Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the December 9 PA Bulletin--

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 9  [PaEN]

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin inviting comments at a January 23 hearing on the RACT III, Title V Air Quality Permit and State Implementation Plan Revision for the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, LLC - Frazer Facility Compressor Station in East Whiteland Township, Chester County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7674)  Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin of a January 9 hearing on a RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit for the Jessop Steel, LLC facility in Canton Township, Washington County.  (Dec. 9 PA Bulletin, page 7632)  Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin of a January 23 hearing on a RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit for the Cleveland Cliffs Plate, LLC facility in Coatesville Borough, Chester County.  (Dec. 9 PA Bulletin, page 7635)  Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin that it had disapproved an Act 2 Land Recycling Risk Assessment at the ARG Refinery in Bradford, McKean County on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl benzene, 1,2,4-(Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Pyrene, Chrysene, Benzo(a)- anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo- (g,h,i)perylene and groundwater: Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylenes (total), Cumene (Isopropylbenzene), Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Naphthalene, Trimethyl ben- zene, 1,2,4-(Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,4-), Trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5-, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Chrysene for EU-1W.  (PA Bulletin, page 7664)

--  The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin that it had disapproved an Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report for the Penneco Oil Company Kenneth D. Mumanu 1 Well Site in Grant Township, Indiana County on remediation of soil contaminated with Aluminum, Barium, Boron, Chloride, Iron, Lithium, Manganese, Seleium, Strontium, Vanadium, and Zinc for the site located in Grant Twp., Indiana County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7664)

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin it has issued a modification to a Waste Facility Permit for the transfer of the Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment from Energy Harbor Generation, LLC to LBR Acquisition Company LLC for the facility located in Green Township, Beaver County and Hancock County, West Virginia. (PA Bulletin, page 7666)

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin it has issued a modification to a Waste Facility Permit for the transfer of the Hatfield’s Ferry Coal Combustion Waste Landfill from Energy Harbor Generation LLC to Lawrenceville Acquisition Company, LLC for the facility located in Monongahela Twp., Greene County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7666)

-- The Department of Revenue published notice in the December 9 PA Bulletin of changes to the Oil Franchise Tax -- 2024 Oil Franchise Tax Decreases From 61.1 Cents/Gallon Of Gasoline To 57.6 Cents/Gallon; Diesel Fuel Decreases From 78.5 Cents/Gallon To 74.1 Cents/Gallon [2024 Rate;  2023 Rate]

Meetings

December 12-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board. Next scheduled meeting is January 9.   (formal notice)

PA Bulletin - December 9, 2023

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 68 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the December 9 PA Bulletin - pages 7607 to 7675.

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[Posted: December 8, 2023]

12/11/2023