Availability of Technical Guidance [41 Pa.B. 6155]
[Saturday, November 12, 2011]Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) web site at http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us. The ''Technical Guidance Final Documents'' heading is the link to a menu of the various Department bureaus where each bureau's final technical guidance documents are posted. The ''Technical Guidance Draft Documents'' heading is the link to the Department's draft technical guidance documents.
Ordering Paper Copies of Department Technical Guidance
The Department encourages the use of the Internet to view and download technical guidance documents. When this option is not available, persons can order a paper copy of any of the Department's draft or final technical guidance documents by contacting the Department at (717) 783-8727.
In addition, bound copies of some of the Department's documents are available as Department publications. Check with the appropriate bureau for more information about the availability of a particular document as a publication.
Changes to Technical Guidance Documents
Following is the current list of recent changes. Persons who have questions or comments about a particular document should call the contact person whose name and phone number is listed with each document.
Final Technical Guidance—New Guidance
DEP ID: 385-2100-002. Title: Policy and Procedure for National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting of Discharges of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)—25 Pa. Code § 95.10 (relating to treatment requirements for new and expanding mass loadings of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)). Description: On August 21, 2010, revisions to 25 Pa. Code § 95.10 became final. These revisions mandated new treatment requirements for discharges of TDS from NPDES point sources of treated wastewater. The provisions of 25 Pa. Code § 95.10 require detailed guidance for NPDES permit writers to implement the new requirements through NPDES permit conditions and actions. This new guidance document fulfills that need. The Department published notice of the draft proposed guidance in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at 41 Pa.B. 560 (January 22, 2011). Public comments were accepted until the comment period closed on February 22, 2011. Twenty-one sets of written comments were received during the public comment period and are summarized in the associated Comment and Response Document. The draft guidance was revised as a result of these comments in order to produce this final guidance document. Contact: Thomas Starosta, (717) 787-4317 or tstarosta@pa.gov.
Effective Date: November 12, 2011.
MICHAEL L. KRANCER,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1937. Filed for public inspection November 11, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
