Fases de la Auditoria Ambiental

The Department of Environmental Protection (Depart- ment) has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment Approval, and requests for Water Quality Certification under Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341(a)).

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, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, telephone (717) 787-3483. TDD users may contact the Board through the Pennsylvania Relay Ser- vice, telephone (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 appro- priate 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 Secre- tary to the Board, telephone (717) 787-3483. This para- graph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and deci- sional 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 Certifica- tion, unless specifically stated in the description.)

Southcentral Regional Office: Water Management Pro- gram, Soils and Waterways Section, One Ararat Boule- vard, Room 126, Harrisburg, PA 17110, telephone (717) 657-4590.

E01-173. Encroachment. Craig A. Hartley, 2558 Old

Route 30, Orrtanna, PA 17353. To construct and maintain two 48-inch diameter squash pipes -20 feet long in Marsh Creek for a private drive located 1.5 miles west of Cashtown on SR 0030, 0.5 mile southwest of an existing drive at 2558 Old Route 30 (Caledonia Park, PA Quad- rangle N: 2.75 inches; W: 4.0 inches) in Franklin Town- ship, Adams County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also in- cludes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E05-240. Encroachment. DCNR Bureau of Forestry District 2, 400 Rachel Carson Bldg, 8th Fl., Harrisburg,

PA 17105. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a 14-foot × 6-foot concrete box culvert along Cove Creek on Wertz Road located about 1.1 miles northwest of Blankley Picnic Area in Buchanan State Forest Beans Cove, PA Quadrangle N: 22.4 inches; W: 8.2 inches) in Colerain Township, Bedford County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E06-488. Encroachment. Blase L. Gavlick, Foundation

for the Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Road, Reading, PA 19611-1412. To construct a parking area within the floodway of Wyomissing Creek at a point at Museum Road and Parkside Drive South (Reading, PA Quadrangle N: 14.1 inches; W: 10.7 inches) in Reading City, Berks County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also in- cludes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E21-259. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation,

Engineering District 8-0, John Rautzahn, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a precast rein- forced concrete box culvert having a centerline span of 20 feet 8.5 inches on 75 degrees skew with a minimum underclearance of 3 feet, 6 inches along Alexanders Spring Creek on SR 0641, Section 003, Segment 0404, Offset 1653 located about 3.2 miles west of Carlisle (Carlisle, PA Quadrangle N: 13.95 inches; W: 17.35 inches) in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland

County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e)

‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E22-360. Encroachment. Middletown Borough Au- thority, Peter Pappas, 60 W. Emaus Street, Middletown,

PA 17057. To construct a well building and treatment facilities in the floodplain of Swatara Creek at a point along Hoffer Street (Middletown, PA Quadrangle N: 14.5 inches; W: 13.1 inches) in Middletown Borough, Dau-

phin County. This permit was issued under Section

105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E50-181. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation,

Engineering District 8-0, John Rautzahn, 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103. To maintain a bridge having a clear span of 32 feet and an underclearance of 8.5 feet across the channel of Horse Valley Run, con- structed under Emergency Permit EP 50-96-07, at a point at SR 3002-001, Segment 0130. (Blair, PA Quadrangle N: 16.72 inches; W: 13.38 inches) in Toboyne Township,

Perry County. 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.

E14-301. Encroachment. PA Dept. of Transportation,

1924-30 Daisy St., Clearfield, PA 16830. To remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a single span composite prestressed concrete spread box beam bridge with a clean span of 50.0 feet and minimum underclearance of 5.0 feet on a 76-degree skew on Spring Creek on SR 3012, approximately 1,800 feet west of the roadway intersection of SR 3012 and SR 3011 (State College, PA Quadrangle N: 13.0 inches; W: 11.5 inches) in College Township, Centre County.

E19-162. Encroachment. Merritt Rimshaw, 105 St.

Johns Dr., Drifton, PA 18221. To construct and maintain a low flow culvert crossing for a private driveway consisting of three 66 inch diameter concrete pipes with a length of 32 feet in Scotch Run. The project is located next to an old railroad grade about 2,500 feet northeast of Mifflin Cross Roads (Shuman, PA Quadrangle N: 18.25 inches; W: 8.25 inches) in Beaver Township, Columbia County. This permit was issued under Section 105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’ This permit also includes 401 Water Quality Certification.

E14-397. Encroachment. Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority, P. O. Box 29, Montoursville, PA

17754. To construct and maintain two wastewater pump stations in the floodplain of the West Branch Susquehanna River. One station is a submersible type and the other station is a suction lift type housed in a masonry building. The project is located just north of the Conrail tracks at Mill Street and the eastern Montoursville Borough boundary (Montoursville South, PA Quadrangle N: 22.3 inches; W: 7.3 inches) in Montoursville Borough and Fairfield Township, Lycom-

ing County. This permit was issued under Section

105.13(e) ‘‘Small Projects.’’

E53-297. Encroachment. John H. Brown, P. O. Box

268, Roulette, PA 16746. To maintain a 1.1 acre open water area excavated in a Palustrine Emergent/ Palustrine Scrub Shrub wetland, to construct and main- tain a 0.39 acre palustrine emergent bench around the open water area. To construct and maintain a 2.2 acre wetland mitigation area and to excavate a 1,400 square foot channel connecting an existing pond with the open water area. The site is located at approximately 0.25 mile east of Hester Avenue T-507 (Roulette, PA Quadrangle N: 4.4 inches; W: 3.3 inches) in Roulette Township, Pot-

ter County.

Northeast Regional Office: Regional Soils and Water- ways Section, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711- 0790, telephone (717) 826-5485.

E35-273. Encroachment. Gouldsboro-Wayne Peat Humus Company, R. R. 1, Box 1587A, Gouldsboro, PA

18424. To operate and maintain an existing peat mining operation in 23.5 acres of wetlands. The project is located, within the area locally known as the Wildcat Swamp, approximately 1.7 miles northeast of the intersection of S. R. 2013 and S. R. 0435 (Sterling, PA Quadrangle N: 3.8 inches; W: 14.7 inches) in Covington Township, Lackawanna County. This permittee is required to pro- vide 44 acres of wetland in accordance with the Wetland Restoration Plan.

E35-278. Encroachment. Laminations, Inc., 1300

Meylert Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509-2021. To construct and maintain approximately 360 linear feet of channel change consisting of trapezoidal channel having a bottom width of 8 feet with 1.5 H: 1.0 V side slopes and R4 riprap channel lining to relocate a portion of Meadow Brook. The project is located approximately 0.1 mile upstream of the confluence of Meadow Brook and Lackawanna River (Scranton, PA Quadrangle N: 9.3 inches; W: 4.6 inches) in the City of Scranton,

Lackawanna County.

E39-332. Encroachment. Cedar Fair, L. P. Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom, 3830 Dorney Park

Road, Allentown, PA 18104. To construct and maintain a roller coaster on a 54 degree skew across Cedar Creek consisting of an outbound track having a total span of 158 feet and an approximate underclearance of 14.0 feet, a return track having a span of 166 feet and an approxi- mate underclearance of 65 feet and 10 associated columns within the floodway. The project is located within Dorney Park approximately 0.66 mile northeast of the intersec- tion of S. R. 0309 and S. R. 0222 (Allentown West, PA Quadrangle N: 14.7 inches; W: 4.85 inches) in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

E48-242. Encroachment. Borough of Northampton,

1401 Laubach Avenue, Northampton, PA 18067. To con- struct and maintain a single-span box beam bridge having a span of 90 feet and an underclearance of approximately 9 feet across Hokendauqua Creek. This project will provide emergency vehicles with a secondary

access into the Borough and is located at the end of Lerchenmiller Drive, 400 feet south of Smith Street, (Catasauqua PA Quadrangle N: 10.5 inches; W: 15.9 inches) in the Borough of Northampton, Northampton

County.

E64-178. Encroachment. Anthony V. Herzog and Jane H. McNulty, 200 Delaware Avenue, Honesdale, PA

18431. To place fill in de minimus areas of wetland less than or equal to 0.05 acre to develop the property for a commercial building and parking lot. This project is located on the east side of S. R. 0191, 0.7 mile south of S. R. 3033 (Honesdale, PA Quadrangle N: 5.3 inches; W: 1.5 inches) in Cherry Ridge Township, Wayne

County.

EA39-002NE. Encroachment. City of Allentown, 435

Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1699. To remove an abandoned 6-span bridge (former Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge) having a total span of 220 feet with an underclearance of approximately 10 feet across Jordan Creek. The project is located approximately 750 feet upstream of the intersection of Linden Street and Jordan Creek (Allentown East, Pa Quadrangle N: 19.5 inches; W: 11.5 inches) in the City of Allentown, Lehigh

County.

Southeast Regional Office: Program Manager, Water Management Program, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

E46-763. Encroachment Permit. Lower Providence Township, 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403. To

impact 160 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Yerkes Creek (TSF) and a deminimus amount of adjacent wetland (PFO) associated with the roadway widening of Meadow Road (T-555) and the proposed roadway serving the Runnymead Phase II residential subdivision. The project includes the following activities.

1. To remove two existing culvert endwalls.

2. To install 20 linear feet of 48-inch by 68-inch CMP culvert which is used to extend upstream an existing roadway culvert. Also to install two additional 70-foot long, 48-inch diameter RCP culverts adjacent to the existing roadway culvert and to construct a common endwalls adjoining the three pipe structures.

3. To construct 70 linear feet of stream channel reloca- tion upstream of the proposed culvert, and to place fill in 90 linear feet of original stream channel and adjacent wetland.

4. To install a stormwater outfall structure within the assumed 100-year floodway of Yerkes Creek.

5. To place approximately 110 linear feet of gabion wall protection along the realigned stream channel

The project is located 200 feet west of the intersection of Landis Mill Road (T-320) and Meadow Road (Col- legeville, PA Quadrangle N: 8.0 inches; W: 10.9 inches), in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County.

E09-726. Encroachment Permit. Lower Makefield Township, 1100 Edgewood Road, Yardley, PA 19067. To

remove an existing 36-inch CMP culvert which conveys Core Creek (CWF) under Woodside Road, and to install 42 linear feet of twin cell box culvert as a replacement structure. The western cell will be 12.5 feet wide by 4.25 feet high, and the eastern cell will be 12.5 feet wide by 5.25 feet high. The project will include the construction of modified roadway approach fills and an 8-foot wide bike path impacting 0.15 acre of wetland (PFO). Also included is the construction of 258 linear feet of modified stream

channel to serve as transitions to and from the proposed structure. The applicant has met the wetland replace- ment requirement by participating in the Pennsylvania Wetland Replacement Project. The site is located 1000 feet east of the intersection of Lindenhurst and Woodside Road (Lambertville, PA Quadrangle N: 0.7 inch; W: 2.5 inches) in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County.

E15-329. Encroachment Permit. PA Department of Transportation, 200 Radnor-Chester Road, St. Davids,

PA 19087-5178. To reissue Permit No. E15-329 which authorized you to remove the existing structure and to construct and maintain a bridge having a clear span of 48.5 feet on a 60° skew with an underclearance of 8.9 feet across Hodgson Run at Station 119+89 on S. R. 3005 (L. R. 15015), Segment 0020, Offset 1560 (West Grove, PA-DEL Quadrangle N: 0.45 inch; W: 16.9 inches), in New London Township, Chester County.

E15-535. Encroachment Permit. QVC Realty, Inc.,

1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA 19380-4251. To operate and maintain an existing bridge and to place and maintain fill in a deminimus amount of wetlands (PEM) in the floodplain of the East Branch of Chester Creek (TSF) for the purpose of widening and paving an existing service road to provide access to QVC Headquarters’ Studio Park Office Complex employee parking lot located along North Five Points Road (West Chester, PA Quad- rangle N: 20.5 inches; W: 12.4 inches) in West Goshen Township, Chester County.