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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-191b

[27 Pa.B. 740]

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The following approvals from coverage under NPDES Individual Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.

   Northcentral Region: Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10F053BXAL, Inc.
422 Allegheny St.
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
College Twp.
Centre County
Spring Creek

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

NPDESApplicant NameCounty andReceiving
Permit No.and AddressMunicipalityStream
PAS10A089Lisa Berardi
1951 Lincoln Hwy.
N. Versailles, PA 15137
A. Berardi & Son Inc
1951 Lincoln Hwy.
N. Versailles, PA 15137
N. Versailles
Allegheny County
Brush Creek UNT


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

Permits Issued

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

   Permit No. 3996401. Sewerage. Allied Utility Services, Inc., P. O. Box 1488, Skippack, PA 19474 (formerly Schnecksville North Wastewater Treatment Facility). Permit to increase the capacity of the existing sewage treatment plant, located in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

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

   Permit No. 0492201. Amendment No. 1. Industrial waste, Alex A. Paris Contracting Company, Inc., Route 18, P. O. Box 369, Atlasburg, PA 15004. Construction of residual waste landfill located in the Township of Hanover, Beaver County to serve the Paris Flyash Disposal Site.

   Permit No. 6596409. Sewerage, Kiski Area School District, 200 Poplar Street, Vandergrift, PA 15690. Construction of sewage treatment plant located in the Township of Washington, Westmoreland County to serve the Mamont Elementary School.

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

   Permit No. 4696420. Sewerage. Borough of Royersford (300 Main Street, P. O. Box 188, Royersford, PA 19468). Modifications of Borough of Royersford sewage treatment plant located in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County to serve the Borough of Royersford.

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

   WQM Permit No. 2595419. Sewage. Countryside II, Limited Partnership (d/b/a/ Countryside Mobile Home Park), 10215 Perry Lake Road, Clarkston, MI 48348. This project is to upgrade the mobile home park's wastewater treatment facility in McKean Township, Erie County.

   WQM Permit No. 2096407. Sewage. Meadville Area Sewer Authority, 984 Water Street, Meadville, PA 16335. This project is for plans to construct a new sewage treatment plant in the city of Meadville, Crawford County.


Plan Approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).

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

   Location:

   Crabapple Portal Sewage Treatment Plant, 300 feet off of S. R. 4002, approximately 0.6 mile west from the intersection of S. R. 3001 and S. R. 4002.

   Project Description:

   Approval of a revision of the Official Sewage Facilities Plan of Richhill Township, Greene County. Project involves the construction of a sewage treatment plant to serve the proposed Crabapple Portal in bathhouse for the Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company. Treated effluent is to be discharged to Crabapple Run, a tributary of the Dunkard Fork of Wheeling Creek.


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

   Southwest Regional Office:  Regional Manager, Water Supply and Community Health, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000.

   Permit No. 6743-A1. Public water supply. Borough of Somerset, 340 West Union Street, Somerset, PA 15501.

   Type of Facility:  State Hospital Water Tank and Hickory Hill Water Tanks.

   Permit to Operate Issued:  January 10, 1997.

   Permit No. 0290502. Public water supply. Borough of Springdale, 325 School Street, Springdale, PA 15144.

   Type of Facility:  Aluminum air stripping tower and appurtenances.

   Permit to Operate Issued:  January 10, 1997.

   Permit No. 0288508-A2. Public water supply. Pennsylvania-American Water Company, 410 Cooke Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15234.

   Type of Facility:  A 350,000 gallon wash water tank.

   Permit to Construct Issued:  January 10, 1997.

   Permit No. 5691501-A1. Public water supply. Borough of Somerset, 340 West Union Street, Somerset, PA 15501.

   Type of Facility:  Improvements to the Bakersville Water Treatment Plant.

   Permit to Construct Issued:  January 10, 1997.

   Permit No. 0388503-A3. Public water supply. Municipal Authority of Buffalo Township, 707 Sarver Pike Road, Sarver, PA 16055.

   Type of Facility:  Joe Jack Trailer Park Pump Station.

   Permit to Operate Issued:  January 16, 1997.

   Permit No. 6593507. Public water supply. James A. Lazarchik, Owner, J & L Mobile Homes, Inc., R. D. 4, Box 423B96, Blairsville, PA 15717.

   Type of Facility:  Country Village Mobile Home Park Water System.

   Permit to Operate Issued:  January 21, 1997.

   Permit No. 6593506. Public water supply. James A. Lazarchik, Owner, J & L Mobile Homes, Inc., R. D. 4, Box 423B96, Blairsville, PA 15717.

   Type of Facility:  Sun Dial Village Mobile Home Park Water System.

   Permit to Operate Issued:  January 21, 1997.


Submission of Final Reports on Attainment of Background and Statewide Health Standards (§§ 302(e)(2) and 303(h)(2).

   The following final reports were submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. § 6026.101--6026.908).

   Provisions of Chapter 3 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of submission of any final reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the act's remediation standards. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis for selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed, and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected.

   For further information concerning the final report, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department of Environmental Protection Regional Office under which the notice of receipt of a final report appears. If information concerning a final report 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 final reports.

   Southcentral Regional Office:  Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.

   Former Emeco Settling Pond, Hanover Borough, York County, and Conewago Township, Adams County. Phillip Schuchart, Schuchart Oil & Propane, 900 East Elm, Hanover, PA 17331, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with heavy metals, solvents, PHCs and PAHs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.

   Sun Pipeline Abbottstown, Berwick Township, Adams County. Sun Company, Inc., Twin Oaks Terminal, 4041 Market Street, Aston, PA 10014, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with BTEX and PHCs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.


Prompt Interim Response under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act

Phoenix Materials Site
East Franklin Township, Armstrong County

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. § 6020.101--6020.1305) (HSCA), has initiated a Prompt Interim Response at the Phoenix Materials Site. This response has been undertaken under section 505(b) of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.505(b)).

   The Department, under the authority of HSCA, began a Prompt Interim Response action on January 8, 1997, on properties presently held in repository by Armstrong County that were previously owned by Phoenix Materials Corporation. The properties are located at 833 Butler Avenue, Kittanning, Armstrong County, PA, and at one time were the location of the operations of the Phoenix Materials Corporation. The Phoenix Materials Site consists of several interconnecting manufacturing and office buildings located on a 3.5 acre tract across the street from the West Hills Elementary School. The Phoenix Materials Site is surrounded by a residential community with the nearest house less than 25 feet from the building complex.

   Based on the ongoing release and imminent threat of release of hazardous substances at the Phoenix Materials Site (Site) and the corresponding threats to human health and the environment, the Department determined that it is necessary to implement a Prompt Interim Response action at the Site under its authority under sections 501(a) and 505(b) of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.501(a) and 6020.505(b)). The Department determined that prompt action is required to protect the public health and safety and the environment from the ongoing release and imminent threat of release of hazardous substances due to the improper storage of hazardous substances in an unsecured area. The Department's prompt interim response is addressing the removal, offsite transportation and proper disposal of the hazardous substances found at the Site.

   The Department determined that a prompt interim response is necessary at the Site because of the community's actual or potential exposure to hazardous substances via inhalation and dermal contact.

   Because of these conditions, the Department determined a prompt interim response action should not be delayed for the length of time that it would take to formally develop and close an administrative record. Investigation of Site conditions by the Department occurred concurrently with this prompt interim response action.

   The objective of the prompt interim response action to remove from the Site (a) a drum of concentrated nitric acid, (b) three drums of acidic sludge which is primarily aluminum chloride, (c) five capacitors which contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and (d) the contents of two oil baths which contain high concentrations of lead. On January 8, 1997, these hazardous substances were properly containerized, identified, and placed in a secure area onsite until disposal could be arranged. These materials will be shipped offsite during the public comment period.

   Three alternative prompt interim response actions were considered by the Department for the Site. The three alternatives are:

   A.  Alternative 1:  This is the ''no action'' alternative. Under this alternative the Department would take no action to remove the hazardous substances. The waste materials would remain on the site in the present condition.

   B.  Alternative 2:  Under this alternative, the Department would remove and dispose of materials previously found to be hazardous, perform additional sampling to determine all characteristics required for safe disposal and to determine if additional hazardous substances are located at the Site. This alternative would also entail the removal and offsite disposal of hazardous substances which pose a potential toxicological hazard to both human and environmental receptors in and around the Site.

   C.  Alternative 3:  Under this alternative, the Department would place a fence around the site to eliminate the the threat of direct contact.

   In evaluating these alternatives, the Department considered the criteria of permanence, protection of human health and the environment, and the alternative's ability to meet applicable, relevant and appropriate State and Federal requirements. The Department also considered cost-effectiveness in analyzing the prompt interim alternative.

   Based on its analysis of the alternatives according to the criteria identified above, the Department determined that because it calls for the removal of hazardous substances, Alternative 2 provides more permanent protection of human health and the environment than either Alternative 1 or Alternative 3. Inasmuch as Alternative 1 would leave in place all of the Site's hazardous substances and those materials corresponding threats, Alternative 1 will provide no protection at all to human health and the environment. Inasmuch as Alternative 3 would leave in place all of the Site's hazardous substances and those materials corresponding threats with only a fence to separate the public from these threats, Alternative 3 would not significantly reduce the risk of soil and water contamination and direct contact because children would be likely to gain entry in spite of the presence of the fence.

   The Department chooses Alternative 2 and believes, further, that the remedial actions called for under Alternative 2 represent the most cost-effective method to address the Site's contamination.

   Thus far, the Department has overpacked the hazardous substances found on the Site in preparation for shipment. The drums were properly labeled and identified. Additional samples of the nitric acid were submitted for analysis and two underground storage tanks were sampled for potential hazardous substances.

   This notice is being provided under sections 505(b) and 506(b) of HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.505(b) and 6020.506(b)). The administrative record which contains the information that forms the basis and documents the selection of this response action is available for public review and comment. The Administrative Record can be examined from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during normal business hours at the Department's office at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-4745, telephone (412) 442-4000. Individuals interested in examining the Administrative Record should contact Ed Duval at (412) 442-4000 to arrange for an appointment to do so.

   The administrative record will be open for comment until Monday, May 12, 1997. Persons may submit written comments into the record during this time only, by sending them to Joseph L. Wood at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745 or by delivering them to this office in person.

   A public meeting is scheduled for March 12 at 7 p.m. in the West Hills Elementary School. Persons who want to present formal oral comments regarding the prompt interim response may do so by registering with the Department before the meeting. Individuals may register by calling the Department's Community Relations Coordinator, Betsy Mallison at (412) 442-4182.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact Betsy Mallison, at the telephone number listed above or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department of Environmental Protection can best accommodate their needs.

   The public may also submit written comments regarding the Department's prompt interim response action during the period for public comment, which runs from the date of this notice through May 12, 1997. Written comments should be addressed to Joseph L. Wood, Project Manager, at the Department's office at the address listed above. Individuals with questions should call Joseph L. Wood at (412) 442-4135.


Amended license issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), The Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. §§ 6019.1--6019.6) and regulations for license to transport infectious and chemotherapeutic waste.

   Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

   Incendere, Inc., 3710 Indian River Road, Chesapeake, VA 23325; License No. PA-HC 0058; amended license issued January 17, 1996.


Renewal licenses issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations for license to transport hazardous waste.

   Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

   Ashland Chemical Company, Division of Ashland Inc., P. O. Box 2219; Columbus, OH 43216; License No. PA-AH 0121; renewal license issued January 22, 1997.

   Autumn Industries, Inc., 518 Perkins-Jones Road, Warren, OH 44483; License No. PA-AH 0267; renewal license issued January 22, 1997.


Amended license issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations for license to transport hazardous waste.

   Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

   Ashland Chemical Company, Division of Ashland Inc., P. O. Box 2219, Columbus, OH 43216; License No. PA-AH 0121; amended license issued January 22, 1997.

   Autumn Industries, Inc., 518 Perkins-Jones Road, Warren, OH 44483; License No. PA-AH 0267; amended license issued January 22, 1997.

   Rollins Environmental, Inc., One Rollins Plaza, P. O. Box 2349, Wilmington, DE 19899; License No. PA-AH 0514; amended license issued January 17, 1997.


Licensed expired under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.1001--6018.1003) and regulations for license to transport hazardous waste.

   Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, Division of Hazardous Waste Management, P. O. Box 8471, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8471.

   Bryson Industrial Services, Inc., P. O. Box 210799, Columbia, SC 29221; License No. PA-AH 0345; license expired on January 17, 1997.


Reasonably Available Control Technology; Public Hearing

   On September 12, 1995, the Department of Environmental Protection conducted a public hearing to solicit comments on a proposed volatile organic compound Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) determination, plan approval issuance and State Implementation Plan (SIP) amendment for a wood door coating operation owned and operated by Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. in Point Township, Northumberland County. The Department subsequently issued a plan approval, identified as PA-49-0001, which approved the construction of a new wood door prefinish line (consisting of nine roller coaters and three flash-off ovens) and three associated spray booths which were to use water-based coatings and which were to replace an existing prefinish line and spray booths which used volatile organic compound-based coatings.

   Despite their success in using water-based coatings to coat doors in the new prefinish line and associated spray booths, Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. has determined that it is unable to consistently meet all of the coating volatile organic compound content limitations originally proposed by the company and subsequently established by the Department as conditions of the plan approval. The Department has determined that this is due to the limited nature of the water-based coating compositional information available to Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. at the time of plan approval application preparation and the company's failure to fully recognize the entire spectrum of water-based coatings which it would need to apply in the new prefinish line and associated spray booths until after the line and booths became operational.

   Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc. has now better identified the entire spectrum of water-based coatings intended for use in the new prefinish line and associated spray booths and has proposed coating volatile organic compound content limitations which are more representative of the line and booths' true capabilities than those previously proposed and currently contained in the plan approval. After evaluating this information, the Department has determined that the revised coating volatile organic compound content limitations are still reflective of RACT. The Department has therefore made a preliminary determination to approve the proposed revised limitations.

   If approved, the revised coating volatile organic compound content limitations will be incorporated into a revised plan approval and submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency as a revision to the Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The following is a summary of the revised limitations to which the Department has preliminarily determined the new prefinish line and associated spray booths should be subject:

   1)  The coatings used in the prefinish line shall not exceed the following limitations, as mixed (with tint pastes, dyes, ''additives,'' thinners, reducers, and the like) for application:

MaximumMaximum
pounds ofpounds of
VOC per gallonVOC per gallon
of coatingof coating
(with water)(minus water)
washcoats1.804.60
tiecoats.10.10
sealers.601.10
stains.902.30
toners/stains.601.30
basecoats.15.25
floodcoats.20.40
wipe stains3.606.68
primers.30.50
enamels.701.30
waterbase topcoats1.603.00
inks.702.90
wood protectant6.306.30
UV topcoats.10.10

   2)  The coatings used in the 3 spray booths associated with the prefinish line shall not exceed the following limitations, as mixed (with tint pastes, dyes, ''additives,'' thinners, reducers, etc.) for application:

MaximumMaximum
pounds ofpounds of
VOC per gallonVOC per gallon
of coatingof coating
(with water)(minus water)
all coatings1.53.0

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed revised plan approval and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 6, 1997, at 1 p.m. at the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to William P. Parsons, Acting Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by March 21, 1997.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.

   Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Jeraco Enterprises, Inc.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a fiberglass reinforced plastics manufacturing and surface coating facility owned and operated by Jeraco Enterprises, Inc. in Milton Borough, Northumberland County.

   The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.

   The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination for this operation:

RACT limitations/
Sourcerequirements
*  fiberglass reinforced plastics manufacturing or spray layup operationall gel coat used shall contain no more than 37% styrene (by weight), all resin used shall contain no more than 36% styrene (by weight), all gel coat and resin must be applied using airless spray systems (or equivalent), the resultant styrene emissions shall not exceed 50.2 tons per calendar year and the volatile organic compound emissions (including styrene) shall not exceed 63.0 tons per calendar year.
*  fiberglass automotive accessory surface coating operationall coating materials used shall contain no more than 6.68 pounds of volatile organic compounds per gallon of coating (as applied), all coating materials must be applied using high volume low pressure (HVLP) spray systems (or equivalent) and the resultant volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 30 tons per calendar year, 1,000 pounds per day or 100 pounds per hour.

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 6, 1997, at 1 p.m. at the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least one week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659, or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to William P. Parsons, Acting Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments must be submitted by March 21, 1997.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.

   Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Osram Sylvania, Inc.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a glass manufacturing facility owned and operated by Osram Sylvania, Inc. in Wellsboro Borough, Tioga County.

   The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.

   The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.

   The preliminary RACT determination for the largest nitrogen oxides-emitting source within the facility, a glass furnace identified as Tank No. 42, is the operation of an associated combustion ratio control system so as to maintain optimum combustion conditions within the furnace, the implementation of the furnace maintenance, repair and upgrade program described in the respective RACT plan, the operation of the furnace in accordance with good air pollution control practices and the maintenance of a nitrogen oxides emission rate below 375.3 tons within any 12 consecutive month period. All other nitrogen oxide-emitting sources at the facility are subject to the presumptive RACT requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 129.93(c).

   One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 6, 1997, at 1 p.m. at the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.

   Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least one week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.

   Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to William P. Parsons, Acting Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, DEP, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by March 21, 1997.

   All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.

   The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received Dam Safety and Encroachment 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 Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street, Floor 2, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, 1-800-654-5984. 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 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 act of June 22, 1937 (P. L. 1987, No. 394) (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 Project do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)

Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certifications

   Northcentral Region:  Water Management-Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.

   E08-306. Encroachment. Scott Brown, R. R. 1, Box 301A, Canton, PA 17724. To maintain a concrete culvert 18 feet by 9 feet by 20 feet in length in Beech Flats Creek on a private road off SR 3007 approximately 1/2 mile north of Road's Road (Canton, PA Quadrangle N:  3.25 inches; W:  8.25 inches) in Canton Township, Bradford County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E12-098. Encroachment. Thomas Diamond, 1607 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span, steel beam bridge to carry a private road across Four Mile Run. The proposed bridge shall be constructed with a single span of 24.0 feet, a width of 12.0 feet and an underclearance of 8.0 feet. The project is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0155 approximately 2.1 miles east of the intersection of Four Mile Run Road and SR 0155 (Emporium, PA Quadrangle N:  11.8 inches; W:  15.3 inches) in Shippen Township, Cameron County.

   E14-295. Encroachment. Pleasant Valley Campground, Inc., P. O. Box 217, Howard, PA 16841. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span steel beam wooden deck bridge with a normal clear span of 22 feet and an underclearance of 9.0 feet crossing Little Marsh Creek on the campground road on the south side of SR 1002 approximately 1.5 miles west of the intersection of T-485 and SR 1002 (Snow Shoe SE, PA Quadrangle N:  4.3 inches; W:  2.3 inches) in Boggs Township, Centre County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E41-389. Encroachment. Ecks Garage, Inc., R. R. 2, Muncy, PA 17756. To place and maintain fill and to excavate 0.4 acre of isolated palustrine emergent wetlands for the purpose of enlarging an existing parking lot and to relocate stormwater drainage swales. The proposed work will permanently impact 0.3 acre and temporarily impact 0.1 acre of wetlands replacement. The project site is located approximately 3.5 miles east of Montoursville and 0.3 mile southwest of I-180/Rt. 220 right of way (Muncy, PA Quandrangle N:  21.8 inches; W:  14.25 inches) in Fairfield Township, Lycoming County.

   E47-057. Encroachment. Speedex Industries, Inc., James Paugh, 120 Blue Springs, Danville, PA 17821. To place fill approximately 90 feet wide and 260 feet long within the floodway of an unnamed tributary to Chillisquaque Creek between SR 254 and the stream .25 mile west of SR 54 (Washingtonville, PA Quadrangle N:  8.6 inches; W:  5.5 inches) in Derry Township, Montour County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E57-076. Encroachment. William Derkacs, 299 Goldenridge Dr., Levittown, PA 19057-3425. To construct and maintain a single span steel I-beam bridge that will carry a private single resident use road across Porter Run. The proposed bridge shall be constructed with a single span of 40.0 feet, an underclearance of 12.0 feet and width of 10.0 feet. The project is located along the southern right-of-way of the intersection of Hoagland Branch Road and T-416 (Shunk, PA Quadrangle N:  5.3 inches; W:  10.6 inches) in Fox Township, Sullivan County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E59-332. Water obstruction and encroachment. Sullivan Township, P. O. Box 84, Mainesburg, PA 16932. To remove the existing structures and to construct and maintain a triple barrel 44 inch by 72 inch CMPA culvert about 40 feet long depressed 6 inches below streambed in an unnamed tributary to Elk Run and located on T-876 about 0.9 mile east of SR 1007 (Roseville, PA Quadrangle N:  13.4 inches; W:  12.5 inches) in Sullivan Township, Tioga County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E39-318. Encroachment. City of Allentown, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101. To remove the existing steel superstructure and three stone piers from the former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, and to construct and maintain a channel improvement project consisting of approximately 80 linear feet of stone lining in and along the banks of Jordan Creek. The project is located immediately downstream of the Hamilton Street Bridge (Allentown East, PA Quadrangle N:  19.0 inches; W:  12.5 inches), in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County.

   E40-447. Encroachment. Donald F. Searfoss, 629 East Tenth Street, Northampton, PA 18067. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a private single-span bridge, having a span of approximately 20 feet and an underclearance of approximately 7 feet, across Mill Creek, for the purpose of providing access to a hunting camp. The existing bridge abutments will be repaired and maintained. The project is located near the outlet of Bryants Pond (White Haven, PA Quadrangle N:  15.3 inches; W:  8.7 inches), in Dennison Township, Luzerne County.

   E45-284. Encroachment. Pierce Hardy Limited Partnership, 4121 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317. To amend Permit No. E45-284 to construct and maintain a channel change in a tributary to Brodhead Creek having a length of approximately 830 feet. The proposed R-4 riprap lined trapezoidal channel will have a minimum depth of 3 feet, a varying bottom width of 10 to 15 feet and 2 to 1 sideslopes. The project is associated with the proposed 84 Lumber Company Home Center and is located approximately 700 feet north of the intersection of S. R. 0447 and T-512 (Brushy Mountain Road) (East Stroudsburg, PA Quadrangle N:  5.3 inches; W:  10.4 inches) in Stroud Township, Monroe County.

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

   E07-271. Encroachment. Howard Dilling, R. D. 2, Box 219, Williamsburg, PA 16693. To remove an existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a span of about 44 feet and an underclearance of about 5.5 feet across Clover Creek to access private property located about 2.8 miles south of the Borough of Williamsburg off Township Road T-400 (Williamsburg, PA Quandrangle:  N:  8.0 inches; W:  12.2 inches) in Woodbury Township, Blair County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E28-241. Encroachment. David and Eugenia Shindledecker, Franklin County, 915 Hade Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201. To construct and maintain a 40 foot span steel girder bridge with a minimum 5 feet underclearance across Conodoguinet Creek to provide access to the rear of the Shindledecker's located south of T-556 (Lower Horse Valley Road) about 2.6 miles from its intersection with PA 641 (Roxburg, PA Quadrangle N:  14.4 inches; W:  16.7 inches) in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E28-242. Encroachment. Jerry L. Ridge, Franklin County, 7601 Creager Road and Joel Barnhart, 7605 Creager Road, Waynesboro, PA 17268-9750. To construct and maintain a 54 inch × 40 inch arch pipe with a length of 180 feet along an unnamed tributary to Antietam Creek located in Fairview Village (Waynesboro, PA Quadrangle N:  8.91 inches; W:  8.72 inches) in Quincy Township, Franklin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E36-623. Encroachment. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, George Marcinko, Mgr., 1700 Nissley Road, Landisville, PA 17538. To construct and maintain two pedestrian bridges having 20 foot clear spans with underclearances of 2.25 feet and 4.25 feet across Brubaker Run, accessed by a 6 foot wide mulched foot path deminimus area of wetlands less than or equal to 0.05 acre will be impacted by this project. An eight car parking lot of grasscrete blocks and a playground area will be located within the 100-year floodplain of the Little Conestoga Creek for development of Wheatland Park located adjacent to Columbia Avenue (Lancaster, PA Quadrangle N:  7.6 inches; W:  16.3 inches) in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County.

   E44-079. Encroachment. Brown Rook, Mifflin County, P. O. Box 552, Milroy, PA 17063. To maintain a bridge constructed under Emergency Permit EP44-96-02 having a clear span of 30 feet and an underclearance of about 6 feet across Laurel Creek for the purpose of providing access to private property located along SR 1001 about 600 feet east of its intersection of Church Lane (T-464) (Burnham, PA Quadrangle N:  15.65 inches; W:  9.57 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.

   E67-574. Encroachment. L & H Trucking Company, Helen Longstreth, Sec/Treasurer, York County, 860 Gitts Run Road, Hanover, PA 17331. To fill 2.37 acres of jurisdiction wetlands for the purpose of facility and parking expansion located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Moulstown Road and Gitts Run Road (Hanover, PA Quadrangle N:  14.7 inches; W:  11.6 inches) in Penn Township, York County. The permittee is required to construct 2.42 acres of replacement wetlands.

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

   E09-723. Encroachment. Borough of Quakertown, 15-35 North Second Street, P. O. Box 727, Quakertown, PA 18951. To modify, operate and maintain an existing roadway bridge spanning Old Bethlehem Pike across Beaver Run. The project consists of widening the bridge structure by adding a prefabricated pedestrian bridge unit along the eastern side of the bridge. The unit will be placed on existing piers and abutments which extend downstream from the bridge. The proposed pedestrian bridge, a 50-foot long by 4-foot wide steel frame with wooden deck structure, will serve as a pedestrian access from residential subdivisions in Richland Township to Quakertown Borough businesses, schools and parks. The site is located along Old Bethlehem Pike's right-of-way at a point approximately 1 mile north of the intersection of S. R. 309 and Tollgate Road (Quakertown, PA Quadrangle N:  10.0 inches; W:  13.1 inches) in Quakertown Borough, Bucks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''

   E51-156. Encroachment. American Stores Properties, Inc., P. O. Box 30658, Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0658. To place and maintain fill in 420 feet of Paul's Run, a tributary to Pennypack Creek (TSF-MF) to construct and maintain 600 feet of channel to convey the relocated flows of Paul's Run and to construct and maintain 30 linear feet of 48-inch RCP culvert which will be installed near the confluence of an unnamed tributary of Paul's Run with Paul's Run. The project will impact 0.08 acre of wetland (PEM/SS) to facilitate the proposed construction of an Acme supermarket. Construction also includes the creation of 0.39 acre of replacement wetlands in the 100-year floodplain of the proposed stream channel. A 30-inch CMP conduit will also be constructed to convey stormwater under the bed of the channel to a proposed nonscope detention dam and basin as well as a 30-inch outfall structure from the basin into the proposed channel. The project is located at the corner of Northeast Boulevard and Red Lion Road (PA Route 63) (Frankford, PA-NJ Quadrangle N:  18.0 inches; W:  3.75 inches) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

   E51-155. Encroachment. Philadelphia Gas Works, 800 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122-0500. To operate and maintain an existing 24-inch petroleum product pipeline crossing of the Schuylkill River (WWF-MF) owned by the Philadelphia Gas Works. The site is situated approximately 600 feet upstream of the Passyunk Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia USGS Quadrangle N:  8.2 inches; W:  11.0 inches) in the City and County of Philadelphia. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

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

   E20-437. Encroachment. John N. Jay, 2708 Camelot Drive, Columbiana, OH 44408. To operate and maintain an existing 570-total square foot pile supported dock extending approximately 90 feet from the eastern shore in Conneaut Lake along the Konneaut Trail Property Owners Association property known as Iroquois Drive Property Access approximately 2,000 feet west of S. R. 0018 at Iroquois (Conneaut Lake, PA Quadrangle N:  3.75 inches; W:  6.5 inches) located in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E20-438. Encroachment. Meadville Area Sewer Authority, 984 Water Street, Meadville, PA 16335. To construct and maintain a sewage treatment plant and appurtenances within the mapped FEMA floodway of French Creek along the west side of S. R. 6/19 immediately upstream of the Smock Memorial Bridge carrying S. R. 6/19 across French Creek (Meadville, PA Quandrangle N:  0.7 inch; W:  4.4 inches) in City of Meadville, Crawford County.

   To construct and maintain a sewage pump station within the mapped FEMA floodway of French Creek approximately 50 feet southeast of the existing pump station at the foot of Clark Street downstream of S. R. 6/19 (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N:  0.1 inch; W:  4.3 inches) in West Mead Township, Crawford County.

   To construct and maintain a 36-inch diameter RC pipe outfall structure along the east bank of French Creek adjacent to the downstream end of the pier of the Smock Memorial Bridge (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N:  0.05 inch; W:  4.45 inches) located in West Mead Township, Crawford County.

   E37-111. Encroachment. Charles D. Leise, R. D. 1, Box 2, New Wilmington, PA 16142-8902. To construct and maintain a steel beam bridge having a span of 20 feet and a maximum underclearance of 6 feet across a tributary to Little Neshannock Creek (McClure Run) for private access located approximately 200 feet downstream of S. R. 0208 and 100 feet west of the New Wilmington Borough line (New Castle North, PA Quadrangle N:  21.9 inches; W:  12.7 inches) located in Wilmington Township, Lawrence County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

   E42-244. Encroachment. Sergeant Township Supervisors, Box 1A Star Route, Mt. Jewett, PA 16740. To remove the existing bridge and to construct and maintain a concrete box culvert having a 13-foot wide by 3-foot high waterway opening in Bloomster Hollow on T-321 approximately 1.5 miles south of S. R. 0006, just upstream of Shelander Hollow (Hazelhurst, PA Quadrangle N:  20.65 inches; W:  0.1 inch) located in Sergeant Township, McKean County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.


Actions taken on permits issued under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.

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

   WA9-346B. Succession to Water Rights. The Department has acknowledged that Philadelphia Suburban Water Company, Lower Merion, Montgomery County, has given notice that it succeeded to all rights and obligations under the permit, issued to the former Bristol Borough Water and Sewer, Bristol Borough, Bucks County on January 1, 1997.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-191. Filed for public inspection February 7, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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