PENNSYLVANIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Environmental Assessment Approval for PENNVEST Funding Consideration [46 Pa.B. 5795]
[Saturday, September 3, 2016]Scope: Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects for October 19, 2016, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board Meeting Consideration
Description: PENNVEST, which administers the Commonwealth's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), is intended to be the funding source for the following projects. The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) review of these projects, and the information received in the Environmental Report for these projects, has not identified any significant, adverse environmental impact resulting from any of the proposed projects. The Department hereby approves the Environmental Assessment. If no significant comments are received during this comment period, the Environmental Assessment will be considered approved and funding for the project will be considered by PENNVEST.
To be considered, the Department must receive comments on this approval on or by Monday, October 3, 2016. Electronic comments should be submitted using the Department's eComment site at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments can be submitted by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov or by mail to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063. Use ''PENNVEST SRF-Environmental Assessment'' as the subject line in written communication.
For further information about the approval of the following Environmental Assessments or the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Programs, contact Richard Wright at riwright@pa.gov, the Bureau of Clean Water, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 772-4059 or visit the Department's web site at http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/PointNonPointMgmt/InfrastructureFinance/.
CWSRF Projects Being Considered
Applicant: City of Johnstown
County: Cambria
Applicant Address: 401 Main Street, Johnstown, PA 15901
Project Description: Proposed construction of sanitary sewer rehabilitation project to replace existing defective sewers with new pipe by method of open cut or slip lining in the Moxham Phase II Area of the City of Johnstown. In addition to replacing the collection system, all existing laterals will be replaced from the main to the property line. All current customers will be required to televise or pressure test their privately owned lateral. This will maximize the inflow/infiltration (I/I) reduction from the private systems. The project will remove excess I/I from the system which will reduce flows to the downstream sanitary sewer overflows (SSO).
Problem Description: The City of Johnstown has entered into a Consent Order and Agreement with the Department to reduce the amount of I/I entering the City of Johnstown collection sewer system to eliminate all SSOs. Numerous class 3, 4 and 5 defects have been found within the Moxham Phase II Project area.
____ Applicant: Lower Yoder Township
County: Cambria
Applicant Address: 128 J Street, Johnstown, PA 15906
Project Description: This project is the second of three phases being implemented within Lower Yoder Township to reduce I/I and eliminate Lower Yoder Township's contribution to SSO activity downstream. Lower Yoder Township plans to replace the existing sewer lines, manholes and laterals to within 5 feet of each structure if an easement is signed for them to do so. The existing pipe sizes will be used for the construction of the new lines. The collector pipe sizes selected for this project are exclusively 8 inches. There are a total of 480 residential dwellings and 20 commercial dwellings in this basin.
Problem Description: Lower Yoder Township has entered into a Consent Order and Agreement with the Department to reduce the amount of I/I entering the sewer system within Lower Yoder Township. Closed circuit television inspections were used to evaluate the condition of the current sewer system. As a result of these inspections, many class 3, 4 and 5 defects were found and a plan was generated to correct these defects. The flow from this project area is contributing to four SSOs downstream both within Lower Yoder Township and within the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority's interceptor system.
____ Applicant: Greene Township
County: Erie
Applicant Address: 9333 Tate Road, Erie, PA 16509
Project Description: The proposed project includes the construction of approximately 41,875 lineal feet of 6-inch through 12-inch diameter gravity sewer, 1,690 manholes, 1,276 lineal feet of low pressure sewer, 1 pump station and 18 grinder pumps to provide wastewater service to 276 entities. The wastewater will be collected from Greene Township and conveyed through the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority system into the City of Erie system for treatment.
Problem Description: This is the second of a six-phase project whereby the most densely populated areas of Greene Township are proposed to receive public wastewater service. This phase will serve 256 residential and 20 commercial entities along Haft, Holman, Horse Shoe Kirsch, Morehouse, Old Wattsburg, Woodrose and Hartman Roads, as well as a portion of State Route 8. This phase will also allow Greene Township to decommission and tie in two existing wastewater treatment plants. They include the Kirsch Road lagoon system and the Greene Township municipal extended aeration package treatment plant. A sanitary survey of this project area revealed a 38.6% confirmed onlot malfunction rate. These systems leach untreated and partially treated wastewater onto the ground surface and into the waters of the Commonwealth. This project will eliminate the malfunctioning sewage systems thereby improving the areas water quality.
____ Applicant: Borough of Everett Area Municipal Authority
County: Bedford
Applicant Address: 10 Mechanic Street, Everett, PA 15537
Project Description: The applicant proposes to replace and rehabilitate the existing sewer system to reduce I/I and eliminate two SSOs within their system to comply with the Consent Order and Agreement with the Department. The project involves replacement/rehabilitation of approximately 16,600 feet of the existing sanitary sewers ranging from 8 inches to 18 inches in diameter, replacing/rehabilitating approximately 100 brick or concrete manholes and installation of a submersible pumping station.
Problem Description: Two SSOs in the system need to be eliminated.
____ Applicant: Moshannon Valley Joint Sewer Authority
County: Centre
Applicant Address: 829 North 9th Street, Philipsburg, PA 16866
Project Description: The Moshannon Valley Joint Sewer Authority would like to implement a headworks project that consists of the construction of a new screening facility and the associated relocation of sewer interceptors adjacent to the plant. The proposed project also includes upgrades to worn out equipment within the plant.
Problem Description: The facility currently experiences a large number of operational and maintenance issues associated with rags and other debris in the raw wastewater due to a lack of wastewater screening prior to the treatment facility. This debris causes excessive wear on mechanical equipment, negatively impacts the treatment performance of the biological system and increases the level of maintenance required throughout the facility.
____ Applicant: Pleasant Hills Authority
County: Allegheny
Applicant Address: 610 Old Clairton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
Project Description: Modifications to the Pleasant Hills Sewage Treatment Plant to enable the facility to treat a peak wet weather flow of 25 million gallons per day.
Problem Description: Unauthorized bypasses, SSOs and violations of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems effluent limits.
____ Applicant: Southmont Borough
County: Cambria
Applicant Address: 148 Wonder Street, Johnstown, PA 15905
Project Description: Proposed construction of sanitary sewer rehabilitation project to replace existing defective sewers in the Phase II Area of Southmont Borough. Phase II consists of the installation of 29,380 lineal feet of PVC sewer pipe, 188 manholes and 474 wye connections; 39,500 lineal feet of building sewers/sewer laterals shall also be installed.
Problem Description: Hydraulic overloading to the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority Sanitary Sewer System and Treatment Facility.
____ DWSRF Projects Being Considered
Applicant: Laporte Borough
County: Sullivan
Applicant Address: P.O. Box 125, Main Street, Laporte, PA 18626
Project Description: Laporte Borough is proposing to replace their existing 150,000-gallon glass lined steel tank with a new 150,000-gallon lined bolted steel tank. In addition, Laporte Borough plans to replace: approximately 2,600 lineal feet of 6-inch waterline with an 8-inch ductile iron (DI) waterline from the water storage tank along Grandview Drive and Muncy Street to the intersection at Main Street; approximately 300 lineal feet of 6-inch waterline with 6-inch DI waterline on Muncy Street between the north side of Main Street through Park Street; and approximately 800 lineal feet of 4-inch waterline with 6-inch DI waterline on Cherry Street (approximately 3,700 lineal feet of total waterline replacement). Fire hydrants will be replaced along the project path with service connections for the existing customers.
Problem Description: The existing glass lined water storage tank is corroded and needs significant rehabilitation and replacement was determined to be the best long term cost-effective solution. The existing waterline was installed in the 1940s and is prone to breakage and has lost capacity due to tuberculation and encrustation. The increased waterline size will reduce head loss and improve fire flow capability.
PATRICK McDONNELL,
Acting Secretary
Department of Environmental Protection
Acting Vice Chairperson
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment AuthorityPAUL K. MARCHETTI,
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-1542. Filed for public inspection September 2, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
