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PA Bulletin Public Notices - Regulations

This section highlights actions related to regulations and PA Bulletin notices.

-- On November 15, the Environmental Quality Board voted to approve final regulations updating safety requirements for radiation producing machines and compliance schedules for NPDES Water Quality Permits.  The Board also accepted a rulemaking petition proposing to redesignate a segment of the Brodhead Creek in Monroe County an Exceptional Value stream.  Read more here.

-- On November 17, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted to approve final-omitted regulations setting VOC/methane emission reduction requirements for conventional oil and gas wells, final regulations setting the state’s first MCL for PFOS/PFOA, and final regulations setting VOC Air Quality RACT requirements for shipbuilding and other operations.  Read more here.  Read more here.

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the November 19 PA Bulletin--

-- DEP Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its proposal to issue a Section 401 Water Quality Certification and associated Chapter 102 and Chapter 105 permits for the Texas Eastern Transmission LP A2MII, Armagh and Entriken Pipeline Replacement Projects impacting Cambria, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana and  Lebanon counties.  (Nov. 19 PA Bulletin, page 7200)   Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Diversified Production LLC  Air Quality Permit application for cryptocurrency data mining operation on the Longhorn Well Pad C shale gas well site in Jay Township, Elk County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7164)   Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin of December 7 virtual conference starting at 6:00 p.m. on two proposed modifications to the Tunnel Ridge, LLC underground coal mining acreage in Donegal, West and East Finely Townships, Washington County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7204)   Read more here.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin it has received a request from Scrubgrass Generating Company to place coal ash on the site as structural fill to provide support for the installation of solar energy panels in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County.  (PA Bulletin, page 7205Read more here.

-- Meeting Now CANCELED. The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin of a December 5 meeting of the DEP State Water Plan Ohio Regional Water Resources Committee to vote on the Back Creek Critical Area Resource Plan.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: James Horton 717-772-1100 or jahorton@pa.gov.

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 19 PA Bulletin of changes to the list of companies certified to perform radon-related activities.  (PA Bulletin, page 7204)

 

-- The Fish and Boat Commission published two notices in the November 19 PA Bulletin inviting public comments--

-- Proposed Additions & Revisions to the Classification of Wild Trout Streams

-- Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters

 

-- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notices in the November 19 PA Bulletin--

-- Announcing the December 15 business meeting in Harrisburg and its agenda

-- Notice of water supplies registered under grandfather provisions

-- Notice of water projects approved for consumptive use in October

-- Notice of water projects approved for minor modifications in October

PA Bulletin - November 19, 2022

Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 63 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 19 PA Bulletin - pages 7143 to 7206.

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[Posted: November 18, 2022]  PA Environment Digest


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