Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart A - Preliminary Provisions › Article III - Practice and Procedure › Chapter 23 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD POLICY FOR PROCESSING PETITIONS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 23.1 - Petitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Petitions shall
					 be submitted on forms supplied by the Department to the Secretary of the
					 Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building,
					 Post Office Box 2063, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2063, and shall contain
					 the following information:
(1) The
					 petitioner's name, address and telephone number.
(2) A description of the action requested in
					 the petition and one of the following:
(i)
					 Suggested regulatory language if the petition requests that the EQB adopt or
					 amend regulations.
(ii) A specific
					 citation to the regulations to be repealed if the petition requests that the
					 EQB repeal existing regulations.
(3) The reason the petitioner is requesting
					 this action from the EQB, including factual and legal contentions as well as
					 supporting documentation which establish the petitioner's justification for the
					 requested action by the EQB.
(4)
					 The types of persons, businesses and organizations likely to be impacted by
					 this proposal.
(5) For petitions
					 for redesignation of streams under Chapter 93 (relating to water quality
					 standards) and The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§
													691.1-691.1001), the petition shall include
					 the following information to satisfy paragraph (3):
(i) A clear delineation of the watershed or
					 stream segment to be redesignated, both in narrative form and on a
					 map.
(ii) The current designated
					 uses of the watershed or segment.
(iii) The requested designated uses of the
					 watershed or segment.
(iv)
					 Available technical data on instream conditions for the following: water
					 chemistry, the aquatic community (benthic macroinvertebrates or fishes, or
					 both) or instream habitat. If these data are not included, provide a
					 description of the data sources investigated.
(v) A description of existing and proposed
					 point and nonpoint source discharges and their impact on water quality or the
					 aquatic community, or both. The names, locations and permit numbers of point
					 source discharges and a description of the types and locations of nonpoint
					 source discharges should be listed.
(vi) Information regarding any of the
					 qualifiers for designation as High Quality Waters (HQ) or Exceptional Value
					 Waters (EV) in §
													93.4b (relating to qualifying as
					 high quality or exceptional value waters) used as a basis for the requested
					 designation.
(vii) A general
					 description of land use and development patterns in the watershed. Examples
					 include the amount or percentage of public lands (including ownership) and the
					 amount or percentage of various land use types (such as residential,
					 commercial, industrial, agricultural and the like).
(viii) The names of all municipalities
					 through which the watershed or segment flows, including an official contact
					 name and address.
(ix) Locational
					 information relevant to subparagraphs (iv)-(viii) (except for contact names and
					 addresses) displayed on maps, if possible.