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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 23-1551

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Availability of Water Quality Management General Permit for Small Flow Treatment Facilities (WQG-01)

[53 Pa.B. 7087]
[Saturday, November 11, 2023]

 Under The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1—691.1001) and sections 1905-A, 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§ 510-5, 510-17 and 510-20), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), by this notice, informs the public of the availability of the final Water Quality Management (WQM) General Permit for Small Flow Treatment Facilities (WQG-01). The WQG-01 General Permit will become effective on November 12, 2023.

 The WQG-01 General Permit is intended to provide coverage to persons constructing and operating domestic wastewater treatment facilities with flows not greater than 2,000 gallons per day. The WQG-01 General Permit may not be used for discharges that do not meet eligibility requirements of the WQG-01 General Permit.

 Notice of the availability of a draft WQG-01 General Permit was published at 52 Pa.B. 6934 (November 5, 2022). A 30-day comment period was provided, during which the Department received no comments or questions. Because no comments were received, a comment response document has not been developed alongside the final WQG-01 General Permit.

 One minor change was made to the final WQG-01 General Permit in comparison to the draft WQG-01 General Permit that was published at 52 Pa.B. 6934. The permit was intended to have an Appendix containing a list of proprietary systems that have been reviewed and approved by the Department as being able to consistently meet the effluent limits and therefore meet the provisions of the Department's Small Flow Treatment Facilities Manual. These systems are eligible for coverage under WQG-01. The missing Appendix has been included in the final version of the WQG-01 General Permit documents. This Appendix is informational in nature and does not affect the terms and conditions of the permit.

 Facilities that have been approved for coverage under the existing WQG-01 will maintain their existing coverage.

 The WQG-01 General Permit package can be accessed online through the Department's eLibrary web site at www.depgreenport.state.pa.us/elibrary/ (select ''Permit and Authorization Packages,'' then ''Clean Water,'' then ''WQG-01 General Permit for Small Flow Treatment Facilities 3850-PM-BCW0020'').

 In accordance with Department policy, regarding to public notice of general permits, the Department will publish notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin for every approval of coverage under the WQG-01 General Permit.

JESSICA SHIRLEY, 
Interim Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-1551. Filed for public inspection November 10, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]


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