Nutrient Credit Trading Program Certification Requests [46 Pa.B. 5640]
[Saturday, August 27, 2016]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following certification requests that has been submitted under the Nutrient Credit Trading Program (Trading Program). See 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed).
The following requests are being reviewed by the Department:
Applicant Pollutant Reduction Activity Description Red Barn Consulting (Chickies Creek Farm) Lancaster County This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the export of poultry litter out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Red Barn Consulting
(Lime Valley Farms) Lancaster CountyThis certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the export of poultry litter out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Red Barn Consulting
(Five Springs Farm LTD) Lancaster CountyThis certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the export of poultry litter out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The Department must receive comments on this application for credit certification no later than Thursday, September 15, 2016. Commentators are urged to submit electronic comments using the Department's eComment site at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments can be submitted by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov or by mail to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063. Use ''Red Barn'' as the subject line in written communication.
For further information about this certification request or the Nutrient Credit Trading Program contact Jay Braund, Bureau of Point and Non-Point Source Management, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 772-5636, jbraund@pa.gov or visit the Department's web site at www.dep.pa.gov/Nutrient_Trading.
PATRICK McDONNELL,
Acting Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-1494. Filed for public inspection August 26, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
