Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article IX - Residual Waste Management
Chapter 287 - RESIDUAL WASTE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 287.126 - Requirement for environmental assessment

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 287.126

Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an application for a residual waste disposal or processing permit shall include an environmental assessment on a form prescribed by the Department.

(b) The following permit applications do not require an environmental assessment unless the Department determines that the facility may have a significant effect on the environment:

(1) Permit applications for agricultural utilization of residual waste.

(2) Permit applications for land reclamation facilities for residual waste.

(3) Permit modification applications that are not for major modifications under § 287.154 (relating to public notice and public hearings for permit modifications).

(4) Permitted mobile processing facilities for which a permit modification is sought for a new processing site and for which an environmental assessment has already been approved by the Department.

(c) For facilities which have previously been subject to the environmental assessment process, the Department may limit the scope of review under that process to the following:

(1) Proposed modifications to the facility.

(2) Changes in the areas covered by the assessment that have occurred since the assessment was conducted.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 288.138 (relating to daily volume); 25 Pa. Code § 289.137 (relating to daily volume); 25 Pa. Code § 293.110 (relating to daily volume); 25 Pa. Code § 295.119 (relating to daily volume); and 25 Pa. Code § 297.112 (relating to daily volume).

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