NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Actions; Certification Request Approvals

[51 Pa.B. 7794]
[Saturday, December 11, 2021]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has approved the following requests for certification of pollutant reduction activities to generate nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) credits under 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed). Pollutant reduction activities include the following agriculture best management practices: continuous no-till planting methods (CNT), planting cover crop (CC), conservation tillage (CT), riparian forest buffers, off-stream watering with and without fencing, precision grazing and horse pasture management. These certification request approvals authorize the generation of N credits or P credits, or both, for use by facilities with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits in the compliance year in which the credits are generated. These approvals are valid until September 30, 2025, provided the pollution reduction activities are implemented, maintained and verified in accordance with the plans contained in the approved certification requests. For each of these certification request approvals, the credit generator is the Lycoming County Conservation District (LCCD).

Generator	Site Contact Name	Cert. ID	BMP Name	N Credits	P Credits	Public Comment Notice Date	Date Certification	Certification Expiration
LCCD	Barbour	872	Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer	643	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Bishcroft	873	CNT, CT, CC	11,777	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Bosch	874	CNT, CT, CC	1,252	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Dincher	875	Riparian Forest Buffers, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing	625	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Brown, Er.	876	Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Off-Stream Watering without Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer	1,295	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Brown, Ev.	877	Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Off-Stream Watering without Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer	409	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Fogelman	878	CNT, CT, CC	465	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Gavitt	879	CNT, CT, CC, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Riparian Forest Buffer, Rotational Grazing	358	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Harvey	880	CNT, CC	399	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Jarrett	881	CNT, CT, CC	4,567	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Koons	883	CNT, CT, CC	194	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	London	885	CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffers, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing	1,675	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	McCoy	886	CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffers, Horse Pasture Mgmt, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing	646	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Mowery	887	CNT, CT	709	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Reitz	889	Horse Pasture Mgmt, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing	1,828	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Rogers	890	CNT, CT, CC	151	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Schrack	891	CNT, CT, CC	33,821	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Sherman	892	CC, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer	346	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Snyder	893	CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffer	608	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Styer	894	CNT, CT, CC	273	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Tebbs	895	CNT, CT, CC	2,182	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Ulmer	896	CNT, CT, CC	3,123	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025
LCCD	Vandine	897	CNT, CC	452	0	September 4, 2021	October 6, 2021	September 30, 2025

 Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P.S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5A (relating to Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Second Floor, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457.

 TDD users may contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

 Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of receipt of notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.

 Notices of appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained at http://ehb.courtapps.com or by contacting the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. The notice of appeal form and the Board's rules are also available in Braille and on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board.

 Important legal rights are at stake. Individuals should show this document to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information. A lawyer is not needed to file a notice of appeal with the Board.

 For individuals who wish to challenge this action, appeals must be filed with and received by the Board within 30 days of receipt of notice of this action.

 For further information about this action or the Nutrient Credit Trading Program, contact the Division of Operations, Bureau of Clean Water, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 787-6744, RA-EPPANutrientTrad@pa.gov or visit the Department's web site at www.dep.pa.gov/nutrient_trading.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-2076. Filed for public inspection December 10, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]

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