1884 Nutrient Credit Trading Program; notice of registration?

Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Notice of Registration

[41 Pa.B. 6046]
[Saturday, November 5, 2011]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following credit registration recorded under the Nutrient 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 October 25, 2011. For background information related to these credits see the Department's certification published at 38 Pa.B. 1887 (April 19, 2008).

 The Department has registered the following credits.

Generator	Location of Use	Credits Registered	Credit Generating Activity / Generator	Compliance Year
County of Lycoming	PENNVEST	12,875 Nitrogen	Installed best management practices by Client LyLLyT0001, LaCCoT0001, LaCCoT0002, MuCFrT0001, PiCJaT0001, MuCMoT0001, MuCJoT0001, AdCCIT0001 and the export of poultry manure out of Chesapeake Bay Watershed by Client WhCWaT0001.	October 2010— September 2011
The Borough of Elizabethtown	PENNVEST	7,369 Nitrogen	Elizabethtown Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant's installed treatment process.	October 2010— September 2011
ElectroCell Technologies, Inc.	PENNVEST	12 Nitrogen	The operation of the Patz® OZyTM unit on a farm located in Lancaster County and the land applied nutrients.	October 2010— September 2011
Red Barn Trading Company	PENNVEST	41,744 Nitrogen	Poultry manure export out of Chesapeake Bay Watershed.	October 2010— September 2011
PENNVEST	PPL—Brunner Island Power Plant York Haven, PA	59,800 Nitrogen	County of Lycoming, The Borough of Elizabethtown, ElectroCell Technologies, Inc. and Red Barn Trading Company	October 2010— September 2011
Red Barn Trading Company	Clearfield Municipal Authority Clearfield, PA	40,000 Nitrogen	Poultry manure export out of Chesapeake Bay Watershed	October 2010— September 2011
Chesapeake Nutrient Management, LLC	Milton Regional Sewer Authority Milton, PA	10,000 Nitrogen	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'').

MICHAEL L. KRANCER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1884. Filed for public inspection November 4, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]