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Public Hearing
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing on an individual National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit application #PAS101308. The NPDES permit application was submitted by John J. Kovatch Jr. for discharges of stormwater from construction activities to First Hollow Run, an Exceptional Value (EV) Watershed as classified by Chapter 93, related to the proposed Little Flowers Estates residential subdivision located in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County.
The Department is in its final review stages of the project and has received a recommendation of approval from the Carbon County Conservation District.
The public hearing will only be held if significant public interest exists. If the Department does not receive any comments regarding this proposed activity within the 30 days allotted for reply, it will be understood that there is no significant interest and the public hearing will be canceled. The public hearing will tentatively be held on November 14, 1996, at 7 p.m. in the Nesquehoning Borough building.
In order to develop an agenda for the hearing, the Department requests that individuals wishing to testify at the hearing submit a written notice of such intent to Kate Crowley, Department of Environmental Protection, Water Management Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. The Department will accept notices up to the day of the hearing.
The Department requests that individuals limit their testimony to 10 minutes so that all individuals have the opportunity to testify. Written copies of oral testimony are requested. Relinquishing of time will not be allowed. All individuals attending the hearing will have the opportunity to testify if they so desire, however, individuals who pre-register to testify will be given priority on the agenda.
Persons with a disability who wish to testify and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation should contact Richard Shudack of DEP at (717) 826-2060 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department can accommodate their needs.
Those unable to attend the hearing can submit written testimony or comment to the Department until November 18, 1996.
The NPDES permit application is available for review at DEP's regional office, 2 Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. Appointments for scheduling a review can be made by calling DEP's regional Records Management Section at (717) 826-2511. The permit application is also for review at the Carbon County Conservation District, 92 Blakeslee Boulevard East in Lehighton. Please call James Clauser, District Manager to schedule an appointment.
The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department of Environmental Protection at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following: name, address and telephone number; identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed; and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protest or protests. Each commentator will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan or action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Industrial waste and sewerage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 0496202. Industrial waste, Beaver Falls Municipal Authority, 1425 Eighth Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. Application for construction and operation of a new raw water intake facility and new sludge handling facilities located in the Borough of Eastvale, Beaver County to serve the Eastvale Water Treatment Plant.
A. 6396202. Industrial waste, Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, 325-327 McKean Avenue, Charleroi, PA 15022. Application for the relocation of outfall for water treatment plant discharge from Maple Creek to the Monongahela River located in the Borough of Charleroi, Washington County to serve the Charleroi Borough Water Filtration Plant.
A. 0296411. Sewerage, Elizabeth Township Sanitary Authority, 522 Rock Run Road, Buena Vista, PA 15018. Application for the construction of a sanitary interceptor in the Fallen Timber Watershed located in the Township of Elizabeth, Allegheny County to serve the Fallen Timber Watershed--Lower Interceptor.
A. 3296402. Sewerage, Helvetia Coal Company, P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701. Application for the construction of a sewage treatment plant located in the Township of Blacklick, Indiana County to serve the Lucerne No. 6 Extension--Clawson Shaft Portal.
A. 6374419. Amendment No. 3. Sewerage, Washington-East Washington Joint Authority, 60 East Beau Street, P. O. Box 510, Washington, PA 15301-4514. Application for the modifications of pump stations, sewage treatment plant, Outfall and Headwall located in Washington City, Washington County to serve the Washington-East Washington Joint Authority Waste Water Treatment Plant.
A. 6396410. Sewerage, Robert M. Ventura, P. O. Box 486, Richeyville, PA 15358. Application for the construction of a pump station located adjacent to the west property line and will pump to the force main located on the north side of Old National Pike located in the Borough of Centerville, Washington County to serve the Centerpointe Station Development Company.
Southcentral Regional Office, Waste Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.
A. 0596408. Sewage, Chestnut Ridge Area Joint Municipal Authority, R. R. 1, Box A320, New Paris, PA 15554, East St. Clair Township, Bedford County to construct a wastewater collection, conveyance and treatment facility was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on September 19, 1996.
A. 6796411. Sewage, Memphord Estates, 148 S. Baltimore Street, Dillsburg, PA 17019, Monaghan Township, York County to construct sewers, appurtenances and pump stations was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on September 23, 1996.
A. 0696410. Sewage, Karen H. Harakel, 1685 Route 143, Lenhartsville, PA 19534, Lenhartsville Township, Berks County to construct a small flow treatment facility was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on September 17, 1996.
A. 0696411. Sewage, Amity Township, P. O. Box 215, Douglassville, PA 19518, Amity Township, Berks County to construct a pump station was received in the Southcentral Regional Office on September 19, 1996.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 4396410. Sewage, Andrew C. Perlik, SRSTP, 2002 Rutlidge Rd., Transfer, PA 16154. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Delaware Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4396411. Sewerage, Marc L. Hawks, SRSTP, 29 Plum Rd., Greenville, PA 16125. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in West Salem Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4396412. Sewage, Janet Ziglear, SRSTP, 323 Sharon-Bedford Rd., West Middlesex, PA 16154. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Shenango Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4396413. Sewage, John H. Miller, SRSTP, 20 Jones St., Lot 10, Stoneboro, PA 16153. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Fairview Township, Mercer County.
Southeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.
0996416. Sewerage. Bedminster Municipal Authority (3112 Bedminster Road, Bedminster, PA 18910). Modification to existing sewage pump station and construction of a new force main to serve Stone Bridge located in Bedminster Township, Bucks County.
1596204. Industrial waste. Hewlett-Packard Company, Corp., Real Estates Department (3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304). Construction of a groundwater remediation system to serve the Avondale Site located in New Garden Township, Chester County.
1596410. Sewerage. Thornbury Township, 8 Township Drive, Cheyney, PA 19319-1019. Construction of a pump station to serve Bridlewood Farms located in Thornbury Township, Chester County.
4696412. Sewerage. Westrum Whitemarsh Limited Partnership, (794 Penllyn Pike, Suite 101, Blue Bell, PA 19422). A proposed temporary containment system with two 9.25` × 20` × 11` sanitary holding tanks to serve the Estates at Whitemarsh Hills located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County.
0996417. Sewerage. Jeffrey Ayers, 1830 Ridge Road, Sellersville, PA 18960). Construction of a small flow sewage treatment plant with spray field to serve the Jeffrey Ayers residence located in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County.
1596411. Sewerage. North Coventry Municipal Authority, (1485 East Schuylkill Road, P. O. Box 833, Pottstown, PA 19464-0833). Construction of a wastewater treatment plant expansion and upgrade to serve North Coventry Municipal Authority located in North Coventry Township, Chester County.
0996418. Sewerage. The Cutler Group, Inc,. (5 Sentry Parkway, Suite 100, 325 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422). Construction of two pump stations and force mains to serve Warrington Hunt and Folly Road located in Warrington Township, Bucks County.
4696419. Sewerage. Upper Montgomery Joint Authority, (P. O. Box 6, Mensch Dam Road, Pennsburg, PA 18073). Construction of a pump station to serve Colonial Village located in East Greenville Township, Montgomery County.
Northeast Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.
A. 1396402. Sewerage. Nis Hollow Estates, 312 Lower Nis Hollow Drive, Lehighton, PA 18235. Application to install a 10,000 gallon equalization tank to improve plant performance and efficiency at the existing sewage treatment plant, located in East Penn Township, Carbon County. Application received in the Regional Office August 21, 1996.
Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southeast Regional Office, Sanitarian Regional Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.
A. 4696509. Public water supply. Superior Water Company, Inc., Robert A. Braglio, 1030 West Germantown Pike, Fairview Village, PA 19404. This proposal involves the construction of a new public water system to serve the Center Point Farm development. The project includes one well, new building, pumps, chlorination system, storage tank, a distribution system and a stand-by generator in Worcester Township, Montgomery County.
Southcentral Regional Office, Sanitarian Regional Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4692.
A. 0696509. Public water supply. AVW Inc., Exeter Township, Berks County, (Donald L. Peifer, P. O. Box 264, Birdsboro, PA 19508), construction of new treatment facilities for previously unpermitted well no. 9. Well no. 9 is to be used at a rate of 90 gpm. Treatment will include sodium hypochlorite for disinfection and a shallow tray aerator for volatile organic compound removal, (Edward J. Gaydos, Vitillo Group, Inc.,/Flying Hills Corporate Center, Six Commerce Drive, Reading, PA 19607).
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 0289508-A1. Borough of Brackenridge, 1000 Brackenridge Avenue, Brackenridge, PA 15014. Installation of a high service booster pump and new weir troughs at treatment plant, new emergency generator at pump station and miscellaneous pipe replacements, Brackenridge Borough, Allegheny County.
A. 0496503. Beaver Falls Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 400, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. Construction of a new raw water intake structure, Eastvale Borough, Beaver County.
A. 2696501. Pleasant Valley Water Authority, 2320 Moyer Road, Connellsville, PA 15425. Installation of waterline, two pressure reducing pits, and maintaining lines in Saltlick and Bullskin Townships, Fayette County.
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under Sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified below, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified below. During this comment period a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southwest Field Office, John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-5217.
Borough of Ambridge, Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County. Borough of Ambridge, 600 Eleventh Street, Ambridge, PA 15003 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with lead, heavy metal, BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a special industrial area standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Beaver County Times on August 29, 1996.
Pittsburgh International Airport, Old Terminal, Fuel Distribution System, Moon Township, Allegheny County. Allegheny County Department of Aviation, P. O. Box 12370, Pittsburgh, PA 15231-0370 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet a site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on November 16, 1996.
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted to the Department of Environment Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) requires the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of the Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site, and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southwest Field Office, John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-5217.
Alcoa Pilot Atomizer, Upper Burrell, Westmoreland County. Thatcher O. Montgomery, 100 Technical Drive, Alcoa Center, PA 15069-0001 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with PCBs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Applications under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources.
Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
05-02002A. Construction of a thermoplastic rotocasting and decorative coating operation by Hedstrom Corporation (P. O. Box 432, Bedford, PA 15522-0432) in Bedford Township, Bedford County.
06-03551. Construction and modification of a graphite machining operation controlled by four fabric collectors by M.G.P., Inc. (P. O. Box 128, Topton, PA 19562) in Robesonia, Berks County.
06-1010A. Modification of four boilers by Crompton & Knowles Color Incorporated (P. O. Box 341, Reading, PA 19603) in Robeson Township, Berks County. One of the boilers is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Dc, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
06-03221. Construction of a sulfuric anodizing line and control device by Industrial Metal Plating, Inc. (116 Mitchell Road, Reading, PA 19601-1195) in Bern Township, Berks County.
07-313-007A. Installation of a new packed column scrubber to replace three existing scrubbers on the ERCO chlorine dioxide plant and bleach plant equipment by Appleton Papers, Inc. (Spring Mill Plant, 100 Paper Mill Road, Roaring Spring, PA 16673) in Roaring Spring Boro, Blair County.
21-05030. Installation of a dual-fuel boiler by Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc. (P. O. Box A, Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065) in Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Dc, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
36-313-030D. Modification of a pharmaceutical manufacturing operation by Warner-Lambert Company (400 West Lincoln Avenue, Lititz, PA 17543) in Lititz Borough, Lancaster County.
36-2025A. Installation of a gas turbine and emergency generator by Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (14162 River Road, Marietta, PA 17547) in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County. The source is subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart GG, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
17-302-022. Construction of a wood-fired boiler by Burke-Parsons-Bowlby Corporation (P. O. Box 287, DuBois, PA 15801) in Sandy Township, Clearfield County.
59-399-011A. Construction of a powdered metal parts sintering furnace by Metalkraft Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 606, Wellsboro, PA 16901) in Charleston Township, Tioga County.
Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
PA-11-332A. Cambria CoGen Company (7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195) for a selective non-catalyst reduction system on the boilers at its facility located in Cambria Township, Cambria County.
PA-04-038A. Precision Kidd Steel Company (One Quality Way, Aliquippa, PA 15001) for the acid pickling Department at its Aliquippa Plant located in Aliquippa Borough, Beaver County.
Applications received for Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
07-310-020D. The Department intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit to New Enterprise Stone &Lime Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664) for a limestone crushing plant controlled by water sprays and two fabric collectors located at their Roaring Spring plant in Taylor Township, Blair County. The sources are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOO, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.
Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
32-310-001A. The Department intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit to Edward C. Griffith Quarrying, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 176, Rochester Mills, PA 15771) for a Hewitt Robins Jaw Crusher at its Griffith Quarry located in North Mahoning Township, Indiana County.
03-308-002. The Department intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit to Vista Metals, Inc. (1024 East Smithfield Street, McKeesport, PA 15135) for a condenser on the materials dryers at its Kittanning Plant located in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County.
63-308-004A. The Department intends to issue an Air Quality Operating Permit to Molycorp, Inc. (300 Caldwell Avenue, Washington, PA 15301) for an aluminothermic reduction process at its Washington Plant located in Canton Township, Washington County.
Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
59-304-006B. The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Ward Manufacturing, Inc. (P. O. Box 9, Blossburg, PA 16912) for the operation of various iron casting grinders, sanders and spin blasters and associated air cleaning devices (two fabric collectors) in Blossburg Borough, Tioga County.
Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit for the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.
Permit: 46-310-046
Source: Pilot Rotary Calciner
Company: PQ Corp.
Location: Whitemarch
County: Montgomery
Plan approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northeast Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Copies of the following applications are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP office, 2 Public Square Office, Wilkes-Barre, PA. A 30-day comment period, from the date of publication, will exist for the submission of comments.
An application for Plan Approval has been received by this office for the construction, modification or reactivation of the air contaminant sources and associated air cleaning devices described below for the specified companies.
Permit: 45-310-014.
Source: Stone Crushing Operation w/Water Sprays
Received: September 26, 1996
Company: Haines and Kibblehouse, Inc.
Location: Smithfield Twp.
County: Monroe
Notice of Intent to Issue State Only Operating Permit #04-306
Per 25 Pa. Code § 127.424, notice is hereby provided that the Department intends to issue a facility-wide State Only Operating Permit to BASF Corporation (370 Frankfort Rd., Monaca, PA 15061) for the BASF Monaca facility operating in Potter Township, Beaver County.
Permit conditions cover all equipment located at this facility, including Raw Material Storage Tanks, Styrene/Butadiene production equipment, Acronal production equipment, and Primary, Secondary and Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Facilities. Emissions at this site are controlled with a Thermal Oxidizing Unit (with an enclosed flare for backup) and a Leak Detection and Repair Program. Annual emissions (after control) are established at 39 tons NOx, 45 tons VOC, a total of 20 tons HAPs, and 5 tons or less of any individual HAP.
Copies of the application, DEP's analysis and other documents used in evaluation of the application are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Any person wishing to either object to the operating permit or a proposed condition thereof or provide the Department with additional information which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of this permit may submit the information to the Department at the address shown above. A 30-day comment period, from the date of this publication, will exist for the submission of comments. Each written comment must contain the following:
* Name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments.
* Identification of the proposed permit (specify #04-306).
* Concise statements regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the permit.
A public hearing may be held, if the Department, in its discretion, decides that such a hearing is warranted based on the information received. All persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, or by telephone, where the Department determines such notification by telephone is sufficient. Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be directed to Joseph Pezze, Regional Air Quality Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office, Field Operations, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000. For additional information contact Barbara R. Hatch, Air Pollution Control Engineer II, Air Quality Control at the same address.
Application received under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate a solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
A. 300558. Pennsylvania Power Co., 1 East Washington Street, P. O. Box 891, New Castle, PA 16103-0891. Little Blue Run Disposal Impoundment, Bruce Mansfield Plant, Box 128, Shippingport, PA 15077-0128. Application for a major permit modification to re-permit a Class II residual waste disposal impoundment in Greene Township, Beaver County. Received in the Regional Office on September 17, 1996.
MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS 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. 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 §§ 77.121--23 and 86.31--34 (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. Such 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 Chs. 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.
District Mining Operations, 437 South Center, Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Received
56960110. PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, Friedens, PA 15541), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip-limestone removal mine in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, affecting 342.5 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Blue Lick Creek, application received September 19, 1996.
32960105. M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Pine Township, Indiana County, affecting 18.5 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Yellow Creek and Yellow Creek to Two Lick Creek to Conemaugh River, application received September 23, 1996.
District Mining Operations, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601).
02930201. Allegheny Valley Resources, Inc. (Box 1, Saxonburg Boulevard, Curtisville, PA 15032). Revision received to add fly ash/bottom ash disposal to an existing coal refuse reprocessing site with a coal preparation plant/processing facility located in West Deer Township, Allegheny County, affecting 56.0 acres. Receiving streams: Little Deer Creek and unnamed tributary to Little Deer Creek. Revision application received: September 18, 1996.
03960108. Dutch Run Coal, Inc. (A02-366, Shelocta, PA 15774). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, proposed to affect 39.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Crooked Creek to Crooked Creek. Application received: September 17, 1996.
Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.
17841604. Power Operating Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 25, Osceola Mills, PA 16666), to renew the permit for the Leslie Tipple Facility in Decatur Township, Clearfield County and to revise to add 69 support acres, no additional discharge. Application received September 6, 1996.
The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).
In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for process requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provision of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.
Applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.
EA28-001. Environmental assessment. Jean C. Horst, Franklin County Commissions Office, 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201-2211. Remove county bridge 80 currently spanning the Conococheague Creek its bank foundation and headwall and restore the area to its original contour located (Williamson, PA Quadrangle N: 16.1; W: 6.1) Boundary of Antrum and Peters Townships. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-5485.
E40-453. Encroachment. MapleMoor, Inc., 147 Hayfield Road, Shavertown, PA 18708-9748. To excavate in 0.84 acre of wetlands for the purpose of increasing the storage capacity of an existing irrigation pond serving the Huntsville Golf Course. The project is located on the east side of T-587, approximately 2,000 feet southwest of the intersection of T-587 and T-795 (Harveys Lake, PA Quadrangle N: 9.7 inches; W: 1.9 inches), in Lehman Township, Luzerne County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).
Northcentral Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 208 W. Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3574.
E08-237. Water obstruction and encroachment. Susan P. Kulsar, 376 Rutherford Ave., Franklin, NJ 07416-1525. The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a private road crossing Beckwith Creek for access to a single residence. The proposed road crossing shall be constructed with a corrugated metal culvert pipe that has a 72 inch diameter and a length of 20.0 feet. The project is located along eastern right-of-way of SR 0549 approximately 4,000.0 feet east of the intersection of SR 0549 and SR 4038 (Millerton, PA Quadrangle N: 9.6 inches; W: 1.0 inch) in Wells Township, Bradford County. Estimated stream disturbance 20.0 feet with no wetlands; stream classification is a Cold Water Fishery.
E41-389. Water obstruction and encroachment. Ecks Garage, Inc., R. R. 2, Muncy, PA 17756. To place and maintain fill and to excavate of 0.4 acre of isolated palustrine emergent wetlands for the purpose of enlarging an existing parking lot and to relocate stormwater drainage swales. The proposed work will permanently impact 0.3 acre and temporarily impact 0.1 acre of wetlands. The applicant proposes to meet the wetland replacement requirement by participating in the Pa. Wetland Replacement Project. The project site is located approximately 3.5 miles east of Montoursville and 0.3 mile southwest of I-180/Rt. 220 right-of-way (Muncy, PA Quadrangle N: 21.8 inches; W: 14.24 inches) in Fairfield Township, Lycoming County.
E53-291. Water obstruction and encroachment. Wending Creek Farms, 5 West Third St., Coudersport, PA 16915. To construct and maintain a private single span bridge for timber management with a clear span of 30 feet and a minimum underclearance of 6.5 feet across the Allegheny River. The project is located off SR 49 about 2.5 miles east of SR 44 (Sweden Valley, PA Quadrangle N: 13.3 inches; W: 12.6 inches) in Hebron Township. Estimated stream disturbance is 20 feet of stream and 0.02 acre of wetlands; stream classification CWF.
EA17-001NC. Environmental assessment. Clearfield Area School District, P. O. Box 710, Clearfield, PA 16830. To remove a 320 foot enclosure and re-establish an open flow channel in an unnamed tributary to the west branch Susquehanna River. The project is located 850 feet north of the intersection of Mt. Joy Road (SR 1006) and High Level Road (SR 1020) (Clearfield, PA Quadrangle N: 6.8 inches; W: 8.9 inches) in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County. Estimated stream disturbance is 320 feet; stream classification CWF.
Southeast Regional Office, Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E09-724. Encroachment. Lower Makefield Township, 1100 Edgewood Road, Yardley, PA 19067. To construct and maintain two parking area and recreational facilities within the 100-year floodplain of the Delaware River. The site is situated within the existing Macclesfield Park which is located east of the intersection of the Pennsylvania Canal (AKA Delaware Canal) with Conrail Tracks (Trenton West, NJ-PA Quadrangle N: 20.25 inches; W: 10.75 inches) in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County.
E15-524. Encroachment. North Coventry Municipal Authority, 1485 East Schuylkill Road, Pottstown, PA 19464. To expand and maintain the North Coventry Wastewater Treatment Facility within the 100-year floodplain, to place and maintain fill within the 100-year floodway, and to construct and maintain an outlet structure at this location in and along the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF). The site is located approximately 1,400 feet east of the intersection of SR 0724 and the ramp to U. S. Route 422 (Phoenixville USGS Quadrangle N: 19.00 inches; W: 17.2 inches) in North Coventry Township, Chester County.
E09-725. Encroachment. Northampton Bucks County Municipal Authority, 111 Township Rd., Richboro, PA 18954. To rehabilitate, stabilize and maintain an eroded streambed and streambank of Pine Run Creek (TSF, MF). The project consists of the installation of a 192-foot long, 9-foot high gabion wall along the eastern streambank, and placement of a 100-foot long, 6-inch thick Reno mattress blanket to protect an existing sanitary sewer line located beneath the streambed. The project also includes removal of a 20-foot × 80-foot gravel bar along the northern streambank. The site is situated approximately 1 mile south from the intersection of Buck Road (S. R. 532) and Holland Road (Langhorne, PA Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 11.6 inches) in Northampton Township, Bucks County.
DEP Central Office, Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands, 400 Market Street, Floor 6, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 783-1384.
D25-056. Dam. Millcreek Township, 3608 W. 26th Street, Erie, PA 16505. To modify, operate and maintain the existing Bedner Dam across a tributary to Marshall Run. The dam crest serves as a driveway from Pond View Road to a residence, in Millcreek Township, Erie County.
Applications received 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 the Commonwealth.
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.
WA26-846B. Water allocation. Pleasant Valley Water Authority, Fayette County. Pleasant Valley Water Authority has submitted an application, requesting permission to acquire rights for the acquisition of 50,000 gallons per day of water, as a daily peak, from the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority, Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
WA65-298E. Water allocation. Highridge Water Authority, Westmoreland County. The Highridge Water Authority, Indiana County, has filed an application, requesting permission to extend its water service area into Strangford, in Burrell Township, Indiana County.
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