6759 NOTICES farmers and local governments for projects intended to DEPARTMENT OF promote new or existing farmers’ markets. The maximum Grant amount per farm stand or farmers’ market location AGRICULTURE shall be $7,500 and applicants shall be expected to provide 25% of the approved Grant amount in matching Direct Farm Sales Grant Program; Extension of funds or in-kinds goods or services. The anticipated date Application Period for the Award of Grants and Notice thereof is expected to be on or before March 1, 2009. The application, work plan The Department of Agriculture (Department) gives no- and budget should reflect March 1, 2009, as the project tice that it is extending the close of the period within start date and the project completion date will be Septem- which it will receive applications for grants under the ber 30, 2009. Direct Farm Sales Grant Program (Program). The close of the application window had been December 5, 2008. This Applications for the Program will be accepted by the application deadline is hereby extended to December 29, Department beginning Monday, November 3, 2008, and 2008. continue through Monday, December 29, 2008. Applica- The details of the Program were originally published on tions hand-delivered must be delivered to the Bureau’s October 25, 2008 (38 Pa.B. 5857). This notice is repeated office by 4 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2008, the as follows, with the addition of the extended grant application closing date. Applications which are mailed application filing deadline date: must be postmarked no later than Monday, December 29, 2008, and received at the Bureau’s office no later than The Program is administered by the Department’s January 5, 2009. Bureau of Food Distribution (Bureau). For the 2009 Project Year, the application period is November 3, 2008, Completed applications should be addressed to or deliv- to December 29, 2008. Information about the Program ered to Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Distri- and application forms can be accessed at the Depart- bution, Direct Farm Sales Grant Program, 2301 North ment’s web site www.agriculture.state.pa.us or by contact- Cameron Street, Room 401, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408. ing the Bureau at (800) 468-2433, Pam Dailey or Sandy DENNIS C WOLFF, Hopple. Secretary In summary, the Program provides funds to [Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2235. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.] Pennsylvania-based businesses that manage or operate a farm stand or farmers’ markets, nonprofit organizations, DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Actions on Applications The Department of Banking (Department), under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending December 2, 2008. Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking Code (71 P. S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file their comments in writing with the Department of Banking, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department’s Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy. BANKING INSTITUTIONS Holding Company Acquisitions Date Name of Corporation Location Action 11-29-2008 Franklin Financial Services Chambersburg Effective Corporation, Chambersburg, acquired 100% of Community Financial, Inc., Camp Hill, and thereby indirectly acquired Community Trust Company, Camp Hill PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 38, NO. 50, DECEMBER 13, 2008 6760 NOTICES Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions Date Name of Bank Location Action 11-29-2008 Farmers and Merchants Trust Chambersburg Effective Company of Chambersburg, Chambersburg, and Community Trust Company, Camp Hill Surviving Institution: Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg, Chambersburg Branch Applications De Novo Branches Date Name of Bank Location Action 11-15-2008 QNB Bank 1042 Millcreek Road Opened Quakertown Wescosville Bucks County Lehigh County 11-26-2008 CNB Bank 885 Park Avenue Filed Clearfield Meadville Clearfield County Crawford County The previous branch office will be operated under the fictitious name ‘‘ERIEBANK.’’ SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS No activity. CREDIT UNIONS Branch Applications Date Name of Credit Union Location Action 11-24-2008 Belco Community Credit Union 5304 Carlisle Pike Opened Harrisburg Mechanicsburg Dauphin County Cumberland County The Department’s web site at www.banking.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications. STEVEN KAPLAN, Secretary [Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2236. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.] Maximum Lawful Rate of Interest for Residential the individual occupies or has occupied as his principal Mortgages for the Month of January 2009 residence. Each month the Department is required by State law to The Department of Banking (Department), under the compute and announce the ceiling rate on residential authority contained in section 301 of the act of January mortgages in this Commonwealth. This maximum rate is 30, 1974 (P. L. 13, No. 6) (41 P. S. § 301), determines that determined by adding 2.50 percentage points to the yield the maximum lawful rate of interest for residential rate on long-term government bonds as published by the mortgages for the month of January, 2009, is 6 1/2%. Federal Reserve Board and/or the United States Treasury. The latest yield rate on long-term government securities The interest rate limitations under the State’s usury is 3.90 to which was added 2.50 percentage points for a statute were preempted to a great extent by Federal law, total of 6.40 that by law is rounded off to the nearest the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary quarter at 6 1/2%. Control Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-221). Further preemp- STEVEN KAPLAN, tion was instituted with the signing of Pub. L. No. 96-399, Secretary which overrode State interest rate limitations on any [Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2237. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.] individual who finances the sale or exchange of residen- tial real property which such individual owns and which PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 38, NO. 50, DECEMBER 13, 2008 NOTICES 6761 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Applications, Actions and Special Notices APPLICATIONS THE CLEAN STREAMS LAW AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (WQM) PERMITS This notice provides information about persons who have applied for a new, amended or renewed NPDES or WQM permit, a permit waiver for certain stormwater discharges or submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) for coverage under a general permit. The applications concern, but are not limited to, discharges related to industrial, animal or sewage waste, discharges to groundwater, discharges associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), stormwater associated with construction activities or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This notice is provided in accordance with 25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92 and 40 CFR Part 122, implementing The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and the Federal Clean Water Act. Location Permit Authority Application Type or Category Section I NPDES Renewals Section II NPDES New or amendment Section III WQM Industrial, sewage or animal waste; discharge into groundwater Section IV NPDES MS4 individual permit Section V NPDES MS4 permit waiver Section VI NPDES Individual permit stormwater construction Section VII NPDES NOI for coverage under NPDES general permits For NPDES renewal applications in Section I, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has made a tentative determination to reissue these permits for 5 years subject to effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements in their current permits, with appropriate and necessary updated requirements to reflect new and changed regulations and other requirements. For applications for new NPDES permits and renewal applications with major changes in Section II, as well as applications for MS4 individual permits and individual stormwater construction permits in Sections IV and VI, the Department, based upon preliminary reviews, has made a tentative determination of proposed effluent limitations and other terms and conditions for the permit applications. These determinations are published as proposed actions for comments prior to taking final actions. Unless indicated otherwise, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III Administrator has waived the right to review or object to proposed NPDES permit actions under the waiver provision in 40 CFR 123.24(d). Persons wishing to comment on an NPDES application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before an application within 30 days from the date of this public notice. Persons wishing to comment on a WQM permit application are invited to submit a statement to the regional office noted before the application within 15 days from the date of this public notice. Comments received within the respective comment periods will be considered in the final determinations regarding the applications. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer and a concise statement to inform the Department of the exact basis of a comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.