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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 12-1013

NOTICES

Availability of Technical Guidance

[42 Pa.B. 3174]
[Saturday, June 2, 2012]

 Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) web site at http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us. 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.

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.

Final Technical Guidance—Substantive Revision

 DEP ID: 273-4130-003. Title: Guidance for Application of Regional Civil Assessment Procedure. Description: The Department has revised its Guidance for Application of Regional Civil Assessment Procedure, Technical Guidance Document Number 273-4130-003, which was developed in 1992 and revised in 2002 to establish uniform criteria for assessing monetary penalties for violations of requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act, Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act (APCA) and rules and regulations adopted under the acts. The technical guidance document provides a methodology for determining appropriate civil penalties to resolve violations in accordance with section 9.1 of the APCA. The final revisions include provisions for violations of applicable requirements including permit or plan approval conditions, source testing, emission limits, 12-month rolling emission limits, air pollutant releases, visible emissions, fugitive emissions, malodor, open burning and small source NOx violations. In addition, specific steps of the penalty calculation methodology that considers factors of a violation more than once have been corrected. In addition to clarifying revisions, the changes to the document include an inflation adjustment procedure, changes to the penalty adjustment factors and additional provisions to address the financial benefit to a person in consequence of a violation, as required under section 9.1 of the APCA.

 Effective Date: The proposed guidance document will be effective upon publication as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 Contact: Questions regarding the final technical guidance document should be directed to Scott Kepner, (717) 772-2330 or skepner@pa.gov.

MICHAEL L. KRANCER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1013. Filed for public inspection June 1, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]


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