The Department of Environmental Protectionpublishedproposed guidance on meeting mercury reduction requirements and the final guidance and applications for the 2008 Environmental Education Grant Program. Details below--

Draft. DEP ID: 274-0300-006. Interim Technical Guidance Pertaining to Continuous Source Monitoring Systems for Mercury. This interim final technical guidance is needed to enable owners and operators of electric generating units (EGUs) subject to 25 Pa. Code §§ 123.201--123.215 (relating to standards for contaminants mercury emissions) to meet the January 1, 2009, deadline established in § 123.210(e) and (f) (relating to general monitoring and reporting requirements) for certification, operation and reporting of continuous source monitoring systems and excepted monitoring technologies. Comments due: October 27.

Final. DEP ID: 012-5500-001. 2008 Environmental Education Grants Program Manual and Forms. The 2008 Environmental Education Grants Program Manual and Forms was formerly issued by the Department on October 1, 2008, to provide guidance to organizations interested in applying for the Department's Environmental Education grants program.

For copies of Draft Technical Guidance (DEP website)

For copies of Final Technical Guidance (DEP website)

9/26/2008