Public Notices

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

Storage Facility Upgrades – Contract Number 2

(Fort Reno Reservoir No. 1 and Soldiers’ Home Reservoir)

Safe Drinking Water Improvements

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY-- REGION 3
Office of Infrastructure and Assistance (3WP50)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Comments will be accepted until: June 11, 2012

NOTICE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 3 has concluded that the following project is consistent with the categories of actions eligible for a categorical exclusion. This means that an environmental information document will not be required, and an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement will not be prepared for this project.

Official Project Name:

Storage Facility Upgrades – Contract Number 2
(Fort Reno Reservoir No. 1 and Soldiers’ Home Reservoir)
Safe Drinking Water Improvements
Project FS-993820-02

Project Applicant:

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
5000 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.

NEED AND DESCRIPTION:

This project includes upgrades, repairs and rehabilitation work for Fort Reno Reservoir No. 1 and Soldiers’ Home Reservoir which are owned and operated by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (also known as “DC Water” and “DC WASA”). Both reservoirs are underground concrete structures that are old and in need of improvements.

Fort Reno Reservoir No. 1 is located in Fort Reno Park in the northwestern part of the District of Columbia. The site is bounded by Fessenden Street to the north, Nebraska Avenue to the east, Chesapeake Street to the south and Belt Road to the west. It was originally constructed and placed into operation in 1928. This facility along with its neighboring reservoir, Fort Reno Reservoir 2 which is owned and operated by the Washington Aqueduct Division, have periodically received minor upgrades and repairs.

Fort Reno Reservoir No. 1 has a storage capacity of 5.4 million gallons and provides drinking water to the 3rd High service area in the northwestern part of Washington. See attached Figure 1 entitled “Existing Water Service Areas”.

As part of DC Water’s triennial storage facility cleaning & disinfection program, the interior of this reservoir and its ancillary components were inspected in December 2010. The inspection consisted of observations and photographs. In addition to the physical inspection, a review of available documentation on the facilities was performed including an examination of previous suggested repairs and rehabilitation work reports. The result of this study concluded that the following work needed to be performed in order to maintain water quality, quantity, and system reliability:

• Elimination of cross-connection between the overflow and drain piping.
• Ventilation improvements to reduce windblown debris and provide system security.
• Other miscellaneous and minor improvements

Soldiers’ Home Reservoir is located on the golf course adjacent to the grounds of Soldiers’ Home (aka “U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmens’ Home”), now a retirement community for veterans. Soldiers’ Home Golf Course is located at 3700 N Capitol Street in the northwestern quadrant of Washington and is bounded by Pershing Drive, Lake Circle, Arnold Drive, and Scale Gate. The reservoir was originally constructed and placed into operation in 1939 and was most recently rehabilitated in 2003. Soldiers’ Home Reservoir has a storage capacity of 15 million gallons and provides drinking water to the 1st High service area in the mid central part of Washington. See again attached Figure 1 entitled “Existing Water Service Areas”.

DC Water’s triennial inspection conducted of the Soldiers’ Home Reservoir in July 2011 determined that the following work needed to be performed in order to maintain water quality, quantity, and system reliability:

• Elimination of cross-connection between the overflow and drain piping.
• Ventilation improvements to reduce windblown debris and provide system security.
• Electrical upgrades.
• Other miscellaneous and minor improvements

This project is entitled to receive grant funding under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-182). EPA has determined that the DC Water may receive 80% grants for such infrastructure improvement purposes. The estimated construction cost for this project is $1,900, 000, making it eligible for a Federal grant of 80%, or $1,520,000. DC Water will provide the remaining 20% in local matching funds or any unfunded balance for this project through water and sewer revenues.

For this project specifically and for drinking water projects generally, the public has had the opportunity to participate and comment on them since they were included in the District of Columbia's Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012 Safe Drinking Water Act Intended Use Plan and Project Priority which were distributed by EPA to interested parties including the Mayor, City Council, city agencies, DC Water Board and management, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, local environmental groups and newspapers, and all Advisory Neighborhood Commissions on February 18, 2011. Additionally, these documents were posted for comment on the EPA Region III website

Our comment period ended on March 19, 2011. During this period, no letters, telephone calls or e-mails were received relative to these documents. Consequently, EPA approved both documents which allowed for the funding of projects listed on them.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS:

The proposed project are necessary to insure the quality, quantity, and safety of the drinking water supplied to the people of the District of Columbia.

Based on our evaluation and in past similar projects, impacts from the implementation of the proposed project would be short-term, construction-related impacts that could be readily mitigated through prudent and proper construction practices.

Fort Reno, a Civil War fortification built by Union forces to defend the city is in the general construction area. It was abandoned and over time, all structures and fortifications gradually disappeared. There are no existing structures from that period. The property was eventually transferred from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia. The National Park Service owns an adjacent parcel of land used by the community for recreational purposes.

The construction area will be limited to the Fort Reno Pumping Station property owned by the District of Columbia. This area has been previously and repeatedly disturbed over the past one hundred years from ongoing improvements of the water related facilities located there. There will be no impact on the general public except as noted below.

While the area near the Soldiers Home Reservoir is historic insofar as its main buildings have served as a retirement home for veterans since 1851 and a nearby cottage was used by President Lincoln as a summer home during the Civil War, the immediate construction area is located in the middle of a golf course and will not impact these structures. Any disruption to the public will be the temporary disuse of a portion of the golf course during construction. Work will be primarily scheduled to occur during the winter and cold months when there is less golfing demand.

Short-term, construction-related impacts for these projects will be associated with air quality, utilities, noise, and visual impacts. Mitigation of construction activities are described in the General Requirements of the contract documents. The General Requirements direct the selected construction contractor to adhere to specific provisions that will insure and safeguard property and utilities and any historical/archaeological discoveries if found. The contractor will undertake prudent and reasonable environmental controls with regard to erosion and dust control.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the EPA decision is available upon request. Please notify the contact below if you are aware of any reason why the decision should be revoked.

Comments should be sent to:

pantuck.kennethe@epa.gov
Office of Infrastructure and Assistance (3WP50)
EPA Region 3
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 814-5769

Interested parties may contact the above EPA representative to learn more about this action.

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

16th & Alaska Pumping Station Upgrades

Safe Drinking Water Improvements

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY-- REGION 3
Office of Infrastructure and Assistance (3WP50)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Comments will be accepted until: June 11, 2012

NOTICE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 3 has concluded that the following project is consistent with the categories of actions eligible for a categorical exclusion. This means that an environmental information document will not be required, and an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement will not be prepared for this project.

Official Project Name:

16th & Alaska Pumping Station Upgrades
Safe Drinking Water Improvements
Project FS-993818-03

Project Applicant:

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
5000 Overlook Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.

NEED AND DESCRIPTION:

This project includes upgrades and improvements to the 16th & Alaska Pumping Station which is owned and operated by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (also known as “DC Water” and “DC WASA”).

The 16th & Alaska Pumping Station is located in a below grade vault at the corner of 16th Street, NW and Alaska Avenue, NW and was placed into operation in 1993 to provide water service to the 4th High East Service Area east of Rock Creek Park. See attached Figure 1 entitled “Existing Water Service Areas”.

This pumping station is a departure from the typical “open system” which uses elevated tanks and reservoirs to maintain water pressure throughout Washington, DC. Rather this is a “closed system” which directly controls and maintains pressure by the pumps direct discharge into the piping system. The 16th & Alaska Pumping Station was envisioned only as a temporary facility and solution to serve this isolated part of the city until other water lines could be constructed across land owned by the National Park Service. However, permitting difficulties and logistical problems forced DC Water to abandon this idea and to retain this pumping station as a permanent facility in its system.

The facility contains four horizontal centrifugal pumps that provide constant pressure to the service area. Each pump has a capacity of 1.15 million gallons per day with 40 horsepower motors. Three of the pumps are controlled by wall mounted variable frequency drives. The fourth pump is constant-speed and is used as a stand-by pump for fire protection.

Typically the pumps are operated in local automatic mode based upon system distribution pressure, and are controlled by a signal from the local pressure transmitter on the discharge header. This signal is used to control the speed and the number of pumps in operation. As pressure in the header changes, the speed of the pumps in operation is adjusted by the variable frequency drives to meet a preset pressure. In the event of a pump failure, another pump will be started automatically through a local loop controller. The pumps can also be operated from the Bryant Street Pumping Station through a telemetry system.

Currently this pumping station is in need of upgrading and improvement in order to continue to provide reliable service and operational flexibility. Engineering studies have made the following recommendations:

• Installation of a redundant suction and discharge header;
• Replacement of the three existing variable speed drives and adding a variable speed drive to the fourth pump;
• Heating and ventilation upgrades;
• Replacement of instrumentation and controls;
• Installation of redundant instrumentation equipment;
• Installation of a back-up emergency diesel generator;
• Security system upgrades.

This project is entitled to receive grant funding under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-182). EPA has determined that the DC Water may receive 80% grants for such infrastructure improvement purposes. The estimated construction cost for this project is $1,420,000, making it eligible for a Federal grant of 80%, or $1,136,000. DC Water will provide the remaining 20% in local matching funds or any unfunded balance for this project through water and sewer revenues.

For this project specifically and for drinking water projects generally, the public has had the opportunity to participate and comment on them since they were included in the District of Columbia's Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012 Safe Drinking Water Act Intended Use Plan and Project Priority which were distributed by EPA to interested parties including the Mayor, City Council, city agencies, DC Water Board and management, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, local environmental groups and newspapers, and all Advisory Neighborhood Commissions on February 18, 2011. Additionally, these documents were posted for comment on the EPA Region III website

Our comment period ended on March 19, 2011. During this period, no letters, telephone calls or e-mails were received relative to these documents. Consequently, EPA approved both documents which allowed for the funding of projects listed on them.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS:

The proposed project is necessary to insure the quality, quantity, and safety of the drinking water supplied to the people of the District of Columbia.

Most of these improvements will take place underground and within the confines of the pumping station vault. There may be a need to excavate the adjacent pavement and street in order to connect the new piping. Since a large concrete pad surrounds the access entrance hatch, construction and transport vehicles can park and operate there without damaging any surrounding vegetation.

Based on our evaluation and in past similar projects, impacts from the implementation of the proposed project would be short-term, construction-related impacts that could be readily mitigated through prudent and proper construction practices.

Short-term, construction-related impacts for these projects will be associated with air quality, utilities, noise, and visual impacts. Mitigation of construction activities are described in the General Requirements of the contract documents. The General Requirements direct the selected construction contractor to adhere to specific provisions that will insure and safeguard property and utilities and any historical/archaeological discoveries if found. The contractor will undertake prudent and reasonable environmental controls with regard to erosion and dust control. Traffic control personnel along with signage will be employed as necessary. Traffic disruption will be minimal.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A copy of the EPA decision is available upon request. Please notify the contact below if you are aware of any reason why the decision should be revoked.

Comments should be sent to:

pantuck.kennethe@epa.gov
Office of Infrastructure and Assistance (3WP50)
EPA Region 3
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 814-5769

Interested parties may contact the above EPA representative to learn more about this action.

Henrico, VA

Henrico County
4301 Parham Road
Henrico, VA 23228

NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO ISSUE CONSENT AGREEMENT
AND Final Order
EPA Docket No. CWA-03-2012-0139
Opportunity for Comment

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--REGION 3
Water Protection Division
Office of NPDES Permits and Enforcement Branch ,(3WP42)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Comments will be accepted until June 22, 2012

NOTICE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III is hereby giving notice that it has entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) with Henrico County (“Henrico”) for violations of its Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. Henrico violated the terms of permit by failing to comply with various provisions including, included failure to detect illicit discharges for inlets and outlets; failure to properly inspect industrial and commercial facilities and control discharges to and from those portions of the municipal separate storm sewer system; failure to monitor and control pollutants in storm water discharges from industrial facilities determined by Henrico County to be contributing substantial pollutant loadings; failing to operate in accordance with the stormwater management requirements of Chapter 10, Environment, of the Code of the County of HenricoVirginia and the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Regulations; and failing to conduct a formal education and training program for construction site operators. Respondent has agreed to pay a penalty of $82,000 in addition to coming into compliance with the CWA.

NEED AND DESCRIPTION : In Virginia, the VPDES program is implemented by the State of Virginia. However, EPA may take enforcement actions to address violations of the NPDES Program.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT: : Section 1342 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 402, and 40 C.F.R. § 22.45(b) require that interested persons be given notice of the proposed penalty and a reasonable opportunity to comment. Procedures by which the public may submit written comments or participate in the proceedings are described in the “Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Action Orders, and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Permits,” 40 C.F.R. Part 22. The deadline for submission of written public comments is forty (40) days after issuance of this public notice.

Comments should be sent to:

Regional Hearing Clerk (3RC00)
U.S. EPA, Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Interested persons may obtain further information, including copies of the Order by contacting:

Pamela Lazos (3RC20)
U.S. EPA--Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
lazos.pamela@epa.gov
215-814-2658

or

Chris Menen (3WP42)
U.S.EPA-Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
chris.menen@epa.gov
215-814-2368

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

Stonehaven Energy Management LLC

Proposal to issue a final Undreground Injection Control
Permit for Stonehaven Energy Management, LLC an opportunity
for public comment and
an opportunity for public hearing

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--REGION III
Water Protection Division, Underground Injection Control Program
Office of Drinking Water & Source Water Protection
Ground Water & Enforcement Branch, (3WP22)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Comments will be accepted until until June 19, 2012

NOTICE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed a draft final Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit PAS2D010BVEN for Stonehaven Energy Management LLC (Stonehaven Energy) under the authority of the UIC regulations at 40 CFR Parts 124, 144, 146, and 147. The permit is necessary for the construction and operation of one Class II-D injection well, the Latshaw #9, to dispose of produced fluids, produced solely in association with Stonehaven Energy’s oil or gas production operations.

DESCRIPTION: Stonehaven Energy submitted a UIC permit application to EPA on June 30, 2011. After review and resolution of application deficiencies, EPA was able to develop a draft final permit. Stonehaven Energy plans to use the Latshaw #9 as an injection well to dispose of fluids produced in association with their shallow oil and gas production operations in Venango County, PA. Injection will occur into the Speechley formation. The injection well is located in the Tippery Field in Cranberry Township, Venango Township, PA. A permit is required to meet the provisions of the EPA administered UIC Program in Pennsylvania.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT:The Administrative Record for this permitting action remains available for public inspection during normal business hours at:

U.S. EPA--Region III
Ground Water & Enforcement Branch
Office of Drinking Water and Source Water Protection (3WP22)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029

All information submitted by the applicant, unless deemed confidential, is available to the public in the Administrative Record. The Administrative Record includes the permit application, the draft permit, statement of basis and all related correspondence. A copy of the draft permit and statement of basis for this permitting action is available for review at the:

Oil City Public Library
2 Central Ave.
Oil City, Pennsylvania 16301-2795

EPA solicits public comment on the proposal to issue a final UIC permit for this injection well. A public hearing has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at 7:00 PM at:

Seneca Volunteer Fire Department
Community Center
3494 State Route 257
Seneca, Pennsylvania

Requests to hold this hearing must be received in the office listed above by June 1, 2012. When requesting a public hearing, please state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised. EPA expressly reserves the right to cancel this hearing unless a significant degree of public interest, specific to this permitting action, is evidenced by the above date. The public comment period for this permitting action will remain open until June 19, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Interested persons may obtain further information, including copies of the draft permit and statement of basis, by contacting Stephen Platt at the address listed above, at the following email address, platt.steve@epa.gov, or phone number, 215-814-5464.

Baltimore, MD

Maryland Transit Administration

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ASSESS ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--REGION III

1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Comments will be accepted until May 29, 2012

NOTICE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III, is hereby giving notice that it has entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) which both commences and concludes the administrative action against the Maryland Transit Administration, 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore Maryland. This CAFO assesses an administrative penalty of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of which $54,054 is being assessed under Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), for violations of the Clean Water Act, specifically, failure to completely implement the requirements of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permit Nos. 02-SW-1676, 02-SW-1674, 02-SW-1677, 0S-SW-1996, 02-SW-1571, 02-SW-1952, 03DP-0305/MD0000221, 02-SW-2015 for the facilities listed below. The following further identifies the case and should be included in any written comments submitted:

Name of Case: State Of Maryland,
Maryland Department of Transportation,
Maryland Transit Authority

Address of Respondent: Maryland Transit Administration,
6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-1614
Docket No. RCRA-CWA-CAA-03-2012-0038

Property locations:
2 Kirk Bus Division, 226 Kirk Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
Eastern Bus Division, 201 Oldham Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
Northwest Bus Division, 4401 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215
Old Court Metro Maintenance, 4380 Old Court Road, Pikesville, MD 21208
MARC Frederick, 7900 Reich Ford Road, Frederick, MD 21704
MARC Martin, 2700 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River, MD 21220
MARC Brunswick, 100 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, MD 21716
MTA Administration, Federalsburg Facility, 106 Railroad Avenue, Federalsburg, MD 21632

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT: Section 309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), requires that interested persons be given notice of the proposed penalty and a reasonable opportunity to comment.  Procedures by which the public may submit written comments or participate in the proceedings are described in the Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Action Orders, and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Permits,(Consolidated Rules), 40 C.F.R. Part 22.  The deadline for submission of written public comments is forty (40) days after issuance of the public notice.  Comments should be made to:

Regional Hearing Clerk (3RC00)
U.S. EPA--Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.13(b), this proceeding is simultaneously commenced and concluded by the issuance of a consent agreement and final order pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)(2). This public notice constitutes notification to the public of the assessment of a civil penalty in a proceeding commenced pursuant to § 22.13(b), no less than 40 days before the issuance of an order assessing a civil penalty.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Interested parties may contact the following EPA representative to learn more about this action:

Joyce Howell (3RC30)
Senior Assistant Regional Counsel
1650 Arch Street
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-814-2644

Howell.Joyce@epa.gov