DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Applications, Actions and Special Notices [28 Pa.B. 151] 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.
Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
PA 0217760. Sewage, RoxCOAL, Inc., 2851 Stoystown Road, Friedens, PA 15541.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Barbara No. 2 Small Flow Sewage Treatment Facility in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Reitz Creek, 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 Hooversville Municipal Authority.
Outfall 001: new discharge, design flow of 0.00182 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 25 50 Suspended Solids 30 60 Fecal Coliform (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 Chlorine 1.4 3.3 pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 Other Conditions:
The EPA waiver is in effect.
Proposed NPDES Permit Renewal Actions for Minor Sewage Discharges
The following parties have applied to renew their current NPDES permits to allow the continued discharge of controlled wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a tentative determination to renew these permits and proposes to issue them, subject to their current permit effluent limitations, and monitoring and reporting requirements, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new or changed regulations and other requirements. The updates may include, but will not be limited to, applicable permit conditions and/or requirements addressing combined sewer overflows (CSOs), municipal sewage sludge management and total residual chlorine control (TRC). Major changes to or deviations from the terms of the existing permit will be documented and published with the final Department actions.
The EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to these proposed permit actions under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.6E.
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permits are invited to submit a statement to the Field Operations 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 these applications and proposed permit actions. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a brief statement to inform the Field Office of the basis of the 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 action. 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 permit renewal application and related documents, proposed effluent limitations and special conditions, comments received and other information are on the Department's file. The documents may be inspected at, or a copy requested from, the Field Office that has been indicated above the application notice.
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.County and Tributary New Permit NPDES No. Facility Name and Address Municipality Stream Requirements PA0083151 Penn Manor School Dist.
Marticville Middle Sch.
PO Box 1001
Millersville, PA 17751Lancaster Co.
Martic Twp.Pequea Creek TRC PA0055352 Woodland MHP
Berks Properties Inc.
2620 Egypt Road
Norristown, PA 19403Berks Co.
Hereford Twp.W. Branch
Perkiomen CreekTRC PA0085804 Bedford County Air
Industrial Park
PO Box 155
Bedford, PA 15522Bedford Co.
Bedford Twp.Brush Run TRC
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 protest or protests. Each commentator 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 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 received for industrial waste and sewage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
A. 3697409. Sewage, submitted by West Manheim Township, 31 Fairview Drive, Hanover, PA 17331 in West Manheim Township, York County to construct the DGM Pumping Station and Sewer Extension was received on December 10, 1997.
A. 3697410. Sewage, submitted by Lancaster Area Sewer Authority, 130 Centerville Road, Lancaster, PA 17603 in Manor Township, Lancaster County to construct sewers to serve Washington Borough was received in the Southcentral Region on December 15, 1997.
A. 3697411. Sewage, submitted by Suburban Lancaster Sewer Authority, 504 Edgemont Drive, Willow Street, PA 17584 in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County to upgrade the Mill Creek Sewage Pumping Station was received in the Southcentral Region on December 15, 1997.
Southwest Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
A. 6396403, Amendment No. 2. Sewerage, South Strabane Township Sanitary Authority, 550 Washington Road, Washington, PA 15301. Application for the construction of approximately 10,000 l. f. of 12, 15 and 18 inch diameter interceptor relief sewer to be approximately parallel with the existing interceptor located in the Township of South Strabane, Washington County.
A. 6397407. Sewerage, East Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 136, 687 Water St., Fredericktown, PA 15333. Application for the construction and operation of sewers and appurtenances, pump stations, outfall and headwall and stream crossing to serve the Fredericktown Sewage Treatment Plant located in the Township of East Bethlehem, Washington County.
A. 6597412. Sewerage, Louis DeMary, R. R. 2, Box 45K, Latrobe, PA 15650. Application for the construction and operation of sewers and appurtenances, pump stations and sewage treatment plant located in the Township of Derry, Westmoreland County to serve the DeMary Small Flow Sewage Treatment Facility.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 4397415. Sewage, Judy Ammer, SRSTP, 143 Schaffer Rd., Mercer, PA 16137. This project is for the construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant in Findley Township, Mercer 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. The 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 discharged.
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 of 40 CFR 123.24(d).
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the office noted above the application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. 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 Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the responsible 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, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at 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 1 (800) 654-5984.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
NPDES Permit No. PAS10-PAS10-G297. Stormwater. Freese Tract, 203 Hilltop Road, Oxford, PA 19317, has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, to Big Elk.
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. 4697515. Public water supply. Pottstown Borough Authority, Douglas Yearger, 241 King Street, Pottstown, PA 19464. This proposal involves the replacement of Pottstown Borough Authority's Water Booster Pumping Station at its Willow Street facility in Upper Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery 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:
Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
Strunk Farm Property (Former), East Fallowfield Township, Chester County. Janet S. Kole, Esq., 900 Haddon Ave., Suite 412, Collingswood, NJ 08108, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with heavy metals, solvents and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard and background standard.
Southwest Field Office: John J. Matviya, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-5217.
Graphic Controls Corporation (Pittsburgh facility), Wilmerding Borough, Allegheny County. Graphic Controls Corporation, 189 Van Rensselaer Street, P. O. Box 1271, Buffalo, NY 14240 and Harry Klodowski, Suite 3321, Grant Building, 330 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION Under Act 2, 1995 Preamble 2
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 304 and 305 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 is used to identify 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 a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides 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.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified. During this comment period, a municipality may request that the person identified, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of a site. 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:
Southeast Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
Transit America, Inc., City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Robert S. Hyams, Manager, Environmental Resources, One Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, PA 19115, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soil contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, solvents, BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and groundwater contaminated with solvents and BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard and site specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Philadelphia Daily News and Times Herald on December 4, 1997.
MINING APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES The Bureau of Deep Mine Safety has received a request for variance from Helvetia Coal Company. The following notification contains a summary of this request. Complete copies of the variance request may be obtained from Matthew A. Bertovich by calling (412) 439-7469.
The Department of Environmental Protection is publishing a summary of the request in order to solicit comments from affected parties on the proposed variance request. Comments may be used by the Bureau to assist in its investigation of the variance request. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the publication of this notice. All comments should be addressed to: Richard E. Stickler, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.
Section 702 of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act (act) (52 P. S. §§ 701--702) provides a mechanism for operators to obtain variances from specific requirements of the act to accommodate the adoption of new machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, methods or processes.
Section 221(d) requires that in case of accident to a ventilating fan or its machinery, or if the fan stoppage is a planned interruption whereby the ventilation of the mine is interrupted, the mine foreman shall order the power to be disconnected from the affected portions and withdraw the men immediately from the face areas. In mines employing the use of multiple fans equipped with self-closing doors which operate automatically when the fan is stopped, the action need not be taken provided the minimum requirements are met by other fans of the system. If the fan has been stopped for a period of time in excess of 15 minutes in a gassy mine, and 30 minutes in a non-gassy mine, the mine foreman shall order the men withdrawn from the mine. If the mine foreman shall deem it necessary, he may withdraw the men from a gassy mine in less than the said 15 minutes and from a non-gassy mine in less than the said 30 minutes. He shall not allow the men to return to their work until ventilation has been restored and the mine has been thoroughly examined by certified personnel and reported safe. A record shall be made of said examination.
Summary of the request: Helvetia Coal Company requests a waiver of section 221(d) of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act. This waiver will provide accommodations for the evacuation of men from the Marshall Run Mine by way of battery-powered personnel carriers and/or mantrips.
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 such 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.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
Coal Applications Received
61970102. Rusnak Coal Company (Box 44, Grove City, PA 16127). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip and auger mine operation in Irwin Township, Venango County affecting 54.5 acres. Receiving streams: An unnamed tributary to Scrubgrass Creek and Wolf Creek. Application to include a postmining landuse change from forestland to pastureland or land occasionally cut for hay on the lands of Fred M. and Virgil L. Hoffman. Application received December 4, 1997.
16960106. MSM Coal Company, Inc. (P. O. Box 243, DuBois, PA 15801). Revision to an existing bituminous surface strip and auger operation in Redbank Township, Clarion County affecting 29.6 acres. Receiving streams: Two unnamed tributaries to Pine Creek. Revision to include an additional 9.0 acres of area to the previously approved permit area. Application received December 15, 1997.
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
Noncoal Applications Received
38A76SM8. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 77, New Enterprise, PA 16664). Transfer of an existing sand and gravel operation in Snyder Township, Jefferson County affecting 55.0 acres. Receiving streams: Little Toby Creek. Transfer from Keystone Sand and Gravel Company. Application received December 15, 1997.
4876SM6. Wroblewski Sand & Gravel Inc. (12907 Half Moon Road, Wattsburg, PA 16442). Transfer of an existing sand and gravel operation in Venango Township, Erie County affecting 30.0 acres. Receiving streams: An unnamed tributary to West Branch French Creek. Transfer from Maybro Asphalt Company. Application received December 15, 1997.
16970307. Milestone Crushed, Inc. (521 South Street, Clarion, PA 16232). Commencement, operation and restoration of a limestone operation in Beaver, Licking and Richland Townships, Clarion County affecting 111.3 acres. Receiving streams: Turkey Run and Unnamed Tributaries to Turkey Run to Turkey Run to Clarion River. Application received December 16, 1997.
20970304. MAC SON Corp. (1100 Rt. 51 South, Large, PA 15025). Commencement, operation and restoration of a soil material operation in Greenwood Township, Crawford County affecting 10.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Conneaut Marsh. Application received December 16, 1997.
302920-20970304-E-1. MAC SON Corp. (1100 Rt. 51 South, Large, PA 15025). Application for a stream encroachment to conduct mining activities within 100 feet of unnamed tributary to Conneaut Marsh in Greenwood Township, Crawford County. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Conneaut Marsh. Application received December 16, 1997.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT ENCROACHMENTS The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department).
In addition to permit applications, the Bureau of Dams, Waterways and Wetlands (BDWW) and the Regional Office Soils and Waterways Sections have assumed primary responsibility for processing requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)), for projects requiring both a Dam Safety and Encroachments Permit, and a United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permit. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1301--1303, 1306 and 1307, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 Certification will be published concurrently with the BDWW 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 any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the Bureau or Field Office indicated as the responsible office.
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 requests for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
E05-256. Encroachment. Bedford County Development Association, Betty Slayton, 203 S. Juliana Street, Bedford, PA 15522. To fill in 0.16 acre of wetland and to construct and maintain a 15.83 feet by 9.83 feet corrugated steel arch pipe with a length of 189 feet in the channel of Brush Run for the construction of a proposed roadway of the Bedford County Business Park located about 200 feet downstream of the Old US 220 (Bedford, PA Quadrangle N: 14.88 inches; W: 2.95 inches) in Bedford Township, Bedford County.
E07-286. Encroachment. George Henry, 910 Lilly Avenue, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. To authorize the placement of previously placed fill in 0.04 acre of wetlands associated with a 140 long corrugated plastic pipe drainage way enclosure located at the Frankstown Road exit of SR 0220/I-99 across from Lakemont Park (Hollidaysburg, PA Quadrangle N: 18.5 inches; W: 2.5 inches) in Logan Township, Blair County.
E28-248. Encroachment. Antrim Township, Ben Thomas, P. O. Box 130, Greencastle, PA 17225. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 12-foot × 4-foot concrete box culvert in the channel of an unnamed tributary to Muddy Run on Antrim Church Road (T-438) in order to improve the traffic safety located about 2.2 miles northeast of Greencastle Boro (Greencastle, PA Quadrangle N: 10.8 inches; 9.8 inches) in Antrim Township, Franklin County.
E44-091. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Engineering District 2-0, Kim Bartoo, 1924-30 Daisy Street, P. O. Box 242, Clearfield, PA 16803. To remove an existing bridge and to construct and maintain a single span prestressed concrete box beam bridge having a span of 44.0 feet and a minimum underclearance of 8.83 feet over Strodes Run for the purpose of highway maintenance located on SR 0022, Section C04, Segment 0380, Offset 0023 at Strodes Mills (Bernville, PA Quadrangle N: 9.2 inches; W: 6.9 inches) in Oliver and Granville Townships, Mifflin County.
E67-614. Encroachment. Ashley Spangler Hardware Store, Ashley Spangler, 3500 Willow Road, Dover, PA 17315. To relocate about 100 feet of a tributary to Beaver Creek, within a riprap lined trapezoidal channel, for development of a proposed retail store with adjacent parking lot located at the northeast corner of Old York Road (SR 4026) and Rosstown Road (SR 177) (Wellsville, PA Quadrangle N: 11.5 inches; W: 6 inches) in Warrington Township, York County.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E32-389. Encroachment. Boyd & Shriver, Inc., Rend Building, Suites 4-6-8, South 7th Street, Indiana, PA 15701. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain two 30-foot long 36-inch diameter C. M. pipe culvert in Crooked Run (HQ-CWF) for the purpose of gaining access to gas well (Rochester Mills Quadrangle N: 8.4 inches; W: 16.4 inches) in Grant Township, Indiana County.
E65-681. Encroachment. Equitable Resources Exploration, Cloverleaf Square Building G, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. To construct and maintain a 30-foot long, 72 inch diameter pipe culvert in an unnamed tributary to Jacobs Creek (WWF) for the purpose of gaining access to a natural gas well (Mt. Pleasant, PA Quadrangle N: 4.5 inches; W: 8.8 inches) in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland 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, 400 Market Street, Second Floor, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. 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.
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 actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit No. 4945, Amendment No. 1. Sewerage, Rochester Area Joint Sewer Authority, 300 West Park Street, Rochester, PA 15074. Rehabilitation of sewer line located in the Borough of Rochester, Beaver County to serve the Lacock Run Interceptor between existing manholes no. 6 and no. 9.
Permit No. 0296405, Amendment No. 2. Sewerage, Franklin Park Borough, 2428 Rochester Road, Sewickley, PA 15143-8606. Realignment of proposed sanitary sewer line located in the Borough of Franklin Park, Allegheny County to serve the Fish Run Sanitary Sewer Project.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 2597417. Sewerage, Robert E. Farrell, SRSTP, 6008 Longwood Dr., Erie, PA 16505. Construction of Robert E. Farrell SRSTP located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County.
NPDES Permit No. PA0222411. Sewage, Robert E. Farrell, 6008 Longwood Dr., Erie, PA 16505 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County to Lake Erie.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PAS)
The following NPDES Individual Permits for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.
Southeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
NPDES Applicant Name County and Receiving Permit No. and Address Municipality Stream
PAS10-G278 General Real Estate
Development Corporation
921 Briarwood Circle
West Chester, PA 19380West Goshen Twp.
Chester Co.Broad Run PAS10-T091 Oxford Land Development, Ltd.
521 Stump Rd.
P. O. Box 841
Montgomeryville, PA 18936Horsham Twp.
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[Continued from previous Web Page] INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PAR) The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent (NOIs) for Coverage under (1) General NPDES Permit(s) to discharge wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. The approval for coverage under these general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the general permit; (2) General Permit(s) for Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge or Residential Septage by Land Application in Pennsylvania. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under these general permits is subject to pollutant limitations, pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements, operational standards, general requirements, management practices and other conditions set forth in the respective general permit. The Department of Environmental Protection approves the following coverages under the specified General Permit.
The EPA Region III Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision: 40 CFR 123.24.
The application and related documents, effluent limitations, permitting requirements and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the contact office noted.
List of NPDES and/or other General Permit Type PAG-1 General Permit For Discharges From Stripper Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Construction Activities PAG-3 General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit For Discharges From Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant PAG-5 General Permit For Discharges From Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems PAG-6 General Permit For Wet Weather Overflow Discharges From Combined Sewer Systems PAG-7 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge By Land Application PAG-8 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Non-Exceptional Sewage Sludge By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Residential Septage By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site General Permit Type--4 PAG 2
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Oxford Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0020-R Dan Moul
80 Hampshire Drive
New Oxford, PA 17350S. Branch
Conewago CreekAdams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Biglerville Borough
Adams CountyPAR-10-0021-R Triple H Development
915 Barts Church Road
Hanover, PA 17331Conewago Creek Adams Co. CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Straban Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0022-R Pike Management
20 Erford Road, Suite 215
Lemoyne, PA 17043Rock Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636East Berlin Borough
Adams CountyPAR-10-0023-R Beaver Colony Joint Venture
300 Frederick Street
Hanover, PA 17331Beaver Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Cumberland Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0025-R David L. and Ellen R. Sites
1270 Fairfield Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325Marsh Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Berwick Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0027-R William C. Eliue
449 Carlisle Street Rear
Hanover, PA 17331Beaver Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Germany Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0028-R William J. Stevens
130 Lion Archer Drive
Littlestown, PA 17340Alloway Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Straban Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0029-R Gettysburg Shopping Center Asso.
3150 North Republic Blvd. No. 6
Toledo, OH 43615Rock Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Conewago Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0031-R Philip C. Schuchart
900 Elm Avenue
Hanover, PA 17331Conewago Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Mt. Joy Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0034-R Yingling Auction Service Inc.
287 Cold Spring Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325White Run Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Bedford Township
Bedford CountyPAR-10-00430 Bedford County Development Co.
203 South Juliana Street
Bedford, PA 15522Brush and Dunning Creek Bedford CCD
702 West Pitt Street
Suite 4
Bedford, PA 15009
(814) 623-6706Colebrookdale Township
Berks CountyPAR-10-C134-R Colebrookdale Village Shopping Center
Donald Specht
Boyertown Ind. Park Partnership
c/o Specht Realty Inc.
649 North Lewis Road
Royersford, PA 19568UNT Swamp Creek Berks CCD
P. O. Box 520
1238 County Welfare Rd.
Leesport, PA 19533
(610) 372-4657Hampden Township
Cumberland CountyPAR-10-H139 Carlisle Carrier Corporation
6380 Brackbill Blvd.
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055Trindle Spring Run Cumberland CCD
43 Brookwood Ave.
Suite 4
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-7812Springettsbury Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y001-R Crown Pointe
Capitol View Associates
P. O. Box 622
Lemoyne, PA 17043Mill Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Rd.
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Dover Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y051-R Barwood, Gary L. Sweitzer Ent. Inc.
1969 York Haven Road
Etters, PA 17319UNT to Little
Conewago CreekYork CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Rd.
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Fairview Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y065-R Colonial Woods
Shearer Land Dev.
9221 Cypresswod Circle
Tampa, FL 33647UNT to Fishing Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Rd.
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430West Manchester Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y082-R Ben Stambaugh II
Colonial Building Corp.
175 North Hills Road
York, PA 17402UNT to Little
Conewago CreekYork CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Rd.
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Monaghan Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y247-R Dennis Burd
51 Old Gettysburg Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055Fishers Run York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Rd.
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430General Permit Type--PAG 3
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Luzerne County
Wright TownshipPAR122202 Stokely Van Camp
World Wide Gatorade
Subsidiary of The Quaker Oats Co.
750 Oak Hill Road
Mountaintop, PA 18707Big Wapwallopin Crk. Northeast Regional Office
Water Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
(717) 826-2554Luzerne County
W. Hazleton Twp.PAR142202 Bemis Co., Inc.
20 Jaycee Drive
Valmont Industrial Park
W. Hazleton, PA 18201Black Creek Northeast Regional Office
Water Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
(717) 826-2554
SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT PLAN APPROVAL
Plan approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).
Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Location: Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, 1016 Beck Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325. The approved plan provided for establishing a future public sewer service area immediately outside Bonneauville Borough. Treatment capacity will be provided by the Borough and any sewer line construction will be at developer expense. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.
Northeast Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2553.
Borough of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County
The Department has completed its review of the Borough of Orwigsburg's Act 537 Special Study, dated October 1997 and revised on November 17, 1997. The Department has found that the Final Special Study is now acceptable and hereby grants planning approval. The Planning Area included under the Special Study is the entire Borough of Orwigsburg.
Planning Issues The Special Study was written to address the planning issues associated with the installation of new trunk line sewers and collector sewers to relieve hydraulically overloaded sanitary sewers in the Borough. Specifically, the Study recommends:
* The construction of a new 12 inch and 18 inch trunk line to carry most of the flow from the Long Avenue area to the existing 12 inch trunk line at Ridge Road. The new trunk line will act as a relief line, for the existing sanitary sewers which will remain in service; and
* The construction of an extension of the 8 inch sanitary sewer along South Liberty Street from Manhole 260 at the Ridgeview Development to Manhole 100, located at Ridge Road/South Wayne Street.
I/I Report and Trunk Line Study Included as part of the Special Study are two additional reports:
* The first report was titled: ''The 1995--1996 Infiltration/Inflow (I/I) Elimination Program Final Report (Final Report). Table I of the Final Report lists:
(1) The defects;
(2) Their locations;
(3) The estimated quantity of I/I that has been eliminated/will be eliminated from entering the sewerage conveyance system from each defect; and
(4) The recommendations on what needs to be done.
* The second report was titled: ''The Trunk Line Study, dated December 1996.'' From a conceptual standpoint, the Department concurs with the report's recommended alternative, known as Alternative B. The alternative's scope addresses the installation of new trunk line sewers and collector sewers to relieve hydraulically overloaded sanitary sewers in the Borough.
The Department's review of the Update has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from the proposals.
In accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.2(a)) and Chapter 71 of the Department's regulations, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 71, the Department will hold the Borough responsible for the complete and timely implementation of the chosen alternative, as stated in the Executive Summary (Page ES-2 of the Special Study).
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit No. 0297502. Public water supply. Springdale Borough, 325 School Street, Springdale, PA 15144.
Type of Facility: 1.5 mg prestressed concrete water storage tank.
Permit to Operate Issued: December 23, 1997.
HAZARDOUS SITES CLEANUP Under the Act of October 18, 1988
Interim Response
Fayette Equipment Site South Union Township Fayette County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1304), has proposed an interim response at the Fayette Equipment site, off of Jamison Lane, South Union Township, Fayette County.
The site consists of 3 acres, including the former location of a scrap metal junkyard that operated on 1 acre. Junkyard operations included recycling of lead cores from automobile batteries. During its time of operation, thousands of car batteries were manually cracked open on the ground and the lead cores were reclaimed. This practice resulted in crushed battery casings scattered throughout the site and a large amount of crushed and broken battery casings piled in the southwest end of the junkyard area. Contamination from the battery casings has migrated into a nearby wetland and the shallow groundwater zone beneath the site.
The Department conducted an investigation and determined the site related contaminant, lead, is leaching from the battery casings. This ongoing release of a hazardous substance poses a direct threat to individuals coming into contact with the waste, contaminated soil and contaminated sediments.
The objective of the interim response is to protect public health, safety and the environment by excavation, offsite treatment and disposal of the wastes and contaminated soils. These materials will be sent to a treatment facility to render them nonhazardous and then to a permitted landfill for proper disposal. After excavation activities are complete, the site will be revegetated and any damage done to the onsite wetlands will be corrected.
The Department considered the following alternatives for remediation of this site: 1) No Action, 2) Complete Excavation/Offsite Treatment and Disposal, 3) Institutional Controls--Capping with Deed Notices--Long-Term Monitoring, 4) Institutional Controls--Fencing with Deed Notices.
Alternative 2 is proposed because it is feasible and protects human health and the environment to the extent possible. This alternative will address the contaminated wastes, soils and sediments and remove the threats to the public and the environment.
This notice is being provided under section 506(b) of the HSCA (35 P. S. § 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 is located at the Department's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745. The Administrative Record is also located at the Department's Uniontown Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Uniontown, PA 15401. The Administrative Record is available for review at both these locations from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Administrative Record will be open for comment from January 10, 1998 to April 10, 1998. Persons may submit written comments into the record during this time only, by sending them to Terry Goodwald at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745 or by delivering them to either Department Office mentioned above.
In addition, persons may present oral comments, for inclusion in the record, at a public hearing. The Department has scheduled the hearing on Thursday, February 5 at the Department's Uniontown Office, 100 New Salem Road, Uniontown, PA 15401. Persons wishing to present comments must register with Rita Zettelmayer before February 3, 1998 at (412) 442-4000 or in writing to Terry Goodwald, Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and/or comment, and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact Caitlyn Murphy directly at (412) 442-4000 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Prompt Interim Response
Suchko Fire Site Forward Township, Allegheny County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1304), has initiated a prompt interim response at the Suchko Fire Site, Forward Township, Allegheny County. This response has been taken under section 505(b) of the HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.505(b)).
The Suchko Fire Site is located in southern Allegheny County along Route 51, south of Route 136 and north of Rostraver. The site is approximately 33 acres in size situated in a mixed rural/commercial area within several hundred feet of homes, businesses and the Rostraver Airport. The site includes a deep ravine of approximately 4 acres where waste tires were disposed over an older fly ash dumpsite.
A fire started on October 17, 1997 consuming 1/3 of the approximately 300,000 tires on the site. Hazardous substances were released into the environment, impacting air quality, soils and water quality onsite and offsite. Becket's Run, one of its tributaries and the Monongahela River were impacted.
The release of hazardous materials posed a health threat to individuals exposed to the smoke plume and those in contact with contaminated soils and water. The release also threatened drinking water supplies and posed a threat to persons using surface waters for recreational and agricultural purposes.
The Department began its response on October 17, 1997, to protect human health and the environment. Heavy equipment was used to excavate burning tires and install fire breaks. Containment ponds, silt fences, straw bales and booms were installed to control surface water and sediment runoff. Sediments at the confluence of Becket's Run and the Monongahela River were removed and disposed of. Sediments collected in the containment pond were covered with site soils.
The Department in consultation with other emergency management leaders considered the following alternatives during the response: 1) No Department action; 2) Assist fire fighters with the excavation of burning materials, the installation of fire breaks, the control of water and sediment run-off, the disposal of offsite contaminated sediments and the closure of onsite sediments in containment ponds; 3) The Departmental excavation of burning materials and tire removal, water and sediment run-off control, surface water collection and treatment, onsite and offsite contaminated sediment removal and disposal.
Alternative 2 was chosen because it protected public health and the environment to the extent possible, and eliminated more costly alternatives that added no increase in protection to the public health and the environment.
This notice is being provided under sections 505(b) and 506(b) of the HSCA. The Administrative Record containing the information which forms the basis and documents the selection of this response action is available for public review and comment. The Administrative Record is located at the Department's Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745 and is available for review Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Administrative Record will be open for comment from January 10, 1998 to April 10, 1998. Persons may submit written comments into the record during this time only, by sending them to Terry Goodwald at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745 or by delivering them to this office in person.
In addition, persons may present oral comments, for inclusion in the Administrative Record, at a public hearing. The Department has scheduled this hearing on Tuesday, February 3, 1998 at the Forward Township Fire Hall. Persons wishing to present comments must register with Rita Zettelmayer before January 30, 1998 at (412) 442-4183 or in writing to the Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so, should contact Rita Zettelmayer or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Proposed Interim Response
William Taylor Estate Site Wheatland Borough, Mercer County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), under the authority of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1304), is proposing to implement an interim response at the William Taylor Estate Site. The William Taylor Estate Site is an inactive, unpermitted municipal and industrial waste disposal site located in the Borough of Wheatland, 0.5 mile south of the city of Sharon, PA. The site can be divided into two halves. The northern half contains a large, 31-foot high mound of waste (northern waste pile) approximately 2 acres in area. Waste is exposed in several erosion gullies near the top of the mound. The southern half of the site (southern disposal area), where the majority of the disposal activities occurred, contains approximately 10 acres of industrial and municipal wastes, and includes areas that are devoid of vegetation.
The site was owned and operated as a landfill by William Taylor from 1958 until his death in 1969. The site was then acquired from his estate, approximately 1 to 2 years after his death, by his son, Alvin Taylor. Alvin Taylor continued to operate the facility until at least the early 1970s. Municipal waste and wastes containing hazardous substances were disposed at the site. Those wastes include liquid, paint, oil (with PCBs) and volatile wastes. Actual waste management practices at the site during the time of its operation are not well documented. However, remnants of a slag processing structure located on the northern half of the site lend credence to reports that the site was also used to process and derive metals from waste slag, perhaps originating from nearby steel companies. The waste pile on the northern half of the site may consist largely of wastes from the slag processing efforts. Written correspondence and photographs of site operations in Department files indicate that at least some wastes were burned at the site. The site is currently inactive.
The William Taylor Estate Site lies within the 100-year flood plain of the Shenango River and is prone to frequent flooding. The river flows in a southerly direction along the northern section on the western side of the site, then turns east and flows along the southern end of the property. There are several tributaries to the Shenango River that flow across sections of the site before discharging to the river. Groundwater at the site occurs under water table conditions in the silt and sand, and gravel units. This shallow groundwater zone is underlain by a green-gray clay layer that was encountered throughout the site. This clay layer appears to be present beneath the entire site and most likely represents a confining layer that isolates deeper aquifers from the water table aquifer. This clay layer was found to be at least 20 feet thick. The direction of groundwater flow in the water table aquifer is generally toward the Shenango River. Localized mounding of the groundwater in the northern disposal area is expected to influence the flow to a radial pattern in the immediate vicinity of the mound, mimicking the surface topography.
In 1990, the Federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reviewed available site information and recommended, among other things, that access to the landfill area be restricted to prevent the public from being exposed to hazardous substances at the site. Based largely upon that recommendation, between April 29 and May 17, 1991, the Department erected a chain-link fence, with gates, between the portion of the site where wastes were visible and the baseball fields. The fence was connected to an existing fence on an adjacent property to the site's north, and ran south to the Shenango River.
Because of the past waste disposal practices at the site, soils, wastes, surface water, sediments and groundwater at the site have become contaminated with various hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, dichloroethane, dichloroethene, trichloroethene, dichloroethene, trichlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes and trichlorobenzene. The extent of site-related contamination was documented by the Department during a 1997 site study.
The Department has developed the following response action objectives for the cleanup of the site:
* Reduce direct contact risks to unauthorized site trespassers and to authorized site visitors (that is, utility line inspectors and workers).
* Mitigate migration via the surface water (that is, erosion) and air pathways of hazardous substances to offsite human receptors in nearby businesses and in the adjacent ballfields.
* Reduce the risk of waste and hazardous substance migration into the Shenango River in the event of a river flood event.
* Mitigate the migration from the site of hazardous substances into the groundwater and surface water (specifically the Shenango River and wetlands nearby the site).
* Minimize adverse impacts to onsite environmental receptors, with particular emphasis on wetland biota.
The Department has considered four alternatives for the cleanup to meet the response action objectives at the site:
Alternative 1--Alternative 1 would consist of adding to the existing site fencing; establishing deed restrictions to prevent intrusive activities at the site; and performing monitoring and periodic site reviews.
Alternative 2--Soil Cover--Alternative 2 would consist of the components of Alternative 1; consolidation of contaminated materials from nondisposal areas into disposal areas; consolidation and regrading of disposal areas to protect against flood erosion; and capping of consolidation disposal areas with 2 feet of soil and revegetation. Alternative 2 has been further subdivided into Alternatives 2A--Soil Cover and 2B--Soil Cover with Contingent Groundwater Treatment.
Alternative 3--Encapsulation--Alternative 3 would consist of the components of Alternative 1; consolidation of contaminated materials from nondisposal areas into disposal areas; consolidation and regrading of disposal areas to protect against flood erosion; installation of a vertical barrier around entire disposal area; installation of an impermeable cap over the disposal area; and revegetation.
Alternative 4--Soil Cover, Vertical Barriers, Groundwater Treatment--Alternative 4 would consist of the components of Alternative 1; consolidation of contaminated materials from nondisposal areas into disposal areas; consolidation and regrading of disposal areas to protect against flood erosion; installation of a downgradient vertical barrier; capping of disposal areas with 2 feet of soil; revegetation; and extraction of groundwater behind the vertical barrier, treatment by precipitation/filtration and UV oxidation and discharge to the Shenango River.
Under section 505 of the HSCA (35 P. S. § 6020.505) the Department proposes to implement Alternative 2B as an interim response at the William Taylor Estate site. Alternative 2B is proposed because it would protect, in the most cost-effective manner, the public and environmental receptors from risks associated with site-related hazardous substances.
Alternative 2B would consist of excavation of contaminated materials from hot spots throughout the site; consolidation of the hot spot materials in the two onsite disposal areas; consolidation and regrading of the northern waste pile and southern disposal area to protect against flood erosion; installation of a surface water management system to direct and control run-on and run-off, reduce water infiltration and deter cover erosion; capping of the consolidated disposal areas (the northern waste pile and southern disposal area) with common fill followed by topsoil and vegetation to prevent direct contact with contaminated materials, control erosion and eliminate fugitive dust; and contingency groundwater treatment (to be implemented in the event that post-closure monitoring or modeling demonstrates that site groundwater discharges are leading to an exceedance of the Pennsylvania Water Quality Standards in the Shenango River). The capital cost for Alternative 2B is estimated to be $1,605,336, unless the contingency groundwater treatment is implemented. In that case the capital cost would increase by an estimated $66,414 to approximately $1,671,750.
This notice is being provided under section 506(b) of the HSCA. The administrative record, which contains the information that forms the basis for, and documents the selection of this response action, is available for public review and comment. The administrative record is located at the Department's Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, and is available for review by previous appointment Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please call (814) 332-6340 to schedule a date and time to review the administrative record.
The administrative record will be open for review and comment until April 10, 1998 (90 days from the January 10, 1998, date of the publication of this Notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin). Persons may submit written comments into the record during this time only, by sending them to the site Project Manager, Mark Gorman, at the Department's Northwest Regional Office, or by delivering them to that office in person.
In addition, persons may submit oral comments, for inclusion in the administrative record, at a public hearing. The Department will schedule a hearing, between the dates of February 9 and March 11, 1998, if requested by one or more members of the public. Persons wishing to present comments at a hearing must register with the Department's Community Relations Coordinator, Steve Curcio on or before February 27, 1998, by telephone at (814) 332-6945 or in writing at the Northwest Regional Office. If no person requests to present oral comments, by the date specified above, a hearing will not be held. Persons interested in finding out if anyone has registered, and if a hearing will be held, should contact Steve Curcio at the telephone number noted above.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings, should call Steve Curcio at the telephone number noted above or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION Under Act 2, 1995 Preamble 3
The following final reports were submitted 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 (Department) 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, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department's 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:
Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
(Former) Canada Dry Facility, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. Dennis P. Shelly, P. E., Alden Environmental Management, Inc., 151 S. Warner Rd., Suite 318, Wayne, PA 19087, has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and groundwater contaminated with BTEX. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Southcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4592.
Distribution Pole 4844S36519, Sinking Spring Borough, Berks County. Pennsylvania Power and Light, Inc., Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils contaminated with PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
The Lumber Yard, Lemoyne Borough, Cumberland County. Tethys Consultants, Inc., 2933 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site groundwater contaminated with solvents. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the background standard.
Former Hamburg Coal Gas Plant Site, Hamburg Borough, Berks County. GPU Energy, P. O. Box 16001, Reading, PA 19640-0001 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site groundwater contaminated with PAHs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE RESIDUAL WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES
Permits issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southcentral Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4588.
Permit No. 101655. Concord Recycling, York Waste Disposal, Inc. (P. O. Box 1401, York, PA 17405). Application for operation of a municipal waste processing facility in Springettsbury Township, York County. Permit issued in the Regional Office December 24, 1997.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Permits revoked under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, Suite 6010, Lee Park, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Permit No. 400328. Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 York Road, Abington, PA 19001. This permit has been revoked because the facility is no longer using their infectious waste incinerator and it has been dismantled. Facility is located in Abington Township, Montgomery County. Permit was revoked in the Southeast Regional Office on December 18, 1997.
MINING APPROVALS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Actions on 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). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 water quality certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality 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).
Knox District Office, P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232.
Coal Permits Issued
10870106. Quality Aggregates, Inc. (P. O. Box 9347, Neville Island, PA 15225). Renewal of an existing bituminous strip and limestone removal operation in Marion Township, Butler County affecting 107.5 acres. This renewal is issued for reclamation only. Receiving streams: Unnamed Tributaries to Blacks Creek and Slippery Rock Creek. Application received October 21, 1997. Permit Issued December 10, 1997.
33970106. M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous strip and auger operation in Henderson and Bell Townships, Jefferson and Clearfield Counties affecting 300.0 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributaries of Laurel Run and Laurel Run; and unnamed tributaries of East Branch Mahoning Creek and East Branch Mahoning Creek. Application received July 10, 1997. Permit Issued December 10, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
35970201. APHC II, Inc. (700 Lackawanna Avenue, Suite 203, Scranton, PA 18503), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County affecting 26.8 acres, receiving stream none. Permit issued December 17, 1997.
54970204. Jeddo-Higland Coal Company (46 Public Square, Suite 600, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Frailey and Reilly Townships, Schuylkill County affecting 265.0 acres, receiving stream none. Permit issued December 17, 1997.
54860108R2. Reading Anthracite Company (200 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, PA 17901), renewal of an anthracite surface mine operation in New Castle and Norwegian Townships and St. Clair Borough, Schuylkill County affecting 1,469.0 acres, East Branch of Norwegian Creek. Renewal issued December 17, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Issued
7475SM3A1C2. Keystone Cement Company (P. O. Box A, Route 329, Bath, PA 18014-0058), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0612308 in East Allen Township, Northampton County, receiving stream Monocacy Creek. Renewal issued December 16, 1997.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
General Small Noncoal Authorizations Granted
58970845. William Wood (R. R. 1, Box 84, Brackney, PA 18812-9719), commencement, operation and restoration of a small bluestone quarry operation in Silver Lake Township, Susquehanna County affecting 1.0 acre, receiving stream none. Authorization granted December 16, 1997.
ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT ENCROACHMENTS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment Approval and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's 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, (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
E06-481. Encroachment. Henry Inc., Robert Sharman, 1 Aspen Avenue, Sinking Spring, PA 19608. To construct and maintain a twin 8 feet span by 4 feet high concrete box culvert in a portion of a relocated channel of an unnamed tributary to Willow Creek for the purpose of relocating about 1,000 feet of channel to develop a property for residential housing known as Blandon Meadows V located on the north side of Park Road (SR 1010) about 1,000 feet east of its intersection with SR 0073 (Temple, PA Quadrangle N: 12.4 inches; W: 1.2 inches) in Maiden Creek Township, Berks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E06-501. Encroachment. Albert Eckart, 724 Browns Lane, Croydon, PA 19021. To place precast concrete slabs on the surface of an existing bridge across the channel of Pine Creek at a point approximately 2,000 feet upstream of the District Township-Pike Township boundary line (Manatowny, PA Quadrangle N: 10.75 inches; W: 9.5 inches) in District Township, Berks County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E21-271. Encroachment. Carlisle Suburban Authority, 240 Clearwater Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013. To construct and maintain a concrete enclosed 12-inch diameter ductile water main across the bed of Conodoguinet Creek located about 770 feet downstream of PA 34 Bridge (Carlisle, PA Quadrangle N: 20.7 inches; W: 7.2 inches) in North Middleton Township, Cumberland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E22-350. Encroachment. Jackson Township, 450 Bastian Road, Halifax, PA 17032. To maintain a twin 84-inch culvert in the channel of a tributary to Armstrong Creek at a point at Creek Drive (T-577) (Elizabethville, PA Quadrangle N: 0.6 inch; W: 15.6 inches) in Jackson Township, Dauphin County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E36-640. Encroachment. Philip Garland, Crosswinds Association Derel Co. Inc., 336 W. King Street, Lancaster, PA 17603. To remove sediment deposits from approximately 170 feet of a tributary to the Little Conestoga Creek, beginning at the outlet of the pipe culvert under Tupelo Street in the Crosswinds development located west of SR 501 (Lititz, PA Quadrangle N: 2.5 inches; W: 8.25 inches) in Warwick Township, Lancaster County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E67-607. Encroachment. York County Board of Commissioners, Charles Noll, One West Marketway, 4th Fl., York, PA 17401. To perform repairs and maintenance on County Bridge No. 95 having a clear span of 28.5 feet with an average underclearance of 7.8 feet across the East Branch Codorus Creek on Log Road (T-693) (York, PA Quadrangle N: 0.1 inch; W: 8.3 inches) in York and Springfield Townships, York County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) Small Projects. This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1201. Encroachment. Moon Transportation Authority, 1000 Beaver Grade Road, Moon Township, PA 15108-2983. To place and maintain fill in 0.25 acre of wetland (PEM) for the purpose of relocating Cliff Mine Road to reduce traffic congestion. The project is located along Cliff Mine Road between its intersection with Thorn Run Road extension and Coraopolis Carnot Road/Beaver Grade Road (Ambridge, PA Quadrangle N: 0.3 inch; W: 11.1 inches) in Moon Township, Allegheny County. Permittee has fulfilled wetland replacement requirements by contribution to the Wetland Replacement Project.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-61. Filed for public inspection January 9, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
