310 Availability of technical guidance

Availability of Technical Guidance

[27 Pa.B. 1081]

Governor's Office List

   Once a year on the first Saturday in August, the Governor's Office publishes a list of the nonregulatory guidance documents of all State agencies in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The first publication of this list was in the August 3, 1996, edition of the Bulletin.

DEP's Technical Guidance Document Inventory

   DEP publishes a list of its technical guidance documents in its Technical Guidance Document Inventory twice a year. The most recent edition of the Inventory is the December 1996 edition. One version of the list of the documents contained in this edition is now available on DEP's World Wide Web site. DEP's Web address is http://www.dep.state.pa.us. To go to the location of the Inventory once on the DEP home page, persons should choose the Public Participation Center, scroll down to the ''Technical Guidance Document'' heading and (under this heading) click on ''Basic Inventory.''

   Bound paper copies of the Inventory have been printed and are available now. DEP automatically mails a paper copy of the December 1996 Inventory to persons who received a bound paper copy of the June 1996 Inventory. Persons who wish to add their address to the mailing list should call Nina Huizinga at [phone].

DEP's Technical Guidance Documents on the World Wide Web

   DEP's Web address is http://www.dep.state.pa.us. To go to the location of DEP's Technical Guidance Documents once on the DEP home page, persons should choose the Public Participation Center. The Center contains several links to DEP's Technical Guidance Documents. The link to draft technical guidance documents is listed under the heading ''Proposals Open to Comment.'' The link to recently finalized technical guidance documents is listed under the heading ''Recently Finalized Proposals.'' Two links are under the heading ''Technical Guidance Documents'':  one link is to the ''Basic Inventory'' and one link is to ''Final Documents'' on the Web. The final documents menu will list DEP's bureaus. Persons should click on the name of the bureau to get to the list of the documents from that bureau that are currently on the Web. Then, to get to see a document, persons should click on the ID number of the document. DEP will be adding its revised documents to the Web throughout 1997.

Ordering Paper Copies of DEP Technical Guidance

   Persons can order an unbound copy of the latest Inventory or a copy of any of the final documents listed on the Inventory by calling Elwyn, Inc. (the printer) at 1 [phone] if calling in Pennsylvania or [phone] if calling from outside Pennsylvania.

Changes to Technical Guidance Documents

   Between publication of its Inventory, DEP announces changes to its technical guidance documents in its weekly newsletter, the UPDATE and the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Here is the current list of recently finalized documents, draft documents and notices of intended changes to technical guidance.

   Persons who have any questions or comments about a particular document should call the contact person whose name and phone is listed with each document. Persons who have questions or comments about the Inventory, the documents on the World Wide Web, the availability of paper copies from the printer or the technical guidance document process in general should call Nina Huizinga at [phone].

Final Technical Guidance Documents

   DEP ID:  253-4500-606. Title:  Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs) for Cleanup Response and Remedial Actions in Pennsylvania. Description:  Remedial actions conducted at various waste sites and facilities in Pennsylvania require the implementation of regulatory standards from several Bureaus within DEP and other agencies. This document provides an index of these standards. This is only a minor revision of that document to put it into DEP's standard format for all its technical guidance documents and to place it on DEP's World Wide Web site. Effective Date:  May 15, 1996. Page Length:  25 pages. Location:  Volume 5, Tab 36. Contact:  Josephine Valencia at [phone].

   DEP ID:  363-0900-016. Title:  Implementation of Act 34. Description:  This guidance identifies the changes to the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act of 1989 as amended by Act 34 of 1996. Effective Date:  November 19, 1996. Page Length:  4 pages. Location:  Volume 33, Tab 14B. Contact:  Tammy Young at [phone].

   DEP ID:  363-0900-017. Title:  Requirements for Registration of Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) and Underground Storage Tanks (USTs). Description:  This guidance establishes requirements for owners of tanks that were not installed by certified individuals or tanks that previously stored unregulated substances. Effective Date: December 6, 1996. Page Length:  4 pages. Location:  Volume 33, Tab 14C. Contact:  Tammy Young at [phone].

   DEP ID:  363-2300-001. Title:  Final Rulemaking: Chapter 245, Subchapters A and B (Storage Tanks Certification Program). Description:  This guidance establishes a plan to implement the amendments to Chapter 245, Subchapters A and B. Effective Date:  November 15, 1996. Page Length:  6 pages. Location:  Volume 33, Tab 14D. Contact:  Tammy Young at [phone].

Draft Technical Guidance

   DEP ID:  012-4180-001. Title:  Policy for the Acceptance of Community Environmental Projects in lieu of a Portion of Civil Penalty Payments. Background:  DEP wishes to facilitate projects which have a substantial public health, safety or environmental benefit to the community through the use of funds which would otherwise be paid to DEP as a civil penalty. Deadline for Submittal of Comments:  March 31, 1997. Contact:  Terry R. Bossert at [phone].

Notice of Intent to Revise Technical Guidance--Regulatory Basics Initiative Changes

   DEP has reviewed all of its regulations and technical guidance documents and published a report of its intended substantive revisions August 1996. Already many of these intended revisions have been announced in past issues of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Here follows a list of all remaining DEP technical guidance documents that DEP programs intend to substantively revise to date:

DEP ID	Title:	Information and Contact:
251-2100-754	Change of Ownership/Transfer of Permit	Waiting for reg change. Josephine Valencia at [phone]
251-2149-713	Review Procedure for Hazardous Waste Transfer Facilities for PBR Status	Waiting for reg change. Josephine Valencia at [phone]
258-2181-771	Interim Operating Requirements for Permitted and Unpermitted Facilities	Waiting for reg change. Josephine Valencia at [phone]
258-2182-773	Criteria/Use of Various Materials as Clean Fill	Waiting for reg change. Josephine Valencia at [phone]
361-3200-002	Ambient Fixed Station Water Quality Network Monitoring	Waiting for reg change. Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-003	Cause/Effect Surveys	Waiting for reg change. Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-004	Aquatic Life Use Attainability Studies--Flow Water and Impoundment	Waiting for reg change. Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-005	Aquatic Life Special Water Quality Protection Survey	Waiting for reg change. Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-006	Toxics Surveys	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-007	Stream Enrichment Risk Analysis	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-008	Advanced Treatment Model Calibration/Verification Surveys	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-009	Establishing FIX station and Ambient Groundwater Monitoring Networks	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-010	Standardized Biological Field Collection	Waiting for reg change. Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-013	Evaluation of Phosphorus to Lakes, Ponds and Impoundments	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-014	Guidance for Establishing Fixed Station Monitoring Networks	Ed Brezina at [phone]
361-3200-016	Quality Assurance Work Plans for Groundwater Monitoring Stations	Ed Brezina at [phone]
364-5500-001	Capital Grants for Sewerage Construction	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5511-006	Capital Financing Plan--PENNVEST Funded Projects	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5511-007	Cost Effectiveness Review--PENNVEST Funded Projects	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5511-012	DEP and PENNVEST	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5511-013	A State Environmental Review Process for Pennsylvania	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5511-014	Reviewing, Approving, Certifying MBE/WBE Proposals for WPCRF	Reg has changed. Bob Gibson at [phone]
364-5512-001	PA Sewage Facilities Act 537, Enforcement Reimbursement	Lou Bercheni at [phone]
364-5512-002	Act 537 Sewage Facilities Planning Guide	Lou Bercheni at [phone]
364-5513-001	Act 339 Subsidy Grants	Pete Slack at [phone]
382-2130-001	Review of Water Allocation Permit Applications	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-002	Subsidiary Water Allocation Permit Requirement	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-003	Attorney General Opinion 361 re:  1939 Water Rights Act	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-004	Rescission of Water Rights	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-005	Policy for Regulation of Interbasin Transfers	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-006	Metering of Withdrawals under Orders of Confirmation	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-007	Constant Gallons per Capita per Day (GPCD)	Bill Gast at [phone]
382-2130-008	Permit Life	Bill Gast at [phone]
392-2134-008	Erosion and Sedimentation Pollution Control Manual	Wait for Reg Change. Ken Reisinger at [phone]
393-5500-004	Chesapeake Bay Financial Assistance Funding Program Guidance	Wait for Reg Change. Cedric Karper at [phone]
563-2112-654	Technical Review, Mine Stability	Wait for Reg Change. Evan Shuster at [phone]

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-310. Filed for public inspection February 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]