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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 05-1860

NOTICES

Availability of Technical Guidance

[35 Pa.B. 5584]

   Technical guidance documents are on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) website: www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: Participate). The ''Current Inventory'' heading is the Governor's list of nonregulatory guidance documents. The ''Final Documents'' heading is the link to a menu of the various Department bureaus and from there to each bureau's final technical guidance documents. The ''Draft Technical Guidance'' heading is the link to the Department's draft technical guidance documents.

   The Department will continue to revise its nonregulatory documents, as necessary, throughout 2005.

Ordering Paper Copies of Department Technical Guidance

   The Department encourages the use of the Internet to view guidance documents. When this option is not available, persons can order a bound paper copy of the latest inventory or an unbound paper copy of any of the final documents listed on the inventory by calling the Department at (717) 783-8727.

   In addition, bound copies of some of the Department's documents are available as Department publications. Check with the appropriate bureau for more information about the availability of a particular document as a publication.

Changes to Technical Guidance Documents

   Following is the current list of recent changes. 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.

Final Guidance

   DEP ID:  563-2000-655. Title:  Surface Water Protection--Underground Bituminous Coal Mining Operations. Description: This guidance describes procedures for protecting perennial and intermittent streams and wetlands from potential adverse effects caused by underground bituminous coal mining operations. It replaces existing technical guidance document No. 563-2000-655: Perennial Stream Protection, which pertains only to the protection of perennial streams. The guidance is established through the authority of 25 Pa. Code Chapters 86, 89, 93, 96 and 105, The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) and The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (52 P. S. §§ 1406.1--1406.21). Notice of availability of the draft document was published at 35 Pa.B. 1476 (February 26, 2005). The Department accepted public comments on the draft document from February 26, 2005--March 28, 2005. The Department received comments on the draft, which are addressed in the final guidance document. The Department also prepared a Comment and Response document addressing the public comments which were received. Contact: Harold Miller, P. G., Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, (717) 783-1199, harmiller@state.pa.us. Effective Date: October 8, 2005.

KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1860. Filed for public inspection October 7, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]


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