DEP Water Quality Permitting
Application
PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 49, NO. 18, MAY 4, 2019
http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pabulletin/data/vol49/49-18/49-18.pdf
p.2276-2277
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 401
The following permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval and requests for 401 Water Quality Certification have been received by the Department. Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341) requires the Commonwealth to certify that the involved projects will not violate the sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317) as well as relevant State requirements. Persons objecting to approval of a request for certification under section 401 of the FWPCA, the issuance of a Dam Permit or Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permit or the approval of an Environmental Assessment shall submit comments, suggestions or objections within 30 days of the date of this notice as well as any questions to the office noted before an application. Comments should contain the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting, identification of the certification request to which the comments or objections are addressed and a concise statement of comments, objections or suggestions including the relevant facts upon which they are based.
The Department may conduct a fact-finding hearing or an informal conference in response to comments if deemed necessary. Each individual will be notified, in writing, of the time and place of a scheduled hearing or conference concerning the certification request to which the comment, objection or suggestion relates. Maps, drawings and other data pertinent to the certification request are available for inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days at the office noted before 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 (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(a) of the FWPCA.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS
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E08-506. Bradford County Real Estate Partners, LLC, 111 West 19th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011. Natural Gas Processing Plant, in Wyalusing Town- ship, Bradford County. ACOE Baltimore District (Laceyville, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 39 17.32; Latitude 76° 14 11.73).
To construct and operate a natural gas processing facility that will receive local natural gas via pipeline; process this gas to remove impurities and cool it to liquid form, making it distributable to commercial markets; and load the liquified natural gas for distribution. The project will result in:
1. 36 ft of permanent stream impact to an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.655902°N, 76.230836°W),
2. 167 ft of permanent stream impact to an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.659087°N, 76.228233°W) for construction of the mitigation site,
3. 2,292 ft2 (0.05ac) of permanent impact to the floodway of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.655902°N, 76.230836°W),
4. 2,708 ft2 (0.06ac) of permanent impact to the floodway of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.661100°N, 76.224800°W),
5. 13,449 ft2 (0.31ac) of permanent impact to the floodway of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.659087°N, 76.228233°W),
6. 1,003 ft2 (0.02ac) of permanent impact to a palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.654228°N, 76.236253°W),
7. 1,818 ft2 (0.04ac) of permanent impact to a palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS) wetland (41.655265°N, 76.234796°W),
8. 8,480 ft2 (0.19ac) of permanent impact to a PEM wetland (41.654490°N, 76.231976°W),
9. 297 ft2 (0.01ac) of permanent impact to a PSS wetland (41.654333°N, 76.230956°W),
10. 12,158 ft2 (0.28ac) of permanent impact to a PSS wetland (41.653782°N, 76.231937°W),
11. 457 ft2 (0.01ac) of permanent impact to a PEM (41.653529°N, 76.230602°W),
12. 1,239 ft2 (0.03ac) of permanent impact to a PEM wetland (41.654000°N, 76.230032°W),
13. 3,163 ft2 (0.07ac) of permanent impact to a PEM wetland (41.654167°N, 76.230137°W),
14. 975 ft2 (0.02ac) of temporary impact to a PEM wetland (41.658782°N, 76.227965°W) for construction of the mitigation site, and
15. 1,452 ft2 (0.03ac) of temporary impact to a PEM wetland (41.659323°N, 76.228608°W) for construction of the mitigation site.
The project will result in 203 linear feet of permanent stream impacts, 18,449 ft2 (0.42ac) of permanent floodway impact, 2,427 ft2 square feet (0.06ac) of temporary wetland impacts, and 28,615 ft2 (0.66ac) of permanent wetland impact. The project also proposes 3.15 ac of wetland mitigation.
Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 49 Number 20, Saturday, May 18, 2019
http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pabulletin/data/vol49/49-20/49-20.pdf
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VII. Approvals to Use NPDES and/or Other General Permits.
The EPA Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to this permit action under the waiver provision 40 CFR 123.23(d).
List of NPDES and/or Other General Permit Types.
PAG-1 General Permit for Discharges from Stripper Oil Well Facilities
PAG-2 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities
PAG-3 General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater From Industrial Activities
PAG-4 General Permit for Discharges from Small Flow Treatment Facilities
PAG-5 General Permit for Discharges from Petroleum Product Contaminated Groundwater Remediation
Systems
PAG-6 General Permit for Wet Weather Overflow Discharges from Combined Sewer Systems (CSO)
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 Quality Sewage Sludge by Land Application to
Agricultural Land, Forest, a Public Contact Site or a Land Reclamation Site
PAG-8 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application Under Approved PAG-8 General Permit Coverage
PAG-9 General Permit for Beneficial Use of Residential Septage by Land Application to Agricultural Land,
Forest, or a Land Reclamation Site
PAG-9 (SSN) Site Suitability Notice for Land Application Under Approved PAG-9 General Permit Coverage
PAG-10 General Permit for Discharges from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks and Pipelines
PAG-11 General Permit for Discharges from Aquatic Animal Production Facilities
PAG-12 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
PAG-13 Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
PAG-14 (To Be Announced)
PAG-15 General Permit for Discharges from the Application of Pesticides
General Permit Type—PAG-02
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ACTIONS
PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 50, NO.10, SAT., MARCH 7, 2020
p. 1398
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT SECTION 401
The Department has taken the following actions on previously received permit applications, requests for Environmental Assessment approval, and requests for Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (33 U.S.C.A. § 1341).
Except as otherwise noted, the Department has granted 401 Water Quality Certification certifying that the construction and operation described will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301—303, 306 and 307 of the FWPCA (33 U.S.C.A. §§ 1311—1313, 1316 and 1317), and that the construction will not violate applicable Federal and State Water Quality Standards.
Any person aggrieved by these actions may appeal, pursuant to section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act, 35 P.S. § 7514, and the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5A, 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 AT&T Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Appeals must be filed with the Environmental Hearing Board within 30-days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in braille or on audiotape from the Secretary 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.
If you want to challenge this action, your appeal must reach the Board within 30-days. You do not need a lawyer to file an appeal with the Board.
Important legal rights are at stake, however, so you should show this notice to a lawyer at one. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board (717) 787-3483 for more information.
WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS
Actions on applications for the following activities filed under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act (32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27), section 302 of the Flood Plain Management Act (32 P.S. §§ 679.302) and The Clean Streams Law and Notice of Final Action for Certification under section 401 of the FWPCA.
Eastern Region: Oil and Gas Management Program Manager, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport, PA 17701-6448.
E08-506. Bradford County Real Estate Partners, LLC, 111 West 19th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011, Natural Gas Processing Plant, in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County. ACOE Baltimore District (Laceyville, PA Quadrangle; Latitude: 41° 39` 17.32"; Longitude 76° 14` 11.73").
It has come to the Department's attention that although Permit E08-506 was previously issued on July 3, 2019, notice of that action was not formally published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. It should have appeared as follows:
To construct, operate, and maintain:
1. A 96-foot-long, 28-foot-wide by 9-foot-high arch culvert impacting 1,003 square feet (0.02 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.654228°N, 76.236253°W),
2. A single-span steel truss bridge having a span of 115 feet and associated fill impacting 1,818 square feet (0.04 ac) of palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS) wetland (41.655265°N, 76.234796°W),
3. A single-span steel beam bridge having a span of 82 feet and an under-clearance of approximately 8.3 feet and associated fill impacting 36 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.655902°N, 76.230836°W),
4. Permanent fill impacting 8,480 square feet (0.19 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.654490°N, 76.231976°W),
5. Permanent fill impacting 297 square feet (0.01 ac) of palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS) wetland (41.654333°N, 76.230956°W),
6. Permanent fill impacting 12,158 square feet (0.28 ac) of palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS) wetland (41.653782°N, 76.231937°W),
7. Permanent fill impacting 457 square feet (0.01 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.653529°N, 76.230602°W),
8. Permanent fill impacting 1,239 square feet (0.03 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.654000°N, 76.230032°W),
9. Permanent fill impacting 3,163 square feet (0.07 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.654167°N, 76.230137°W),
10. Permanent fill impacting 2,708 square feet (0.06 ac) of the floodway of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.661100°N, 76.224800°W),
11. Excavation impacting 975 square feet (0.02 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.658782°N, 76.227965°W),
12. Excavation impacting 1,452 square feet (0.03 ac) of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetland (41.659323°N, 76.228608°W),
13. Excavation impacting 167 ft of an unnamed tributary to the Susquehanna River (CWF) (41.659087°N, 76.228233°W),
The project will result in 203 linear feet of permanent stream impact, 18,449 square feet (0.42 ac) of permanent floodway impact, 2,427 square feet (0.06 ac) of temporary wetland impact, and 28,615 square feet (0.66 ac) of permanent wetland impact for the purpose of constructing a natural gas processing facility that will receive local natural gas via pipeline; process this gas to remove impurities and cool it to liquid form, making it distributable to commercial markets; and load the liquefied natural gas for distribution. The project also proposes 3.15 acres of wetland mitigation.
