Availability of Technical Guidance [36 Pa.B. 7503]
[Saturday, December 9, 2006]Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) website at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Technical Guidance''). The ''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 ''Draft Technical Guidance'' heading is the link to the Department's draft technical guidance documents.
The Department will continue to revise its nonregulatory documents, as necessary, throughout 2006.
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
DEP ID: 254-2000-715. Title: Use of Waste from Land Clearing, Grubbing and Excavation (LCGE) and the Use of Concrete or Other Clean Fill Materials Containing Protruding Rebar or Other Metal as Clean Fill. Description: This policy provides guidance for the use of waste from land clearing, grubbing and excavation (LCGE) as clean fill, including provisions for the use of concrete containing protruding rebar as clean fill. Substantive changes were proposed to the guidance, which was initially issued on March 20, 1990, under the title of ''Definition of Clean Fill.'' The substantive changes, emanating from new regulations concerning the use of waste from land clearing, grubbing and excavation as clean fill and policy modifications concerning the safe management of protruding rebar from concrete, were advertised for public comment at 36 Pa.B. 1294 (March 18, 2006). Comments were received which have been addressed by the Department in a separate Comment and Response document that is available on the Department's website at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: Technical Guidance). Upon finalization of the substantive revisions to the policy, the Department incorporated modified provisions concerning the management of uncontaminated concrete containing protruding rebar, including measures that are recommended to prevent or minimize safety hazards. The guidance is issued under the authority of the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003). Contact: Habib Sharifihossein, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Management, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, P. O. Box 8472, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 14th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8472, (717) 783-7500, hsharifiho@state. pa.us Effective Date: December 9, 2006.
KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2417. Filed for public inspection December 8, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
