The Department of Environmental Protection published a final policy on determining reclamation bond amounts for coal refuse areas and a revised proposed policy on nutrient and sediment reduction credits. (See PA Bulletin November 25)

Final: DEP ID: 563-2504-001 Conventional Bonding for Land Reclamation--Coal. This guidance, issued under the authority of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1396.1--1396.19a) and the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act (52 P. S. §§ 30.51--30.66), describes the regulatory and statutory requirements for determining bond amounts.

Draft: DEP ID: 392-0900-001 Trading of Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Credits--Policy and Guidelines. This guidance provides revisions to the Interim Final Trading of Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Credits--Policy and Guidelines (Interim Final Policy), published at 35 Pa.B. 5451 (October 2005).

For copies of Draft Technical Guidance (DEP website)

For copies of Final Technical Guidance (DEP website)

11/24/2006