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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-689

NOTICES

Proposed Amendments to Water Quality Standards--Antidegradation Policy

[27 Pa.B. 2198]

   The Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public meeting to discuss and respond to questions on proposed amendments to the water quality antidegradation policy and implementation procedures.

   The public meeting will be held on Thursday, May 15, 1997 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bucks County Courthouse Community Room, 55 E. Court Street, Doylestown, PA.

   The Environmental Quality Board (EQB) recently approved and published proposed amendments to the antidegradation policy in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on March 22, 1997. At the same time, the Department published proposed new implementation procedures to supplement the regulation.

   Pennsylvania's previous water quality antidegradation policy was replaced in large part in January 1997 by EPA, which promulgated the Federal antidegradation policy for Pennsylvania. EPA was responding to a court order issued in response to a suit that averred EPA failed to require Pennsylvania to meet Federal requirements for an antidegradation policy. Pennsylvania proposes to replace the ''one size fits all'' Federal regulation with the proposed regulation which reflects Pennsylvania specific concerns.

   Further information and both documents are available from the Division of Water Quality Assessment and Standards, Bureau of Watershed Conservation, P. O. Box 8555, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 10th Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555, (717) 787-9637, or electronically on the DEP website (http://www.dep.state.pa.us). Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users). Public hearings on the proposals are scheduled for May 7 and the public comment periods are open until May 21, 1997.

   Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Gloria Unger at (717) 783-4693 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-689. Filed for public inspection May 2, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]


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