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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-386d

[30 Pa.B. 1275]

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ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION 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 rule 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).

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications:

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

   E46-851.  Encroachment Permit. Abington Township, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. To relocate and maintain approximately 500 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Sandy Run (TSF). This work is associated with the construction of an onstream jurisdictional dam (D46-332). This site is located within the Ardsley Burial Park approximately 400 feet southeast of the intersection of Maple Avenue and Lincoln Avenue and is associated with the Susquehanna Woods Stormwater Management Control Project (Germantown, USGS Quadrangle N: 22.2 inches, W: 3.6 inches) in Abington Township, Montgomery County.

   E09-777.  Encroachment Permit. Bricks Sales, 1200 South West End Boulevard, Quakertown, PA 18951. To place fill in 0.40 acre body of water to provide additional display area for an existing commercial facility. The site is located approximately 1,800 feet south of Tollgate Road along the west side of Route 309 (Quakertown, PA Quadrangle N: 6.7 inches; W: 12.9 inches) in Richland Township, Bucks County.

   E46-854.  Encroachment Permit. Upper Dublin Township, 801 Loch Alsh Avenue, Fort Washington, PA 19034-1697. To perform the following water obstruction and encroachment activities associated with the Camphill and Highland Athletic Complex Project:

   1.  To construct and maintain an 8-foot wide and 14-foot long prefabricated pedestrian bridge across Rapp Run (TSP);

   2.  To place fill within a de minimis amount (0.03 acre) of wetlands (PEM) associated with the construction of a proposed parking lot;

   3.  To perform minor grading within the 100-year floodplain of Rapp Run associated with the construction of athletic fields and associated facilities.

   The site is located just west of the intersection of Camphill Road and Highland Avenue (Ambler, PA Quadrangle N: 2.3 inches; W: 8.6 inches) in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County.

   E51-181.  Encroachment Permit. City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal E, Philadelphia, PA 19153. To construct and maintain a commercial facility within 100 year floodplain of the Delaware River for Hertz car rental operations, including: a maintenance building with offices and a mezzanine; a car wash; fueling stations and a parking lot. The site is located approximately 1,000 feet northwest from the intersection of Bartram Avenue and Island Avenue (Philadelphia, PA-NJ USGS Quadrangle N: 3.3 inches; W: 16.0 inches) in the City and County of Philadelphia.

   Northeast Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.

   EA-54-003NE.  Encroachment, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Abandon Mine Reclamation, 2 Public Square, 5th Floor, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790. To backfill four existing water bodies totaling 1.86 acres in conjunction with Abandon Mine Reclamation Project OSM54 (3648) 101.1, Blackwood West. (Minersville, PA Quadrangle N: 2.0 inches; W: 14.0 inches), Reilly Township, Schuylkill County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).

   Southcentral Regional Office, Section Chief, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, 909 Elmerton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.

   E07-315.  Encroachment. Bur. of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, P. O. Box 149, Ebensburg, PA 15931. To relocate and place fill in approximately 1,000 linear feet of intermittent tributary stream channels and to construct and maintain about 320 feet of channel relocation to tributary to Glenwhite Run (CWF) in conjunction with the construct of a passive wetland treatment system which includes two sediment basins, a vertical flow wetland and an aerobic wetland for the purpose of providing acid mine drainage abatement in the Glenwhite Run watershed located about 2.0 miles north of the Penn Central Railroad's Horseshoe Curve. This permit also authorizes a temporary road crossing of Glenwhite Run to provide access into the wetlands construction area and four rock apron outfall structures to convey flow from the wetlands to receiving stream channels (Ashville, PA Quadrangle N: 0.7 inch; W: 2.2 inches) in Logan Township, Blair County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E21-298.  Encroachment. PP&L, Inc., 2 North 9th Street, Allentown, PA 18101. To construct and maintain an aerial cable across the Conodoguinet Creek (WWF) to provide continued services to the customers located immediately downstream of Center Street (SR 1015) (Harrisburg West, PA Quadrangle N: 1.1 inches; W: 7.5 inches) in East Pennsboro Township and Camp Hill Borough, Cumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E36-682.  Encroachment. Bent Creek Country Club, 2345 Quarry Road, Lititz, PA 17543. To construct and maintain a 20-foot span and a 160-foot span footbridge supported on 18-inch diameter concrete pilaster bases spaced at 10-foot centers across the Little Conestoga Creek (WWF) located at the Bent Creek Country Club for pedestrian access between the golf course (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N: 22.0 inches; W: 15.0 inches) in Manheim and East Hempfield Townships, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E36-683.  Encroachment. Steven Beiler, 405 Red Hill Road, Narvon, PA 17555. To construct and maintain a bridge having a clear span of 40-foot with an underclearance of 7-foot across Pequea Creek (HQ-TSF) for an access driveway from Jacobs Road to a 57 acre farm land tract (Honey Brook, PA Quadrangle N: 11.5 inches; W: 12.5 inches) in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E44-097.  Encroachment. Kistler Borough, 94 Cedar Street, Mount Union, PA 17066. To construct and maintain approximately 375 feet of 6 inch diameter sanitary sewer force main pipe across the Juniata River and to construct a precast concrete barrier and sandbag cofferdam in the channel of the river to facilitate the construction of the force main in conjunction with the development of the Kistler Borough Wastewater Collection Facilities Project located at Kistler Borough (Newton Hamilton, PA Quadrangle N: 1.0 inches; W: 16.3 inches) in Wayne Township, Mifflin County and Mount Union Borough, Huntingdon 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.

   E65-700-A1.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 459, Uniontown, PA 15401. To amend Permit No. E65-700 to construct and maintain an additional access roadway crossing consisting of a 6-inch depressed, 154.0-foot long, 84-inch concrete pipe culvert in an unnamed tributary to Beaver Run (HQ-CWF) and to place and maintain fill in 0.042 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands. The project is located off of S. R. 0066 just north of the S. R. 0022/S. R. 0066 interchange (Slickville, PA Quadrangle N: 4.4 inches; W: 10.1 inches) in Salem Township, Westmoreland County. The replacement of 0.042 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands is included at the wetland replacement site authorized under Permit No. E65-700.

   E11-279.  Encroachment. Cambria County Commissioners, P. O. Box 269, Ebensburg, PA 15931. To remove the existing structure (Amsbry Bridge), and to construct and maintain a bridge having a normal clear span of 55.00 feet and an underclearance of 8.58 feet across Clearfield Creek (WWF) located on T-487 at a point approximately 0.1 mile east of its intersection with S. R. 53. The project includes placement and maintenance of scour protection along the abutments and wingwalls, installation of approximately 95 feet of rock riprap for bank stabilization. Also, to reconstruct and maintain the existing stream banks underneath the proposed bridge using scour protection (rip rap) and by constructing an elevated floodplain (Ashville, PA Quadrangle N: 6.55 inches; W: 8.25 inches) in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County.

   Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.

   E43-275.  Encroachment. Mercer Raceway Park, LLC, R. D. 1, Pulaski, PA 16143. To extend and maintain a 36-inch-diameter stream enclosure in a tributary to Munnell Run for expansion of the existing parking area for Mercer Raceway Park south of S. R. 2013 approximately 1,000 feet east of S. R. 19/62 (Mercer, PA Quadrangle N: 20.0 inches; W: 15.1 inches) in Findley Township, Mercer County.

   E62-361.  Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 255 Elm Street, P. O. Box 398, Oil City, PA 16301. To remove the existing concrete arch culvert and to construct and maintain a 3.65 meter wide by 2.74 meter high precast reinforced concrete box culvert with 0.15 meter depressed invert on a 60 degree skew in Bimber Run on S. R. 0062, Segment 0120, Offset 3695 approximately 3.5 kilometers north of the Buckingham Bridge at Tidioute (Cobham, PA Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 16.3 inches) in Limestone Township, Warren County.

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)).

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certification

   Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.

   D46-332.  DEP--Township of Abington (1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001). To construct, operate, and maintain a flood control dam located across a tributary to Sandy Run in Abington Township, Montgomery County.

   D14-124.  DEP. Pennsylvania Military Museum (P. O. Box 160A, Boalsburg, PA 16827). To modify, operate and maintain the Reflecting Pond Dam at the Pennsylvania Military Museum for the purpose of re-establishing fish passage and restoring the aquatic habitat of the stream. This dam is located across Spring Creek in Harris Township, Centre County.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Environmental Assessment Approval and
Actions on 401 Certification

   Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 3rd Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.

   D02-063EA.  Environmental Assessment. Duquesne Light (One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15729). To breach and abandon the Emergency Ash Pond and Stilling Basin as part of Cheswick Power Station's fly ash closure plan. The dam is located in the Tawney Run watershed (WWF) approximately 4,000 feet north of the powerplant (New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N: 8.8 inches; W: 6.2 inches) in Springdale Township, Allegheny County.

SPECIAL NOTICES

Reaffirmation of Act 537 Sewage Facilities Update Revision Plan approvals granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).
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   Northcentral Regional Office: Department of Environmental Protection, Water Management, Planning and Finance Section, Gary L. Metzger, Chief, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (570) 327-3399.

   Location:  Wallaceton Borough and Boggs Township, Clearfield County.

   Project Description: On June 30, 1994, the Department approved a joint update revision to Wallaceton Borough and Boggs Township's Act 537 Official Sewage Facilities Plan. The Plan called for the construction of a new 125,000 gpd sewage treatment plant and sewer extensions to serve approximately 405 residences. The proposed discharge for the new sewage treatment plant is to Laurel Run.

   The Department has re-evaluated the planning for the project and proposes to authorize Wallaceton Borough and Boggs Township to proceed with the project. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant negative environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-386. Filed for public inspection March 3, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]


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