Technical Guidance & Permits

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice of a replacement gas lease on State Forest lands with NCL Appalachian Partners. The new lease is available online. The Department of Environmental Protection published notice of new policies for water supply replacement and mercury air quality monitoring, details below.

Draft: DEP ID: 255-5800-001. Guidance for Commonwealth Funded Water Supply Response Actions. This guidance document proposes the conditions and requirements for using Commonwealth funds to conduct water supply response actions under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§ 6020.101--6020.1305) and the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act (35 P. .S. §§ 6021.101--6021.2104)

Final: DEP ID: 274-0300-006. Technical Guidance Pertaining to Continuous Source Monitoring Systems for Mercury. This technical guidance document contains requirements relative to monitoring system design and performance, testing, recordkeeping, reporting and quality assurance for the owners and operators of affected industrial and utility sources, which are required to continuously monitor the emission of Mercury.

For copies of Draft Technical Guidance (DEP website)

For copies of Final Technical Guidance (DEP website)


12/26/2008

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