Availability of Technical Guidance [27 Pa.B. 3717] 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 next publication of this list will be in the August 2, 1997, Pennsylvania 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 June 1997 edition of the Inventory is on DEP's World Wide Web site now in two forms: 1) As a list and 2) In the form of a data base. DEP's Web address is http://www.dep.state.pa.us. To go to the location of the Inventory List once on the DEP home page, persons should choose the Public Participation Center/Technical Guidance/June 1997 Inventory. To go to the location of the Inventory data base once on the DEP page, persons should choose the Public Participation Center/Technical Guidance/Search the Inventory of Technical Guidance Documents.
Bound paper copies of the June 1997 Inventory are now available for those who do not have access to the Web site. DEP automatically mails a paper copy of the June 1997 Inventory to persons who received a bound paper copy of the December 1996 Inventory. Persons who wish to add their address to the mailing list should call Nina Huizinga at (717) 783-8727.
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. Persons should look under the heading ''Proposals Open to Comment'' for the link to ''Draft Technical Guidance.'' Persons should look under the heading ''Proposals Recently Finalized'' for the link to ''Technical Guidance.'' Persons should look under the heading ''Technical Guidance'' for the link to ''Final Guidance.'' 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.
Help Protect the Environment: Use the Web and Save Trees
DEP encourages members of the public who read these announcements in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and DEP's UPDATE and who have access to the World Wide Web to avoid the needless duplication of paper copies of DEP's technical guidance documents. Persons can download those DEP documents which are posted on DEP's Web site onto their computers and read them electronically. This method saves both paper and money.
Ordering Paper Copies of DEP Technical Guidance
Although DEP promotes the use of electronic copies of its technical guidance rather than paper copies, there are still reasons for DEP to continue to provide members of the public with paper copies: 1) It may be more convenient to use some documents in a paper form, 2) Not everyone has access to the World Wide Web and 3) Not all DEP documents are on DEP's Web site yet. Persons can order an unbound paper copy of the latest Inventory or an unbound paper copy of any of the final documents listed on the Inventory by calling DEP at (717) 783-8727.
In addition, bound copies of some of DEP's documents are available as DEP publications. Persons should check with the appropriate bureau for more information about the availability of a particular document as a publication.
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 questions or comments about a particular document should call the contact person whose name and phone number 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 or the technical guidance document process in general should call Nina Huizinga at (717) 783-8727.
Final Technical Guidance--New Guidance
DEP ID: 580-2200-003 Title: Section 316(h): Use of Electronic Methane Detectors in Lieu of Approved Flame Safety Lamps. Description: This document outlines when a machine operator can use an electronic methane detector in lieu of the flame safety lamp in Pennsylvania bituminous coal mines. Page Length: 2 pages Location: Volume 9, Tab 8 Contact: Matt Bertovich at (412) 439-7304.
Final Technical Guidance-Minor Revisions to Existing Guidance
The Bureau of Watershed Conservation has made format changes to the following documents. Persons who have questions should contact Pat Phillipy at (717) 787-5267.
DEP ID Title Pages Location 393-0900-006 Stationary/Non-Stationary Tanks 3 Vol 32, Tab 06 393-0900-009 Exemption from Registration Fees for Volunteer Fire Companies or Volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Organizations 3 Vol 32, Tab 09 393-0900-011 Modification and Maintenance Issues 7 Vol 32, Tab 11 393-0900-012 Storage Tank Cleaning Activities 3 Vol 32, Tab 12 393-0900-015 Implementation of Act 16 2 Vol 32, Tab 14A 393-0900-016 Implementation of Act 34 4 Vol 32, Tab 14B 393-0900-017 Requirements for Registration of ASTs and USTs 4 Vol 32, Tab 14C 393-2300-001 Final Rulemaking: Chapter 245, Subchapters A and B (Storage Tanks Certification Program) 6 Vol 32, Tab 14D 393-3300-002 Permeability of Secondary Containment and Emergency Containment 3 Vol 32, Tab 19 JAMES M. SEIF,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1189. Filed for public inspection July 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
