NOTICES
PENNSYLVANIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AUTHORITY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Environmental Assessment Approval for PENNVEST Funding Consideration
[47 Pa.B. 7288]
[Saturday, November 25, 2017]Scope: Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects for January 31, 2018, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board meeting consideration.
Description: PENNVEST, which administers the Commonwealth's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, is intended to be the funding source for the following projects. The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of these projects, and the information received in the Environmental Report for these projects, has not identified any significant, adverse environmental impact resulting from any of the proposed projects. The Department hereby approves the Environmental Assessment for each project. If no significant comments are received during this comment period, the Environmental Assessment will be considered approved and funding for the project will be considered by PENNVEST.
The Department will consider all comments on this approval received through December 26, 2017. Commenters are encouraged to use the Department's eComment site at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments can be submitted by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov or by mail to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063. Use ''PENNVEST SRF-Environmental Assessment'' as the subject line in written communication.
For more information about the approval of the following Environmental Assessments or the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Program and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Program contact Richard Wright at riwright@pa.gov or the Bureau of Clean Water, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 772-4059, or visit the Department's web site at http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/CleanWater/InfrastructureFinance/Pages/default.aspx.
CWSRF Projects Being Considered
Applicant: Doylestown Township County: Bucks Applicant Address: 425 Wells Road, Doylestown, PA 18901 Project Description: The project will provide public sewers serving 252 existing properties in Pebble Ridge/Woodridge and vicinity.
Problem Description: Throughout the project area there are failed onlot septic systems. Through laboratory analysis, it was determined that the stormwater is contaminated with human fecal coliform and the failed onlot systems are believed to be the source of the pollution.
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Applicant: Mercer Township County: Butler Applicant Address: P.O. Box 380, 152 Boomerang Road, Harrisville, PA 16038 Project Description: The proposed project includes the construction of the following: to serve the properties along SR 58 west of Harrisville, low pressure sewer mains will be installed along with 29 individual grinder pumps; to serve the 15 properties along SR 58 east of Harrisville, a combination of gravity and low pressure sewer mains will be installed along with 7 individual grinder pumps; for the Village of Forestville, approximately 1,555 linear feet of 2-inch, low-pressure sewer main line and 18 individual grinder pumps will be installed along with approximately 8,233 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sewer main to serve 77 properties. The wastewater from the SR 58 extensions will be treated at the Grove City Borough Sewage Treatment Plant. The Village of Forestville will be served by a new recirculating sand filter treatment plant.
Problem Description: This project consists of serving three different service areas. They include properties along SR 58 west of Harrisville, properties along SR 58 east of Harrisville and properties located in the Village of Forestville. A sanitary survey of these project areas revealed a 62% confirmed onlot malfunction rate. These systems leach untreated and partially treated wastewater onto the ground surface and into the waters of the Commonwealth. This project will eliminate the malfunctioning sewage systems thereby improving the areas water quality.
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Applicant: Keystone Protein Company County: Lebanon Applicant Address: 154 West Main Street, Fredericksburg, PA 17026 Project Description: This project is for construction of a new industrial wastewater treatment facility to treat the combined wastewater from a proposed Keystone Protein poultry processing facility and the existing Keystone Protein rendering plant located in Bethel Township, Lebanon County. The first phase of the project will have a design capacity of 1.05 million gallons per day.
Problem Description: The rendering plant is expanding and a new poultry processing plant is proposed. The existing treatment plant capacity is inadequate to handle the combined flow from the proposed poultry processing plant and the rendering plant to comply with the required permit limits.
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Applicant: Liberty Borough County: Allegheny Applicant Address: 2921 Liberty Way, Liberty Borough, PA 15133 Project Description: The proposed construction project involves sanitary sewer rehabilitation and repairs.
Problem Description: The existing sanitary sewers are subject to excessive infiltration and overflow during wet weather.
PATRICK McDONNELL,
Secretary
Department of Environmental ProtectionBRION JOHNSON,
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 17-1954. Filed for public inspection November 22, 2017, 9:00 a.m.]
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