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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1357

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Residual Waste General Permit WMGR123; Base Permit Extension

[50 Pa.B. 5547]
[Saturday, October 3, 2020]

 Under the authority of the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. §§ 6018.101—6018.1003) and the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P.S. §§ 4000.101—4000.1904), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) by this notice issues a 3-month extension of the terms of its current General Permit No. WMGR123. The current General Permit No. WMGR1213 is scheduled to expire October 4, 2020. This General Permit authorizes permittees to process, transfer and beneficially use oil and gas liquid waste to develop or hydraulically fracture an oil or gas well.

 The Department published notice of its intent to modify and renew General Permit No. WMGR123 (WMGR123) at 50 Pa.B. 2137 (April 18, 2020). The Department received significant public interest in the proposed modifications to WMGR123. Due to the volume and breadth of the comments received, WMGR123 will be renewed with its existing permit language for 3 months, until January 4, 2021. This will allow time for the Department to finalize responses to the comments received during the 60-day public comment period.

 At this time, the Department will not take a final action on pending renewal applications under WMGR123 until the revised General Permit WMGR123 has been issued. Until the Department acts on the pending renewal applications, existing coverage under WMGR123 will automatically continue in accordance with the following general permit Condition C.19., provided permittees are in compliance with all other terms and conditions of WMGR123:

''In the event that a timely and complete application for renewal has been submitted and the Department is unable, through no fault of the permittee, to reissue the general permit or approval for coverage before its current coverage expiration date, the terms and conditions of the approved coverage will automatically continue and will remain fully effective and enforceable pending the issuance or denial of the renewal for permit coverage, provided the permittee is, and has been, operating in compliance with the terms and conditions of the general permit.''

 The terms and conditions of WMGR123 remain fully effective and enforceable pending the Department's final action on the application for renewal of permit coverage.

 Persons interested in reviewing the general permit may contact Chris Solloway at csolloway@pa.gov, (717) 787-7381, or Environmental Group Manager, Permits Section, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, Bureau of Waste Management, P.O. Box 69170, Harrisburg, PA 17106-9170.

 Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Chris Solloway at (717) 787-7381 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1357. Filed for public inspection October 2, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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