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Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter B - REGISTRATION › Section 110.204 - Voluntary registration

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(a) A
						person, not subject to §
												110.201 (relating to registration
						requirement), may voluntarily register with the Department the water withdrawal
						or withdrawal use, in accordance with the registration provisions of this
						subchapter.
(b) Notwithstanding
						§§
												110.301 and
						110.401 (relating to reporting
						requirement; and recordkeeping requirement), voluntary registrants shall
						monitor, maintain records and report to the Department in accordance with the
						other provisions of Subchapters C-E (relating to reporting; recordkeeping; and
						monitoring).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														110.501 (relating to metering and
							 measuring requirement).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter B - REGISTRATION › Section 110.205 - Transfer of registration

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The Department will transfer a registration, if the
						  following conditions are met:
(1) The
						registrant and transferee are in compliance with this chapter.
(2) No later than 30 days subsequent to the
						transfer, the transferee submits the following to the Department:
(i) A request for transfer of the
						registration, on a form prescribed by the Department.
(ii) A written statement signed by the
						registrant and the transferee, containing the date of the transfer of
						registration and acknowledging the transferee's recordkeeping and reporting
						responsibilities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter B - REGISTRATION › Section 110.206 - Termination of registration

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(a) Except
						for a public water supply agency or hydropower facility, when a person's
						combined withdrawals from all sources decrease for a 12-month period so that
						the person is no longer subject to §
												110.201 (relating to registration
						requirement), the person may file with the Department, on forms provided by the
						Department, a written notice of reduction and request for termination of
						registration.
(b) When a registered
						withdrawal for a source or use over a 12-month period is zero, or if a
						withdrawal or use has been terminated, the person responsible for the
						withdrawal or use may file with the Department, on forms provided by the
						Department, a written notice of termination and request for termination of
						registration related to that source or use.
(c) Upon receipt of proper written request
						for termination, the Department will terminate the registration and notify the
						registrant.
(d) When a registered
						withdrawal or use over seven consecutive 12-month periods is zero, based upon
						reports submitted in accordance with Subchapter C (relating to reporting), the
						Department will terminate the registration and notify the registrant.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														110.301 (relating to reporting
							 requirement); and 25 Pa. Code §
														110.401 (relating to recordkeeping
							 requirement).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter C - REPORTING › Section 110.301 - Reporting requirement

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Each person subject to §
												110.201 (relating to registration
						  requirement), irrespective of the quantity of withdrawal or use during the
						  reporting year, shall submit reports to the Department in accordance with this
						  subchapter, regarding the withdrawal and use, unless the registration has been
						  terminated in accordance with §
												110.206 (relating to termination
						  of registration).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														110.204 (relating to voluntary
							 registration); and 25 Pa. Code §
														110.501 (relating to metering and
							 measuring requirement).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter C - REPORTING › Section 110.302 - Submission of reports

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Reports shall be submitted annually to the Department,
						  on forms prescribed by the Department and developed in consultation with the
						  Statewide Committee, no later than:
(1) March 31-Public water supply
						agency.
(2) June 30-Any user except
						a public water supply agency, including:
(i)
						Power generation facility.
(ii)
						Manufacturing industry user.
(iii)
						Mineral industry user.
(iv) Bulk,
						vended, retail and bottled water systems.
(v) Agricultural user.
(vi) Golf course user.
(vii) Ski resort.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter C - REPORTING › Section 110.303 - Reporting period

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Reports must provide information for the calendar year
						  preceding the date of submission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter C - REPORTING › Section 110.304 - General contents of report

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A report must include the following:
(1) Items under §
												110.203 (relating to content of
						registration).
(2) Amount of
						consumptive and nonconsumptive uses.
(3) Locations and amounts of any waters
						returned or discharged.
(4) Amounts
						of water transferred between public water supply agencies by means of
						interconnections.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter C - REPORTING › Section 110.305 - User-specific contents of report

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In addition to the contents specified in §
												110.203 (relating to content of
						  registration), registrants shall submit user-specific information,
						  including:
(1)
Public water
						supply agency.
(i) Connections and
						water transfers.
(ii) Service area
						map.
(iii) Metering.
(iv) Water storage information.
(v) Customer type information.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter D - RECORDKEEPING › Section 110.401 - Recordkeeping requirement

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A person subject to §
												110.201 (relating to registration
						  requirement) shall make and maintain a record of the items required under
						  Subchapters B and C (relating to registration; and reporting), including
						  supporting data, unless the registration has been terminated in accordance with
						  §
												110.206 (relating to termination
						  of registration).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														110.204 (relating to voluntary
							 registration); and 25 Pa. Code §
														110.402 (relating to retention of
							 records).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter D - RECORDKEEPING › Section 110.402 - Retention of records

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Records required to be maintained under §
												110.401 (relating to recordkeeping
						  requirement), including supporting data, shall be kept for at least 5 years in
						  any format that allows reproduction of the record.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter E - MONITORING › Section 110.501 - Metering and measuring requirement

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(a) Each public water supply agency shall
						measure its withdrawals and water transferred through interconnection with
						another public water supply agency by means of a continuous-recording device or
						flow meter, accurate to within 5% of actual flow.
(b) Each hydropower facility shall measure
						its withdrawal and instream hydropower use by means of a continuous-recording
						device or flow meter or shall calculate its withdrawal and use based upon
						electrical generation or turbine flow rates or other method, accurate to within
						5% of actual flow.
(c) Each person
						whose total withdrawal from a point of withdrawal, or from multiple points of
						withdrawal operated as a system either concurrently or sequentially, within a
						watershed equals or exceeds an average rate of 50,000 gallons per day in any
						30-day period and each person who obtains water through interconnection with
						another person in an amount that exceeds an average rate of 100,000 gallons per
						day in any 30-day period shall measure or calculate:
(1) Withdrawals, and water obtained through
						interconnection with another person by means of a continuous-recording device
						or flow meter or other method, accurate to within 5% of actual flow.
(2) Consumptive uses by a means or method
						accurate to within 10% of actual flow.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter E - MONITORING › Section 110.502 - Recording frequency

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Withdrawals and uses subject to §
												110.501(a) and
						  (b) (relating to metering and measuring
						  requirement) shall be recorded on a daily basis. Withdrawals and water obtained
						  through interconnection with another person subject to §
												110.501(c) shall
						  be recorded on a weekly basis. Uses subject to §
												110.501(c) shall
						  be recorded monthly. Withdrawals and uses subject to §
												110.501(e) shall
						  be recorded monthly.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														110.503 (relating to measuring
							 requirement in critical water planning
							 areas).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter E - MONITORING › Section 110.503 - Measuring requirement in critical water planning areas

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(a) The Department may require persons
						subject to §
												110.201 (relating to registration
						requirement) located within a critical water planning area to measure or
						calculate their withdrawals and uses by means of a more accurate measuring
						method (but not more accurate than 5%) and record the measurements on a more
						frequent basis (not to exceed daily) than required in accordance with
						§§
												110.501 and
						110.502 (relating to metering and
						measuring requirement; and recording frequency), if the Department determines
						that more accurate data is required for the development of a critical area
						resource plan in a watershed within a critical water planning area. Upon
						receipt of written notice from the Department, including an explanation of the
						basis for the determination, those persons shall begin the measurements or
						calculations within 180 days.
(b)
						In making the determination, the Department will consider the necessity of
						requiring more accurate data and having it recorded more frequently than
						required by §§
												110.501 and
						110.502, from various categories
						of water users, for effective critical area resource planning in the specific
						watershed and the costs to registrants of providing the accuracy and
						frequency.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter F - WATER CONSERVATION › Section 110.601 - Registration

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A person who has implemented a water conservation
						  project or practice may register the project or practice with the
						  Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter F - WATER CONSERVATION › Section 110.602 - Registration information

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Registration of water conservation projects or
						  practices must be on forms, prescribed by the Department, containing
						  information including the following:
(1) The registrant name and
						address.
(2) A 7.5-minute United
						States Geological Survey Quadrangle map, or acceptable substitute, showing the
						location of the project or practice.
(3) A description of the project or practice,
						including information detailing a description of:
(i) Project or practice prior and subsequent
						to implementation of a water conservation program.
(ii) Quantity of demand and withdrawal prior
						and subsequent to implementation of a water conservation program, showing a
						reduction in demand or withdrawal.
(iii) Quantity of consumptive use prior and
						subsequent to implementation of a water conservation program, showing a
						reduction in consumptive use.
(iv)
						Improvements in water use efficiency, including plumbing retrofit
						programs.
(v) Reduction of water
						leakage, loss and waste.
(vi)
						Improvement in reuse and recycling of water.
(vii) Increase of supply or storage of
						water.
(viii) Improvements in land
						management practices to conserve water or to preserve or increase groundwater
						recharge.
(ix) Conservation-based
						rate structure.
(x) Water provided
						to offset water use during drought periods.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter F - WATER CONSERVATION › Section 110.603 - Reporting

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Each person who has registered a water conservation
						  project or practice in accordance with this subchapter shall submit annually to
						  the Department, on forms prescribed by the Department and developed in
						  consultation with the Statewide Committee, a report documenting the continuing
						  effectiveness of the project or practice.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 110 - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter F - WATER CONSERVATION › Section 110.604 - Water Resources Technical Assistance Center

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The Department will establish a Water Resources
						  Technical Assistance Center to promote voluntary water conservation and to
						  provide technical assistance on water resources use issues, including programs
						  identified in section 3120(a) of the act (relating to water
						  conservation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 111.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
						  chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						  otherwise:
Act
-The Stormwater Management Act
						  (32
						  P. S. §§
													680.1-680.17).
Department
-The Department of
						  Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth.
Designated watershed
-A watershed
						  delineated by the Department and approved by the Environmental Quality Board
						  for which counties are required to develop a watershed stormwater management
						  plan.
Municipality
-A city, borough, town or
						  township, or a county or other governmental unit when acting as an agent
						  thereof, or a combination thereof acting jointly.
Scope of study
-A detailed statement
						  which establishes procedures to be used to prepare the detailed watershed
						  stormwater plan, including a description of work, time schedule, level of
						  effort, cost estimates and narratives related to preparation of plan elements
						  required by section 5 of the act (32 P. S. §
													680.5) and consistent with Chapter 3 of the
						  Stormwater Management Guidelines.
Stormwater Management Guidelines
-A
						  Department publication prepared under section 14 of the act (32 P. S. §
													680.14) which provides guidance to counties,
						  watershed plan advisory committees, municipalities, the professions and the
						  general public in the preparation of watershed stormwater plans.
Watershed stormwater plan
-A plan for
						  stormwater management developed and adopted by a county under section 5 of the
						  act (32 P. S. §
													680.5) and
						  the Stormwater Management Guidelines.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 111.2 - Scope

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This chapter governs the award of grants to:
(1) Counties to assist or reimburse them for
						costs in preparing or revising watershed stormwater plans.
(2) Municipalities for reimbursement of
						allowable costs incurred after May 24, 1984, for the preparation,
						administration, enforcement, implementation and revisions of ordinances and
						regulations as required by the official watershed stormwater management plans
						and the act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 111.3 - Amount of grant

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(a) Except as
						provided in subsection (b), the amount of grant award shall equal 75% of the
						allowable costs.
(b) Grants awarded
						under this chapter shall be limited so that the total of State and Federal
						grants to the municipality or county does not exceed 75% of the allowable
						costs. Where the total of other State and Federal grants exceeds 75% of the
						allowable costs, no grants shall be made and no costs reimbursed under this
						chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit municipalities or counties from
						accepting grants or payments from other State or Federal sources exceeding 75%
						of allowable costs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 111.4 - Allowable costs-general

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(a)
						Allowable costs are reasonable expenses actually incurred in the preparation
						and completion of scopes of study and watershed stormwater plans and plan
						revisions or reasonable expenses incurred in complying with the act and
						Stormwater Management Guidelines. Allowable costs include, but are not limited
						to, costs of data collection and analysis; surveys and inventories; planning
						and engineering analyses; administration, enforcement and implementation; and
						ordinance preparation and review.
(b) The Department may award grants for
						allowable costs incurred after the effective date of the act and before
						approval of Stormwater Management Guidelines and model ordinances by the
						General Assembly. The effective date of the amended act to be used by
						municipalities and counties for costs of administration, enforcement,
						implementation, and official plan revisions is May 24, 1984. The effective date
						of the act to be used by counties for costs of preparation of stormwater
						management plans is October 4, 1978. The county or municipality shall submit
						justification that this work is an integral and necessary part of the watershed
						stormwater plan. Proof of actual expenses incurred shall be required.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.11 - Priority of watersheds

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(a)
						Subject to section 17(c) of the act (32 P. S. §
													680.17(c)), the Department
						may establish a system of prioritizing designated watersheds for preparation of
						watershed stormwater plans which shall consider, but not be limited to, the
						following factors:
(1) County endorsement of
						need, including expressed willingness to undertake stormwater
						planning.
(2) Existing and
						potential stormwater and flood damage problems associated with current and
						future development.
(3) Number of
						stormwater management complaints.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.12 - Agreements

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(a) The Department
						will enter into grant agreements with counties for the preparation and revision
						of watershed stormwater plans. Grant agreements shall reflect the availability
						of funds in each fiscal year.
(b)
						Agreements shall specify that the county prepare the watershed stormwater plan
						or revision in at least two phases. Phase I includes the preparation and
						submission by the county of a scope of study under §
												111.14 (relating to Phase I-scope
						of study) for review and approval by the Department. After the approval of
						Phase I, the Department will have the discretion to authorize the county to
						prepare Phase II, consisting of a detailed watershed stormwater plan or
						revision and other phases that may be required, based on the level of effort
						and cost approved in the scope of study.
(c) The authorization to proceed with, and
						the scheduled completion of, each phase shall be governed by the grant
						agreement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.13 - Application

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(a) Application for
						a grant shall be made to the Department by submitting a letter of intent and a
						proposal for preparing a watershed stormwater plan or revision for the
						designated watersheds.
(b) The
						Department will negotiate with, and provide guidance to, the county in the
						development of the final proposal. The final proposal shall include, as a
						minimum, descriptions of work and costs required to complete Phase I of the
						grant agreement.
(c) Where two or
						more counties have been required to prepare or revise a joint watershed
						stormwater plan by the Department under section 7 of the act (32 P. S. §
													680.7), the Department may require the
						submission of a joint proposal and execution of a joint grant
						agreement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.14 - Phase I-scope of study

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(a) A
						scope of study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A description of tasks required under
						section 5 of the act (32 P. S. §
														680.5), consistent with the Stormwater
						Management Guidelines.
(2) A
						schedule for completion of the tasks in the preparation of the detailed
						watershed stormwater plan or revision.
(3) A description of the level of effort,
						including personnel requirements, required to complete the tasks within each
						time period.
(4) A cost estimate
						for each task.
(5) A narrative of
						services to be provided by consultants, if any, and a justification for the use
						of consulting services, including the names of the individuals within the
						consulting firm providing the services and their qualifications.
(6) A listing of outside funding sources and
						the amounts of the funds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.15 - Review and approval of the scope of study

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(a) The scope of study shall be submitted to
						the Department for review and approval consistent with the requirements of the
						grant agreement.
(b) The Department
						will approve the scope of study if it is in compliance with the act, this
						chapter, and the Stormwater Management Guidelines.
(c) The scope of study will be used by the
						Department in establishing the allowable costs for the preparation of
						subsequent phases of the detailed watershed stormwater plans or revisions
						thereof.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR PREPARATION AND REVISION OF WATERSHED STORMWATER PLANS › Section 111.16 - Grant payments

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Payments to counties shall be made on a periodic basis
						  as specified in the grant agreement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter C - REIMBURSEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES › Section 111.21 - Eligibility

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Municipalities located in designated watersheds for
						  which watershed stormwater plans have been prepared and adopted by counties and
						  approved by the Department shall be eligible annually for reimbursement for
						  expenses incurred in the adoption or revision of ordinances or regulations and
						  other actual administrative, enforcement and implementation costs incurred in
						  complying with the act and this subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter C - REIMBURSEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES › Section 111.22 - Application

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(a) Application
						forms and related information concerning reimbursements may be obtained from
						the Department.
(b) Reimbursement
						requests for the preceding calendar year shall be submitted by March
						31.
(c) Applications for
						reimbursements shall include the following information:
(1) An itemized statement of the following:
(i) The total expenses incurred by the
						municipality in performing duties in compliance with the act.
(ii) The total amount of fees collected by
						the municipality as part of its stormwater review or regulation activities in
						performing its duties under the act.
(iii) The difference between expenses
						incurred and income relating to stormwater activities received by the
						municipality.
(iv) The amount of
						reimbursement being requested.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter C - REIMBURSEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES › Section 111.23 - Allowable costs

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Allowable costs include:
(1) Costs for the preparation and enactment
						of ordinances and regulations as are necessary to regulate development within
						the municipality consistent with the applicable watershed stormwater management
						plans and the act, including:
(i) Costs of
						technical and legal services necessary to prepare and enact regulations,
						ordinances, administrative forms, maps and similar materials required by the
						act.
(ii) Costs of technical and
						legal services for required public hearings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 111 - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT-GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENT › Subchapter C - REIMBURSEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES › Section 111.24 - Ineligible costs

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The Department will not reimburse municipalities for:
(1) Legal fees resulting from appeals
						or suits against the Commonwealth.
(2) Allowances for the purchase of
						clothing.
(3) The printing or
						reproduction of regulations, forms or maps.
(4) Costs which are offset by permit or
						review fees imposed by a municipality.
(5) Costs incidental to routine municipal
						operations.
(6) Costs for
						activities or expenses which are not solely required by the act and the
						watershed stormwater management plan.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 121.2 - Purpose

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The purpose of this article is to:
(1) Provide for the control and prevention of
					 air pollution anywhere in this Commonwealth, except as expressly excluded in
					 the act or otherwise noted in this article.
(2) Provide guidance for the design and
					 operation of sources.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 121.4 - Regional organization of the Department

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The following regions are established for purposes of air
						pollution control and include the indicated counties:
(1)
Southeast Region.
Bucks,
					 Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties.
(2)
Northeast Region
.
					 Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill,
					 Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties.
(3)
Southcentral Region
.
					 Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton,
					 Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry and York
					 Counties.
(4)
Northcentral
					 Region
. Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia,
					 Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union
					 Counties.
(5)
Southwest
					 Region
. Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene,
					 Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
(6)
Northwest Region
.
					 Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean,
					 Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
													127.45 (relating to contents of
						  notice); 25 Pa. Code §
													127.425 (relating to contents of
						  notice); and 25 Pa. Code §
													129.303 (relating to
						  exemptions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 121.8 - Compliance responsibilities

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Compliance with any provision of this title may not
						relieve a person of the responsibility to comply with other provisions of this
						title, except when the relief has been clearly provided for in this title.
						Unless explicit reference is made to another section, each section of this
						title is construed and enforced according to its own terms. Thus, for example
						and without limitation on the general application of this section, compliance
						with both §§
											123.1 and
						123.41 (relating to prohibition of
						certain fugitive emissions; and limitations) shall be attained whether or not
						emissions comply with §§
											123.11-123.13 (relating to particulate
						matter emissions). Compliance with each section of this title will be
						independently determined.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 121.9 - Circumvention

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No person may permit the use of a device, stack height
						which exceeds good engineering practice stack height, dispersion technique or
						other technique which, without resulting in reduction of the total amount of
						air contaminants emitted, conceals or dilutes an emission of air contaminants
						which would otherwise be in violation of this article, except that with prior
						approval of the Department, the device or technique may be used for control of
						malodors.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 121.10 - Existing orders

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Orders and permits issued and stipulations and agreements
						entered into by the Department prior to the effective date of this section
						shall continue in effect, but no order, permit, stipulation or agreement may
						relieve a person from the responsibility to fully comply with the applicable
						provisions of this article.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 122 - NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES › Section 122.1 - Purpose

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This chapter adopts Standards of Performance for New
						Stationary Sources promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
						Agency under the Clean Air Act (
						42 U.S.C.A. §§
												7401 -
						7642 ), regulating the
						construction or modification of stationary sources. The standards are adopted
						to make them independently enforceable by the Department and to implement a
						delegation of Federal authority under section 111(c) of the Federal Clean Air
						Act ( 42 U.S.C.A. §
												7411.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 122 - NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES › Section 122.2 - Scope

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The standards adopted in this chapter do not apply to
						sources located in areas under the jurisdiction of local air pollution control
						agencies approved under section 12 of the act (35 P. S. §
												4012). The local agencies may or may not
						adopt such standards as they deem appropriate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 122 - NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES › Section 122.3 - Adoption of standards

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Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and
						Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources, promulgated in 40 CFR Part 60
						(relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources) by the
						Administrator of the EPA under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
												7411) are adopted in their entirety by the
						Department and incorporated herein by reference.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
													129.97 (relating to presumptive
						  RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
						  compliance schedule); and 25 Pa. Code §
													129.112 (relating to presumptive
						  RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
						  compliance schedule).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › FUGITIVE EMISSIONS › Section 123.1 - Prohibition of certain fugitive emissions

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(a) No person may permit the emission into
						the outdoor atmosphere of a fugitive air contaminant from a source other than
						the following:
(1) Construction or demolition
						of buildings or structures.
(2)
						Grading, paving and maintenance of roads and streets.
(3) Use of roads and streets. Emissions from
						material in or on trucks, railroad cars and other vehicular equipment are not
						considered as emissions from use of roads and streets.
(4) Clearing of land.
(5) Stockpiling of materials.
(6) Open burning operations.
(7) Blasting in open pit mines. Emissions
						from drilling are not considered as emissions from blasting.
(8) Coke oven batteries, provided the
						fugitive air contaminants emitted from any coke oven battery comply with the
						standards for visible fugitive emissions in §§
													123.44 and
						129.15 (relating to limitations of
						visible fugitive air contaminants from operation of any coke oven battery; and
						coke pushing operations).
(9)
						Sources and classes of sources other than those identified in paragraphs
						(1)-(8), for which the operator has obtained a determination from the
						Department that fugitive emissions from the source, after appropriate control,
						meet the following requirements:
(i) The
						emissions are of minor significance with respect to causing air
						pollution.
(ii) The emissions are
						not preventing or interfering with the attainment or maintenance of an ambient
						air quality standard.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › FUGITIVE EMISSIONS › Section 123.2 - Fugitive particulate matter

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A person may not permit fugitive particulate matter to
						  be emitted into the outdoor atmosphere from a source specified in §
												123.1(a)(1)-(9)
						  (relating to prohibition of certain fugitive emissions) if the emissions are
						  visible at the point the emissions pass outside the person's
						  property.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														77.108 (relating to permit for
							 small noncoal operations); 25 Pa. Code §
														123.1 (relating to prohibition of
							 certain fugitive emissions); and 25 Pa. Code §
														264.521 (relating to design and
							 operating standards).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS › Section 123.11 - Combustion units

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(a) A person
						may not permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of particulate matter
						from a combustion unit in excess of the following:
(1) The rate of 0.4 pound per million Btu of
						heat input, when the heat input to the combustion unit in millions of Btus per
						hour is greater than 2.5 but less than 50.
(2) The rate determined by the following
						formula:
A = 3.6E-0.56
where:
A = Allowable emissions in pounds per million Btus of
						  heat input, and
E = Heat input to the combustion unit in millions of
						  Btus per hour,
when E is equal to or greater than 50 but less than
						  600.
(3) The rate of 0.1
						pound per million Btu of heat input when the heat input to the combustion unit
						in millions of Btus per hour is equal to or greater than 600.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS › Section 123.12 - Incinerators

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No person may permit the emission to the outdoor
						  atmosphere of particulate matter from any incinerator, at any time, in such a
						  manner that the particulate matter concentration in the effluent gas exceeds
						  0.1 grain per dry standard cubic foot, corrected to 12% carbon dioxide.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														121.8 (relating to compliance
							 responsibilities); and 25 Pa. Code §
														139.12 (relating to emissions of
							 particulate matter).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS › Section 123.14 - Outdoor wood-fired boilers

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(a)
Applicability
. Beginning
						on October 2, 2010, this section applies to the following:
(1) A person, manufacturer, supplier or
						distributor who sells, offers for sale, leases or distributes an outdoor
						wood-fired boiler for use in this Commonwealth.
(2) A person who installs an outdoor
						wood-fired boiler in this Commonwealth.
(3) A person who purchases, receives, leases,
						owns, uses or operates an outdoor wood-fired boiler in this
						Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › SULFUR COMPOUND EMISSIONS › Section 123.21 - General

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(a) This section
						applies to sources except those subject to other provisions of this article,
						with respect to the control of sulfur compound emissions.
(b) No person may permit the emission into
						the outdoor atmosphere of sulfur oxides from a source in a manner that the
						concentration of the sulfur oxides, expressed as SO2, in
						the effluent gas exceeds 500 parts per million, by volume, dry basis.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 123 - STANDARDS FOR CONTAMINANTS › SULFUR COMPOUND EMISSIONS › Section 123.23 - Byproduct coke oven gas

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(a) No
						person may permit the emission of byproduct coke oven gas into the outdoor
						atmosphere unless the gas is first burned.
(b) No person may permit the flaring or
						combustion of a coke oven byproduct gas which contains sulfur compounds,
						expressed as equivalent hydrogen sulfide, in concentrations greater than 50
						grains per 100 dry standard cubic feet. The sulfur compounds, expressed as
						equivalent hydrogen sulfide, emitted into the outdoor atmosphere from any tail
						gas sulfur recovery equipment utilized in a coke oven gas desulfurization
						system approved by the Department shall be included in the determination of
						these concentrations.
(c)
						Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to emissions of coke oven gas from:
(1) An oven which is dampered off:
(i) Prior to and during the pushing operation
						of the oven.
(ii) Because of some
						malfunction associated with the oven.