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MINING
APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for the certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Coal Applications Received
03860111. State Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 1022, Kittanning, PA 16201). Application received to revise permit to allow for an insignificant boundary correction, addition of 43.2 acres (9.9 coal removal and 35.4 support), erosion and sedimentation control measures, and a stream encroachment at a bituminous surface/auger mining site located in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, currently affecting 624.2 acres. Receiving streams: ten unnamed tributaries to Allegheny River to Allegheny River. Application received: April 26, 1999.
30823015R. Boyle Land and Fuel Company (Box 576, Fredericktown, PA 15333). Renewal application received for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Cumberland Township. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Neel Run and Pumpkin Run to the Monongahela River. Renewal application received: April 20, 1999.
03960105. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Application received to revise permit to allow for a stream reconstruction at an existing bituminous surface/auger mining site located in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County, affecting 501 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Huskins Run. Application received: April 28, 1999.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
17960117. Thunder Coal Company (P. O. Box 283, Grampian, PA 16838), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 133.1 to 134.8 acres, Pike Township, Clearfield County. Receiving streams: Hartshorn Run and Welch Run. Application received April 22, 1999.
17663136. EnerCorp, Inc. (R. D. 2, Box 236, Morrisdale, PA 16858), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Graham Township, Clearfield County affecting 202 acres. Receiving streams: Flat Run and Mons Run both to Alder Run to West Branch Susquehanna River to Susquehanna River. Application received April 22, 1999.
17803150. Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine-coal refuse disposal-biosolids utilization permit in Penn Township, Clearfield County affecting 434.5 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Bell Run, unnamed tributary to Poplar Run, to Bell Run to West Branch Susquehanna River, to Susquehanna River. Application received April 26, 1999.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
16940104. Cookport Coal Co., Inc. (425 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201). Revisions to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Toby Township, Clarion County, affecting 28.4 acres. Receiving streams: One unnamed tributary to Cherry Run to Licking Creek to the Clarion River. Revision to include a postmining land use change from minedland and forestland to pastureland and/or land occasionally cut for hay on lands of Ray E. and Shirley Mortimer. Application received April 26, 1999.
10980108. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Eau Claire Borough and Allegheny Township, Butler County, affecting 45.2 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to South Fork Little Scrubgrass Creek to Little Scrubgrass Creek to the Allegheny River. Revision to include blasting. Application received April 26, 1999.
16840104. Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Shippenville, PA 16254). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Perry and Toby Townships, Clarion County affecting 116.7 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Black Fox Run, Black Fox Run and the Allegheny River. Application for reclamation only. Application received April 26, 1999.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54860206T. CinCap VI, LLC (1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4950, Houston, TX 77002), transfer of an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation in Frailey and Porter Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 441.4 acres, receiving stream--Lower Rausch Creek. Application received April 21, 1999.
54840105R3. Coal Contractors (1991), Inc. (Gowen Mine, Fern Glen, PA 18241), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in Cass Township, Schuylkill County affecting 272.2 acres, receiving stream--Schuylkill River. Application received April 23, 1999.
49851605R3. Twin Creek Coal, Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 267, Paxinos, PA 17860-9704), renewal of an existing coal preparation plant operation in Ralpho and Shamokin Townships, Northumberland County affecting 9.0 acres, receiving stream--none. Application received April 26, 1999.
40940205C3. Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown, 13th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814), correction to an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation in Hanover Township, Luzerne County affecting 124.0 acres, receiving stream--Nanticoke Creek. Application received April 26, 1999.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Noncoal Applications Received
26920401R. Coolspring Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 1328, Uniontown, PA 15401). NPDES renewal application received (PA0203441) for an existing large noncoal surface mine affecting 60.6 acres located in North Union Township, Fayette County. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Coolspring Run to Shutes Run to Cove Run to Redstone Creek to the Monongahela River. NPDES Renewal application received: April 23, 1999.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Large Industrial Mineral Permits Received
1479401. Graybec Lime, Inc. (P. O. Box 448, Bellefonte, PA 16823), renewal of an existing NPDES permit, Spring Township, Centre County affecting 250 acres. Application received February 10, 1999. Permit issued April 29, 1999.
Bureau of Deep Mine Safety
Request for Variance
Rayne Energy, Inc. The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from the Rayne Energy, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Trader 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 is publishing a summary of the request 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) (act), provides a mechanism for operations 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: Rayne Energy, Inc. requests a variance to allow for the common ventilation of belt conveyor entries with other entries at the Rayne No. 1 Mine.
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from the Keystone Coal Mining Corporation. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Trader 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 is publishing a summary of the request 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) (act), provides a mechanism for operations 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: Keystone Coal Mining Corporation requests a variance to allow for the common ventilation of belt conveyor entries with other entries at the Emilie Mine.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Applications 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.
E46-838. Encroachment. Lapio Partners, 104 Mill Road, Sellersville, PA 18960. To perform the following activities associated with the proposed Abrams Mill Road extension and the proposed Glenn Rose residential subdivision.
1. To construct, operate and maintain a road crossing of an unnamed tributary of the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) and 0.59 acre of adjacent wetlands (PFO). The structure includes 120 linear feet of 43-inch by 68-inch HERCP culvert with concrete endwalls, riprap energy dissipater at the downstream end and placement of fill in the roadway approaches to the culvert.
2. To construct, operate and maintain a sewage pump station within the 100-year floodway and utility line stream crossing of an unnamed tributary to the Schuylkill River.
3. To place and maintain fill impacting 0.02 acre wetlands for the construction of lots 161 and 162.
The proposed work is located 800 feet north of the junction of Beidler Road (S. R. 3029) and Caley Road (Valley Forge, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 1.9 inches) in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. The applicant proposed to construct approximately 0.62 acre of wetland replacement.
E15-617. Encroachment. Columbia Transmission Company, P. O. Box 10146, Fairfax, VA 22030-0146. To install and maintain a fiber optic utility line communication system across the following streams:
1. Broad Run (EV, MF) located approximately 1,300 feet south of the intersection of Broad Run Road and Chestnut Lane (Unionville USGS Quadrangle N: 15.5 inches; W: 15.95 inches) in West Bradford Township, Chester County.
2. Unnamed tributary of Broad Run (EV, MF) located approximately 3,300 feet northeast of the intersection of Broad Run Road and Beacon Hill Road (Unionville, USGS Quadrangle N: 18.1 inches; W: 15.3 inches) in West Bradford Township, Chester County.
3. Unnamed tributary of Broad Run (EV, MF) located approximately 1,800 feet north-northeast of the intersection of Strasburg Road (S. R. 0162), Romansville Road and Shadyside Road (Unionville, USGS Quadrangle N: 15.15 inches; W: 16.55 inches) in West Bradford Township, Chester County.
This application also includes the installation and maintenance of 53 utility line stream crossings and/or wetland crossings, which qualify for authorizations by General Permit 5, Utility Line Stream Crossings. This project is a segment of the Chesapeake Network Fiber Optic Project, which will be installed along an existing Columbia Gas Pipeline right-of-way. In Pennsylvania, this project will extend through Lancaster, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Wetland disturbance will be temporary and minimized. This is a linear project which occurs in the following townships in Chester County: West Nottingham, East Nottingham, Lower Oxford, Upper Oxford, Londonderry, Highland, East Fallowfield, West Bradford, Caln, East Brandywine, Upper Uwchlan, West Vincent, East Vincent and East Coventry.
E46-840. Encroachment. Columbia Transmission Company, P. O. Box 10146, Fairfax, VA 22030-0146. To install and maintain a fiber optic utility line communication system across the Green Lane Reservoir (TSF) located approximately 2,400 feet southwest of the intersection of Gravel Pike (S. R. 0029) and Knight Road (Perkiomenville USGS Quadrangle N: 18.00 inches; W: 15.8 inches) in Upper Frederick and Marlborough Townships.
This application also includes the installation and maintenance of 22 utility line stream crossings and/or wetland crossings, which qualify for authorizations by General Permit 5, Utility Line Stream Crossings. This project is a segment of the Chesapeake Network Fiber Optic Project, which will be installed along an existing Columbia Gas Pipeline right-of-way. In Pennsylvania, this project will extend through Lancaster, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Wetland disturbance will be temporary and minimized. This is a linear project, which occurs in the following townships in Montgomery County: Upper Frederick, Limerick and Marlborough.
Northeast Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E64-166A. Encroachment. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2001 SE 10th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712-6489. To (1) place fill and/or excavate in 2.06 acres of wetlands, (2) maintain approximately 680 linear feet of channel change in a tributary to Holbert Creek and (3) maintain three stormwater outfall structures (42-inch, 24-inch and 18-inch) along a tributary to Holbert Creek, for the purpose of constructing a commercial/retail store. This application requests an amendment to Permit No. D64-166 as amended May 16, 1997, to reflect 0.74 acre of additional wetland impacts due to project modifications made during construction. The application includes a proposed temporary road crossing of wetlands, utilizing the Department's General Permit BDWM-GP-8, for construction of replacement wetlands. The project is located along Old Willow Avenue (T-405), on the west side of Holbert Creek (White Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 10.4 inches; W: 14.4 inches), Texas Township, Wayne County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Northcentral Region: Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E14-343. Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, P. O. Box 8552, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552. To remove, construct and maintain a single span bridge utilizing the existing stone abutments with a clear span of 30.7 feet and an underclearance of 6.25 feet over Big Poe Creek located 10 miles northeast of Route 322 in Poe Valley State Park (Coburn, PA Quadrangle N: 15.3 inches; W: 5.9 inches) in Haines Township, Centre County. This project proposes to impact 25 linear feet of Big Poe Creek which is designated a high quality--cold water fishery and does not propose to impact any wetlands.
E53-327. Encroachment. Independence Pipeline Company, 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243-1904. To install, operate and maintain a 36-inch diameter high pressure pipeline beneath Hunting Shanty Brook (High Quality-Cold Water Fishery); an unnamed tributary to Hunting Shanty Brook (High Quality-Cold Water Fishery); Bailey Run (Exception Value); First Fork, Sinnemahoning Creek (High Quality-Cold Water Fishery); Right Branch, Lushbaugh Run (Exceptional Value); four unnamed tributaries to Right Branch, Lushbaugh Run (Exceptional Value); Calhoun Branch, Trout Run (Exceptional Value); Summerson Branch, Trout Run (Exceptional Value); and wetlands associated with these respective streams for the conveyance of natural gas. The 36-inch natural gas pipeline shall be installed within the stream in the dry and at a minimal depth of 3.0-feet that will impact 110 linear feet of waterway and temporarily impact 0.4-acre of wetland. The project is located along the eastern and western right-of-way of S. R. 0872 approximately 1,500-feet north of East Fork Road and S. R. 0872 intersection (Wharton, PA Quadrangle N: 6.1 inches; W: 3.8 inches) in Portage Township and Wharton Township, Potter County. All impacts to the 0.40-acre of wetland shall be temporary and no mitigation will be required.
E59-328. Encroachment. Adelphia Communications Corporation, Main at Water Street, Coudersport, PA 16915-1141. To place fill in 0.07 acre of palustrine emergent wetland for the purpose of constructing an office building with an attached parking garage. The applicant proposes to meet the wetland replacement requirement by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement project. The project site is located at the corner of Second and Water Streets (Coudersport, PA Quadrangle N: 4.5 inches; W: 3.1 inches) in the Borough of Coudersport, Potter County.
Southwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E32-404. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 10-0, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 50-foot long box culvert having a normal clear span of 14 feet and an underclearance of 4.5 feet (invert depressed 1.0 feet) in Whites Run (CWF) located on S. R. 286 (Oakland Avenue) at a point between Washington and Maple Streets (Indiana, PA Quadrangle N: 21.1 inches; W: 5.4 inches) in Indiana Borough, Indiana County.
E02-1270. Encroachment. Township of O'Hara, 325 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. To remove approximately 2,600 cubic yards of sand, gravel and other debris deposits from 39 sites within a 1.4 mile area in Little Pine Creek (TSF) for the purpose of restoring the stream channel. The project is located along the southeast side of Saxonburg Boulevard for its entire length within O'Hara Township (Glenshaw, PA Quadrangle project starts at N: 4.0 inches; W: 8.7 inches and ends at N: 6.6 inches; W: 6.3 inches) in O'Hara Township, Allegheny County.
E02-1271. Encroachment. Public Auditorium Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Regional Resource Center, 425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1410, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1819. To construct and maintain a new NFL stadium for the Pittsburgh Steelers Football Team within the floodway fringe of the Ohio River (WWF). The stadium will be located on the north side of North Shore Drive between Stadium Drive West and Allegheny Drive, on the right bank side of the Ohio River at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River (Pittsburgh West, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 2.2 inches) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.
E65-723. Encroachment. BAR Development Company, 772 Pine Valley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. To construct and maintain a 179-foot long, 6-foot diameter CMP stream enclosure in an unnamed tributary to Turtle Creek (TSF) on a proposed street located in Lake Ridge Estates at a point approximately 450 feet north of Cline Hollow Road (T-913); and to place and maintain fill in .03 acre of a de minimis area of wetlands (PEM) (Murrysville, PA Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 3.6 inches) in the Borough of Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
E10-297. Encroachment. Butler County, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003-1208. To remove the existing Kocher Bridge County No. 147, and to construct and maintain a steel beam bridge having a clear span of 42 feet and an underclearance of 3 feet across Breakneck Creek on Church Street (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 12.8 inches; W: 1.1 inches) located in Mars Borough, Butler County.
E10-301. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Route 286 South, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast reinforced concrete box culvert with a normal span of 20 feet and an underclearance of 4 feet (culvert has a rise of 5 feet, but invert will be depressed 1 foot below streambed elevation) on S. R. 1010 across a tributary to South Branch Bear Creek (WWF). This project will also have a permanent de minimis (0.003 acre) wetland impact. The project is located on S. R. 1010 across a tributary to South Branch Bear Creek approximately 350 feet west of the intersection of S. R. 1010 and S. R. 0028 (Chicora, PA Quadrangle N: 21.5 inches; W: 14.2 inches) located in the Borough of Karns City, Butler County.
E20-463. Encroachment. City of Titusville, 107 North Franklin Street, Titusville, PA 16354. To place fill, construct buildings and perform other site modifications within a 1-acre wetland and within the 100-year floodplain of Oil Creek at the Ed Myer Recreation Complex. The project is located approximately 4,000 feet east of the intersection of S. R. 0008 (Franklin Street) and Bloss Street in the City of Titusville. This project will also include the construction of a 1.21-acre replacement wetland area on this property adjacent to existing wetlands and Oil Creek (Titusville South, PA Quadrangle N: 22.0 inches; W: 4.5 inches) located in the City of Titusville, Crawford County.
E20-476. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Electric Company d/b/a GPU Energy, 2800 Pittsville Pike, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001. To install and maintain an aerial fiber optic line and maintain existing aerial electric lines across French Creek at the following locations in Hayfield and Woodcock Townships, Crawford County.
1) Crossing 1: located immediately upstream of the McGuffintown Bridge (S. R. 6/19) (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N: 12.4 inches; W: 4.5 inches).
2) Crossing 2: located approximately 1,400 feet upstream of the S. R. 0198 Bridge (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N: 16.6 inches; W: 4.5 inches).
3) Crossing 3: located immediately upstream of the Broadford Bridge (S. R. 6/19) (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N: 21.2 inches; W: 0.8 inch).
E25-585. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Design, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8451. To authorize removal and maintenance dredging of accumulated sand located within Thompson Bay in Presque Isle State Park. This project will include excavation of accumulated sand to an elevation of 567.0 feet and removal of approximately 60,000 cubic yards of sand which will be placed along 2,500 linear feet of Beach No. 10 for beach replenishment. This project is located in Presque Isle State Park within Thompson Bay between Gull Point and Horshoe Pond approximately 2,200 feet southwest of the intersection of Thompson Drive and Coast Guard Road (Erie North, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 10.5 inches) located in Millcreek Township, Erie County.
E33-194. Encroachment. Jefferson County Commissioners, 155 Main Street, Jefferson Place, Brookville, PA 15825. To remove the existing County Bridge No. JC-18 and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete adjacent box beam bridge having a clear span of 20.5 meters and minimum underclearance of 3.22 meters on an 80 degree skew across Coder Run (CWF) on T-567 immediately west of its intersection with T-394 (Brookville, PA Quadrangle N: 4.2 inches; W: 1.2 inches) in Rose Township, Jefferson 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.
D65-188. Dam. BAR Development Company (772 Pine Valley Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239). To construct, operate and maintain a dam across a tributary to Turtle Creek (TSF; Delete PWS), impacting a de minimis area of wetland (less than 0.01 acre) (PFO) and 1,150 feet of stream for the purpose of providing recreation and stormwater detention for the proposed Lake Ridge Estates residential development (Murrysville, PA Quadrangle N: 10.2 inches; W: 3.9 inches) in Murrysville Borough, Westmoreland County.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
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 this Commonwealth.
Southwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
WA56-535A. Water Allocation. Citizens Water Company, 513 Dean Street, P. O. Box 26, Confluence, PA 15424. The applicant is requesting the right to withdraw 200,000 gallons per day of water from Drake Run, Somerset County.
WA63-83C. Water Allocation. Charleroi Borough Municipal Authority, PA 15. The applicant is requesting a service area expansion to serve Somerset Township, Washington County. The applicant is not requesting an increase to its current maximum allocated 9 mgd of water from the Monongahela River.
WA65-090C. Water Allocation. The Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington, Westmoreland County. The applicant is requesting a service area expansion with no increase in their existing allocation of 8 mgd from the Allegheny River.
WA56-808A. Water Allocation. Seven Springs Municipal Authority, R. D. 1, Helen Road, Champion, PA 15622-9602. The applicant is requesting the right to withdraw 470,000 gallons of water, peak day, from Trout Run Springs 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Hemlock Lodge Spring, Somerset County.
WA11-1005. Water Allocation. Friends Co-Op, 259 Friends Avenue, Sidman, PA 15955. The applicant is requesting the right to purchase 7,000 gallons of water, peak day, from the Highland Sewer and Water Authority.
ACTIONS
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT
[National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)]
DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER
(Part I Permits) The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514), and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street, Floor 2, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Northcentral Regional Office: 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Grit Building, Williamsport, PA 17701.
NPDES Permit No. PA0208558. Sewerage. Shamokin Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 64, Paxinos, PA 17860. Renewal granted to applicant to discharge treated sewage from treatment facility located at Shamokin Township, Northumberland County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0208736. Sewerage. Mountaintop Area Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 275, Snowshoe, PA 16874. Renewal granted to applicant to discharge treated sewage from treatment facility located at Snow Shoe Township, Centre County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0021814. Sewerage. Mansfield Municipal Authority, 19 East Wellsboro Street, Mansfield, PA 16933. Renewal granted to applicant to discharge treated sewage from treatment facility located at Borough of Mansfield, Tioga County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0113948. Sewerage Transfer. Department of Corrections, P. O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598. The transfer of PA0113948 to the Department of Corrections has been granted and permit has been renewed for the facility located at Karthaus Township, Clearfield County.
WQM Permit No. 4999402. Sewerage. Delaware Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 80, Dewart, PA 17730. The Authority was granted a permit to upgrade their present sewage facility by adding a tertiary clarifier. The facility is located at Delaware Township, Northumberland County.
WQM Permit No. 6099401. Sewerage. White Deer Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 90, West Milton, PA 17886. The Department granted a permit and rerate the existing sewage treatment facility by conducting a review. This facility is located at White Deer Township, Union County.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 2599407. Sewage. Mowery Development #1, 4493 Steger Road, Erie, PA 16510. This project is for the construction and operation of a small flow treatment facility located in Greene Township, Erie County.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS
(PAS) The following approvals for coverage under NPDES Individual Permit for discharge of stormwater from construction activities have been issued.
These actions of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board), Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483, by an aggrieved person under 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). Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Department's regulations governing practice and procedure before the Board may be obtained from the Board.
Southcentral Regional Office: Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707.
PAS-10-CO32. Individual NPDES. Enrico Filippini, Exeter Public Golf Course, R. R. 3, Reading, PA 19606. To implement an erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction of the Exeter Golf Club Estates Subdivision on 78.8 acres in Exeter Township, Berks County. The project is located on the east side of Shelbourne Road, approximately 6,000 feet north of Route 422 (Birdsboro, PA Quadrangle N: 12.1 inches; W: 12.8 inches). Drainage will be to Antietom Creek.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
NPDES Applicant Name County and Receiving Permit No. and Address Municipality Stream PAR10-G052-R J. Loew and Associates, Inc.
55 Country Club Road, Suite 200
Downingtown, PA 19335Charlestown and East
Whiteland TownshipsUnnamed Tributary to Valley
Creek
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS
(PAR)
Approvals to Use NPDES and/or Other General Permits
The following parties have submitted Notice of Intent (NOIs) for Coverage under (1) General NPDES Permits(s) to discharge wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. The approval for coverage under these general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the general permit; (2) General Permit(s) for Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge or Residential Septage by Land Application in Pennsylvania. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under these general permits is subject to pollutant limitations, pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements, operational standards, general requirements, management practices and other conditions set forth in the respective general permit. The Department of Environmental Protection approves the following coverages under the specific General Permit.
The EPA Region II Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision: 40 CFR 123.24.
The application and related documents, effluent limitations, permitting requirements and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the contact office noted.
List of NPDES and/or other General Permit Type PAG-1 General Permit For Discharges From Stripped Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Construction Activities PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit for Discharges From Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant PAG-5 General Permit for Discharges From Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems PAG-6 General Permit for Wet Weather Overflow Discharges From Combined Sewer Systems PAG-7 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge By Land Application PAG-8 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Non-Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contract Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Residential Septage By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site.
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