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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 21-2076

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Nutrient Credit Trading Program; Actions; Certification Request Approvals

[51 Pa.B. 7794]
[Saturday, December 11, 2021]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has approved the following requests for certification of pollutant reduction activities to generate nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) credits under 25 Pa. Code § 96.8 (relating to use of offsets and tradable credits from pollution reduction activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed). Pollutant reduction activities include the following agriculture best management practices: continuous no-till planting methods (CNT), planting cover crop (CC), conservation tillage (CT), riparian forest buffers, off-stream watering with and without fencing, precision grazing and horse pasture management. These certification request approvals authorize the generation of N credits or P credits, or both, for use by facilities with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits in the compliance year in which the credits are generated. These approvals are valid until September 30, 2025, provided the pollution reduction activities are implemented, maintained and verified in accordance with the plans contained in the approved certification requests. For each of these certification request approvals, the credit generator is the Lycoming County Conservation District (LCCD).

Generator Site
Contact Name
Cert. ID BMP Name N

Credits
P

Credits
Public Comment Notice Date Date Certification Certification Expiration
LCCD Barbour 872 Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer 643 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Bishcroft 873 CNT, CT, CC 11,777 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Bosch 874 CNT, CT, CC 1,252 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Dincher 875 Riparian Forest Buffers, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing 625 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Brown, Er. 876 Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Off-Stream Watering without Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer  1,295 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Brown, Ev. 877 Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Off-Stream Watering without Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer    409 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Fogelman 878 CNT, CT, CC 465 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Gavitt 879 CNT, CT, CC, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Riparian Forest Buffer, Rotational Grazing  358 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Harvey 880 CNT, CC 399 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Jarrett 881 CNT, CT, CC 4,567 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Koons 883 CNT, CT, CC 194 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD London 885 CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffers, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing 1,675 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD McCoy 886 CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffers, Horse Pasture Mgmt, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing 646 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Mowery 887 CNT, CT 709 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Reitz 889 Horse Pasture Mgmt, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing 1,828 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Rogers 890 CNT, CT, CC 151 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Schrack 891 CNT, CT, CC 33,821 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Sherman 892 CC, Off-Stream Watering with Fencing, Precision Grazing, Riparian Forest Buffer  346 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Snyder 893 CNT, CT, CC, Riparian Forest Buffer 608 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Styer 894 CNT, CT, CC 273 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Tebbs 895 CNT, CT, CC 2,182 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Ulmer 896 CNT, CT, CC 3,123 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025
LCCD Vandine 897 CNT, CC  452 0 September 4, 2021 October 6, 2021 September 30, 2025

 Persons aggrieved by this action may appeal under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P.S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5A (relating to Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Second Floor, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457.

 TDD users may contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

 Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of receipt of notice of this action unless the appropriate statute provides a different time. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decisional law.

 Notices of appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained at http://ehb.courtapps.com or by contacting the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483. The notice of appeal form and the Board's rules are also available in Braille and on audiotape from the Secretary to the Board.

 Important legal rights are at stake. Individuals should show this document to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for free pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at (717) 787-3483 for more information. A lawyer is not needed to file a notice of appeal with the Board.

 For individuals who wish to challenge this action, appeals must be filed with and received by the Board within 30 days of receipt of notice of this action.

 For further information about this action or the Nutrient Credit Trading Program, contact the Division of Operations, Bureau of Clean Water, Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, (717) 787-6744, RA-EPPANutrientTrad@pa.gov or visit the Department's web site at www.dep.pa.gov/nutrient_trading.

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-2076. Filed for public inspection December 10, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]



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