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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-1450c

[27 Pa.B. 4562]

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

Coal Applications Issued:

   329970103.  General Mining, Inc. (R. D. 2, Box 194, Avonmore, PA 15618), commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip-auger mine in Young Township, Indiana County, affecting 113.0 acres, receiving stream Marshall Run to Blacklegs Creek, application received March 13, 1997, permit issued August 15, 1997.

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

   26820129.  Wise Mining Company (R. D. 1, Box 15, Lake Lynn, PA 15451). Permit revised to add 11 acres to the permit boundaries at a bituminous surface mining operation located in Springhill Township, Fayette County, now affecting 36.1 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Grassy Run, to Grassy Run, to the Cheat River. Application received August 20, 1996. Revision issued August 6, 1997.

   65840119R.  M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701). Renewal permit issued for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface auger mine (with limestone removal and a portable crusher) located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 630.3 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Stony Run and McGee Run. Renewal application received July 7, 1997. Renewal permit issued August 8, 1997.

   65850102R.  V. P. Smith Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 242, Ligonier, PA 15658). Renewal issued for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 182 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to McGee Run. No overburden or coal removal activities may commence until proper amount of bond is submitted. Application received June 5, 1997. Renewal issued August 15, 1997.

   26920105T.  Twilight Industries, Division of U. S. Natural Resources, Inc. (212 State Street, Belle Vernon, PA 15012). Transfer issued for continued operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Jefferson Township, Fayette County, affecting 148 acres. Site previously permitted to Bart Bertocci Contractors, Inc. Receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Washington Run and unnamed tributaries to Little Redstone Creek. Application received June 3, 1997. Transfer permit issued August 15, 1997.

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

   17870114.  M & M Construction Co., Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 66, Morrisdale, PA 16858), major permit modification to apply biosolids to enhance vegetation on an existing bituminous surface mine permit in Bigler Township, Clearfield County affecting 338.5 acres, application received January 21, 1997, permit issued July 19, 1997.

   17920119.  Junior Coal Contracting, Inc. (R. R. 3, Box 225-A, Philipsburg, PA 16866), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit to change permit acreage from 103.4 to 120.7 acres, Sandy Township, Clearfield County, receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Clear Run and Slab Run to Sandy Lick Creek to Redbank Creek to the Allegheny River, application received May 27, 1997, permit issued July 31, 1997.

   57960201.  Falcon Coal & Construction Co. (P. O. Box 207, Mildred, PA 18632), commencement, operation and restoration of a Coal Refuse Reprocessing permit in Cherry Township, Sullivan County affecting 12.1 acres, receiving streams Birch Creek to Loyalsock Creek to West Branch of the Susquehanna River, application received October 29, 1996, permit issued July 30, 1997.

   41870101.  Fisher Mining Company (460 Market Street, Williamsport, PA 17701), renewal of an existing bituminous surface mine permit for reclamation only, Pine Township, Lycoming County affecting 132.8 acres, receiving streams Buckeye Run to Otter Run, Otter Run to Little Pine Creek; Shingle Mill Branch to English Center Run; English Center Run to Little Pine Creek; Little Pine Creek to Pine Creek, Pine Creek to West Branch Susquehanna River, application received March 28, 1997, permit issued August 6, 1997.

   Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a reduction in permit acreage from 131.3 to 103.3, Jordan Township, Clearfield County, receiving streams unnamed tributaries to Potts Run to Clearfield Creek to the West Branch Susquehanna River, application received June 5, 1997, permit issued August 4, 1997.

   17900105.  Southwest Reclamation, Inc. (P. O. Box 128, Clearfield, PA 16830), revision to an existing bituminous surface mine permit for a change in permit acreage from 79.4 to 86.4 acres, Huston Township, Clearfield County, receiving streams Horning Run to Bennett Branch and Bennett Branch and Bennett Branch to Sinnemahoning Creek to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, application received October 21, 1996, permit issued August 6, 1997.

   Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.

   61920101.  D. W. L. Coal Company (1201 West Main Street, Grove City, PA 16127), renewal of an existing bituminous strip operation in Cherry Valley Borough and Scrubgrass and Venango Townships, Venango and Butler Counties affecting 40.5 acres. This renewal is issued for reclamation only. Receiving streams two unnamed tributaries to Little Scrubgrass Creek. Application received June 19, 1997. Permit issued August 11, 1997.

   10920106.  BMB Management, Inc. (R. D. 6, Friendship Plaza, Kittanning, PA 16201), renewal of an existing bituminous strip and tipple refuse disposal operation in Clay Township, Butler County affecting 80.2 acres. This renewal is issued for reclamation only. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Stoney Run and two unnamed tributaries to Pine Run. Application received June 3, 1997. Permit issued August 6, 1997.

   McMurray District Office

   10841302.  BethEnergy Mines, Inc. (P. O. Box 143, Eighty-Four, PA 15330), to renew the permit for the Fawn Mine No. 91 in Clinton Township, Butler County, no additional discharges. Permit issued August 14, 1997.

   17901601.  Sky Haven Coal, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 180, Penfield, PA 15849), to renew the permit for the DuBois Tipple in Sandy Township, Clearfield County, no additional discharges. Permit issued August 21, 1997.

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

Noncoal Permits Issued

   03970301.  Seven Sisters Mining Co., Inc. (200 U. S. Route 22, Delmont, PA 15626). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a large noncoal (sand, gravel and topsoil) surface mining site located in South Bend Township, Armstrong County, affecting 36.2 acres. Receiving streams Crooked Creek to the Allegheny River. Application received February 21, 1997. Permit issued August 13, 1997.

   63960301.  Dick Corporation (P. O. Box 10896, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0896). Permit revised to change name from Dick Enterprises, Inc. to Dick Corporation, for a noncoal surface mining operation located in Hanover Township, Washington County, affecting 33.2 acres. Receiving streams unnamed tributary to Kings Creek, Kings Creek to the Ohio River. Application received June 2, 1997. Revision issued August 15, 1997.

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

Small Noncoal Permits Issued

   03962301.  Thomas L. Huff (R. R. 1, Smicksburg, PA 16256). Permit issued for commencement, operation and reclamation of a general small noncoal (shale) mine located in Wayne Township, Armstrong County, affecting 1.0 acre. Receiving streams Little Mahoning Creek. Application received December 16, 1996. Permit issued August 5, 1997.

   Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.

Noncoal Issued

   37960303.  Grant R. Wright, Inc. (376 North Tower Road, Fombell, PA 16123), commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Union Township, Lawrence County affecting 146.0 acres. Receiving streams Mahoning River. Application received October 15, 1996. Permit issued August 8, 1997.

   43970301.  Larry G. Temple (228 Georgetown Road, Hadley, PA 16130), commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County affecting 28.0 acres. Receiving streams none. Application received April 28, 1997. Permit issued August 6, 1997.

   Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.

   8073SM1C3.  Kibblehouse Quarries, Inc. (1128 Crusher Road, Perkiomenville, PA 18074), correction to an existing quarry operation in Marborough Township, Montgomery County affecting 75.9 acres, receiving stream Unami Creek. Correction issued August 18, 1997.

   01870301C2.  Tarmac America (P. O. Box 468, Hanover, PA 17331), renewal of NPDES Permit #PA0593931 in Oxford, Conewago and Berwick Townships, Adams County, receiving stream North Stream, Beaver Creek and Conewago Creek. Renewal issued August 19, 1997.

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

Coal Applications Withdrawn

   63840102.  Pennweir Construction Company (401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Weirton, WV 26062). Revision withdrawn requesting addition of biosolids to an existing bituminous surface mine with coal refuse disposal located in Jefferson Township, Washington County, affecting 267.9 acres. Receiving streams Parmer Run to Cross Creek to Ohio River and unnamed tributary to Scott Run. Revision application received May 27, 1997. Revision application withdrawn August 4, 1997.

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)).

   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, 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 proves 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.)

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

   E15-539.  Encroachment Permit. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company, 762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. To install and maintain a 20-inch potable water main across an unnamed tributary to Valley Creek (EV). The site is located approximately 1,100 feet west of the intersection of Conestoga Road (S. R. 401) and Phoenixville Pike, (Malvern, PA Quadrangle N: 9.9 inch; W: 10.5 inch) in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E46-747.  Encroachment Permit. William P. Gross, Gross Equipment Company, Inc., 1200 Route 100, Bechtelsville, PA 19505. To perform the following activities associated with the proposed 9 Golf Hole expansion at the existing Gilbertsville Golf Club. The activities include:

   1.  The installation of three golf cartway bridges having a span of 37 feet, 16 feet and 35 feet which span the channel of Minister Creek and will impact 0.03 acre of wetland in area E/F.

   2.  To modify, operate and maintain two existing bridges across Minister Creek.

   3.  To install, operate and maintain a 27 inch diameter CPP culvert with flared end section in and along an unnamed tributary to Minister Creek for golf cart passage.

   4.  To construct, operate and maintain two 15 inch diameter CPP outfall structures to convey stormwater runoff.

   5.  To grade and place fill along the floodway of Minister Creek to accommodate the construction of golf holes number 1 and 9. (Tees and Greens)

   The site is located southeast of the intersection of Swamp Pike Road and Lutheran Road, (Sassamanville, PA Quadrangle N: 8.75 inch; W: 10.5 inch) in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County.

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

   E45-322.  Encroachment. Stephen E. and Betty Jean Barachie, R. R. 1, Box 1083, Kunkletown, PA 18058-1083. To give its consent to expand the reservoir surface area of a nonjurisdictional dam to approximately 0.2 acre by removing a 1,100 S. F. portion of land separting two bodies of water and to backfill and eliminate an adjacent 0.025 acre pond. The project is located on Bauer Creek, on the north side of Township Road T428 (Scheller Hill Road), approximately 0.15 mile east of the intersection of T428 and T437 (Pohopoco Mountain, PA Quadrangle N: 6.75 inches; W: 4.5 inches) in Polk Township, Monroe County.

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

   E07-280.  Encroachment. Hollidaysburg Borough Council, Randell Manning, Municipal Building, 401 Blair Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To construct and maintain a two span pedestrian bridge having one span of 82.0 feet and another span of 40.0 feet with a maximum underclearance of about 15.5 feet across the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River and to excavate about 26.4 cubic yards of stream bank material in the channel and above the normal water level at the bridge site as part of developing the Hollidaysburg Canal Basin Park in the floodplain of the River (Hollidaysburg PA Quadrangle N: 9.3 inches; W: 2.8 inches) in Hollidaysburg, Borough, Blair County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E21-263.  Encroachment. East Pennsboro Township, Robert Gill, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025. To place fill in 3.14 acres of wetland in order to construct the relocation of Center Street (SR 1015, Section 004) located about 1,500 feet south of PA 944 (Harrisburg, PA Quadrangle N: 6.1 inches; W: 9.6 inches) in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. The applicant will provide 3.14 acres of replacement wetlands. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E22-367.  Encroachment. John Rautzahn, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove two deteriorated structures and to construct and maintain a bridge having a span of 12 feet and an underclearance of 5 feet-2 inches and a bridge having a span of 12 feet and an underclearance of 6 feet-6 inches across the channel of a tributary to Swatara Creek at a point at Rt. 230 (Middletown, PA Quadrangle N: 13.2 inches; W: 12.0 inches) in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E36-632.  Encroachment. Bart Township, Ray Marvin, 46 Quarry Road, Quarryville, PA 17566. To remove the existing structure, construct and maintain a steel I-beam bridge having a clear span of 69 feet with an average underclearance of 17.4 feet across the West Branch Octoraro Creek on Hollow Road (T-367) (Gap, PA Quadrangle N: 3.7 inches; W: 12.2 inches) in Bart Township, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E38-115.  Encroachment. Pine Meadows Golf Course, Adam Moyer, P. O. Box 247, Myerstown, PA 17067. To construct and maintain two golf cart bridges having a clear span of 90 feet each with average underclearances of 13 feet each across the Little Swatara Creek for access to a future 9-hole golf course (Fredericksburg, PA Quadrangle N: 6.5 inches; W: 7.0 inches) in Bethel Township, Lebanon County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E44-080.  Encroachment. Constance Goss, Box 772, R. D. 1, Milroy, PA 17063. To maintain a single span bridge having a span of 31.6 feet and an underclearance of 9.0 feet across Laurel Creek and having been constructed under emergency permit EP44-96-03 and located along SR 1001 about 1,600 feet south of its intersection with Township Road T-464 (Burnham, PA Quadrangle N: 15.1 inches; W: 8.5 inches) in Armagh Township, Mifflin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E67-597.  Encroachment. Steven Poplaski, 546 Mountain Road, Dillsburg, PA 17019. To fill a de minimis area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre for construction of a single family residence on Lot No. 12 located within the Beavertown Heights subdivision (Dillsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 18.0 inches; W: 9.0 inches) in Carroll Township, York County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E67-599.  Encroachment. John Rautzahn, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 8-0, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To construct and maintain 16-foot span × 6-foot rise cast-in-place concrete box extensions of 16 linear feet onto the upstream end and 17 linear feet onto the downstream end of the existing 16' × 6' box culvert for widening of SR 0030 from a four-lane to a six-lane highway at Section 001 over Willis Run (West York, PA Quadrangle N: 17.1 inches; W: 2.4 inches) in West Manchester Township, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E36-631.  Encroachment. Southridge Farm Partnership, David Charles, 26 Millersville Road, Lancaster, PA 17603. To construct and maintain 200 l. f. of 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe culvert in a tributary to Mill Creek under Southrun Drive for access within the Southridge Farm development. Two hundred-sixty feet of the intermittent tributary will be relocated into a parabolic swale, beginning at the outlet of the pipe culvert. An 8-inch sanitary sewer line, a 4-inch sewer force main and an 8-inch waterline will be constructed and maintained under the tributary at Southrun Drive. The development is located along Millport Road (T-541) (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N: 5.0 inches; W: 1.5 inches) in East and West Lampeter Townships, Lancaster County. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E67-598.  Encroachment. Chanceford Township, Clifton Baldwin, Muddy Creek Road, P. O. Box 115, Brogue, PA 17309. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a 13-foot × 5-foot box culvert on Otter Creek located on Short Cut Road approximately 0.5 mile north of Cannery Road (Safe Harbor, PA Quadrangle N: 2.7 inches; W: 17.2 inches) in Chanceford Township, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' 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.

   E08-316.  Encroachment. Fulmer, Honchell and Schmeckenbecher, Real Estate Partnership, R. R. 6, Box 6167A, Towanda, PA 18848-6167. To place and maintain 0.02 acre of fill for a parking lot in the floodway of Laning Creek. This project is located on the south side of Route 6 about 1.5 miles east of the Towanda bridge (Towanda, PA Quadrangle N: 3.5 inches; W: 6.2 inches) in Wysox Township, Bradford County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E08-319.  Encroachment. DCNR, Bureau of State Parks, P. O. Box 8451, Harrisburg, PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span steel stringer bridge 51 feet in length and average underclearance of 10.6 feet over Mill Creek at the spillway of Stephen Foster Lake (East Troy, PA Quadrangle N: 9.2 inches; W: 3.8 inches) in West Burlington Township, Bradford County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E12-102.  Encroachment. Steven S. Troncone, 605 East Second St., Emporium, PA 15834. To construct, operate and maintain a private road within the floodway of Driftwood Branch, Sinnamahoning Creek that will provide access to a seasonal dwelling. The road shall be constructed with a length of 500 feet, a width 16-feet and a maximum height of 6 feet above the existing elevations that is located along the southern right-of-way of SR 0120 approximately 2,904 feet east of the intersection of SR 0155 and SR 0120 (Cameron, PA Quadrangle N: 22.1 inches; W: 11.5 inches) in Shippen Township, Cameron County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E18-235.  Encroachment. Croda Inc., P. O. Box 178, Draketown Rd., Mill Hall, PA 17751. To place and maintain fill in 1.13 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands, to place and maintain fill in 0.43 acre of palustrine forested open water wetlands, to maintain 0.26 acre of wetland replacement encroaching in the floodway of Bald Eagle Creek, for the purpose of expanding existing chemical plant operations. The company property encompasses 12.9 acres of land with 8.9 acres currently developed. The fill site is located on the western side of company property located along Draketown Road (T-373) approximately 0.30 mile from the intersection with SR 150 (Mill Hall, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 13.5 inches) in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County. Off-site mitigation for impacts will be replaced within the floodway of Bald Eagle Creek located along Lusk Run Road (SR 2020) approximately 1.0 mile from the intersection with SR 150 (Mill Hall, PA Quadrangle N: 22.5 inches; W: 17.0 inches) in Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County.

   E41-403.  Encroachment. East Lycoming School District, Cemetery St., Hughesville, PA 17737. To construct and maintain an 8 foot wide covered footbridge with a clear span of 34.5 feet and underclearance of 4.5 feet across Laurel Run at a point about 1,500 feet upstream of its confluence with Muncy Creek in Van Rensselaer Park (Picture Rocks Borough and Wolf Township, Lycoming County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E47-060.  Encroachment. Valley Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 307, Danville, PA 17821. To place and maintain about 4 feet of fill in the flood fringe of Mauses Creek for additional treatment units and an office building at an existing wastewater treatment plant. This project is located next to Route 54 about 2 miles north of Route 11 (Riverside, PA Quadrangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 1.3 inches) in Valley Township, Montour County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E49-205.  Encroachment. Northumberland County Commissioners, 201 Market St., Sunbury, PA 17801. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single cell concrete box culvert with a 20 foot clear span and a 10 foot rise under fill with the associated precast reinforced concrete inlet and outlet end sections in Millers Run located approximately 100 feet southwest of the intersection of SR 2016 and T-764 (Shamokin, PA Quadrangle N: 16.2 inches; W: 11.7 inches) in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E55-145.  Encroachment. Middleburg Municipal Authority, 13 North Main St., Middleburg, PA 17842. To construct, operate and maintain a publicly owned waste water treatment plant within floodplains and wetlands associated to Middle Creek. The proposed work shall consist of excavating, filling, regrading and stabilizing within the 100-year floodplain of Middle Creek. The project is located along the northern right-of-way of SR 0522 approximately 2,000 feet east of intersection of SR 0522 and East Market St. (Middleburg, PA Quadrangle N: 7.7 inches; W: 5.6 inches) in Middleburg Borough, Snyder County.

   E59-336.  Encroachment. Jackson Township Supervisors, P. O. Box 48, Millerton, PA 16936. To construct and maintain a corrugated metal pipe arch with a span of 103 inches, a rise of 71 inches and a length of 60 feet, plus the associated approach fill located at the intersection of T-703 and T-709 (Jackson Summit, PA Quadrangle N: 10.8 inches; W: 4.1 inches) in Jackson Township, Tioga County.

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

   E10-264.  Encroachment. Treesdale Golf and Country Club, One Arnold Palmer Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044. To fill 0.425 acre of seven separate wetland areas and to construct and maintain two bridges across two separate wetland areas for the construction of the third nine holes of the Treesdale Golf and Country Club Golf Course approximately 4,000 feet southwest of the intersection of S. R. 228 and S. R. 3015 (Mars/Valencia Road) (Mars, PA Quadrangle N: 9.3 inches; W: 1.1 inches) located in Adams Township, Butler County.

   E16-098.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Electric Company, 2800 Pottsville Pike, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001. To rehabilitate and maintain the existing 115 kv aerial electric transmission line across the Clarion River approximately 600 feet downstream of Piney Dam (DEP File No. D16-019) (Clarion, PA Quadrangle N: 12.3 inches; W: 8.4 inches) located in Paint and Piney Townships, Clarion County.

   E20-443.  Encroachment. Estate of Ivor J. Lee, II, c/o William T. Jordan, Esq., 966 South Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335. To maintain 1.10 acres of wetland fill through an approximately 30-acre wetland system and a 36-inch diameter culvert in the old Erie Canal between Aldina Drive and S. R. 618 approximately 3,000 feet north of S. R. 6 (Conneaut Lake, PA Quadrangle N: 20.8 inches; W: 9.2 inches) located in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County.

   E25-551.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To install concrete streambed paving 1-foot below the existing streambed, rock riprap scour protection and to maintain the existing concrete Arch having a span of 18 feet and a maximum underclearance of 12.25 feet across Goodban Run on S. R. 3021, Segment 0020, Offset 2414 approximately 1 mile east of S. R. 98 (Edinboro North, PA Quadrangle N: 15.2 inches; W: 11.2 inches) located in Franklin Township, Erie County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E43-258.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To install concrete streambed paving 1-foot below the existing streambed, rock riprap scour protection and to maintain the existing bridge having a clear span of 18 feet and an underclearance of 5.3 feet across Pine Run on S. R. 0062, Segment 0050, Offset 1269 approximately 1,000 feet west of S. R. 518 (Sharon East, PA Quadrangle N: 19.5 inches; W: 16.7 inches) located in the City of Sharon, Mercer County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E43-259.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To install concrete streambed paving 1-foot below the existing streambed, rock riprap scour protection and to maintain the existing bridge having a clear span of 12 feet and an underclearance of 5.75 feet across a tributary to Little Shenango River (Sankeys Run) on S. R. 4019, Segment 0050, Offset 0000 approximately 0.7 mile east of S. R. 358 (Greenville East, PA Quadrangle N: 5.6 inches; W: 12.9 inches) located in Hempfield Township, Mercer County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E61-206.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Electric Company, 2800 Pottsville Pike, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001. To rehabilitate and maintain the existing 115 kv aerial electric transmission line across Sugar Creek approximately 2,000 feet downstream of S. R. 322 near the village of Wyattville (Utica, PA Quadrangle N: 12.65 inches; W: 2.85 inches) located in the Borough of Sugarcreek, Venango County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E62-331.  Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a prestressed concrete adjacent box beam bridge having a normal span of 34.9 feet and an average underclearance of 5.4 feet on a 60 degree skew across Andrews Run on S. R. 3007, Segment 0260, Offset 0000 approximately 1.4 miles south of S. R. 27 (Pittsfield, PA Quadrangle N: 11.9 inches; W: 1.4 inches) located in Pittsfield Township, Venango County.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

   Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.

   EA59-006C0.  Environmental Assessment. Ed Signor (Box 89, Arnot, PA 16911). To construct and maintain a nonjurisdictional dam across a tributary to Sand Run (CWF) for the purpose of recreation and is located approximately 2,900 feet southwest of the intersection of T-670 and S. R. 2016 in Maple Hill (Cherry Flats, PA Quadrangle N: 11.3 inches; W: 7.0 inches) in Covington Township, Tioga County.

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

   EA34-001.  Environmental Assessment. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, John Gillespie, P. O. Box 1642, Houston, TX 77251. To remove fill material in a restored wetland area along approximately 180-foot section of Lick Run located in Lack Township, Juniata County (Blairs Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 19 inches; W: 4.0 inches). This Environmental Assessment was issued under section 105.15(3)b. 401 Water Quality Certification is issued for this Environmental Assessment.


SPECIAL NOTICES

Proposed Consent Order and Agreement

Oliver Site

Waterford Township, Erie County

   Under section 1113 of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. § 6020.1113), notice is hereby provided that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has entered into an agreement with the Waterford Recreation Association (Association) concerning the Oliver Site located in Waterford Township, Erie County.

   In the past, wastes containing hazardous substances were disposed at the Oliver Site, and these substances have contaminated the environment at the Site. The Department has incurred more than $1 million in costs at the Oliver Site, and the Department estimates that it will cost approximately $3 million more to clean up the Site. Some of the cleanup has been completed by responsible persons for the Oliver Site under the direction of the Department. The Department is currently negotiating with another responsible person to finish the cleanup of the Site.

   The Association intends to obtain ownership of the approximately 52 acre property located within the Oliver Site (property), to develop and manage the property for softball, baseball and other recreational uses by the public, without profit to the Association. Upon obtaining ownership of the property, the Association shall grant the Department, and its designated agents, access to the property to finish the cleanup of the Oliver Site. The Association shall also help maintain the cleanup of the property at the Oliver Site.

   The specific terms of this agreement are set forth in the Consent Order and Agreement between the Department and the Association. The Department will receive and consider comments on this Consent Order and Agreement for 60 days from the date of this Public Notice. The Department may withdraw its consent if the comments disclose facts or considerations which indicate that this agreement is inappropriate, inadequate, or not in the public interest. This agreement shall become final upon the Department filing its responses to any significant comments to the Consent Order and Agreement.

   Comments on the Consent Order and Agreement may be submitted, in writing, to Robert J. Kimball, Project Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Hazardous Sites Cleanup, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481. Copies of the Consent Order and Agreement and further information may be obtained by contacting Robert Kimball at (814) 332-6648. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.


Settlements Under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company Site

Newberry Township, York County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305), has entered into a number of consent decrees with multiple parties regarding the Department's costs incurred for conducting response activities at the Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company (ISCC) site. These consent decrees were reached as part of the Department's cost recovery litigation in PADEP v. Columbia Leather and Coatings Company, Inc. et al. (Civil Action No. 1:CV-96-1502).

   The ISCC site is a 9-acre parcel of land in Newberry Township, York County, adjacent to Interstate 83. The surrounding area is primarily rural, although residential, commercial and industrial developments are located within a close vicinity of the site. A number of private residential wells have been contaminated by hazardous substances migrating from the ISCC site.

   ISCC was involved in the reprocessing of used solvents. Because of violations of hazardous waste requirements, the Department on July 6, 1989, terminated ISCC's authority to operate a hazardous waste treatment and storage facility. The site was abandoned in 1990 when ISCC declared bankruptcy. A total of 996 potentially responsible parties for the hazardous substances located at the ISCC site were identified by the Department.

   Because of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the ISCC site, the site was placed on the Pennsylvania Priority List for Remedial Response on October 26, 1991. The Department and a group of approximately 135 cooperating potentially responsible parties have conducted a number of interim actions at the site to address the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. To date, the Department has incurred costs of approximately $3.3 million to implement and/or oversee these interim actions. A final remedial action for the groundwater and soil at the ISCC site will be selected by the Department and implemented in the future.

   On August 28, 1997, the Department lodged with the Court in the Columbia Leather matter a total of 12 proposed consent decrees, two of them involving multiple parties. Under one of these multiple party consent decrees, 13 parties responsible for more than 5,000 gallons of hazardous substances at the ISCC site [Dri-Print Foils, Inc.; Fuller Company; Kelly Springfield Tire Company (a division of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company); Kerr Group, Inc.; Lyon Metal Products, Inc.; Mohawk Flush Doors (Nortek, Inc.); Quality Chemicals, Inc.; Quebecor Printing Memphis, Inc.; Specialty Screw Machine Products, Inc.; Thomson 60 Case LLC; TR-Metro Chemical Inc.; Verla International, Ltd. and VIZ Manufacturing Company] will pay the Department $533,535 to reimburse the Department for its response costs at the ISCC site.

   Under the second multiple party consent decree, 52 de minimis parties [Advanced Industrial Services, Inc.; ADVO, Inc.; American Technology Corp.; Amphenol Corporation; Best Merchandise Corp. (F/k/a Arthur Matney Co., Inc.); Metalcast Div. of Anchor Fence, Inc.; Anne Arundel County, Md.; Battenfeld Blowmolding Division of Battenfeld Gloucester-Engineering Co., Inc.; Bromante Corp.; C-B Tool Co.; Champion International Corp.; Columbia Products, Inc.; C. W. Hayden Co., Inc.; DENTSPLY International, Inc.; Display Craft Manufacturing Co.; Dryden Oil Company Inc.; Dunlap-Mellor and Company, Inc.; Electron Energy Corporation; Erie Engineered Products, Inc. (as successor to Metricase Corp.); Fenner Manheim; Five Star Group, Inc.; Fleming Companies, Inc.; Globe Screen Print; Gunnebo Fastening Corp.; Industrial Finishing Products, Inc.; King Industries, Inc.; Larson-Juhl (f/k/a American Moulding); Lucent Technologies (as a successor to AT&T Corp.); Luxo Corporation; Metraplex Corporation; Novamet Specialty Products Corporation; Owens Corning; Pepsi-Cola Operating Company of Chesapeake & Indianapolis; Rearden Metal Products, Inc.; Royer Industries, Inc.; Sal Chemical Co., Inc.; Sandvik Process Systems, Inc.; Schweitzer-Mauduit International; Sheetz, Inc; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc; The Southland Corporation; S&S Industries, Inc.; Statton Furniture Mfg Co.; Tec Inc.; UIDC Management, Inc.; Universal Security Instruments, Inc.; Cooper Industries, Inc. (on behalf of Wagner Lighting); Washington Aluminum Co.; York Container Company; and York Industrial Tool Inc.] will pay the Department $555,965 to resolve the Department's response costs claims. A number of parties to both of these multiple party consent decrees will also be resolving their liability to the Department for natural resource damages relating to the ISCC site.

   The Department has also lodged with the Court proposed consent decrees with American Inks & Coatings Corporation ($11,078), Berkley Products Company ($18,426), Biddle Sawyer, Inc. $37,514), Boulden, Inc. ($154,280), Davis & Hemphill, Inc. ($63,900), Mid-State Trading Company ($13,976), Pride Solvents & Chemical Company ($68,080), Ross Technology Corporation ($10,181), Safeguard Chemical Company ($121,279), and Stambaugh's Air Service, Inc. ($4,833). Under all of the proposed consent decrees that are subject to this notice the Department will receive a total of $1,593,047.

   This notice is provided under section 1113 of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.1113). The proposed consent decrees are subject to final approval by the Court in the Columbia Leather matter. The proposed consent decrees that contain the specific terms of the settlements are available for public review and comment. The proposed consent decrees can be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department's office at One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, by contacting Barbara Faletti at (717) 657-4592. A public comment period on the proposed consent decrees will extend for 60 days from today's date. Persons may submit written comments regarding the proposed consent decrees to the Department by November 5, 1997, by submitting them to Barbara Faletti at the above address.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1450. Filed for public inspection September 5, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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