The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 30 PA Bulletin formally extending the comment period to February 16 for the Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy by DEP and the Triennial Water Quality Standard Regulations by the Environmental Quality Board and scheduling additional public hearings on both for January 30 at DEP’s Southeast Regional Office in Norristown.

Pennsylvania Bulletin - December 30, 2017

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Technical Guidance & Permits

Note: In 2017, DEP published 3,025 pages of public notices in the PA Bulletin related to permit actions, 38 percent of the Bulletin's pages.  DEP had more pages of public notices in the Bulletin than any other agency, except the Unified Court System.

Note: DEP published 30 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/disapproval actions in the December 30 PA Bulletin - pages 7866 to 7896.  In 2017, DEP published 3,025 pages of notices in the PA Bulletin related to permit actions.

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 30 PA Bulletin of final technical guidance on Coal and Noncoal Surface Mining Activity Permit Pre-Application Review (DEP ID: 563-2112-214).  This revised technical guidance describes a standard, voluntary pre-application process to facilitate discussion between a mine operator and the Department concerning items which will need to be addressed in the formal coal or noncoal permit application. This process is beneficial for ensuring the submission of a complete permit application with the goal of reducing the time required to process a permit application. This technical guidance was published as draft at 47 Pa.B. 5857 (September 16, 2017) and no comments were received.   Questions should be direct to Sharon Hill at 717-787-6842 or send email to: shill@pa.gov.

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