Technical Guidance & Permits
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice of proposed changes of policy for calculating penalties for several kinds of water pollution incidents and a final Water Quality Toxic Management Strategy.

Draft: DEP ID: 362-4180-002. Civil Penalty Calculation Procedure for Pollution Incidents. This revised technical guidance has been developed to establish uniform instructions and procedure for calculating civil penalties for most pollution incidents where pollutants have been discharged to waters of the Commonwealth.

Draft: DEP ID: 362-4180-006. Civil Penalty Assessment Informal Hearing Procedure. This draft technical guidance has been developed to establish standardized instructions to be used by Department Water Quality Field Operations staff for the assessment of civil penalties for violations of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits

Draft: DEP ID: 362-4180-001. Guidance for Civil Penalty Calculations for Effluent Violations. This revised guidance document provides instructions for the calculation of civil penalties for effluent violations

Final: DEP ID: 361-0100-003. Water Quality Toxic Management Strategy. The primary purpose of this Toxic Management Strategy is to regulate priority pollutants and other pollutant discharges by point sources in order to avoid toxic impact on human health and aquatic life


6/19/2009

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