2206 West Penn Power Company v. DEP; doc. no. 96123-C

ENVIRONMENTAL
HEARING BOARD

West Penn Power Company v. DEP; Doc. No. 96-123-C

[26 Pa.B. 6229]

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and West Penn Power Company (West Penn) have agreed to a settlement of the above matter.

   West Penn Power Company appealed issuance of NPDES Permit No. PA0091740 authorizing discharge of wastewater from Outfall 001 to Riddle Run and Outfall 002 to Tawney Run, waters of the Commonwealth. Outfall 001 conveys wastewater from a newly constructed wetland treating leachate from a closed ash disposal site.

   The parties have agreed to a settlement, the major provisions of which include

   1.  The Department will amend the NPDES Permit. The amendment provides that West Penn Power will submit 3 years worth of influent/effluent sampling information with a calculation of the coefficiency of variations to the Department to allow it to evaluate West Penn Power's request for reduced monitoring frequencies at Outfall 001.

   2.  The agreement also includes a provision whereby West Penn Power will investigate several unpermitted discharges and will provide a plan and schedule for their elimination or treatment.

   Copies of the full agreement are in the possession of:

   Zelda Curtiss, Assistant Regional Counsel, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Chief Counsel, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, [phone];

   John Munsch, Esquire, Allegheny Power, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601-1689;

and at the offices of the Environmental Hearing Board, and may be reviewed by any interested person on request during normal business hours.

   Persons who are aggrieved by the above settlement have a right to appeal to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457. Appeals must be filed within 20 days of this publication.

   If information concerning this notice is required in an alternative form, contact the Secretary to the Board at [phone]. TDD users may telephone the Board through the AT&T Pennsylvania Relay Service at 1 [phone].

   The Environmental Hearing Board is empowered to approve this settlement if no objection is timely filed with the Board.

GEORGE J. MILLER,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-2206. Filed for public inspection December 27, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]