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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 16-1435

NOTICES

Availability of Technical Guidance

[46 Pa.B. 5160]
[Saturday, August 20, 2016]

 Technical guidance documents are available on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) web site at http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/HomePage. 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) 787-8727.

 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 Document: New Guidance

 DEP ID: 563-2112-001. Title: Beneficial Use of General Permit (GP) Materials at Active Coal Mines. Descrip- tion: This guidance explains how the Bureau of Mining Programs implements the beneficial use of materials authorized by a Bureau of Waste Management General Permit for a site covered under a coal mining permit. It clarifies the procedure for obtaining approval from the Department to use these materials for coal mine reclamation and the guidelines for making the approval determination. The guidance was published as draft at 46 Pa.B. 3030 (June 11, 2016). No comments were received. No changes were made to the draft document.

 Contact: Questions regarding this technical guidance document should be directed to Sharon Hill at (717) 787-6842 or shill@pa.gov.

 Effective Date: Saturday, August 20, 2016.

Final Technical Guidance Document: Substantive Revision

 DEP ID: 394-2125-002. Title: 4-Log Treatment of Viruses Demonstration Guidance. Description: The subject guidance document was developed to help all community water systems and some noncommunity water systems to comply with the Pennsylvania Groundwater Rule that was promulgated on December 26, 2009. The draft document has helped water systems in submitting uniform information for analysis of 4-Log demonstration under the Pennsylvania Groundwater Rule. The compliance dates for community water systems varied by the size of the system and has passed. The document is now used primarily by noncommunity systems on an as needed basis. The revisions include: (1) changes to the titles and form numbers for some of the forms; (2) minor changes to address comment from International Ultraviolet Association (IUA); (3) minor changes to incorporate responses to the comments included in the comment and response document; (4) reference to e-library link for various forms instead of inclusion of those in the guidance document; and (5) inclusion of IUA's comment and response in the comment and response document.

 This guidance was published as draft at 41 Pa.B. 307 (January 8, 2011) for a 30-day comment period. Comments were received from IUA and incorporated within the comment and response document. This technical guidance document has been renumbered from 385-2125-001 to reflect a Departmental reorganization.

 Contact: Questions regarding this technical guidance document should be directed to David Mittner at (717) 787-9633 or dmittner@pa.gov.

 Effective Date: Saturday, August 20, 2016.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-1435. Filed for public inspection August 19, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]


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