The pipeline route will go through Black Lick, Burrell and Center Townships in Indiana County.
The project requires 9 utility line crossings (GP-5) and 10 temporary road crossings (GP 8) of streams, floodways, and wetlands and 24 resource crossings located within streams and floodways with drainage areas less than 100 acres (§ 105.12(a) Waiver 2) and 2 resource crossings of a single pole overhead electric powerline (§ 105.12(a) Waiver 3).
No hearing has been scheduled on this permit, but one may be requested.
Comments will be accepted for 30 days.
Comments should be sent to DEP’s Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335 or be email to: A-EPWW-NWRO@pa.gov.
To make an appointment to review the permit application, contact the DEP File Review Coordinator at 814-332-6078 or 814-332-6340.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 828)
Visit DEP’s Homer City Generation webpage for more information on permits related to this data center and power plant project.
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[Posted: February 6, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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