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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-2133c

[30 Pa.B. 6364]

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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 such 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).

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

Coal Permits Issued

   54001301. M & M Anthracite Coal Co. (245 Second Street, Joliet-Tremont, PA 17981), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite underground mine operation in Frailey Township, Schuylkill County affecting 3.0 acres, receiving stream--Middle Creek. Permit issued November 22, 2000.

   54663021R3. Reading Anthracite Company (P. O. Box 1200, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of an existing anthracite surface mine operation in New Castle Township, Schuylkill County affecting 693.0 acres, receiving stream--Middle Creek. Renewal issued November 22, 2000.

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

   03940101. TDK Coal Sales, Inc. (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824). Permit revised to include a stream encroachment of an unnamed tributary to Holder Run at a bituminous surface mining site located in Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 129.2 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Holder Run, to Holder Run, to Sugar Creek. Application received: September 18, 2000. Revision issued:  November 17, 2000.

   03950113. Seven Sisters Mining Co., Inc. (U. S. Route 22, Delmont, PA 15626). Permit reinstated as per the Environmental Hearing Board's March 7, 2000, adjudication (EHB Docket No. 98-034-R), and revised to eliminate mining within 300 feet of all dwellings without waivers, at a bituminous surface mining site located in Burrell and South Bend Townships, Armstrong County, affecting 93.0 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributary to Crooked Creek and Crooked Creek. Revision application received:  August 7, 2000. Permit revision issued:  November 20, 2000.

   03940111. Canterbury Coal Company (R. D. 1, Box 119, Avonmore, PA 15618). Permit renewal issued for reclamation only of a bituminous surface/auger mine located in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, affecting 88.4 acres. Receiving streams:  unnamed tributaries to Roaring Run and Roaring Run. Application received:  September 27, 2000. Reclamation only renewal issued:  November 20, 2000.

   04000101. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface/auger mine located in Darlington Township, Beaver County, affecting 102.2 acres. Receiving streams:  State Line Creek and unnamed tributary to the North Fork of Little Beaver Creek. Application received:  June 12, 2000. Permit issued:  November 21, 2000.

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)).

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.

Actions 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 act of June 22, 1937 (P. L. 1987, No. 394) (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.)

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications:

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

   E46-863. Encroachment Permit. Liberty Properties Limited Partnership, 65 Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355. To perform the following activities associated with the construction of an office building at 2301 Renaissance Boulevard;

   1.  To relocate approximately 1,790 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Matsunk Creek (WWF) and routing its flow through 380 linear feet of proposed stream channel, and to construct and maintain 349 linear feet of 30-inch PEP stream enclosure. The abandoned channel will be filled to facilitate the construction of an office building, parking facilities, utilities and stormwater facilities.

   2.  To excavate 190 linear feet of unnamed intermittent tributary to Matsunk Creek and portions of the assumed 100-year floodway to facilitate the construction of Stormwater Detention Basin No. 2.

   3.  To place fill in 0.13 acre of wetland (PEM) to facilitate the construction of Drive C.

   This project proposes impact to a total of 0.18 acre of wetland, 0.08 acre of a body of water (POW) and approximately 1,790 feet of watercourse. The project is located immediately south of the intersection of Horizon Drive and Renaissance Boulevard (Norristown, PA Quadrangle N:  1.70 inches; W:  1.75) in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.

   This authorization also includes an environmental assessment approval for work associated with the construction of nonjurisdictional dams, for Basin No. 1 and Basin No. 2 across an unnamed intermittent tributary of Matsunk Creek and adjacent wetlands.

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

   E39-387. Encroachment. Borough of Catasauqua, 118 Bridge Street, Catasauqua, PA 18032-2598. To maintain the existing twin 72-inch-diameter RCP culverts in Catasauqua Creek, with work consisting of replacing the steel rail trash rack at the upstream end of the structure. The project is located at the intersection of Walnut Street and St. John Street (Catasauqua, PA Quadrangle N:  6.3 inches; W:  12.9 inches), in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County.

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

   E02-1317. Encroachment. Ashley Hill Associates, P. O. Box 11067, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. To place and maintain fill in a de minimis area of wetlands (PEM/PSS) adjacent to an unnamed tributary to Rinaman Run (CWF) for the purpose of developing Lots 110 and 111 on the Ashley Hill Plan of Lots located on the south side of Ashley Court, just south of the intersection of Ashley Hill Drive and Ashley Court (Emsworth, PA Quadrangle N:  19.1 inches; W:  6.7 inches) in McCandless Township, Allegheny County.

   E63-493. Encroachment. Hardy Enterprises, Inc., 6000 Waterdam Plaza, Suite 240, McMurray, PA 15317-5431. To place and maintain fill in the floodway and along both banks of an unnamed tributary to Chartiers Creek (WWF) and to place and maintain fill in a de minimis area of wetland (PEM) for the purpose of constructing a retail development (Old Oak Commons) located on the west side of S. R. 19, approximately 500 feet north from the intersection of S. R. 19 and Old Oak Road (Canonsburg, PA Quadrangle N:  4.7 inches; W:  0.2 inch) in Peters Township, Washington County.

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

   E10-313. Encroachment. South Pike Square, L. P., 100 Highland Avenue, Cheswick, PA 15024. To modify and maintain the existing 815-foot long, 60-inch diameter reinforced concrete and corrugated metal pipe stream enclosure, including installation of a new outlet endwall with two 30-inch diameter stormwater outfall pipes through the wings and placement of additional fill over the enclosure beginning approximately 30 feet upstream of S. R. 356 and extending upstream in a tributary to Little Buffalo Creek for the South Pike Square commercial development west of S. R. 356 approximately 0.75 mile northwest of S. R. 28 (Freeport, PA Quadrangle N:  13.6 inches; W:  13.6 inches) in Buffalo Township, Butler County.

   E25-606. Encroachment. Presque Isle Condominium Association, 558 West 6th Street, Erie, PA 16507. To construct and maintain an 80-foot long, 9-foot diameter corrugated metal pipe culvert with rock riprap in the stream invert extending 50 feet upstream and downstream of the culvert in a tributary to Presque Isle Bay, Lake Erie (Scott Run) for the stabilization of the ravine slope at the existing Presque Isle Condominiums approximately 1,800 feet north of West 6th Street east of Peninsula Drive (Swanville, PA Quadrangle N:  20.0 inches; W:  3.75 inches) in Millcreek Township, Erie County.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-2133. Filed for public inspection December 8, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]


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