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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-590a

[26 Pa.B. 1720]

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Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office: Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

   06-310-028.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Tarmac Minerals, Inc. (P. O. Box 160, Annville, PA 17003) for a non-metallic mineral handling operation controlled by wet suppression in Cumru Township, Berks County.

   36-317-089B.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Y & S Candies, Inc. (400 Running Pump Road, Lancaster, PA 17603) for a flour and starch storage and transfer system in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.

   36-317-220.   The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. (230 South Market Avenue, P. O. Box 26, Rheems, PA 17570) for the No. 3 grain mill receiving operation controlled by a fabric collector in Mt. Joy Borough, Lancaster County.

   36-318-156.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Premier Custom Built, Inc. (110 Short Street, New Holland, PA 17557) for the operation of three Binks paint booths controlled by dry filter in East Earl Township, Lancaster County.

   36-320-027.  The Department intends to issue an air quality operating permit to Lancaster Press, Inc. (3575 Hempland Road, Lancaster, PA 17604-3657) for a six-unit, two web offset press and a two-unit, two-web press controlled by a thermal recuperative incinerator in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.


Applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify or reactivate air contaminant sources.

   Regional Office: Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   59-304-008.  Construction of an iron casting and manufacturing facility and associated air cleaning devices (fabric collectors) by Ward Manufacturing, Inc., ACP Division (P. O. Box 9, Blossburg, PA 16912) in Lawrence Township, Tioga County.

   49-318-032.  Modification of a wood furniture finishing operation by Norka Manufacturing, Incorporated (103 East Fifth Street, Building 8, Watsontown, PA 17777) in Watsontown Borough, Northumberland County.

   60-302-016A.  Construction of two natural gas/#2 fuel oil-fired boilers by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (P. O. Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA 17837) at the Lewisburg Penitentiary in Kelly Township, Union County. These boilers are subject to Subpart Dc of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.


Applications received for operating permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).

   Regional Office: Northcentral Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.

   41-302-042A.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to the U. S. Department of Justice (P. O. Box 1000, Montgomery, PA 17752) for the operation of a natural gas/#2 fuel oil-fired boiler at the Allenwood Federal Prison Camp in Brady Township, Lycoming County. This boiler is subject to Subpart Dc of the Federal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources.

   18-318-012B.  The Department intends to issue an operating permit to Brodart Company (500 Arch Street, Williamsport, PA 17705) for the operation of five wood furniture finishing spray booths in Wayne Township, Clinton County.


Notice of Plan Approval Application Minor Source

   The following stationary sources have filed a request for a plan approval with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Air Quality. Persons wishing to file protests or comments on the proposed plan approval have 30 days to submit the protest or comments to the Regional Office at the address listed below. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the plan approval application by filing a request with the Regional Office stating the reason for the request.

   The Department will evaluate and consider all protests and comments received. The Department will, where appropriate, modify the proposed plan approval based on the protests and comments received.

   The final plan approval will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operated in compliance with the Department's regulations contained in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 through 143 and the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act. A notice of the Department's final decision on the proposed plan approval will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Air contaminants emitted from these sources are less than the amounts that would trigger major new source review requirements. For additional information on the following applications, contact Devendra Verma, Engineering Services Chief, (814) 332-6940.

   Regional Office: Northwest Regional Office, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

   25-318-122.  The Department received a plan approval application for installation of a paint booth (20 wooden chairs/hour) from Union City Chair Company, (18 Market St., P. O. Box 31, Union City, PA 16438) in Union City, Erie County.

   25-313-056.  The Department received a plan approval application from Mallinckrodt Chemical, Calsicat Division, (1707 Gaskell Ave., Erie, PA 16503) for construction of a Maleic Plant blender for production of a new catalyst in Erie, Erie County.

MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS

   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); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution 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).

   The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such certification.

   Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).

   Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. Such NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chs. 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.

   Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections, application number and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor, application number, a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.

   District Mining Operations, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

Coal Applications Received

   56870102.  Transfer from Heritage Mining Company to Starlite Mining, Inc. (828 Statler Road, Windber, PA 15963), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Shade and Quemahoning Townships, Somerset County, affecting 78.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Oven Run, application received March 27, 1996.

   11860102.  Permit renewal, E. P. Bender Coal Company (P. O. Box 565--566, Carrolltown, PA 15722), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in White Township, Cambria County, affecting 171.5 acres, receiving stream Clearfield Creek, application received March 20, 1996.

   Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Hawk Run, PA 16840.

   17810104.  Thompson Brothers Coal Company (P. O. Box 626, Philipsburg, PA 16866), major permit modification to apply sewage sludge to enhance vegetation on an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Morris Township, Clearfield County affecting 49.47 acres, receiving streams two unnamed tributaries to Laurel Run, to Laurel Run to Moshannon Creek to west branch of the Susquehanna River, application received March 11, 1996.

   17813055.  Thompson Brothers Coal Company (P. O. Box 626, Philipsburg, PA 16866), major permit modification to apply sewage sludge to enhance vegetation on an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Morris Township, Clearfield County affecting 47.8 acres, receiving streams an unnamed tributary to Laurel Run, and Laurel Run, and Emigh Run, all to Moshannon Creek to west branch of the Susquehanna River to the Susquehanna River, application received March 11, 1996.

   17960106.  Cloe Mining Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 247, Barnesboro, PA 15714), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface mine permit in Penn and Pike Townships, Clearfield County affecting 124.8 acres, receiving streams unnamed tributary to Passmore Run, unnamed tributary to Kratzer Run, Porter Run, application received March 18, 1996.

   17880104.  E. P. Bender Coal Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 594, Main and Lehmier Streets, Carrolltown, PA 15722), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Jordan Township, Clearfield County affecting 265 acres, receiving streams McDonald Run, Buck Run, Comfort Run, unnamed tributary to McDonald Run, application received March 21, 1996.

   17840131.  Al Hamilton Contracting Company (R. D. 1, Box 87, Woodland, PA 16881), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Decatur Township, Clearfield County affecting 325.9 acres, receiving streams Little Laurel Run and an unnamed tributary of Laurel Run, to Laurel Run, and Laurel Run, to Moshannon Creek, to west branch Susquehanna River, application received March 19, 1996.

   Mining and Reclamation, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.

   63851702.  Consolidation Coal Company, (200 Hidden Valley Drive, McMurray, PA 15317), to renew the industrial waste permit for the Westland bituminous deep mine in Chartiers Township, Washington County, no additional discharges. Application received March 19, 1996.

   16831603.  C & K Coal Company, (P. O. Box 69, Clarion, PA 16214), to renew the permit for the Piney Prep Plant in Piney Township, Clarion County for reclamation only, no additional discharges. Application received March 18, 1996.

   16841602.  C & K Coal Company, (P. O. Box 69, Clarion, PA 16214), to renew the permit for the Holden Prep Plant in Limestone Township, Clarion County, no additional discharges. Application received March 18, 1996.

   16831602.  C & K Coal Company, (P. O. Box 69, Clarion, PA 16214), to renew the permit for the Rimersburg Prep Plant in Toby Township, Clarion County for reclamation only, no additional discharges. Application received March 18, 1996.

   56961302.  Dunamis Resources, Inc. (R. D. 4, Box 1542, Homer City, PA 15748), to operate the Miller bituminous deep mine in Jenner and Lincoln Townships, Somerset County, new mine, receiving stream Quemahoning Creek. Application received February 21, 1996.

   Mineral Resources Management--District Mining, Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   54890105C14.  Porter Associates, Inc., (P. O. Box 478, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703), commencement, operation and restoration of an additional fly ash disposal source on existing SMP in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, affecting 115.0 acres, receiving stream Susquehanna River, application received March 20, 1996.

   District Mining Operations, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.

Noncoal Applications Received

   04960301.  Beaver Valley Aggregates, Inc. (1150 Brodhead Road, Monaca, PA 15061). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a noncoal surface mine for slag removal located in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, proposed to affect 54.0 acres. Receiving streams Ohio River. Application received March 27, 1996.

   District Mining Operations, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.

Small Noncoal Applications Received

   32960801.  Randy and Rebecca Sensabaugh (128 Treetops Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601), to operate a quarry in Green Township, Indiana County, affecting 5 acres, receiving stream Two Lick Creek south branch, application received March 13, 1996.

   The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection.

   In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for processing requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.


Applications 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 requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

   DEP Central Office: Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands, 400 Market Street, Floor 6, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, telephone (717) 783-1384.

   D01-095.  Dam. Joseph A. Myers, 160 Ram Drive, Hanover, PA 17331. To construct, operate and maintain a stormwater detention dam across a tributary to south branch Conewago Creek 0.6 mile west of the Borough of McSherrystown and 1.0 mile south of the intersection of Hanover Road and Race Horse Road on the west side of Hostetter Road to control stormwater runoff from the Allwood Manor Subdivision in Conewago Township, Adams County.

   Northwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   E25-536.  Encroachment. Erie-Western Pa. Port Authority, 17 West Dobbins Landing, Erie, PA 16507-1424. To remove existing fixed and floating docks, to construct and maintain 30 craft marina floating berths and a marina bulkhead (150 linear-foot retaining wall), to remove 2,510 cubic yards of cut material (old docking material) from the periphery of the marina, and to dredge approximately 4,700 cubic yards from the marina area. Project is located adjacent to and west of State Street, approximately 600 feet northwest of the intersection of State Street and the Bayfront Highway (Erie, North, PA Quadrangle N: 1.7 inches; W: 12.0 inches) located in the City of Erie, Erie County.

   E25-537.  Encroachment. Baldwin Brothers, Inc. (5 West 10 Street, Erie, PA 16501). To place fill in a total of 0.7 acre of two separate wetland areas for the placement of a roadway and development of two residential lots in Voyageur Estates Subdivision three. This project will also include creation of 1.04 acres of replacement wetlands adjacent to an existing wetland restoration project within the subdivision. Project is located adjacent to Lake Erie approximately 1,800 feet northwest of the intersection of West Lake Road (Alternate 5) and Montpelier Avenue (Swanville, PA Quadrangle N: 17.2 inches; W: 7.7 inches) located in Millcreek Township, Erie County.

   Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   E09-705.  Encroachment. Penske Truck Leasing Company, Route 10, Green Hills, P. O. Box 563, Reading, PA 19603. To construct and maintain a stormwater management facility which consists of relocating 550 L. F. of an intermittent unnamed tributary to Neshaminy Creek (WWF, MF). This project will include the following activities:

   1.  Placement of fill material in 0.31 acre of wetlands associated with the proposed Penski Truck Leasing Company land development.

   2.  Installation and maintenance of a 306-foot long, 18-inch R.C.P. storm sewer line.

   3.  Excavation within the aforementioned tributary cross-section to provide storage for a proposed stormwater detention basin.

   4.  Modification and maintenance of an existing, approximately 320-foot long man-made watercourse.

   5.  Approval for an environmental assessment of a nonscope dam located across this watercourse.

   This site is located approximately 400 feet east of the intersection of Street Road (S. R. 2007) and Dunks Ferry Road (T-324) (Beverly, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 14.5 inches; W: 8.0 inches) in Bensalem Township, Bucks County.

   Northcentral Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 208 W. Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, telephone (717) 327-3574.

   E19-149.  Water obstruction and encroachment. Richard L. and Ronald H. Knoebel, P. O. Box 317, Elysburg, PA 17824. To place and maintain fill in 0.4 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands for the purpose of expanding an existing campground. Plans include the construction of 0.4 acre of replacement wetland. The project is located approximately 3.5 miles east of the Rt. 54 and 487 intersection at Elysburg (Shamokin, PA Quadrangle N: 22.2 inches; W: 0.4 inch) in Cleveland Township, Columbia County.

   E57-069.  Water obstruction and encroachment. DCNR, Bureau of Forestry, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge with a normal clear span of 30 feet across Mill Creek, an HQ-CWF stream. This project will impact 100 feet of stream with no wetland impacts and is located on Big Hollow Road about 1,200 feet south of its intersection with Mill Creek Road (Hillsgrove, PA Quadrangle N: 17.1 inches; W: 15.8 inches) in Hillsgrove Township, Sullivan County.

   Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

   E09-714.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, 200 Radnor-Chester Road, St. Davids, PA 19087-5178. To rehabilitate and maintain a single span steel I-beam bridge with timber decking and bituminous road surface with a 9 inch concrete deck and two parapets measuring 2-feet 8-inches in height. Stone abutments will be reset as necessary and excavation behind each abutment will occur for any required modifications. This permit, E09-714, will replace the existing permit E09-305. The site is situated at the intersection of the Delaware Canal and River Road (S. R. 0032) (Frenchtown NJ-PA USGS Quadrangle N: 12.75 inches; W: 15.6 inches) in Bridgeton Township, Bucks County.

   Southcentral Region: Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   E22-349.  Encroachment. Chambers Development Company, 310 Ledger Road, North Huntingdon, PA 15642. To relocate approximately 3,500 feet of a tributary to Wiconisco Creek and to place fill in approximately 1.56 acres of wetlands at a point at the Dauphin Meadows Landfill (Elizabethville, PA Quadrangle N: 10.1 inches; W: 17.1 inches) in Upper Paxton and Washington Townships, Dauphin County.

   E36-608.  Encroachment. Department of Transportation, 2140 Herr St., Harrisburg, PA 17103-1699. To remove the existing structure, construct and maintain a precast R. C. box culvert having an 18-foot clear span with a minimum underclearance of 6.5 feet across Stewart Run on State Route 0222, Section 013, Segment 0260, Offset 000 (Wakefield, PA Quadrangle N: 22.65 inches; W: 4.12 inches) in East Drumore Township, Lancaster County.

   E44-078.  Encroachment. DCNR, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8451. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a span of 22 feet and an underclearance of about 6.5 feet across Panther Run located on Havice Valley Road about 0.8 mile north of its intersection with Swift Run Road (Caburn, PA Quadrangle N: 14.3 inches; W: 5.8 inches) in Armagh Township, Mifflin County.

   EA06-003.  Encroachment. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., P. O. Box 1642, Houston, TX 77056. To remove P.C.B. contaminated sediment from a 180-foot section of the Tulpenhocken Creek located at Texas Eastern's Bernville Compressor Station (Strausstown, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 3 inches) in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County.

   Northeast Regional Office: Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-5485.

   E45-296.  Encroachment. Pohoqualine Fish Association, R. R. 2, Box 2562, Saylorsburg, PA 18353. To modify and maintain an existing single-span bridge across McMichael Creek (EV) by replacing the existing timber deck and beams with 18-inch steel beams and decking to provide access to a private residence. The proposed superstructure will be attached to the existing abutments and have a span of approximately 23 feet with an underclearance of 6.4 feet. The project is located 600 feet west of S. R. 0715, approximately 0.2 mile north of the intersection of S. R. 0715 and Township Road T449 (Brodheadsville, PA Quadrangle N: 11.9 inches; W: 2.6 inches) in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E54-220.  Encroachment. John S. Mills, Jr. and Catherine M. Bradley, 249 Meadow Drive, Auburn, PA 17922. To construct and maintain a steel I-beam bridge, having timber decking, across Plum Creek (CWF), for the purpose of gaining access to private property for general property maintenance purposes. The proposed bridge has a span of approximately 30 feet and an underclearance of approximately 7 feet, and is located approximately 0.5 mile west of the intersection of S. R. 2011 and T-676 (Friedensburg, PA Quadrangle N: 19.1 inches; W: 1.5 inches) in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County (Philadelphia District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E58-211.  Encroachment. Susquehanna County Commissioners, Susquehanna County Courthouse, Montrose, PA 18801. To construct and maintain a single-span steel I-beam bridge with a timber deck (County Bridge No. 22), having a span of approximately 65 feet and an underclearance of approximately 16.3 feet, across Tunkhannock Creek. The bridge will be constructed at the location of the former T-434 bridge, which was severely flood-damaged, and will utilize/modify portions of the existing abutments. The project is located immediately east of the intersection of T-434 and S. R. 0092 (Lenoxville, PA Quadrangle N: 11.0 inches; W: 9.7 inches) in Lenox Township, Susquehanna County (Baltimore District, Army Corps of Engineers).

   E66-106.  Encroachment. Roy W. Piper, P. O. Box 460, Tunkhannock, PA 18657-0460. To place and maintain approximately 8,500 c.y. of fill in and along the floodway of Tunkhannock Creek (CWF) and in a de minimus area of PEM/PSS wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre to provide buildable area for future commercial development. A gabion basket retaining wall having a height of 9 feet and length of approximately 190 feet and R-8 riprap slope protection are also proposed to protect the 22-foot high embankment from erosion. The project is located on the south side of S. R. 0006, approximately 0.2 mile west of the intersection of S. R. 0006 and S. R. 0092 (Tunkhannock, PA Quadrangle N: 6.8 inches; W: 8.9 inches) in Tunkhannock Borough, Wyoming County (Baltimore District, Army Corp of Engineers).

   Southwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   E02-374-A1.  Encroachment. North Shore Enterprises, Inc., Mendota St. and River Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212. To reissue Permit No. E02-374 issued for the construction and maintenance of a boat marina and fill placement along the left bank of the Allegheny River near Mile Marker 1.8 (Pittsburgh East, PA Quadrangle N: 14.4 inches; W: 15.4 inches) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

   E02-727-A1.  Encroachment. Dept. of Transportation, 45 Thoms Run Road, Bridgeville, PA 15017. To reissue, amend and extend the time limit on Permit No. E02-727 to construct and maintain a single additional support column to pier B5 of the West End Bridge. The new column is designated as Pier B5A, is located in the floodplain of the Ohio River, and is proposed for the purpose of widening S. R. 0019 Section A16 (Pittsburgh West, PA Quadrangle N: 13.4 inches; W: 3.6 inches) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.

   E02-1142.  Encroachment. Borough of Elizabeth, 206 Third St., Elizabeth, PA 15037. To remove existing structure known as Polk Street Pedestrian Bridge and to construct and maintain a 4-foot wide × 65-foot long pedestrian bridge across Fallen Timber Run on the west side of Polk Street (Glassport, PA Quadrangle N: 4.2 inches; W: 1.3 inches) in Elizabeth Borough, Allegheny County.

   E02-1144.  Encroachment. Daniel A. Vosel, 321 McLaughlin Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. To construct and maintain an addition to an existing residential dwelling for the purpose of changing it to commercial use. The proposed addition is located in the floodway of McLaughlin Run at 1061 McLaughlin Run Road (Bridgeville, PA Quadrangle N: 18.9 inches; W: 14.4 inches) in Bridgeville Borough, Allegheny County.

   E02-1145.  Encroachment. East Deer Township, 927 Freeport Road, Creighton, PA 15030. To construct and maintain a riverfront park in the floodplain of and on the right bank of the Allegheny River located approximately 400 feet southeast from the intersection of Grant Street and Sherman Street (New Kensington, PA Quadrangle N: 14.8 inches; W: 3.6 inches) in East Deer Township, Allegheny County.


ACTIONS

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.

   Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--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. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action 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 decisional law.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

   Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, telephone (814) 332-6942.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0221970.  Industrial waste. Municipal Authority of the Borough of Greenville, 44 Clinton Street, P. O. Box 638, Greenville, PA 16125 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Greenville Borough, Mercer County to Shenango River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0006238.  Amendment No. 1.  Industrial waste. Napco, Inc., McFann Road at Route 8, Valencia, PA 16059 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Middlesex Township, Butler County to Glade Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0002534.  Industrial waste. Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology, Inc., 441 Hall Avenue, St. Marys, PA 15857 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in St. Marys, Elk County to Elk Creek.

Permits Issued

   Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0094510.  Amendment No. 1.  Industrial waste, USX Corporation, U.S.S. Division, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Edgar Thomson Plant, North Braddock Borough, Allegheny County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0098795.  Industrial waste, North Fayette County Municipal Authority, University Drive, Ranch Road, Box 368, Dunbar, PA 15431 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Wheeler Bottom Water Treatment Plant, Dunbar Township, Fayette County to Youghiogheny River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0204919.  Industrial waste, Laurel Hill Timber Company, P. O. Box 266, Lyme, NH 03768 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Sawdust Pile, Jackson Township, Cambria County to tributary of Laurel Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0025615.  Amendment No. 1.  Industrial waste, Duquesne Light Company, 411 Seventh Avenue 14-705, P. O. Box 1930, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-1930 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Beaver Valley Power Station, Shippingport Borough, Beaver County.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026069.  Sewage, Latrobe Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 88, Latrobe, PA 15650 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Latrobe Wastewater Treatment Plant, Latrobe Borough, Westmoreland County to Loyalhanna Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0203831.  Sewage, Riverside Beaver County School District, R. D. 2, Country Club Drive, Box 4010, Ellwood City, PA 16117 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Riverside Beaver County School District's Primary Center Sewage Treatment Plant, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County to unnamed tributary to Thompson Run.

   Southeast Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Management, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, telephone (610) 832-6130.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0024058.  Sewage, Borough of Kennett Square, North Broad and East Linden Streets, Kennett Square, PA 19348, Kennett Township, Chester County.

   The following notice reflects changes to the notice published in the December 23, 1995, Pennsylvania Bulletin:

   The numerical limitations for the discharge parameters: Lead, Mercury, Pentachlorophenol and Naphthalene are replaced by Monitor/Report. These changes are made based on consistently low effluent concentrations of Lead and Mercury and limited effluent data for new parameters: Pentachlorophenol and Naphthalene.

Permits Issued

   Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, telephone (717) 826-2511.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0063487.  Sewage. Duane Schleicher (Trailer Park), R. R. 7, Box 198, Lehighton, PA 18235 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in East Penn Township, Carbon County to an unnamed tributary to Lizard Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA-0061999.  Sewage. Mark Albert and David J. Pitti (formerly Bethany Colony), 193 Hamilton Avenue, Massapequa, NY 11758 are authorized to discharge from a facility located in Dyberry Township, Wayne County to an unnamed tributary of Dyberry Creek.


Industrial waste and sewage actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).

Permits Issued

   Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0007552.  Industrial waste, Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc., River Road, P. O. Box 165, Mifflintown, PA 17059 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Walker Township to the receiving waters named Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PAG043533.  Sewerage, Jeffrey L. Crist, P. E., 1645 Pebble Brook Lane, Harrisburg, PA 17110 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in West St. Clair Township, Bedford County to the receiving waters UNT to George Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0026191.  Sewerage, Borough of Huntingdon, 1001 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Huntingdon Borough, Huntingdon County to the receiving waters named Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0087106.  Sewerage, Peter Rondeau, 2621-D York Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Straban Township, Adams County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary of Swift Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0087165.  Industrial waste, Bleyer Industries, Inc., 500 Walnut Street Extension, Mt. Union, PA 17066 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Mt. Union Borough, Huntingdon County to the receiving waters of the Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0021491.  Sewerage, Williamstown Borough Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 44, Williamstown, PA 17098 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Williams Township, Dauphin County to the receiving waters named Wiconisco Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0083861.  Sewerage, Benner's Restaurant, R. D. 2, Box 13-B, Millerstown, PA 17062 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Delaware Township, Juniata County to the receiving waters named Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0009288.  Industrial waste, Milton Hershey School, P. O. Box 356, Hershey, PA 17033 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Derry Township, Dauphin County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary of Spring Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0024350.  Sewerage, Dauphin Borough Municipal Authority, Delaware and Canal Streets, P. O. Box 487, Dauphin, PA 17018 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County to the receiving waters named Susquehanna River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0024040.  Sewerage, Borough of Highspire, 640 Eshelman Street, Highspire, PA 17034-1698 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Highspire Borough, Dauphin County to the receiving waters named Susquehanna River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0083569.  Sewerage, Riverview Estates Homeowners Association, R. D. 5, Box 764, Altoona, PA 16601 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in West Providence Township, Bedford County to the receiving waters named Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0110931.  Sewerage, Shellbark Campground, 112 Pine Street, Sutersville, PA 15083-1330 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Napier Township, Bedford County to the receiving waters named Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0087211.  Industrial waste, C and S Mobil Service, 535 York Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Gettysburg Borough, Adams County to the receiving waters named Rock Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0022047.  Industrial waste, Crompton and Knowles Colors Incorporated, P. O. Box 341, Reading, PA 19603 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Robeson Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Schuylkill River.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0040789.  Sewerage, J & A Mobile Home Park, 3100 York Haven Road, Manchester, PA 17345 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Newberry Township, York County to the receiving waters named Conewago Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0086762.  Industrial waste, R & A Bender, Inc., P. O. Box 399, Scotland, PA 17254 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Greene Township, Franklin County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary of Phillaman Run.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0087157.  Sewerage, East Hanover Township, R. D. 2, P. O. Box 4323, Grantville, PA 17028 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County to the receiving waters named Bow Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0046221.  Sewerage, Newville Borough Water and Sewer Authority, 99 Cove Alley, Newville, PA 17201 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Newville Borough, Cumberland County to the receiving waters named Big Spring Creek.

   NPDES Permit No. PA0043052.  Amendment. Sewerage, Municipal Authority of the Township of Spring, 2800 Shillington Road, Cornwall Terrace, Reading, PA 19607 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Spring Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Cacoosing Creek.


Notices of Intent for Coverage Under General Permits Received

   The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent for coverage under General NPDES Permits to discharge treated wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review, or application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to issue coverage under the General Permit subject to effluent limitations, monitoring and reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the General Permits.

   The EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.24.

   The Notice of Intent, related documents, proposed effluent limitations, special conditions, comments received and other information are on file and may be inspected and copied at the Regional Office indicated as receiving the Notice of Intent.

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