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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 16-1022

NOTICES

Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Certification Requests

[46 Pa.B. 3139]
[Saturday, June 18, 2016]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following certification requests that have been submitted under the Nutrient Credit Trading Program. See 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed), published at 40 Pa.B. 5790 (October 9, 2010).

Credit Certification Request

 The following requests are being reviewed by the Department. These applicants have a 3:1 trading ratio included in their calculations. The Department will accept written comments on these proposed pollutant reduction activities until Monday, July 18, 2016.

Applicant Pollutant Reduction Activity Description
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Barbour Farms.
This certification is for buffers and other related best management practices (BMP).
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Ernie Brown.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Charles Bosch.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Evan Brown.
This certification is for buffers and related BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Fogleman Farms.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Sullivan County)
on behalf John Harvey.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of JRT Farms.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Cameron Koons.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Richard Mowery.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Russell Reitz
This certification is for advanced pasture management.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Snyder Farms.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Tom Styer.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Charles Ulmer.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Vandine Dairy Farms.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Walter Worthington Farms.
This certification is for cover crops, no-till BMPs and
forest buffers.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Brad Gavitt.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Mike Jarrett.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Myron Knepp.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Gloria Morrison.
This certification is for forest buffers.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Plaxton Farm.
This certification is for forest buffers.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Mike Sherman.
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.

Written Comments

 The Department must receive comments on these applications for credit certification no later than Monday, July 18, 2016. Commentators are encouraged to submit electronic comments using the Department's eComment at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments can be submitted by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov or by mail to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063. Use ''Lycoming '' as the subject line in written communication.

 For further information about this certification request or the Nutrient Credit Trading Program contact Jay Braund at the Bureau of Clean Water, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 772-5636, jbraund@pa.gov or visit the Department's web site at http://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/PointNonPointMgmt/NutrientTrading/Pages/default.aspx#.V1gbrRbwouI.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-1022. Filed for public inspection June 17, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]



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