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[Continued from previous Web Page] Any required NPDES permits or WQM permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority.
Plan revision approval granted December 4, 1997 under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).
Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Regional, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Location: Warwick Township, Lancaster County, P. O. Box 308, Lititz, PA 17543.
The approved subdivision is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Clay Road (L. R. 36156) and Lititz Run Road (T-293), Warwick Township, Lancaster County.
The project consists of a 150 residential lot subdivision. Thirty-two of the lots will have semi-detached single family dwellings and 117 lots will have attached townhouse units. The total sewage flow of 60,000 gallons per day (gpd) of wastewater will be treated by the Lititz Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Any required NPDES permits or WQM permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken 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, (610) 832-6130.
Permit No. 4697512. Public water supply. Superior Water Company, Robert A. Braglio, 1030 W. Germantown Pike, Fairview Village, PA 19409. A permit has been issued granting Superior Water Company permission to construct and operate Well No. 8 at the Twin Ponds subdivision in Douglass Township, Montgomery County.
Type of Facility: Public Water Supply
Consulting Engineer: Remington & Vernick, John Lenhardt, 1200 E. High Street, Suite 204, Pottstown, PA 19464.
Permit to Construct Issued: December 4, 1997.
Regional Office: Northcentral Field Operations, Bureau of Water Supply, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
1497501. The Department issued an Operation Permit to Lemont Water Company (P. O. Box 26, Lemont, PA 16851, College Township, Centre County) for the operation of a new calcium sequestration facility at the Pudding Town Pump Station.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA, (814) 332-6899.
Permit No. 2597504. Public water supply. Davis Mobile Home Park, 700 Culbertson Dr., Lake City, PA 16415 has been issued a permit for their existing unpermitted water system in Girard Township, Erie County.
Type of Facility: Community Water Supply
Consulting Engineer: William E. Dunagan, P. E., 1176 E. Gore Rd., Erie, PA 16504.
Permit to Construct Issued: December 15, 1997
HAZARDOUS SITES CLEANUP
Under the Act of October 18, 1988
Settlements Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act
Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company
Newberry Township, York County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305), has entered into proposed settlements with two parties regarding the Department's costs incurred for conducting response activities at the Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company (ISCC) site. The ISCC site is a 9-acre parcel of land in Newberry Township, York County, adjacent to Interstate 83. The surrounding area is primarily rural, although residential, commercial and industrial developments are located within a close vicinity of the site. A number of private residential and commercial wells have been contaminated by hazardous substances migrating from the ISCC site.
ISCC was involved in the reprocessing of used solvents. Because of violations of hazardous waste requirements, the Department on July 6, 1989, terminated ISCC's authority to operate a hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. The site was abandoned in 1990 when ISCC declared bankruptcy. A total of 996 parties potentially responsible for the hazardous substances located at the ISCC site were identified by the Department.
Because of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the ISCC site, the site was placed on the Pennsylvania Priority List for Remedial Response on October 26, 1991. The Department and a group of approximately 136 cooperating potentially responsible parties have conducted a number of interim actions at the site to address the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. To date, the Department has incurred costs of approximately $3.4 million to implement and/or oversee these interim actions. A final remedial action for the groundwater and soil at the ISCC site will be selected by the Department and implemented in the future.
Under the terms of a proposed Consent Decree, Dynamics Corporation of America, of Greenwich, Connecticut, will pay the Department $83,000 for future response costs at the ISCC site. Under terms of a proposed Consent Decree, Metro Oil and Chemical Corporation (Temor, Inc.) of Ridgefield, New Jersey, a de minimis party, will pay the Department $17,341 for past and future costs at the ISCC site.
This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). This section provides that the settlements will become final upon the filing of the Department's response to any significant written comments and approval by the Court in the Department's pending cost recovery litigation in the U. S. District Court. The proposed Consent Decrees that contain the specific terms of the settlements are available for public review and comment. The proposed settlements can be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's office at One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, by contacting Barbara Faletti at (717) 657-4592. A public comment period on the proposed settlements will extend for 60 days from today's date. Persons may submit written comments regarding the proposed settlements to the Department by February 25, 1998, by submitting them to Barbara Faletti at the above address.
Proposed Settlement Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
Tonolli Corporation Superfund Site
Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), along with the United States of America, under the authority of section 1113 of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. § 6020.1113) and section 122 of the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.A. § 9622) has entered into a Consent Decree with a group of settling defendants (settling defendants). The proposed Consent Decree concerns settlement of the Department's response costs, as well as the implementation of a remedial action at the Tonolli Corporation Superfund Site, located in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County (site). The proposed Consent Decree will be filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The site is a former lead battery recycling facility with a secondary lead smelter that Tonolli Corporation operated from 1974 to 1986 on approximately 30 acres of land. Numerous waste piles and drums of material and debris from plant operations exist onsite. The hazardous substances of concern at the site are heavy metals, particularly lead, cadmium, chromium, arsenic and copper. Heavy metals are found in onsite and offsite soils and sediments, groundwater and surface water.
Tonolli Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 1985. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a preliminary assessment of the site in 1987 and identified it as a candidate for emergency removal action. The contents of a 500,000 gallon lagoon were removed and stabilized and a storm water treatment plant was installed in 1989 by the EPA. A group of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) completed a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the site in 1992.
The site was listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) on October 4, 1989. The remedy which will be implemented at the site requires the removal and secondary smelting of the battery casings and other concentrated waste dusts and sludges, the decontamination or demolition of the buildings, the excavation and consolidation of site wastes and contaminated soils within the onsite landfill including treatment of the high hazard soils (>10,000 ppm lead), closure of the onsite landfill according to Pennsylvania hazardous waste regulations, the removal of contaminated sediments from the stream, the installation of a passive groundwater treatment trench between the landfill and the stream and the long-term monitoring of groundwater and maintenance of the landfill. The PRP Group completed the removal of battery casings in 1997 under an EPA Order. The Remedial Design for the remedial action will be finalized in early 1998 and the Remedial Action work is scheduled to begin in March 1998.
The Department has agreed to accept $89,000 in settlement of the settling defendants' liability for past response costs. Additionally, the settling defendants have agreed to pay the Department's future response costs at the site beginning in 1998.
This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). Section 1113 of HSCA provides that the settlement shall become final upon the filing of the Department's response to significant written comments. The proposed Consent Decree which contains the specific terms of the settlement, is available for public review and comment. The proposed Consent Decree can be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Department's Northeast Regional Office located at 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, by contacting Woodrow Cole at (717) 826-2511 or through the PA AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD). A public comment period on the proposed Consent Decree will extend for 60 days from today's date. The Department will accept written comments concerning the proposed Consent Decree until February 25, 1998. Comments concerning the proposed Consent Decree can be sent to Woodrow Cole at the above address.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Under Act 2, 1995
Preamble 3
The following final reports were submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Provisions of Chapter 3 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of submission of any final reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the act's remediation standards. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis for selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed, and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected.
For further information concerning the final report, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department's Regional Office under which the notice of receipt of a final report appears. If information concerning a final report is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following final reports.
Southcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.
UGI Utilities, Steelton Borough and Swatara Township, Dauphin County. UGI Utilities, 100 Kachel Blvd., Suite 400, P. O. Box 12677, Reading, PA 19612 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standaard.
Distribution Pole 27029S33657, Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania Power and Light, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Distribution Pole 26870S36596, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania Power and Light, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Distribution Pole 38452S31833, Penn Township, Lancaster County. Pennsylvania Power and Light, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Former Olivetti Supplies Main Building Area, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County. R. E. Wright Inc., 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with solvents. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
RESIDUAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES
Permits issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit No. WMGR038SE001. Bergey's Inc., t/a Perkasie Rubber Recycling, 1419 Old Route 309, Sellersville, PA was issued a determination of applicability under the Waste Tire General Permit No. WMGR038 for operations to be conducted at a facility located in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County. With the issuance of this determination, the pending individual permit application no. 301235 is being returned as operations will be conducted under the general permit. Determination of applicability made by the Southeast Regional Office on December 5, 1997.
Applications returned under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Lee Park, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
A. 301235. Bergey's Inc., t/a Perkasie Rubber Recycling, 1419 Old Route 309, Sellersville, PA was returned. The application was originally submitted to place waste tire processing operations being conducted at a facility located in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County under permit rather than permit-by-rule. During review of the individual permit application, the applicant chose to pursue a determination of applicability under the Department initiated Waste Tire General Permit. With the concurrent issuance of a determination of applicability WMGR038SE001, this individual permit application is being returned as operations will be conducted under the general permit. Application returned by the Southeast Regional Office on December 5, 1997.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Permits issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit No. 101549. Safety Disposal System of Pennsylvania, Inc., 1 Penn Avenue, Marcus Hook, PA 19061. This permit is for the operation of an infectious waste transfer station and two commercial autoclaves for the processing of infectious waste located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. Permit was issued by the Southeast Regional Office on December 5, 1997. Permit re-issued to Safety Disposal of Pennsylvania, Inc. from K. S. Processing.
Permit No. 101463. BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., TRC Transfer Station, 2904 S. Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19148. This permit is for the change in name, based on a corporate restructuring from TRC, Inc., to BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. for the existing waste management permit for continuing operation of the TRC municipal waste transfer station located in the City of Philadelphia. Permit was issued by the Southeast Regional Office on December 5, 1997.
Permit No. 101609. BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., River Road Transfer Station, 400 River Road, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. This permit is for the change in name, based on a corporate restructuring, from BFI to BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. for the existing waste management permit for the operation of the River Road municipal waste transfer station facility located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. Permit was issued by the Southeast Regional Office on December 5, 1997.
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit ID No. 300558. Little Blue Run Disposal Impoundment, Pennsylvania Power Company, 1 East Washington Street, New Castle, PA 16101-5531. Operation of a residual waste disposal impoundment in Greene Township, Beaver County. Permit issued in the Regional Office on December 3, 1997.
AIR POLLUTION
OPERATING PERMITS
Administrative Amendment of Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 200 Pine Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.
12-399-005D: GKN Sinter Metals, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834-9797) issued December 5, 1997, for the minor modification of the operating permit for 12 powered metal parts sintering furnaces and associated air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Shippen Township, Cameron County. The respective modification is an increase in the amount of lubricant which is allowed in the parts processed through the furnaces.
12-399-007G: GKN Sinter Metals, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 47, Emporium, PA 15834-9797) issued December 5, 1997, for the minor modification of the operating permit for 14 powered metal parts sintering furnaces and associated air cleaning device (a fabric collector) in Emporium Borough, Cameron County. The respective modification is an increase in the amount of lubricant which is allowed in the parts processed through the furnaces.
Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.521, notice is given that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F (relating to operating permit requirements) and G (relating to Title V operating permits).
Copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information are available for public inspection and additional information may be obtained by contacting the regional office noted.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit to the regional office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of any objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, Attn: Mark Wayner, (412) 442-4161.
TV-65-00354: Atlantic Refining and Marketing, Inc. (1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1699) for their Delmont Station located in Delmont Borough, Westmoreland County. The facility's major sources include various gasoline loading racks, distillate loading racks and storage tanks which emit major quantities of VOC.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approvals issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4587.
21-314-005: Carlisle SynTec Incorporated (P. O. Box 7000, Carlisle, PA 17013) issued on December 10, 1997, for the installation of a rubber mixing system controlled by a fabric filter in Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County.
28-318-036: The Appalachian Mill Collection, Inc. (11427 Church Hill Road, Mercersburg, PA 17236) issued on December 8, 1997, for the construction of a wood surface spray booth with air assisted airless guns controlled by dry filters in Mercersburg Borough, Franklin County.
67-309-107: Lehigh Portland Cement Company (200 Hokes Mill Road, York, PA 17404) issued on December 10, 1997, for modification of a railcar cement loading system controlled by a cartridge collector in West Manchester Township, York County.
MINING
APPROVALS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES
Actions on applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 water quality certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Issued
11960106. Major SMP Revision, M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319). This stream crossing variance is being proposed as an alternative access road into future mining areas. The approval of the crossing would eliminate the need for coal truck access off Township Road 428 (Mile Hill Road). The proposal is as follows: 1) Unnamed Tributary #15--to install and maintain a haul road stream crossing at a point 490 feet upstream from where the unnamed tributary intercepts Laurel Run. 2) Laurel Run--to install and maintain a haul road stream crossing at a point 2,000 feet upstream from Laurel Run's intersection with Township Road 423. 3) Unnamed Tributary #15--Variance to conduct support activities as necessary to install stream crossing of the said Tributary #15--beginning at a point 430 feet upstream from where the unnamed tributary intersects Laurel Run, then continuing upstream in a northerly direction a distance of 140 feet. 4) Laurel Run--Variance to conduct support activities as necessary to install a stream crossing on Laurel Run--beginning at a point 1,930 feet upstream from where Laurel Run intersects Township Road 423, thence continuing upstream in a northerly direction a distance of 100 feet in Jackson Township, Cambria County. As a result of these variances the boundary of this SMP is being revised by adding 1.7 acres for support uses, only on the southwest corner of Phase 1b, between Phases 1b and 1a. Total SMP acres goes from 309.3 to 311.0. Application received October 1, 1997. Issued December 5, 1997.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
03970104. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface auger mine located in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County, affecting 64.5 acres. Receiving streams: four unnamed tributaries to Cowanshannock Creek to Cowanshannock Creek to the Allegheny River. Application received: June 10, 1997. Permit issued: December 11, 1997.
65970105. M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 146 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Union Run, Union Run to Loyalhanna Creek to Conemaugh River. Application received: July 29, 1997. Permit issued: December 11, 1997.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
17960103. BBC Coal Company (P. O. Box 249, Clearfield, PA 16830), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 79.5 to 72.7 acres, receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Bilgers Run and Hughey Run; application received August 29, 1997; permit issued November 18, 1997.
17930119. Swisher Contracting, Inc. (P. O. Box 1223, Clearfield, PA 16830), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a reduction in surface mine permit acreage from 59.0 to 28.7 acres, receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River; application received September 18, 1997; permit issued November 25, 1997.
17910128. Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), transfer of an existing bituminous surface mine permit from Mary Louise Coal, Inc., Bigler Township, Clearfield County affecting 160.5 acres, receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Upper Morgan Run and unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek; application received July 2, 1997; permit issued November 20, 1997.
17960125. Penn Grampian Coal Company (P. O. Box 249, Clearfield, PA 16830), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County affecting 110 acres, receiving streams: Muddy Run to Clearfield Creek to West Branch Susquehanna River; application received January 2, 1997; permit issued November 25, 1997.
17970105. E. P. Bender Coal Co., Inc. (Main and Lehmier Streets, P. O. Box 594, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County affecting 132 acres, receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Clearfield Creek to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River; application received April 21, 1997; permit issued November 26, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54920202. Direnzo Coal Co. (1389 Bunting Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing and coal refuse disposal operation in Branch Township, Schuylkill County affecting 18.9 acres, receiving stream Carp Creek. Permit issued December 9, 1997.
54793206C10. Reading Anthracite Company (200 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County affecting 3,038.0 acres, receiving stream Mahanoy Creek. Correction issued December 10, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Issued
06910302C. Berks Products Corporation (P. O. Box 421, Spring Street, Reading, PA 19604), renewal of NPDES Permit No PA0595420 in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County receiving stream Maiden Creek and Schuylkill River. Renewal issued December 10, 1997.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Small Industrial Mineral Authorizations Granted
08970819. Roy A. Keiper (R. R. 3, Box 3014, Rome, PA 18837), commencement, operation and restoration of a Small Industrial Mineral (Flagstone/Shale) permit in Rome Township, Bradford County affecting one acre, receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Bear Creek, tributary to Wysox Creek; application received August 21, 1997; authorization granted November 19, 1997.
ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment Approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board, (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)). (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)
Southeast Regional Office, Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E15-550. Encroachment Permit. YMCA of Central Chester County, 127 Willowbrook Lane, West Chester, PA 19382. To remove an existing reinforced concrete footbridge, and to construct and maintain a 37-foot wide prefabricated steel plate arch bridge having a span of 38 feet and average underclearance of 9.3 feet with concrete footings, structural plate headwalls and associated roadway approach fill at this location, and to construct and maintain two 18-inch RCP stormwater outfalls within wetland along the East Branch of the Red Clay Creek (TSF) associated with the construction of the Central Chester County YMCA Facility. The site is located just north of the intersection of East Cypress Street (S. R. 3046) and Race Street (Kenneth Square, PA-DEL USGS Quadrangle N: 17.7 inches; W: 11.4 inches) in Kennett Square Borough, Chester County.
E09-727. Encroachment Permit. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 6-0, 200 Radnor-Chester Road, St. Davids, PA 19087. To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a triple-celled 19-foot wide × 9-foot high precast concrete box culvert. A 1.5 foot high concrete weir will be installed at the upstream end of Cell No. 1, and all culvert bottoms will be depressed 12-inches below the stream bed. The culvert will be installed in and along the channel of Tinicum Creek (CWF). Also, approximately 90 c. y. of R-7 rip-rap protection will be installed in the vicinity of the culvert to reduce streambed scour. In addition, 80 linear feet of retaining wall, which will vary in height from 4 to 15 feet, will be constructed and maintained along Tinicum Creek, just downstream of this culvert. The site is located approximately 140 feet downstream of the confluence of Rapp Creek and Beaver Creek (Bedminster, PA Quadrangle N: 19.1-inches; W: 3.1-inches) in Tinicum Township, Bucks County.
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-5485.
E35-281. Encroachment. Corky's Garden Path Greenhouses, 1312 Justice Boulevard, Clarks Summit, PA 18411. To fill in 0.25 acre of wetlands, including an 18-inch diameter ADS stormwater outfall structure and associated rock apron, for the construction of a proposed greenhouse. The project is located at Corky's Garden Path Greenhouses immediately south of the intersection of S. R. 1027 and S. R. 0347 (Dalton, PA Quadrangle N: 0.4 inch; W: 2.1 inches) in Scott Township, Lackawanna County. The permittee has met the wetland replacement requirement by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement project.
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
E05-250. Encroachment. Alfred Laich, PA Dept. of Transportation, Engineering District 9-0, 1620 N. Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge having a clear span of 32.3 feet skewed at 45 degrees with a minimum underclearance of 4.2 feet over Pavia Run on SR 0869, Section 003, Segment 0120, Offset 0212 located in Pavia Village (Blue Knob, PA Quadrangle N: 1.21 inches; W: 11.81 inches) in Pavia Township, Bedford County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E06-494. Encroachment. Exeter Public Golf Course, Enrico Filippini, R. D. 3, Reading, PA 19606. To fill approximately 0.17 acre of wetlands along a tributary to Antietam Creek at a point upstream of Shelbourne Road (Birdsboro, PA Quadrangle N: 12.0 inches; W: 12.9 inches) in Exeter Township, Berks County. The permittee is required to provide 0.19 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E06-498. Encroachment. C F Farms Partnership, Merle Denlinger, P. O. Box 216, Elverson, PA 19520. To relocate approximately 600 feet of the channel of a tributary to the Conestoga River at a point approximately 300 feet downstream of Route 23 (Elverson, PA Quadrangle N: 5.5 inches; W: 15.5 inches) in Caernarvon Township, Berks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E22-370. Encroachment. Roberts Homes, Inc., Richard Roberts, 4400 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17112. To impact 0.26 acre of wetlands adjacent to a tributary to Beaver Creek at the Skyline View Extended Subdivision at a point upstream of Short Street (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N: 14.85 inches; W: 13.6 inches) in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County. The permittee is providing 0.32 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Grant Applications The Department of Environmental Protection's Technical Assistance Center for Small Water Systems is accepting applications under the County Water Supply Planning Grant Program. This grant program is available to any county to develop a comprehensive county water supply plan.
The goal of this incentive grant program is to protect the public from hazards of unsafe drinking water and assure safe and reliable water service to the citizens of the Commonwealth. County water supply planning can insure development of water supply systems in an efficient, cost-effective manner and promote early recognition of viability concerns by reaching developers, local officials and other key participants at an early stage of water system development.
This incentive grant program is funded from DEP's Safe Drinking Water Account under the authority of the act of May 1, 1984 (P. L. 206, No. 43), as amended, known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. § 721.1 et seq.) and section 1905-A(a) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P. L. 177, No. 175), as amended, known as The Administrative Code of 1929. This grant program will provide money to eligible applicants for the preparation of a county water supply plan, or updating an existing plan.
Grant awards are limited to 80% of all DEP approved project costs or $100,000, whichever is less. The grantee must provide local share in the form of matching funds or in-kind services at a minimum of 20% of the total project costs.
The application period runs from December 22, 1997 to February 27, 1998. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis based on complete applications which best meet criteria contained in the grant guidelines established by the DEP.
For more information or to obtain the grant guidelines and application, contact the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply Management, Division of Technical Assistance and Outreach, Technical Assistance Center for Small Water System, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467, or call Donna L. Green at (717) 787-0125 or Email Green.Donna@a1.dep.state.pa.us.
Grant Applications The Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Technical Assistance Center for Small Water Systems is accepting applications under the Formation of Water Authorities Grant Program. This grant program is available to any county or two or more municipalities that are interested in forming a water authority. The water authority must form a regionalized water system which incorporates at least one small water system.
The goal of this grant program is to improve the viability of small water systems through the formation of water authorities, where economies of scale associated with a regional approach to water service can be realized.
This incentive grant program is funded from DEP's Safe Drinking Water Account under the authority of the act of May 1, 1984 (P. L. 206, No. 43), as amended, known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. § 721.1 et seq.) and section 1905-A(a) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P. L. 177, No. 175), as amended, known as The Administrative Code of 1929. The program will provide grants to eligible applicants for the start-up cost of forming a water authority.
The grant will fund 80% of all approved costs or $50,000, whichever is less. The grantee must provide local share for the remaining costs in the form of matching funds or in-kind services.
The application period runs from December 22, 1997 to February 27, 1998. Based on the availability of funding, applicants that submit a final work plan and budget which are approved by the DEP will be given preference to receive a grant based on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information or to obtain a grant application, contact the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply Management, Division of Technical Assistance and Outreach, Technical Assistance Center for Small Water System, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467, or call Donna L. Green at (717) 787-0125 or Email Green.Donna@a1.dep.state.pa.us.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-2086. Filed for public inspection December 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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