Site construction includes grading for staging and laydown areas, relocation of an existing water treatment plant, and power generation units on the site of the former Homer City coal-fired power plant.
The project is expected to impact a total of 2.459 acres of 12 wetland areas and 162.35 feet of an unnamed tributary of Cherry Run.
The applicant proposes mitigation for project impacts through purchase of mitigation bank credits at the Paden Creek Mitigation Bank for Federally jurisdictional wetland impacts.
Mitigation for the remaining permanent wetland impacts are proposed to be offset through the PIESCES in-lieu fee program. No mitigation is proposed for the waived stream impacts.
No hearing has been scheduled on this application, although one may be requested.
Comments are due December 29- 30 days from this notice.
Comments should be sent to DEP’s Northwest Regional Office, Waterways & Wetlands Program, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, PA 16335-3481 or by email to: RA-EPWW-NWRO@pa.gov.
Arrangements to review the application file can be made by calling DEP’s Northwest Regional Office at 814-332-6945.
Questions should be directed to: 814-332-6945 or RA-EPWW-NWRO@pa.gov.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information and a list of related projects with aquatic resource impacts associated with redevelopment of the Homer City site. (PA Bulletin, page 8144)
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[Posted: November 26, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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