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Plan Approval extensions 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.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
PA-09-0046A: RJM Mfg., Inc. (250 Canal Road, Fairless Hills, PA 19030), on May 3, 1999, for operation of a surface coater line 3 in Falls Township, Bucks County.
46-302-207: Occidental Chemical (Armand Hammer Blvd., Pottstown, PA 19464), on May 10, 1999, for operation of three 98 MMBtu/hr boilers in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.
09-302-065A: Rohm & Haas Co. (Route 413 and Old Route 13, Bristol, PA 19007), on May 10, 1999, for operation of two boilers to amend waste in Bristol Township, Bucks County.
23-313-041A: Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) (Delaware Avenue and Green Street, Marcus Hook, PA 19061), on May 10, 1999, for operation of an organic chemical production in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.
23-312-198A: Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) (Delaware Avenue and Green Street, Marcus Hook, PA 19061), on May 10, 1999, for operation of 23 storage tanks in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
21-312-021: Scranton--Altoona Terminals Corp. (P. O. Box 2621, Harrisburg, PA 17105), granted April 26, 1999, to authorize temporary operation of the petroleum product loading rack, covered under this Plan Approval until August 23, 1999, in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.
28-322-001B: Community Refuse Limited d/b/a Mountain View Reclamation (9716 Letzburg Road, Greencastle, PA 17225), granted April 25, 1999, to authorize temporary operation of the landfill gas extraction system, covered under this Plan Approval until August 22, 1999, in Antrim and Montgomery Townships, Franklin County.
29-318-003B: JLG Industries, Inc. (JLG Drive, McConnellsburg, PA 17233), granted April 3, 1999, to authorize temporary operation of the McConnellsburg manlift production facility, covered under this Plan Approval until August 1, 1999, in Ayr Township, Fulton County.
Northwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
PA-25-197A: Erie Bronze and Aluminum Co. (6300 West Ridge Road, Erie, PA 16505), on April 30, 1999, for two electric induction furnaces in Fairview Township, Erie County.
Plan Approvals denied 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.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
23-312-214GP: Tosco Refining Co. (4101 Post Road, Trainer, PA 19061), denied May 4, 1999, for an internal floating storage tank in Trainer Borough, Delaware 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 Permits Issued
11890101. Permit Renewal for reclamation only, Paul F. Becker Coal Company (1593 Old Rt. 22, Duncansville, PA 16634), for continued restoration of a bituminous strip mine in Susquehanna Township and Spangler Borough, Cambria County, affecting 53.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Fox Run. Application received May 3, 1999; issued May 3, 1999.
56713039. Permit Renewal, PBS Coals, Inc. (P. O. Box 260, 1576 Stoystown Road, Friedens, PA 15541), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Brothersvalley and Somerset Townships, Somerset County, affecting 1,843.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Kimberly Run and to Kimberly Run; unnamed tributary to Sandy Hollow Creek. Application received February 17, 1999; issued May 5, 1999.
32970104. Mears Enterprises, Inc. (P. O. Box 157, Clymer, PA 15728), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip-auger mine in Grant Township, Indiana County affecting 87.2 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries of Little Mahoning Creek to Little Mahoning Creek. Application received April 3, 1997; permit issued May 3, 1999.
56980110. Fritz Coal, Inc. (412 Brownstown Hill, Stoystown, PA 15563), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip mine in Quemahoning and Somerset Townships, Somerset County, affecting 50.9 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to/and Wells Creek. Application received December 9, 1998; permit issued May 3, 1999.
11793025. Permit Renewal for reclamation only, E. P. Bender Coal Company (South Main Street, P. O. Box 565--566, Carrolltown, PA 15722), for continued restoration of bituminous strip mine in Dean Township, Cambria County, affecting 400.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary of Brubaker Run. Application received May 4, 1999; issued May 4, 1999.
Greensburg District Office, R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
65940101R. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal issued for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 130 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to the Monongahela River and the Monongahela River. Application received: February 10, 1999. Reclamation only renewal issued: May 4, 1999.
65940103R. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Renewal issued for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 22 acres. Receiving streams: one unnamed tributary to Saxman Run, to Saxman Run. Application received: February 10, 1999. Reclamation only renewal issued: May 4, 1999.
63793031R. Twilight Industries, Division of U. S. Natural Resources, Inc. (212 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012). Renewal issued for reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Somerset and Fallowfield Townships, Washington County, affecting 622 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Sawmill Creek to Pigeon Creek to the Monongahela River. Application received: February 8, 1999. Reclamation only renewal issued: May 4, 1999.
26980102. Patterson Coal Company (R. R. 2, Box 335, Smithfield, PA 15478). Permit revised to add 8.6 acres to the permit area and change the postmining land use from forestland to pastureland or land occasionally cut for hay, as well as a stream variance, at an existing bituminous surface mining site located in Menallen Township, Fayette County, now affecting 30.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Jennings Run, Jennings Run, Redstone Creek, Monongahela River. Application received: February 9, 1999. Revision issued: May 7, 1999.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
33813012. P & N Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 332, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Renewal of an existing bituminous strip and auger operation in Gaskill Township, Jefferson County affecting 598.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Clover Run and unnamed tributaries to East Branch Mahoning Creek and Lost Run. Application received: February 16, 1999. Permit Issued: April 27, 1999.
16890110. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Transfer of an existing bituminous strip and tipple refuse disposal operation from Ancient Sun, Inc. in Limestone Township, Clarion County affecting 175.6 acres. Receiving streams: Two unnamed tributaries to Parsons Run. Application received: June 9, 1998. Permit Issued: April 30, 1999.
33980110. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip operation in Perry Township, Jefferson County affecting 122.3 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek. Application received: October 26, 1998. Permit Issued: April 30, 1999.
102119-33980110-E-1. Original Fuels, Inc. (P. O. Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767). Application for a stream encroachment to construct and maintain a haul road crossing over Unnamed tributary ''B'' to Mahoning Creek in Perry Township, Jefferson County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Mahoning Creek. Application received: October 26, 1998. Permit Issued: April 30, 1999.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Issued
66980302. Joseph Keller (158 Anderson Road, Tunkhannock, PA 18657), commencement, operation and restoration of a quarry operation in Lemon Township, Wyoming County affecting 44.38 acres, receiving stream--unnamed tributary to Loomis Creek. Permit issued May 3, 1999.
6774SM1C3. National Limestone Quarry, Inc. (P. O. Box 397, Middleburg, PA 17847), correction to an existing quarry operation in Perry Township, Snyder County affecting 91.5 acres, receiving stream--North Branch Mahantongo Creek. Correction issued May 4, 1999.
5477SM1A1C2. Glasgow, Inc. (P. O. Box 1089, Glenside, PA 19038), correction to an existing quarry operation in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County affecting 75.19 acres, receiving stream--none. Correction issued May 7, 1999.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Small Noncoal (Industrial Mineral) Permits Issued
58990802. Algerd Choplosky, Jr. (RR 1, Box 1598, Hop Bottom, PA 18824), commencement, operation and restoration of a bluestone quarry operation in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County affecting 1.0 acre, receiving stream--none. Permit issued May 4, 1999.
58990803. Algerd Choplosky, Jr. (RR 1, Box 1598, Hop Bottom, PA 18824), commencement, operation and restoration of a bluestone quarry operation in Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County affecting 1.0 acre, receiving stream--none. Permit issued May 4, 1999.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
Coal Applications Returned
17990103. River Hill Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 141, Kylertown, PA 16847), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine-auger permit in Bigler Township, Clearfield County, affecting 228.8 acres. Receiving streams: Upper Morgan Run, unnamed tributary to upper Morgan Run, and Alexander Run. Application received March 19, 1999. Application returned May 6, 1999.
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 Dam Safety and Encroachment 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, 400 Market Street, Floor 2, 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 the 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 at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27), 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.)
Northeast Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E45-365. Encroachment. Presbytery of Lackawanna, 550 Madison Avenue, Scranton, PA 18510. To place fill in 0.08 acre of wetlands for the purpose of constructing a parking lot associated with the proposed Presbytery of Lackawanna Church. The project will also result in secondary impacts to 0.07 acre of PEM wetlands. The project is located on the north side of S. R. 0611, approximately 0.4 mile southeast of its intersection with Township Road T625 (Hemlock Drive) (Tobyhanna, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 1.6 inches) in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County. The permittee is required to provide for 0.15 acre of replacement wetlands by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project.
E54-259. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 5-0, 1713 Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18103-4724. To maintain a road crossing of a tributary to Upper Little Swatara Creek, consisting of two 48-inch CMP culverts. The road crossing was constructed under the authorization of Emergency Permit No. EP5497402. The project is located on S. R. 3002, Segment 0170, Offset 0153, approximately 200 feet east of the intersection of S. R. 3002 and T-671 (Swatara Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 19.1 inches; W: 2.7 inches), in Wayne Township, Schuylkill County.
E54-264. Encroachment. Port Carbon Borough, 301 First Street, P. O. Box 71, Port Carbon, PA 17965. To repair and maintain the existing retaining walls along Mill Creek, with work consisting of replacing four existing stone masonry wall sections, ranging from 15 to 33 feet in length, with concrete dunnage block wall sections. The wall height varies from 6 to 8 feet. The project is located immediately upstream of the confluence of Mill Creek and the Schuylkill River (Pottsville, PA Quadrangle N: 12.5 inches; W: 5.7 inches), in Port Carbon Borough, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
E22-392. Encroachment. City of Harrisburg, Stephen Reed, 123 Walnut Street, Suite 212E, Harrisburg, PA 17101. To construct and maintain a parking garage in the floodplain of the Susquehanna River at a point on CityIsland between Walnut Street and Market Street (Harrisburg, PA Quadrangle N: 0.7 inch; W: 1.9 inches) in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E22-395. Encroachment. Gary Houck, 7464 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17112. To construct and maintain a 28.96 foot × 8.5 foot concrete arch culvert and a 12.0 foot × 5.5 foot concrete arch culvert, to install nine outfalls and a sewer line crossing which will be authorized by General Permits and to impact 0.39 acre of wetlands in and along a tributary to Beaver Creek (WWF) at points along Clover Lane (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N: 13.9 inches; W: 13.95 inches) in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County. The permittee is required to provide a minimum of 0.39 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E36-663. Encroachment. Mount Joy Township, Jack Hadge, 159 Merts Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a reinforced box culvert having a 14-foot span with a 6-foot rise, including gabion blanket channel lining protection at the inlet and outlet culvert ends in a tributary to Little Chickies Creek (called Shell's Run) located on Trail Road (Elizabethtown, PA Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 4.75 inches) in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E36-669. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete box beam bridge with two solid wall piers set on a 65 degree skew with a composite reinforced concrete deck slab and parapets. The bridge will have three clear spans, one at 25.378 meters, and two at 25.303 meters and will also have a main channel underclearance of 3.885 meters on SR 322 Section 001 over the Conestoga River (WWF) near Hinkletown (Terre Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 5.1 inches; W: 0.4 inch) in Earl and Ephrata Townships, Lancaster County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E67-638. Encroachment. Cornerstone Development Group, Inc., P. O. Box 179, Felton, PA 17322. To construct and maintain a 13-foot by 6-foot, 9-inch steel arch having a length of 70 feet in an unnamed tributary to Kreutz Creek for the proposed access road into the Buttonwood Farms Development located adjacent to Clayton Ely Emig Memorial Park off of South Park Street (Columbia West, PA Quadrangle N: 0.4 inch; W: 14.4 inches) in Hellam Borough, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E67-642. Encroachment. Timothy F. Pasch, 4535 Lincoln Hwy, York, PA 17406. To construct and maintain a 5-foot wide by 45-foot long pedestrian bridge having an underclearance of 3 feet 9 inches over Kreutz Creek directly downstream of Old Church Road for the purpose of providing access to the proposed Stone Run Farms development (Columbia West, PA Quadrangle N: 0.4 inch; W: 16.7 inches) in Hellam Township, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northcentral Region: Water Management--Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.
E19-190. Encroachment. Ricky J. Robinholt and Kristen E. Robinholt, 67 Schoolhouse Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. To place and maintain fill in the floodway of Hemlock Creek with a development of Lot Number 4 in the Robinholt Subdivision. The fill operation shall consist of placing a maximum of 2,000-cubic feet of clean in the floodway of Hemlock Creek. All fill areas shall be graded to a slope 3-feet horizontal to 1-foot vertical and permanently stabilized, so that the jurisdictional wetland within Lot Number 4 will not be impacted. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of T-826 approximately 2,000-feet west of the intersection of SR 0044 and T-826 (Millville, PA Quadrangle N: 2.8 inches; W: 0.6 inch) in Hemlock Township, Columbia County. This permit does not authorize any permanent or temporary impact to jurisdictional wetlands associated to Hemlock Creek which were delineated within the Robinholt Subdivision or remaining parcels owned by the permittee. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E41-440. Encroachment. Howard A. Engel, R. R. 4, Box 11, Williamsport, PA 17701. To repair and maintain an existing bridge with a span of 10 feet and underclearance of 5 feet across Little Gap Run located approximately 0.75 mile north of S. R. 973 (Salladasburg, PA Quadrangle N: 16.25 inches; W: 3.50 inches) in Lycoming Township, Lycoming County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
E20-467. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast reinforced concrete box culvert having a 14-foot-wide by 7-foot-high waterway opening in Lake Creek (WWF) on S. R. 0198, Segment 0690, Offset 0538 in the village of Guys Mills (Townville, PA Quadrangle N: 1.1 inches; W: 13.9 inches) located in Randolph Township, Crawford County.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Environmental Assessment Approvals and Actions on 401 Certification
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
EA22-011CO. Environmental Assessment. Capital Area Greenbelt Association, Inc. (P. O. Box 15405, Harrisburg, PA 17105-5405). To remove a partially breached jurisdictional dam across Spring Creek (WWF) for the purpose of restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1,700 feet southeast of the intersection of Derry Street and S. R. 441 in the ''Five Senses Gardens'' section of the Capital Area Greenbelt (Harrisburg East, PA Quadrangle N: 0.45 inch; W: 12.20 inches) in Swatara Township, Dauphin County.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-825. Filed for public inspection May 21, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
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