[32 Pa.B. 2770]
[Continued from previous Web Page] Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
33022802. Glen Gery Corporation (P. O. Box 7001, Wyomissing, PA 19610) Commencement, operation and restoration of a small noncoal shale operation in Oliver Township, Jefferson County affecting 5.7 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Little Sandy Creek. Application received April 5, 2002. Permit issued May 22, 2002.
24020803. Francis Gardner (R. R. 2, Box 288-F, Weedville, PA 15868) Commencement, operation and restoration of a small noncoal sandstone operation in Jay Township, Elk County affecting 2.0 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Kersey Run. Application received March 28, 2002. Permit issued May 23, 2002.
ACTIONS ON BLASTING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on applications under the Explosives Acts of 1937 and 1957 (43 P. S. §§ 151--161); and 25 Pa. Code § 211.124 (relating to blasting activity permits). Blasting activity performed as part of a coal or noncoal mining activity will be regulated by the mining permit for that coal or noncoal mining activity.
Blasting Permits Actions
Hawk Run District Mining Office: Empire Road, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840-0209, (814) 342-8200.
18024001. Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Company, P. O. Box 231, Renovo, PA 17764, for construction blasting, located in Chapman and Grugan Townships, Clinton County, with an expected duration of 120 days. Permit issued May 17, 2002.
Persons aggrieved by an 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, 400 Market Street, 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 publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 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 decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 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 (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department 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.
Persons aggrieved by an 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, 400 Market Street, 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 publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 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 decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
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 P. S. §§ 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.
E54-296. Keith Seigfried, 83-85 Harris Avenue, Pine Grove, PA 17963-1200. Pine Grove Borough, Schuylkill County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To remove an existing mobile home and to construct and maintain an aboveground 18-foot x 36-foot oval swimming pool in the floodway of Swatara Creek. The project is located along Harris Avenue, approximately 300 feet southwest of Wide Awake Street (Pine Grove, PA Quadrangle N: 10.0 inches; W: 2.5 inches).
E58-243. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. Rush Township, Susquehanna County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a road crossing of a tributary to Deer Lick Creek, consisting of a 15.0-foot x 7.0-foot precast concrete box culvert, with its invert depressed 1.0 foot below streambed elevation. The project is located along SR 0267, Section 574, approximately 1.1 mile southeast of the intersection of SR 0267 and SR 0367 (Lawton, PA Quadrangle N: 4.3 inches; W: 8.0 inches).
E40-585. PPL Utilities, GENN-4, Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179. Rice and Wright Townships, Luzerne County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain three road crossings of wetlands, within the drainage basin of Big Wapwallopen Creek, for the purpose of maintaining an existing electric transmission line known as the Harwood-Jenkins 69 kV Line. The project includes placement of fill in 0.48 acre of wetlands (impacting approximately 1,300 linear feet). The permittee is required to provide for 0.48 acre of replacement wetlands by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project. The project extends northeasterly from a point located along the north side of Nuangola Road (SR 2042), approximately 0.5 mile west of the intersection of SR 2042 and SR 2045 (Wilkes-Barre West, PA Quadrangle N: 8.0 inches; W: 3.6 inches).
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E36-721. Pennsylvania Power & Light West Earl LLC, 11350 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, VA 22030 in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain outfall structures and relocate approximately 1,500 feet of an unnamed tributary to the Conestoga River (WWF) to a location east of its present position at a point approximately 1,100 feet east of the intersection of Tobacco and Old Akron Roads along the east side of Tobacco Road (Ephrata, PA Quadrangle N: 3.0 inches; W: 11.0 inches) in West Earl Township, Lancaster County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
E19-228. James A. Lopardo, 424 Columbia Avenue, Lansdale, PA 19446. Floodway Encroachment, in Orange Township, Columbia County, ACOE Baltimore District (Bloomsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 13.75 inches; W: 7.8 inches).
To replace and maintain the floor, walls and roof of an existing structure measuring 8` by 12` in the floodway of Fishing Creek off Charmund Road approximately 1/2 mile northwest of the intersection of Charmund Road with Route 487 in Orange Township, Columbia County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E41-498. Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority, 216 Old Cement Road, Montoursville, PA 17754. Lycoming County Wastewater Collection Expansion, in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, ACOE Baltimore District (Muncy, PA Quadrangle N: 18.5 inches; W: 6.4 inches).
To construct, operate and maintain 11.33 miles of sanitary sewer line within the Susquehanna River watershed for the treatment of municipal wastewater. Construction of the sanitary sewer lines will require the six stream crossings that are as follows:
Number of Total Length Stream Name Crossings of Crossings Wolf Run 1 88.0-feet Unnamed tributaries--Wolf Run 2 68.5-feet Carpenters Run 2 87.0-feet Turkey Run 1 33.5-feet Tules Run 1 79.5-feet All sewer line crossings shall be constructed with a minimum of 3-feet of cover with concrete encasement beneath the waterways. Trench plugs or clay dikes shall be used at every sewer line crossing a waterway to ensure the hydrology of the streams is not altered. Construction of the Industrial Park Pumping Station will require the placement of fill in the floodway of Wolf Run.
E53-370. Genesee Township, P. O. Box 1, Genesee, PA 16923. Genesee River Levee Repair, in Genesee Township, Potter County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Ulysses, PA Quadrangle N: 20.1 inches; W: 15.8 inches).
To restore and repair 150-feet of Genesee River stream bank and to modify, operate and maintain 440-feet of flood protection levee along the Genesee River for the protection of public and private property. The stream bank restoration and repair work shall consist of backfilling an erosion area and stabilizing the area with R-6 rip rap. The levee modifications shall consist of filling, grading, compacting and stabilizing 440-feet of levee. The levee shall be modified and maintained with a maximum top width of 5-feet, side-slopes of 1-foot vertical to 1.5-foot horizontal and vegetative stabilization. All in-stream work shall be conducted during stream low and dry work conditions through the use of flumes or dams and pumping stream flow around work area. Construction and future repair shall not be conducted in and along the Genesee River from March 1 to June 15. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0449 approximately 2,000-feet south of SR 0244 and SR 0449 intersection. This permit also authorizes the construction, operation, maintenance and removal of temporary diversions and/or cofferdams; upon completion of the stream bank stabilization activities, all temporary structures shall be removed with the stream channel restored to preexisting geometry, profile and pattern. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification. This permit does not authorize any temporary or permanent wetland impacts or the rechanneling and realignment of the Genesee River.
E57-097. William D. Conwell, 922 Strath Haven Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081. Excavation for Dam, in Colley Township, Sullivan County, ACOE Baltimore District (Lopez, PA Quadrangle N: 19.5 inches; W: 0.6 inch).
To excavate in the floodway of an unnamed tributary to Santee Creek for the purpose of constructing a 3 acre dam with a maximum water depth of 13 feet. The project is located 0.7 mile north of Dutch Mountain Road approximately 8.3 miles from the intersection of Dutch Mountain Road with SR 87 in Colley Township, Sullivan County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E57-098. Muncy Creek Watershed Association, P. O. Box 47, Muncy, PA 17756. Gavit Site, in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, ACOE Baltimore District (Sonestown, PA Quadrangle N: 17.25 inches; W: 10.25 inches).
To construct, operate and maintain a stream restoration project consisting of two cross vane structures, one rock vane and one ''J'' hook vane. The structures will be constructed out of stone measuring a minimum of 3 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet. The top elevation of the levee on the left bank will be reduced 5 feet and the top elevation on the right bank will be reduced 3 feet to increase the flood-prone area. The instream channel work will have a length of 600 linear feet and the remaining 200 linear feet will consist of bank grading to lower the top elevations. All materials removed from the levees and excess material from channel excavations will be utilized to reconstruct natural banks and as fill material in the floodplain (450 cy). A portion of the large rock material will be utilized as footer rocks for the instream structures. Since there is an increase in the flood-prone area, the 50 and 100-year storm frequency water surface elevations will be reduced. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E57-099. William J. Atkins, 2442 Mountainview Drive, Ottsville, PA 18942. Floodway Encroachment, in Elkland Township, Sullivan County, ACOE Baltimore District (Shunk, PA Quadrangle N: 2.1 inches; W: 6.5 inches).
To construct and maintain a 28` by 56` modular home in the floodway of Elk Creek approximately 2,000 feet southwest of the intersection of Route 154 with Elk Creek Road in Elkland Township, Sullivan County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1370. Monte Cello's Italian Restaurant, Inc., 2198 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15209. Ross Township, Allegheny County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To operate and maintain a 5` diameter concrete culvert approximately 175` long in a tributary to Girty's Run (WWF) locally known as Thompson Run. The culvert is located under an existing parking lot in the northeast corner of Babcock Boulevard and Thompson Run Road. Approximately 80` of the upstream end of the culvert was replaced under Emergency Permit No. EP0202201 issued on February 20, 2002. (Glenshaw, PA Quadrangle N: 2.0 inches; W: 16.5 inches).
E26-292. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 12-0, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. Dunbar Township, Fayette County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
To: 1) extend and maintain an existing 8.0-meter long, 1.60-meter x 1.17-meter box culvert for a distance of 2.54 meters upstream and 2.38 meters downstream in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF). The inverts of the culvert extensions will be depressed 0.3 meter; 2) relocate and maintain 392.0 meters of stream channel from Station 2+006.041 to Station 2+325 LEFT; 3) construct and maintain a 257.0-meter long, 900-mm diameter pipe from Station 2+325 to Station 0+340 LEFT in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF); 4) construct and maintain a 571.0-meter long, 900-mm diameter pipe with a stilling well structure from Station 2+006.041 to Station 0+340 RIGHT in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River; and 5) place and maintain fill in a de minimis area of PEM wetland equal to 0.007 hectare for the purpose of improving highway safety. The project is located on SR 0201 just west of its intersection with Township Road 742 (Connellsville, PA Quadrangle N: 4.1 inches; W: 16.8 inches).
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481
E10-350, Indspec Chemical Corporation, 133 Main Street, P. O. Box 307, Petrolia, PA 16050, North Bridge Widening, in Petrolia Borough, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Petrolia, PA Quadrangle N: 3.7 inches; W: 12.6 inches).
To remove the existing bridge and portions of the existing concrete walls upstream of the bridge and to construct and maintain a steel beam bridge having a clear span of 31 feet and an underclearance of 8 feet across South Branch Bear Creek on an access roadway approximately 1,400 feet downstream of SR 268 within the Inspec Chemical Corporation facility.
E10-354, Butler County, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003-1208, Grossman Bridge Superstructure Replacement, in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Slippery Rock, PA Quadrangle N: 5.2 inches; W: 8.0 inches).
To replace the existing deck with a timber deck and to repair and maintain the Grossman Bridge (County No. 25) having a clear span of 35 feet and an underclearance of 12 feet across a tributary to Slippery Rock Creek (Keifer Run) on T-340 (Hines Road) approximately 0.6 mile west of SR 4008.
E10-355, Butler County Planning Commission, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003-1208. Kniess Bridge T-340 Across Crab Run, in Connoquenessing Township, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Evans City, PA Quadrangle N: 19.5 inches; W: 8.8 inches).
To remove the existing Kniess Bridge (County No. 86) and to construct and maintain a Timber deck bridge having a clear span of 30 feet and an underclearance of 6.75 feet across Crab Run on T-340 (Kniess Road) approximately 0.75 mile south of T-380 (Whitestown Road).
E25-642, Washington Township, 11800 Edinboro Road, Edinboro, PA 16214. Washington Township Peninsula Park, in Washington Township, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Edinboro North, PA Quadrangle N: 3.4 inches; W: 2.2 inches).
To construct and maintain the following structures within the 100-year flood plain of Conneauttee Creek/Edinboro Lake at Washington Township's Peninsula Park east of Lakeview Drive north of Walters Avenue in Washington Township, Erie County:
1. Two 30-foot long by 20-foot wide picnic shelter consisting of an at-grade concrete slab with wood frame roof supported by 6-inch posts.
2. Two 8-foot long by 8-foot wide masonry charcoal grills.
3. A 10-foot long by 6-foot wide composting toilet facility.
4. 260 feet of at-grade concrete sidewalks.
5. A gravel parking area measuring approximately 70 feet wide by 20 feet long.
E25-643, Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, 100 State Street, Suite 205, Erie, PA 16507-1455. West Side Bike Path Bridge across Cascade Creek, in City of Erie, Erie County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Erie South, PA Quadrangle N: 22.1 inches; W: 15.3 inches).
To construct and maintain a steel beam pedestrian bridge having a clear span of 120 feet and an underclearance of approximately 20 feet across Cascade Creek immediately downstream of the Bayfront Parkway between Frontier Park and the foot of Cranberry Street as part of a 1,700-foot extension of the existing pathway to Frontier Park.
E37-134, International Mill Service, Inc., 1155 Business Center Drive, Horsham, PA 19044-3454. International Mill Service Slag Processing Facility in City of New Castle, Lawrence County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (New Castle South, PA Quadrangle N: 21.0 inches; W: 14.0 inches).
To construct and maintain a slag storage and processing/gradation facility on an 8.1 acre parcel of land including grading and placement of fill for roadways, parking areas, slag sorting and storage facilities, material stockpiles and other related structures or activities within the mapped FEMA 100-year floodway at the confluence of Neshannock Creek with the Shenango River.
E61-252, Richard Clark, Box 11, Utica, PA 16362, Richard Clark Dock, in Utica Borough, Venango County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Utica, PA Quadrangle N: 11.3 inches; W: 11.1 inches).
To maintain a concrete capped recreational dock measuring approximately 31.5 feet long by 7.25 feet wide and a stairway along the right bank of French Creek immediately downstream from the former Utica Bridge abutment.
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, Floor 3, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554.
D65-186, Penn Township (P. O. Box 452, Harrison City, PA 16536). To construct, operate and maintain Berlin Road Stormwater Detention Basin across a tributary to Bush Run (TSF; delete PWS), impacting 0.63 acre of wetlands (PEM) and 700 feet of stream and providing 0.63 acre of wetland mitigation, for the purpose of providing flood control. This application is a resubmission. (Irwin, PA Quadrangle N: 18.1 inches; W: 1.1 inches) in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-984. Filed for public inspection June 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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