86 Nutrient and sediment reduction credit trading program; notice of registration?

Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Credit Trading Program; Notice of Registration

[41 Pa.B. 420]
[Saturday, January 15, 2011]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following credit registration recorded under the Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Credit Trading Program (Trading Program). The request for registration was submitted under The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed) (see 40 Pa.B. 5790 (October 9, 2010)).

 Trading is a market-based program that provides incentives for entities to create nutrient reduction credits by going beyond statutory, regulatory or voluntary obligations and goals by removing nutrients from a watershed. The credits can be traded to help others more cost-effectively meet their obligations or goals. The primary purpose of the Trading Program is to provide for more efficient ways for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permittees to meet their effluent limits for nutrients and sediment. Currently, the focus of the program is on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

 This notice relates to the registration of credits through December 20, 2010. For background information related to these credits, see the Department's certification published on at 38 Pa.B. 1887 (April 19, 2008).

 The Department has registered the following credits:

Generator	Location of Use	Credits Registered	Credit Generating Activity	Compliance Year
Red Barn Trading Company, LLC	Fairview Township Authority Fairview, PA	18,611 Nitrogen and 2,327 Phosphorous	Poultry manure export out of Chesapeake Bay Watershed	October 2010— September 2011
Red Barn Trading Company, LLC	Fairview Township Authority Fairview, PA	4,912 Nitrogen and 614 Phosphorous	Poultry manure export out of Chesapeake Bay Watershed	October 2010— September 2011

 For further information about this registration or the Trading Program, contact Ann Roda, Water Planning Office, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063, [phone], [e-mail] or visit the Department's web site at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Nutrient Trading'').

JOHN HANGER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-86. Filed for public inspection January 14, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]