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County records permit notice for soil-processing facility and planned lead-service-line replacements
Summary
Commissioners accepted written notices that Soils Incorporated intends to seek DEP permit WMGR046 to process drinking water treatment sludge into soil products, and that Pennsylvania American Water plans to replace about 556 lead service lines in the city of Newcastle using Penvest-related review.
At the Jan. 14 Lawrence County commissioners meeting, the board accepted two written communications: one from RAR Engineering Group on behalf of Soils Incorporated notifying the county of an application for a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection general permit (WMGR046) for processing wastes into manufactured soil, and a second from Foreman Consulting Engineers notifying the county that Pennsylvania American Water Company intends to replace approximately 556 lead water service lines in the city of Newcastle as part of a PENVEST funding review.
The RAR Engineering notice, signed by Ron Rizzo, describes the Soils Incorporated process as receiving drinking-water treatment sludges and windrowing that material before mixing roughly 10% of it with topsoil to make a manufactured soil or soil amendment for resale; the notice said all material would be nonhazardous and that the company will seek the DEP permit. The commissioners' packet included the full submission from RAR Engineering Group.
The second communication, filed by Foreman Consulting Engineers and noted as signed by Leslie Hostick (environmental scientist), described a planned project in census tracts the county record identifies with the city of Newcastle to directly replace about 556 lead service lines. The submission was described as part of a PENVEST funding allocation review and included a brief description of the proposed direct-replacement method.
Chair members asked no substantive follow-up questions during the meeting; the board voted to accept the documents into the public record. The clerk noted that the full documents are available in the commissioners' office for review.
