Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 1 PA Bulletin--

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notices in the April 1 PA Bulletin announcing it will begin accepting applications for Growing Greener Plus, Section 319 Watershed Restoration, Coal Mining Bond Forfeiture, Stormwater Planning Grant applications on April 21.  The deadline to apply is June 23.  (formal notice)  (Growing Greener Plus - formal notice)  (Section 319- formal notice)   Read more here.

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 25 to 31; More Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; Spring Walk Yields Hissing Gas Well On State Game Lands  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 1  [PaEN]

-- The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a May 3 hearing on a proposed NPDES Water Quality Stormwater Discharge Permit for a proposed Rutter's convenience store in Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County next to the Old Crow Mitigation Wetland.  (PA Bulletin, page 1867)   Read more here.

-- The Public Utility Commission published notice in the April 1 PA Bulletin it has denied a request by conventional oil and gas drillers to reconsider regulation of Class One natural gas and oil gathering pipelines.  Read more here.

-- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published two notices in the April 1 PA Bulletin--

     -- Notice of actions taken during the March 16, 2023 Commission meeting

     -- Notice of projects approved in March for consumptive uses of water 

PA Bulletin - April 1, 2023

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 55 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the April 1 PA Bulletin - pages 1813 to 1868.

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DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda [March 2023] - DEP webpage

[Posted: March 31, 2023]

4/3/2023