-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 14 [PaEN]
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing it has modified and renewed the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant to memorialize the facility’s shutdown and removes sources no longer in operation and includes Emission Reduction Credits located in Center Twp., Indiana County. [The site is being converted into an A.I. data center campus.] (PA Bulletin, page 1506)
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin it has received an Act 2 Land Recycling Program Notice of Intent from Allegheny DC PropCo to remediate the former Cheswick Power Plant site in Springdale Borough, Allegheny County for the planned future use as the Springdale A.I. Data Center. (PA Bulletin, page 1465) Read more here.
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing an April 16 hearing on the NPDES Wastewater Permit for the PA American Water Manwalamink Treatment Plant in Smithfield Township, Monroe County. (PA Bulletin, page 1515) Read more here.
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing an April 8 Informal Public Conference on the NPDES Mining Permit modification proposing to add 4,380 underground mining acres to the Consol PA Coal Company, LLC Enlow Fork Longwall Coal Mine located in Morris and Richhill Townships, Greene County. The Public Conference will be held at the Morris Township Municipal Building, 77 Park Drive, in Prosperity, PA starting at 6:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 1515) Read more here. [Note: DEP is also inviting comments on the basic NPDES mining and water quality permit covering this mine. (PA Bulletin, page 1473 - 1481)]
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing an April 9 hearing on a proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response at the Mahoning Street Milton Radioactive Materials Site in Turbot Township, Northumberland County. (PA Bulletin, page 1516) Read more here.
-- Philadelphia Air Management Services Office published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing an April 30 virtual hearing at 6:00 p.m. on an Air Quality Permit for the Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia employee parking garage located at 3000 Grays Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia. (PA Bulletin, page 1517) Read more here.
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a $11.4 million agreement with four companies for remediation of longstanding contamination at the former Bishop Tube Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act Site in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. (PA Bulletin, page 1500) Read more here.
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed purchase agreement for the Waynesboro TCE Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act site in Washington Township, Franklin County. Comments due May 14. (PA Bulletin, page 1499) Read more here.
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed consent order regarding the cleanup of the Landis Creek Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act site in Limerick, Upper Providence and Perkioment Townships, Montgomery County. Comments due May 14. (PA Bulletin, page 1501)
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing the electronics manufacturer Jumper is prohibited from selling products in Pennsylvania for failure to comply with the Covered Device Recycling Act. (PA Bulletin, page 1515)
-- DEP published notice in the March 14 PA Bulletin announcing it has approved a revision to the Venango County Municipal Waste Plan. (PA Bulletin, page 1516)
DEP Briefing - Biosolid Permit Updates
DEP will soon formally propose changes to its beneficial use of biosolids permits for public comment.
DEP’s current permits setting requirements for the land application of biosolids-- PAG-07 (beneficial use of exceptional quality biosolids), PAG-08 (beneficial use of biosolids by land application) and PAG-09 (beneficial use of residential septage by land applications) were originally issued in 2009--17 years ago.
They were set to expire in 2014, but have been administratively extended since then.
DEP has been in the process of working with stakeholders to update the permits since that time.
On January 14, 2026, Richard Wright, Municipal Facilities Division Manager in DEP’s Bureau of Clean Water, gave a briefing to the Water Resources Advisory Committee on the changes DEP is proposing.
PA Environment Digest is publishing this transcript of Mr. Wright’s briefing to provide the public with a better understanding of why the changes are being proposed, generally what those changes are and the expected results from making these changes. Read more here.
Permits
-- Consol PA Coal Company LLC - Enlow Fork Longwall Coal Mine: DEP invites comments on the renewal of an NPDES Water Quality and Mining Permit for the underground coal mine covering 1,921 surface areas and 45,642 underground acres located in Morris and Richhill Townships, Greene County; Amwell, Butler, East Finley, Morris, South Franklin, Washington and West Finley Townships and Green Hill Borough Washington County. (PA Bulletin, page 1473 - 1481)
Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 77 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the March 14 PA Bulletin - pages 1440 to 1517.
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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Visit DEP’s Public Participation Center for public participation opportunities.
-- Allegheny County Health Department Public Comment Notices
DEP Proposals Out For Public Review
Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage
Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System
Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage
Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage
DEP Regulations In Process
Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage
Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System
Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage
Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage
DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage
DEP Technical Guidance In Process
Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage
Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage
Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System
Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage
Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage
Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage
DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda [February 2024] - DEP webpage
[Posted: March 14, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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