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FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The Department of Environmental Protection 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 (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department of Environmental Protection certifies that the construction and operation herein described will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) and that the construction will not violate applicable Federal and State Water Quality Standards.
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--504 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 Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of 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 of 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 for the following activities 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 The Clean Streams Law (35 §§ 691.1-- 691.702) 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: Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description).
Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications:
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WL4001406 and EA40-009NE. Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 2 Public Square--5th Floor, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To backfill four existing water bodies in conjunction with an abandoned mine reclamation project (Conyngham, PA Quadrangle N: 18.0 inches; W: 7.5 inches).
E40-540. City of Wilkes-Barre, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. The City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To maintain an existing temporary road crossing of Mill Creek, consisting of 9 48-inch-diameter CPP culverts. The road crossing was installed under the authorization of General Permit BDWM-GP-8 and provides access to an ongoing culm removal project. The project is located immediately upstream of S.R. 0309 (Cross Valley Expressway) (Pittston, PA Quadrangle N: 1.9 inches; W: 14.8 inches).
E40-563. CAN DO, Inc., One South Church Street, Hazleton, PA 18201. Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To place fill in approximately 1.3 acres of wetlands for the purpose of constructing eight roadway and railroad crossings and one sewer line crossing associated with the proposed 705 acre expansion of the Humboldt Industrial Park. This project, known as Humboldt Industrial Park North, is located in Cranberry Creek and Stony Creek Watersheds on the north side of S.R. 0924, approximately 1 mile east of S.R. 0081 (Conyngham, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 7.0 inches). The permittee is required to provide 1.4 acres of replacement wetlands.
E54-286. Branch Township, P. O. Box 265, Llewellyn, PA 17944. Branch Township, Schuylkill County, Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box culvert having a span of 18 feet and underclearance of 6.0 feet which includes a 6-inch culvert depression in West Creek. The project is located along Township Road T557 (Main Street), approximately 0.2 mile west of T568 (Railroad Street) (Minersville, PA Quadrangle N: 10.1 inches; W: 7.0 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E01-225. Cumberland Township Authority, 1370 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain: (1) a sewer plant expansion project consisting of several process structures; lift station, sequencing batch reactors, screening building, lab office, equipment building/UV room, sludge storage tank, digesters, reed beds, a parking lot and access road in the floodplain of Willoughby Run (WWF); (2) a 14-inch diameter outfall pipe with endwalls in Willoughby Run (WWF); and (3) the construction of waivered 19-inch by 30-inch, 30-foot long reinforced concrete pipe and replacement of two 18-inch reinforced concrete pipes with two 18-inch, 12-foot long reinforced concrete pipes in a tributary to Willoughby Run (WWF) (Fairfield, PA Quadrangle N: 13.1 inches; W: 1.3 inches) in Cumberland Township, Adams County.
E22-423. Department of General Services, 18th and Herr Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17120 in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain (1) a 55,500 square foot Horse Barn; (2) 65,100 square foot Equine Arena; (3) a 171,100 square foot Exposition Center; (4) 7.03 acres of gravel parking area; and (5) a 20,000 square foot connector link all in the floodway/floodplain of Paxton Creek (WWF) for the purpose of expanding the facilities at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex located along the west side of Cameron Street (SR 0022) at its intersection with Maclay Street (SR 3022) (Harrisburg West, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 1.15 inches) in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
E22-432. Hummelstown Borough, 136 S. Hanover Street, Hummelstown, PA 17036 in Hummelstown Borough, Dauphin County, Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain: (1) an 8-foot wide pedestrian trail; and (2) a waivered 60-foot span timber footbridge, with fill at the north approach, in a tailrace channel all situated in the floodway of the Swatara Creek (WWF) located along the north side of Sweet Arrow Drive near the Dauphin Consolidated Water Company's filtration plant (Hershey, PA Quadrangle N: 3.9 inches; W: 13.2 inches) in Hummelstown Borough, Dauphin County.
E67-702. Dillsburg Area Authority, P. O. Box 370, Dillsburg, PA 17019 in Carroll Township, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain: (1) two final clarifiers; (2) two aeration tanks by converting existing aeration/clarifier tanks; (3) the replacement of an existing chlorine disinfection system with an ultraviolet disinfection system; (4) a raw water pump station; and (5) a new discharge outfall pipe and additional sludge handling equipment; all located in the floodway/floodplain of Dogwood Run (CWF) located at the existing Dillsburg Area Wastewater Treatment facility along the north side of Old Mill Road (T-885) (Dillsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 5.7 inches) in Carroll Township, York County.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1344. Kossman Development Corporation, 11 Parkway Center, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Collier Township, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To construct and maintain an approximately 1,100 feet long retaining wall and associated fill and to place and maintain approximately 175 feet of R-5 riprap bank stabilization along the left bank of Chartiers Creek (WWF) to provide a paved access to the rear of a proposed Home Depot building. The site is located at the existing Chartiers Valley Shopping Center (Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle N: 21.5 inches; W: 15.3 inches).
E04-253-A1. Empire Terminal, Inc., 731-733 Washington Road, Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15228-0999. Monaca Borough, Beaver County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To construct and maintain an addition of a 176 feet long embedded barge on the upstream end of the existing embedded barge and to construct and maintain a new access road to the dock. (Beaver, PA Quadrangle N: 11.1 inches; W: 1.7 inches).
E26-285. Fayette City Borough, R. D. 1, Box 544, 2nd and Cook Streets, Fayette City, PA 15438. Borough of Fayette City, Fayette County, ACOE Pittsburgh District. to maintain an existing 25' x 8' bridge and construct and maintain stream bank protection consisting of a gabion wall and rock riprap for a length of approximately 296 feet along the west bank of Downers Run (WWF) for the purpose of protecting a public road. The project includes planting and maintenance of live willow stakes and/or new trees incorporated within or along the rock riprap. The project is located along Brightwell Drive at a point approximately 0.4 mile north of the intersection of S.R. 201 and S.R. 4044 (Fayette City, PA Quadrangle N: 19.15 inches; W: 12.2 inches).
E26-287. Lower Tyrone Township, P. O. Box H, Dawson, PA 15428. Lower Tyrone Township, Fayette County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To remove the existing timber plank deck and superstructure and to construct and maintain a superstructure on the Lower Tyrone Bridge, having a clear span of 14 feet and an underclearance of 5 feet across Hickman Run (WWF). The project is located on T-735 (Spring Grove Church Road) at a point just east of its intersection with T-754 (Dawson, PA Quadrangle N: 8.6 inches; W: 1.67 inches).
E32-432. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 10-0, P. O. Box 429, Indiana, PA 15701. East Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To place and maintain fill in 3.11 acres of wetland (0.86 acre PEM/PSS; 0.22 acre PEM/PSS/POW; 2.03 acres PSS/PFO) in the Blacklick Creek Watershed (CWF) for the purpose of reconstructing and widening approximately 3.5 miles of S.R. 0022 from its interchange with S.R. 0403 to the Indiana-Cambria County line including realignment and widening of S.R. 0022 at the Village of Gas Center. Replacement wetlands will be created at a 1:1 ratio at the AMD and ART Vintondale Demonstration Project (Begin: New Florence, PA Quadrangle N: 14.3 inches; W: 0.8 inch; End: Vintondale, PA Quadrangle N: 12.1 inches; W: 10.1 inches).
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E16-116, Knox Borough, P. O. Box 366, Knox, PA 16232. Knox Borough Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent Line, in Beaver Township, Clarion County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Knox, PA Quadrangle N: 18.1 inches; W: 3.0 inches).
To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter PVC pipe treated sewage effluent line beginning at the existing Knox Borough Sewage Treatment Plant having a total length of approximately 984 feet across/along a tributary to Canoe Creek (HQ-CWF), also crossing an adjoining wetland area approximately 55 feet long and having an outfall with a concrete endwall along the right bank of Canoe Creek (HQ-CWF) approximately 1200 feet downstream of T-400.
E25-634, Millcreek Township, 3608 West 26th Street, Erie, PA 16506-2037. Edgevale Drive Channel Cleaning, in Millcreek Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Erie South, PA Quadrangle N: 15.3 inches; W: 10.0 inches).
To excavate debris and accumulated sediments from a total of approximately 250 feet of the channel of a tributary to Mill Creek (WWF/MF) southeast of the intersection of Edgevale Drive and West 52nd Street.
E37-138, North Beaver Township Municipal Authority, 861 Mount Jackson Road, New Castle, PA 16102. Mt. Jackson/Jackson Knolls Sanitary Sewer Collection System, in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To conduct the following activities associated with extension of the existing sanitary sewer collection system into Mount Jackson/Jackson Knolls in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County:
1. To construct and maintain sanitary sewer lines across the following:
a. Approximately 400 feet across a wetland beginning at and extending south from the proposed sewage pump station east of Andrews Trace.
b. Approximately 100 feet across a wetland area 640 feet west of S.R. 551 (Edinburg Road) 0.4 mile north of S.R. 317
c. Within 50 feet of top of bank along a reach of approximately 920 feet of Hickory Run beginning approximately 600 feet south of the intersection of Andrews Trace and Knoll Drive and extending west with two crossings of Hickory Run and one crossing of a tributary to Hickory Run.
2. Fill 0.16 acre of wetland for construction of the Andrew Trace Pump Station approximately 400 feet east of the intersection of Andrews Trace and Knoll Drive.
Project includes contribution to the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Fund for replacement of 0.16 acre of wetland impact.
E37-139, Lawrence County, Lawrence County Government Center, 430 Court Street, New Castle, PA 16101. T464 Lakewood Road Across Hottenbaugh Run, in Hickory Township, Lawrence County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (New Castle North, PA Quadrangle N: 7.25 inches; W: 10.25 inches).
To replace the deck and to rehabilitate and maintain the existing steel beam bridge having a clear, normal span of 50 feet and an underclearance of 8.5 feet across Hottenbaugh Run (WWF) on T-464 (Lakewood Road) approximately 200 feet north of S.R. 1007.
E62-380, Allegheny Partners, L.P. c/o Forest Investment Associates, P. O. Box 1474, Smethport, PA 16749. Timber Access Road Across Wade Run, in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Pittsfield, PA Quadrangle N: 5.9 inches; W: 5.1 inches).
To install and maintain twin 77-inch wide by 52-inch high corrugated metal pipe arch culverts in Wade Run approximately 0.5 mile upstream of Birch Springs Run on a timber harvesting access road approximately 2.4 miles southwest of the intersection of S.R. 3007 (Davey Hill Road) and T-362 (Andrews Run Road).
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WL4001406 and EA40-009NE. Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, 2 Public Square--5th Floor, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
To backfill four existing water bodies in conjunction with an abandoned mine reclamation project (Conyngham, PA Quadrangle N: 18.0 inches; W: 7.5 inches).
Northcentral Region: Program Manager, Water Management Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
EA17-003NC. M B Energy, Inc., 175 McKnight Road, Blairsville, PA 15717-7960, unnamed tributary--Haslett Run Restoration, in Bell and Greenwood Township, Clearfield County, ACOE Baltimore District (Mahaffey, PA Quadrangle N: 7.58 inches; W: 11.0 inches).
To repair, operate, maintain and remove a temporary rock dam and diversion channel in and along an unnamed tributary to Haslett Run (Cold Water Fishery); to install and maintain 100-feet of rock stream bank protection in the same water for the restoration of a sediment impaired reach of the unnamed tributary. The rock dam shall be repaired and maintained as a rock filter for sediment removal in accordance with the plans, drawings and specifications submitted to the Department on January 31, 2001. Upon written approval of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the rock dam shall be removed and diversion channel blocked or filled in a manner to preclude any further excessive sediment to further degrade the water quality.
EA41-003MC. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322, State College, PA 16801-4850. Big Bear Creek Restoration Project, in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Barbours, PA Quadrangle N: 1.7 inches; W: 5.1 inches).
This project is being amended to delete 1,600 feet of stream originally proposed as part of a fluvial geomorphology project on a 10,800 length of Big Bear Creek. The purpose of the project is to control bank erosion, reduce sediment load and improve fish habitat. The original work was proposed to extend from the confluence of Big Bear Creek and Shingle Run downstream to the confluence of Big Bear Creek and Loyalsock Creek. The project now deletes the 1,600 foot stretch of stream located on property known as the Worthington property.
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D46-033CO. Abington Township, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. Abington Township, Montgomery County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct a nonjurisdictional dam (Upper Dam) across a tributary to Sandy Run (TSF) as part of the Susquehanna Woods Flood Control Improvement Project to reduce flooding in the Sandy Run watershed and improve aesthetics. The project also proposes to construct a jurisdictional dam (Lower Dam), permit requirements waived under 25 Pa. Code § 105.12(a)(1), downstream of the nonjurisdictional dam. The project will directly impact 40 feet of intermittent stream channel to construct the dams and indirectly impact, by temporary inundation, 0.7 acre of wetland (PEM/PSS) and approximately 210 feet of intermittent stream channel. The dams are located adjacent to the Hillside Cemetery (Germantown, PA Quadrangle; N: 21.7 inches, W: 3.5 inches).
SPECIAL NOTICES
BUREAU OF DEEP MINE SAFETY
REQUEST FOR VARIANCE The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), Bureau of Deep Mine Safety (BDMS), has received a request for variance from Genesis, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Gaida by calling (724) 439-7469 or from the BDMS website at http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/dms/dms.htm.
The Department is publishing a summary of the request in order 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. § 702) provides a mechanism for operators 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 are to the main air current.
Summary of the Request: Genesis, Inc. requests a variance to use point carbon monoxide early warning fire detection system and entries in common with the belt conveyor entry at the Genesis No. 17 Mine.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1888. Filed for public inspection October 19, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
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