Grants: GOVERNOR RENDELL INVESTS $27 MILLION TO PROTECT PA’S NATURAL RESOURCES
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dept. of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth News Bureau
Room 308, Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11/29/2006
CONTACT:
Kerry Chippo
Phone: (717) 787-1323
153 Projects Funded Through Historic Growing Greener Programs
HARRISBURG – Continuing his work to improve Pennsylvania’s economic and environmental health, Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced a $27 million investment to clean up streams and rivers, address serious environmental problems at abandoned mine sites and revitalize communities across the state.
The money will finance 153 projects through Pennsylvania’s traditional Growing Greener Program and the voter-approved Growing Greener II bond initiative.
“Growing Greener allows us to leverage state dollars with Pennsylvania’s natural capital; protecting the resources that draw people to live, work and play in the commonwealth,” Governor Rendell said. “Our natural resources are and will continue to be valued as economic, recreational and environmental assets. It is this scenic and wild beauty that makes Pennsylvania so unique.”
Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty announced the Growing Greener investments during a ceremony in Exeter Borough, Luzerne County, where she also awarded nearly $1 million for three grants for planned improvements to Hicks Creek.
“The involvement of local groups is absolutely essential to the success of restoration projects supported by Growing Greener, and the restoration being done here on Hicks Creek is the perfect example of the power of a strong partnership,” McGinty said. “Working together, we can amplify our efforts and achieve significant results for the people of Pennsylvania.”
McGinty presented a combined $916,677 to Exeter Borough, the Hicks Creek Watershed Association and the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation for streambank restoration and stabilization on Hicks Creek.
The three grants – $220,593 to the borough, $246,084 to the watershed association and $450,000 to the coalition – will finance projects that tackle sediment issues, alleviating flooding problems threatening downstream areas as well as curbing the threat of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus.
Included in the $27 million, which represents the eighth round of funding awarded by DEP under the traditional Growing Greener program, are $7.9 million in traditional watershed grants and $13.1 million in grants under the voter-approved Growing Greener II bond initiative.
In addition, DEP is recommending $5.9 million in Nonpoint Source Implementation Program Grants, funded through Section 319(h) of the federal Clean Water Act.
Since 1999, DEP has supplied $181.7 million in watershed grants for 1,592 projects in all 67 counties of Pennsylvania through the traditional Growing Greener Program. The grants are used to create or restore wetlands, restore stream buffer zones, eliminate causes of nonpoint source pollution, plug oil and gas wells, reclaim abandoned mine lands and restore aquatic life to streams that were lifeless due to acid mine drainage.
Voters in May 2005 approved a $625 million bond issue to clean up rivers and streams; protect natural areas, open spaces and working farms; and shore up key programs to improve quality of life and revitalize communities across the commonwealth.
Since then, DEP has awarded $28.4 million for 106 watershed projects to make Pennsylvania healthier, a better place to live and more competitive in attracting and supporting business investment through the Growing Greener II initiative.
For more information on Growing Greener, visit DEP’s Web site at www.dep.state.pa.us, Keyword: “Growing Greener.”
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The Rendell Administration is committed to creating a first-rate public education system, protecting our most vulnerable citizens and continuing economic investment to support our communities and businesses. To find out more about Governor Rendell's initiatives and to sign up for his weekly newsletter, visit his Web site at: www.governor.state.pa.us.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a list by county of the $7.9 million in Growing Greener watershed restoration and protection grants:
ADAMS
Watershed Alliance of Adams County Inc. - $15,048 for an evaluation of the groundwater resources in Adams County.
ALLEGHENY
South Fayette Conservation Group - $157,070 for a passive treatment system to treat the Gladden Discharge.
ARMSTRONG
Armstrong Conservation District - $50,000 to reclaim five acres of abandoned mine lands that will be converted to productive pastureland.
BEAVER
Beaver County Conservation District - $150,000 to implement Phase III of the agricultural best management practices initiative in the Raccoon Creek and Connequenessing Creek watersheds.
BEDFORD
Broad Top Township - $191,500 to rehabilitate the North Point vertical flow wetland serving the Broad Top Coal Field and set up a long-term operation, maintenance and repair fund.
BRADFORD
Bradford County Conservation District - $10,000 to study stream channel legacy sediments.
BUCKS
American Littoral Society, Delaware Riverkeeper Network - $51,000 for Phase II of the Upper Tinicum Restoration Project.
East Rockhill Township - $18,150 for retrofit design using stormwater best management practices.
CAMBRIA
Cambria County Conservation District - $15,000 for Phase I of the Trout Run Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Project.
West Branch Susquehanna Rescue Inc. - $27,000 to design and construct a passive treatment system to treat abandoned mine drainage along the headwaters to the West Branch Susquehanna River.
CENTRE
Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc. – $450,000 for Phase III of a project to model water availability in the Spring Creek and Spruce Creek Basins.
Pennsylvania State University - $71,000 for streambank stabilization on Halfmoon Creek.
CHESTER
Brandywine Valley Association - $45,500 for the Brandywine Red Streams Blue Initiative.
CLEARFIELD
Boggs Township - $43,000 for the design of a passive treatment system to treat abandoned mine drainage to Morgan Run.
CRAWFORD
Fairfield Township - $64,995 for assessment and flood protection in the Wymans Run Watershed.
DAUPHIN
Dauphin County Conservation District - $9,000 to develop a detailed watershed restoration plan in the Little Wiconisco Watershed.
ELK
Elk County Conservation District - $10,000 for formation of the Elk County Freshwater Association.
Toby Creek Watershed Association Inc. - $50,000 for design, construction and water evaluation for an additional sedimentation pond at the Brandy Camp Treatment Plant.
ERIE
Edinboro Lake Watershed Association - $15,000 to develop a watershed management plan for Edinboro Lake.
FAYETTE
Trout Unlimited, Chestnut Ridge Chapter - $51,015 to prepare a comprehensive stream corridor assessment of Lower Dunbar Creek.
GREENE
Greene County Watershed Alliance - $230,964 for natural stream channel design to rectify bank erosion and channel migration on Ruff Creek.
JEFFERSON
Jefferson County Conservation District - $49,766 for liming of the Manners Dam impoundment and land liming of 250 acres in the Manners Dam Watershed.
LACKAWANNA
Borough of Taylor - $110,645 for design and construction of the Colliery Property Channel Restoration and Culvert.
LEHIGH
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy - $25,000 for restoration, protection and habitat enhancement in the Upper Perkiomen Watershed.
Wildlands Conservancy Inc. - $60,000 for the Swabia Creek Stream Restoration Project.
LUZERNE
Eastern Middle Anthracite Region Recovery Inc. – $66,000 to construct a passive treatment system to treat a maximum of 500 gallons per minute of flow from Black Creek.
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation - $450,000 to restore 3,100 feet of stream channel reducing acid mine drainage to Hicks Creek.
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. - $200,000 to reclaim 377 acres of abandoned mine land.
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. - $13,675 for an annual valley-wide streamside cleanup and buffer planting program.
LYCOMING
Black Hole Creek Watershed Association - $10,000 for riparian buffer plantings along 1,400 feet of Black Hole Creek.
Lycoming College - $7,551 for start-up costs for the Rose Valley/Mill Creek Watershed Association.
MONTGOMERY
Narberth Borough - $41,000 for the design of stormwater management retrofits on Indian Creek.
MULTIPLE
Allegheny County Conservation District - $58,537 to develop a watershed plan for the Big Sewickley Creek Watershed.
American Rivers Inc. - $250,000 for dam removals through the Free-Flowing Pennsylvania II Initiative.
Cocalico Creek Watershed Association - $14,000 to develop a restoration plan for Cocalico Creek.
Columbia County Conservation District - $7,500 to support startup of the newly formed Roaring Creek Valley Conservation Association.
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation - $150,000 to compile, update and fill in data gaps on minepools in the anthracite region.
Franklin & Marshall College - $200,000 to study statewide streambank erosion and nutrient loads from legacy sediments.
Heritage Conservancy Inc. - $12,000 for the Neshaminy Creek Watershed Alliance implementation.
IPM Institute of North America Inc. - $225,000 to set up a guaranteed best management practice program for farmers.
Lycoming College - $40,000 to support the Keystone Stream Team Web site and stream restoration initiatives.
Lycoming College - $10,000 to support a technical assistance system for watershed groups in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Northampton County Conservation District - $49,642 for a comprehensive assessment and management plan for the Saucon Creek Watershed.
PA Cleanways - $50,000 to cleanup illegal dumpsites in the Mahanoy, Shamokin and Catawissa Watersheds.
Penn Soil Resource Conservation and Development Council - $51,000 for pasture improvements and rotational grazing in the Upper Ohio River Watershed.
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. - $200,000 for a nutrient reduction credit trading aggregation project through the PEACCE Network.
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. - $300,000 for the PACD Engineering Technical Assistance Program.
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. - $1.3 million for the Pennsylvania Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - $250,000 for project TreeVitalize, which works to restore tree cover to the Southeastern Pennsylvania area.
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association- $25,000 to update the Riparian Forest Buffer Protection Agreement.
Pocono Northeast Resource Conservation & Development Council - $400,000 for the Pennsylvania Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds (C-SAW).
Susquehanna River Basin Commission - $100,000 for a water conservation and efficiency technical assistance program.
PERRY
Perry County Conservation District - $30,000 for the Riparian Forest Protection Agreement Initiative.
PHILADELPHIA
Chestnut Hill College - $80,987 for stream and floodplain restoration design for a mile-long section of Wissahickon Creek.
City of Philadelphia Recreation Department - $200,000 for restoration of Pleasant Hill Park.
PIKE
Pike County Conservation District - $131,944 for a comprehensive groundwater study.
SNYDER
Snyder County Conservation District - $10,000 for a biological and chemical assessment along the main stem of Penn’s Creek.
SOMERSET
Municipal Authority of Boswell Borough - $15,000 to develop a wellhead protection plan protecting water quality in the Mauch Chunk/Burgoon Aquifers.
Shade Creek Watershed Association - $15,000 for limestone sand dosing on acid mine drainage impacted tributaries of Shade Creek.
Somerset County Conservation District - $15,000 to address acidity with limestone sand dosing on Beam and Spruce Runs.
Somerset County Conservation District - $23,500 for operation and maintenance to treatment systems along Stony Creek.
Trout Unlimited, Chestnut Ridge Chapter - $232,901 to develop a water resources plan for the Laurel Hill Creek Watershed.
SUSQUEHANNA
Hop Bottom Borough – $173,000 for streambank protection on Martin’s Creek.
Susquehanna County Conservation District - $15,000 to restore 2,400 feet of unstable stream channel using natural stream design techniques.
Susquehanna County Conservation District - $10,000 for the Northern Susquehanna River Watershed Association Startup.
VENANGO
Sandycreek Township - $32,800 to conduct a detailed assessment and action plan for the Morrison Run Watershed.
Venango Conservation District - $13,145 for streambank stabilization on Lower Two Mile Run.
Venango Conservation District - $75,000 for streambank stabilization and habitat improvements on Sugar Creek.
WASHINGTON
United Mine Workers of America Career Centers Inc. - $241,850 to reclaim a three-acre coal refuse pile that will be converted to baseball fields for the local community.
Washington County Watershed Alliance - $26,822 for natural stream channel design to stabilize a severely eroded section of Cross Creek.
WESTMORELAND
Jacobs Creek Watershed Association - $43,000 for the engineering and design for the Stauffer Run acid mine drainage treatment system.
YORK
Pennsylvania State University, York Campus - $140,000 for Phase II of the Codorus Creek Restoration Efficacy Program.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a list by county of the $13.1 million in Growing Greener II watershed protection grants:
ADAMS
Adams County Conservation District - $20,000 to establish a self-guided educational tour of existing and proposed stormwater best management practices.
ALLEGHENY
Nine Mile Run Watershed Association Inc. - $406,439 to install 3,500 rain barrels in the highly urban Nine Mile Run Watershed.
ARMSTRONG
Armstrong Conservation District - $65,325 to address severe impacts from erosion along Plum Creek.
Trout Unlimited, Arrowhead Chapter - $15,000 for streambank stabilization and improved fish habitat on Buffalo Creek.
BEDFORD
Bedford County Development Association - $200,000 for stream and floodplain restoration on Shober’s Run.
BERKS
Berks County Conservancy - $10,000 to implement agricultural best management practices on the Leid Farm.
Berks County Conservancy - $10,000 to establish agricultural best management practices along Saucony Creek, an exceptional value stream.
Berks County Conservancy - $15,000 for the Hix Streambank Restoration and Fencing Project.
BRADFORD
Sylvania Borough - $125,000 to stabilize 3,000 feet of eroding streambanks in the headwater areas of Upper Sugar Creek, Upper Tomjack Creek and Upper Brown’s Creek.
BUCKS
Bucks County Chapter of Trout Unlimited - $75,000 for the Cooks Creek Stream Restoration Project.
CENTRE
Beech Creek Watershed Association Inc. - $464,336 for the Contrary Run Mine Area SM-5 Restoration Project.
Centre County Conservation District - $130,000 for installation of agricultural best management practices.
CHESTER
Chester County Conservation District - $12,800 for natural stream channel design and floodplain restoration on Crabby Creek, a tributary to Valley Creek.
Chester County Economic Development Foundation - $150,000 to restore 900 feet of Little Valley Creek.
Whitford Country Club - $400,000 for the Colebrook Creek natural stream channel and riparian ecosystem restoration.
Willistown Township - $69,328 for the Ridley Creek dam removal and riparian restoration.
CRAWFORD
Crawford County Conservation District - $72,539 for the Crawford County High School Volunteer Streambank Restoration Program.
CUMBERLAND
Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Inc. - $110,000 for complete survey, design, permitting and removal of two dams on Yellow Breeches Creek.
DELAWARE
Pennsylvania Resources Council Inc. - $14,514 for riparian restoration that would protect a one-acre pond from impacts associated with runoff from an adjacent horse pasture.
Villanova University - $69,483 for the study of rain garden best management practices using four different design principals to reduce stormwater runoff.
INDIANA
Indiana County Conservation District - $196,000 to install a non-electric, water-driven limestone silo to treat the Lucerne 3A deep mine discharge.
Indiana County Conservation District - $173,000 to construct a limestone siphon pond to treat the #2 priority mine seep on the South Branch of Bear Run.
Indiana County Conservation District - $27,000 for implementation of agricultural best management practices.
JEFFERSON
Headwaters Charitable Trust - $140,000 to construct two anaerobic limestone drains to precipitate iron from the Filson #7 site, improving water quality in Little Mill Creek.
Jefferson County Conservation District – $300,000 to address clogging of the Conifer I treatment system on Beaver Run.
LANCASTER
Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance - $169,000 to restore and stabilize 3,700 feet of eroding stream channel along the Little Conestoga.
Masonic Village - $413,000 to reconnect 3,200 feet of Conoy Creek to its historical floodplain by removal of legacy sediments and streambank stabilization.
Warwick Township - $65,539 for construction of stormwater best management practices to alleviate sediment pollution to Lititz Run.
LEHIGH
Heidelberg Township - $8,950 for creation of a riparian buffer along 375 feet of a tributary to Jordan Creek.
LUZERNE
Exeter Borough - $220,593 for Phase I design and construction of the Hicks’s Creek Channel Restoration Project.
Hicks Creek Watershed Association - $246,084 for streambank stabilization along Hick’s Creek at Schooley Avenue.
MONTGOMERY
Montgomery County Conservation District - $103,140 to implement stormwater best management practices on the Yoder Dairy Farm.
MONTOUR
Northumberland County Conservation District - $25,000 for implementation of agricultural best management practices on Limestone Run.
MULTIPLE
Altoona City Authority - $68,000 to design and construct watershed improvements in the Bell’s Gap Run Watershed.
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. - $5.2 million for the Pennsylvania Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. - $140,000 for the Darby and Cobbs Creek Watershed Stormwater Program.
PHILADELPHIA
Fairmont Park Commission - $273,180 to construct a stormwater infiltration gallery along Sequoia Road within the Cathedral Run Watershed.
PIKE
The Pocono Environmental Education Center - $121,600 for design and construction of stormwater best management practices at the center.
SCHUYLKILL
City of Pottsville - $940,000 for Phase V of the Sharp Mountain reclamation project to reclaim dangerous cropfall subsidence in the City of Pottsville.
SOMERSET
Somerset County Conservation District - $285,000 to install a lime-silo doser on Coal Run to counteract the acid mine drainage from seeps along the entire watershed.
TIOGA
Babb Creek Watershed Association Inc. - $18,955 for operation, maintenance and repair of the Klondike Successive Alkalinity-Producing System (SAPS).
Endless Mountains Resource Conservation and Development Council - $150,000 Phase II construction of a natural stream channel design project on Corey Creek.
Tioga County Conservation District - $75,000 for implementation of agricultural best management practices.
UNION
Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance - $290,000 for construction of a passive treatment system to address acidic deposition impacts in Buffalo Creek.
WARREN
Warren County Conservation District - $145,550 for the Small Farm Agricultural Stewardship Program.
WESTMORELAND
Conemaugh Valley Conservancy - $164,650 for design and construction of a self-regulating lime doser to treat the largest acid mine discharge to Tubmill Creek.
WYOMING
Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association - $528,304 for channel restoration on Mehoopany Creek, Problem Areas D & E.
YORK
Felton Borough - $197,632 for streambank stabilization and aquatic habitat improvements on the North Branch of Muddy Creek.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a list by county of the $5.9 million in Nonpoint Source Implementation Program Grants, funded through Section 319(h) of the federal Clean Water Act.
ALLEGHENY
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc. - $7,951 to enhance the Pine Creek Watershed Implementation Plan.
BEDFORD
Broad Top Township - $8,000 for Six Mile Run acid mine drainage (AMD) evaluation and design to treat the discharge from a deep mine borehole.
Broad Top Township - $86,054 for Six Mile Run AMD remediation to design and construct a passive treatment system to treat AMD along the main stem of Six Mile Run.
Broad Top Township - $23,000 for Sandy Run AMD remediation to design a passive treatment system to treat AMD in the headwaters of Sandy Run.
Broad Top Township - $75,165 for Six Mile Run AMD remediation to construct a passive treatment system to treat AMD in the headwaters of Six Mile Run.
Broad Top Township - $84,970 for Six Mile Run AMD remediation to construct a passive treatment system to treat AMD in the headwaters of Six Mile Run.
BRADFORD
Bradford County Conservation District - $99,070 for design and partial implementation of the In-Lake Stephen Foster Lake Restoration Plan.
BUCKS Bucks County Conservation District - $45,000 for a watershed restoration plan for Lake Galena and the North Branch of the Neshaminy Creek.
CAMBRIA
Clearfield Creek Watershed Association - $77,402 for the Ferris Wheel Revegetation Project to reclaim a 28 acre bare strip mine reducing recharge to a major acid mine discharge seep zone.
CLEARFIELD
Pike Township - $90,061 for the design, permitting and construction of an anoxic limestone drain passive treatment system to treat the BR3.9 acid mine discharge on Bilger Run.
DAUPHIN
Dauphin County Conservation District - $113,956 to inventory and evaluate conservation plans on file, and cropping system management for Conewago Creek.
Dauphin County Conservation District - $77,000 for design and construction of a vertical flow pond, aerobic wetlands and sedimentation basins to treat alkaline discharges in the Bear Creek Watershed.
ERIE
Erie County Conservation District - $15,680 for the Trout Run Assessment and Implementation Plan.
HUNTINGDON
Huntingdon County Conservation District - $336,898 to design and construct the Green Garden Road AMD Treatment System.
LACKAWANNA
Lackawanna County Conservation District - $12,000 for development of a watershed plan to remove Wilson Creek from the 303(d) list.
MIFFLIN
Mifflin County Conservation District - $322,814 to implement agricultural best management practices in the Upper Kishacoquillas Creek Watershed.
MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Antietam Watershed Association - $75,000 to develop a comprehensive watershed assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load implementation plan.
Cumberland County Conservation District - $7,222 for development of the Middle Spring Watershed Implementation Plan.
Jacobs Creek Watershed Association - $35,000 for the Jacobs Creek Watershed Implementation Plan.
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund - $100,000 for pollution prevention watershed education.
Luzerne Conservation District - $125,000 to support technical assistance and educational opportunities for conservation districts and watershed groups dealing with acid mine drainage.
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. - $175,000 to support county conservation district educational activities related to reducing nonpoint source pollution.
Tri-County Conewago Creek Association - $34,000 for Phase I of the Hershey Meadows Stream Restoration Project.
Venango Conservation District - $45,011 for a watershed assessment and restoration plan for South Sandy Creek Watershed in Venango and Mercer counties.
Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation - $125,000 to support technical assistance and educational opportunities for conservation districts and watershed groups dealing with acid mine drainage.
SCHUYLKILL
Schuylkill County Conservation District - $956,000 for the Oneida #3 Mine Tunnel Discharge Remediation Project.
Schuylkill Headwaters Association Inc. - $690,000 for installation of a passive acid mine drainage treatment system to neutralize acidity and reduce metals from the Neumeister Drift discharge in the Schuylkill River Watershed.
TIOGA
Tioga County Concerned Citizens Committee Inc. - $12,000 to develop an implementation plan for Fall Brook.
UNION
Union County Conservation District - $18,229 for a part-time agricultural information specialist to work with farmers on agricultural impaired reaches of Buffalo Creek.
YORK
Izaak Walton League of America Inc., York Chapter 67 - $687,861 for Phase III, Stage IV restoration of the Godfrey Pasture to eliminate excessive sediment loading and improve fishery habitat.
Izaak Walton League of America Inc., York Chapter 67 - $722,672 for Phase V of the South Branch Codorus Creek Stream Restoration Project.
Izaak Walton League of America Inc., York Chapter 67 - $356,888 for restoration of the McClelland Pasture to eliminate excessive sediment loading and improve fishery habitat.
Izaak Walton League of America Inc., York Chapter 67 - $297,958 for Phase V of the East Branch Codorus Creek Stream Restoration Project.
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