The Environmental Quality Board published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin of proposed Noncoal Mining Program permit fee increases for public comment.

The proposed noncoal mining fee increases would be phased in over six years both on permit reviews and an annual permit administration fee that DEP hopes will raise about $1.2 million to fully fund the program.  The total annual cost of the program is about $3 million.

Another change would index future annual increases to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics index.

The fee schedule, phasing in the increases and the indexing were recommendations made by DEP’s Aggregate Advisory Board.

The PA Aggregates and Concrete Association worked with DEP to develop the fee package, but they believe there are still outstanding issues.  The Association, however, does “understand the value of an efficient complement within the mining program to support industry’s needs to do business.”  Click Here for more.

Click Here for a copy of the proposal and how to comment through DEP’s eComment System.  Visit the Environmental Quality Board October 2017 meeting webpage for more background on the proposal.

Pennsylvania Bulletin - February 3, 2018

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DEP Regulations In Process

Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage

Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage

DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage

August 2017 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, Page 4922

Technical Guidance & Permits

Note: DEP published 76 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the February 3 PA Bulletin - pages 747 to 823.

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin of final technical guidance on Blaster’s License Suspension and Revocations and the rescission of technical guidance on Permitting Ventilation Boreholes for Underground Coal Mines.

DEP published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin of federal consistency under the Coastal Zone Management Act for maintenance dredging at Conneaut Harbor.

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda (July 2017) - DEP webpage

Other DEP Proposals For Public Review

Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage

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Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage

Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

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