DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Applications, Actions and Special Notices
APPLICATIONS
[35 Pa.B. 266] THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (WQM) PERMITS This notice provides information about persons who have applied for a new, amended or renewed NPDES or WQM permit, a permit waiver for certain stormwater discharges or submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) for coverage under a general permit. The applications concern, but are not limited to, discharges related to industrial, animal or sewage waste, discharges to groundwater, discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), stormwater associated with construction activities or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Location Permit Authority Application Type or Category Section I NPDES Renewals Section II NPDES New or amendment Section III WQM Industrial, sewage or animal waste; discharge into groundwater Section IV NPDES MS4 individual permit Section V NPDES MS4 permit waiver Section VI NPDES Individual permit stormwater construction Section VII NPDES NOI for coverage under NPDES general permits For NPDES renewal applications in Section I, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a tentative determination to reissue these permits for 5 years subject to effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements in their current permits, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new and changed regulations and other requirements.
For applications for new NPDES permits and renewal applications with major changes in Section II, as well as applications for MS4 individual permits and individual stormwater construction permits in Sections IV and VI, the Department, based upon preliminary reviews, has made a tentative determination of proposed effluent limitations and other terms and conditions for the permit applications. These determinations are published as proposed actions for comments prior to taking final actions.
Unless indicated otherwise, the EPA Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to proposed NPDES permit actions under the waiver provision in 40 CFR 123.24(d).
Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before an application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Persons wishing to comment on a WQM permit application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before the application within 15 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the applications. Comments 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.
The Department will also accept requests for a public hearing on applications. A public hearing may be held if the responsible office considers the public response significant. If a hearing is scheduled, a notice of the hearing will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation within the relevant geographical area. The Department will postpone its final determination until after a public hearing is held.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service, including TDD users, or other accommodations to seek additional information should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
I. NPDES Renewal Applications
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
NPDES No. (Type) Facility Name & Address County & Municipality Stream Name (Watershed#) EPA Waived
Y/N ?PA0088242
(CAFO)
Country View Family Farms--
Huston Hollow Farm
P. O. Box 526
Ephrata, PA 17522-0526
Fulton County
Taylor Township
Intermittent UNT to Wooden Bridge Creek/12-C Y PA0080586
(SEWAGE)
Morton Building, Inc.
3370 York Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325-8258
Adams County
Straban Township
UNT Swift Run/7-F Y
II. Applications for New or Expanded Facility Permits, Renewal of Major Permits and EPA Nonwaived Permit Applications
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
Application No. PA 0023744, Sewage, Northeastern York County Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 516, 175 Chestnut Street, Mount Wolf, PA 17347. This facility is located in East Manchester Township, York County.
Description of activity: The application is for the amendment of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage.
The receiving waters, Susquehanna River, is in Watershed 7-F, and classified for warm water fishery, water supply, recreation and fish consumption. The nearest downstream public water supply intake for Wrightsville Water Supply Co. is located on the Susquehanna River, approximately 10 miles downstream. The discharge is not expected to affect the water supply.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 based on an annual average flow rate of 1.7 mgd are:
Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Daily (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 XXX 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 XXX 60 NH3-N (Interim) Monitor & Report XXX XXX XXX NH3-N (Final) (5/1 to 10/31) 12 XXX XXX 24 (11/1 to 4/30) Monitor & Report XXX XXX XXX Total Phosphorus 2.0 XXX XXX 4.0 Total Residual Chlorine 0.4 XXX Monitor & Report 1.3 Total Nitrogen XXX XXX Monitor & Report XXX Oil and Grease XXX XXX Monitor & Report XXX Total Copper XXX XXX Monitor & Report XXX Total Aluminum XXX XXX Monitor & Report XXX Total Mercury XXX XXX Monitor & Report XXX Dissolved Oxygen Minimum of 5.0 at all times pH From 6.0 to 9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliform (5/1 to 9/30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10/1 to 4/30) 10,000/100 ml as a geometric average All limitations and monitoring requirements for this permit amendment are the same as those contained in the NPDES permit issued on September 12, 2003, with the exception of the acute Whole Effluent Toxicity limit, which will be removed based on the identification and elimination of the source of toxicity.
Individuals may make an appointment to review the files on this case by calling the File Review Coordinator at (717) 705-4732.
The EPA waiver is not in effect.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.PA0228851, CAFO, SIC 0213, Country View Family Farms, R. D. 2, Box 54A, Columbia Crossroads, PA 16914. This proposed facility will be located in Columbia Township, Bradford County.
Description of Proposed Activity: Van Blarcom Farms, an existing dairy farm, proposes the construction of a new swine farm. The new swine operation will consist of a breeding and gestation barn, a farrowing barn, a grower barn, a solids separating area, a stacking area and manure storage ponds. Manure will be conveyed from under-barn storages to solids separating area, where solids will be removed and liquids will be further conveyed to the manure storage ponds. The manure storages will have HDPE liners and leak detection systems. The two manure storages will have a total storage of 2,754,100 gallons. All manure will be land applied on lands operated by Van Blarcom Farms. Total AEUs at the site will be 1,316.3.
The nearest stream, North Branch Sugar Creek, is in the State Water Plan watershed 4C and is classified for: TSF.
The proposed effluent limits for the operation/activity include: Except for the chronic or catastrophic rainfall events defined as over the 25-year/24-hour rain storms, the CAFO individual permit is a nondischarge NPDES permit. Where applicable, compliance with 40 CFR Federal effluent limitation guidelines is required.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.PA0028126, Industrial Waste, SIC, 4941, Pennsylvania American Water, 800 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA 17033. This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge backwash water and untreated stormwater from Hays Mine Beck Run Complex WTP in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, Becks Run Creek, classified as a WWF with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream PWS is West View Municipal Authority, located at Ohio River, 9 miles below the discharge point.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 1.72 mgd.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous. Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Flow Monitor and Report Total Suspended Solids 30 60 Total Iron 2 4 Aluminum (T) 4 8 Manganese (T) 1 2 Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1 pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA0252743, Industrial Waste, SIC, Indian Creek Valley Water Authority, P. O. Box 486, Indian Head, PA 15446-0486. This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated process water from Neal's Run Well Water Treatment Plant in Saltlick Township, Fayette County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, Back Creek, classified as a CWF with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream potable water supply is North Fayette County Municipal Authority, located at Dunbar--Youghiogheny River, approximately 16.5 miles below the discharge point.
Outfall 001: new discharge, design flow of 0.0043 mgd.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Flow (mgd) Monitor & Report Suspended Solids 30 60 Iron 2.0 4.0 Aluminum 1.3 2.6 Manganese 1.0 2.0 Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.0 pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA0020656, Sewage, Newell Municipal Authority, 413 Second Street, P. O. Box 356, Newell, PA 15466-0356. This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Newell Sewage Treatment Plant in Newell Borough, Fayette County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Monongahela River, which are classified as a WWF 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: Washington Township Municipal Authority on the Monongahela River.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.1 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 25 37.5 50 Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Fecal Coliform (5/ 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 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA0026069-A1, Sewage, Latrobe Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 88, Latrobe, PA 15650. This application is for amendment of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Latrobe Municipal Authority Sewage Treatment Plant in Latrobe Borough, Westmoreland County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Loyalhanna Creek, which are classified as a WWF 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: Freeport Water Company.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 5.0 mgd.
This permit is amended to delete the discharge limit for Total Residual Chlorine since ultraviolet radiation versus chlorination is now used for disinfection.
PA0094960, Sewage, Williams Barnes, P. O. Box 337, Eighty Four, PA 15330.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Barnes Apartments Sewage Treatment Plant in Somerset Township, Washington County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Little Chartiers Creek, which are classified as a H-Q WWF 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: Western Pennsylvania Water Authority.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.0023 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 25 50 Suspended Solids 30 60 Ammonia Nitrogen (5/1 to 10/31) 3.0 6.0 (11/1 to 4/30) 9.0 18.0 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 Dissolved Oxygen not less than 5 mg/l
pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA0216224, Sewage, Richard Prostejovsky, 1083 Manor Drive, Ebensburg, PA 15931. This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Prostejovsky Single Residence STP in Cambria Township, Cambria County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as an UNT of North Branch Little Conemaugh River, which are classified as a CWF 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: Blairsville Municipal Authority on the Conemaugh River.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.0004 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) 2000/100 ml as a geometric mean Total Residual Chlorine Monitor and Report pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
III. WQM Industrial Waste and Sewerage Applications Under the Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001)
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
WQM Permit No. 3904201, Industrial Waste, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, P. O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676. This proposed facility is located in Washington Township, Lehigh County, PA.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project involves construction of a .0026 mgd industrial waste treatment facility to treat wastewater from Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission at Slatington Maintenance Facility.
WQM Permit No. 3904406, Sewerage, Upper Saucon Sewage Treatment Authority, 5500 Camp Meeting Road, Center Valley, PA 18034-9444. This proposed facility is located in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, PA.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: This project consists of replacing the existing chlorine disinfection system with ultraviolet disinfection system.
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 705-4707.
WQM Permit No. 2104414, Sewerage, South Middleton Township Municpal Authority, P. O. Box 8, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. This proposed facility is located in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction of the Carlisle Crossing sewer extension and replacement of existing pump station to serve department stores, small shops, restaurants, and the like).
WQM Permit No. 3604417, Sewerage, Suburban Lancaster Sewer Authority, 218 West Orange Street, P. O. Box 1271, Lancaster, PA 17603. This proposed facility is located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction of sewer extension and pumping station to serve the Horst Tract.
WQM Permit No. 567s030, Amendment 04-1, Sewerage, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Sideling Hill Service Plaza), Administration Building, 700 South Eisenhower Boulevard, Middletown, PA 17057. This proposed facility is located in Taylor Township, Fulton County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Upgrade of wastewater treatment plant.
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
WQM Permit No. 0804202, CAFO Operation, SIC 0213, Country View Family Farms, R. D. 2, Box 54A, Columbia Crossroads, PA 16914. This proposed facility will be located in Columbia Township, Bradford County.
Description of Proposed Activity: Van Blarcom Farms, an existing dairy farm, proposes the construction of a new swine farm. The new swine operation will consist of a breeding and gestation barn, a farrowing barn, a grower barn, a solids separating area, a stacking area and manure storage ponds. Manure will be conveyed from under-barn storages to solids separating area, where solids will be removed and liquids will be further conveyed to the manure storage ponds. The manure storages will have HDPE liners and leak detection systems. The two manure storages will have a total storage of 2,754,100 gallons. All manure will be land applied on lands operated by Van Blarcom Farms. Total AEUs at the site will be 1,316.3.
WQM Permit No. 0804203, CAFO Operation 0213, Country View Family Farms, Ephrata, PA 17522. This existing facility is located in Wells Township, Bradford County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Improvements to the leak detection system, concrete vault liners and stormwater management system at the existing facility.
IV. NPDES Applications for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
V. Applications for NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
VI. NPDES Individual Permit Applications for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities
Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI010904014 Prime Building Group
Biddle Tract
1631 Meetinghouse Road
Chalfont, PA 18914
Bucks Milford Township Molasses Creek/Unami Creek (HQ-CWF) PAI011504090 Great Valley School District
Sugartown Elementary School Add.
47 Church Road
Malvern, PA 19355
Chester Willistown Township West Branch Crum Creek (EV) PAI011504091 Joe Budis
Budis Subdivision Development
10 First Street
Murray Hill, NJ 07944
Chester Honey Brook Borough and Township West Branch Brandywine Creek (HQ) Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Lehigh County Conservation District: Lehigh Ag. Ctr., Ste. 102, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104, (610) 391-9583.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI023904040 Trexlertown Plaza Associates
Paul Mullins
600 Old Country Rd.
Garden City, NY 11530
Lehigh Lower Macungie
TownshipLittle Lehigh Creek, HQ-CWF Monroe County Conservation District: 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (570) 629-3060.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI024504030 Forte Inc.
P. O. Box 153
Stroudsmoor Rd.
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Monroe Stroud Township Cherry Creek,
HQ-CWF, MFNorthampton County Conservation District: Greystone Building, Gracedale Complex, Nazareth, PA 18064-9211, (610) 746-1971.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI024804043 Hecktown Fire Company
Attn: Jeff Seip
230 Nazareth Pike
Bethlehem, PA 18020
Northampton Lower Nazareth Township Monocacy Creek,
HQ-CWF
PAI024804044 Mark Wagner, President
Wagner Enterprises, LTD
P. O. Box 3154
Easton, PA 18043
Northampton City of Bethlehem Saucon Creek,
HQ-CWF
(Black River to SR 412 Bridge)Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI-0328-04-006 JATIM Enterprises, Inc.
421 South Washington Street
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
Franklin Guilford Township Conococheague Creek/HQ-CWF Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Centre County Conservation District: 414 Holmes Ave., Suite 4, Bellefonte, PA 16823 (814) 355-6817.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI041404018 Sports Management Group Inc., Phase IV
Gary Ream
P. O. Box 93 Rt. 45
Woodward, PA 16882
Centre Haines Township UNT Pine Creek
EVClearfield County Conservation District: 650 Leonard St., Clearfield, PA 16830, (814) 765-2629.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI041704002 Mosquito Creek Sportsmens Assoc.
P. O. Box 218
Frenchville, PA 16836
Clearfield Girard Township Lost run-HQ-CWF
Deserter run-HQ-CWF
Gifford Run-HQ-CWF
VII. List of NOIs for NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types
PAG-12 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMIT Under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17), the following parties have applied for a PWS permit to construct or substantially modify a public water system.
Persons wishing to comment on a permit application are invited to submit a statement to the office listed before the application within 30 days of this public notice. Comments received within the 30-day comment period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding the application. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held after consideration of comments received during the 30-day public comment period.
Following the comment period, the Department will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this final determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit application and any related documents are on file at the office listed before the application and are available for public review. Arrangements for inspection and copying information should be made with the office listed before the application.
Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate during the 30-day public comment period should contact the office listed before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Applications Received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Permit No. 0104504, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Possum Valley Municipal Authority Municipality Menallen Township County Adams Responsible Official John W. Breighner Jr, Chairperson
P. O. Box 420
Bendersville, PA 17306
Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Janet R McNally, P. E.
William F. Hill & Assoc., Inc.
207 Baltimore St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Application Received Date 10/22/2004 Description of Action Installation of transmission mains and a stream intake on Opossum Creek for a pilot study. Permit No. 2204506, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Wissahickon Spring Water Municipality Williams Township County Dauphin Responsible Official Albert Lear, Dir. Quality Assurance
10447 Drummond Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Type of Facility Public Water Supply Consulting Engineer Thomas G. Pullar, P. E.
EarthRes Group Inc
P. O. Box 468
Pipersville, PA 18947
Application Received Date 8/9/2004 Description of Action The addition of a new water source (borehole BH-2) at the Temple Spring bulk water facility. 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, 303, 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 the background standard, Statewide health standard, the site-specific standard, or who intend to remediate a site as 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 or suspected 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, or who receives approval of a special industrial area remediation 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. Furthermore, the person 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 standard, in whole or in part, and for sites remediated as a special industrial area. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the site. For the sites identified below, proposed for remediation to a site-specific standard or as a special industrial area, the municipality, within which the site is located, 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 below. During this comment period the municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of the site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved, and comments, should be directed to the remediator of the site.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program Manager in the Department of Environmental Protection 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 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notice(s) of Intent to Remediate:
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Wimmer Scrap Facility (Former), Etna Borough, Allegheny County. Wendy Noe, American Geosciences, Inc., 3925 Reed Blvd., Suite 400, Murrysville, PA 15668-1848 (on behalf of Marco Pompeo, Etna Properties, LLP, 2201 Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15215) has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil contaminated with heavy metals, and PCBs. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Special Industrial Area Requirements. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on August 10, 2004.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Application received, Under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101-- 6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and Regulations to Operate Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Area or Site.
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Permit ID No. 100172. Arden Landfill, Inc., 200 Rangos Lane, Washington, PA 15301. Arden Landfill, 200 Rangos Lane, Washington, PA 15301. Application for the expansion of a municipal waste landfill in Chartiers Township, Washington County was received in the Regional Office on December 23, 2004.
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[Continued from previous Web Page] AIR QUALITY PLAN APPROVAL AND OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS NEW SOURCES AND MODIFICATIONS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has developed an ''integrated'' plan approval, State operating permit and Title V operating permit program. This integrated approach is designed to make the permitting process more efficient for the Department, the regulated community and the public. This approach allows the owner or operator of a facility to complete and submit all the permitting documents relevant to its application one time, affords an opportunity for public input and provides for sequential issuance of the necessary permits.
The Department has received applications for plan approvals and/or operating permits from the following facilities.
Copies of the applications, subsequently prepared draft permits, review summaries and other support materials are available for review in the regional office identified in this notice. Persons interested in reviewing the application files should contact the appropriate regional office to schedule an appointment.
Persons wishing to receive a copy of a proposed plan approval or operating permit must indicate their interest to the Department regional office within 30 days of the date of this notice and must file protests or comments on a proposed plan approval or operating permit within 30 days of the Department providing a copy of the proposed document to that person or within 30 days of its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever comes first. Interested persons may also request that a hearing be held concerning the proposed plan approval and operating permit. Comments or protests filed with the Department regional offices must include a concise statement of the objections to the issuance of the Plan approval or operating permit and relevant facts which serve as the basis for the objections. If the Department schedules a hearing, a notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at least 30 days prior the date of the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact the regional office identified before the application. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
Final plan approvals and operating permits will contain terms and conditions to ensure that the source is constructed and operating in compliance with applicable requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121--143, the Federal Clean Air Act (act) and regulations adopted under the act.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval Applications Received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B that may have special public interest. These applications are in review and no decision on disposition has been reached.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570)-826-2531.
54-303-016: Foster Materials--Division of Naceville Materials (1371 West Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974) for construction of a batch asphalt plant with the capability to utilize waste derived liquid fuels and associated air cleaning device at their Ryan Stone Quarry in Foster Township, Schuylkill County.
45-301-029: HG Smith-Wilbert Vault Co. (2120 North Fifth Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360) for construction of a crematory and associated air cleaning device at their facility on Dreher Avenue, Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County.
48-317-020: ConAgra Food Ingredients Co. (Route 611, Martins Creek, PA 18063) for installation of air cleaning devices to capture emissions from flour milling and loading operations at their facility in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
10-348A: Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (PA Route 58, Butler PA 16001) for plan approval to construct a 200 tph coal crusher/stockpile at their Hortert Mine, SMP No. 10990101, in Venango Township, Butler County.
Intent to Issue Plan Approvals and Intent to Issue or Amend Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B. These actions may include the administrative amendments of an associated operating permit.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
15-0010A: ISG Plate, LLC (139 Modena Road, Coatesville, PA 19320) for modification of a 200` NAB Furnace (CHT) at their facility in the City of Coatesville, Chester County. This facility is a Title V facility. The 200` NAB Furnace (CHT) is identified in the facility's Title V Operating Permit as Source 146B. ISG Plate LLC proposes to install new high efficiency burners to replace older burners. To assure that PSD would not apply on a ''past actual to future potential'' basis, Source 146B will be subject to the following restrictions: 1) a limit of 30.6 tons of NOx per year, as a 12 month rolling sum (this is a reduction in the source's current potential to emit of 93.2 tons per year), 2) a fuel usage restriction for the 200` NAB Furnace (CHT), 3) a limitation to only burning natural gas, 4) the installation of a fuel usage meter, 5) a requirement to monitor and record fuel usage, and 6) a requirement to stack test the furnace to verify its NOx emission rate. The Plan Approval will contain monitoring and recordkeeping requirements designed to keep Source 146B operating within the allowable emissions and all applicable air quality requirements.
Northcentral Region: Air Quality Program, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, Richard Maxwell, New Source Review Chief, (570) 327-3637.
55-399-005A: Professional Building Systems, Inc. (72 East Market Street, Middleburg, PA 17842) for construction of a modular home manufacturing facility in Middleburg Borough, Snyder County.
The modular home manufacturing facility incorporates various manufacturing activities involving the use of adhesives, sealants, paints, cleaning solvents, and the like. The facility will emit up to 8.39 tons of volatile organic compounds and 1.11 tons of volatile hazardous air pollutants per year.
The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the information provided by Professional Building Systems, Inc. indicates that the modular manufacturing facility will comply with all Air Quality requirements pertaining to air contamination sources and the emission of air contaminants, including the best available technology requirement of 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.1 and 127.12. Based on this finding, the Department proposes to issue plan approval for the construction of the modular home manufacturing facility.
The following is a summary of the conditions that the Department proposes to place in the plan approval to be issued to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements:
1. This plan approval supersedes Plan Approval 55-399-005 in its entirety.
2. The total combined volatile organic compound emissions shall not exceed 8.39 tons in any 12 consecutive month period and the total combined volatile hazardous air pollutant emissions shall not exceed 1.11 tons in any 12 consecutive month period.
3. Only those specific adhesives, sealants, coatings (paints, stains, topcoats, and the like), cleaning solvents, and the like identified in the plan approval application (or an alternate material determined by the Department to have an equivalent, or lower, air contaminant emission potential) shall be used.
4. All materials listed below shall comply with the usage limitations identified as applying to that material:
Material Max. lbs
used for 12
consecutive
month period
Titebond DA (and any alternate materials) 14,500 Red Devil Acrylic Caulk (and any
alternate materials)5,312 Gun Cleaner (and any alternate materials) 410 Bondaflex Sil 100 (and any alternate
materials)323 Rector Seal T-2 (and any alternate
materials)50 Oatey Low VOC Purple Primer (and any
alternate materials)350 Oatey All Purpose Cement (and any
alternate materials)416 Whitlam Turf--Pool Cement (and any
alternate materials)1,835 Genova Uncopper CPVC Cement (and any
alternate materials)156 Golden Carmel Interior Stain (and any
alternate materials)482 Terminator T-2 Interior Primer (and any
alternate materials)163 Prokote 901 Interior Paint (and any
alternate materials)450,360 Seameal Plus Caulk (and any alternate
materials)3,375 CSL 160 Silicone Caulk (and any alternate
materials)483 Bondaflex Sil-A 700 Caulk (and any
alternate materials)274 Star Stuk Cement (and any alternate
materials)23 Simple Green (and any alternate
materials)172 Goof Off (and any alternate materials) 254 Titebond CA (and any alternate materials) 17,219 Amstone Roof Cement (and any alternate
materials)378 Duron Spray Paint (and any alternate
materials)2,333 Duron Weathershield Exterior (and any
alternate materials)576 5. All materials listed below shall comply with the VOC and volatile hazardous air pollutant (VHAP) content limitations identified as applying to that material:
Material Maximum VOC Content (weight %) Maximum VHAP Content (weight %) Titebond DA (and any alternate
materials)2.47 1.82 Red Devil Acrylic Caulk (and any
alternate materials)2.90 .90 Gun Cleaner (and any alternate
materials)100.00 .00 Bondaflex Sil 100 (and any
alternate materials)3.50 .00 Rector Seal T-2 (and any
alternate materials)30.00 .00 Oatey Low VOC Purple Primer
(and any alternate materials)100.00 80.00 Oatey All Purpose Cement (and
any alternate materials)88.00 40.00 Whitlam Turf-Pool Cement (and
any alternate materials)81.00 7.00 Genova Uncopper CPVC Cement
(and any alternate materials)90.00 .00 Genesis Interior Semi-Gloss (and
any alternate materials).00 .00 Golden Carmel Interior Stain
(and any alternate materials)7.80 .00 Terminator T-2 Interior Primer
(and any alternate materials)2.10 1.00 Prokote 901 Interior Paint (and
any alternate materials)2.52 .00 Seameal Plus Caulk (and any
alternate materials).20 .00 CSL 160 Silicone Caulk (and any
alternate materials)5.00 .00 Bondaflex Sil-A 700 Caulk (and
any alternate materials)1.72 .90 Star Stuk Cement (and any
alternate materials)65.00 40.00 Simple Green (and any alternate
materials)1.00 .00 Titebond CA (and any alternate
materials)2.25 1.52 Amstone Roof Cement (and any
alternate materials)34.40 .00 Duron Spray Paint (and any
alternate materials)53.00 33.00 Duron Weathershield Exterior
(and any alternate materials)6.40 4.00 6. The use of ''Foamseal 2100A,'' ''Foamseal 2100,'' ''Macroplast UR-8225BH,'' ''AD Firebarrier,'' ''Draft Stop'' and ''Everflux'' shall not result in the emission of any VOCs or VHAPs.
7. Only airless, air-assisted airless or HVLP spray technology shall be used to apply coatings other than those applied by brush or cloth.
8. All containers of VOC-containing and volatile hazardous air pollutant-containing materials shall be kept closed except when in active use. Any solvent flushed from spray lines shall be flushed in a solid stream into a container. Solvent may not be removed from spray lines by spraying into the air or by spraying an atomized spray into a container. All solvent-wet rags shall be stored in closed containers.
9. Appropriate records shall be kept to demonstrate compliance with all plan approval conditions. These records shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection on a quarterly basis.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, (814) 332-6940.
16-136C: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.--Plant No. 14--Clarion Asphalt Facility (State Route 3011, Clarion, PA 16214) to burn alternative fuels including No. 2, No. 5. No. 6, fuel oil or any combination of No. 2, No. 4, No. 6 and reprocessed/recycled oil in Beaver Township, Clarion County.
In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.44(b) and 127.424(b), the Department of Environmental Protection intends to issue a plan approval to: burn alternative fuels including No. 2, No. 5. No. 6, fuel oil or any combination of No. 2, No. 4, No. 6 and reprocessed/recycled oil in Beaver Township, Clarion County. This plan approval will, in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450, be incorporated into a State Only operating permit through an administrative amendment at a later date.
OPERATING PERMITS
Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, (814) 332-6940.
20-00040: Advanced Cast Products, Inc. (18700 Mill Street, Meadville, Pa 16335) for a Reissuance of the Title V Operating Permit. The facility is in the City of Meadville, Crawford County. The facility manufactures gray and ductile iron foundries casting products. The facility's major emission sources include preheating and charge, melting and transfer, pouring-cooling-shakeout, new grinding and goff, grinding and cleaning, core making and baking, sand handling, heat treating- austemper operation, painting operation, air-makeup units three, miscellaneous natural gas usage and two degreaser units. The facility is a major facility due to its potential to emit of particulate matter.
Department of Public Health, Air Management Services: 321 University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Edward Braun, Chief, (215) 823-7584.
V04-010: Arbill Industries, Inc. (2270 West Glenwood Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132) for operation of an industrial laundry and petroleum based dry-cleaning facility in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. The Title V facility's air emission sources include two 5.5 MMBtu/hr boilers, two heavy-duty petroleum solvent dry cleaning washer, ten textile dryers with built-in condensers, three vacuum stills for petroleum solvent recovery and 26 hampers used to convey textiles.
The operating permit will be issued under the 25 Pa. Code, Philadelphia code title 3 and air management regulation xiii. Permit copies and other supporting information are available for public inspection at AMS, 321 University Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104. For further information, contact Edward Wiener (215) 685-9426.
Persons wishing to file protest or comments on the above operating permit must submit the protest or comments within 30 days from the date of this notice. Any protests or comments filed with AMS must include a concise statement of the objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based. Based upon the information received during the public comment period, AMS may modify the operating permit or schedule a public hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a local newspaper at least thirty days before the hearing.
Intent to Issue Operating Permits under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19428, Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
46-00245: Neptune Chemical Pump Co., Inc. (215 Keystone Drive, Montgomeryville, PA 18936) for operation of their facility in Lansdale, Montgomery County. The permit is for a non-Title V (State only) facility. The facility's primary emission sources are two spray paint booths and a Pressurized Drum. The permit will include monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements designed to keep the facility operating within all applicable air quality requirements.
COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
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); and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to 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 an application is available for inspection at the district mining office indicated before an 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 certification.
Written comments, 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 district mining office indicated before an application 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.
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. NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations as identified in this notice for the respective coal and noncoal applications. In addition, 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 who have requested review of NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the previously mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on the requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting comments or objections; the 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; the application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor wishes to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Coal Applications Received
Effluent Limits
The following coal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum iron (total) 3.0 mg/l 6.0 mg/l 7.0 mg/l manganese (total) 2.0 mg/l 4.0 mg/l 5.0 mg/l suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l pH1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 alkalinity greater than acidity1 1 The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to (1) surface runoff (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event) from active mining areas; active areas disturbed by coal refuse disposal activities; and mined areas backfilled and revegetated and (2) drainage (resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 1-year 24-hour event) from coal refuse disposal piles.California District Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423.
30841317. NPDES Permit No. PA0213527, Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, (P. O. Box J, Claysville, PA 15323), to revise the permit for the Enlow Fork Mine in East Finley Township, Washington County to conduct blasting activity to construct airshaft. No additional discharges. Application received December 14, 2004.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
26040104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250627. David L. Patterson, Jr. (12 Short Cut Road, Smithfield, PA 15478). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in Nicholson Township, Fayette County, affecting 26.2 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Monongahela River, classified for the following use: WWF. The potable water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge: Masontown Water Works, Carmichaels Municipal Authority and Southwestern PA Water Authority. Application received: December 14, 2004.
26040105 and NPDES Permit No. PA0250635. Amerikohl Mining, Inc. (P. O. box 427, Acme, PA 15610-0427). Application for commencement, operation and reclamation of a bituminous surface mine, located in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, affecting 364.6 acres. Receiving streams: Gist Run and UNTs to Laurel Run and Ferguson Run, classified for the following use: TSF. There is no potable water supply intake within 10 miles downstream from the point of discharge. Application received: December 14, 2004.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232, 814-797-1191.
16040104 and NPDES Permit No. PA0242608. Reichard Contracting, Inc. (212 Olean Trail, New Bethlehem, PA 16242). Commencement, operation and restoration of a bituminous surface strip operation in Porter Township, Clarion County affecting 70.5 acres. Receiving streams: Two UNTs to Leatherwood Creek, one UNT to Long Run and Long Run, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 16, 2004.
1642-10010112-E-1. T. C. Mining (252 Lower Hays Run Road, Kittanning, PA 16201). Application for stream encroachment to construct E & S controls within the 100 foot barrier and reestablish at portion of an UNT to the South Branch of Slippery Rock Creek in Clay and Concord Townships, Butler County. Receiving streams: UNT to South Branch of Slippery Rock Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application received: December 17, 2004.
33990108 and NPDES Permit No. PA0241482. T. L. H. Coal Company (4401 Pollock Road, Marion Center, PA 15759). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip operation in Young Township, Jefferson County affecting 49.5 acres. Receiving streams: UNT to Sawmill Run, classified for the following: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: December 20, 2004.
24900103 and NPDES Permit No. PA0207977. Energy Resources, Inc. (P. O. Box 259, Brockway, PA 15824). Renewal of an existing bituminous surface strip, auger, and beneficial use of fluidized bed ash use of co-product operation in Fox and Horton Townships, Elk County affecting 367.0 acres. Receiving streams: McCauley Run, Curry Run, Boderocco Run, Brandy Camp Creek and UNTs to Little Toby Creek, classified for the following uses: CWF. There are no potable surface water supply intakes within 10 miles downstream. Application for reclamation only. Application received: December 21, 2004.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901 (570) 621-3118.
40663024C8. Coal Contractors (1991), Inc., (P. O. Box 39, Hazleton, PA 18201), correction to an existing anthracite surface mine operation for a stream variance for Hazle Creek in Hazle Township, Luzerne County affecting 925.0 acres, receiving stream: Hazle Creek. Application received December 16, 2004.
54040203. Wheelabrator Culm Services, Inc., (Liberty Lane, Hampton, NH 03842), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite coal refuse reprocessing operation in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County affecting 42.1 acres, receiving stream: North Mahanoy Creek, classified for the following use: CWF. Application received December 16, 2004.
Noncoal Applications Received
Effluent Limits
The following noncoal mining applications that include an NPDES permit application will be subject to, at a minimum, the following technology-based effluent limitations for discharges of wastewater to streams:
30-day Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average Maximum Maximum suspended solids 35 mg/l 70 mg/l 90 mg/l Alkalinity exceeding acidity1 greater than 6.0; less than 9.0 1 The parameter is applicable at all times.
A settleable solids instantaneous maximum limit of 0.5 ml/l applied to surface runoff resulting from a precipitation event of less than or equal to a 10-year 24-hour event. If coal will be extracted incidental to the extraction of noncoal minerals, at a minimum, the technology-based effluent limitations identified under coal applications will apply to discharges of wastewater to streams.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
66880301T and NPDE Permit No. PA0594229. Reading Materials, Inc., (P. O. Box 1467, Skippack, PA 19474), transfer of an existing quarry operation from Wyoming Sand & Gravel, Inc. and renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage in Falls Township, Wyoming County affecting 328.6 acres, receiving stream: Buttermilk Creek, classified for the following use: cold water fishery. Application received December 20, 2004.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401 The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of sections 301--303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA or to the issuance of a Dam Permit, Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment must submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice, as well as questions, to the regional office noted before the application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Individuals will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each working day at the regional office noted before the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend a 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) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and requests for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 327-3636.
E17-403. Karthaus Township, HC Box 6, 367 Market Street, Karthaus, PA 16845. T-748 Bridge Replacement, Karthaus Township, Clearfield County, ACOE Baltimore District (Karthaus, PA Quadrangle N: 21.6 inches; W: 15.2 inches).
To remove an existing bridge superstructure and to construct, operate and maintain a single span concrete box beam bridge to carry T-748 (Oak Hill Road) across Mosquito Creek: a HQ-CWF. The bridge across Mosquito Creek shall be constructed with a minimum span of 82 feet, width of 43.5 feet and an underclearance of 16 feet. All construction and future repair work shall be completed during stream low flow. All in-stream structures shall be constructed in dry work conditions by dams and pumping or fluming stream flow around work areas. Construction of the bridge will permanently impact 75 feet of Mosquito Creek while temporarily impacting 828 square feet of wetland that is located along the northern right-of-way of SR 0879 approximately 60 feet west of T-748 and SR 0879 intersection. The 828 square feet of wetland impacts are deemed de minimus, as such the applicant will not be required to mitigate the impacts with replacement wetlands.
E18-383. Renovo Borough, 128 Fifth Street, Renovo, PA 17764. Water Line Relocation, in Renovo Borough, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District (Renovo East, PA Quadrangle N: 14.75 inches; W: 14.81 inches).
To relocate and concrete encase an 8-inch diameter line 100 feet upstream from its current location next to a SR 120 bridge, due to the proposed replacement of the bridge. The water line will cross 78 feet of the channel bed. The project proposes to temporarily impact 30 linear feet of the run and permanently impact 5 linear feet of Paddy Run, which is classified as an Exceptional Value stream. The project will not impact any wetlands.
E18-384. Western Clinton County Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 363, Renovo, PA 17764. State Route 0120, Section A01 Sanitary Sewer Line Relocation in Renovo Borough, Clinton County, ACOE Baltimore District (Renovo East, PA Quadrangle N: 14.59 inches; W: 14.15 inches).
To relocate and concrete encase an existing PVC sanitary sewer line 100 feet upstream from its current location next to the SR 120 bridge, due to the proposed replacement of the bridge. The sewer line will cross 68 feet of the channel bed. The project proposes to temporarily impact 30 linear feet of Paddy Run and permanently impact 5 linear feet of Paddy Run that is classified as an Exceptional Value stream. The project will not impact any wetlands.
E49-282. Milton Area Industrial Development Association, One South Arch Street, Milton, PA 17847. Standard Joint Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit, in Milton Borough, Northumberland County, ACOE Susquehanna River Basin District (Milton, PA Quadrangle N: 18.1 inches; W: 14.1 inches). This application was mistakenly published as an action at 34 Pa.B. 6709 (December 18, 2004).
To develop in accordance with the attached plans to develop Phase II of the Belford addition, which encompasses approximately 50 acres of land. The development will include new roadways, road reconstruction, and utility line extension. The project will permanently impact 1.15 acres of forested nontidal wetlands for the widening of Marsh Road and 0.49 acre of emergent nontidal wetlands for a new road (across wetland No. 14). The project will also disturb 138 linear feet of stream to place two 41-foot box culverts and a 42-foot arch culvert in UNTs; and temporarily impact 4,185 square feet of wetlands and 75 linear feet of stream for utility line crossings and placement of stormwater piping. The applicants stated purpose is to accommodate the growing needs of the local economy by providing developable lots to eliminate the current traffic patterns through he nearby town of Montandon, Milton Borough, Northumberland County.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1478. Jefferson Hills Borough, 925 Old Clairton Road, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025. To construct a culvert in Jefferson Hills Borough, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. (Glassport, PA Quadrangle N: 12.3 inches; W: 12.7 and Latitude: 40° 19` 4"--Longitude: 79° 57` 58"). The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a 8` x 8` concrete box culvert (depressed 1`) approximately 296 feet long within a tributary to Lick Run (TSF) for a proposed roadway to connect to two residential developments known as Jefferson Estates and Hunters Field. The new street will be known as Frank Street. The total stream impact from this project is approximately 296 feet to a tributary to Lick Run.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E62-403, William T. Krahe, Echo Warren Associates, L. P., 701 Alpha Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Warren County Retail Center, in Conewango Township, Warren County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Russell, PA Quadrangle N: 1.0 inches; W: 3.5 inches).
The applicant proposes to construct a commercial development consisting of a Wal-Mart (204,000 square feet), a home improvement center (111,000 square feet), 81,000 square feet of additional retail shops and associated parking immediately NW of the intersection of U. S. Route 62 (Market Street Extension) and SR 69 (Jackson Run Road) involving 1) to fill 0.62 acre of PEM wetland, 2) to restore 1.01 acres of wetland onsite and to enhance 0.56 acre of existing wetland onsite and 3) to construct and maintain a 3-foot diameter HDPE stormwater outfall discharging to Jackson Run. The project proposes to directly affect 0.62 acre of PEM wetlands and to restore 1.01 acres of wetland onsite and to enhance 0.56 acre of existing wetland onsite. Jackson Run is a perennial stream with a wild trout designation and classified as a CWF.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
D14-111EA. Jake Eckenrode, 310 Wallace Run Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823. Boggs Township, Centre County, ACOE Baltimore District.
Project proposes to breach and remove an unnamed dam located across Wallace Run (EV) for the purpose of eliminating a threat to public safety and restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located along Wallace Run Road approximately 2,000 feet West of the intersection of Gum Stump Road (T810) and SR 144, west of the town of Gum Stump. (Bellefonte, PA Quadrangle N: 18.95 inches; W: 14.8 inches).
ACTIONS
THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (WQM) PERMITS The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has taken the following actions on previously received applications for new, amended and renewed NPDES and WQM permits, applications for permit waivers and Notices of Intent (NOI) for coverage under general permits. This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing provisions of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act.
Location Permit Authority Application Type or Category Section I NPDES Renewals Section II NPDES New or amendment Section III WQM Industrial, sewage or animal wastes; discharges to groundwater Section IV NPDES MS4 individual permit Section V NPDES MS4 permit waiver Section VI NPDES Individual permit stormwater construction Section VII NPDES NOI for coverage under NPDES general permits Sections I--VI contain actions related to industrial, animal or sewage wastes discharges, discharges to groundwater and discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), stormwater associated with construction activities and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Section VII contains notices for parties who have submitted NOIs for coverage under general NPDES permits. The approval for coverage under general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in each general permit. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under applicable general permit 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 permit. Permits 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 before the action.
Persons aggrieved by an 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 should contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 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 of 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 decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
I. NPDES Renewal Permit Actions
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES No. (Type) Facility Name & Address County & Municipality Stream Name
(Watershed #)EPA Waived Y/N PA0216364
Industrial Waste
Center Township Water Authority
224 Center Grange Road
Aliquippa, PA 15001
Beaver County
Center Township
Rag Run Y PA0096521
Sewage
Bureau of State Parks
Ohiopyle State Park
P. O. Box 195
Dinnerbell Road
Ohiopyle, PA 15470-0105
Fayette County
Stewart Township
Meadow Run Y PA0216208
Sewage
John F. Kotun
319 Anderson Hozak Road
Clinton, PA 15026
Beaver County
Raccoon Township
Swale to UNT of Service Creek Y
II. New or Expanded Facility Permits, Renewal of Major Permits and EPA Nonwaived Permit Actions
III. WQM Industrial Waste and Sewerage Actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001)
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
WQM Permit No. WQG016105, Sewerage, Steven and Kim Sowinski, 1502 Winners Cup Circle, St. Charles, IL 60174. This proposed facility is located in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
Description of Proposed Action/Activity: Construction of a single residence sewage treatment plant to serve the Sowinski residence.
IV. NPDES Stormwater Discharges from MS4 Permit Actions
V. NPDES Waiver Stormwater Discharges from MS4 Actions
Southwest Region: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name &
AddressCounty Municipality Receiving Water/Use DEP Protocol (Y/N) PAG136360 Brownstown Borough
350 Habicht Street
Johnstown, PA 15906
Cambria Brownstown Borough NA NA PAG136362 Franklin Borough
Municipal Building
1125 Main Street
Johnstown, PA 15909
Cambria Franklin Borough NA NA
VI. NPDES Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities Individual Permit Actions
Southeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI011504034 Rouse/Chamberlin Homes
Providence Hill Subdivision
500 Exton Commons
Exton, PA 19341
Chester East Fallowfield
TownshipUNT West Branch Brandywine Creek
(EV-MF-WWF)Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI041404011 DCNR
Bureau of Forestry
15187 Renovo Rd.
Renovo, PA 17764-9521
Centre
ClintonCurtin Township
Beech Creek Township
W. Br. Big Run
EV
PAI041804002 Sheri L. Franz
Dominion Transmission Inc.
445 West Main St.
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Clinton Leidy, E. Keating & Chapman Townships Young Womens Creek-HQ-CWF
Kettle Creek-EVCambria District: Environmental Program Manager, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving Water/Use PAI090404003 Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Cambria Office
286 Industrial Park Road
Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119
Beaver Big Beaver Borough Jordan Run tributary to North Fork of Little Beaver Creek, HQ-CWF
VII. Approvals to Use NPDES and/or Other General Permits
The EPA Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.23(d).
List of NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types
PAG-1 General Permit for Discharges from Stripper Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities (PAR) PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit for Discharges from Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plants 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 Nonexceptional Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-8 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application under Approved PAG-8 General Permit Coverage PAG-9 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Residential Septage by Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application under Approved PAG-9 General Permit Coverage PAG-10 General Permit for Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks and Pipelines PAG-11 (To Be Announced) PAG-12 CAFOs PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from MS4 [Continued on next Web Page]
[Continued from previous Web Page] General Permit Type--PAG-2
Facility Location & Municipality Permit No. Applicant Name & Address Receiving Water/Use Contact Office & Phone No. Chadds Ford Township
Delaware County
PAG2002304039 Newlin Homes
1657 Warpath Road
West Chester, PA 19382
UNT Harvey Run (WWF, MF) Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900
Upper Gwynedd Township
Montgomery County
PAG2004604140 Erb-Mascio Builders
Gwynedd Meadows Subdivision
2930 Felton Road
Norristown, PA 19401
UNT Wissahickon Creek Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900
Limerick Township
Montgomery County
PAG2004604128 Limerick Township Municipal Authorities
King Road WWTP
529 King Road
P. O. Box 29
Royersford, PA 19468
UNT Schuylkill River Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900
Bridgeport Borough
Montgomery County
PAG2004604204 County of Montgomery
Fish Passage Facilities at Norristown Dam
P. O. Box 311
Norristown, PA 19404
Schuylkill River Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900Collegeville Borough
Montgomery County
PAG2004604029 Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority
5 River Road
Oaks, PA 19456
Perkiomen Creek Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900
Lower Frederick Township
Montgomery County
PAG2004604206 James P. and Lora K. Krier
207 Meng Road
Schwenksville, PA 19473
Mine Run Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5900
Hazle Township and Black Creek Township
Luzerne County
PAG2024004001 Eagle Rock Resort Co.
1031 Valley of Lakes
Hazleton, PA 18201Black Creek, CWF;
Tomhicken Creek, CWF;
Stoney Creek, CWF;
Sugarloaf Creek, CWF
Luzerne County
Conservation District
(570) 674-7991Washington Township
Lehigh County
PAG2003904029 William Markson
Barry Follweiler
3372 Jordan Rd.
Orefield, PA 18069
Mill Creek,
CWF, MF
Lehigh County
Conservation District
(610) 391-9583
Walker Township
Schuylkill County
PAG2005404023 John Brulia
Maurer & Scott
P. O. Box 20843
Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0843
Schuylkill River and
Wabash Creek,
CWF
Schuylkill County
Conservation District
(570) 622-3742
East Union Township
Schuylkill County
PAG2005404036 First Quality Nonwovens, Inc.
101 Green Mountain Rd.
Hazleton, PA 18201
Tomhicken Creek,
CWF
Schuylkill County
Conservation District
(570) 622-3742
Douglass Township
Berks County
PAG2-0006-04-104 Robert Sharp
411 Old Philadelphia Pike
Douglassville, PA 19518
Schuylkill River/WWF Berks County Conservation District
1238 County Welfare Road
P. O. Box 520
Leesport, PA 17110
Amity Township
Berks County
PAG2-0006-04-117 David Hope
American Crane & Equipment
531 Old Swede Road
Douglassville, PA 19518
Schuylkill River/WWF Berks County Conservation District
1238 County Welfare Road
P. O. Box 520
Leesport, PA 17110
Tioga County
Nelson Township
PAG2005904009 Dept. of Transportation
District 3-0
P. O. Box 218
Montoursville, PA 17754
UNT Cowanesque River-WWF Tioga County Conservation District
29 East Ave.
Wellsboro, PA 16901
(570) 724-1801
Mercer County
Hempfield Township
PAG2-0043-04-019 Diane L. Fry
Gordons Auto Sales Inc.
62 Hadley Road
Greenville, PA 16125
UNT to Little Shenango River-TSF Mercer Conservation District
(724) 662-2242
Hazle Township,
Luzerne County
PAG21140002 DEP-BAMR
2 Public Square
5th Floor
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Cranberry Creek / CWF DEP-BAMR
2 Public Square
5th Floor
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(570) 826-2371General Permit Type--PAG-3
Facility Location: Municipality & County Permit No. Applicant Name & Address Receiving Water/Use Contact Office & Phone No. Eddystone Borough
Delaware County
PAR310001 Baker Petrolite Corp
301 Saville Ave.
Eddystone, PA 19061
Delaware River-3G Watershed Southeast
Regional Office
2 East Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(484) 250-5970General Permit Type--PAG-4
Facility Location County & Municipality Permit No. Applicant Name & Address Receiving Water/Use Contact Office & Phone No. Allegheny County
Franklin Park Borough
PAG046135 Luz M. Turgeman
6112 Riverfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
UNT to East Branch Big Sewickley Creek Southwest
Regional Office:
Water Management
Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Allegheny County
Marshall Township
PAG046200 John G. Kraynik
221 Oak Creek Lane
Baden, PA 15005
UNT of Big Sewickley Creek Southwest
Regional Office:
Water Management
Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Westmoreland County
Derry Township
PAG046201 Bruce E. Horton
141 State Park Road
New Alexandria, PA 15670
UNT of Keystone Lake Southwest
Regional Office:
Water Management
Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000Allegheny County
West Deer Township
PAG046287 Keith Gray
36 Werner Camp Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Deer Creek Southwest
Regional Office:
Water Management
Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000
Westmoreland County
East Huntingdon Township
PAG046296 Steven and Kim Sowinski
1502 Winners Cup Circle
St. Charles, IL 60174
UNT of Jacobs Creek Southwest
Regional Office:
Water Management
Program Manager
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745
(412) 442-4000General Permit Type--PAG-13
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
NPDES
Permit No.Applicant Name & Address County Municipality Receiving
Water/UseDEP Protocol
(Y/N)
PAG133613 Lebanon City
400 S. Eighth St.
Lebanon, PA 17042
Lebanon Lebanon City Quittapahilla Creek/TSF Y/N PAG133652 Springfield Township
9211 Susquehanna Trail
Seven Valleys, PA 17360York Springfield Township Fishel Creek/WWF
Foust Creek/WWF
Sears Run/WWF
Y PAG133703 Myerstown Borough
101 E. Washington Ave.
Myerstown, PA 17067
Lebanon Myerstown Borough Tulpehocken/CWF Y PAG133697 Lebanon County
400 S. Eighth St. Rm. 207
Lebanon, PA 17402
Lebanon Lebanon City Quittapahilla Creek/TSF Y PAG133679 North Lebanon Township
725 Kimmerlings Rd.
Lebanon, PA 17046
Lebanon North Lebanon Township Swatara Creek/CWF Y PAG133695 Jonestown Borough
37 W. Market St.
Jonestown, PA 17038-9628
Lebanon Jonestown Borough Swatara Creek/WWF
Little Swatara Creek/WWF
Y PAG133702 West Lebanon Township
322 N. 22nd St.
Lebanon, PA 17046
Lebanon West Lebanon Township UNT to Swatara/WWF Y PAG136358 Fairchance Borough
125 West Church Street
Fairchance, PA 15436
Fayette Fairchance Borough Georges Creek/WWF
Muddy Run/WWF
Y PAG136361 East Conemaugh Borough
355 First Street
Johnstown, PA 15909
Cambria East Conemaugh Borough Little Conemaugh River/WWF
UNT of Little Conemaugh River/CWF
Y PAG136363 Forward Township
500 Liggett Avenue
Monongahela, PA 15063
Allegheny Forward Township Monongahela River/WWF
Kelly Run/WWF
Sunfish Run/WWF
Beckets Run/WWF
Fallen Timber Run/WWF
Y PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (PWS) PERMITS The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on applications received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17) for the construction, substantial modification or operation of a public water system.
Persons aggrieved by an 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 should contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 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 of 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 decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Permit No. 4604506, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Pottstown Borough Authority
100 East High Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Township Lower Pottsgrove County Montgomery Type of Facility PWS Consulting Engineer BCM Engineers
920 Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Permit to Construct Issued December 16, 2004 Operations Permit issued to: North Coventry Water Authority, P. O. Box 394, Pottstown, PA 19464, (PWSID 1150220) North Coventry Township, Chester County on December 17, 2004 for the operation of facilities approved under construction permit No. 1504507.
Northeast Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Operations Permit issued to: Deer Haven, LLC, 41 Elm Street, Suite 1C, Morristown, NJ 07960 (PWSID 2520110) Palmyra Township, Pike County on December 13, 2004 for the operation of facilities approved under construction permit No. 5298501.
Operations Permit issued to: Hazleton City Authority (Water Department), 400 East Arthur Gardner Parkway, Hazleton, PA 18201 (PWSID 2408011) Sugarloaf Township (Village of Tomhicken), Luzerne County on December 16, 2004 for the operation of facilities approved under construction permit No. 4000503.
Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Permit No. 2804505, Public Water Supply.
Applicant Washington Township Municipal Authority Municipality Washington Township County Franklin Type of Facility Construction of water distribution lines and a 0.144 mgd booster pump station to serve the proposed 40-unit Edgewood Estates development. Consulting Engineer Merle J Holsinger, P. E.
Civil Planning & Design
1800 East Main Street
Waynesboro, PA 17268
Permit to Construct Issued: 12/7/2004 Operations Permit issued to: Pennsylvania American Water Company, 3060069, Spring Township, Berks County on 12/8/2004 for the operation of facilities approved under Construction Permit No. 0604507.
Operations Permit issued to: Pennsylvania American Water Company, 3060088, Exeter Township, Berks County on 12/14/2004 for the operation of facilities approved under Construction Permit No. 0604508 MA.
Northwest Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
Operations Permit issued to: Greenville Borough Municipal Authority, 44 Clinton St., Greenville, PA 16125, PWSID 6430037, West Salem Township, Mercer County, on December 17, 2004, for the interior and exterior painting of the 0.255 mg West Main Street Storage Tank, as approved under Construction Permit No. 2884-MA1.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Actions taken on applications received under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (35 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of this Commonwealth.
Southcentral Region: Water Supply Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
WA 67-62C, Water Allocations. York Water Company, York County. Expansion of service area to include the additional areas of Spring Grove Borough and small sections of Jackson and North Codorus Townships, York County. Consulting Engineer: Ryan M. Ural, P. E., The York Water Company. Permit Issued: 12/22/2004.
SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT PLAN APPROVAL
Plan Approvals Granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20a)
Northeast Region: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790.
Plan Location: Bethlehem Commerce Center
Borough or Township Borough or Township Address County City of Bethlehem City Hall
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Northampton Plan Description: The Plan provides for construction of a sewer line extension to serve the proposed Bethlehem Commerce Center located on the former Bethlehem Steel Plant Property, fronting on Hellertown Road (PA Route 412) in the City of Bethlehem. The proposed sanitary improvements include an 18-inch PVC gravity sewer and appurtenances that will extend approximately 1,100 feet from an existing 27-inch City of Bethlehem sewer line along PA Route 412. The proposed sewer will run parallel to PA Route 412 to an intersection with Commerce Center Boulevard. The new 18-inch sewer will then run approximately 4,200 linear feet along the proposed Commerce Center Boulevard. The existing 27-inch City of Bethlehem sewer line connects to a 36-inch interceptor at a point near the intersection of PA Route 412 (Hellertown Road) and Shimersville Road. The 36-inch interceptor travels along Shimersville Road until entering the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant. The sewer line is sized to handle an average daily flow of 2.2 million gallons per day at ultimate build-out. Any required WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.
Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Plan Location:
Borough or Township Borough or Township Address County Brush Creek Township 1792 Layton Road
Warfordsburg PA 17267
Fulton Plan Description: The approved plan provides for a private treatment plant to serve a 69 acre boys ranch with flows of 4,400 gallons per day. The Department's review of the sewage facilities planning module has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the owners.
SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT PLAN DISAPPROVAL
Plan Disapprovals Granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20a)
Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Plan Location:
Borough or Township Borough or Township Address County Morris Township R. R. 2, Box 157A
Morrisdale, PA 16858
Clearfield Rush Township P. O. Box 152
Philipsburg, PA 16866
Centre Plan Description: This plan proposed construction by the Municipal Authority of the Township of Morris a sewer extension to serve 271 existing equivalent dwelling units in Morris and Rush Townships. Treatment of the collected wastewater was proposed at the existing Moshannon Valley Joint Sewer Authority STP, which is currently organically and organically overloaded. An alternative studied in the update, but not selected, would have utilized a less expensive low pressure collection system, and it would have directed the majority of the collected flow to an existing treatment facility with available capacity in Cooper Township. The plan was disapproved because it would have unnecessarily directed flow to the overloaded treatment facility, and because the high cost project selected did not appear to be affordable, thus the update did not propose an implementable solution to problems identified.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION UNDER ACT 2, 1995 PREAMBLE 2
The following plans and 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 plans and 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 analytical results which demonstrate that remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected. Submission of plans and reports, other than the final report, shall also be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. These include the remedial investigation report, risk assessment report and cleanup plan for a site-specific standard remediation. A remedial investigation report includes conclusions from the site investigation, concentration of regulated substances in environmental media; benefits of refuse of the property and, in some circumstances, a fate and transport analysis. If required, a risk assessment report describes potential adverse effects caused by the presence of regulated substances. If required, a cleanup plan evaluates the abilities of potential remedies to achieve remedy requirements.
For further information concerning plans or reports, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program manager in the Department regional office after which the notice of receipt of plans or reports appears. If information concerning plans or reports is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate regional office. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following plans and reports:
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Wilden Nuss Property, College Township, Centre County, Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc., 410 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 100, Exton, PA 19341 has submitted a Final Report concerning soil contaminated with fuel oil no.2. This Final Report is intended to demonstrate attainment of the Statewide Health Standard.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Lexington Avenue, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Gary Ballesteros, Esq., Rockwell Automation, Inc., 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (on behalf of Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, 200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, University of Pittsburgh, B-50 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, and Blasland, Bouck, & Lee, Inc., 600 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4741) has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, Heavy Metals, BTEX, PAHs, Pesticides and VOCs. The Final Report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Site Specific Standard.
Rite Aid (Indiana Site), Borough of Indiana, Indiana County. Steven R. Vedder, BL Companies, 830 Sir Thomas Court, Harrisburg, PA 17109 (on behalf of Robert Lerner, Rite Aid Corporation, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011) has submitted a Final Report, concerning remediation of site soil and groundwater contaminated with leaded gasoline, unleaded gasoline and MTBE. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Background and Statewide Health Standards.
210 Oliphant Road (David Kennedy Residence), Georges Township, Fayette County. David Socks, Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc., 3913 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 1306, Camp Hill, PA 17011 has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with No. 2 fuel oil. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard.
Pittsburgh Tube Company Facility (Former), City of Monaca, Beaver County. William G. Weir, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (on behalf of Beaver County Corporation for Economic Development, 250 Insurance Street, Suite 300, Beaver PA 15009, and Pittsburgh Tube Company, 600 Clubhouse Drive Suite 200, Moon Township, PA 15108-3195) has submitted a Final Report concerning the remediation of site soil and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, Lead, Heavy Metals, Solvents Antimony, Arsenic, Copper and Selenium. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Site-Specific Standard.
Wimmer Scrap Facility (Former), Etna Borough, Allegheny County. Wendy Noe, American Geosciences, Inc., 3925 Reed Blvd., Suite 400, Murrysville, PA 15668-1848 (on behalf of Marco Pompeo, Etna Properties, LLP, 2201 Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15215) has submitted a Baseline Environmental Report concerning the remediation of site soil contaminated with heavy metals, and PCBs. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Special Industrial Area Requirements.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION UNDER ACT 2, 1995 PREAMBLE 3
The Department has taken action on the following plans and reports under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 250.8, administration 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 final actions on plans and reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the remediation standards of the act. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis of 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. Plans and reports required by provisions of the act for compliance with selection of remediation to a site-specific standard, in addition to a final report, include a remedial investigation report, risk assessment report and cleanup plan. A remedial investigation report includes conclusions from the site investigation, concentration of regulated substances in environmental media, benefits of refuse of the property and, in some circumstances, a fate and transport analysis. If required, a risk assessment report describes potential adverse effects caused by the presence of regulated substances. If required, a cleanup plan evaluates the abilities of potential remedies to achieve remedy requirements. A work plan for conducting a baseline remedial investigation is required by provisions of the act for compliance with selection of a special industrial area remediation. The baseline remedial investigation, based on the work plan, is compiled into the baseline environmental report to establish a reference point to show existing contamination, describe proposed remediation to be done and include a description of existing or potential public benefits of the use or reuse of the property. The Department may approve or disapprove plans and reports submitted. This notice provides the Department's decision and, if relevant, the basis for disapproval.
For further information concerning the plans and reports, contact the Environmental Cleanup Program manager in the Department regional office before which the notice of the plan or report appears. If information concerning a final report is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate regional office. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following plans and reports:
Southcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Dana Structural Solutions International-Division, Reading City, Berks County. MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., 5205 Militia Hill Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, on behalf of Dana Structural Solutions International-Division, Robeson and Weiser Streets, Reading PA 19612-3459, submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with PCBs, lead, heavy metals, BTEX, PHCs, PAHs and solvents. The final report demonstrated attainment of a combination of the Statewide Health and Site-specific standards, and was approved by the Department on December 20, 2004.
Former Myers and List Site, Wrightsville Borough, York County. BL Companies, 830 Sir Thomas Court, Harrisburg, PA 17109, on behalf of Glenn Myers, P. O. Box 303, Wrightsville, PA 17368, submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with leaded gasoline, unleaded gasoline, and MTBE. The final report demonstrated attainment of a combination of the Statewide Health and Site-specific standards, and was approved by the Department on December 20, 2004.
Bamberger's Inc., City of Lebanon, Lebanon County. BL Companies, 830 Sir Thomas Court, Harrisburg, PA 17109, on behalf of Rite Aid of Pennsylvania, Inc., 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011, submitted a Remedial Investigation Report/Work Plan concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with gasoline and BTEX. The applicant is seeking attainment of a Site-specific standard. The Remedial Investigation Report/Work Plan was approved December 21, 2004.
Laurel Springs Condominiums, Exeter Township, Berks County. Synergy Environmental, Inc., 607 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601, on behalf of Laurel Homeowners Association, 625A East Neversink Road, Reading, PA 19606, submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soils and groundwater contaminated with heating oil. The final report demonstrated attainment of the Statewide Health standard, and was approved by the Department on December 22, 2004.
Northcentral Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
Osram Sylvania Frost Reclaim Area, Wellsboro Township, Tioga County, Civil & Environmental Consultatnts, Inc., Four Triangle Lane, Suite 200, Export, PA 15632-9255, on behalf of Osram Sylvania Products Inc., One Jackson Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901 has submitted a Final Report concerning soil contaminated with hydrofluoric acid glass etching solution. This Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Site-specific Standard and was approved by the Department on December 2, 2004.
Southwest Region: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
Flood City Brass (Former), Johnstown, Cambria County. Martin Knuth, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (on behalf of Deborah Walter, Johnstown Redevelopment Authority, 401 Washington Street, Johnstown, PA 15901) has submitted a Baseline Environmental Report soil and groundwater contaminated with Lead, Other Organics, PAH and PCB. The Baseline Environmental Report was approved by the Department on October 18, 2004
Works Garage, North Union Township, Fayette County. Joe Miller, Chambers Environmental Group, Inc., 629 East Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, PA 16823 (on behalf of Paula Works, Works Garage, 305 Craig Lane, Hopwood, PA 15455, and Jessica Mangus, Intern, 629 East Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, PA 16823) has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil contaminated with leaded and unleaded gasoline, chlorinated solvents, PAHs and other organics. The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Statewide Health Standard and was approved by the Department on November 24, 2004.
LTV Southside Works (Parcel F3), City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Martin Knuth, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (on behalf of Urban Redevelopment Authority, 200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and 3000 Sidney Street Associates LLC., c/o Colliers Penn, 223 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222) has submitted a Final Report concerning the remediation of site soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents, PCBs, PAHs, other organics and inorganics. The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Site Specific Standard and was approved by the Department on October 21, 2004.
Legionville Hollow Site, Baden, Economy and Harmony Boroughs Beaver County. David P. Pusateri, Esquire, McGuire Woods, LLP, Dominion Tower, 23rd Floor, 625 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (on behalf of Robertson CECO Corporation, c/o Carolyn Johnson, Controller, Star Building Systems, 8600 South I-35, Oklahoma City, OK 73149) has submitted a Final Report concerning remediation of site soil, surface water and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards and was approved by the Department on November 19, 2004.
LTV Southside Works (Parcel B1A), City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Martin Knuth, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., 333 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (on behalf of Urban Redevelopment Authority, 200 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and2600 East Carson Street Associates, LP, 400 Penn Centre Blvd., Suite 211, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) has submitted a Final Report concerning the remediation of site soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents, PCBs, PAHs, other organics and inorganics. The Final Report demonstrated attainment of the Site Specific Standard and was approved by the Department on November 16, 2004.
Aliquippa Tin Mill (Former), City of Aliquippa, Beaver County. Jason R. Cashmere, Trant Corporation, 11676 Perry Highway, Wexford Prof. Bldg. 3, Suite 3100 (on behalf of Dick Dorothy, C. J. Betters Enterprises, 3468 Brodhead Road, Monaca, PA 15061) has submitted a Baseline Remedial Investigation Work Plan concerning remediation of site soil and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals, PCBs, inorganics and other organics. The Work Plan was approved by the Department on September 28, 2004. The Work Plan is intended to direct characterization of the site to meet the Special Industrial Area Requirements.
DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY FOR RESIDUAL WASTE GENERAL PERMITS
Determination of applicability for General Permit issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904); and residual waste regulations for a General Permit to Operate Residual Waste Processing Facilities and/or the beneficial use of residual waste other than coal ash.
Central Office: Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472.
General Permit No. WMGR068D001. Scrubgrass Generating Co., L. P., 2151 Lisbon Rd., Kennerdell, PA 16374. For the beneficial use as a fuel of the following carbonaceous wastes: petroleum coke, uncontaminated, untreated wood chips and other paper and wood industry wastes comprised primarily of wood fibers, as alternate fuels to be combined with waste coal/coal to produce specification fuel for circulating fluidized bed boilers; and the beneficial use of the resulting ash generated by co-firing the approved alternative fuels with waste coal/coal, for the beneficial uses authorized for coal ash in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 287.661--287.666 (relating to beneficial use of coal ash). The Department approved the determination of applicability on December 21, 2004.
Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact the General Permits and Beneficial Use Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, (717) 787-7381. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.
OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Permits issued under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southeast Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401.
Permit No. 101549. Bucks County Resource Recovery Inc., 701 Penn Ave, Marcus Hook PA 19061, Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. Permit reissued from Safety Disposal Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc. to Bucks County Resource Recovery Inc. The reissuance action also approved a Radiation Protection Action Plan, which was pending under a separate application. The permit was reissued by the Southeast Regional Office on December 23, 2004.
Permit revoked under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003), the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. §§ 4000.101--4000.1904) and regulations to operate solid waste processing or disposal area or site.
Southcentral Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Permit No. 603270 Leslie L. McMullen, 10 Colonial Avenue, Millersville, PA 17551-1416. The permit was revoked at the request of the permittee for the Ranck Farm No. 44, Chanceford Township, York County. The permit was revoked by the Southcentral Regional Office on December 21, 2004.
Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact Cynthia Wolfe, File Review Coordinator, Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-8200, (717) 705-4732. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania Relay service, (800) 654-5984.
Consent Order and Agreement executed under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) and regulations for the post closure care of a hazardous waste landfill.
Southwest Region: Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit ID No. PAD000805028. Bet-Tech International, Inc., 3469 Broadhead Road, Monaca, PA 15061. For the post closure care of hazardous waste landfill at Bet-Tech's Blacks Run site in Hopewell Township, Beaver County. Consent Order and Agreement executed in the Regional Office on December 15, 2004.
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[Continued from previous Web Page] AIR QUALITY
General Plan Approval and Operating Permit Usage Authorized under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
48-310-051GP3: Brubacher Excavating, Inc. (825 Reading Road, P. O. Box 528, Bowmansville, PA 17507) on December 21, 2004, to construct and operate a portable stone crushing plant and associated air cleaning device at their facility in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County.
40-302-150GP1: State Correctional Institution--Dallas (1000 Follies Road, Dallas, PA 18612) on December 21, 2004, to construct and operate a No. 2 oil fired boiler at their facility in Jackson Township, Luzerne County.
48-310-052GP3: Essroc Cement Corp. (Route 248 and Easton Road, Nazareth, PA 18064) on December 20, 2004, to construct and operate a portable stone screening operation and associated air cleaning device at their facility in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County.
Plan Approvals Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter B relating to construction, modification and reactivation of air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790; Mark Wejkszner, New Source Review Chief, (570) 826-2531.
35-322-008: Environmental and Recycling Services, Inc. (1100 Union Street, Taylor, PA 18517) on December 10, 2004, to install an air cleaning device at their facility in Taylor Borough, Lackawanna County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, 814-332-6940.
ERC 61-00020: Honeywell International--Emlenton Plant (Route 446, Smethport, PA 16749) on November 22, 2004, for approved emission reduction credits in Emlenton Borough, Venango County.
Plan Approval Revisions Issued including Extensions, Minor Modifications and Transfers of Ownership under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code §§ 127.13, 127.13a and 127.32.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401; Thomas McGinley, New Source Review Chief, (484) 250-5920.
23-0001S: Sunoco, Inc.--R and M (100 Green Street, P. O. Box 426, Marcus Hook, PA 19061) on December 22, 2004, to operate a boiler and heater in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County.
46-0005M: Merck and Co., Inc. (Sumneytown Pike, P. O. Box WP20, West Point, PA 19486) on December 22, 2004, to operate a natural gas-fired combustion turbin in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; William Charlton, New Source Review Chief, (412) 442-4174.
65-302-071: Koppers Industries, Inc. (436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) on December 17, 2004, for two boilers at Monessen Coke Works in Monessen Borough, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Devendra Verma, New Source Review Chief, 814-332-6940.
20-295A: Baillie Lumber Co. (45529 State Highway Route 27 East, Titusville, PA 16354) on December 16, 2004, to construct a wood-fired boiler to generate process steam for their facility in Oil Creek Township, Crawford County.
Title V Operating Permits Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter G.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401; Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
46-00045: PECO Energy Co. (300 Front Street, West Conshohocken, PA 19428) on December 22, 2004, to operate a facility Title V Operating Permit in West Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County.
46-00198: Blommer Chocolate Co. (P. O. Box 45, 1101 Blommer Drive, East Greenville, PA 18041) on December 16, 2004, to modify the operation of a facility Title V Operating Permit in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.
Operating Permits for Non-Title V Facilities Issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapter F.
Southeast Region: Air Quality Program, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401; Edward Jurdones Brown, Facilities Permitting Chief, (484) 250-5920.
46-00202: Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. (3500 Horizon Drive, King of Prussia, PA 19406) on December 16, 2004, to operate a Natural Minor Operating Permit in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.
09-00010: TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (650 Cathill Road, Sellersville, PA 18960) on December 16, 2004, to operate a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County.
Southwest Region: Air Quality Program, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745; Mark Wayner, Facilities Permitting Chief, (412) 442-4174.
65-00143: Hanson Aggregates PMA, Inc. (2200 Springfield Pike, Connellsville, PA 15425) on December 8, 2004, for their Torrance Sand and Gravel Plant in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Region: Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481; Eric Gustafson, Facilities Permitting Chief, 814-332-6940.
25-00979: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. (Follette Road, Corry, PA 16407) on November 22, 2004, to re-issue a Natural Minor Permit to perform natural gas transmission at the Carter Hill compressor station located in Wayne Township, Erie County.
ACTIONS ON COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
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); and 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 and the NPDES permit application. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the application 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).
Coal Permits Actions
California District Mining Office: 25 Technology Drive, Coal Center, PA 15423, (724) 769-7100.
10841302. NPDES Permit No. PA0002780, Pristine Resources, Inc., (3250 Interstate Drive, Richfield, OH 44286), to transfer the permit for the Fawn Mine No. 91 in Clinton Township, Butler County from BethEnergy Mines, Inc. No additional discharges. Permit issued December 20, 2004.
11890701. NPDES Permit No. PA0009890, RNS Services, Inc., (7 Riverside Plaza, P. O. Box 38, Blossburg, PA 16912), to renew the permit for the No. 20 Refuse Site in East Carroll Township, Cambria County and related NPDES Permit. No additional discharges. Permit issued December 22, 2004.
30921601. NPDES Permit No. PA0214060, River Processing Corporation, (P. O. Box 1020, 158 Portal Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370), to transfer the permit for the Monongahela Resource Tipple in Jefferson Township, Greene County and related NPDES permit from RAG River Processing Corporation. No additional discharges. Permit issued December 22, 2004.
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
65810113 and NPDES Permit No. PA0615668. M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701). NPDES renewal issued for continued treatment of discharges at a bituminous surface mining site located in Cook and Donegal Townships, Westmoreland County, affecting 103.8 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Four Mile Run to Loyalhanna Creek. Application received: October 21, 2004. NPDES Renewal issued: December 22, 2004.
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232, 814-797-1191.
33030108. Falls Creek Energy Co., Inc. (R. D. 6, Box 231, Kittanning, PA 16201) Revision to an existing bituminous strip and auger operation to add 5.5 acres in Beaver Township, Jefferson County. Total SMP acreage is now 97.8 acres. Receiving streams: Unnamed tributary to Sandy Lick Creek. Application received: August 15, 2004. Permit Issued: December 15, 2004.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Phillipsburg, PA 16866, 814-342-8200.
17-04-03--Whitetail Contracting (P. O. Box 220, Woodland, PA 16881). The Moshannon District Office for the Department of Environmental Protection awarded a Government Financed Construction Contract to Whitetail Contracting on October 28, 2004, that will result in incidental coal removal necessary to accomplish reclamation of an abandoned mine land site affecting 6.3 acres. The site is located in Karthaus Township, Clinton County. Under the terms of the contract no reprocessing of the coal refuse may take place and no coal refuse materials may be returned to the site once removed. The contract requires total reclamation and revegetation of the project area. This project was made possible under a program developed by the Department which allows for expedited removal and reclamation of old coal refuse piles which are generally eyesores as well as major sources of siltation and pollution to the streams of the Commonwealth. Application received: July 6, 2004. Permit issued: October 28, 2004.
Noncoal Permits Actions
Knox District Mining Office: P. O. Box 669, Knox, PA 16232, (814) 797-1191.
10990302. Quality Aggregates, Inc. (202 Neville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15225) Renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0241598 in Marion Township, Butler County. Receiving streams: UNT to North Branch Slippery Rock Creek and unnamed tributary to Blacks Creek. Application received: October 26, 2004. Permit Issued: December 16, 2004.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
58040844. Matthew Shadduck (R. R. 1 Box 1545, Lawton, PA 18828), commencement, operation and restoration Bluestone Quarry operation in Rush Township, Susquehanna County affecting 5.0 acres, receiving stream: North Branch of Wyalusing Creek. Application received July 13, 2004. Permit issued December 21, 2004.
6276SM6C3 and NPDES Permit No. PA0595365. Donegal Rock Products, LLC, (P. O. Box 10, Rheems, PA 17570), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, receiving stream: UNT to Donegal Creek. Application received October 7, 2004. Renewal issued December 23, 2004.
6172SM6C6 and NPDES Permit No. PA0223484. Bear Gap Stone, Inc., (R. R. 1 Box 138, Elysburg, PA 17824), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from quarry operation in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, receiving stream: UNT to South Branch Roaring Creek. Application received November 5, 2004. Renewal issued December 23, 2004.
8073SM1C7 and NPDES Permit No. PA0614602. Highway Materials, Inc., (1750 Walton Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422), renewal of NPDES Permit for discharge of treated mine drainage from a quarry operation in Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, receiving stream: Unami Creek. Application received November 5, 2004. Renewal issued December 23, 2004.
ACTIONS ON BLASTING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS
Actions on applications under the Explosives Acts of 1937 and 1957 (43 P. S. §§ 151--161) and 25 Pa. Code § 211.124. Blasting activity performed as part of a coal or noncoal mining activity will be regulated by the mining permit for that coal or noncoal mining activity.
Blasting Permits Actions
Greensburg District Mining Office: R. R. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601, (724) 925-5500.
02044009. Wampum Hardware Company (636 Paden Road, New Galilee, PA 16141). Blasting activity permit for construction at Kelly Run Landfill, located in Forward Township, Allegheny County, with an expected duration of 120 days. Blasting permit issued: December 22, 2004.
Moshannon District Mining Office: 186 Enterprise Drive, Phillipsburg, PA 16866, (814) 342-8200.
08044003. Great Lakes Geophysical, Inc. (P. O. Box 127, Williamsburg, MI 49690), for construction blasting, located in Wells Township, Bradford County, with an expected duration of 5 days beginning in January, 2004. Permit issued: Decembe 20, 2005.
Pottsville District Mining Office: 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901, (570) 621-3118.
36044126. Keystone Blasting Services, (381 Reifsnyder Road, Lititz, PA 17543), construction blasting for a house in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County with an expiration date of December 30, 2004. Permit issued December 17, 2004.
28044104. Hall Explosives, Inc., (2981 Elizabethtown Road, Hershey, PA 17033), construction blasting for Thornwood Village & Estates in Southampton Township, Franklin County with an expiration date of December 30, 2005. Permit issued December 20, 2004.
09044044. AMROC, (7531 Chestnut Street, Zionsville, PA 18092), construction blasting at Richland Township Water Tank in Richland Township, Bucks County with an expiration date of April 10, 2005. Permit issued December 21, 2004.
21044072. Fitz & Smith, Inc., (483 East Locust Street, Dallastown, PA 17313), construction blasting at United Rentals in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County with an expiration date of December 31, 2005. Permit issued December 21, 2004.
66044101. Hayduk Enterprises, (P. O. Box 554, Dalton, PA 18414), construction blasting for Hayduk Enterprises in Lemon Township, Wyoming County with an expiration date of December 31, 2005. Permit issued December 22, 2004.
28044105. R & M Excavating, (403 Hilltop Road, Newburg, PA 17240), construction blasting for Park Place South in Shippensburg Borough, Franklin County with an expiration date of March 18, 2005. Permit issued December 22, 2004.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT SECTION 401 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 (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department has granted 401 Water Quality Certification certifying that the construction and operation described will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301-303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317) and that the construction will not violate applicable Federal and State water quality standards.
Persons aggrieved by an 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 should contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, 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 of 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 decision law.
For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information.
Actions on applications for the following activities filed 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 The Clean Streams Law (35 §§ 691.1--691.702) and Notice of Final Action for Certification under section 401 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Permits, Environmental Assessments and 401 Water Quality Certifications Issued
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS Northcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E08-417. Smithfield Township Supervisors, P. O. Box 27, East Smithfield, PA 18817. Culvert replacement in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, ACOE Baltimore District (Ulster, PA Quadrangle N: 18.3 inches; W: 10.9 inches).
To: 1) remove the existing arch corrugated steel arch pipe which has a span of 8 feet 2 inches and a rise of 5 feet 9 inches; 2) construct and maintain a 40 foot long, 8 foot 7 inch by 5 foot 11 inch ACMP culvert with a waterway opening of 40 square feet in an unnamed tributary to Sugar Creek on T-623 about 0.8 mile south of the intersection of T-623 with Riggs Road; and 3) place R-5 riprap 24 inches deep 6 feet by 10 feet long by 10 feet wide at the outlet end of the pipe. The project will not impact wetlands while impacting about 60 feet of waterway. Sugar Creek is a WWF stream.
This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E12-153. Delvin Cole, 27 Beyers Street, Clearfield, PA 16830. Floodway fill in Lumber Township, Cameron County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To construct and maintain: 1) 18` by 12` by 10` pressure treated lumber pavilion with a metal roof; 2) 10` by 10` by 10` pressure treated lumber storage shed; 3) A roof over existing 31` by 8` camper; 4) To fill a 30` by 100` long trapezoidal shaped depression with gravel, covered with topsoil and stabilized with grass seed; 5) Install and maintain a 1,000 gallon water storage tank.
The previously listed facilities are in the 100 year floodplain while about 1/2 of the depression is within the 50` floodway of Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek. The project is located 7.5 miles east of Emporium on the west side of SR 120 across from the Country Club (Cameron, PA Quadrangle N: 11.25 inches; W: 8.3 inches) in Lumber Township, Cameron County.
The project will not impact waterways or wetlands while impacting about 3,500 square feet of earth. Driftwood Branch is a trout stocked fisheries. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.''
E49-277. Milton Regional Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 433, Milton, PA 17847. Milton Wastewater Collection Expansion, in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, ACOE Baltimore District, located at centroid (Northumberland, PA Quadrangle N: 19.55 inches; W: 14.92 inches).
To construct, operate and maintain one pump station within the floodway and one pump station within the floodplain and approximately 50,000 linear feet of 8-inch force mains and approximately 42,496 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer line within the Susquehanna River watershed (WWF) for the treatment of municipal wastewater. Construction of the sanitary sewer lines will require one stream and three wetland crossings that are as follows:
Service area Wetland
impacts (ft2)Stream
impacts (ft)East Lewisburg 2,016 22 Sodom Road 16,000 Milton Center East 24,480 Total 42,496 22 All sewer line crossings shall be constructed with a minimum of 3 feet of cover with concrete encasement beneath the waterways. Trench plugs or clay dikes shall be used at every sewer line crossing a waterway or wetland to ensure the hydrology of the streams or wetland is not altered. The project will temporarily impact 1 acre of jurisdictional wetlands and 22 feet of waterway. The project is located within Milton Borough and West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County. The project does not propose to permanently impact any jurisdictional wetlands.
E53-406. Nicolo Tamburo, Two Monaco Avenue, Elmont, NY 11003. Construct, operate and maintain a private bridge across a contributory flood channel associated to First Fork-Sinnemahoning Creek in Wharton Township, Potter County, ACOE Baltimore District (Wharton, PA Quadrangle N: 8.2 inches; W: 3.3 inches).
To remove an existing structure and construct, operate and maintain a private single span bridge across a contributory flood channel associated to First Fork-Sinnemahoning Creek. The private single span bridge shall be constructed with a minimum clear span of 38-feet, width of 12-feet and underclearance of 6-feet. Bridge construction and maintenance shall be completed during stream low flow. Since First Fork-Sinnemahoning Creek is a stocked trout fishery, no construction or future repair work shall be done in or along the stream channel between March 1 and June 15 without prior written approval of the Fish and Boat Commission. The bridge construction project is located along the western right-of- way of SR 0872 approximately 1.2-miles north of SR 3001 and SR 0872 intersection. This permit does not authorize any temporary or permanent impacts to wetlands that are associated to the flood channel; as such the permittee shall take all precautions necessary to prevent any impact to wetlands. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E03-427. Manor Housing Limited Partnership IV, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. To fill wetland in Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pittsburgh ACOE District. (Kittanning, PA Quadrangle N: 6.7 inches; W: 2.4 inches and Latitude: 40° 47` 13"--Longitude: 79° 31` 32"). To place and maintain fill in a de minimus area of wetland equal to 0.046 acre as part of developing a 20 unit senior housing apartment community. The project is located off of Valley Drive.
Northwest Region: Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481.
E62-400, Eldred Township, R. D. 2, Box 123A, Pittsfield, PA 16340. Eldred Township Wastewater Treatment Plant and Conveyance System, in Eldred Township, Warren County, ACOE Pittsburgh District (Grand Valley, PA Quadrangle N: 17.2 inches; W: 5.9 inches).
The applicant proposes to construct and maintain a wastewater treatment system and conveyance systems within Eldred Township, Warren County having a total of approximately 20,000 lineal feet of 8-inch PVC plastic gravity line, 3-inch pressure line, 2-inch pressure line and 1.5-inch pressure line involving 1) to construct and maintain an 8-inch diameter PVC plastic sewage treatment plant effluent outfall pipe discharging to Caldwell Creek, 2) to cross approximately 4,137 lineal feet of PSS and PFO wetland with 16 crossings by sewer lines using directional bore, and 3) to cross Caldwell Creek (HQ-CWF), unnamed tributaries to Caldwell Creek (HQ-CWF), and Dunderdale Creek (HQ-CWF) with 10 crossings by sewer lines using directional bore.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Southcentral Region: Water Management Program Manager, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
EA67-009: Raymond Melato, York College: West Campus Project, 439 Country Club Road, York, PA 17405-7199, Spring Garden Township, York County, ACOE Baltimore District.
To remove an existing stream enclosure and construct and maintain a 5-foot by 5-foot concrete box culvert, with a 6-inch depression below the streambed, measuring 74 linear feet and restore 180 linear feet of open channel of an unnamed tributary to Codorus Creek (WWF) on the York College West Campus (York, PA Quadrangle N: 12.41 inches; W: 15.84 inches) in Spring Garden Township, York County.
Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Floor 3, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457.
D11-075EA. Highland Sewer and Water Authority, 120 Tank Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904, Portage Township, Cambria County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
Project proposes to breach and remove Bens Creek Intake Dam across Bens Creek (EV) to eliminate a threat to public safety and to restore the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1 mile Southeast of the town of Bens Creek. (Cresson, PA Quadrangle N: 3.4 inches; W: 16.0 inches).
D11-019EA. Highland Sewer and Water Authority, 120 Tank Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904. Adams and Summerhill Townships, Cambria County, ACOE Pittsburgh District.
Project proposes to breach and remove Lloydell Intake Dam across South Fork Little Conemaugh River (HQ-CWF) to eliminate a threat to public safety and to restore the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 3/4 of a mile Southeast of the town of Lloydell. (Beaverdale, PA Quadrangle N: 10.10 inches; W: 8.15 inches).
EA15-026CO. Natural Lands Trust, Binky Lee Preserve, 1445 Pikeland Road, Chester Springs, PA 19425. West Pikeland Township, Chester County. ACOE Philadelphia District.
Project proposes to breach and remove Binky Lee Preserve Dam across a tributary to Pickering Creek (HQ-TSF) for the purpose of restoring the stream to a free flowing condition. The dam is located approximately 1,400 feet southeast of the intersection of SR 0113 and Pikeland Road (T488) (Malvern, PA Quadrangle N: 17.85 inches; W: 14.80 inches).
SPECIAL NOTICES
Categorical Exclusion Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15222-4745.
Location: Village of Colver, Cambria Township Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 247, Revloc, PA 15948.
Description: The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Authority) which administers the Commonwealth's State Revolving Fund, is intended to be the funding source for this project. The Authority proposes to renovate and increase the peak capacity of the Colver Sewage Treatment Plant and replace portions of the associated sewer system. The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of the project and the information received has not identified any significant adverse environmental impact resulting from this proposal. The Department hereby categorically excludes this project from the State Environmental Review Process.
BUREAU OF DEEP MINE SAFETY Request for Variance The Department of Environmental Protection (Department), Bureau of Deep Mine Safety (Bureau), has received a request for variance from RoxCoal, Inc. The following notification contains a summary of this request. A complete copy of the variance request may be obtained from Allison Gaida at (724) 439-7469 or from the Bureau's website at www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/dms/dms.htm. The Department 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. Comments should be addressed to Joseph A. Sbaffoni, Director, Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Road, Room 167, Uniontown, PA 15401.
Section 702 of the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act (act) (53 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 242(c) of the act (53 P.S. §701-242(c)) states that where belt conveyors are installed, main stoppings and regulators shall be so arranged as to reduce the quantity of air traveling in the belt conveyor entry to a minimum for effective ventilation and to provide an intake air split as an escapeway from the face area to the main air current.
Summary of the Request: RoxCoal, Inc. requests a variance to use point carbon monoxide early warning fire detection system and entries in common with the belt conveyor entry at the Roytown Mine.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Aylesworth Creek, Lackawanna County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 25, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Dickson City Borough Hall, Dickson City, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Aylesworth Creek in Lackawanna County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in the Aylesworth Creek in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected from 1993 to 2003.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Bear Run in Clearfield, Indiana and Jefferson Counties The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on February 7, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Banks Township Municipal Building, Rossiter, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Bear Run in Clearfield, Indiana and Jefferson Counties. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in Bear Run for the stream to meet water quality standards. These loading rates are determined for specified points in the watershed. Most of the allocations made in the TMDL are to nonpoint sources of pollution; however, there are several allocations made to permitted mining operations and one future mining operation. The basis of information used in establishment of the proposed TMDL is field data collected from 1998 to 2003.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl. To request a copy of this proposed TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for the Bens Creek Watershed in Cambria County. Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is holding a public meeting on January 18, 2005, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Portage Municipal Water Authority Building, Portage, PA to discuss and accept comments on a proposed TMDL. The proposed TMDL was established in accordance with the requirements of the 1996 section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. One stream segment in the Bens Creek Watershed has been identified as impaired on the Commonwealth's 1996, 1998 and 2002 section 303(d) lists due to high concentrations of metals and siltation. The listed segment and miles degraded are shown in the following table:
Stream Code Stream Name Miles Degraded 46908 (Segment 20010917-1000-ALF) Bens Creek 0.7 The proposed plan provides calculations of the stream's total capacity to accept metals (aluminum, iron, and manganese) and pH and maintain levels below water quality criteria. The applicable water quality criteria are as follows:
Parameter Criterion value (mg/l) Total Recoverable/ Dissolved Aluminum 0.75 Total Recoverable Iron 1.5 Total Recoverable Manganese 1.00 Total Recoverable pH 6.0-9.0
NA The primary pollutant source for the watershed is abandoned mine workings. This watershed was heavily mined for coal in the 20th century. The effects of this are still present. The TMDL consists of load allocations, which are made to nonpoint sources of pollution.
The TMDL was developed using Monte Carlo Simulation to determine long-term average concentrations that each stream segment could accept and still meet water quality criteria 99% of the time. Monte Carlo Simulation allows for the expansion of a dataset based on its statistical makeup. Since there was no critical flow condition where criteria were exceeded, the Department used the average flow to express the loading values in the TMDL.
The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals, sediment and acidity at specified points in the watershed. The basis of information used in the establishment of this TMDL is field data collected throughout 2001.
The data and all supporting information used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. To request a copy of the proposed TMDL and an information sheet, contact Tom Pongrac at (814) 472-1900 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Cambria District Mining Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931. E-mail will be received at tpongrac@state.pa.us. Directions to the meeting place can also be obtained through this contact.
The TMDL can be viewed and printed by accessing the Department's website at www.dep.state.pa.us (PA Keyword: TMDL).
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. Persons who plan to make a presentation at the public meeting should notify the Department no later than 3 p.m. Friday, January 14th. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Developed for Curleys Run, Grimes Run and Sandy Creek in Clearfield County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on February 2, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Karthaus Fire Hall, Karthaus, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDLs developed for Curleys Run, Grimes Run and Sandy Creek in Clearfield County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, stream segments in the Curleys Run and Grimes Run watersheds have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and siltation as a result of acid mine drainage. Several stream segments in Sandy Creek have been determined to be impaired by high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in Curleys Run, Grimes Run and Sandy Creek in order for the streams to meet water quality standards. The TMDLs set allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watersheds. All of the allocations made in the TMDLs are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDLs is field data collected from 1994 to 2004 for Curleys Run TMDL; from 1996 to 2004 for the Grimes Run TMDL; and from 2001 to 2002 for the Sandy Creek TMDL.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDLs are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of any of the TMDLs, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Dents Run in Elk and Cameron Counties The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting as part of the Bennett Branch Watershed Association meeting on February 3, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Benezette Community Building, Benezette, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Dents Run in Elk and Cameron Counties. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in Dents Run in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. These loading rates are determined for specified points in the watershed. Most of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations that are made to nonpoint sources of pollution; however, there is one waste-load allocation to a permitted mining operation. The basis of information used in establishment of the proposed TMDL is field data collected from 1998 to 2003.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website (www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/). To request a copy of this proposed TMDL, contact: Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Grassy Island Creek, Lackawanna County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 25, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Dickson City Borough Hall, Dickson City, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Grassy Island Creek in Lackawanna County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in the Grassy Island Creek in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected during 2002.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for the Lackawanna River in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wayne Counties The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 25, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Dickson City Borough Hall, Dickson City, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for the Lackawanna River and several tributaries in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wayne Counties. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in the Lackawanna River and selected tributaries in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected from 1983 to 2002.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Lick Run in Clearfield County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 27, at 7 p.m. at the Clearfield County Conservation District, 650 Leonard Street, Clearfield, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Lick Run in Clearfield County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum and acidity in Lick Run in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected from 1991 to 2003.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Powderly Creek, Lackawanna County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 25, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Dickson City Borough Hall, Dickson City, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Powderly Creek in Lackawanna County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese and aluminum in the Powderly Creek in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected from 2001 to 2002.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for the Spring Run Watershed in Cambria County Cambria District Mining Office: 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is holding a public meeting on January 18, 2005, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Portage Municipal Water Authority Building, Portage, PA to discuss and accept comments on a proposed TMDL. The proposed TMDL was established in accordance with the requirements of the 1996 section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. One stream segment in the Spring Run Watershed has been identified as impaired on the 1996, 1998 and 2002 section 303(d) lists due to depressed pH and high concentrations of metals. The listed segment and miles degraded are shown in the following table:
Stream Code Stream Name Miles Degraded 46070 (Segment 20010918-1530-ALF) Spring Run 3.1 The proposed plan provides calculations of the stream's total capacity to accept metals (aluminum, iron and manganese) and pH, and maintain levels below water quality criteria. The applicable water quality criteria are as follows:
Parameter Criterion value (mg/l) Total Recoverable/ Dissolved Aluminum 0.75 Total Recoverable Iron 1.5 Total Recoverable Manganese 1.00 Total Recoverable PH 6.0-9.0
NA The primary pollutant source for the watershed is abandoned mine workings. This watershed was heavily mined for coal in the 20th century. The effects of this are still present. The TMDL consists of load allocations, which are made to nonpoint sources of pollution and waste load allocations, which are made to permitted point sources.
The TMDL was developed using Monte Carlo Simulation to determine long-term average concentrations that each stream segment could accept and still meet water quality criteria 99% of the time. Monte Carlo Simulation allows for the expansion of a dataset based on its statistical makeup. Since there was no critical flow condition where criteria were exceeded, the Department used the average flow to express the loading values in the TMDL.
The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals, sediment and acidity at specified points in the watershed. The basis of information used in the establishment of this TMDL is field data collected throughout 2001.
The data and all supporting information used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. To request a copy of the proposed TMDL and an information sheet, contact Miles Baird at (814) 472-1900 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Cambria District Mining Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931. E-mail will be received at mbaird@state.pa.us. Directions to the meeting place can also be obtained through this contact.
The TMDL can be viewed and printed by accessing the Department's website at www.dep.state.pa.us (PA Keyword: TMDL).
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. Persons who plan to make a presentation at the public meeting should notify the Department no later than 3 p.m. Friday, January 14. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
Request for Comment and Notice of Public Meeting for the Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Developed for Wilson Creek, Lackawanna County The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are holding a public meeting on January 25, 2005, at 7 p.m. at the Dickson City Borough Hall, Dickson City, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept comments on the proposed TMDL developed for Wilson Creek in Lackawanna County. In accordance with the requirements of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, several stream segments in the watershed have been identified as impaired due to high levels of metals and low pH as a result of acid mine drainage.
The proposed TMDL sets allowable loadings for iron, manganese, aluminum, and acidity in Wilson Creek in order for the stream to meet water quality standards. The TMDL sets allowable loading rates for metals and acidity at specified points in the watershed. All of the allocations made in the TMDL are load allocations made to nonpoint sources of pollution. The basis of information used in establishment of the TMDL is field data collected from 1991 to 2003.
The data and all supporting documentation used to develop the proposed TMDL are available from the Department. The proposed TMDL and information on the TMDL program can be viewed on the Department's website, www.dep.state.pa.us/watermanagement_apps/tmdl/. To request a copy of this TMDL, contact Chuck Yingling, PADEP, Water Quality Assessment and Standards, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 783-2958.
Written comments will be accepted at the previously listed address and must be postmarked by March 9, 2005. The Department will consider all comments in developing the final TMDL, which will be submitted to United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-61. Filed for public inspection January 7, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
