Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Notice of Certification Requests [43 Pa.B. 4422]
[Saturday, August 3, 2013]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following certification requests that have 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), published at 40 Pa.B. 5790 (October 9, 2010).
The information described in this notice relates to submitted certification requests received in spring of 2013.
Certification Requests
The following requests are being reviewed by the Department.
Applicant Pollutant Reduction Activity Description Greater Hazelton Joint Sewer Authority. (Luzerne County) (NPDES Permit No. PA-0026921) This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the pollutant reduction activity of the borough's installed wastewater treatment process. The Borough of Hanover (York County) (NPDES
Permit No. PA-0026875)This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the pollutant reduction activity of the Hanover installed wastewater treatment process. Chesapeake Nutrient Management on behalf of Steve Hershey Farm This certification request is for nutrient reduction credits to be generated from the export of poultry litter out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Lycoming County Conservation District on JRT Farms This certification is for agricultural best management practices. Lycoming County Conservation District on behalf of
Snyder FarmsThis certification is for the agricultural best management practices. Lycoming County Conservation District on behalf of Worthington Farms This certification is for the agricultural best management practices. Written Comments
Interested persons may submit written comments on these proposed pollutant reduction activities by August 30, 2013. The Department will accept comments submitted by e-mail, but comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. A return name and address must be included in each e-mail transmission. Written comments should be submitted to 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.
For further information about this certification request or the Trading Program contact Jay Braund, at the previously listed address or phone number, or visit the Department's web site at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Nutrient Trading'').
E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO,
Acting Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-1450. Filed for public inspection August 2, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
