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Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.521, notice is given that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F and G (relating to operating permit requirements; and Title V operating permits).
Appointments to review copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information must be made by contacting Records Management at the regional office telephone number noted. For additional information, contact the regional office noted.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit to the regional office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Attn: Kanubhai L. Patel, (717) 705-4702.
05-05002: Hedstrom Corp. (P. O. Box 432, Bedford, PA 15522), located in Bedford Township, Bedford County. The facility manufactures children's recreational equipment. The operation primarily emits volatile organic compounds.
07-05003: Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail, 200 4th Avenue, Juniata, Altoona, PA 16603), Juniata Diesel Locomotive Shop located in Logan Township, Blair County. The facility repairs and builds railroad locomotives. The facility is a primary emitter of sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC).
38-05022: Weaber, Inc. (1231 Mt. Wilson Road, Lebanon, PA 17042-9498), located in South Annville Township, Lebanon County. The facility processes hardwood lumber. The operation primarily emits carbon monoxide.
PLAN APPROVALS
Applications received and intent to issue Plan Approvals under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
PA-15-0004: Reynolds Metals Co. (520 Lincoln Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335), for construction of a rotogravure printing and coating mach in Downingtown Borough, Chester County.
23-312-214GP: Tosco Refining Co. (4101 Post Road, Trainer, PA 19061), for installation of an internal floating storage tank in Trainer Borough, Delaware County.
Northeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, Two Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 17811-0790, (570) 826-2531.
54-318-016B: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (P. O. Box 351, Tamaqua, PA 18252), for modification of a fluorine production operation in Rush Township, Schuylkill County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4702.
36-03094: Snavely's Mill Inc. (333 Snavely Mill Road, Lititz, PA 17543), for installation of two baghouses to control emissions from grain unloading and cleaning operations in Warwick Township, Lancaster County.
Northcentral Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3637.
59-304-002J: Ward Mfg., Inc. (IRS No. 25-0466130) (P. O. Box 9, Blossburg, PA 16912-0009), for installation of air cleaning devices (three fabric collectors) on various pieces of iron foundry castings shakeout, sand handling, and the like equipment previously proposed by Ward Mfg., Inc. (IRS No. 13-3544500) at Plant No. 1 in Blossburg Borough, Tioga County.
OP-55-0001C: PP&L, Inc. (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179), for reactivation of two 24 megawatt no. 2 fuel oil-fired combustion turbines at the Sunbury SES in Monroe Township, Snyder County.
Southwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4174.
PA-65-793A: Wilsons' Scrap & Metals, Inc. (R. D. 2, Box 374A, Route 286, Saltsburg, PA 15681), for installation of aluminum melting furnace at Coreco Metal Separator System in Bell Township, Westmoreland County.
PA-04-446B: AES Beaver Valley, Inc. (394 Frankfort Road, Monaca, PA 15061), for installation of three cogeneration units at Beaver Valley Cogeneration in Potter Township, Beaver County.
Northwest Regional Office: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
PA 25-025A: General Electric Transportation System (2901 East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16531), for modification to paint spray booths in Erie, Erie County.
PA 25-983A: Rupp Auto Livery (303 East 32nd Street, Erie, PA 16504-0729), for construction of a crematory incinerator (100 lbs/hour remains capacity) in Erie, Erie County.
PA 33-155A: Trail King Industries, Inc. (Industrial Park Road, P. O. Box 300, Brookville, PA 15825), for construction of a paint booth (20 truck trailers per day) in Brookville, Jefferson County.
PA-10-028G: Armstrong Cement & Supply Corp. (100 Clearfield Road, Cabot, PA 16023), for operation of a reconstructed stone and shale elevator (150 tons/hour) and installation of a control device (two DCE Type H fabric filters) in Cabot, Butler County.
REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
(RACT)
Notice of Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Public Hearing
Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Plans for: Brown Printing Company (Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County) Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) (Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County)
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve RACT plans as amendments to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the above facilities. The proposed SIP revisions do not adopt new regulations. They incorporate the provisions and requirements contained in RACT approvals for these facilities to comply with current regulations.
These preliminary determinations, if finally approved, will be incorporated into Plan Approvals and/or Operating Permits for the facilities and will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as revisions to Pennsylvania's SIP.
The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determinations for these facilities:
Brown Printing Company (Operating Permit OP-46-0018A)
VOC Emission Limit Implementation Source (tons/year) Control Technique Schedule 8 Ink Jet Printers 12.4 Recordkeeping Immediate Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) (Plan Approval PA-23-0001C)
NOx Emission Limit Implementation Source (tons/year) Control Technique Schedule 51.77 MW Combustion Turbine 463 Steam Injection Immediate
One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed SIP revisions. The hearing will be held at 2 p.m. on June 24, 1999, at the Department's Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA. The hearing will represent the opportunity for oral comment to the Department on the proposed SIP revisions and will not be a question and answer session. Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing are encouraged to contact Lynda Rebarchak, the Department's Community Relations Coordinator, at (610) 832-6219 to register prior to the hearing, but may also register at the hearing. Those unable to attend the hearing but who wish to comment should send their written comments to Francine Carlini, Air Quality Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, Southeast Regional Office, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Suite 6010, Conshohocken, PA 19428, on or before June 24, 1999.
Individuals in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act who would like to attend the hearing should contact Lynda Rebarchak at (610) 832-6219 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department can meet their needs.
Copies of the pertinent documents are available for review at the Department's Southeast Regional Office. Appointments for scheduling a review may be made by calling (610) 832-6268.
MINING
APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for the certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--77.123 and 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52 and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Coal Applications Received
65980103. Amerikohl Mining Inc. (202 Sunset Drive, Butler, PA 16001). Application received for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County proposed to affect 101 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Loyalhanna Creek to Loyalhanna Creek to Kiskiminetas River. Application received April 19, 1999.
Hawk Run District Office, P. O. Box 209, Off Empire Road, Hawk Run, PA 16840.
17990901. Moravian Run Reclamation Co., Inc. (605 Sheridan Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830), commencement, operation and restoration of an incidental coal extraction surface mine permit in Morris Township, Clearfield County affecting 22.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributaries to Moshannon Creek. Application received April 12, 1999.
17990107. River Hill Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 141, Kylertown, PA 16847), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous surface mine, water obstruction (stream enclosure--2) permit in Bigler Township, Clearfield County affecting 234.5 acres. Receiving streams: Pine Run, unnamed tributary to Pine Run. Application received April 19, 1999.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
61990102. Ben Hal Mining Company (389 Irishtown Road, Grove City, PA 16127). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip operation in Clinton and Venango Townships, Venango and Butler Counties, affecting 40.7 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Scrubgrass Creek (CWF) to Scrubgrass Creek (CWF) to the Allegheny River. Application received April 14, 1999.
33930107. Leonard Yenzi (P. O. Box 62, Anita, PA 15711). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Pinecreek and Warsaw Townships, Jefferson County, affecting 383.3 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary of Laurel Run to Little Mill Creek and unnamed tributaries to Little Mill Creek, all to Mill Creek; three unnamed tributaries of Mill Creek to Mill Creek to Sandy Lick Creek to Redbank Creek to the Allegheny River. Application received April 21, 1999.
61990103. Ancient Sun, Inc. (P. O. Box 129, Main Street, Shippenville, PA 16254). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip operation in Clinton Township, Venango County, affecting 18.5 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Bullion Run (CWF) to Bullion Run (CWF) to the Allegheny River. Application received April 16, 1999.
McMurray District Office, 3913 Washington Road, McMurray, PA 15317.
03871302. DLR Mining, Inc. (R. D. 3, Box 115-A, Indiana, PA 15701), to transfer the permit for the Triple K No. 1 Mine in Burrell Township, Armstrong County to add the No. 2 portal surface site and transfer from Triple K Coal Co., unnamed tributary to Crooked Creek. Application received March 22, 1999.
03871302. DLR Mining, Inc. (R. D. 3, Box 115-A, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Triple K Mine No. 1 in Burrell Township, Armstrong County to add 57 permit and subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharges. Application received March 30, 1999.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
40940203C3. Northampton Fuel Supply Co., Inc. (7500 Old Georgetown Road, 13th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814-6161), correction to an existing coal refuse reprocessing operation to add a mobile wet processing facility in Hanover Township, Luzerne County affecting 179.0 acres. Receiving stream Sugar Notch Run. Application received April 19, 1999.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
Noncoal Applications Received
302732-25820301-E-1. Frank Tucci (2500 PA Route 99, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403). Application for a stream encroachment to construct a temporary stream crossing across an unnamed tributary to Elk Creek in McKean, Erie County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Elk Creek. Application received April 21, 1999.
37990301. G. L. McKnight, Inc. (P. O. Box 773, Slippery Rock, PA 16057-8316. Commencement, operation and restoration of a sand and gravel operation in Plain Grove Township, Lawrence County, affecting 31.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Taylor Run and Taylor Run. Application to include a land use change from cropland to an unmanaged water impoundment with discharge to an unnamed tributary on a portion of lands of Kenneth E. and Lois K. Meals and a land use change from forestland to cropland on a portion of lands of the Cunningham Heirs. Application received April 19, 1999.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
ENCROACHMENTS The following permit applications and requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317 as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit, or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted 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 (800) 654-5984.
Applications received under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27), section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E46-842. Encroachment. Allebach Family LP, 2151 Koffel Road, Hatfield, PA 19440. To modify, operate and maintain an existing farm pond to be used for aesthetic purposes with the proposed Heather Meadows residential development and Town Park. The proposed activities include reshaping the pond and the removal of accumulated sediment in the pond. The project is located approximately 1,000 feet northeast from the intersection of West Broad Street (S. R. 463) and Koffell Road (Telford, PA Quadrangle N: 4.25 inches; W: 7.25 inches) in Hatfield Borough, Montgomery County.
Northeast Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
E35-311. Encroachment. Scranton School District, 425 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503. To excavate and place fill in the floodplain of the Lackawanna River (WWF) for the construction of athletic fields, parking lots and stormwater management facilities associated with the new Scranton High School. The project is located northeast of the intersection of S. R. 3027 (North Scranton Expressway) and S. R. 3029 (7th Street) (Scranton, PA Quadrangle N: 7.8 inches; W: 6.2 inches), City of Scranton, Lackawanna County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E35-312. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To fill in a de minimis area of PEM/SS wetlands equal to 0.04 acre and to construct and maintain a 220 foot long, 8-foot × 16-foot precast concrete box stream enclosure in Hull Creek (CWF). The project is associated with S. R. 0006, Section 272 widening and S. R. 0347 intersection reconstruction and is located at the intersection of S. R. 0006 and S. R. 0347 (Olyphant, PA Quadrangle N: 19.7 inches; W: 15.7 inches), Blakely Borough, Lackawanna County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E35-313. Encroachment. Karl J. Kincel III, 431 Thomas Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512. To construct and maintain a steel I-beam bridge, having a span of 25 feet and an underclearance of 6-feet or an alternate design consisting of a 20-foot × 8.25-foot CMP arch culvert across a tributary to Gardner Creek (CWF) to provide access for a proposed dwelling. The project is located on the southside of T-383, approximately 0.2 mile each of the intersection of T-382 and T-383 (Ransom, PA Quadrangle N: 14.6 inches; W: 1.9 inches), Newton Township, Lackawanna County (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E39-365. Encroachment. Wedgewood Golf Course, Inc., 1753 Panther Valley Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963. To fill in a de minimis area of PEM wetlands, less than 0.01 acre, to construct and maintain two low flow stream crossings, each consisting of 4 15-inch R.C.P. across a tributary to Saucon Creek (CWF). The project is associated with the Wedgewood Golf Course extension project and is located approximately 0.4 mile south of the intersection of S. R. 2044 and S. R. 2039 (Allentown East, PA Quadrangle N: 7.5 inches; W: 7.8 inches), Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E40-521. Encroachment. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard (77056), P. O. Box 1396, Houston, TX 77251-1396. To construct and maintain 65 stream crossings, including 29 crossings of watercourses and 36 crossings of wetlands for the purpose of constructing a 17.72 mile section of 42 inch natural gas pipeline (known as the Benton Loop). The project will temporarily impact 15.54 acres of forested/scrub-shrub and emergent wetlands; of this, approximately 0.92 acre of forested wetlands will be permanently impacted. The project extends from Transco's Leidy Line/Wilkes-Barre block valve yard at Mile Post (MP) 28.56 in Salem Township, Luzerne County (Berwick, PA Quadrangle N: 20.8 inches; W: 8.3 inches), northwestward parallel to the existing Leidy Line and Leidy Line ''A'' to compressor station 517 in Jackson Township, Columbia County (Elk Grove, PA Quadrangle N: 3.8 inches; W: 7.6 inches) (Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E48-280. Encroachment. Nancy Run Estates, Ltd., 6065 William Penn Highway, Easton, PA 18042. To realign and maintain 850 feet of channel, to construct and maintain a 3-span R. C. box culvert (two spans at 11 feet × 4 feet and 1 span at 10 feet × 5 feet) and to place and maintain fill along Nancy Run located at a point approximately 1,500 feet south of William Penn Highway at Nancy Run Estates (Nazareth, PA Quadrangle N: 6.1 inches; W: 10.1 inches), Bethlehem Township, Northampton County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
E52-160. Encroachment. Charles Prohaska, R. R. 2, Box 470, Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328. To repair and maintain an existing road crossing of Hornbecks Creek (HQ-CWF), with work consisting of replacing the deteriorated 6-foot-diameter CMP culvert with a culvert of equal or greater waterway opening. The road serves as a driveway to a single family residence. The project is located on the east side of T-314 (known as Log-N-Twig Road), approximately 2,000 feet southwest of the intersection of T-314 and S. R. 2001 (Lake Maskenozha, PA-NJ Quadrangle N: 13.6 inches; W: 6.75 inches), Delaware Township, Pike County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Northcentral Region: Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E14-342. Encroachment. Larry Day and Troy Day, R. R. 2, Box 84A, Spring Mills, PA 16875. The applicant proposes to repair, operate and maintain a single span bridge across Penns Creek (cold water fishery) to provide access to private property. The repair work shall consist of the (1) placement of riprap for abutment scour protection, (2) construction of abutment extensions, and (3) construction of a new superstructure. The repair work shall be completed to maintain a clear opening of 25.95-feet, average underclearance of 6.4-feet and a skew of 82 degrees. The project will not impact wetlands while impacting 30-feet of waterway that is located along the northern right-of-way of SR 0045 approximately 925-feet east of SR 2012 and Swamp Church Road intersection (Spring Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 22.4 inches; W: 14.7 inches) in Gregg Township, Centre County.
E19-191. Encroachment. John D. Klingerman, R. R. 5, Box 290, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The applicant proposes to (1) excavate and remove fill from the floodway of the Susquehanna River (warm water fishery); and (2) place and maintain fill in 0.756-acre of wetland associated to the Susquehanna River for the development of multifamily dwellings. The floodway work shall consist of excavating and removing a maximum of 2,700-cubic yards of material within a 1.12-acre parcel delineated as 100-year floodway. The fill work shall consist of placing fill in 0.756-acre of wetlands. The project will temporarily impact 25-feet of waterway while permanently impacting 0.756-acre of wetland that is located along the eastern right-of-way of S. R. 0011 approximately 1.5-miles north of S. R. 1004 and S. R. 0011 intersection (Bloomsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 0.01 inch; W: 6.7 inches) in Scott Township, Columbia County. The 0.756-acre of permanently impacted wetlands shall be mitigated with onsite replacement.
E49-224. Encroachment. H. H. Knoebel and Son, P. O. Box 317, Elysburg, PA 17824. To construct, operate and maintain a single span foot bridge across South Branch Roaring Creek (high quality cold water fishery); and to construct, operate and maintain an elevated footway in the floodway of the South Branch, Roaring Creek to provide pedestrian access to a commercial facility. The bridge shall be constructed with a span of 40-feet, an average underclearance of 8.6-feet and a skew of 90 degrees. The elevated walkway shall be constructed with a span of 100-feet and a minimum underclearance of 3-feet that will not impact wetlands while impacting 15-feet of waterway that is located along the eastern right-of-way of SR 0487 approximately 3,000-feet northeast of T-804 and SR 0487 intersection (Danville, PA Quadrangle N: 0.5 inch; W: 0.6 inch) in Cleveland Township, Columbia County and Ralph Township, Northumberland County.
E53-326. Encroachment. William C. Haldaman, Jr., 2218 Big Moores Run Road, Coudersport, PA 16915. To construct and maintain an 87 inch by 63 inch arch pipe with preformed concrete headwall and tail wall in Big Moores Run to access private property. The project is located off Big Moores Run Road, approximately 3 miles north of the intersection of Big Moores Run Road with SR 3003 (Ayers Hill, PA Quadrangle N: 6.75 inches; W: 15.8 inches) in Homer Township, Potter County. The project will not impact on wetlands while impacting approximately 40 feet of waterway. Big Moores Run is a high quality cold water fisheries stream.
E57-083. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, P. O. Box 218, Montoursville, PA 17754. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span concrete beam bridge with a clear span of 91 feet and underclearance of 6.5 feet across Big Run located on S. R. 2002 approximately 1,600 feet upstream of Muncy Creek (Sonestown, PA Quadrangle N: 19.5 inches; W: 7.5 inches) in Davidson Township, Sullivan County. Estimated stream disturbance is 200 feet; stream classification: HQ-CWF.
E59-385. Encroachment. Mansfield University, Mansfield University, PA 16933-1607. To construct and maintain a storm sewer pipe arch outfall 44 inches by 72 inches by 50 feet in length to Corey Creek. The project is located approximately 150 feet north of Rt. 6 and 600 feet east of the Eastern Mansfield Borough boundary line (Mansfield, PA Quadrangle N: 10.6 inches; W: 9.1 inches) in Richmond Township, Tioga County. The project will not impact on wetlands while impacting approximately 20 feet of waterway. Corey Creek is a cold water fisheries stream.
Southwest Regional Office: Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E32-402. Encroachment. Green Township, R. D. 1, Box 204A, Commodore, PA 15729. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 14.24-M long, 7.2-M by 3.3-M box culvert (invert depressed 0.485 M) in Cush Cushion Creek (HQ-CWF-TS) located on T-928 at a point approximately 1.5 miles north of intersection of T-928 and S. R. 240; and to place and maintain fill in .02 acre of a de minimis area of wetlands (PFO) (Barnesboro, PA Quadrangle N: 17.5 inches; W: 15.8 inches) in Green Township, Indiana County.
E32-403. Encroachment. Leonard D. Isenberg, R. R. 6, Box 176, Indiana, PA 15701. To relocate, stabilize and maintain 380.0 feet of Crooked Creek (CWF) for the purpose of allowing for the construction of an agricultural crossing located off of Tanoma Road north of its intersection with Route 286 (Clymer, PA Quadrangle N: 7.2 inches; W: 7.9 inches) in Rayne Township, Indiana County.
ACTIONS
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN 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 Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (570) 826-2511.
Permit No. 4598406. LTS Development, Inc., P. O. Box 160, Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA 18356. Permit to construct and operate a sanitary sewer collection and conveyance system for the Godfrey's Ridge residential development in Stroud Township and Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County.
NPDES Permit No. PA-0012149. Industrial waste. Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Route 61, Deer Lake, PA 17961, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, to Pine Creek.
Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES Permit No. PA0053708. Sewerage. James Gaffney, Hawk Mountain Bed & Breakfast, 223 Stony Run Valley Road, Kempton, PA 19529, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Albany Township, Berks County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0087963. Nancy R. Miller, R. D. 1, Box 98, Manns Choice, PA 15550, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Napier Township, Bedford County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary to the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.
NPDES Permit No. PAG043507. Sewerage. John R. Longanecker, 10 Windbriar Lane, Gettysburg, PA 17325, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Butler Township, Adams County to the receiving waters named Opossum Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0087947. Sewerage. Columbia Gas Transmission, 525 Highlands Boulevard, Coatesville, PA 19320, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Straban Township, Adams County to the receiving waters named Beaverdam Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0081574. Sewerage. Salisbury Township, 5581 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gap, PA 17527, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County to an unnamed tributary of Pequea Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0031810. Sewerage. Eastern Lebanon County School District, 180 Elco Drive, Myerstown, PA 17067-2697, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Jackson Township, Lebanon County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary to the Tulpehocken Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0085375. Sewerage. Newport Borough Water Authority, 19 South Third Street, Newport, PA 17074, is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Oliver Township, Perry County to the receiving waters named Little Buffalo Creek.
Permit No. 0598405. Sewage. Nancy R. Miller, R. D. 1, Box 98, Manns Choice, PA 15550. This permit approves the construction of sewage treatment facilities and sewer and appurtenances in Napier Township, Bedford County.
Permit No. 0199401. Sewage. Columbia Gas Transmission, 525 Highlands Boulevard, Coatesville, PA 19320. This permit approves the construction of sewage treatment facilities in Straban Township, Adams County.
Northcentral Regional Office: 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Grit Building, Williamsport, PA 17701.
NPDES Permit No. PA0113263. Sewerage. Liberty Joint School Authority, c/o Southern Tioga School District, 241 Main Street, Blossburg, PA 16912. Renewal granted to applicant to discharge from facility located at Liberty Borough, Tioga County.
WQM Permit No. 6098401. Sewerage. Gregg Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 192, Allenwood, PA 17810. Union County Industrial Development Corporation submitted a sewer extension application to permit for Great Stream Commons. The permit is being issued to Gregg Township Municipal Authority. The Great Stream Commons will be served by a new partly gravity, partly pumped wastewater collection system located at Gregg Township, Union County.
WQM Permit No. 1795408-A34. Sewerage. Bradford Township, P. O. Box 79, Woodland, PA 16881. The Township submitted an amendment application for the Cartwright Residence treatment system. The design was previously approved on October 19, 1999 as a pilot program. The facility is located at Bradford Township, Clearfield County.
Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
NPDES Permit No. PA0001571, Amendment No. 1. Industrial waste, Duquesne Light Company, 411 Seventh Avenue, P. O. Box 1930, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-1930, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Elrama Power Station, Union Township, Washington County.
Permit No. PA0216895-A1. Industrial waste. Highridge Water Authority--Tubmill Water Plant, 17 Maple Avenue, Blairsville, PA 15717.
This notice reflects changes from the notice published in the February 6, 1999 Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Outfalls 002 and 003
Parameter Average Maximum Average Average Maxi mum Instantaneous Monthly Daily Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum Aluminum 4.0 8.0 Antimony deleted Lead deleted Selenium deleted Mercury 0.0001 0.0002 (002 only) 0.0003
Outfall 004
BOD5, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, Total Kjeldehl Nitrogen, Nitrate plus Nitrite Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Aluminum, Manganese, Antimony, Lead and Selenium are all deleted for this outfall.
Also, Outfall 005 is deleted and replaced by a prohibition against overflow from the recycle water system.
NPDES Permit No. PA0216895, Amendment No. 1. Industrial waste, Highridge Water, 17 Maple Avenue, Blairsville, PA 15717, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Highridge Water Authority--Tubmill Water Plant, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County.
Permit No. PA0217948. Industrial waste. Highridge Water Authority--Sugar Run Water Plant, 17 Maple Avenue, Blairsville, PA 15717.
This notice reflects changes from the notice published in the February 6, 1999 Pennsylvania Bulletin.
mg/l Avg. Max. Avg. Avg. Max. Instant. Parameter Mon. Daily Mon. Weekly Daily Max Outfalls 001 and 004 Aluminum 1.5 3.0 (001 only) 3.8 Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.0 Mercury 0.000034 0.00007 (001 only) 0.00009 Antimony, Chromium (Hexavalent), Lead, Sele nium, Cobalt--All deleted Outfalls 002 and 003
BOD5, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solids, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrate Plus Nitrite Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Aluminum, Manganese, Antimony, Chromium (Hexavalent), Lead, Selenium and Cobalt are all deleted for this outfall.
Also, Outfall 005 is deleted and replaced by a prohibition against overflow from the recycle system.
NPDES Permit No. PA0217948. Industrial waste, Highridge Water, 17 Maple Avenue, Blairsville, PA 15717, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Highridge Water Authority--Sugar Run Water Plant, St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County to receiving water named Unnamed Tributary 44984 to Conemaugh River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0020681. Sewage, Borough of Sewickley, 601 Thorn Street, Sewickley, PA 15143-0428, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Sewickley Wastewater Treatment Plant, Borough of Sewickley, Allegheny County to receiving waters named Ohio River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0029785. Sewage, Redbank Valley School District, 920 Broad Street, New Bethlehem, PA 16242, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Mahoning Elementary, Mahoning Township, Armstrong County to receiving waters named Tributary of Mahoning Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0091936. Sewage, Indiana County Municipal Services Authority, P. O. Box 351, Indiana, PA 15701, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Aultman Sewage Treatment Plant, Center Township, Indiana County to receiving waters named Tributary of Aultman Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0093556. Sewage, North Union Township Municipal Services Authority, R.R.1, Box 135A, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Bethel Court Plan Sewage Treatment Plant, North Union Township, Fayette County to receiving waters named Unnamed Tributary of Redstone Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0096784. Sewage, Green Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 129, Commodore, PA 15729, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Commodore STP, Green Township, Indiana County to receiving waters named North Branch Two Lick Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0098582. Sewage, Ronald W. Shearer, P. O. Box 141, Indiana, PA 15701-0141, is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Shearer Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant, R.R.6, Box 74B, Rayne Township, Indiana County to receiving waters named McKee Run.
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