DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Applications, Actions and Special Notices [28 Pa.B. 820] APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT [National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)] DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER (Part I Permits) The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge controlled wastewaters into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative.
Where indicated, the EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.6E.
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the office noted above the application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the responsible office considers the public response significant.
Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Management Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The application and related documents, proposed effluent limitations and special conditions, comments received, and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangements made for copying at the office indicated above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings should contact the Community Relations Coordinator at (717) 657-4585. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge to State waters.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Management, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6130.
PA 0057347. Sewage, Michael Pompei, 2550 West Rock Road, Perkasie, PA 18944.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from a single residence STP in Hilltown Township, Bucks County. This is a new discharge to Pleasant Springs Creek.
The receiving stream is classified for the following uses: trout stocking fishery, high quality trout stocking fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 500 gpd are as follows:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 10 20 Suspended Solids 10 20 Total Residual Chlorine monitor/report monitor/report Fecal Coliform 200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average pH within limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Other Conditions:
The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0052990. Sewage, 221 Valley Green Drive, Coatesville, PA 19320.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from a single residence STP in West Caln Township, Chester County. This is an existing discharge to a tributary to Rock Run.
The receiving stream is classified for the following uses: trout stocking fishery, high quality trout stocking fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 350 gpd are as follows:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 10 20 (11-1 to 4-30) 20 40 Suspended Solids 10 20 Ammonia (as N) (5-1 to 10-31) 3 6 (11-1 to 4-30) 9 18 Total Residual Chlorine monitor/report monitor/report Fecal Coliform 200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average pH within limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Other Conditions:
The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0053074. Sewage, Valley Green Corporate Center, 1767 Sentry Parkway West, Suite 205, Blue Bell, PA 19422.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Valley Green Corporate Center STP in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County. This is an existing discharge to Sandy Run Creek.
The receiving stream is classified for the following uses: trout stocking fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 8,300 gpd are as follows:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 10 20 (11-1 to 4-30) 20 40 Suspended Solids 30 60 Ammonia (as N) (5-1 to 10-31) 2.0 4.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 6.0 12.0 Total Residual Chlorine (Issuance through Year 2) 0.8 2.0 (Year 3 through Expiration) 0.5 1.2 Fecal Coliform 200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 mg/l at all times pH within limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Other Conditions:
The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0025488, Amendment No. 1. Sewage, Avondale Borough Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 247, Avondale, PA 19311.
This application is for an amendment of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from a wastewater treatment plant in Avondale Borough, Chester County. This is an existing discharge to an unnamed tributary to East Branch White Clay Creek.
The receiving stream is classified for cold water fish.
The revised proposed effluent limits for total residual chlorine for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 0.3 mgd and a chlorine demand of the stream as 0.3 mg/l are as follows:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) Total Residual Chlorine (From issuance through June 30, 1999) 0.75 1.75 (From July 1, 1999 through Expiration) 0.6 1.4 The EPA waiver is in effect.
Other Conditions:
Requirement to submit a toxics reduction evaluation.
Special Test Methods for certain pollutants.
Start date for Phase I TRE is July 1, 1998.
PA 0057371. Sewage, Relocation Resources, Inc., 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from a single residence sewage treatment plant in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County. This is a new discharge to UNT to Ridley Creek.
The receiving stream is classified for the following uses: high quality trout stocking fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of .0005 mgd are as follows:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 10 20 (11-1 to 4-30) 20 40 Suspended Solids 10 20 Ammonia (as N) (5-1 to 10-31) 1.5 3.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 4.5 9.0 Phosphorus (as P) Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.2 Fecal Coliform 200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 6.0 mg/l at all times pH within limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times The EPA waiver is in effect.
Northeast Region: Environmental Protection Manager, Water Management, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2553.PA 0024015. Sewerage, Cressona Borough Authority, 78 Sillyman Street, Cressona, PA.
This proposed action is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage into West Branch Schuylkill River in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County.
The receiving stream is classified for the following uses: cold water fishery, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply (PWS) considered during the evaluation is Pottstown Water Authority.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 based on a design flow of .72 mgd are:
Monthly Daily Instantaneous Parameter Average (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric mean (10-1 to 4-30) 2,000/100 ml as a geometric mean pH 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Total Residual Chlorine 1st month through 24th month monitor and report 25th month through expiration 1 2 The EPA waiver is in effect.
Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.PA 0008427. SIC: 4961, Industrial waste, Harrisburg Steam Works, Ltd., 150 North Tenth Street, P. O. Box 3357, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3357.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated industrial waste to Paxton Creek, in Harrisburg City, Dauphin County.
The receiving stream is classified for warm water fishery, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was Columbia Borough located in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 060 for a design flow of 0.084 mgd are:
Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Daily (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Total Suspended Solids 30 60 100 CBOD5 XXX 30 37 Temperature (5-1 to 10-31) 110°F XXX XXX (11-1 to 4-30) 85°F XXX XXX Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 mg/l at all times Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 XXX 1.6 Oil and Grease 15 30 30 Total Copper 0.059 0.118 0.147 Total Fluoride 5.2 10.4 13.0 Total Iron 2.5 5.0 6.2 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0028886. SIC: 4952, Sewage, Borough of Quarryville, 300 Saint Catherine Street, Quarryville, PA 17566.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage to South Fork of Big Beaver Creek, in Providence Township, Lancaster County.
The receiving stream is classified for trout stock fishery, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was the Holtwood Dam Power Plant located in Martic Township, Lancaster County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.4 mgd are:
Average Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 NH3-N (5-1 to 10-31) 5.5 11.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 16.5 33.0 Total Phosphorus 2.0 4.0 Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.6 Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 3,500/100 ml as a geometric average The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0087700. SIC: 4952, Sewage, South Londonderry Township Municipal Authority, Municipal Building, Center and Market Streets, P. O. Box 3, Campbelltown, PA 17010-0003.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit for a new discharge of treated sewage to Killinger Creek, in South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County.
The receiving stream is classified for trout stocking fishery, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was PA American Water Company located in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.21 mgd are:
Average Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 NH3-N (5-1 to 10-31) 3.0 XXX 6.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 9.0 XXX 18.0 Total Residual Chlorine 0.12 XXX 0.40 Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 2,600/100 ml as a geometric average The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 00023264. SIC: 1649, Sewage, Twin Boroughs Sanitary Authority (STP), P. O. Box 118, Mifflin, PA 17058.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage to the Juniata River, in Mifflin Borough, Juniata County.
The receiving stream is classified for warm water fish, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was Dauphin Consolidated Water Company located in Dauphin County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The existing effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.58 mgd are:
Average Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Total Residual Chlorine monitor and report monitor and report Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 100,000/100 ml as a geometric average The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.90 mgd are:
Average Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 100,000/100 ml as a geometric average The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0083011. SIC: 4952, Sewage, Newberry Township Municipal Authority, 1915 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319.
This application is for renewal and amendment of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage to the Susquehanna River, in Newberry Township, York County.
The receiving stream is classified for warm water fishes, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was the Wrightsville Water Supply Company located in York County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The proposed interim effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.4 mgd are:
Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Daily (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Total Phosphorus 2.0 4.0 Total Residual Chlorine monitor and report monitor and report Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (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 Total Nitrogen monitor and report The proposed final effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 1.3 mgd are:
Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Weekly (mg/l) Daily (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 40 50 Total Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Total Phosphorus 2.0 4.0 Total Residual Chlorine 0.5 1.6 Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (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 Total Nitrogen monitor and report The EPA waiver is not in effect.
PA 0020478. SIC: 49, 89, 91, Sewage, Borough of Bloomfield, P. O. Box 144, New Bloomfield, PA 17068.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated sewage to an unnamed tributary to Tort Run, in Bloomfield Borough, Perry County.
The receiving stream is classified for cold water fishery, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing downstream potable water supply intake considered during the evaluation was Dauphin Consolidated Water Company located in Dauphin County. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
The existing effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.15 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 (5-1 to 10-31) 6 9 XXX 12 (11-1 to 4-30) 18 monitor and report XXX monitor and report Total Phosphorus Total Residual Chlorine monitor and report XXX XXX XXX Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 5,800/100 ml as a geometric average The existing effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 0.25 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 (5-1 to 10-31) 4.5 6.75 XXX 9.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 13.3 monitor and report XXX monitor and report Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 5.0 at all times pH from 6.0--9.0 inclusive Fecal Coliforms (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 6,000/100 ml as a geometric average The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0008869. SIC: 2621, Industrial waste, P. H. Glatfelter Company, 228 South Main Street, Spring Grove, PA 17362-0500.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit for an existing discharge of treated industrial waste to Codorus Creek in Spring Grove Borough, York County.
The receiving stream is classified for warm water fish, recreation, water supply and aquatic life. The discharge is not expected to impact any potable water supply.
A. Outfall 001 receives wastewater from production of pulp and paper by bleach kraft process and from secondary treated municipal wastewater.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001 for a design flow of 13.7 mgd are:
Discharge Limitations Mass Units (lbs/day) Concentrations (mg/l) Discharge Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Flow (mgd) Report Report XXX XXX XXX pH XXX XXX 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times D.O. (Minimum) XXX XXX 5 mg/l at all times CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 1,168 2,335 monitor and report 20 30 (11-1 to 4-30) 1,751 3,503 monitor and report 25 35 Total Suspended Solids 3,000 6,000 monitor and report 60 90 NH3-N (5-1 to 10-31) XXX XXX 1.5 3.0 3.8 (11-1 to 4-30) XXX XXX 2.0 4.0 5.0 Color (PCU) (Route 116 Bridge) XXX XXX monitor and report (Effluent) XXX XXX monitor and report (Downstream) XXX XXX 225 375 200 Temperature (Route 116 Bridge) XXX XXX monitor and report (Effluent) XXX XXX monitor and report (Downstream) XXX XXX See Part C. V COD XXX XXX monitor and report Total Phosphorus XXX XXX 2 4 5 Dioxin 2,3,7,8-TCDD XXX XXX XXX 0.01 pg/l XXX Furan 2,3,7,8-TCDF XXX XXX monitor and report Aldrin XXX XXX monitor and report 4,4' DDE XXX XXX monitor and report Chloroform XXX XXX monitor and report AOX XXX XXX monitor and report WETT XXX XXX monitor and report Pentachlorophenol XXX XXX monitor and report 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol XXX XXX monitor and report B. Outfall 002 receives wastewater from noncontact cooling water.
Discharge Limitations Mass Units (lbs/day) Concentrations (mg/l) Discharge Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Flow (mgd) Report Report XXX XXX XXX Temperature (Upstream) XXX XXX monitor and report (Effluent) XXX XXX monitor and report (Rt. 116 Bridge) XXX XXX See Part C. V pH XXX XXX 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Total Residual Chlorine XXX XXX monitor and report CBOD5 XXX XXX monitor and report Total Suspended Solids XXX XXX monitor and report Streamflow at Gage (cfs) (5-1 to 10-31) 21.3 Min
7-day Avgmonitor and report minimum daily XXX (11-1 to 4-30) 15.8 Min
7-day Avgmonitor and report minimum daily XXX Streamflow at Gage (cfs) 16.4 annual average XXX XXX C. Outfall 101, Internal Monitoring Point--Bleach Plant Effluent
Discharge Limitations Mass Units (lbs/day) Concentrations (mg/l) Discharge Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum AOX XXX XXX 10.5 16 XXX Chloroform XXX XXX 0.07 0.12 XXX 2,3,7,8-TCDD XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 2,3,7,8-TCDF XXX XXX XXX 31.9 pg/l XXX Trichlorosyringol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 3,4,5-trichlorocatechol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 3,4,6-trichlorocatechol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX Tetrachlorocatechol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 3,4,6-trichloroguaiacol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 4,5,6-trichloroguaiacol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX Tetrachloroguaiacol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 2,4,5-trichlorophenol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 2,4,6-trichlorophenol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX pentachlorophenol XXX XXX XXX <ML XXX COD XXX XXX XXX monitor and report XXX D. Stormwater Outfalls SW1 through SW46 shall be monitored for the following parameters:
Monitoring Requirements Discharge Parameters Composite Sample (mg/l) Grab Sample (mg/l) BOD5 monitor and report monitor and report COD monitor and report monitor and report Oil and Grease monitor and report monitor and report pH (S. U.) monitor and report monitor and report Total Suspended Solids monitor and report monitor and report Total Phosphorus monitor and report monitor and report Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen monitor and report monitor and report Total Iron monitor and report monitor and report In addition to the above effluent limitations, the permit requires the following:
1. Augmentation of the streamflow to maintain winter, summer and annual flows of 15.8, 21.3 and 16.4 cfs at the USGS Gaging Station.
2. Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing of Outfall 001.
3. Control of any Chemical Additives to prevent environment problem.
4. Completion of a new 316(a) Study (fish and macroinvertebrates) to demonstrate the impact of the existing heat discharges on the Codorus Creek and recommend reductions if necessary.
5. Continue to reduce color discharge to comply with the EPA ''Cluster Rule'' and the Amended Consent Adjudication with the Department.
6. A Solids, Odor and Sediment Bioassay Study to assess impact of the discharge on the Codorus Creek.
7. Sampling of parameters found by the EPA during development of the ''Cluster Rule'' at a predefined detection limit.
8. Implementation of Best Management Practices to comply with the ''Cluster Rule.''
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[Continued from previous Web Page] PA 0002054-A2. Industrial waste, SIC: 4911, GPU Generation, Inc., 1001 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA 15907.
This application is for an amendment of an NPDES permit to discharge untreated stormwater from Seward Generating Station in East Wheatfield, Indiana County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, Conemaugh River, classified as a warm water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream potable water supply (PWS) is Saltsburg Municipal Water Works, located at Saltsburg, 22 miles below the discharge point.
Outfall 017: new stormwater discharge.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Iron monitor and report Aluminum monitor and report Manganese monitor and report pH monitor and report Outfall 018: existing stormwater discharge.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Iron monitor and report Aluminum monitor and report Manganese monitor and report pH monitor and report The EPA waiver is not in effect.
Outfall 018: existing stormwater discharge.
The EPA waiver is not in effect.
PA 0090328. Industrial waste, SIC: 2011, Green Valley Packing, Inc., P. O. Box 202, Claysville, PA 15323.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated process water from the Green Valley Packing Company in Claysville Borough, Washington County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, UNT to Buffalo Creek, classified as a HQ-WWF fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream potable water supply (PWS) is located at Pennsylvania-Ohio State border below the discharge point.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.0075 mgd.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Flow (mgd) monitor and report BOD5 0.62 1.25 10 20 TSS 0.62 1.25 10 20 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml (as a geometric mean) (10-1 to 4-30) 400/100 ml (as a geometric mean) Ammonia-Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 1.5 3.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 4.5 9.0 TRC 1.4 3.3 Oil and Grease 10 20 Mercury 0.00005 0.0001 Aluminum 2.11 4.22 Total Phenols 0.085 0.17 pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PAS 806106. Industrial waste, SIC: 5171, Ashland Brand Marketing, Inc., P. O. Box 391, 2000 Ashland Drive, Ashland, KY 41114.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated stormwater from the Ashland Greensburg Bulk Plant No. 762 in South Greensburg Borough, Westmoreland County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters Slate Creek, classified as a warm water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first existing/proposed downstream potable water supply (PWS) is the McKeesport Municipal Water System, located at McKeesport, over 20 miles below the discharge point.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.0046 mgd.
Mass (lb/day) Concentration (mg/l) Average Maximum Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Daily Monthly Daily Maximum Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons monitor and report Other Conditions: Chemical additives, control floating solids, solids disposal, stormwater conditions and petroleum marketing terminal conditions.
The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0024864. Sewage, Ligonier Borough, Town Hall, 120 East Main Street, Ligonier, PA 15658.
This application is for amendment of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Ligonier Borough STP in Ligonier Borough, Westmoreland County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Mill Creek, which are classified as a cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Latrobe Municipal Authority.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of 0.6 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 20 30 40 (11-1 to 4-30) 25 38 50 Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Ammonia Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 7 11 14 (11-1 to 4-30) 21 32 42 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric mean (10-1 to 4-30) 5,000/100 ml as a geometric mean Total Residual Chlorine 0.8 2.7 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.
PA 0092533. Sewage, Indiana County Municipal Services Authority, P. O. Box 351, 827 Water Street, Indiana, PA 15761.
This application is for issuance of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Iselin STP in Young Township, Indiana County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Harpers Run, which are classified as a cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Freeport Water Authority.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of .0125 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 25 38 50 Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Ammonia Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 5 8 10 (11-1 to 4-30) 15 23 30 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric mean (11-1 to 4-30) 3,500/100 ml as a geometric mean Total Residual Chlorine 1st month to 36th month monitor and report 37th month expiration 0.7 1.8 Dissolved Oxygen not less than 4 mg/l pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0095885. Sewage, Mountain View Manor, P. O. Box 138, Mountain View Drive, Hillshall, PA 15746.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Mountain View Manor in Montgomery Township, Indiana County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Painters Run, which are classified as a high quality cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Cherrytree Borough Water Authority.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of .0125 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 10 20 Suspended Solids 10 20 Ammonia Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 3 6 (11-1 to 4-30) 9 18 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric mean (11-1 to 4-30) 2,000/100 ml as a geometric mean Total Residual Chlorine 1st month to 36th month monitor and report 37th month expiration 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.
PA 0110531. Sewage, Hutchinson Property Development Group, Inc., 120 West Hutchinson Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218.
This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from Ligonier Highlands STP in Jenner Township, Somerset County.
The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Beaverdam Run, which are classified as a cold water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply and recreation. The first downstream potable water supply intake from this facility is the Greater Johnstown Water Authority.
Outfall 001: existing discharge, design flow of .04 mgd.
Concentration (mg/l) Average Average Maximum Instantaneous Parameter Monthly Weekly Daily Maximum CBOD5 10 20 Suspended Solids 10 20 Ammonia Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 2 4 (11-1 to 4-30) 3 6 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 1st month to 36th month monitor and report 37th month expiration .02 .05 Dissolved Oxygen not less than 6 mg/l pH not less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 The EPA waiver is in effect.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Management, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6942.PA 0104141, Amendment No. 1. Jay Township Authority Weedville Wastewater Treatment Plant.
This application is for an amended NPDES Permit to discharge treated sewage to Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek in Jay Township, Elk County. This is an expanded discharge.
The receiving water is classified for the following uses: warm water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply considered during the evaluation is the Keystone Water Company on West Branch Susquehanna River located at White Deer, approximately 125 miles below point of discharge.
The proposed effluent limits, based on a design flow of 0.1 mgd, are:
Outfall No. 001 (Interim)
Average Weekly Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Average (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) Flow monitor and report CBOD5 25 40 50 TSS 30 45 60 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 10-31) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 30,000 ml as a geometric average pH 6.0--9.0 at all times The proposed effluent limits, based on a design flow of 0.2 mgd, are:
Outfall No. 001 (Final)
Average Weekly Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Average (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) Flow monitor and report CBOD5 25 40 50 TSS 30 45 60 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 10-31) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 10,600 ml as a geometric average pH 6.0--9.0 at all times The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0222496. Sewage. Summerville Municipal Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant.
This application is for a new NPDES Permit to discharge treated sewage to Runaway Run in Summerville Boro, Jefferson County. This is a new discharge.
The receiving water is classified for the following uses: cold water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply considered during the evaluation is the Hawthorn Water Company on Redbank Creek located at Hawthorn, approximately 9 miles below point of discharge.
The proposed effluent limits, based on a design flow of 0.09 mgd, are:
Outfall No. 001
Average Weekly Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Average (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) Flow monitor and report CBOD5 25 40 50 TSS 30 45 60 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 10-31) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 100,000 ml as a geometric average pH 6.0--9.0 at all times The EPA waiver is in effect.
PA 0210056. Sewage. Amsterdam Estates, 115 Amsterdam Road, Grove City, PA 16127.
This application is for a renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage to the Unnamed Tributary to Black Run in Liberty Township, Mercer County. This is an existing discharge.
The receiving water is classified for the following uses: cold water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation. For the purpose of evaluating effluent requirements for TDS, NO2-NO3, fluoride and phenolics, the existing/proposed downstream potable water supply considered during the evaluation is the Salvation Army Camp on Slippery Rock Creek located at Wayne Township, approximately 25 miles below point of discharge.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall No. 001, based on a design flow of 0.01 mgd, are:
Average Instantaneous Parameter Monthly (mg/l) Maximum (mg/l) CBOD5 25 50 TSS 30 60 Ammonia-Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 9.5 19 Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200/100 ml as a geometric average (10-1 to 4-30) 2,000/100 ml as a geometric average Total Residual Chlorine 1.4 4.3 Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 3.0 mg/l at all times pH 6.0--9.0 at all times The EPA waiver is in effect.
Proposed NPDES Permit Renewal Actions for Minor Sewage Discharges
The following parties have applied to renew their current NPDES permits to allow the continued discharge of controlled wastewater into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a tentative determination to renew these permits and proposes to issue them, subject to their current permit effluent limitations, and monitoring and reporting requirements, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new or changed regulations and other requirements. The updates may include, but will not be limited to, applicable permit conditions and/or requirements addressing combined sewer overflows (CSOs), municipal sewage sludge management and total residual chlorine control (TRC). Major changes to or deviations from the terms of the existing permit will be documented and published with the final Department actions.
The EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to these proposed permit actions under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.6E.
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permits are invited to submit a statement to the Field Operations indicated as the office responsible, within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding these applications and proposed permit actions. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a brief statement to inform the Field Office of the basis of the comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the Field Office considers the public response significant.
Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Management Program Managers will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit action. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, at which time this determination may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The permit renewal application and related documents, proposed effluent limitations and special conditions, comments received and other information are on the Department's file. The documents may be inspected at, or a copy requested from, the Field Office that has been indicated above the application notice.
APPLICATIONS--NPDES MINOR RENEWALS
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.NPDES Facility County and Tributary New Permit No. Name and Address Municipality Stream Requirements PA0080748 N. Lebanon County Auth.
P. O. Box 434
Jonestown, PA 17038Lebanon
Jonestown BoroSwatara Creek TRC PA0085243 Manns Choice-Harrison
Jt. Munic. Authority
P. O. Box 28
Manns Choice, PA 15550Bedford
Manns Choice BoroughRaystown Branch
Juniata RiverTRC PA0081981 Smithville Mobile Home
686 Pennsy Road
Willow Street, PA
17584Lancaster
Providence TownshipUNT to Huber Run TRC DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER Applications under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law (Part II Permits) The following permit applications and requests for plan approval have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). Persons objecting on the grounds of public or private interest to the approval of an application or submitted plan may file a written protest with the Department at the address indicated above each permit application or plan. Each written protest should contain the following: name, address and telephone number; identification of the plan or application to which the protest is addressed and a concise statement in sufficient detail to inform the Department of the exact basis of the protest and the relevant facts upon which it is based. The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to any given protest. Each writer will be notified in writing of the time and place if a hearing or conference concerning the plan, action or application to which the protest relates is held. To insure consideration by the Department prior to final action on permit applications and proposed plans, initial protests and additions or amendments to protests already filed should be filed within 15 calendar days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A copy of each permit application and proposed plan is on file in the office indicated and is open to public inspection.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Applications received for industrial waste and sewage applications under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001).
Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
A. 5098401. Sewage, submitted by Triple Crown Corporation, 5351 Jaycee Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17112 in Centre Township, Perry County to construct sewers to serve the Meadow View Village Mobile Home Park was received in the Southcentral Region on January 9, 1998.
A. 6794401 98-1. Sewage, submitted by Robert H. Conley, 626 Old York Road, Etters, PA 17319 in Newberry Township, York County to correct sewer problems and BC's Restaurant was received in the Southcentral Region on January 9, 1998.
A. 6798401. Sewage, submitted by Paul K. Miller, R. D. 2, Box 2421, Stewartstown, PA 17363 in Hopewell Township, York County to install a sewage treatment plant to serve Oakwood Heights Mobile Home Park was received in the Southcentral Region on January 2, 1998.
A. 0798401. Sewage, submitted by Logan Township Board of Supervisors, 800 39th Street, Altoona, PA 16602-1799 in Hollidaysburg Borough; Blair Township; Frankstown Township; Allegheny Township, and Logan Township, Blair County to improve the Brush Run Interceptor was received in the Southcentral Region on January 15, 1998.
A. 0672403 98-1. Sewage, submitted by Oley Township Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 19, Oley, PA 19547 in Oley Township, Berks County to expand their existing wastewater treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Region on January 15, 1998.
A. 3898401. Sewage, submitted by Paul C. and E. Flere Bomba, R. D. 2, Denver, PA 17517 in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County to install a wastewater treatment system to correct their malfunctioning sewer system was received in the Southcentral Region on January 23, 1998.
A. 6797407. Sewage, submitted by Jackson Township Sewer Authority, R. D. 4, Box 4308, Spring Grove, PA 17362 in Jackson Township, York County to construct the sewage treatment plant was received in the Southcentral Region on January 27, 1998.
Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
A. 0298401. Sewerage, Girty's Run Joint Sewer Authority, 1097 North Ave., Room 110, Millvale, PA 15209. Application for the construction and operation of Sewers and Appurtenances, Outfall and Headwall, and Wet Weather Equalization Tank located in the Townships of Ross and Shaler, Allegheny County to serve the Girty's Run Site #1 Upper Tank and the Site #2 Lower Tank.
The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Pennvest) which administers Pennsylvania's State Revolving Fund has been identified as a possible funding source. The Department's review of the sewage facilities plan revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal.
A. 6598401. Sewerage, Calandrella's Inc., R. D. 2, Box 320, Avonmore, PA 15618. Application for the construction and operation of a package type extended aeration sewage treatment plant to serve Calandrella's Inc., an existing commercial and residential establishment located in Bell Township, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
WQM Permit No. 2598404. Sewage, Robert Blakeslee SRSTP, 23855 Maple Grove Rd., Union City, PA 16438. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in Concord Township, Erie County.
WQM Permit No. 4398401. Sewage, Alice R. Williams SRSTP, 99 S. Myers Ave., Sharon, PA 16146. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4398402. Sewage, John P. and Melinda J. Holfelder, Jr. SRSTP, 4174 Bethel Rd., New Wilmington, PA 16142. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in Wilmington Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4398403. Sewage, Donald Blank Estate, c/o Rod McClelland SRSTP, 101 Beaver St., Mercer, PA 16137. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in Jackson Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4398404. Sewage, Randall L. Carroll SRSTP, 622 Charleston Rd., Sharpsville, PA 16150. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in Jefferson Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4398405. Sewage, David McCoy SRSTP, 247 Nicklin Rd., Grove City, PA 16127. This project is for the construction of a Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant in Findley Township, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 3398402. Sewage. Summerville Borough Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 278, Summerville, PA 15864. This project is for the construction of a sewage treatment plant, pump station and all sewers and appurtenances necessary in Summerville Borough, Jefferson County.
WQM Permit No. 6298401. Sewage. Conewango Township Municipal Authority, 4 Firemans Street, Warren, PA 16365. This project is for the construction of a pump station and all sewers and appurtenances in Conewango Township, Warren County.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PAS) NPDES Individual The following parties have applied for an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from a proposed construction activity into the surface waters of this Commonwealth. Unless otherwise indicated, on the basis of preliminary review and application of lawful standards and regulations, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) proposes to issue a permit to discharge, subject to certain limitations set forth in the permit and special conditions. These proposed determinations are tentative. Limitations are provided in the permit as erosion and sedimentation control measures and facilities which restrict the rate and quantity of sediment discharged.
Where indicated, the EPA, Region III, Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this proposed permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.24(d).
Persons wishing to comment on the proposed permit are invited to submit a statement to the office noted above the application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Comments reviewed within this 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of the final determinations regarding this application. Responses should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based. A public hearing may be held if the responsible office considers the public response significant.
Following the 30-day comment period, the Water Management Program Manager will make a final determination regarding the proposed permit. Notice of this determination will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at which time this determination may be appealable to the Environmental Hearing Board.
The application and related documents, including the erosion and sedimentation control plan for the construction activity, are on file and may be inspected at the office noted above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Southeast Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
NPDES Permit PAS10-G301. Stormwater. TCLG, Inc., 30 South Valley Road, Suite 306, Paoli, PA 19301, has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, to Pickering Creek.
NPDES Permit PAS10-G302. Stormwater. K. Hovnanian Company, 1369 Troon Lane, West Chester, PA 19380, has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in East Goshen Township, Chester County, to Ridley Creek.
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
Lehigh County Conservation District, District Manager, Lehigh Ag. Ctr., Ste. 102, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Allentown, PA 18104, (610) 391-9583.
NPDES Permit PAS10Q149. Stormwater. East Penn Real Estate, 4445 Harriet Lane, Bethlehem, PA 18017 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, to Little Lehigh Creek.
Monroe County Conservation District, District Manager, 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, (717) 629-3060.
NPDES Permit PAS10S060. Stormwater. Fern Plaza, Fern Partners, 257 Rimrock Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, to Appenzell Creek.
Northampton County Conservation District, District Manager, R. R. 4, Greystone Building, Nazareth, PA 18064-9211, (610) 746-1971.
NPDES Permit PAS10U087. Stormwater. Milford Land Company, 2300 Wagonwheel Drive, Easton, PA 18042 has applied to discharge stormwater from a construction activity located in Forks Township, Northampton County, to Bushkill Creek.
NPDES No. Facility Name and Address County and Tributary Stream New Permit Municipality Requirements PAS702202 Houghton International
P. O. Box 930
Valley Forge, PA 19482Lehigh Co.
U. Macungie Twp.Iron Run
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Application received under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17)
Northeast Regional Office, Sanitarian Regional Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
3597503. Public water supply. Pocono Pure Water Inc., Thomas Henning, General Manager, 4949 Birnery Avenue, Moosic, PA 18507. This proposal involves the construction of a distilled bottle water facility utilizing PAWC as a source of supply. It is located in Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County.
5298501. Public water supply. Lakeside Water Systems, Inc., R. R. 2, Box 2886, Greentown, PA 18426. This proposal involves the retaining of three of seven existing wells and one tank. The addition of disinfection at each well house, the addition of two tanks and three booster pumps. The Lakeside Water System includes existing trailers and a townhouse development. Engineer: Ceco Associates, John F. Davis, P.E.
Southcentral Regional Office, Sanitarian Regional Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4692.
A. 0698501. Public water supply. Pleasant Hills Mobile Home Park, Tilden Township, Berks County, (Responsible Official: Frank T. Perano, Owner, and Alex A. McIntyre, Project Engineer, 1297 Wheatland Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603), Type of Facility: Expansion of Mobile Home Park from 247 units to 314 units and increased permitted yields of well no. 1 from 35 gallons per minute to 40 gallons per minute, (Consulting Engineer: Alex A. McIntyre, P.E., 1297 Wheatland Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603).
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
2675501-A1. Mountain Water Association, Box 297, Fairchance, PA 15436-0297. Construction of the Brownsfield Hollow storage tank and waterlines serving Georges Township, Fayette County.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6899.
A. 2598502. Public water supply. Pleasant Ridge Manor--West, 8300 West Ridge Rd., Girard, PA 16417-9802. This proposal involves the permitting of an existing water system in Fairview Township, Erie County.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION Under Act 2, 1995 Preamble 1
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 302 and 303 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate identifies a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use the background or Statewide health standard to remediate a site must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department must provide a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Department's Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Regional Office: Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. Mark Piazza, Senior Environmental Engineer, Elf Atochem North America, Inc., 2000 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-3222, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with solvents. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Northeast Regional Field Office, Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP&L)--Distribution pole #62540S47627, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. PP&L, Environmental Management Division, 2 North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of site soils found to be contaminated with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide human health standard.
Air Products and Chemicals, City of Allentown, Lehigh County. Edward J. Dulac, Senior Principal Environmental Specialist with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of soils at the project site (located at 2801 Mitchell Avenue, Allentown, PA 18103) which are contaminated with metals. The applicant proposes to address the site to meet the Statewide human health standard. The applicant also proposes to meet the site-specific standard for contaminated groundwater. Please refer to additional Pennsylvania Bulletin notification.
Northcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (717) 321-6525.
Smartbuys Store, Borough of Mifflinburg, Union County. Timothy Burkett on behalf of his client Giles Wickham, R. D. 3, Box 45A, Sunbury, PA 17801 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with lead and BTEX. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet the Statewide Health Standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Daily Item on January 6, 1998.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION Under Act 2, 1995 Preamble 2
Acknowledgment of Notices of Intent to Remediate submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Sections 304 and 305 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an acknowledgment noting receipt of any Notices of Intent to Remediate. An acknowledgment of the receipt of a Notice of Intent to Remediate is used to identify a site where a person proposes to, or has been required to, respond to a release of a regulated substance at a site. Persons intending to use a site-specific standard or who intend to remediate a site in a Special Industrial Area must file a Notice of Intent to Remediate with the Department. A Notice of Intent to Remediate filed with the Department provides a brief description of the location of the site, a list of known contaminants at the site, the proposed remediation measures for the site and a description of the intended future use of the site. A person who demonstrates attainment of one or a combination of the cleanup standards identified under the act will be relieved of further liability for the remediation of the site for any contamination identified in reports submitted to and approved by the Department and shall not be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions brought by responsible persons not participating in the remediation.
Under sections 304(n)(1)(ii) and 305(c)(2) of the act, there is a 30-day public and municipal comment period for sites proposed for remediation using a site-specific cleanup standard, in whole or in part, and for sites determined to be located in Special Industrial Areas. This period begins when a summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area by the person conducting remediation. For the sites identified, a municipality may request to be involved in the development of the remediation and reuse plans for the site if the request is made within 30 days of the date specified below. During this comment period a municipality may request that the person identified below, as the remediator of a site, develop and implement a public involvement plan. Requests to be involved and comments should be directed to the remediator of a site. For further information concerning the content of a Notice of Intent to Remediate, contact the Department's Regional Office under which the notice appears. If information concerning this acknowledgment is required in an alternative form, contact the Community Relations Coordinator at the appropriate Regional Office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Notices of Intent to Remediate:
Southeast Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-5950.
Sears Logistics Services, Inc., City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. David Frearson, P. G., Resource Control, Corp., P. O. Box 579, Rancocas, N.J., 08073-0579, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate groundwater contaminated with solvents, BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on January 28, 1998.
Melchiorre Construction Company, Phoenixville Borough, Chester County. Michael Gonshor, P. G., RT Environmental Services, Inc., 215 W. Church Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate site soils contaminated with heavy metals. The applicant proposes to remediate the site to meet site-specific standards. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was reported to have been published in The Mercury on January 12, 1998.
Northeast Regional Field Office, Joseph Brogna, Regional Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
Air Products and Chemicals, City of Allentown, Lehigh County. Edward J. Dulac, Senior Principal Environmental Specialist with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate concerning the remediation of groundwater at the project site (located at 2801 Mitchell Avenue, Allentown, PA 18103) which is contaminated with solvents. The applicant proposes to address the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Morning Call on October 14, 1997. The applicant also proposes to meet the Statewide health standard for contaminated soils. Please refer to additional Pennsylvania Bulletin notification.
Luning Prak Limited Liability Company and Bosman Limited Partners, City of Allentown, Lehigh County. Edward J. Dulac, Senior Principal Environmental Specialist with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501 has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of Luning Prak Limited Liability Company and Bosman Limited Partners, 2125 S. W. 28th Street, Allentown, PA 18103) concerning the remediation of groundwater at the project site which is contaminated with solvents. The applicant proposes to address the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was published in The Morning Call on October 14, 1997.
Business Park at Carbondale Railyards, Carbondale Borough, Lackawanna County. Terrence A. Shannon, President of Synergist, Inc., 10 Enterprise Drive, Carbondale, PA 18407, has submitted a Notice of Intent to Remediate (on behalf of the Carbondale Industrial Development Authority, One North Main Street, Carbondale, PA 18407) concerning the remediation of site groundwater contaminated with metals, and site soils contaminated with metals, solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The applicant proposes to address the site to meet the site-specific standard. A summary of the Notice of Intent to Remediate was supposedly published in The Scranton Times-Tribune on February 2, 1998.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL AREA OR SITE
Applications submitted 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.
Regional Office: Northeast Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2516.
Permit I. D. No. 101663. Carbon County Recycling & Transfer Center, Carbon County Recycling & Transfer Center, Inc., 52 Fairview Drive, Lehighton, PA 18235. An application for a new municipal waste recycling facility and transfer station, located in Mahoning Township, Carbon County. The application was received in the Regional Office on January 13, 1998 and was found to be administratively complete on January 16, 1998.
Permit I. D. No. 100933. Alliance Landfill, Empire Sanitary Landfill, Inc., P. O. Box 28, Taylor, PA 18517. A major permit modification for the alteration of the 53 acre Phase II disposal area, the relocation of old waste, the addition of a soil stockpile area and the relocation of a stream at this municipal waste landfill, located in Ransom Township and Taylor and Old Forge Boroughs, Lackawanna County. The application was received in the Regional Office November 17, 1997 and was found to be administratively complete on January 16, 1998.
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Solid Waste Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
A. 101421. Shade Landfill Inc., 2000 Cliff Mine Road, Park West Two, Suite 420, Pittsburgh, PA 15275. Shade Landfill, 1176 R. D. 1, Cairnbrook, PA 15924. Application for a major permit modification which presents changes to the underdrain system, liner system, leachate management system, final cover system, final cover configuration, CQA/QC Plan, closure/post-closure bonding estimates and erosion and sedimentation controls, for a landfill in Shade Township, Somerset County. This application was received in the Regional Office on January 29, 1998.
A. 100280. USA Valley Facility, Inc., R. D. 2, Box 282A, Pleasant Valley Road, Irwin, PA 15642. An application for a major permit modification to redesign the contours of the northeast area of the landfill in Penn Township, Westmoreland County, was received in the Pittsburgh Region Office on January 27, 1998.
Regional Office: Regional Solid Waste Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
A. 301317. Frey Farm Landfill, Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (1299 Harrisburg Pike, P. O. Box 4425, Lancaster, PA 17601-4425). Application for a residual waste processing facility at a site in Manor Township, Lancaster County. Application determined to be administratively complete in the Regional Office January 28, 1997.
AIR POLLUTION OPERATING PERMITS
Operating Permit applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
46-318-037: United States Can Company (431 Privet Road, Horsham, PA 19044) for the operating of Can Side Seam Welding & Coating Lines in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.
15-310-025A: Glasgow, Inc. (660 Morehall Road, Malvern, PA 19355) for the operation of Stone Crushing Plant in East Whiteland, Chester County.
Northcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 200 Pine Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, (717) 327-3637.
8-313-011C: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for the operation of a spray dryer and associated air cleaning devices (a cyclone, fabric collector and absolute filter) in Department 214, Building 22 in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
8-399-044B: OSRAM Sylvania Products, Inc. (Hawes Street, Towanda, PA 18848-0504) for the operation of a molybdenum/tungsten plate rolling mill, plate furnace, plate press, rod rolling mill, rod furnace, plate conveyer and associated air cleaning devices (fabric collectors and air filters) in Department 055, Buildings 14 and 16 in North Towanda Township, Bradford County.
Notice of Intent to Issue Title V Operating Permits
Under 25 Pa. Code § 127.521, notice is given that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) intends to issue a Title V Operating Permit to the following facilities. These facilities are major facilities subject to the operating permit requirements under Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127, Subchapters F (relating to operating permit requirements) and G (relating to title V operating permits).
Copies of the Title V application, proposed permit and other relevant information are available for public inspection and additional information may be obtained by contacting the regional office noted below.
Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections concerning the proposed Title V permit to the regional office within 30 days of publication of this notice. Written comments submitted to the Department during the 30-day public comment period shall include the name, address and telephone number of the person or persons submitting the comments, along with the reference number of the proposed permit. The commentator should also include a concise statement of any objections to the permit issuance and the relevant facts upon which the objections are based.
The Department reserves the right to hold a public hearing on the proposed action based upon the information received during the public comment period and will provide notice of any scheduled public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The hearing notice will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and a newspaper of general circulation where the facility is located.
Southeast Regional Office: Air Quality Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, Attn: Edward Brown, (610) 832-6242.
TVOP-09-00011: Perkasie Industries Corporation (50 E. Spruce Street, Perkasie, PA 18944) issued January 26, 1998, for major VOC Facility in Perkasie Borough, Bucks County.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approval applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015).
Southcentral Regional Office, Air Quality Program, One Ararat Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4587.
06-1007K: Carpenter Technology Corporation (P. O. Box 14662, Reading, PA 19612-4662) for modification of strip finish mill controlled by a fabric collector, two scrubbers and low NOx burners in Reading, Berks County.
REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (RACT)
Operating Permit applications received under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an Operating Permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonable Available Control Technology.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
OP-15-0017: Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation (TGPL) (Station 200, Frazer, PA 19355) for the approval of Major NOx and Minor VOC Facility located in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan for Oxides of Nitrogen and Volatile Organic Compounds and Public Hearing
Approval of an amendment of a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for The Hon Company, Division of Hon Industries, Inc., in Williamsport, Lycoming County.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve an amendment of a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a wood furniture manufacturing facility owned and operated by The Hon Company, Division of Hon Industries, Inc. in Williamsport, Lycoming County.
The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.
The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will result in the revision of Operating Permit #OP-41-0003 issued on June 7, 1996, and will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.
The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination which the Department proposes to incorporate into Operating Permit #OP-41-0003 for 14 small natural gas/#2 fuel oil-fired combustion sources associated with the respective wood furniture manufacturing facility as a revision to the respective permit:
1) The combined potential to emit volatile organic compounds from 14 small natural gas or #2 fuel oil fired combustion sources, with individual heat inputs from 105,000 BTU per hour to 6,250,000 BTU per hour, shall not exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per year.
One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit revision and SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 3, 1998 at 1 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.
Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to David Aldenderfer, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by March 18, 1998.
All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.
Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Atlantic Refining & Market Corp., owner, and Sun Company, Inc. (R & M), operator, in Point Township, Northumberland County.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a petroleum product storage and distribution facility (Northumberland Terminal) owned by Atlantic Refining & Marketing Corp. and operated by Sun Company, Inc. (R & M) in Point Township, Northumberland County.
The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.
The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.
The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination for this operation:
The potential to emit volatile organic compounds from each of the following source categories shall never exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per year (as determined by the Department). Should any of these limitations ever be exceeded for any of the source categories listed, a detailed RACT analysis which meets the criteria specified in 25 Pa. Code § 129.92 must be submitted to the Department for each source contained in the respective source category.
* fixed roof distillate storage tanks
* distillate truck loading rack
* pumps, valves and flanges
* oil/water separator
* additive tank
* heating oil tank for furnace
* office furnace
One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 3, 1998 at 1 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.
Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to David Aldenderfer, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by March 18, 1998.
All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.
Approval of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan for Montour Oil Service Co., A Division of Sun Company, Inc., in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County.
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a preliminary determination to approve a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) plan and an amendment to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a petroleum product storage and distribution facility (Sand Hill Terminal) owned and operated by Montour Oil Service Co., A Division of Sun Company, Inc., in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County.
The proposed SIP revision does not adopt any new regulations. It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT approval for the facility to comply with current regulations.
The preliminary RACT determination, if finally approved, will be incorporated into an operating permit for the facility and will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a revision to Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan.
The following is a summary of the preliminary RACT determination for this operation:
The potential to emit volatile organic compounds from each of the following source categories shall never exceed 3 pounds per hour, 15 pounds per day or 2.7 tons per year (as determined by the Department). Should any of these limitations ever be exceeded for any of the source categories listed, a detailed RACT analysis which meets the criteria specified in 25 Pa. Code § 129.92 must be submitted to the Department for each source contained in the respective source category.
* distillate truck loading rack
* pumps, valves and flanges
* oil/water separator
* additive tank
* heating oil tank for furnace and hot water heater
* office furnace
* hot water heater
One public hearing will be held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed operating permit and the proposed SIP revision. The hearing will be held on March 3, 1998 at 1 p.m. at the Department's Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA. The public is invited to comment on the proposal. Persons interested in commenting are invited to appear at the public hearing.
Persons wishing to present testimony at the hearing should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 at least 1 week in advance of the hearing to reserve a time to present testimony. Oral testimony will be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes per individual and two written copies of the oral testimony are requested. Each organization is requested to designate one witness to present testimony on its behalf.
Persons with a disability who wish to comment and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Daniel Spadoni at (717) 327-3659 or the Pennsylvania AT&T relay service at 1 (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.
Those unable to attend the hearing, but wishing to comment, should provide written comments to David Aldenderfer, Air Quality Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Protection, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448. Comments should be submitted by March 18, 1998.
All pertinent documents are available for review from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701. Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling (717) 327-3693.
MINING APPLICATIONS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Mining activity permits issued in response to such applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015); the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27); and the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003).
The following permit applications to conduct mining activities have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department). A copy of the application is available for inspection at the District mining office indicated above each application. Where a 401 water quality certification is needed for any aspect of a particular proposed mining activity, the submittal of the permit application will serve as the request for such certification.
Written comments or objections, or requests for informal conferences on applications, may be submitted by any person or any officer or head of any Federal, State or local government agency or authority to the Department at the same address within 30 days of this publication, or within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant's newspaper advertisement, as provided by 25 Pa. Code §§ 77.121--23 and § 86.31--86.34 (relating to public notices of filing of permit applications, opportunity for comment, and informal conferences).
Where any of the mining activities listed below will have discharges of wastewater to streams, the Department will incorporate NPDES permits into the mining activity permits issued in response to these applications. The NPDES permits will contain, at a minimum, technology-based effluent limitations (as described in the Department's regulations--25 Pa. Code §§ 77.522, 87.102, 88.92, 88.187, 88.242, 89.52, and 90.102) for iron, manganese, suspended solids, settleable solids, alkalinity, and pH. In addition to the above, more restrictive effluent limitations, restrictions on discharge volume, or restrictions on the extent of mining which may occur will be incorporated into a mining activity permit when necessary for compliance with water quality standards (in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 95). Persons or agencies which have requested review of the NPDES permit requirements for a particular mining activity within the above-mentioned public comment period will be provided with a 30-day period to review and submit comments on those requirements.
Written comments or objections should contain the name, address and telephone number of persons submitting comments or objections; application number; and a statement of sufficient detail to inform the Department on the basis of comment or objection and relevant facts upon which it is based. Requests for an informal conference must contain the name, address and telephone number of requestor; application number; a brief summary of the issues to be raised by the requestor at the conference; and a statement whether the requestor desires to have the conference conducted in the locality of the proposed mining activities.
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Received
32980101. M. B. Energy, Inc. (P. O. Box 1319, Indiana, PA 15701-1319), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Brushvalley and Center Townships, Indiana County, affecting 140.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries of Brush Creek to Blacklick Creek and unnamed tributaries of Yellow Creek to Yellow Creek both to Two Lick Creek to Conemaugh River, application received January 20, 1998.
56980101. Heritage Mining Company (P. O. Box 126, Cresson, PA 16630), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Shade and Paint Townships, Somerset County, affecting 62.3 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Shade Creek, Shade Creek, application received January 20, 1998.
32930101. Kent Coal Mining Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine renewal for reclamation, only in Center Township, Indiana County, affecting 120.8 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Yellow Creek, application received January 26, 1998.
56880103. Permit Renewal, Future Industries, Inc. (P. O. Box 157, Meyersdale, PA 15552), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine in Summit Township, Somerset County, affecting 785.0 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Casselman River, the Casselman River, two unnamed tributaries to Lick Run, Lick Run, two unnamed tributaries to Bigby Creek, and one unnamed tributary to Cranberry Run, application received January 28, 1998.
McMurray District Office 32921301. Keystone Coal Mining Corp. (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to renew the permit for the Plumcreek No. 1 in Washington Township, Indiana County, no additional discharges. Application received December 1, 1997.
30841316. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. (P. O. Box 174, Graysville, PA 15337), to revise the permit for the Bailey Mine in Richhill Township, Greene County to add 625 permit and subsidence control plan acres, no additional discharges. Application received January 5, 1998.
30831303. Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corp. (P. O. Box 1020, 145 Elm Dr., Waynesburg, PA 15370), to renew the permit for the Cumberland Mine in Whiteley Township, Greene County, no additional discharges. Application received November 7, 1997.
03871302. Triple K Coal Co. (R. D. 1, Box 308, Rural Valley, PA 16249), to renew the permit for the Triple K No. 1 Mine in Burrell Township, Armstrong County, no additional discharges. Application received December 23, 1997.
30910701. Chess Coal Co. (R. R. 1, Box 151, Smithfield, PA 15478), to renew the permit for the Refuse Site No. 7 in Dunkard Township, Greene County, no additional discharges. Application received January 15, 1998.
30901601. Chess Coal Co. (R. R. 1, Box 151, Smithfield, PA 15478), to renew the permit for the Poland Dock in Monongahela Township, Greene County, no additional discharges. Application received January 15, 1998.
32841320. Helvetia Coal Co. (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), to revise the permit for the Lucerne No. 8 Mine in Young Township, Indiana County, no additional discharges. Application received January 22, 1998.
56911302. Rox Coal, Inc. (2851 Stoystown Rd., P. O. Box 149, Friedens, PA 15541), to renew the permit for the Long T Permit in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, no additional discharges. Application received January 23, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
40980102. Lombardo Brothers Development Co., Inc. (22 Hale Street, Yatesville, PA 18640), commencement, operation and restoration of an anthracite surface mine operation in Hughestown Borough, Luzerne County, affecting 7.24 acres, receiving stream Susquehanna River. Application received January 8, 1998.
49931601R. Black Creek Breaker Company (R. R. 2, Box 630, Shamokin, PA 17872), renewal of an anthracite coal preparation plant operation in West Cameron Township, Northumberland County affecting 5.7 acres, receiving stream none. Application received January 26, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Received
48750401C2. Lafarge Corporation (5160 Main Street, Whitehall, PA 18052-1827), correction to an existing quarry operation in Allen Township, Northampton County affecting 342.0 acres, receiving stream Hokendauqua Creek. Application received January 16, 1998.
5575SM1A3C2. State Aggregates, Inc. (4401 Camp Meeting Road, Suite 200, Center Valley, PA 18034-9454), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0119555 in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, receiving stream East Branch of Tunkhannock Creek. Application received January 22, 1998.
40980301. Brdaric Excavating Inc. (230 Bunkerhill Road, Wyoming, PA 18644), commencement, operation and restoration of a noncoal surface mine in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, affecting 67.6 acres, receiving stream Susquehanna River. Application received January 26, 1998.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT ENCROACHMENTS The following Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for water quality certification have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection. Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)) requires the State to certify that the involved projects will not violate the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311--1313, 1316 and 1317, as well as relevant State requirements. Initial requests for 401 certification will be published concurrently with the permit application. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under Section 401 or to the issuance of a Dam Safety or Encroachment Permit or the approval of Environmental Assessments must submit any comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted above the application.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, should contact the specified program. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-5485.
E64-186. Encroachment. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 4-0, P. O. Box 111, Scranton, PA 18501. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a road crossing of Holbert Creek (HQ-TSF), consisting of an 18-foot × 14.5-foot cast-in-place concrete box culvert, with its invert depressed 1.0 foot below the streambed. The project is located on S. R. 0006, Section 671, Segment 0320, Off-Set 1388, approximately 0.7 mile northwest of the intersection of S. R. 0006 and S. R. 0652 (White Mills, PA Quadrangle N: 9.8 inches; W: 13.5 inches) in Texas Township, Wayne County (Philadelphia District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Northcentral Region, Water Management, Soils and Waterways Section, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
E53-308. Encroachment. Galen Zeger, 2156 Buchannan Trail East, Greencastle, PA 17225. To maintain three 91 inch by 12 foot long corrugated metal pipes with associated fill in the West Branch of Pine Creek located approximately 2 miles south of Galeton on SR 2002 (Galeton, PA Quadrangle N: 14.5 inches; W: 12.0 inches) in West Branch Township, Potter County. The crossing has been constructed under GP085397507 and has impacted approximately 20 feet of waterway which is designated HQ-CWF.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E02-1084-A1. Encroachment. Port Authority of Allegheny County, 2235 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. To amend Permit No. E02-1084 that authorized the Port Authority of Allegheny County to remove existing structures, construct and maintain new structures and to rehabilitate and maintain existing structures in Oakwood Run, Chartiers Creek, Campbells Run and the Monongahela River for the purpose of constructing a new busway in the Borough of Crafton, the Borough of Rosslyn Farms, the Borough of Carnegie and the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County to include the replacement and maintenance of approximately 1,210 feet of an existing stream enclosure in Bells Run (WWF), and to enclose and maintain an additional 520 feet of Bells Run (WWF) located just north of the intersection of Penn Lincoln Parkway (U. S. Route 22-30), and Bell Avenue (Pittsburgh West PA Quadrangle N: 7.35 inches; W: 11.7 inches) in Carnegie Borough and the Borough of Rosslyn Farms, Allegheny County.
E26-242. Encroachment. Fayette County Commissioners, Court House, 61 East Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401. To construct and maintain a low flow stream crossing consisting of two 48 inch high density polyethylene pipe culvert placed in an unnamed tributary to the Youghiogheny River (CWF). The project is located along Township Road No. 878, 1.1 mile south of its intersection with S. R. 0040 (Friendsville, MD-PA-WVA Quadrangle N: 18.8 inches; W: 6.8 inches) in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County.
E02-1145-A1. Encroachment. East Deer Township, 927 Freeport Road, Creighton, PA 15030. To reissue and amend permit E02-1145 which permitted the construction and maintenance of a Riverfront Park in the flood plain of the right bank of the Allegheny River (WWF) located on the north side of the confluence of Crawford Run (WWF) and the Allegheny River (New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N: 14.8 inches; W: 3.7 inches) in East Deer Township, Allegheny County, to include the construction and maintenance of a pedestrian bridge having a span of 50 feet and a minimal underclearance of 6.3 feet across Crawford Run located approximately 500 feet upstream from its confluence with the Allegheny River.
E32-390. Encroachment. PA Department of General Services, Eighteenth and Herr Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17120. To place and maintain fill in 1.43 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands and in an unnamed tributary to McKee Run (CWF) for the purpose of constructing a maximum security facility. The project is located along SR 0286 at its intersection with T-470 (Musser Road) (Clymer, PA Quadrangle N: 4.1 inches; W: 14.0 inches) in White Township, Indiana County. The applicant proposes to construct 2.06 acres of replacement wetlands on a site adjacent to this project.
E65-684. Encroachment. City of New Kensington, 301 Eleventh Street, New Kensington, PA 15068. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 45.0 foot and a minimum underclearance of 8.5 feet across Little Pucketa Creek (TSF) for the purpose of improving structural integrity. The applicant also proposes the construction and maintenance of a temporary causeway along the right bank and temporary cofferdams at the abutments during construction. The project is located at the eastern end of Fourth Street in the City of New Kensington. (New Kensington West, PA Quadrangle N: 10.4 inches; W: 1.3 inches) in the City of New Kensington, Westmoreland County.
Northwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
E10-274. Encroachment. Butler County Commissioners, P. O. Box 1208, Butler, PA 16003-1208. To rehabilitate the existing County Bridge No. 121 (Moore Bridge) by replacing the superstructure with new steel girders, reinforced concrete deck and steel guide rails. County Bridge No. 121 (Moore Bridge) is located on Christy Road across Bull Run (WWF) approximately 500 feet south of the intersection of Cherry Valley Road and Christy Road (Curtisville, PA Quadrangle N: 9.6 inches; W: 14.0 inches) located in Clinton Township, Butler County.
E25-565. Encroachment. Waterford Township, 12451 Circuit Road, Waterford, PA 16441. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span precast concrete arch culvert with a clear span of 32 feet and an underclearance of 6 feet 2 inches on township Road T-300 (Bagdad Road) across Trout Run (CWF). This project is located on Bagdad Road across Trout Run approximately 4,400 feet east of the intersection of Bagdad Road and Trask Road (Cambridge Springs NE, PA Quadrangle N: 13.3 inches; W: 0.1 inch) located in Waterford Township, Erie County.
E62-336. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, Engineering District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323-1289. To remove the existing concrete slab bridge and to construct and maintain a pre-cast reinforced concrete box culvert measuring 15 feet wide by 5 feet high on SR 4021 (Jamestown Street) across Brands Run (CWF). This box culvert will be placed one foot below existing stream bed elevation to allow for unobstructed access for aquatic organisms. The project is located on SR 4021 (Jamestown Street) across Brands Run approximately 1,200 feet northwest of the intersection of SR 4021 (Jamestown Street) and SR 0957 in Sugar Grove Borough. (Sugar Grove, PA Quadrangle N: 20.0 inches; W: 11.7 inches) located in Sugar Grove Borough, Warren County.
DAM SAFETY Central Office: Bureau of Waterways Engineering, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, (717) 787-8568.
D67-500A. Dam. PP&L, Inc. (Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1179). To close Ash Basin No. 7 at the Brunner Island Steam Electric Station by regrading the ash in the basin, covering the site with 1 foot of soil and seeding. The basin is located along the Susquehanna River in East Manchester Township, York County.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Applications filed under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 824, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of the Commonwealth.
Northeast Regional Office, Sanitarian Regional Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
WA13-627B. Water Allocation Permit. Nesquehoning Borough Authority, 114 W. Catawissa Street, Nesquehoning, PA 18240. This proposal involves the use of the Nesquehoning Borough Authority's Fourth Hollow Reservoir unfiltered, surface water supply by the Panther Creek Energy Facility (PCEF). The PCEF proposes to withdraw the water, when available, as a process supply source for the cogeneration plant. The processed water will not be used for consumption; and the service area for the reservoir will be PCEF. Engineer: Alfred Benesch & Co., Patrick M. Caulfield, M.
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
WA63-1006. Water allocation. Pennsylvania-American Water Company, Washington County. Provide 4,300,000 gallons per day to Paris-Florence, Independence Township Municipal Authority, Cedar Grove Water Association, Village of Independence, West Middletown, and Franklin Manor/Claysville, Washington County.
ACTIONS
FINAL ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT [National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)] DISCHARGE OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWERAGE WASTEWATER (Part I Permits) The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications and requests for plan approval and has issued the following significant orders.
Any persons aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Industrial waste and sewerage actions under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.100).
Southeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6130.
Permits Issued
NPDES Permit No. PA0052965. Industrial waste. Rex Heat Treat of PA, Inc., 8th Street and Valley Forge Road, Lansdale, PA 19446 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County into UNT to West Branch of Neshaminy Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0021181, Amendment No. 2. Sewerage. Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority, 306 Green Street, Doylestown, PA is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Doylestown Township, Bucks County into Neshaminy Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0057223. Sewage. William and Donna Hodson, 387 Allentown Road, Souderton, PA 18964-2103 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Franconia Township, Montgomery County into East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0057207. Sewage. William Smith, 1492 Salford Street, Salford, PA 18457 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County into Wissahickon Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0056847. Sewage. East Rockhill Township, 500 Branch Road, Perkasie, PA 18944 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County into East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0055212, Amendment No. 1. Sewerage. Concord Township Sewer Authority, 666 Concord Road, Concord, PA 19342 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Concord Township, Delaware County into West Branch of Chester Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA005542. Sewerage. John and Jane Topp, 1261 North Manor Road, Honeybrook, PA 19344 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Brandywine Township, Chester County into Dry Swale to Indian Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0054585. Sewerage. John Skinner, 22 Jeremiah Collett Road, Glenn Mills, PA 19342 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Concord Township, Delaware County into West Branch Chester Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0012190, Amendment No. 2. Industrial waste. Mueller Streamlined Company, Church Road and Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County into Wissahickon Creek.
Northeast Regional Office: Water Management Program Manager, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-2511.
Permit No. 4597404. Sewerage. Pocono Mountain School District, Pocono Mountain School Road, P. O. Box 200, Swiftwater, PA 18370-0200. Permit to construct and operate a SBR Wastewater Treatment Plant at the Swiftwater Campus, located in Pocono Township, Monroe County.
Southcentral Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17011, (717) 657-4590.
NPDES Permit No. PA0084107. Industrial waste. REMTECH Environmental Lewisberry, L. P., 550 Industrial Drive, Lewisberry, PA 17339 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Fairview Township, York County to an unnamed tributary to Fishing Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0083011. Industrial waste. Herr and Sacco, Inc., P. O. Box 99, Elmwood Avenue, Landisville, PA 17538 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County to the receiving waters named Swarrs Run.
NPDES Permit No. PAG053516. General permit. Sun Company, Inc., Ten Penn Center, 1801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Spring Township, Berks County to the receiving waters named Cacoosing Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0009733. Industrial waste. PECO Energy Company, 1848 Lay Road, Delta, PA 17314 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Peach Bottom Township, York County to the receiving waters named Susquehanna River.
NPDES Permit No. PA0085138. Sewerage. Five Forks Brethren in Christ Church, 9244 Five Forks Road, Waynesboro, PA 17268-9623 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Quincy Township, Franklin County to the receiving waters of an unnamed tributary to West Branch of Antitam Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0081329. Sewerage. South Londonderry Township Municipal Authority, Municipal Building, Center and Market Streets, P. O. Box 3, Campbelltown, PA 17010-0003 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County to the receiving waters named Conewago Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0027189. Sewerage. Lower Allen Township Authority, 120 Limekiln Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Fairview Township, York County to the receiving waters named Susquehanna River.
NPDES Permit No. PAG043573. Sewerage. Stacy D. and John T. McCarthy, Sr., R. D. 1, Box 1647, New Freedom, PA 17349 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Shrewsbury Township, York County to an unnamed tributary to Deer Creek.
NPDES Permit No. PA0087611. Sewerage. Richfield Area Joint Authority, P. O. Box 204, Richfield, PA 17086 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Monroe Township, Juniata County to the receiving waters named West Branch Mahantango Creek.
Permit No. 2197413. Sewerage. Silver Spring Township Authority, 6475 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Construction of sewers and appurtenances in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.
Permit No. 3497401. Sewerage. Richfield Area Joint Authority, P. O. Box 204, Richfield, PA 17086. Construction of sewers and appurtenances in Monroe Township, Juniata County.
Permit No. 6797408. Sewerage. Stacy D. and John T. McCarthy, Sr., R. D. 1, Box 1647, New Freedom, PA 17349. Construction of sewage treatment facilities in Shrewsbury Township, York County.
Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit No. 2685407-Amendment No. 1. Sewerage, Fairchance-Georges Joint Municipal Sewage Authority, 125 West Church Street, Fairchance, PA 51436. Expansion of a Sewage Treatment Plant located in the Township of Georges, Fayette County to serve the Fairchance-Georges STP.
Permit No. 6397406. Sewerage, North Strabane Township Municipal Authority, 1929 B Route 519 South, Canonsburg, PA 15317-5007. Construction of Gravity Sewers and Appurtenances located in the Township of North Strabane, Washington County to serve the Racetrace Road Interceptor Extension to serve portions of Meadowbrook Phase III and IV.
Northwest Regional Office: Regional Water Management Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6942.
NPDES Permit No. PA0033260. Sewage. Karavoula, Inc., 1138 Candy Lane, Erie, PA 16505 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Fairview Township, Erie County to an unnamed tributary to Brandy Run.
NPDES Permit No. PA0035289. Sewage. Glen Lakes Estates, 6315 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 is authorized to discharge from a facility located in Pine Township, Mercer County to an unnamed tributary to Wolf Creek.
WQM Permit No. 2597421. Sewage. City of Erie, 626 State Street, Room 400, Erie, PA 16501-1128. This project is for the installation of interceptor relief sewers titled Manor Drive, East-Side and West-Side Interceptor Relief Sewers in the City of Erie, Erie County.
WQM Permit No. 4397201. Industrial waste. Caparo Steel Company, 15 Roemer Boulevard, Farrell, PA 16121. This project is for the construction and operation of the wastewater cooling and recycling system at the Hot Strip Mill Reheat Furnaces in Farrell, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 4397202. Industrial waste. Caparo Steel Company, 15 Roemer Boulevard, Farrell, PA 16121. This project is for the construction and operation of the wastewater recycle and treatment systems at the Continuous Caster in Farrell, Mercer County.
WQM Permit No. 3397408. Sewage. Falls Creek Borough Municipal Authority, P. O. Box 418, 117 Taylor Avenue, Falls Creek, PA 15840. This project is for the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment system to serve Falls Creek Borough and Washington Township, Jefferson County and Sandy Creek Township, Clearfield County.
WQM Permit No. 2597423. Sewage. Borough of North East, 58 East Main Street, North East, PA 16428. This project is for plans to construct a final clarifier and sludge pumping station at the Site I wastewater treatment plant in the Borough of North East, Erie County.
WQM Permit No. 1097410. Sewage. Best Oil, Inc., 2939 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. This project is for the construction and operation of a sewage treatment facility to serve a travel center in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County.
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[Continued from previous Web Page] INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PAS) The following approvals for coverage under NPDES Individual Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities have been issued.
These actions of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) may be appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board (Board), Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483, by any aggrieved person under 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). Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days from the date of this issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Department's regulations governing practice and procedure before the Board may be obtained from the Board.
Southeast Regional Office, Regional Water Management Program Manager, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6130.
NPDES Applicant Name County and Receiving Permit No. and Address Municipality Stream
PAS10-G289 Koon Steel, Inc.
2092 West Main Street
Norristown, PA 19404East Coventry Twp.
Chester CountyUnnamed Tributary to
Schuylkill RiverPAS10-G292 Maplewood Development Corp.
Lejeune Properties, Inc.
134 John Thomas Drive
Exton, PA 19341West Nantmeal Twp.
Chester CountyUnnamed Tributary of
East Branch
Brandywine Creek
Southcentral Regional Office, Water Management Program, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boulevard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, (717) 657-4590.
PAS-10-M074-1. Individual NPDES. Whitetail Land Partnership, L. P., 13805 Blairs Valley Road, Mercersburg, PA 17236. To Implement an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan for the construction of additional ski slopes, trailside villages and a golf course for the expansion of the existing Whitetail Resort on 971 acres in Montgomery Township, Franklin County. The project is located along Blairs Valley Road (T-310) about 1 mile north of the PA-MD boundary line (Clean Spring, MD-PA Quadrangle N: 20.4 inches; W: 8.0 inches). Drainage will be to unnamed tributary to Licking Creek, Lanes Run and Little Conococheague Creek.
INDIVIDUAL PERMITS (PAR) The following parties have submitted Notices of Intent (NOIs) for Coverage under (1) General NPDES Permit(s) to discharge wastewater into the surface waters of the Commonwealth. The approval for coverage under these general NPDES permits is subject to applicable effluent limitations, monitoring, reporting requirements and other conditions set forth in the general permit; (2) General Permit(s) for Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge or Residential Septage by Land Application in Pennsylvania. The approval of coverage for land application of sewage sludge or residential septage under these general permits is subject to pollutant limitations, pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements, operational standards, general requirements, management practices, and other conditions set forth in the respective general permit. The Department of Environmental Protection approves the following coverages under the specified General Permit.
The EPA Region III Regional Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision: 40 CFR 123.24.
The application and related documents, effluent limitations, permitting requirements and other information are on file and may be inspected and arrangement made for copying at the contact office noted.
List of NPDES and/or other General Permit Type PAG-1 General Permit For Discharges From Stripper Oil Well Facilities PAG-2 General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Construction Activities PAG-3 General Permit For Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities PAG-4 General Permit For Discharges From Single Residence Sewage Treatment Plant PAG-5 General Permit For Discharges From Gasoline Contaminated Ground Water Remediation Systems PAG-6 General Permit For Wet Weather Overflow Discharges From Combined Sewer Systems PAG-7 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Sewage Sludge By Land Application PAG-8 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Non-Exceptional Sewage Sludge By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest, A Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site PAG-9 General Permit For Beneficial Use of Residential Septage By Land Application to Agricultural Land, Forest or a Land Reclamation Site General Permit Type--4 PAG 2
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Tyrone Township
Adams CountyPAR-10-0062 Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.
P. O. Box 709
53 East Hanover Street
Biglerville, PA 17307Bermudian Creek Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Bonneauville Borough
Adams CountyPAR-10-0041-R Meyer & Meyer Partnership
1566 Black Rock Road
Hanover, PA 17301Littles Run Adams County CCD
57 N. Fifth St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-0636Bedford Township
Bedford CountyPAR-10-0431 Penn Detroit Diesel
P. O. Box 147
Route 220 North
Bedford, PA 15522Raystown Branch Bedford CCD
702 West Pitt Street
Suite 4
Bedford, PA 15009
(814) 623-6706Laureldale Borough
Berks CountyPAR-10-C0195 Yuasa Exide Inc. Warehouse Exp.
Yuasa Exide Inc.
P. O. Box 14145
2400 Bernville Road
Reading, PA 19612-4145Bernhart Creek Berks CCD
P. O. Box 520
1238 County Welfare Rd.
Leesport, PA 19533
(610) 372-4657Centre Township
Centerport Borough
Berks CountyPAR-10-C191 Blue Ribbon Farms
Glenn Sandritter, President
1988 Corp. Inc./P. O. Box 439
Blandon, PA 19510Irish Creek Berks CCD
P. O. Box 520
1238 County Welfare Rd.
Leesport, PA 19533
(610) 372-4657Spring Township
Sinking Spring Borough
Berks CountyPAR-10-C200 Oakview Estates Phase 2
Gerhard Riethmuller
82 Eagle Rock Way
Montclair, NJ 07042Cacoosing Creek Berks CCD
P. O. Box 520
1238 County Welfare Rd.
Leesport, PA 19533
(610) 372-4657East Pennsboro Township
Cumberland CountyPAR-10-H146 Logins Run Associates
2151 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17110Holtz Run Cumberland CCD
43 Brookwood Avenue
Suite 4
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-7812Hampden Township
Cumberland CountyPAR-10-H142 Mt. Zion Associates
20 Erford Road
Lemoyne, PA 17043Sears Run Cumberland CCD
43 Brookwood Avenue
Suite 4
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-7812Greene Township
Franklin CountyPAR-10-M145 Scot-Greene Estates, Inc.
3218 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201Conococheague Creek Franklin CCD
550 Cleveland Avenue
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 264-8074East Hanover Township
Lebanon CountyPAR-10-P066 Military Instruction Barracks
Wiley Road and Bellamy Ave.
Fort Indiantown Gap, AnnvilleUNT Aires Run Lebanon CCD
2120 Cornwall Road
Suite 5
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 272-3377East Hanover Township
Lebanon CountyPAR-10-P067 PA Arng Military Educational Fac.
Service Road and Wiley Road
Fort Indiantown Gap, AnnvilleUNT Aires Run Lebanon CCD
2120 Cornwall Road
Suite 5
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 272-3377Dover Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y044-R Norman Berman
Golden Villas at Honey Run
P. O. Box 3688
York, PA 17402Little Conewago Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430West Manchester Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y090-R Costas G. Skouras
Shiloh Farms
1700 Rainbow Circle
York, PA 17407Little Conewago Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Heidelberg Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y212-R Warehime Enterprises Inc.
Evans Development II
251 Frederick Street
Hanover, PA 17331UNT to Oil Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Manchester Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y210-R BL & B Associates
Penvale Square
550 East King Street
York, PA 17403UNT to
Codorus CreekYork CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430East Manchester Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y036-R Asbury Pointe LTD
Asbury Pointe
135 North George Street
York, PA 17401Codorus Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Lower Windsor Township
York CountyPAR-10-Y230-R John Fox
Barshinger Road Property
60 South Pin Oak Drive
Boiling Springs, PABeaver Creek York CCD
118 Pleasant Acres Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 840-7430Snyder County
Beavertown Borough
Beavertown TownshipPAR105911R Earle and Edna L. Chubb
Beaver Tale Development
105 10th Ave.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870Wetzel Run Snyder CCD
403 W. Market St.
Middleburg, PA 17842
(717) 837-0085Lawrence County
Wilmington TownshipPAR103719-R Farmers Dairy Food, Inc.
Farmers Cheese Wastewater Treatment Facility
R. R. 1
P. O. Box 111B
New Wilmington, PA 16142Shenango River Lawrence Conservation District
Lawrence Co. Government Ctr.
430 Court Street
New Castle, PA 16101-3593
(412) 652-4512Lehigh County
N. Whitehall TownshipPAR10Q014-R Jake Arner
Box 600
Lehighton, PA 18235-0600Rockdale Creek Lehigh CD
(610) 391-9583Lehigh County
Upper Milford Twp.PAR10Q028-R Sophie Gerhard
3910 Larkspur Drive
Allentown, PA 18103Indian Creek Lehigh CD
(610) 391-9583Lehigh County
N. Whitehall TownshipPAR10Q082-R Lehigh Farm & Home Management
Box 501
Lehighton, PA 18235Lehigh River Lehigh CD
(610) 391-9583Luzerne County
Hazle TownshipPAR10R134 Humboldt Ind. Park
Lot 55A
Hazle Township
Oak Ridge Road
Hazle TownshipTomhicken Creek Luzerne CD
(717) 674-7991Luzerne County
Jenkins TownshipPAR10R131 OSM 40(1354) 101.1
Old BostonLampblack Creek Luzerne CD
(717) 674-7991Luzerne County
Hanover TownshipPAR10R136 Mericle Properties
Lots 20, 21, 22
600 Baltimore Dr.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702Warrior Creek Luzerne CD
(717) 674-7991Northampton County
L. Nazareth TownshipPAR10U071-1 Wegmans Food Market, Inc.
1500 Brooks Ave.
Rochester, NY 14624Shoeneck Creek Northampton CD
(610) 746-1971Newtown Township
Delaware CountyPAR10-J108 Brandywine Operating Partnership
500 North Gulph Road, Suite 220
King of Prussia, PA 19406Crum Creek PA Dept. of Environmental Protection
Southeast Regional Office
Suite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6131Springfield Township
Delaware CountyPAR10-J109 McKee Properties
900 West Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064Crum Creek PA Dept. of Environmental Protection
Southeast Regional Office
Suite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6131Upper Chichester Township
Delaware CountyPAR10-J053-R Cisco Corporation
P. O. Box 2184
Boothwyn, PA 19061Naamans Creek PA Dept. of Environmental Protection
Southeast Regional Office
Suite 6010, Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-6131General Permit Type--PAG 3
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Luzerne County
Plains TownshipPAR802234 CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304Laurel Run Creek Northeastern Regional Office
Water Management
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
(717) 826-2511General Permit Type PAG--4
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Lebanon County
Millcreek TownshipPAG043587 Paul C. and E. Flere Bomba
R. D. 2
Denver, PA 17517DEP--
Southcentral
Room 126
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4590General Permit Type PAG--8
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. East Hempfield Township
Lancaster CountyPAG-08-3509 Kline's Services, Inc.
5 Holland Street
P. O. Box 626
Salunga, PA 17538N/A DEP
Southcentral Region
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4590General Permit Type--PAG 9
Facility Location County and Applicant Name Receiving Stream Contact Office and Municipality Permit No. and Address or Body of Water Telephone No. Letterkenny Township
Franklin CountyPAG-09-3510 Chamberlin Septic Service
7703 Upper Horse Valley Road
Upper Strasburg, PA 17265N/A DEP
Southcentral Region
1 Ararat Boulevard
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 657-4590
SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT PLAN APPROVAL
Plan approval granted under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.1--750.20).
Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, Southcentral Region, One Ararat Boulevard, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Location: Maidencreek Township, Berks County, P. O. Box 529, Blandon, PA 19510-0529. The approved plan provides for expansion of an existing sewage treatment plant from .45 mgd to 1.1 mgd. The purpose of the expansion is to provide additional treatment capacity for future new land development and for ''fill in'' development within the existing sewer service area. The expanded facility will continue to discharge to Willow Creek. Phase II of the Township Plan is to be submitted to the Department within 9 months and will address the non-sewer service areas of the Township. The Department's review of the sewage facilities update revision has not identified any significant environmental impacts resulting from this proposal. Any required NPDES Permits or WQM Permits must be obtained in the name of the municipality or authority as appropriate.
Southwest Regional Office, Water Management Program Manager, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 442-4000.
Location: Sunnydale Gardens Mobile Home Park right (northside of SR 0819, 0.7 mile west of the intersection of SR 0819 and SR 0119), East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
Project Description: Approval of a revision to the Official Sewage Facility Plan of East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. Project involves the construction of a sewage treatment facility to serve the proposed 80 lot Sunnydale Gardens Mobile Home Park. Treated effluent will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Jacobs Creek.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
Actions taken under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§ 721.1--721.17).
Southwest Regional Office, Regional Manager, Water Supply Management, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (412) 442-4000.
Permit No. 6396502. Public Water Supply. Pennsylvania-American Water Company, 800 West Hershey Park Drive, P. O. Box 888, Hershey, PA 17033. Type of Facility: Booster pump station (Cross Creek). Permit to Operate Issued: January 20, 1998.
Permit No. 6598506-T1. Public Water Supply. Cary E. and Lori L. Ruffner, d/b/a Little Acres Mobile Home Park, 701 Vincent Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642. Type of Facility: Transfer from Loughner's Mobile Manor. Permit to Operate Issued: January 20, 1998.
Permit No. 0288502-T1. Public Water Supply. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, P. O. Box 730, Greensburg, PA 15601. Type of Facility: Mosside pump station and booster chlorination. Permit to Operate Issued: January 20, 1998.
Permit No. 0292505-T1. Public Water Supply. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, P. O. Box 730, Greensburg, PA 15601. Type of Facility: Ice Plant Hill pump station. Permit to Operate Issued: January 20, 1998.
Permit No. 6227-T1. Public Water Supply. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, P. O. Box 730, Greensburg, PA 15601. Type of Facility: North Versailles Township distribution system, 162,000 gallon Naser #1 Storage Tank and the 540,000 gallon Greensburg Pike Tank. Permit to Operate Issued: January 20, 1998.
Regional Office: Northcentral Field Operations, Environmental Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
A. 4410166MA2. The Department issued an operating permit to Foxcroft Manor MHP (P. O. Box 438, Montoursville, PA 17754, Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County) for operation of a 3,000 gallon storage tank and associated booster pumps.
LAND RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION Under Act 2, 1995 Preamble 3
The following final reports were submitted under the Land Recycling and Environmental Standards Act (35 P. S. §§ 6026.101--6026.908).
Provisions of Chapter 3 of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (act) require the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice of submission of any final reports. A final report is submitted to document cleanup of a release of a regulated substance at a site to one of the act's remediation standards. A final report provides a description of the site investigation to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in environmental media, the basis for selecting the environmental media of concern, documentation supporting the selection of residential or nonresidential exposure factors, a description of the remediation performed, and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the remediation has attained the cleanup standard selected.
For further information concerning the final report, please contact the Environmental Cleanup Program in the Department's Regional Office under which the notice of receipt of a final report appears. If information concerning a final report is required in an alternative form, contact the community relations coordinator at the appropriate Regional office listed. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
The Department has received the following reports:
Northcentral Regional Office, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448, (717) 321-6525.
Smartbuys Store, Borough of Mifflinburg, Union County. Timothy Burkett on behalf of his client Giles Wickham, R. D. 3, Box 45A, Sunbury, PA 17801 has submitted a Final Report addressing soil and groundwater contaminated with lead and BTEX. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard.
Northwest Regional Office: Craig Lobins, Environmental Cleanup Program Manager, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (814) 332-6648.
Graham Packaging Facility, 33 Memorial Drive, Oil City, PA 16301, Venango County, Oil City Township, has submitted a Final Report to remediate soil. The site has been found to be contaminated with Lead. The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet the Statewide health standard. A summary of the Final Report was reported to have been published in the Derrick Newspaper on December 9, 1997.
AIR POLLUTION OPERATING PERMITS
Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
23-329-003A: Haverford College (370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041) issued January 30, 1998, for two Emergency Generators in Haverford Township, Delaware County.
AQ-SE-0004: New Hope Crushed Stone (P. O. Box 248, New Hope, PA 18938) issued January 12, 1998, for portable Stone Crushing Plant in Solebury Township, Bucks County.
General Plan Approval and Operating Permit issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northwest Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
GP-43-182: Wheatland Tube Co. (1 Council Avenue, Wheatland, PA 16161) for a natural gas fired boiler in Wheatland Borough, Mercer County.
PLAN APPROVALS
Plan Approvals issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations to construct, modify, reactivate or operate air contamination sources and associated air cleaning devices.
Northwest Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6940.
PA-61-193A: National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. (P. O. Box 2081, Erie, PA 16512) issued January 15, 1998, for the construction of a natural gas compressor station in Mineral Township, Venango County.
PA-42-176A: Allegheny MDF Ltd. Partnership (Hutchins Road, Kane, PA 16735) issued January 22, 1998, for the construction of a standby gas fired hot oil heater in Sargeant Township, McKean County.
24-313-132A: Carbone of America Corp. (215 Stackpole Street, St. Marys, PA 15857) issued January 15, 1998, for the installation of a jet mill in St. Marys, Elk County.
REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (RACT)
Administrative Amendment of Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an Operating Permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 127.450 for Reasonable Available Control Technology.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
OP-46-0035: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, PA 19034) amended January 23, 1998, for Facility NOx/VOC sources in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.
OP-09-0008: Tavo Packaging, Inc. (2 Canal Street, Penn-Warner Industrial Park, Fairless Hills, PA 19030) revised January 22, 1998, for Facility VOC/NOx in Fairless Hills Township, Bucks County.
Operating Permits issued under the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4001--4015) and regulations for an Operating Permit to comply with 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 for Reasonable Available Control Technology.
Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-6242.
OP-46-0060: Department of Public Welfare (1001 Sterigere Street, Norristown, PA 19401) issued January 21, 1998, for the operation of Facility NOx Sources in Norristown Township, Montgomery County.
OP-46-0082: Stabilus (92 County Line Road, Colmar, PA 18915) issued January 22, 1998, for Synthetic Minor VOC Facility in Colmar Township, Montgomery County.
MINING APPROVALS TO CONDUCT COAL AND NONCOAL ACTIVITIES Actions on applications under the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a); the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 3301--3326); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001); the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66); The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). The final action on each application also constitutes action on the request for 401 water quality certification. Mining activity permits issued in response to the applications will also address the applicable permitting requirements of the following statutes: the Air Quality Control Act (35 P. S. §§ 4401--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).
Ebensburg District Office, 437 South Center Street, P. O. Box 625, Ebensburg, PA 15931-0625.
Coal Applications Issued:
32930101. Kent Coal Mining Company (P. O. Box 729, Indiana, PA 15701), commencement, operation and restoration of bituminous strip mine renewal for reclamation, only in Center Township, Indiana County, affecting 120.8 acres, receiving stream unnamed tributaries to Yellow Creek, application received January 26, 1998, permit issued January 28, 1998.
Greensburg District Office, R. D. 2, Box 603-C, Greensburg, PA 15601.
26920401. Coolspring Mining, Inc. (P. O. Box 1328, Uniontown, PA 15401). Permit revised to add nine acres for underground mining at a noncoal surface mining site located in North Union Township, Fayette County, affecting 60.6 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Coolspring Run, to Shutes Run, to Cove Run, to Redstone Creek, to the Monongahela River. Application received: September 25, 1997. Revision issued: January 21, 1998.
03920107R. McKay Coal Co., Inc. (R. D. 2, Templeton, PA 16259-9211). Permit renewed for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Mahoning Township, Armstrong County, affecting 26.5 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Cathcart Run. Application received: November 19, 1997. Renewal issued: January 21, 1998.
30850103R. Patriot Mining Co., Inc. (P. O. Box 4360, Star City, WV 26505). Permit renewed for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Greene Township, Greene County, affecting 127.4 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Whiteley Creek. Application received: November 7, 1997. Renewal issued: January 21, 1998.
02920103R. KMP Associates, Inc. (301 Salt Street, Saltsburg, PA 15681). Renewal issued for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Plum Township, Allegheny County, affecting 30 acres. Receiving streams: Little Plum Creek and an unnamed tributary to Little Plum Creek to Plum Creek. Application received: November 13, 1997. Renewal issued: January 21, 1998.
030930104R. Dutch Run Coal Co., Inc. (R. R. 2, Box 366, Shelocta, PA 15774). Renewal issued for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, affecting 7.7 acres. Receiving streams: Dutch Run and Plum Creek. Application received: December 10, 1997. Renewal issued: January 22, 1998.
03920109R. Thomas J. Smith, Inc. (R. R. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774-9641). Renewal issued for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface/auger mine located in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, affecting 37.7 acres. Receiving streams: Plum Creek. Application received: December 10, 1997. Renewal issued: January 22, 1998.
65880102R. Fairex Coal Company (R. D. 1, Box 264-D, Ligonier, PA 15658). Renewal issued for continued reclamation only of a bituminous surface mine located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, affecting 85.2 acres. Receiving streams: unnamed tributary to Mill Creek and unnamed tributary to Loyalhanna Creek. Application received: December 10, 1997. Renewal issued: January 22, 1998.
McMurray District Office 03901304. TJS Mining, Inc., (R. D. 1, Box 260D, Shelocta, PA 15774), to revise the permit for the Darmac No. 3 in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County to add permit and subsidence control plan boundary, no additional discharges. Permit issued January 15, 1998.
32971302. Rosebud Mining Company, (R. D. 9, Box 379A, Kittanning, PA 16201), to operate the Parker Mine in Washington Township, Indiana County to Unnamed Tributary to Dutch Run. Permit issued January 15, 1998.
65921602. Mon 70 Transloading, (P. O. Box 256, Belle Vernon, PA 15012), to renew the permit for the Mon 70 site in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, no additional discharges. Permit issued January 15, 1998.
32850701. Mears Enterprises, Inc., (P. O. Box 157, Clymer, PA 15728), to renew the permit for the Clymer Refuse Disposal Site in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, no additional discharges. Permit issued January 21, 1998.
56821304. Quemahoning Collieries, Inc., (P. O. Box 955, Somerset, PA 15501), to renew the permit for the Quemahoning Mine No. 1 in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, reclamation only, no additional discharges. Permit issued January 21, 1998.
33971301. Doverspike Brothers Coal Co., (R. D. 4, Box 271, Punxsutawney, PA 15767), to operate the Dora No. 8 Mine in Perry Township, Jefferson County, new underground mine, Mahoning Creek. Permit issued January 28, 1998.
56841604. Genesis Inc. dba Meadow Run Genesis Inc., (P. O. Box 317, Stoystown, PA 15563), to renew the permit for the Jenner Prep Plant in Jenner Township, Somerset County to transfer the permit from Solar Fuel Co. Inc., no additional discharges. Permit issued January 28, 1998.
56841604. Genesis, Inc. dba Meadow Run Genesis, Inc., (P. O. Box 317, Stoystown, PA 15563), to revise the permit for the Jenner Prep Plant in Jenner Township, Somerset County to post mining land use, no additional discharges. Permit issued January 28, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
54851311R2. R & K Coal Company (278 Main Street, Joliett, PA 17981), renewal of an existing anthracite underground mine operation in Hegins Township, Schuylkill County affecting 1.4 acres, receiving stream none. Renewal issued January 28, 1998.
54970103. The Harriman Coal Corporation (P. O. Box 127, Valley View, PA 17983), commencement, operation and restoration of a coal surface mine permit in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, affecting 213.0 acres, receiving stream Wiconisco Creek. Issue date January 30, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
Noncoal Permits Issued
5278SM2C. Milestone Materials, Inc. (P. O. Box 231, Easton, PA 18044-0231), renewal of NPDES Permit No. PA0595764 in Lake Township, Wayne County, receiving stream unnamed tributary to Middle Creek. Renewal issued January 27, 1998.
22970301. Dauphin Meadows, Inc. (P. O. Box 68, Route 209, Millersburg, PA 17061), commencement, operation and restoration of a noncoal surface mine permit in Washington Township, Dauphin County, affecting 52.0 acres, receiving stream Wiconisco Creek. Issue date January 30, 1998.
Pottsville District Office, 5 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901-2454.
General Small Noncoal Authorizations Granted
50960801. Roy E. and Scott D. Hall (1013 Sandy Hollow Road, New Bloomfield, PA 17068), commencement, operation and restoration of a small quarry operation in Carroll Township, Perry County affecting 2.0 acres, receiving stream none. Authorization granted January 28, 1998.
ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER SECTION 401: FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT ENCROACHMENTS The Department of Environmental Protection has taken the following actions on previously received Dam Safety and Encroachment permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for Water Quality Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).
Any person aggrieved by this action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501--508 and 701--704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law) to the Environmental Hearing Board, 400 Market Street, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Service, 1 (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30 days of receipt of the written notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board at (717) 787-3483. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.
Actions on applications filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P. S. §§ 693.1--693.27) and section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P. S. § 679.302) and sections 5 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5 and 691.402) and notice of final action for certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)). (Note: Permits issued for Small Projects do not include 401 Certification, unless specifically stated in the description.)
Permits Issued and Actions on 401 Certification
Northeast Regional Office, Regional Soils and Waterways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790, (717) 826-5485.
E45-336. Encroachment. Lester G. Abeloff, 4005 Glenbrook Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. To regrade, stabilize and maintain approximately 50 feet of the channel of a tributary to Big Meadow Run and an associated de minimis wetland area, less than or equal to 0.05 acre to obtain site distance for the proposed driveways of the Hunters Run Subdivision-Section 2 located on the north side of S. R. 2020 (Clearview Avenue) and Township Road T639 (East Stroudsburg, PA Quadrangle N: 1.6 inches; W: 13.5 inches) in Stroud Township, Monroe County.
Permit No. E66-114. Encroachment. Exeter Township, P. O. Box 88, Falls, PA 18615-9801. To maintain a single span bridge, having a span of approximately 31 feet and average underclearance of 7.3 feet across White Lock Creek. The project is located along Township Road T336 (Coolbaugh Mountain Road), approximately 0.2 mile south of its intersection with S. R. 0292 (Ransom, PA Quadrangle N: 10.5 inches; W: 15.4 inches) in Exeter Township, Wyoming County.
Southeast Regional Office, Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
E15-564. Encroachment Permit. Koons Steel, Inc., 2092 West Main Street, Norristown, PA 19404. To construct and maintain an outfall structure along the northern bank of an unnamed tributary to Schuylkill River (HQ, TSF). This structure will accommodate a 30-inch diameter corrugated plastic pipe culvert, and includes a concrete endwall and rip-rap energy dissipater. The culvert will convey stormwater flow into the tributary from the proposed Koons Steel, Inc. detention basin, and extend beneath Anderson Road. The site is located along the southern side of Anderson Road (T-504) at a point approximately 500 feet northeast of its intersection with Schuylkill Road (S. R. 0724) (Phoenixville, PA Quadrangle N: 15.3 inches; W: 12.9 inches) in East Coventry Township, Chester County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northcentral Region, Water Management--Soils and Waterways, F. Alan Sever, Chief, 208 West Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701.
E17-310. Encroachment. Sandy Township Supervisors, P. O. Box 267, DuBois, PA 15801-0267. To construct, operate and maintain an enclosure of an unnamed tributary to Beaver Run that will provide access to an industrial development. The work shall consist of constructing the stream enclosure with a 48-inch diameter corrugated metal pipe that will have a length of 150-feet. The project is located along the southern right-of-way of SR 0080 approximately 1.1 miles west of the intersection of SR 0255 and SR 0080 (Sabula, PA Quadrangle N: 1.2 inches; W: 14.7 inches) in Sandy Township, Clearfield County.
E17-314. Encroachment. Sheetz Inc., 5700 Sixth Ave., Altoona, PA 16602. To place and maintain ''de minimis'' fill in a palustrine emergent wetland for the purpose of constructing a commercial development. The site is located on the west side of SR 0879 approximately 0.49 mile south of I-80 interchange (Exit 19) (Clearfield, PA Quadrangle N: 6.1 inches; W: 4.1 inches) in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County.
E17-315. Encroachment. M & G Partnership, 29 South Jared St., DuBois, PA 15801. To modify, operate and maintain an existing structure and its appurtenances in the floodway of Pentz Run for the expansion of a commercial facility. The modification work shall consist of constructing a 1,025 square foot addition to the existing building that is located along the western right-of-way of SR 0219 approximately 900 feet west of the intersection Jared St. and SR 0219 (DuBois, PA Quadrangle N: 22.1 inches; W: 2.1 inches) in the City of DuBois, Clearfield County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E41-412. Encroachment. Sherman C. Mittell, President, South Williamsport Borough, 329 West Southern Ave., South Williamsport, PA 17701. To construct, operate and maintain a single span bridge to carry pedestrian traffic across Hagermans Run. The bridge shall be constructed with a span of 50-feet, an underclearance of 9-feet and minimum width of 4-feet. The project is located along the western right-of-way of SR 0015 approximately 400-feet southeast of the intersection of Hasting St. and Mountain Ave. (Montoursville, PA Quadrangle N: 19 inches; W: 15.9 inches) in South Williamsport Borough, Lycoming County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Southwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745.
E26-240. Encroachment. Redstone Township Board of Supervisors, R. D. 1, Box 211, Grindstone, PA 15442. To construct and maintain a flood protection project in and along 1,200 feet of Dunlap Creek consisting of sediment removal and fill placement. The project is located in the Village of Fairbank (New Salem, PA Quadrangle N: 12.1 inches; W: 14.3 inches) in Redstone Township, Fayette County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E56-281. Encroachment. Somerset County Commissioners, 111 East Union Street, Suite 100, Somerset, PA 15501-1543. To repair, operate and maintain the Somerset County Bridge No. 70 (Wolfhope Bridge) having a clear span of 43.7 feet and a maximum underclearance of 14 feet across the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River (CWF) located on T-810 (Club Road) at a point approximately 600 feet north of I-76 (New Baltimore, PA Quadrangle N: 20.6 inches; W: 4.3 inches) in Allegheny Township, Somerset County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E65-679. Encroachment. Export Borough, 5821 Washington Avenue, Export, PA 15632. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span bridge having a normal span of 20 feet and an underclearance of 3.9 feet across Turtle Creek for the purpose of improving transportation safety and roadway standards. The project is located on Jefferson Street (Slickville, PA Quadrangle N: 7.0 inches; W: 16.0 inches) in the Borough of Export, Westmoreland County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E11-257. Encroachment. Windber Area Authority, 1700 Stockholm Avenue, Windber, PA 15963-2061. To operate and maintain a culvert crossing consisting of an 11.5-foot × 7.5-foot corrugated metal pipe arch and an 8-foot corrugated metal pipe constructed under Emergency Permit No. EP1196207 in an unnamed Tributary to Stony Creek for the purpose of providing access to the Windber Area Sewage Treatment Plant (Johnstown, PA Quadrangle N: 1.7 inches; W: 2.2 inches) in Richland Township, Cambria County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''small projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
Northwest Regional Office, Soils and Waterways Section, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6942.
E20-450. Encroachment. Vernon Township Sanitary Authority, 10929 Jackson Avenue, Meadville, PA 16335. To remove the existing Kerrtown Pump Station building and to construct and maintain a 17-foot-wide by 69-foot-long sewage pump station building in the floodway of French Creek along the west side of Park Row in Vernon Township, Crawford County. To construct and maintain a 12-inch diameter sanitary sewer forcemain across French Creek approximately 500 feet upstream of the Smock Memorial Bridge (S. R. 6/322/19) (Meadville, PA Quadrangle N: 0.3 inch; W: 4.6 inches) located in Vernon Township, Crawford County.
E25-550. Encroachment. Erie Sewer Authority, 68 Port Access Road, Erie, PA 16507-2202. To construct and maintain a 90-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe relief outfall structure with rock riprap armor in Lake Erie beginning at the shore near the Erie Wastewater Treatment Plan (Erie North, PA Quadrangle N: 4.1 inches; W: 10.2 inches) and extending a total distance of approximately 7,100 feet into Lake Erie, ending with a diffuser (Erie North, PA Quadrangle N: 5.9 inches; W: 6.8 inches). The structure will have an appropriate 8-foot depth of water from the top of the rock armor to the Ordinary Low Water Elevation of 569.2 feet and will occupy a maximum of approximately 7.4 acres of the bed of Lake Erie located in the City of Erie, Erie County.
E25-559. Encroachment. City of Erie, 626 State Street, Room 400, Erie, PA 16501-1128. To construct and maintain an 84-inch diameter sewer line across the top of the existing Mill Creek Tube stream enclosure including modification to the enclosure for the West Side Interceptor Relief Sewer located at the intersection of Wallace Street and East Front Street (Erie North, PA Quadrangle N: 2.4 inches; W: 10.55 inches) located in the City of Erie, Erie County. This permit was issued under section 105.13(e) ''Small Projects.'' This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.
E33-190. Encroachment. Jefferson County Commissioners, Jefferson Place, 155 Main Street, Brookville, PA 15825. To remove the existing County Bridge No. JC-36 and to install and maintain a concrete box culvert having a 6.096 meter wide by 1.95 meter high waterway opening in Sawmill Run including a de minimis wetland impact on T-632 approximately 61 meters west of S. R. 3021 (Punxsutawney, PA Quadrangle N: 13.7 inches; W: 15.1 inches) located in Young Township, Jefferson County.
E62-333. Encroachment. PA Department of Transportation, District 1-0, 1140 Liberty Street, Franklin, PA 16323. To remove the existing bridge and to install and maintain a concrete box culvert having 20-foot wide by 5-foot high waterway opening in Sill Run on S. R. 2012, Segment 0070, Offset 2634 approximately 250 feet west of S. R. 3005 (Warren, PA Quadrangle N: 13.9 inches; W: 8.8 inches) located in Pleasant Township, Warren County.
E62-334. Encroachment. Sugar Grove Township Supervisors, R. R. 4, Box 205, Sugar Grove, PA 16350. To operate and maintain twin 50-foot long, 7-foot, 8-inch diameter steel culverts in Stillwater Creek on T-587 (Dobson Road) approximately 0.5 mile north of S. R. 957 (Sugar Grove, PA Quadrangle N: 20.6 inches; W: 8.5 inches) located in Sugar Grove, Warren County.
WATER ALLOCATIONS
Actions taken on applications filed under the act of June 24, 1939 (P. L. 842, No. 365) (32 P. S. §§ 631--641) relating to the acquisition of rights to divert waters of this Commonwealth.
Northwest Regional Office, Regional Program Manager, Water Supply Management, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335-3481, (814) 332-6899.
Permits Issued
Permit No. WA 43-30B. Water allocation. Borough of Sharpsville, 1 South Walnut Street, Sharpsville, PA 16150-2222. Grants the applicant's right to increase their water allocation from 1.0 mgd to 1.5 mgd to meet the projected water needs of the Borough. Water will continue to be withdrawn from the Shenango River. The Borough of Sharpsville is located along the Shenango River in Mercer County, PA. Type of Facility: Borough. Consulting Engineer: Jose Toledo, P. E., Morris Knowles & Associates, Inc., 103 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Permit Issued: January 26, 1998.
Regional Office, Northcentral Field Operations, Environmental Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701.
WA18-220-A. The Department issued a Water Allocation to Borough of Renovo (Borough Building, 5th Street, Renovo, PA 17764, Renovo Borough, Clinton County) which granted the right to withdraw up to a maximum of 420,000 gallons per day from Paddy's Run, located in Chapman Township, Clinton County.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Public Hearing Notice 102/NPDES/Stormwater The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Water Management Program will be holding a fact-finding hearing on the following Stormwater NPDES permit application Jonathan Thir, Matthews Run, PAS10-G298.
The hearing is scheduled for March 17, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. at Chester County Conservation District Office, Government Services Center, Conference Room 380, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382-4519, Chester County. The hearing is being held to solicit pertinent comments on this application. The application is for stormwater construction activities, with a discharge to the French Creek Watershed. A copy of this application is available for review in the Southeast Regional Office's Record Management Section, (610) 832-6268. Those interested in reviewing the application should call to schedule a date to review the file. The project sponsor is Jonathan Thir, 20 Keldon Court, Glenmoore, PA 19342.
Comments received will be considered by DEP in completing its review and prior to taking final action concerning the application. The hearing will not be a question and answer session.
Anyone intending to make a presentation at the hearing should submit written notice to the Regional Manager, Water Management Program at the above address. The notice should include your name, address and phone number, whether you are opposed or in favor of the project and a brief statement about your presentation. Comments should be kept brief and, depending on the number of speakers, may be limited to 10 minutes per speaker. Where groups are represented, a spokesperson is requested to present the group's concerns. Anyone wishing to present written material directly to DEP may do so within 30 days following the hearing.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings should contact Sharon Moore, at (610) 832-6073. TDD users may contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1 (800) 654-5984.
Certification to Perform Radon-Related Activities in Pennsylvania In the month of January 1998, the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the authority contained in the Radon Certification Act (63 P. S. §§ 2001--2014) and regulations promulgated thereunder at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 240, has certified the persons listed below to perform radon-related activities in Pennsylvania. The period of certification is 2 years. For a complete list of persons currently certified to perform radon-related activities in Pennsylvania and for information as to the specific testing devices that persons certified for testing or laboratory are certified to use, contact the Bureau of Radiation Protection, Radon Division, P. O. Box 8469, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469, 1-800- 23RADON.
Type of Name Address Certification Dennis Flaherty 1297 Old Meadow Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241Testing Harold Beers
H. E. Beers, Co.1601 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102Mitigation Paul Helmstaedter 913 Stratford Court
Cranberry Township, PA 16066Testing Matthew Hodges
Hodges Environmental Technology2040 State Street
East Petersburg, PA 17520Testing Daniel Jones 223 Trevor Street
Connellsville, PA 15425Testing Joseph Kelly 156 Chapel Drive
Virginville, PA 19564Testing Timothy McDaniel 716 Wyandotte Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015Testing Myron Sonkin
N. I. Radon/GlobeSpec, Inc.402 E. Roosevelt Rd., Suite 102
Wheaton, IL 60187Testing RSSI 6312 West Oakton Street
Morton Grove, IL 60053Laboratory Ahmad Samadi 490 West Telner Street
Philadelphia, PA 19118Testing David Scholtz P. O. Box 118
Effort, PA 18330Laboratory Georgiana Simchick P. O. Box 136
Johnsonburg, PA 15845Testing James Tillery 2843 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110Testing [Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-260. Filed for public inspection February 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
