Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Notice of Certification Requests [43 Pa.B. 6063]
[Saturday, October 12, 2013]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following certification requests that have been submitted under the Nutrient Credit Trading Program (Trading Program). See 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed), published at 40 Pa.B. 5790 (October 9, 2010).
The information described in this notice relates to submitted certification requests received in September 2013.
Certification Requests
The following requests are being reviewed by the Department.
Applicant Pollutant Reduction
Activity DescriptionMunicipal Authority of the Town of Bloomsburg. (Columbia County) (NPDES Permit No. PA-0027171) This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the pollutant reduction activity of the town's installed wastewater treatment process. Lewisburg Area Joint Sewer Authority (Union County) (NPDES Permit No. PA-0044661) This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the pollutant reduction activity of the town's installed wastewater treatment process. Williamsport Sanitary Authority (Lycoming County) (NPDES Permit No. PA-0027057) This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the pollutant reduction activity of the town's installed wastewater treatment process. Written Comments
Interested persons may submit written comments on these proposed pollutant reduction activities by October 28, 2013. The Department will accept comments submitted by e-mail. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. A return name and address must be included in each e-mail transmission. Written comments should be submitted to Jay Braund, Bureau of Point and Non-Point Source Management, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 772-5636, jbraund@pa.gov.
For further information about this certification request or the Trading Program contact Jay Braund at the previously listed address or phone number or visit the Department's web site at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Nutrient Trading'').
E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO,
Acting Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-1904. Filed for public inspection October 11, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
