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Draft Technical Guidance: Substantive Revisions: Air Quality Permit Exemptions
Requirement for OG ESCGP3 Electronic Submission

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SPRINGHILL #2 COMP STA AQ GP 5 - Natural Gas Compression and/or Processing Facilities (New)
Yoder Well Connect Pipeline Project PAG-10 Discharge Resulting from Hydrostatic Testing of Tanks & Pipelines Rescission Ceased Discharging on 7/6/2020
CHESTNUT VALLEY LDFL Major Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std
GANS POWER STATION Minor IW Facility without ELG Issued 6/30/2020

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Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin

Draft Technical Guidance: Substantive Revisions

 DEP ID: 275-2101-003. Title: Air Quality Permit Exemptions. Description: Consistent with the provision of 25 Pa. Code § 127.14 (relating to exemptions), the Department may determine sources or classes of sources which may be exempt from the plan approval and permitting requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127 (relating to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of sources). In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 127.14(d), the listing of these determinations is being revised and a draft is now available.

 TGD No. 275-2101-003 identifies the following:

 • exemptions under § 127.14(a)(8) that do not require submission of a Request for Determination form.

 • exemptions under § 127.14(a)(8) that do require submission of a Request for Determination form.

 • further qualifications regarding plan approval exempted sources.

 • exemptions under § 127.14(a)(9) related to physical changes.

 • exemption criteria for operating permits.

 This guidance document is applicable to sources, which will be constructed as a new source, or modified after the effective date of this TGD. It does not apply to sources which were constructed or modified prior to the effective date of this guidance document and operating lawfully without a permit.

 Written Comments: The Department invites written comments on the proposed list of plan approval and operating permit exemptions. Notice and opportunity for comment will also be provided to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

 These documents are available online on the Department's Bureau of Air Quality web site at http://www.depgreenport.state.pa.us/elibrary/GetFolder?FolderID=4556 or contact Amanda Rodriguez, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105, amarodrigu@pa.gov, (717) 787-9702.

 The Department must receive comments by Monday, August 24, 2020. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Comments, including comments submitted by e-mail, must include the commentator's name and address. Commentators are encouraged to submit comments using the Department's online eComment tool at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment or by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov. Written comments can be mailed to the Technical Guidance Coordinator, Department of Environmental Protection, Policy Office, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063.

 Contact: Questions regarding this TGD can be directed to Sean Wenrich at sewenrich@pa.gov or (717) 772-3979.

 Effective Date: Upon publication of notice as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
<http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pabull?file=/secure/pabulletin/data/vol50/50-28/905.html>
The actual draft TGD is available here:
<http://www.depgreenport.state.pa.us/elibrary/GetDocument?docId=2858321&DocName=AIR%20QUALITY%20PERMIT%20EXEMPTIONS.PDF>
[See Notes.]

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NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Notice of Requirement to Submit Certain ESCGP-3 Applications through the Department of Environmental Protection's ePermitting System
[50 Pa.B. 3548]
[Saturday, July 11, 2020]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice that persons seeking to submit New or Major Modification Notices of Intent (NOI), or both for coverage to conduct activities under the Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit-3 (ESCGP-3) for Earth Disturbance Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Processing or Treatment Operations or Transmission Facilities to the Department's Bureau of District Oil and Gas Operations must submit those NOIs through the Department's ePermitting system as the NOI form provided by the Department. See 25 Pa. Code §§ 102.1 and 102.6 (relating to definitions; and permit application and fees). The Department's use of the ePermitting system as the form for these NOIs will be effective September 9, 2020. After this date, the Department will no longer accept New or Major Modification NOIs, or both submitted on paper.

 The Department will continue to accept paper NOIs for Renewals submitted to the Department's Bureau of District Oil and Gas Operations where the existing Authorization of Coverage under the ESCGP-3 was originally issued. In addition, NOIs for ESCGP-3s submitted to a Conservation District of the Department's Regional Waterways and Wetlands Program should continue to be submitted to the appropriate office on paper. To the extent that an applicant for coverage under the ESCGP-3 is uncertain how to submit their NOI, they should contact the District Oil and Gas Office where the project will be located for further information.

 Information concerning the Department's ePermitting system can be accessed at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Energy/OilandGasPrograms/OilandGasMgmt/Pages/ePermitting.aspx. Questions regarding the ESCGP-3 electronic submission should be directed to Joseph Kelly at josephkel@pa.gov or (717) 772-2199.

 A copy of the ESCGP-3 General Permit, the paper NOI form and instructions, and an updated ESCGP-3 Transition Plan is available by contacting the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Oil and Gas Management, P.O. Box 8460, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8460, (717) 772-2199. The documents are also available on the Department's web site at http://www.depgreenport.state.pa.us/elibrary/ (select ''Permit and Authorization Packages,'' then ''Oil and Gas,'' then ''Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit ESCGP-3'').

PATRICK McDONNELL, 
Secretary
<http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pabull?file=/secure/pabulletin/data/vol50/50-28/908.html>

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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy Notes:

The notice above for public comment on a revision to the Technical Guidance Document "Air Quality Permit Exemptions" is one of the most important public comment opportunities we will see. Historically, Oi & Gas wells received a blanket exemption from needing an air quality permit under the notorious Exemption 38. Over the years this exemption has seemingly been narrowed considerably, but loopholes have meant that air quality permit applications for oil & gas wells are extremely rare. This TGD must be examined with a fine-tooth comb to eliminate remaining loopholes. Really, what we should be calling for here is for Exemption 38 to simply be rescinded.

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Springhill #2 Compressor Station's last permit was issued on 7/30/2015. Apparently Air Quality GP-5 permits are good for 5 years; most likely the application listed above is a straightforward renewal, but without seeing the application we can't be certain of that.

This facility has been the subject of extensive comment, activity, and litigation, in which Fayette Marcellus Watch has been centrally involved. For the index to the Fayette Marcellus Watch document repository on this facility see:
<https://www.faymarwatch.org/documents/Springhill2/>

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DEP defines an environmental justice area as "any census tract where 20 percent or more individuals live in poverty, and/or 30 percent or more of the population is minority". (See:
<https://www.dep.pa.gov/PublicParticipation/OfficeofEnvironmentalJustice/Pages/default.aspx>). There are supposed to be enhanced public participation requirements for permits in environmental justice areas, but news of this actually ever happening is scarce. In Fayette County, the entirety of Redstone, Springhill, Nicholson, and German Townships are environmental justice areas, as well as a large part of Dunbar Township. DEP's policy document on public participation guidelines for environmental justice areas is located here:
<https://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Version-48671/012-0501-002.pdf>

eNOTICE records are likely to list the same permit multiple times, as that permit moves through the DEP process.

Oil & Gas Wells designated with a site a number and the letter H typically designate horizontal wells.

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Resources:

Pennsylvania Bulletin: <https://www.pabulletin.com/>

eNOTICE: <https://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.us/eNOTICEWeb/>

DEP Oil and Gas Reports: <https://www.dep.pa.gov/DataandTools/Reports/Oil%20and%20Gas%20Reports/Pages/default.aspx>

DEP Permits Issued Detail Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Permits_Issued_Detail>

DEP SPUD (drilling started) Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Spud_External_Data>

DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report:
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/OG_Compliance>

DEP PA Oil & Gas Mapping:
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/PaOilAndGasMapping>

Data Portal Services Directory [Technical]
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/arcgis/rest/services>
Query: Oil and Gas Wells All (ID: 3) [Technical]:
<https://www.depgis.state.pa.us/arcgis/rest/services/OilGas/OilGasAllStrayGasEGSP/MapServer/3/query?where=&text=&objectIds=&time=&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&relationParam=&outFields=*&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=&outSR=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=&f=html>
(Be sure to enter a Where clause in SQL format. Dates are in milliseconds since midnight 1/1/1970).

DEP Oil and Gas Electronic Submissions
<https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eSubmissionPublicSearch>

DEP Oil and Gas Electronic Notifications
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer?/Oil_Gas/OG_Notifications>

DEP Oil and Gas Well Pad Report
<https://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer?/Oil_Gas/Well_Pads>

Fayette County Assessment Office Search For Tax Records:
<http://property.co.fayette.pa.us/search.aspx>

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access:
<https://www.pasda.psu.edu/default.asp>
DEP Spatial Data Repository:
<ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/dep/>

National Response Center:
<https://www.nrc.uscg.mil/>

EPA-Echo: <https://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/compliance_report_air.html>

FERC citizen involvement: <https://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/get-involved.asp>

Follow the directions and enter the docket number to subscribe to.

Township  Supervisors receive information regarding Erosion & Sedimentation permits, and these records may be reviewable at township municipal offices.

DEP permits are reviewable through the File Review process, for application to do file review see: <https://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/southwest_regional_office/13775/file_review/593164>

Environmental Hearing Board: <https://ehb.courtapps.com/public/index.php>

PA DEP Environmental Policy Comment System:
<https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/>

Federal Register Environment: <https://www.federalregister.gov/environment>

SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <https://frack.skytruth.org/pennsylvania-frack-alerts/fayette_pa>

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Public Notices:
<https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/>

EPA Pennsylvania Public Notices: <https://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-pennsylvania#notice>

Energy Assurance Daily: <https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ead.aspx>

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Disclaimers:

This compilation from the above sources was done in part by hand using copy and paste and in part using automated methods; it may omit relevant permits.

Parcel data is provided via the tax records search web page offered by the Fayette County Assessment Office (http://property.co.fayette.pa.us/). Presumed Parcel Id links are subject to availability provided by that agency and associated web sites. Presumed Parcel Ids are determined as the mapped parcel containing a given latitude and longitude, are a best effort determination which is subject to error, and are not official. In cases where a facility is leased and there is a separate parcel id for the lease, if this parcel id is not separately mapped, the parcel id shown will be the id for the enclosing parcel. Parcel owners may be surface owners only and may or may not have any relationship to oil & gas facilities.

Does not currently include water supply permits. Does not include landfill permits even though many such are for Marcellus Shale waste. (It is not possible at this time to distinguish which landfill permits are for Marcellus Shale waste and which are not without doing File Review for each permit.)

Erosion & Sedimentation permit records do not currently include latitude and longitude. Where I am publishing latitude and longitude with E&S permits it is by inferring an associated well permit and using published latitude and longitude for the well. It is possible I may be inferring the wrong well site.

Municipalities are shown from eFACTS records on the DEP web site. The DEP has been known to list a municipality incorrectly.