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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-1951

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Applications, Actions and Special Notices

[27 Pa.B. 6340]

APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT

[National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)]

DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER

(Part I Permits)

   The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge controlled wastewaters into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative.

   Where indicated, 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 123.6E.

   Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Field Office indicated as the office responsible, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Field Office of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Field Office considers the public response significant.

   Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Management Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The application and related documents, proposed effluent limitations and special conditions, comments received and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the Field Office indicated above the application.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceeding should contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.


Applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge to State waters.

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

   PA 0055484.  Sewage, Herbert and Elizabeth Keating, 68 Bullock Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from small flow sewage treatment plant in Birmingham Township, Delaware County. This is an existing discharge to drainage area of an unnamed tributary of the Brandywine Creek.

   The receiving stream is classified for the following uses:  warm water fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 400 gpd are as follows:

AverageInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
CBOD5
   (5-1 to 10-31)1020
   (11-1 to 4-30)2040
Suspended Solids1020
Ammonia (as N)
   (5-1 to 10-31)36
   (11-1 to 4-30)918
Total Residual Chlorinemonitor/reportmonitor/report
Fecal Coliform200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average
Dissolved Oxygenminimum of 3.0 mg/l at all times
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   The EPA waiver is in effect.

  

   PA 0054585.  Sewage, Clark Properties, Inc., P. O. Box 239, Concordville, PA 19331-0239.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Clark Properties Lot No. 37 residence in Concord Township, Delaware County. This is an existing discharge to intermittent UNT to West Branch Chester Creek.

   The receiving stream is classified as a dry stream. It is an intermittent unnamed tributary to the West Branch of Chester Creek.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 400 gpd are as follows:

AverageInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
CBOD5
   (5-1 to 10-31)1020
   (11-1 to 4-30)2040
Suspended Solids1020
Ammonia (as N)
   (5-1 to 10-31)36
   (11-1 to 4-30)918
Total Residual Chlorinemonitor/reportmonitor/report
Fecal Coliform200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average
Dissolved Oxygenminimum of 3.0 mg/l at all times
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   The EPA waiver is in effect.


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

   PA 0051632.  Industrial waste, City of Easton, Route 611, North Delaware Drive, Easton, PA 18042.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge sedimentation basin overflow and shaft lubrication water from the City of Easton Water Treatment Plant located in the City of Easton, Northampton County. This is an existing discharge to the Delaware River.

   The receiving stream is classified for the following uses:  warm water fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 0.0014 are as follows:

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Total Suspended Solids306075
Total Iron245
Total Aluminum4810
Total Manganese122.5
Dichlorobromomethanemonitor/report
Chlorodibromomethanemonitor/report
Chloroformmonitor/report
Total Residual Chlorine0.51.6
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 002 are as follows:

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Total Suspended Solids306075
Total Iron245
Total Aluminum4810
Total Manganese122.5
Dichlorobromomethanemonitor/report
Chlorodibromomethanemonitor/report
Chloroformmonitor/report
Total Residual Chlorine0.51.6
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

  

   PA 0012092.  Industrial waste, BOC Gases, 575 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge untreated cooling water and stormwater from the BOC Gases facility in City of Bethlehem, Northampton County. This is an existing discharge to dry swale tributary to the Lehigh Canal.

   The receiving stream is classified for the following uses:  warm water fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 0.026 mgd are as follows:

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Temperature110°F
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times
Total Dissolved Solids1,0002,0002,500
Total Residual Chlorine0.51.6

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average storm event are as follows:

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
CBOD5monitor/report
CODmonitor/report
Oil and Greasemonitor/report
pHmonitor/report
Total Suspended Solidsmonitor/report
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogenmonitor/report
Total Phosphorusmonitor/report
Dissolved Ironmonitor/report

   The EPA waiver is in effect.


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

   PA 0205559.  Sewage, WJT Enterprises, R. D. 2, Box 54, Marion Center, PA 15759.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Crystal Waters Personal Care Facility STP in Rayne Township, Indiana County.

   The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Pine Run, which are classified as a cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Cadogen Township Water Works.

   Outfall 001:  existing discharge, design flow of .0029 mgd.

Concentration (mg/l)
AverageAverageMaximumInstantaneous
Parameter MonthlyWeeklyDailyMaximum
CBOD52550
Suspended Solids3060
Fecal Coliform
   (5-1 to 9-30)200/100 ml as a geometric mean
   (10-1 to 4-30)75,000/100 ml as a geometric mean
Total Residual Chlorine1.43.3
pHnot less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0

   The EPA waiver is in effect.

  

   PA 0217743.  Sewage, Summit Hospitality Group Services, Inc. Days Inn at Donegal, Route 31, Donegal, PA 15628.

   This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Days Inn at Donegal Sewage Treatment Plant in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County.

   The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as unnamed tributary of Minnow Run, which are classified as a cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Westmoreland County MA--Source: Indian Creek Reservoir.

   Outfall 001:  new discharge, design flow of 0.0051 mgd.

Concentration (mg/l)
AverageAverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthlyWeeklyDailyMaximum
CBOD52550
Suspended Solids3060
Ammonia Nitrogen
   (5-1 to 10-31)2.04.0
   (11-1 to 4-30)4.59.0
Fecal Coliforms
   (5-1 to 9-30)200/100 ml as a geometric mean
   (10-1 to 4-30)2,000/100 ml as a geometric mean
Total Residual Chlorine0.040.09
Dissolved Oxygennot less than 6.0 mg/l
pHnot less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0

   The EPA waiver is in effect.


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

   PA 0000701.  Industrial waste and sewage. PFV Enterprises, Inc. 123 North Franklin Street, Titusville, PA 16354.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage and noncontact cooling water to an unnamed tributary to Pine Creek in Oil Creek Township, Venango County. This is an existing discharge.

   The receiving water is classified for the following uses:  cold water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply considered during the evaluation is the Emlenton Water Company on the Allegheny River located at Emlenton, approximately 57 miles below point of discharge.

   The proposed discharge limits, based on a design flow of 0.00015 mgd, at Outfall 001 and .0007 mgd at Outfall 002 are:

   Outfall No. 001

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Flow (mgd)monitor and report
Total Suspended Solids204050
Oil and Grease153030
Product 3005not detectable**
Temperature***Daily Average °F
   Oct. (1--15)59
   Oct. (16--31)55
   Nov. (1--15)51
   Nov. (16--30)50
   Dec. (1--31)69
   Jan. (1--31)69
   Feb. (1--28)63
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   **Using the most appropriate analytical method.

   ***Refer to Special Condition A in Part C.

   Outfall No. 002

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
Flow (mgd)monitor and report
CBOD52550
Total Suspended Solids3060
Ammonia-Nitrogen
   (5-1 to 10-31)7.515
Fecal Coliform**
   (5-1 to 9-30)               200/100ml as a geometric average
   (10-1 to 4-30)               11,250/100 ml as a geometric average
Total Residual Chlorine1.43.2
pHwithin limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times

   **Refer to Special Condition B in Part C.

   The EPA waiver is in effect.

  

   PA 0101923.  Sewage. Saegertown Area Sewer Authority P. O. Box 334, Park Avenue Ext., Saegertown, PA 16433.

   This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage to the French Creek in Saegertown Borough, Crawford County. This is an existing discharge.

   The receiving water is classified for the following uses:  warm water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply considered during the evaluation is the Franklin General Authority on French Creek located at Franklin, approximately 31 miles below point of discharge.

   The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on a design flow of 0.49 mgd, are:

AverageMaximumInstantaneous
ParameterMonthly (mg/l)Daily (mg/l)Maximum (mg/l)
CBOD5254050
TSS304560
Phosphorus (as P)
   (Interim)XXXX
   (Final)24
Fecal Coliform
   (5-1 to 9-30)200/100 ml
   (10-1 to 4-30)84,500/100 ml
Total Residual Chlorine.51.6
pH6.0--9.0 at all times

   The EPA waiver is in effect.

DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER

Applications under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law

(Part II Permits)

   The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following: name, address and telephone number; identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed; and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protests. Each writer will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan, action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.

   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.


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

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

   2397412.  Sewerage. Relocation Resources Inc., 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061. Installation of single family treatment facility to replace the existing malfunctioning septic system to serve 113 Appletree Drive located in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County.

   0997409.  Sewerage. Upper Southampton Sewer Authority, 945 Street Road, P. O. Box 481, Southampton, PA 18966. Construction to replace existing sanitary sewer located in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County.

   1597413.  Sewerage. Thornbury Township, 8 Township Drive, Cheyney, PA 19319. Construction of a new wastewater pump station to serve nine single family residences located in Thornbury Township, Chester County.

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

   A.  3997407.  Sewerage. Washington Township, P. O. Box 27, Slatedale, PA 18079-0027. Application to construct and operate sewers and appurtenances and pump stations to serve the Villages of Emerald and Slatedale, Primrose Heights/SR 0873 Area, and Riverview Acres Areas, located in Washington Township, Lehigh County. Application received in the Regional Office September 18, 1997.

   A.  4597405.  Sewerage. PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, P. O. Box 8451, 400 Market Street, 8th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8451. Application to modify an existing sewage treatment facility at a new DCNR/DEP field office (Swiftwater Forestry Headquarters), located in Pocono Township, Monroe County. Application received in the Regional Office October 15, 1997.

   A.  5297401.  Sewerage. Delaware Valley School District, HC 77, Box 379A, Milford, PA 18337. Application for improvements to the Route 6/209 wastewater treatment plant located in Westfall Township, Pike County. Application received in the Regional Office October 31, 1997.

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

   WQM Permit No. 6297409.  Sewage, Derek L. Robeson, SRSTP, R. D. 1, Box 1779, Russell, PA 16345. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Pine Grove Township, Warren County.

   WQM Permit No. 2597423.  Sewage. North East Borough, 58 East Main Street, North East, PA 16428. This project is for the construction of clarifier and sludge pumping station at Site I Wastewater Treatment Plant in North East Borough, Erie County.

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

(PAS)

   The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from a proposed construction activity into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided in the permit as erosion and sedimentation control measures and facilities which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharge.

   Where indicated, 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(d).

   Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the Regional Office or County Conservation District Office indicated as the responsible office, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. A copy of the written comments should be sent to the County Conservation District Office. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Regional Office of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Regional Office considers the public response significant.

   Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealable to the Environmental Hearing Board.

   The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the County Conservation District Office or the Department Regional Office indicated above the application.

   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.

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

   Northampton County Conservation District, District Manager, R. R. 4, Greystone Building, Nazareth, PA 18064, (610) 746-1971.

   NPDES Permit PAS10U082.  Stormwater. Guy Ahearn, 8735 North Delaware Drive, Bangor, PA 18013 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, to Bushkill Creek.

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

   NPDES Permit PAS10K021.  Stormwater. Robert Tidmore, 521 Seminole Drive, Erie, PA 16505 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Millcreek Township, Erie County, to Thomas Run.

SAFE DRINKING WATER


Applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).

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

   A.  1597510.  Public water supply. Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park, Lucy J. Patton, 21 Patton Drive, Honey Brook, PA 19344. This proposal involves the permitting of an existing unpermitted water supply system in Honey Brook Borough, Chester County.

   A.  4697512.  Public water supply. Superior Water Company, Robert A. Braglio, 1030 W. Germantown Pike, Fairview Village, PA 19409. This proposal involves the construction of Well No. 8 in Douglass Township, Montgomery County.

   Northwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6899.

   A.  1097508.  Public water supply. Peter Rabbit Campground, Inc., Lilac Lane, Slippery Rock, PA 16057. This proposal involves the addition of new well no. 4 and a 40,000 gallon finished water storage tank in Brady Township, Butler County.

   A.  2597506.  Public water supply. Municipal Authority of the Borough of Waterford, 224 East 3rd Street, Waterford, PA 16441. This proposal involves the drilling and installation of water wells nos. 3 and 4 (standby), pumps and controls and construction of a building to house the wells in Waterford Borough, Erie County.

LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Under Act 2, 1995

Preamble 1


Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).

   Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department must provide a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.

   For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Department's Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.

   The Department has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:

   Northeast Regional Field Office, Joseph A. Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.

   Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP&L)--Distribution Pole #63808S50135 (Weaversville Road), Allen Township, Northampton County. PP&L, Environmental Management Division has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of site soils found to be contaminated with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide human health standard. This distribution pole was previously misidentified as pole #63219S50608.

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