On 15 May 2013 Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced its second of four quarterly reports on revised permitting policies.  Both DEP and permit applicants continue to improve performance, according to the second report.  DEP also announced a new permit pre-application information tool that allows potential applicants to quickly determine which permits and authorizations may be needed for a project.

The tool is the result of a 24 July 2012 executive order from Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Corbett, creating a Permit Decision Guarantee which established guaranteed timeframes in which DEP will make a decision on 278 types of permits and authorizations, provided the application is complete and technically adequate in the first submission. To date, DEP staff members are meeting these timeframes 96 percent of the time.

DEP will release subsequent reviews of the permitting policies in each of the next two quarters.  The agency has also posted a schedule of Permit Decision Guarantee Webinars on its Web site.

For more information, or to view DEP’s quarterly report,visit DEP’s Web site and click the “Permit Decision Guarantee” button on the homepage.  To access the Pre-Application Information Tool, enter the keyword, Permits.”

What this means to you

Pennsylvania is working to streamline its permitting process for a wide range of permit types – including those affecting stationary engine owners.

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