[46 Pa.B. 1559]
[Saturday, March 26, 2016]
[Continued from previous Web Page]
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; 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—1406.20a). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the NPDES permit application and, if noted, the request for a Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to applications will also address the application permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality Pollution Act (35 P.S. §§ 4001—4014); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1002).
Coal Permits Issued
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, 310 Best Avenue, Knox, PA 16232-0669, 814-797-1191
16050106 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242675. Timothy A. Keck (93 Carrier Street, Summerville, PA 15864) Renewal of an existing bituminous surface and auger mine and associated NPDES permit in Redbank Township, Clarion County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries to Pine Creek. Application received: November 18, 2015. Permit Issued: March 8, 2016.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
Permit No. 40940206R4. Heavy Media, Inc., (PO Box 27, Nanticoke, PA 18634), renewal for reclamation activities only of an existing anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Larksville Borough, Luzerne County affecting 15.9 acres, receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Susquehanna River. Application received: September 30, 2014. Renewal issued: March 8, 2016.
Permit No. 40940206GP104. Heavy Media, Inc., (PO Box 27, Nanticoke, PA 18634), General NPDES Stormwater Permit for stormwater discharges associated with mining activities on Surface Mining Permit No. 40940206 in Larksville Borough, Luzerne County, receiving stream: unnamed tributary to Susquehanna River. Application received: September 30, 2014. Permit issued: March 8, 2016.
ACTIONS ON BLASTING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on applications under the Explosives Acts of 1937 and 1957 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.
Blasting Permits Issued
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200
08164101. Elijah Evans Excavating (100 Old Furnace Road, Danville, PA 17821). Blasting construction for a larger parking area at Hayduk Enterprises, Inc., located in Albany Township, Bradford County with an expiration date of June 30, 2016. Permit issued: March 4, 2016.
14164102. Douglas Explosives, Inc. (P. O. Box 77, Philipsburg, PA 16866). Blasting construction for Lot 87 Saybrook located in Ferguson Township, Centre County with an expiration date of December 30, 2016. Permit issued: March 10, 2016.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, 570-621-3118
Permit No. 06164103. M & J Explosives, LLC, (P. O. Box 1248, Carlisle, PA 17013), construction blasting for Bally Springs in Washington Township, Berks County with an expiration date of March 2, 2017. Permit issued: March 8, 2016.
Permit No. 09164101. Brubacher Excavating, Inc., (P. O. Box 528, Bowmansville, PA 17507), construction blasting for Kirk Tract in Hilltown and New Britain Townships, Bucks County with an expiration date of February 25, 2017. Permit issued: March 8, 2016.
Permit No. 40164105. Hayduk Enterprises, Inc., (257 Riverside Drive, Factoryville, PA 18419), construction blasting for Innovative Building & Design in Lehman Township, Luzerne County with an expiration date of June 20, 2016. Permit issued: March 9, 2016.
Permit No. 35164105. Holbert Explosives, Inc., (237 Mast Hope Plank Road, Suite A, Lackawaxen, PA 18435), construction blasting at 1000 Winola Road in South Abington Township, Lackawanna County with an expiration date of March 3, 2017. Permit issued: March 11, 2016.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 The 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 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 that action to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704. The appeal should be sent to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, PO Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania AT&T 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 a right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, the appeal 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 and Notice of Final Action for Certification under section 401 of the FWPCA.
Permits, Environmental Assessments and 401 Water Quality Certifications Issued:
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northeast Regional Office, Waterways and Wetlands Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915, Telephone 570-826-2511
E39-540. Matthew Allison, 7054 Passer Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036. Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
To construct and maintain a driveway and utility crossing of EV wetlands, tributary to Saucon Creek (CWF, MF). The driveway crossing consists of a 24-foot long, 24-inch diameter concrete pipe, rock backfill, and a paved surface. The utility crossing consists of a 12-inch wide trench for the placement of a 4-inch diameter electric conduit and a 2-inch diameter cable conduit. The project is located at 6385 Vera Cruz Road, Center Valley, PA 18034 (Allentown East Quadrangle Latitude: 40°31`49.5"; Longitude: -75°27`56.0"). Subbasin: 2C.
Northcentral Region: Waterways & Wetlands Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, 570-327-3636
E14-560. Olga Levi, 196 Potters Lane, Port Matilda, PA 16870-7199. Barger Fields in Patton Township, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District (Julian, PA Quadrangle N: 40°48`48"; W: -77°58`57.41").
To construct and maintain: 1) a 67-foot long by 48-inch diameter CMP culvert with its inlet invert depressed 12 inches into the streambed, its outlet invert depressed 6 inches into the streambed and the pipe itself set at a 4.48% slope with associated concrete wingwalls, a 7-foot long R-6 rock inlet apron choked with native material and a 13-foot long R-8 rock outlet apron choked with R-4 rock topped with native material, and road fill in an unnamed tributary of Buffalo Run for a public road crossing, 2) 4-inch diameter electric conduit buried under the culvert, 3) a 150-foot buffer easement on both sides of a 1,308-foot long stream reach for a proposed subdivision located on the south side of SR 550 1.6 miles from SR 322 in order to access a land-locked property. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southwest Region: Waterways and Wetlands Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E32-509, Indy-Apple, LLC, 329 South Main Street, Suite B, Doylestown, PA 18901, White Township, Indiana County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
Has been given consent to:
1. Place and maintain fill in 0.004 acre of a PEM wetland (aka Wetland 1A);
2. Place and maintain fill in 0.02 acre of PEM wetland (aka Wetland 2);
3. Place and maintain fill within 14 linear feet of an Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to McCarthy Run (CWF) (aka UNT 1 to tributary 44232 to McCarthy Run);
4. Place and maintain fill within 31 linear feet of the floodway of a UNT to McCarthy Run (CWF) (aka Tributary 44232 to McCarthy Run).
The project will permanently impact 14 linear feet of UNTs to McCarthy Run and 0.024 acre of PEM wetlands for the purpose of building a hotel, two (2) restaurants and the associated parking lots for these businesses. The project is located on Oakland Avenue near the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Indian Springs Road (Indiana, PA USGS Topographic Quadrangle; Latitude: 40° 36` 2.911"; Long: -79° 11` 18.51"; Sub-basin: 18D; Chapter 93 Type: CWF), in White Township, Indiana County.
E65-972, West Newton Borough, 112 South Water Street, West Newton, PA 15089, West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
Has been given consent to:
Construct and maintain a 12 foot high and 85 foot long retaining wall along an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (WWF), and to construct and maintain 65 feet of R-7 riprap at the upstream end of this wall, 82 feet of R-7 riprap along the front of the wall, and 65 of R-7 riprap at the downstream end of this wall, for the purpose of stabilizing an eroding stream bank. Three sediment bars, 150 square feet, 100 square feet, and 40 square feet in area will be removed from the stream during construction. In total, approximately 250 feet of watercourse will be impacted by this project. The project is located at 100 Pemberton Place (Donora, PA USGS topographic quadrangle; Latitude: 40° 12` 22"; Longitude: -79° 46` 36"; US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District; Sub-basin 19D), in West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Oil and Gas Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335
E42-08-019, NFG Midstream Clermont LLC, 6363 Main St., Williamsville, NY 14221. Clermont West Branch D07-U Pipeline in Sergeant Township, McKean County, Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District (Cosby and Hazel Hurst, PA Quadrangle N: 41.6755; W: -78.4852).
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain two (2) 8 inch natural gas gathering lines, one (1) 12 inch natural gas gathering line, and one (1) 16 inch natural gas gathering lines. The natural gas lines will transport natural gas from a well pad to a compressor station. The water obstructions and encroachments in the McKean County portion of the project are described below:
To construct and maintain:
Impact No. Description of Impact Latitude/Longitude 1 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 7,309 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetland (PEM). 41.674424
-78.5005152 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 324 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetland (PEM). 41.674558
-78.497653 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 202 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetland (PEM). 41.67463
-78.4980024 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 709 square feet of Exceptional Value Palustrine Emergent Wetland (EV) (PEM). 41.674609
-78.4956115 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to cross UNT to East Branch Clarion River (HQ-CWF) having 151 linear feet of temporary stream and floodway impacts. 41.674498
-78.4928726 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to cross UNT to East Branch Clarion River (HQ-CWF) having 113 linear feet of temporary stream and floodway impacts. 41.674063
-78.4925097 One (1) 12 inch and one (1) 16 inch steel gas line with temporary road crossing and associated right-of-way to temporarily impact 14,468 square feet and 1,984 square feet of permanent impact of Palustrine Scrub Shrub Wetland (EV) (PSS). 41.675355
-78.4853058 Two (2) 8 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 858 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetland (PEM). 41.677163
-78.477479 Two (2) 8 inch steel gas line with associated right-of-way and temporary road crossing to impact 1,083 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetland (PEM) (EV). 41.67559
-78.475564
In McKean County, the project will result in a total of 82 linear feet of temporary stream impacts, 182, linear feet of temporary floodway impacts, 0.57 acre of temporary wetland impacts, and 0.045 acre of permanent wetland impacts.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8460, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8460
D06-091EA. Christopher Stress, Director, Berks County Parks and Recreation Department, 2083 Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610. Alsace Township, Berks County, USACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to breach the Hinnershitz Settling Basin Dam for the purpose of eliminating a threat to public safety and restoring approximately 325 feet of stream channel to a free-flowing condition. The proposed restoration project includes construction of habitat enhancement structures in the stream channel through the former reservoir. The project is located across Antietam Creek (CWF, MF) (Birdsboro, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 40.3680; Longitude: -75.8646).
D40-083EA. Paul Urbanik, P.E., Chief of Engineering, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, 450 Robinson Lane, Bellefonte, PA 16823-9620. Ross Township, Luzerne County, USACOE Baltimore District.
Project proposes to remove Mountain Springs No. 2 Dam for the purpose of eliminating a threat to public safety and to restore approximately 1,800 feet of stream channel to a free-flowing condition. The project is located across South Branch Bowman Creek (HQ-CWF) (Sweet Valley, PA Quadrangle, Latitude: 41.3408; Longitude: -76.2264).
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL The following Erosion and Sediment Control permits have been issued.
Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal that action to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704. The appeal should be sent to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, PO Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania AT&T 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 a right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, the appeal 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.
Northwest Region: Oil and Gas Program Manager, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335
ESCGP-2 #ESX09-053-0003B—Major Modification
Applicant Pennsylvania General Energy Company LLC
Contact Doug Kuntz
Address 120 Market Street
City Warren State PA Zip Code 16335
County Forest Township Green
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) Fox Run #47533 (HQ-CWF) Big Weaver Run #88780 (CWF)Eastern Region: Oil & Gas Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
ESCGP-2 # ESX11-015-0241(01)
Applicant Name Chief Oil & Gas LLC
Contact Person Jeffrey Deegan
Address 6051 Wallace Rd Ext, Suite 300
City, State, Zip Wexford, PA 15090
County Bradford
Township(s) Monroe & Overton
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) Schrader Ck (HQ-MF), Millstone Ck (HW-MF)
Secondary—Towanda CkESCGP-2 # ESG29-081-15-0034
Applicant Name Range Resources—Appalachia LLC
Contact Person Mike Middlebrook
Address 88 Health Dr
City, State, Zip Lock Haven, PA 17745
County Lycoming
Township(s) Lewis
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) Daugherty Run (HW-CWF)
Secondary—Lycoming Ck (EV)ESCGP-2 # ESX29-115-16-0010
Applicant Name Cabot Oil & Gas Corp
Contact Person Kenneth Marcum
Address 2000 Park Lane, Suite 300
City, State, Zip Pittsburgh, PA 15275
County Susquehanna
Township(s) Springville
Receiving Stream(s) and Classification(s) UNT to Meshop-
pen Ck (CWF)
Secondary—Meshoppen Ck (CWF)
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-519. Filed for public inspection March 25, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
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