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MUNICIPAL AND RESIDUAL WASTE TRANSPORTER AUTHORIZATION
Issued applications for Municipal and Residual Waste Transporter Interim Authorization received under the Waste Transportation Safety Act (27 Pa.C.S. §§ 6201--6209) and regulations to transport municipal or residual waste.
Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
Sainas KN Trucking Corp., 1st Floor, 69-59 44th Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377. Authorization No. WH3204. Effective September 19, 2003.
C J O Design & Construction, 1204 Roberts Ave., Feasterville, PA 19053. Authorization No. WH5267. Effective September 19, 2003.
Riverside Appliance & Furniture Haul, 3804 Castor Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124. Authorization No. WH5271. Effective September 22, 2003.
Acatalan Trucking, 557 Sayre Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. Authorization No. WH5196. Effective September 25, 2003.
Bhupinder Singh, 52 Spruce St., Carteret, NJ 07008. Authorization No. WH5260. Effective September 25, 2003.
Town Supply Co., Inc., 101 Buchanan St., Phoenixville, PA 19460-3793. Authorization No. WH5305. Effective September 25, 2003.
Tim Krape Trucking, 903 Buffalo Run Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823. Authorization No. WH5306. Effective September 25, 2003.
Jose A. Loa, 97 Coolidge Ave., Parlin, NJ 08859. Authorization No. WH5307. Effective September 25, 2003.
Sprint Recycling Inc., 605 West 48 St., New York, NY 10036. Authorization No. WH5308. Effective September 25, 2003.
ACI Absolute Cable Inc., 4699 SR 42, P. O. Box 31, Unityville, PA 17774. Authorization No. WH5309. Effective September 25, 2003.
Damon Enterprises, 259 Kaufman Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044. Authorization No. WH5310. Effective September 25, 2003.
Extreme Roofing Inc., P. O. Box 238, Perryopolis, PA 15473. Authorization No. WH5311. Effective September 25, 2003.
C & K Trucking LLC, 417 Mashamoquet Road, Pomfrey Center, CT 06259. Authorization No. WH4613. Effective September 26, 2003.
John D. Safko d/b/a Safko Trucking, 376 Old Tire Hill Road, Johnstown, PA 15905. Authorization No. WH5297. Effective September 26, 2003.
Selmek Trucking Inc., 187 Harvey Road, Sarver, PA 16055. Authorization No. WH5300. Effective September 26, 2003.
Oscar J. Carbajal, 24 Rosedale Ave., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407. Authorization No. WH5288. Effective September 29, 2003.
B & R Recycling, 336 Breakneck Road, Connellsville, PA 15425. Authorization No. WH5293. Effective September 29, 2003.
Peter J. Radocha & Sons Inc., P. O. Box 36, 113 E. Water St., Coaldale, PA 18718. Authorization No. WH5295. Effective September 29, 2003.
Michael Cichonke, 620 Excelsior Ave., Croydon, PA 19021-6646. Authorization No. WH5296. Effective September 29, 2003.
Zaheed Ghanie, 2nd Floor, 119 Hutton St., Jersey City, NJ 07307. Authorization No. WH5298. Effective September 29, 2003.
Harry R. Mader, Jr., R. R. 1 Box 67C, Wyalusing, PA 18853-9737. Authorization No. WH5299. Effective September 29, 2003.
Revoked applications for Municipal and Residual Waste Transporter Interim Authorization received under the Waste Transportation Safety Act and regulations to transport municipal or residual waste.
Central Office: Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
Stefanos Hellas Inc., 821 6th Street, Secaucus, NJ 07094. Authorization No. WH3029. Revoked September 24, 2003.
Anthony A. Dimuzio Construction Company, Inc., 8 Fickler Place, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07992. Authorization No. WH3638. Revoked September 24, 2003.
D. L. Claire, Inc., 2209 Kingsford Lane, Atco, NJ 08004. Authorization No. WH4230. Revoked September 22, 2003.
Big A Trucking, P. O. Box 242, 159 N. Main St., York, New Salem, PA 17371. Authorization No. WH3858. Revoked September 26, 2003.
AIR QUALITY
General Plan Approval and Operating Permit Usage Authorized under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
23-302-137GP: WAWA Inc. (1393 W. Baltimore Pike, W/WA, PA 19063) on September 26, 2003, for a 300 HP boiler in Middletown Township, Delaware County.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Michael Safko, Facilities Permitting Chief, (570) 826-2531.
39-310-019GP: Haines and Kibblehouse Inc. (P. O. Box 196, 2052 Lucon Road, Skippack, PA 19474) to construct and operate a portable stone crushing plant and associated air cleaning device at Rahn's Construction Materials, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County.
58-310-006GP: Eastern Industries Inc.--State Aggregates Division (4401 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA 18034) to construct and operate a portable stone crushing plant and associated air cleaning device at their State Aggregates Clifford Operation, Clifford Township, Susquehanna County.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
GP1-21-03060: Holy Spirit Hospital (503 North 21st Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011) on September 26, 2003, authorized to operate a small gas and no. 2 oil fired combustion unit under GP1 in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County.
GP1-22-03043A: The Middletown Home (999 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057) on September 23, 2003, authorized to operate two small gas and no. 2 oil fired combustion units under GP1 in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County.
GP6-67-03012: Formprest, Inc. (52 North Ridge Avenue, City of York, PA 17403) on September 26, 2003, authorized to operate three petroleum dry cleaning units under GP6 in the City of York, York County.
GP6-22-03015: Riverside Cleaners (3114 Hoffman Street, City of Harrisburg, PA 17110) on September 26, 2003, authorized to operate two petroleum dry cleaning units under GP6 in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
GP3-06-03126: Popple Construction (202 Main Street, Laflin, PA 18702) on September 26, 2003, authorized to operate a portable nonmetallic mineral processing plant under GP3 in Bern Township, Berks County.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 685-9476.
AMS 03051: Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals (3300 N. Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19134) to install an internal floating roof in tank 210 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
AMS 03098 and 03123: Sunoco Inc. (2501 Margaret Road, Philadelphia, PA 19137) to install two VOC storage tanks in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
Plan Approvals Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act and regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B relating to construction, modification and reactivation of air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
63-00628A: Specialty Printing Inc. (P. O. Box 104, Third Street and PA RR, Charleroi, PA 15022) on September 29, 2003, to install a regenerative thermal oxidizer at their Charleroi facility in Charleroi Borough, Washington County.
11-00506A: Ebensburg Power Co. (P. O. Box 845, 2840 New Germany Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931) on September 26, 2003, to install a coal refuse preparation plant powered by a diesel engine at Nanty Glo West Refuse in Nanty Glo Borough, Cambria County.
Plan Approval Revisions Issued including Extensions, Minor Modifications and Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.13, 127.13a and 127.32.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (610) 832-6242.
09-0158: Allied Cremation Inc. (864 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, PA 19020) on September 25, 2003, to operate a crematory in Bensalem Township, Bucks County.
15-0002A: Quebecor Printing Atglen, Inc. (4581 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310) on September 25, 2003, to operate a publication rotogravure press in West Sadsbury Township, Chester County.
15-0002B: Quebecor Printing Atglen, Inc. (4581 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310) on September 25, 2003, to operate a publication rotogravure press in West Sadsbury Township, Chester County.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Contact: Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
39-0064: Howmet Castings--Division of Alcoa (2175 Avenue C, Bethlehem, PA 18017-2119) to modify and operate the company's shell room equipment and to install an air cleaning device at their facility in Bethlehem, Lehigh County. This RACT approval is being extended.
54-310-027A: Wheelabrator Culm Services Inc. (500 Morea Road, Frackville, PA 17934) to construct a coal crushing operation and associated air cleaning device at their Vulcan/Buck Mountain Operation in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
8-322-001B: Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority (P. O. Box 10, Burlington, PA 18814) on September 17, 2003, to construct a municipal solid waste landfill expansion (cells 6--8) at their Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority Landfill in West Burlington Township, Bradford County. The plan approval has been extended.
55-399-005: Professional Building Systems, Inc. (72 East Market Street, Middleburg, PA 17842) on September 19, 2003, to operate a modular home manufacturing facility on a temporary basis, to January 17, 2004, in Middleburg Borough, Snyder County. The plan approval and authorization have been extended.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
03-00228A: Rosebud Mining Co. (301 Market Street, Kittanning, PA 16201) on September 23, 2003, to install a coal preparation plant at their Stitt facility in Rayburn Township, Armstrong County. The Plan Approval for this facility has been revised to include additional requirements to prevent material drag-out from the facility. These and other changes to the Plan Approval conditions are as follows:
* Plan Approval Condition No. 5: This condition has been modified to account for the fact that records for this facility are kept on a computer at the home office and not onsite. The records can be made available immediately upon request. Condition No. 5 now reads ''Daily records of coal shipped from the facility shall be kept and maintained for a period of five years and be made available to the Department upon request. [Title 25 PA Code § 27.12b]''
* Plan Approval Condition No. 12: This condition has been modified to account for the water sprays used on the facility screen versus an enclosure. Condition No. 12 now reads ''The screening operations at this facility shall be performed with an enclosed screen or one equipped with water sprays. [Title 25 PA Code § 27.12b]''
* Plan Approval Condition No. 13: This condition has been modified to require the plant exit roadway to be paved versus the entrance roadway. Condition No. 13 reads ''The plant roadway must be paved from the truck scale to the exit and routinely vacuum swept or pressure washed; the remainder must be delineated by paving or periodic chipping. [Title 25 PA Code § 27.12b]''
65-302-071: Koppers Industries, Inc. (436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) on September 23, 2003, to revise and finalize the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements not previously established for the two coke oven gas/natural gas-fired boilers at their Monessen Coke Works Plant in Monessen Borough, Westmoreland County.
03-00234A: Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001) on September 26, 2003, to install a portable coal crusher in Madison Township, Armstrong County. This plan approval was extended.
32-00311A: IA Construction Corp. (158 Lindsay Road, Zelienople, PA 16063) on September 25, 2003, to install storage tanks in Center Township, Indiana County. This plan approval was extended.
Title V Operating Permits Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
15-00015: Sartomer Company, Inc. (610 Bolmar Street, West Chester, PA 19382) on September 25, 2003, the Title V Permit was revised to address appeal issues in West Chester Borough, Chester County. The testing requirements for the condensers was changed. Additions have been listed in the insignificant activities. Dedicated tanks subject to the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 129.57 were placed under Source ID No. 900. The requirements from 25 Pa. Code § 129.63(a) were applied to the parts washer. The changes previously listed do not result in an increase of emissions at the facility.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Contact: Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
43-00270: CCL Container--Advanced Monobloc Aerosol Division (One Llodio Drive, Hermitage, PA 16148) on September 24, 2003, a Title V Operating Permit to operate a can manufacturing facility in the City of Hermitage, Mercer County.
Operating Permits for Non-Title V Facilities Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
09-00104: Daniel C. Tanney, Inc. (3268 Clive Avenue, P. O. Box 272, Bensalem, PA 19020) on September 24, 2003, to operate a natural minor operating permit in Bensalem Township, Bucks County.
46-00138: Hopewell Veterinary Hospital (640 N. Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046) on September 26, 2003, to administratively amend the Natural Minor Operating Permit issued for their facility in Abington Township, Montgomery County. The permit is being amended to revise source level Work Practice Standard conditions pertaining to hours of operation and the required preheating of the crematory. This change will not result in an increase in emissions. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
01-05006: Reliant Energy--Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC (1001 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA 19907) on September 25, 2003, to operate an electrical generating station at their Orrtanna Station in Highland Township, Adams County.
22-03002: Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever--Bestfoods North America (523 South 17th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105) on September 26, 2003, to operate a pasta manufacturing facility in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
22-03040: Advanced Communications Agency, Inc. (3000 Canby Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103) on September 26, 2003, to operate a printing facility in the Borough of Penbrook, Dauphin County.
28-03030: Vogele America, Inc. (1445 Sheffler Drive, Chambersburg, PA 17201) on September 23, 2003, to operate their asphalt paving machine manufacturing facility in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County.
31-03031: FCI USA, Inc. (Lenape Drive, R. R. 1 Box 212, Mount Union, PA 17066) on September 22, 2003, to operate their electronic connector manufacturing facility in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County.
36-05010: American LaFrance Aerials (64 Cocalico Creek Road, Ephrata, PA 17522) on September 22, 2003, to operate a manufacturing plant at their Ephrata facility in West Earl Township, Lancaster County.
36-05131: Keystone Quality Products (83 South Groffdale Road, Leola, PA 17540) on September 24, 2003, to operate a surface coating facility for the painting of wood cabinets and furniture in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
36-05124: Guyon Industries, Inc. (1344 North Penryn Road, Manheim, PA 17545-8518) on September 22, 2003, to operate their lumber prefinishing facility in Penn Township, Lancaster County.
Operating Permit Revisions Issued including Administrative Amendments, Minor Modifications or Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.412, 127.450, 127.462 and 127.464.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428; Contact: Edward Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (610) 832-6242.
46-00230: East Norriton Whitpain Plymouth Joint Sewer Authority (200 Ross Street, Norristown, PA 19401) on September 24, 2003, to amend the permit for a non-Title V (State-only) facility in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. This amendment is to address several typographical errors. Administrative Amendment of State-only Operating Permit issued under the Air Pollution Control Act and 25 Pa. Code § 127.450.
46-00138: Hopewell Veterinary Hospital (640 N. Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046) on September 26, 2003, to administratively amend the Natural Minor Operating Permit issued for their facility in Abington Township, Montgomery County. The permit is being amended to revise source level Work Practice Standard conditions pertaining to hours of operation and the required preheating of the crematory. This change will not result in an increase in emissions. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
Southcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110; Contact: Yasmin Neidlinger, Facilities Permitting Chief, (717) 705-4702.
67-03096: Souriau USA, Inc. (25 Grumbacher Road, York, PA 17502) on September 18, 2003, to operate an electronics connectors manufacturing facility in Manchester Township, York County. The State-only operating permit was administratively amended to reflect a change in ownership from FCI USA, Inc. to Souriau USA, Inc. This is Revision No. 1 of the operating permit.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: David Aldenderfer, Program Manager, (570) 327-3637.
41-00005: Lycoming Engines (652 Oliver Street, Williamsport, PA 17701) on September 2, 2003, issued a revised Title V operating permit through an administrative amendment to incorporate terms and conditions from Plan Approval 41-00005A into operating permit TVOP 41-00005 for the replacement of an existing spray booth by a new spray booth with an integral dry filter system at their facility in the City of Williamsport, Lycoming County. The operating permit is also revised through a minor operating permit modification to include 3 new dip tanks, which replaced 3 existing dip tanks, removal of 1 cooper tank, 1 spray booth and 31 dip tanks at the facility. The name of the facility is changed from Textron-Lycoming to Lycoming Engines. The revised operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
18-00011: Croda, Inc. (8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751) on September 22, 2003, issued a revised operating permit, Revision No. 2, for their synthesized organic chemical intermediates manufacturing facility in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County. The revision of this permit authorizes the operation of a newly constructed 15,000-gallon methyl chloride storage tank (identified as TNK-08100) and associated bulk unloading station and distribution system. This Title V operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
55-00012: Wood Metal Industries (100 East Sherman Street, Selinsgrove, PA 17870) on September 18, 2003, for operation of a wood furniture manufacturing facility in Selinsgrove Borough, Snyder County. This includes a number of small heaters, a natural gas fired air make-up unit, gluing operations, three coating spray booths with two associated ovens and sanding/milling equipment formerly owned and operated by Wood Metal Industries with Federal Tax ID 23-1232284.
59-00003: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (1 Jackson Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901) on September 17, 2003, issued a revised operating permit, Revision No. 2, for their light bulb manufacturing facility in Wellsboro, Tioga County. The revision of this permit authorizes the operation of a new ribbon machine (designated no. 9). This revision also reflects the shutdown of a number of sources and the addition of a 5,000-gallon aboveground aqueous ammonia storage tank as specified in the letter from OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. to the Department dated February 18, 2003, and the applicability of 25 Pa. Code § 129.63(a) to five parts washers. This Title V operating permit contains all applicable regulatory requirements including monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting conditions.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 685-9476.
V95-014: ConocoPhillips Company--Philadelphia Terminal (G Street and Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124) on September 26, 2003, administratively amended to change the operator from Tosco Corporation and to change the Responsible Official in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Title V operating permit was originally issued on April 19, 2001.
De Minimis Emissions Increases Authorized under 25 Pa. Code § 127.449
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Contact: Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
30-00099: Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC (4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146) on September 29, 2003, to increase site emissions of PM10 by 0.07 ton per year at their Hatfield's Ferry Power Station in Monongahela Township, Greene County. The emission increases are due to the construction of a bottom ash screening operation. The Department has approved these emissions as de minimis increases in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.449.
ACTIONS ON COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
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); and 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 and the NPDES permit application. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the application 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).
Coal Permit Actions
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
54861601R3. Schuylkill Coal Processing, Inc. (P. O. Box 134, Ashland, PA 17921), renewal of an existing coal preparation plant operation in Butler Township, Schuylkill County affecting 18.3 acres, receiving stream: none. Application received February 13, 2002. Renewal issued September 23, 2003.
California District Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, California Technology Park, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-1100.
30031601. NPDES Permit No. PA0235474, AMD Reclamation, Inc. (1040 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, MA 02492), to operate the Shannopin Mine Dewatering Project in Dunkard Township, Greene County, to construct a treatment plant and discharge treated water and to install a yellowboy disposal borehole into Warwick No. 3 Mine, Surface Acres Proposed 9.5, Dunkard Creek (WWF), Meadow Run (WWF) and Monongahela River (WWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority. Permit issued September 9, 2003.
03911302. NPDES Permit No. PA0213411, Rosebud Mining Company (R. D. 9, Box 379A, Kittanning, PA 16201-9642), to renew the permit for the Roaring Run Mine in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County and its prep plant and related NPDES permit, no additional discharges. Permit issued September 24, 2003.
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
16-03-05 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242381. Neiswonger Construction, Inc. (17592 Route 322, Strattanville, PA 16258). Proposal to enter into a Government Financed Reclamation Construction Contract on a 15.7-acre site in Clarion Township, Clarion County. The proposal includes total reclamation of 15.7 acres of abandoned mine lands as well as 3.1 acres of coal removal incidental and necessary to the reclamation activities. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Brush Run. Application received May 12, 2003. Contract issued September 17, 2003.
Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931, (814) 472-1900.
56763036 and NPDES Permit No. PA0125015. Shade Landfill, Inc., 1176 No. 1 Road, Cairnbrook, PA 15924, permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 84.2 acres. Receiving streams: Miller Run (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Stonycreek Surface Water Intake. Application received September 2, 2003. Permit issued September 22, 2003.
56910103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0599247. Barbuschak Excavating, 132 Algonquin Path, Stoystown, PA 15563, permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface mine in Shade Township, Somerset County, affecting 19.8 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to/and Miller Run (CWF). The first downstream potable water supply intake from the point of discharge is Cambria Somerset Authority Stonycreek Surface Water Intake. Application received September 2, 2003. Permit issued September 22, 2003.
32980105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0234761. Amerikohl Mining, Inc., 202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001, permit renewal for reclamation only and for continued restoration of a bituminous surface and auger mine in Center Township, Indiana County, affecting 81.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Tearing Run (CWF). There are no potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received September 12, 2003. Permit issued September 22, 2003.
Greensburg District Mining Office: Armbrust Building, R. R. 2 Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601-0982, (724) 925-5500.
26870202 and NPDES Permit No. PA0589608. Carbon Fuel Resources, Inc. (200 College Drive, Suite 300, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456). Transfer from Carriage Mining, Inc. for an existing coal refuse reprocessing surface mine, in German Township, Fayette County, affecting 103.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Browns Run to the Monongahela River. Transfer application received March 5, 2003. Transfer permit issued September 23, 2003.
65020101 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250082. AMFIRE Mining Co., LLC (One Energy Place, Latrobe, PA 15650). Transfer from Laurel Energy, L. P. for an existing bituminous surface mine in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 68 acres. Receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Nine Mile Run. Transfer application received March 11, 2003. Transfer permit issued September 26, 2003.
26970106 and NPDES Permit No. PA0202061. T. L. Hill Coal Company (R. D. 3, Box 690A, Uniontown, PA 15401). Permit renewal issued for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface/auger mine in Georges Township, Fayette County, affecting 243 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to York Run, York Run, Georges Creek, Monongahela River. Application received July 28, 2003. Renewal issued September 29, 2003.
Noncoal Permit Actions
Knox District Mining Office: White Memorial Building, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232-0669, (814) 797-1191.
61830609. Joe Klapec & Son, Inc. (218 SR 428, Oil City, PA 16301). Transfer of an existing sandstone operation from Michael J. Klapec in Pinegrove Township, Venango County affecting 10 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Porcupine Creek. Application received March 13, 2003. Permit issued September 16, 2003.
ACTIONS ON BLASTING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on applications under the Explosives Acts of 1937 and 1957 (73 P. S. §§ 151--161) and 25 Pa. Code § 211.124. 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.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454, (570) 621-3118.
46034039. Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 528, 825 Reading Road, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at Iron Bridge Corp. Center in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County with an expiration date of October 15, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
22034022. Hall Explosives, Inc. (2981 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033), construction blasting at Allentown Boulevard Storage in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County with an expiration date of October 15, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
22034023. J. Roy's, Inc. (Box 125, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at Chelsey Park in Lower Patton Township, Dauphin County with an expiration date of December 31, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
06034047. Schlouch Inc. (Excelsior Industrial Park, P. O. Box 69, Blandon, PA 19510), construction blasting at Ashley Run Housing in Cumru Township, Berks County with an expiration date of October 15, 2005. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
01034011. Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 528, 825 Reading Road, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at 1270 Fairfield Road in Cumberland Township, Adams County with an expiration date of October 16, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
36034093. Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 528, 825 Reading Road, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at West Lampeter Township Municipal Building in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of October 16, 2006. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
45034041. Explosive Services, Inc. (7 Pine Street, Bethany, PA 18431), construction blasting at Delta Home/Evergreen Estates in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County with an expiration date of September 2, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
36034092. J. Roy's, Inc. (Box 125, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at Harrisburg Area Community College in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of December 31, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
21034056. Hall Explosives, Inc. (2981 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033), construction blasting at Barnstable Road in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County with an expiration date of October 16, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
21034057. M & J Explosives, Inc. (P. O. Box 608, Carlisle, PA 17013), construction blasting at Greygoose Lane/Westbrook in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County with an expiration date of September 5, 2004. Permit issued September 23, 2003.
36034098. Hall Explosives, Inc. (2981 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033), construction blasting at Harrisburg Area Community College in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of November 15, 2004. Permit issued September 24, 2003.
06034048. Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 528, 825 Reading Road, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at Advanced Industrial in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County with an expiration date of October 18, 2006. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
36034094. Keystone Blasting Service (381 Reifsnyder Road, Lititz, PA 17543), construction blasting at Homestead Village Development in East Hempfield, Lancaster County with an expiration date of October 15, 2008. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
28034034. David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. (4961 Cumberland Highway, Chambersburg, PA 17201), construction blasting at Cold Spring Estates in Waynesboro Borough, Franklin County with an expiration date of October 18, 2004. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
28034035. David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. (4961 Cumberland Highway, Chambersburg, PA 17201), construction blasting at the Mark Garber Job in Quincy Township, Franklin County with an expiration date of October 18, 2004. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
28034033. David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. (4961 Cumberland Highway, Chambersburg, PA 17201), construction blasting at Nicholson Square in Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County with an expiration date of October 18, 2005. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
36034095. Hall Explosives, Inc. (2981 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033), construction blasting at Millcreek Community Development in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of November 10, 2004. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
36034096. Keystone Blasting Service (381 Reifsnyder Road, Lititz, PA 17543), construction blasting at Sandstone Village Development in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of October 18, 2008. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
46034040. Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (P. O. Box 528, 825 Reading Road, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting at Brenton Pointe in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County with an expiration date of October 18, 2006. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
36034097. Keystone Blasting Service (381 Reifsnyder Road, Lititz, PA 17543), construction blasting at Alvin Lapp Cut Road in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of April 19, 2004. Permit issued September 25, 2003.
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).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department has granted 401 Water Quality Certification certifying that the construction and operation 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 FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Permits, Environmental Assessments and 401 Water Quality Certifications Issued
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E46-944. Borough of Norristown, 235 East Airy Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a storm sewer project in the 100-year floodplain of the Schuylkill River to relieve recurring flooding on East Main Street and accommodate the Borough's revitalization project. The project consists of inlets, connectors and laterals along East Main Street and a 72-inch reinforced concrete pipe discharge line which extends 1,020 feet, of which 230 feet is in the floodplain. The line terminates at a concrete headwall and rock-lined outfall channel along the left riverbank. The site is approximately 200 feet west of the Norristown Borough/Plymouth Township municipal boundary and extends to the Schuylkill River (Norristown, PA Quadrangle N: 19.25 inches; W: 10.75 inches).
E09-851. County Builders, Inc., P. O. Box 2579, Warminster, PA 18974, Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County, ACOE Philadelphia District.
To construct a 92-unit townhouse residential development on 26 acres which will include the following water obstructions and encroachment activities:
1. To place and maintain fill in 0.07 acre of wetlands (PFO) associated with the widening of Philmont Avenue to provide a sidewalk and a deceleration lane for the entrance to the proposed residential development.
2. To place and maintain fill in 0.15 acre of wetland (PEM and PFO) as an access road crossing. The crossing includes a multisegment culvert starting at headwall 2; running 23 linear feet of 15-inch HDPE pipe to catch basin 44, which includes a stormwater outfall; then proceeds 45 linear feet of 15-inch HDPE pipe to catch basin 45. Another 26 linear feet of 15-inch HDPE pipe continues to the outfall at headwall 3, including riprap protection, to sustain the hydrology to wetlands adjacent to the proposed fill.
3. To construct and maintain an 8-inch PVC sanitary sewer utility line crossing of wetlands beneath the culvert and fill proposed in Items 1 and 2.
4. To construct and maintain an 8-inch DIP water main utility line crossing of wetlands beneath the culvert and fill proposed in Items 1 and 2.
5. To place and maintain an 18-inch HDPE stormwater outfall and riprap along wetlands (PEM) associated with basin A.
6. To place and maintain fill in a 0.06-acre isolated body of water (POW) associated with the construction of dwellings 17--19.
7. To place and maintain fill in a 0.16-acre isolated body of water (POW) associated with the construction of an open space garden.
8. To dewater, excavate and regrade a 0.06-acre isolated body of water (POW) associated with the construction of dwellings 72 and 73.
9. To construct 0.33 acre of wetland replacement adjacent to existing wetlands areas to compensate for wetland losses as previously noted.
The project proposes to directly affect a maximum of 0.31 acre of wetland. The permittee is required to provide a minimum of 0.33 acre of replacement wetlands. The site is approximately 2,000 feet northeast of the intersection of Philmont Avenue (SR 2040) and County Line Road in Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County.
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
E39-422. Mobil Pipe Line Company, 675 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, NY 14619. Whitehall Township/North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
To stabilize and maintain a 40-foot by 50-foot section of Jordan Creek (CWF) with an articulating concrete mat and rip-rap for the purpose of protecting a 6-inch petroleum pipeline; and to stabilize and maintain a 20-foot by 30-foot section of a tributary to the Lehigh River (TSF, MF) with an articulating concrete mat and rip-rap for the purpose of protecting an exposed 8-inch petroleum pipeline.
The first project is approximately 2,600 feet southwest of the intersection of SR 0145 and Mickley Road (Catasauqua, PA Quadrangle N: 0.9 inch; W: 16.5 inches) in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. The second project is approximately 2,800 feet southwest of the intersection of Red Hill Road and Riverview Road (Cementon, PA Quadrangle N: 17.0 inches; W: 10.6 inches) in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County (Subbasin 2C).
E58-254. Gary Schweppenheiser, Jr., R. R. 1, Box 1378, Nicholson, PA 18446. Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District, Subbasin 4F.
To construct and maintain a single-span bridge, having a span of approximately 35 feet and an underclearance of approximately 6.6 feet, across a tributary to East Branch Tunkhannock Creek (CWF, perennial) to provide access to a future home. The project is along the west side of Township Road T-460 (Barney Hollow Road), approximately 1,500 feet north of the intersection of T-460 and SR 0374 (Lenoxville, PA Quadrangle N: 5.8 inches; W: 7.0 inches). The project proposes to directly affect 12 linear feet of stream channel.
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
E05-312: Art Riexinger and Judith Faulkner, 690 Steinman Court, Lancaster, PA 17603 in Broad Top Township, Bedford County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 15-foot wide bridge having a span of 32 feet and an attached 6-inch sewer line and place riprap for scour protection on both left and right banks 18 feet upstream and 18 feet downstream of the bridge in Sherman Valley Run (CWF, perennial) at a point approximately 3 miles west of the intersection of SR 1020 and SR 915 (Wells Tannery, PA Quadrangle N: 16.6 inches; W: 16.8 inches) in Broad Top Township, Bedford County. The project includes the replacement of a 12-foot by 12-inch culvert with a 35-foot by 18-inch culvert on an unnamed tributary to Sherman Valley Run (CWF) which is waived under 105.12.(a)(2). The project proposes to directly affect a total of 86 feet of stream channel.
E21-352: George and Linda Ely, 11 Brenely Lane, Mount Holly Springs, PA 17065 in the Borough of Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain a 410 square foot addition to an existing private residence at 11 Brenely Lane along Mountain Creek (TSF), approximately 210 feet downstream of the Pine Street Bridge (Mt. Holly Springs, PA Quadrangle N: 20.92 inches; W: 8.85 inches) in the Borough of Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland County.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E12-141. Vernon Michael Grom, 545 Meadow Rd., Emporium, PA 15834. Grom addition in Shippen Township, Cameron County, ACOE Baltimore District (Emporium, PA Quadrangle N: 3.5 inches; W: 12.8 inches).
To construct, operate and maintain an addition to an existing building structure in the floodway of the Sinnemahoning Portage Creek (CWF). The addition will take up 944 square feet of the existing floodway along with 578 square feet porch roof. The porch roof is not authorized to be enclosed unlike the larger addition. This project is 1 mile north on SR 155 from the intersection with SR 120. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E53-386. Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 263012. Dominion LN-20 and LN-16 Gas Transmission Line, Allegany, Genesee, Hebron and Roulette Townships, Potter County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Roulette, PA Quadrangle N: 6.0 inches; W: 10.4 inches).
To replace, operate and maintain an existing 16-inch diameter pipeline over 29 miles within an existing 75-foot right-of-way for the transmission of natural gas. Replacement or maintenance of the 16-inch diameter pipeline may require 30 stream crossings are as follows:
Stream Stream Classification Latitude Longitude Burt Hollow CWF 41° 46` 59" 78° 12` 05" Card Creek CWF 41° 47` 12" 78° 11` 17" Allegheny River CWF 41° 47` 17" 78° 10` 45" UNT--Allegheny CWF 41° 47` 20'' 78° 10` 10" UNT--Fishing Creek CWF 41° 47` 36" 78° 09` 13" Fishing Creek CWF 41° 47` 43" 78° 08` 58" Fishing Creek CWF 41° 47` 45" 78° 08` 56" Fishing Creek CWF 41° 47` 46" 78° 08` 54" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48` 05" 78° 08` 11" East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48` 15" 78° 07` 52" East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48` 37" 78° 07` 06" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48`' 38" 78° 07` 02" East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48` 38" 78° 06` 49" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 48` 49" 78° 06` 16" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 49` 00" 78° 05` 30" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 49` 46" 78° 03` 50" UNT--East Branch, Fishing Creek HQ-CWF 41° 50` 08" 78° 03` 15" UNT--Whitney Creek EV 41° 51` 00" 78° 01` 47" UNT--South Branch, Oswayo Creek EV 41° 51` 43" 78° 00` 34" UNT--South Branch, Oswayo Creek EV 41° 51` 51" 78° 00` 06" Peet Brook CWF 41° 51` 49" 77° 56` 35" UNT--Peet Brook CWF 41° 52` 00'' 77° 56` 34" Peet Brook CWF 41° 52` 08'' 77° 56` 33" UNT--Peet Brook CWF 41° 52` 13'' 77° 56` 32" UNT--Oswayo Creek CWF 41° 53` 50'' 77° 56` 05" Oswayo Creek CWF 41° 54` 10'' 77° 56` 02" UNT--Hemlock Hollow Run HQ-CWF 41° 57` 15'' 77° 55` 53" UNT--Irish Settlement Brook HQ-CWF 41° 58` 09'' 77° 55` 51" UNT--Irish Settlement Brook HQ-CWF 41° 58` 24" 77° 55` 50" UNT--Irish Settlement Brook HQ-CWF 41° 59` 05" 77° 55` 44"
All gas transmission lines under streambeds shall be replaced so there will be a minimum of 3 feet of cover between the top of the pipe and the lowest point in the streambed. Trench plugs or clay dikes shall be used at every waterway and wetland crossing to ensure the existing hydrology is not altered. If upon investigation the Department determines the gas transmission line approved by this permit is serving to degrade water quality, stream profile, meander pattern or channel geometries, then the permittee shall be required to implement all measures necessary to mitigate the degradation. This permit also authorizes the crossing of any wetland that may occur along the 25 miles of pipeline right-of-way; during replacement and maintenance operations, the permittee shall take all precautions necessary to ensure that wetland impacts along the right-of-way are temporary.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E65-825. Department of Transportation, Engineering District 12-0, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. Realignment of SR 3031 in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. As part of the realignment of SR 3031, the applicant proposes to remove four existing bridges and appurtenant structures and: (1) to construct and maintain a single span concrete adjacent box beam bridge having a span of 9.0 meters on a 72° skew and an underclearance of 2.3 meters over an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF) (Station 10 + 062) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 5.5 inches; W: 15.7 inches); (2) to construct and maintain a reinforced concrete box culvert having a single waterway opening of 5.03 meters wide by 1.75 meters high (0.3 meter depressed invert). The enclosure is 40 meters long with wingwalls on a 30° skew in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF) (Station 10 + 784) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 6.4 inches; W: 15.1 inches); (3) to relocate and maintain 240 linear meters of the channel of an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF) along SR 3031 (Station 10 + 140 to 10 + 380) and 108 linear meters at the structure's approaches (Station 10 + 784) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 5.6 inches; W: 15.6 inches to N: 6.5 inches; W: 15.1 inches); (4) to construct and maintain two 450-mm diameter outfalls in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (Station 10 + 056 and 10 + 077) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 5.5 inches; W: 15.7 inches); (5) to construct and maintain a 600-mm diameter outfall in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (Station 10 + 160) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 5.6 inches; W: 15.6 inches); (6) to construct and maintain a 750-mm diameter outfall in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (Station 10 + 175) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 5.6 inches; W: 15.6 inches); (7) to construct and maintain a 600-mm diameter outfall in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (Station 10 + 759) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle N: 6.4 inches; W: 15.1 inches); and (8) to construct and maintain a 3.0 meter wide by 239.4 meter long maintenance access road within the floodway of the relocated stream channel (Station 10 + 168 to Station 10 + 385) (Smithton, PA Quadrangle Latitude: 40° 09` 21"--Longitude: 79° 44` 12" to Latitude 40° 09` 39"--Longitude: 79° 43` 59"). The project proposes to directly affect 388 linear meters of stream channel through relocation, 40 linear meters of stream channel through bridge road construction; no vegetated wetlands will be affected by this project.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E10-380, INDSPEC Chemical Corporation. Security fence modification in the Borough of Petrolia, Butler County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Parker, PA Quadrangle N: 3.2 inches; W: 13.2 inches).
The applicant proposes to modify the existing security fence across the South Branch Bear Creek (WWF, perennial) approximately 400 feet north of the intersection of SR 268 and SR 1006 to provide additional security at the INDSPEC Chemical Corporation manufacturing facility.
STORAGE TANKS
SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION PERMITS
The following Storage Tank Site-Specific Installation Permits, under the authority of the Storage Tank Spill Prevention Act (35 P. S. §§ 6021.304, 6021.504, 6021.1101 and 6021.1102) and under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 245, Subchapter C, have been issued by the Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Director, P. O. Box 8763, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8763.
SSIP
Permit No.Applicant Name and
AddressCounty Municipality Tank Type Tank Capacity 03-02-021 Mark J. Wanner
Clearwater International LLC
100 Industrial Drive
Leetsdale, PA 15056Allegheny Leetsdale Borough 14 ASTs storing hazardous substances 104,720
gallons total03-36-002 Frederick L. Shaak
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
216 Greenfield Road
Lancaster, PA 17601-5885Lancaster Lancaster 1 AST storing recovered solvent blend 100,000
gallons total
SPECIAL NOTICES
Hanson Aggregates, PMA, Inc., Glacial Sand and Gravel Company, Tri-State River Products v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection and Clean Water Action and Clean Water Action v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection and Glacial Sand and Gravel, Pioneer Mid-Atlantic, Inc. and Tri-State River Products, Inc.; EHB Doc. No. 2001-138-R (Consolidated with 2001-139-R, 2001-140-R, 2001-157-R, 2001-158-R and 2001-159-R) Appellants Hanson Aggregates, PMA, Inc. (Hanson), Glacial Sand and Gravel Company (Glacial), Tri-State River Products, Inc. (Tri-State) (Permittees) and Clean Water Action (CWA) challenged permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) in the previously captioned consolidated appeal. The permits authorize dredging activities in the Allegheny River and Ohio River.
The parties have agreed to a settlement of the previously captioned consolidated appeals, which is memorialized in a Consent Order and Agreement, the major provisions of which include:
a. The Permittees shall provide $22,000 as funding to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the current Department and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) approved Mussel Survey Protocol.
b. The Department shall revise the current Protocol by requiring increased diving times in Pools 5--9 in the Allegheny River for the remaining terms of the existing dredging permits.
c. The Department shall make its malacologist available to provide to CWA, the Permittees and other qualified participants, including the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, information regarding upcoming malacology conferences and other scientific symposia.
d. The Permittees shall refrain from dredging in Pools 6 and 9 of the Allegheny River until at least December 31, 2005, but may request the Department to reconsider authorization to dredge in Pool 9 later in 2004, if the ACOE issues a Federal permit authorizing dredging in Pool 9.
e. The Department agrees to defer implementation of additional restrictions on dredging that affect State threatened or endangered species until the expiration of the term of the current permits.
f. The Permittees shall maintain as an isolation distance between dredging and any public water supply well a radius of 1,000 feet, unless a Permittee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that a lesser distance will maintain a travel time of 90 days or greater.
g. The Department reserves the right to establish a setback laterally or upstream of any industrial or commercial surface water supply intake, or of any other private or public ground or surface water supply, if necessary, to protect the supply from adverse water quality impacts.
h. When the updated National Environmental Policy Act documentation relative to commercial sand and gravel dredging on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers is finalized, the Department may reopen and/or modify the current permits.
i. The Department shall require the commercial dredging companies to submit a plan to mitigate the environmental impacts of dredging in accordance with the requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 105 in all new permit applications.
j. The Permittees shall conduct a study of the potential for the suspension and transport of certain organic and inorganic sediments in the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers.
k. The Permittees shall submit to the Department, ACOE Navigation Charts, of areas anticipated to be dredged during the next calendar year period. Navigation charts shall be maintained by the Department as public records, available for inspection by the public.
Copies of the full agreement are in the possession of:
Charney Regenstein, Assistant Counsel
Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Chief Counsel
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4262and
Thomas C. Reed, Esquire
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Suite 2415, Grant Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 281-5000and
Thomas C. Buchele, Director, Environmental Law Clinic
University of Pittsburgh--School of Law
P. O. Box 7226
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-0221
(412) 648-1992Copies of the full agreement are also at the offices of the Environmental Hearing Board and may be reviewed by interested persons on request during normal business hours.
If information concerning this notice is required in an alternative form, contact the Department at (412) 442-4262. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Pennsylvania Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Dated: October 1, 2003
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-1989. Filed for public inspection October 10, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
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