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THE PROGRESS Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Brennan on Marcellus shale subcommittee By Josh Woods Staff Writer Clearfield County Planning and Development Commission Director Jodi Brennan will serve on the PA Wilds planning team's Marcellus shale subcommittee, she announced at last night's meeting. Brennan will study the role the planners might have in relation to the county's Marcellus shale formation, whether it is from an educational or regulatory standpoint. "Right now the main issue is water supply contamination," said Brennan. "It was confirmed springs in the Trout Run and Laurel Run areas were contaminated." Currently, there is legislation proposed to identify what is used during the Marcellus fracturing process. Brennan said she would continue to follow the issue and update the commission. During the director's update, Brennan noted several other items of interest. Brady Township, in conjunction with Bloom, Penn and Union townships, is working to develop a wind energy ordinance. A public hearing was held on the draft ordinance last week. The state Department of Environmental Protection received a response from the Harmony Landfill applicant, Eagle Environmental LLC. DEP requested information about the applicant's leachate enrichment process. Brennan said the applicant has an agreement with the Westover wastewater treatment plant to pipe leachate to its facility. DEP is concerned with how the leachate would be piped, she said, because it is to be piped under Pine Run, an exceptional value watershed. The BioEnergy/Bionol LLC ethanol plant in Clearfield received its first loads of corn last week by truck and by rail. The company expects full-time production to begin in January. The planning commission reviewed water line extension and replacement projects for Irvona Borough and Bradford and Cooper townships and found them to be consistent with the goals and objectives of the county's 2006 comprehensive plan update. It also reviewed Sandy Township's new zoning ordinance and zoning map and had no comment. Three letters of support were noted on the agenda. The first letter was sent in support of Troutville Borough's project to install approximately 33,000 linear feet of sewer main along state Routes 410 and 2012. The second supported Clearfield Rails to Trails, which is seeking a state Fish and Boat Commission grant for the development of a publicly accessible boat launch to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. CCPDC also supported Curwensville Lake Authority in seeking funds for the improvement of public restroom facilities within the marina area of the lake. Subdivisions were approved for John Fry Jr. and William Fry, Angelo and Joan Segalla and John Niebauer Jr. The Fry subdivision, a three-lot subdivision located in Burnside Township, has a total area of 47.515 acres. Lot 1 abuts state Route 3004 and contains a 50-foot right-of-way for parcels 3 and 4. Lot 2 would contain 50 feet of right-of-way for parcel 4 to SR 3004. A residual lot would provide access to SR 3004 via a 50-foot right-of-way through parcels 2 and 3. All three lots would be conveyed. The Segalla subdivision is a two-lot subdivision. It contains a total area of 135.347 acres and is enrolled in the Clean and Green program. If the owners breach the clean and green contract, they would be responsible for paying back the amount of taxes saved while the property was in the program. It essentially amounts to owing back taxes on the property plus 6 percent per year cumulative interest. Lot 1 abuts state Route 153 and is to be conveyed as a residential lot. The Segallas would retain a residual lot. Access to it would be provided via an existing 40-foot right-of-way on state Route 255. A two-lot subdivision encompassing 53.136 total acres was approved for Niebauer. Lot 1 abuts township road 533 and is to be conveyed as residential lot. Niebauer would retain a residual lot, also abutting TR 533. Also, the Theodore Gallaher Et Ux subdivision was denied based on inadequate information. Planning Specialist Rob Thomas said the names and addresses of owners and developers are needed, as well as a letter from appropriate utility companies stating that they would provide the subdivision with services. |
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