DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 1 PA Bulletin

The Department of Environmental Protection published 51 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the January 1 PA Bulletin - pages 46 to 97.

Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community?  Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?  All through its eNotice system.  Click Here to sign up.

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[Posted: December 31, 2021] PA Environment Digest

DEP Sets Jan. 26 Hearing On Permits For LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Mine Fayette, Westmoreland Counties

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a January 26 virtual hearing on the coal mining activities and NPDES Water Quality permits for the LCT Energy, LP Rustic Ridge #1 Mine in Fayette and Westmoreland counties (PA Bulletin, page 96).

Individuals who wish to participate and ask questions during the informal conference must contact community relations coordinator Lauren Fraley at lfraley@pa.gov  or 412-442-4203 a minimum of 24-hours in advance of the event to reserve a time to present testimony. 

Individuals who register for the event will receive an email containing the link and instructions on how to join the virtual informal public conference.

The virtual hearing will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information (PA Bulletin, page 96).

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[Posted: December 31, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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House returns to session Jan. 4, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26

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Senate returns to session Jan. 4, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients

 

-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County

 

-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County

 

-- Society Of American Foresters Honors Penn State Extension Forest Resources Educator David Jackson  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding  [PaEN]

 

-- CourierT Guest Essay: 10 Easy Steps To Help The Environment In 2022 - Avery Vaughan, Council Rock H.S. South, Bucks County

 

-- DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Bulletin - January 1, 2022 Now Available

 

-- PG: Pittsburgh Opens Largest Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Western PA

 

-- The Allegheny Front: First Person: Denele Hughson, Grow Pittsburgh’s Executive Director 

 

-- The Allegheny Front: Long-Time Environmental Journalist Don Hopey Reflects On His Beat In Pittsburgh 

 

-- The Allegheny Front: Why Dragonflies Found In The Ohio River Could Mean Good News For The Waterway 

 

-- Pinchot Institute For Conservation: Lessons & Losses To Remember In The New Year 

 

-- PA Forestry Association 2022 Conservation Banquet March 5 In State College

-- Save The Date: 2022 Forest Health, Insect, Disease Briefing March 15- In-Person, March 17-Virtual  ​​

 

-- PA Forestry Association: December/January Connect Newsletter

 

-- AltoonaM: First Day Hikes Return For 2022

 

-- YorkD: Audubon Christmas Bird Count For Kids Contributes To international Tally In York County

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Learn To Make Feathery Insect Imitations That Will Fool Fish

 

-- PA Forestry Association Seeks Association Management Firm - Copy Of RFP, One-Page Summary: Proposals Due Jan. 16

 

Hurricane/Tornado Recovery

 

-- Inquirer: IRS Extends Tax Deadline To Feb. 15 For Victims Of Hurricane Ida

 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Infrastructure Projects In PA Need More Private Sector Collaborations

 

Build Back Better Budget Bill

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: If You Know The Democratic Party, You Shouldn’t Be Surprised The Build Back Better Budge Seems Doomed [Until It Isn’t] - Philly Democratic Socialists 

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President

-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check

-- TribLive/AP: Colorado Wildfires Burn Hundreds Of Homes, Force Evacuations

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Snowflakes Melt Over New Voting District Maps

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Mastriano Lashes Out After Being Questioned On Use Of Senate Campaign Committee For Possible Gubernatorial Run By Conservative News Outlet

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Gubernatorial Hopeful Guy Ciarrocchi Says He Can Jumpstart PA’s Economy

-- The Economist: Walking Away: The Republican Party And Democracy

-- MCall: Berks County Reinstates Disaster Emergency Declaration Amid COVID Surge  [PA State Government Can’t]  ​

-- WHYY: Delaware Governor To Declare COVID Emergency As Patients Pack Hospitals [ PA Can’t]

-- TribLive: Allegheny County COVID Cases Skyrocket As Omicron Spreads

-- PG: Allegheny County Sees COVID Infections Spike ‘Alarmingly’

-- ErieT: Erie County COVID Cases, Hospitalizations Start To Rise

-- ScrantonT: Fewer COVID Deaths Than Last December, But New Case Surge Worse In NE PA

-- AltoonaM: Vaccines Still The Key In COVID Battle

-- TribLive: UPMC Receives Limited Supply Of Preventative Antibody Treatment For The Most Immunocompromised

-- Inquirer: PA Nurses After 22 Months Of COVID And A New Surge, ‘It Is So Defeating’

-- WESA: Pitt Starts Spring Semester Virtually

-- TribLive: Pitt Issues Shelter-In-Place Request, Requires COVID Testing For Students

-- PennLive: Penn State Health Asks People Not To Come To ER For Routine COVID Tests, Care

-- PG: Pitt Says Spring Classes Will Begin In-Person, But All Will Shelter In Place For At Least 5 Days

-- ErieT: Erie County Schools To Enforce Their Own Mask Policies Starting Tuesday

-- MCall/NYT: After 4 Killings, PA State Trooper Once Named ‘Officer Of The Year’ Still On The Job

-- WHYY: Philly Ends 2021 With Over 550 People Murdered, But Community Leaders Say A ‘Peace Movement’ Is Building

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Homicide Crisis In 2021 Featured More Guns, More Retaliatory Shootings And A Decline In Arrests And Convictions

-- Inquirer Editorial: It’s Time For PA To Stop Allowing Overdose Deaths To Be Treated Like Homicides

-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Financial Forgiveness Programs For Public Service Employees

-- PennLive: PA Turnpike Toll Increase Goes Into Effect This Weekend

-- PG Editorial: The Return To Normalcy That Wasn’t In 2022

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[Posted: December 31, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties

The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting the public to submit water quality data as part of stream evaluations for Angelica Creek in Berks County and Saltlick Run in Clearfield County.  (formal notice)

The Angelica Creek evaluation is being conducted in response to a rulemaking petition submitted to the Environmental Quality Board (Board) by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Angelica Creek Watershed Association.

The Saltlick Run evaluation is being conducted in response to a rulemaking petition submitted to the Board by RES Coal, LLC. 

Click Here for copies of the rulemaking petitions.

Persons who have technical data concerning the water quality, instream habitat or biological condition of these stream sections are encouraged to make it available to the Department for consideration in these evaluations. 

These evaluations may lead to recommendations to the Board for redesignation.

Interested persons may submit data through Monday, January 31, 2022. Persons are encouraged to submit data using the Department's online eComment tool or by email to ecomment@pa.gov.  

Data and questions may also be submitted to mbrickner@pa.gov or Mark Brickner, Water Quality Division, Bureau of Clean Water, P.O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774.

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[Posted: December 31, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is scheduled to hold a February 1 hearing on proposed Wild Resource Conservation Program funding for FY 2021-22.  (formal notice)

The purpose of the hearing is to allow interested persons the opportunity to make recommendations to the Wild Resource Conservation Board concerning allocation of funds for grants and other projects to preserve and enhance the wild resource in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022. 

The hearing will be held in the 6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg starting at Noon.

Individuals who plan to make comments should contact Jennifer Girton, 717-787-3212, jgirton@pa.gov or Rebecca Bowen, 717-772-0258, rebbowen@pa.gov prior to the hearing.

Visit DCNR’s Wild Resource Conservation Program webpage for more information.  Question should be directed to Jennifer Girton, 717-787-3212, jgirton@pa.gov or Rebecca Bowen, 717-772-0258, rebbowen@pa.gov

  For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website, Click Here to sign up for the Resource newsletter, Visit the Good Natured DCNR Blog,  Click Here for upcoming events, Click Here to hook up with DCNR on other social media-- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

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-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects 

-- DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds 

[Posted: December 31, 2021]  PA Environment Digest