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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 15-1422

NOTICES

Nutrient Credit Trading Program Certification Requests

[45 Pa.B. 4311]
[Saturday, August 1, 2015]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides notice of the following certification requests that have been submitted under the Nutrient Credit Trading Program (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 Requests

 The following applications for credit certification are being reviewed by the Department. The Department will accept written comments on these proposed pollutant reduction activities for 30 days. These requests will utilize a 3 to 1 trading ratio for credits verified after September 30, 2015.

Applicant Pollutant Reduction Activity Description
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Jim McCoy Farms
This certification is for cover crops and no-till Best Management Practices (BMP).
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming County)
on behalf of Harry Rogers
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Columbia County)
on behalf of GNH Farms
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Sullivan County)
on behalf Lambert Farms
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Lycoming and
Tioga County) on behalf of Bishcroft Farms
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.
Lycoming Conservation District (Clinton County)
on behalf of Schrack Farms
This certification is for cover crops and no-till BMPs.

Written Comments

 Interested persons must submit written comments on these applications for credit certification no later than Monday, August 31, 2015. Commentators are urged to submit electronic comments using the Department's eComment site at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment. Written comments with the subject line ''Lycoming County Certification Request'' should be submitted to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063, ecomment@pa.gov.

 For further information about this certification request or the Nutrient Credit Trading Program contact Jay Braund, Bureau of Point and Non-Point Source Management, 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.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''Nutrient Trading'').

JOHN QUIGLEY, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-1422. Filed for public inspection July 31, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]



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