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ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTON CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS 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 (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Persons 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, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. 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.
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)). (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-5485.
E13-105. Encroachment. Kidder Township, P. O. Box 576, Lake Harmony, PA 18624. To maintain an existing stone masonry arch bridge having a span of 26 feet with an underclearance of approximately 13.5 feet across Black Creek. This project is located at the intersection of Black Creek and Meckes Lane (T-520) approximately .7 mile south of S. R. 0940 (Hickory Run, PA Quadrangle N: 12.2 inches; W: 12.3 inches) in Kidder Township, Carbon County.
E54-242. Encroachment. Township of East Union, Schoolhouse Road, Sheppton, PA 18248. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain two 68-inch by 43-inch elliptical concrete pipes in the channel of Little Tomhicken Creek. This project is located along Township Road T-822, 2400 feet northwest of the intersection with SR924 (Nuremberg, PA Quadrangle N: 7.2 inches; W: 0.1 inch) in East Union Township, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
E01-184. Encroachment. Huntington Township, Floyd Stevens, P. O. Box 247, York Springs, PA 17372. To remove the existing culverts and to construct and maintain two 72-inch by 48-inch corrugated metal squash pipe culverts in the channel of an unnamed tributary to Bermudian Creek on Blueberry Road (T-589) and Ballstown Road (T-587) located about 1 mile south of Gargol Village (Mount Holly Springs, PA Quadrangle N: 0.0 inch; W: 6.4 inches) in Huntington Township, Adams County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E01-187. Encroachment. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, District 1, Marcus Snyder, 400 Rachel Carson Building, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a span of 35 feet with an underclearance of 5 feet across Carbaugh Run located downstream of Carbaugh Run Dam (Iron Spring, PA Quadrangle N: 22.2 inches; W: 10.5 inches) in Franklin Township, Adams County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E22-377. Encroachment. Locust Lane Limited Partnership, Norman DeSousa, P. O. Box 1176, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. To construct and maintain a bridge having a span of 36 feet and an underclearance of 5.5 feet for maintenance vehicles and pedestrians across the channel of a tributary to Nyes Run at a point approximately 300 feet upstream of its mouth (Harrisburg East, PA Quadrangle N: 8.8 inches; W: 3.1 inches) in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E28-246. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, John Rautzahn, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove an existing two span bridge, and to construct and maintain a single span concrete deck bridge having a 50 feet centerline span with 8 feet minimum underclearance on a 45 degree skew across Wilson Run on SR 4009, Section 002, Segment 0060, Offset 1182 Station 142+14 located about 2.2 miles southeast of Edenville Village (St. Thomas, PA Quadrangle N: 14.1 inches; W: 1.92 inches) in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E36-634. Encroachment. High Associates, Inc., Thomas Smithgall, 1853 William Penn Way, P. O. Box 10008, Lancaster, PA 17605. To fill 1.67 acres of wetlands and to construct a 1.3 million square foot warehousing and distribution building, a recycling building, a truck dispatch building and associated site improvements. Construction and maintenance of a 6-inch sewer force main is authorized across about 160 feet of emergent wetlands to serve the facilities. The distribution center is located on a site near PA Turnpike Exit 21 and SR 1059 (Terre Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 16.3 inches; W: 9.9 inches) in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. The permittee is required to provide 1.70 acres of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E38-116. Encroachment. County of Lebanon, Lebanon County Historical Society, William Carpenter, 400 S. 8th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042. To perform restoration work on the Union Canal Tunnel portal (entrance) and remove sediment deposits from approximately 500 feet of existing canal to its original condition located on the north side of Tunnel Hill Road (SR 4002) (Lebanon, PA Quadrangle N: 18.2 inches; W: 12.0 inches) in North Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E44-089. Encroachment. Bryan Yeager, 107 Academy Hill, Lewistown, PA 17044. To construct and maintain a single span, steel stringer bridge having a span of about 15 feet and an underclearance of about 3.7 feet across in Meadow Creek for the purpose of constructing a driveway to access private property located on the north side of Biddle Lane about 800 feet north of its intersection with Brower Road (T-389) (Alfarata, PA Quadrangle N: 11.5 inches; W: 10.7 inches) in Decatur Township, Mifflin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E67-583. Encroachment. Irvin Baughman, 1400 Second Avenue, York, PA 17403. To place fill in 0.36 acre of wetlands associated with a 270 foot stream enclosure for the purpose of extending an existing runway at the Lazy ''B'' Ranch & Airport located east of Bull Road 1 mile north of Canal Road (Dover, PA Quadrangle N: 5.0 inches; W: 8.7 inches) in Conewago Township, York County. Permittee is responsible for creating 0.36 acre of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northcentral Region, Water Management--Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.
E18-249. Encroachment. Larry R. Bason, R. R. 2, Box 323B, Mill Hall, PA 17751. To construct and maintain a 24 foot by 14 foot open sided picnic pavilion on top of an existing concrete pad in the floodway of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River located 0.2 mile north on Stone Lane from its intersection with Coy Farm Road (Lock Haven, PA Quadrangle N: 5.4 inches; W: 12.8 inches) in Woodward Township, Clinton County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects.
E53-305. Encroachment. I. P. Timberlands Operating Co., Ltd., P. O. Box 190, Coudersport, PA 16915. To maintain two culvert pipes, one 6 foot in diameter and the other 6 foot 6 inches in diameter, in Nelson Run located 0.75 mile east of SR 44 and 0.25 mile south of the Sweden Township line (Ayers Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 19.8 inches; W: 6.5 inches) in Summit Township, Potter County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E11-256. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, 1620 Juniata Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To remove the existing structure; to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 31.5 feet and an underclearance of 7.0 feet across Clearfield Creek; to place and maintain fill in 0.11 acre of wetlands and to relocate and maintain approximately 100 feet of an unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek for the purpose of improving transportation safety and roadway standards. This permit also authorizes the construction and maintenance of a temporary roadway crossing consisting of four 60-inch corrugated metal pipes in Clearfield Creek just downstream of the proposed bridge and the installation and maintenance of rock bank stabilization for a distance of 75 feet along Clearfield Creek and 125 feet along an unnamed tributary to Clearfield Creek upstream of the proposed bridge. Wetland loss will be compensated at a 1:1 ratio by advance wetland compensation at State Game Land No. 108. The project is located on S. R. 1005, approximately 150 feet north of its intersection with T-452 (Cresson, PA Quadrangle N: 20.1 inches; W: 14.7 inches) in Allegheny Township, Cambria County.
E32-389. Encroachment. Boyd and Shriver, Inc., Rend Building, South 7th Street, Suites 4-6-8, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain two 30-foot long, 36-inch diameter CMP culverts (inverts depressed 6 inches) in Crooked Run (HQ-CWF) for the purpose of gaining access to gas wells. The project is located approximately 200 feet east of T-550 (Rochester Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 8.4 inches; W: 16.35 inches) in Grant Township, Indiana County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E30-184. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To remove the existing structure damaged by longwall mining and to construct and maintain a 1.0 foot depressed box culvert having a normal span of 14.0 feet and an underclearance of 4.0 feet in an unnamed tributary to Whiteley Creek located on S. R. 0019 approximately 0.5 mile south of its intersection with S. R. 2018 (Garards Fort, PA Quadrangle N: 8.5 inches; W: 16.2 inches) in Whiteley Township, Greene County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
DAM SAFETY
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D10-108. Dam. Madison Heights Associates (215 Executive Drive, Suite 300, Cranberry Township, PA 16066). To construct, operate and maintain a dam located across a tributary to Brush Creek in Cranberry Township, Butler County. The proposed facility will provide recreation and stormwater detention for the proposed Madison Heights subdivision.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D22-022. Environmental Assessment. York Haven Power Company (c/o GPU/GENCO, 1001 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA 15906). To construct, operate and maintain a fish passage facility at the East Channel Dam of the York Haven Hydroelectric Facility for the purpose of restoring anadromous fish species to the Susquehanna River. The fish passage facility will consist of a 250 foot long vertical slot fish ladder located on the west end of the East Channel Dam, a 67 foot wide weir cut into the East Channel Dam, a 210 foot long permanent cofferdam with two slide gates located immediately upstream of the dam and weir, and a 140 foot wide and 120 foot long excavated channel located immediately downstream of the weir to facilitate fish movement to the ladder entrance. The project will impact approximately 1.5 acres of river channel. The East Channel Dam is located across the Susquehanna River at Threemile Island approximately 2,200 feet northwest of the intersection of State Route 441 and Engle Road (Middletown, PA Quadrangle N: 3.30 inches; W: 13.75 inches) in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Act 101 Section 902 Grants
Round 35
Applicant Project Type Award Southeast Region Bucks County Recycling Education $747 Lower Makefield Township
Bucks CountyLeaf Spreader and Loader $31,500 Warwick Township
Bucks CountyLeaf Shredder and Loader $84,150 Chester County Composting and Recycling Containers and Education Programs $142,029 Chester County Compost Trommel and Staging Area Site Improvements $174,159 Downingtown Borough
Chester CountyRecycling Education Program, Collection Containers and Trucks, and Leaf Loader $68,907 Chester Township
Delaware CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $18,765 Haverford Township
Delaware CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $79,200 Nether Providence Twp.
Delaware CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $45,000 Swarthmore Borough
Delaware CountyCompost Turner $179,076 Cheltenham Township
Montgomery CountyYard Waste Collection Truck, Chipper and Loader $159,120 Lower Merion Township
Montgomery CountyRecycling Collection Trucks $167,400 Lower Moreland Township
Montgomery CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $28,435 Upper Merion Township
Montgomery CountyRecycling Education Program $3,089 Upper Moreland Township
Montgomery CountyRecycling Collection Truck and Leaf Collector $114,271 Subtotals 14 $1,295,848 Northeast Region Towamensing Township
Carbon CountyMaterials Compaction Baler and Curbside Recycling Containers $22,156 City of Carbondale
Lackawanna CountyRecycling Collection Truck $22,500 Lackawanna County Project Development for Facility Improvements, Facility Improvements and Compost Tub Grinder $1,952,386 Emmaus Borough
Lehigh CountyRecycling Education Program $11,700 Lehigh County Compost Windrow Turner $288,000 North Whitehall Township
Lehigh CountyRecycling Education Program $144 Salisbury Township
Lehigh CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Vehicle $13,449 Slatington Borough
Lehigh CountyRecycling Education and Curbside Recycling Containers $13,453 Newport Township
Luzerne CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Vehicle $23,247 Nuangola Borough
Luzerne CountyDrop-off Recycling Building $5,940 City of Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne CountyRecycling Collection Trucks and Education $157,631 City of Bethlehem
Northampton CountyRecycling Education, Collection Containers and Composting Site Improvements $155,797 Girardville Borough
Schuylkill CountyYardwaste Collection Trailer $990 Honesdale Borough
Wayne CountyRecycling Education and Collection Containers $15,026 Wayne County Backyard Composting Bins $2,655 Subtotals 15 $2,685,074 Southcentral Region Adams County Recycling Center Equipment $179,100 Reading City
Berks CountyRecycling Education, Curbside Recycling Bins and Leaf Collection Equipment $137,155 Shillington Borough
Berks CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $15,750 Blair County Litter Prevention and Recycling Education Program $58,500 Camp Hill Borough
Cumberland CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $32,657 Cumberland County Recycling Education Program $11,929 Newville Borough
Cumberland CountyDrop-off Recycling Center Equipment $10,890 South Middleton Township
Cumberland CountyCurbside Collection Equipment $3,994 Upper Allen Township
Cumberland CountyRecycling Education $5,350 Susquehanna Township
Dauphin CountyLeaf Collection Equipment and Composting Screen and Turner $190,890 Washington Township
Franklin CountyRecycling Center Equipment and Land Improvements $174,735 East Donegal Township
Lancaster CountyRecycling Education and Yardwaste Collection Truck $46,948 East Hempfield Township
Lancaster CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $84,420 City of Lancaster
Lancaster CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $10,946 Manor Township
Lancaster CountyCompost Screener, Wood Recycling Equipment and Leaf Collection Equipment $157,954 City of Lebanon
Lebanon CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $27,000 Lebanon County Recycling Education, Collection Containers and Compost Screener $114,120 Derry Township
Mifflin CountyWood Recycling Equipment $17,370 Perry County Recycling Education and Drop-off Center Equipment $872 East Manchester Township
York CountyLeaf Collection Education and Equipment $32,490 Hanover Borough
York CountyDrop-off Recycling Containers $21,330 West Manchester Twp.
York CountyLeaf Collection Equipment $13,680 York County Compost Screener $72,117 Subtotals 23 $1,420,197 Northcentral Region Bradford County Recycling Education Program $4,500 College Township
Centre CountyLeaf Collection and Wood Recycling Equipment $40,808 Clearfield Borough
Clearfield CountyRepair/refurbish Recycling Collection Truck $4,590 Clearfield County Recycling Education Program, Collection Containers, Backyard Composting Bins and Recycling Center Equip. $13,467 Clinton County Compost Tub Grinder and Can Separator Motor $117,450 Bloomsburg Town
Columbia CountyCurbside Collection Containers $4,938 Lycoming County Recycling Education and Drop-off Collection Containers $67,500 Northumberland Borough
Northumberland CountyRecycling Education, Drop-off Collection Containers and Recycling Center Improvements $23,497 Monroe Township
Snyder CountyRecycling Education and Collection Truck $9,225 Selinsgrove Borough
Snyder CountyRecycling Education Program and Leaf Collection Equipment $25,330 East Buffalo Township
Union CountyRecycling Education, Collection Containers and Recycling Center Improvements $75,684 Subtotals 11 $386,989 Southwest Region Carnegie Borough
Allegheny CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $33,300 Ferndale Borough
Cambria CountyWood Recycling Equipment $20,893 City of Johnstown
Cambria CountyPublic Place Recycling Containers $20,000 Richland Township
Cambria CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $36,136 Upper Yoder Township
Cambria CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $12,130 Connellsville Township
Fayette CountyLeaf Collection Truck $27,000 Fayette County Recycling Education Program, Drop-off Collection Truck, Fork lift and Containers $121,500 Canonsburg Borough
Washington CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $46,800 South Strabane Township
Washington CountyRecycling Education and Leaf Collection Equipment $38,488 Latrobe Borough
Westmoreland CountyCurbside Recycling Containers and Leaf Collection Truck $43,327 Rostraver Township
Westmoreland CountyCurbside Recycling Containers $5,400 Subtotals 11 $404,974 Northwest Region Crawford County Commerical/Institutional Recycling Containers and Waste Reduction Education $53,514 West Mead Township
Crawford CountyRecycling Processing Center Equipment and Recycling Education Program $365,806 Erie County Recycling Education Program $24,300 Harborcreek Township
Erie CountyYard Waste Collection Truck $9,504 Venango Township
Erie CountyRecycling Center Equipment and Containment Walls $29,915 Waterford Borough
Erie CountyWood Recycling Equipment $27,159 Jefferson County Newsprint Chopper for Animal Bedding, Recycling Collection Containers, Recycling Education Program $53,317 City of Bradford
McKean CountyCurbside Recycling Truck, Recycling Center Equipment, Recycling Center Improvements, Recycling Education $81,544 McKean County Newsprint Baler and Fluffer, Building Expansion $138,172 Mercer County Curbside Recycling Trucks, Recycling Center Processing Equipment $190,136 City of Franklin
Venango CountyCurbside Recycling Containers, Backyard Composting Bins, Recycling Education Program $54,778 Subtotals 11 $1,028,145 Total 85 $7,221,227
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-454. Filed for public inspection March 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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