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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 10-1400

NOTICES

Availability of Technical Guidance

[40 Pa.B. 4352]
[Saturday, July 31, 2010]

 Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) web site at http://www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''eLibrary''). The ''Technical Guidance Final Documents'' heading is the link to a menu of the various Department bureaus where each bureau's final technical guidance documents are posted. The ''Technical Guidance Draft Documents'' heading is the link to the Department's draft technical guidance documents.

 The Department will continue to revise its nonregulatory documents, as necessary, throughout 2010.

Ordering Paper Copies of Department Technical Guidance

 The Department encourages the use of the Internet to view and download technical guidance documents. When this option is not available, persons can order a paper copy of any of the Department's draft or final technical guidance documents by contacting 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.

Draft Technical Guidance—Substantive Revision

 DEP ID: 562-2000-705. Title: Mining Contract Operator Approval. Description: This Technical Guidance Document addresses contract operator approvals for coal and industrial mineral mining permits, describing the methods to be utilized by the Bureau of Mining and Reclamation for evaluating and tracking contract operators. The mining acts require that applicants and their related parties (including contractors) be in compliance with the acts, rules, regulations, permits or licenses of the Department in order to be eligible to receive permit or license approvals. Comments: Written and electronic comments should be submitted to: Bruce A. Carl, Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, P. O. Box 8461, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8461 or brcarl@state.pa.us. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Comments must be received by the Department by August 30, 2010. Contact: Questions regarding the draft technical guidance document should be directed to Bruce A. Carl, brcarl@state.pa.us or (717) 787-5015.

 Effective date: Upon publication of notice as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

Final Technical Guidance—Substantive Revision:

 DEP ID: 563-2000-610. Title: Validating Abandoned Underground Mine Maps and Establishing Barrier Pillars. Description: The purpose of this guidance is to improve mine safety and underground mine permitting by establishing methods and procedures to be used: (1) when assembling, presenting and evaluating information establishing boundary lines of adjacent underground mines located near active underground mines; (2) to ensure complete and well documented mine maps; (3) to promote modern and consistent mine surveying techniques; (4) to ensure that adequate safety barrier pillars are properly delineated and maintained; and (5) to minimize potential for accidental breakthroughs into adjacent underground mine workings by facilitating coordination between mine safety and environmental permitting staff.

 This guidance was revised to include the updates made to the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act, the updating of several definitions, the addition and updating of all references to the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act, the changing of all references to the Bureau of Deep Mine Safety to Bureau of Mine Safety, the removal of all references to specific application modules as well as Appendix A (Bituminous Underground Mine Application, Module 22), Appendix B (Anthracite Underground Mine Application, Module 16), and Appendix C (Noncoal Underground Mine Application, Module 15), and the renaming of Appendix D (Mine Map Information Source Checklist) to Appendix A (Mine Map Information Source Checklist). Contact: Questions regarding this technical guidance document should be directed to Gregory Shuler, P. G. at (717) 783-1199 or gshuler@state.pa.us.

 Effective date: Upon publication of notice as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

JOHN HANGER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1400. Filed for public inspection July 30, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]


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