114588. Industrial Waste. Sunoco Inc R & M, 10 Penn Center, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1699. Renewal granted to existing NPDES permit for facility located at State College Borough, Centre County.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0094994. Sewage. Kennywood Entertainment Partners, L. P., 4800 Kennywood Boulevard, West Mifflin, PA 15122 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Idlewild Park Sewage Treatment Plant, Ligonier, Westmoreland County to receiving waters named Loyalhanna Creek.

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

   NPDES Permit No. PA0023124. Sewage. Albion Borough Municipal Authority, 15 Smock Avenue, Albion, PA 16401 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Conneaut Township, Erie County to Conneaut Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0000167. Industrial Waste. Transportation Investment Group--Union Electric Steel Corporation, Greengarden Electro Slag Remelt Facility, 7005 West Pine Gate Road, Fairview, PA 16415 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in the City of Erie, Erie County to an unnamed tributary to Cascade Creek.

   WQM Permit No. 2000411. Sewage. Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc., 12382 Center Street, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316. This project is for the conversion of an abandoned wastewater treatment plant into an equalization tank in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County.

   WQM Permit No. 2500418. Sewerage, Mark T. Hopson SRSTP, 8658 Haft Rd., Erie, PA 16510. Construction of Mark T. Hopson SRSTP located in Greene Township, Erie County.

   WQM Permit No. 6200412. Sewerage, Rebecca L. Gafner SRSTP, 6 Bradley St., Warren, PA 16365. Construction of Rebecca L. Gafner SRSTP located in Pine Grove Township, Warren County.

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