A deadline is approaching for public comment on another permit related to the Homer City Redevelopment project. The Department of Environmental Protection’s 30-day invitation for public comment was published in the PA Bulletin on February 7th, meaning the last day to respond is this coming Saturday.
The permit is for a 5.8 mile, 30-inch natural gas pipeline to serve the 4.5 gigawatt power plant in Center Township. The pipeline will go through Black Lick, Burrell, and Center townships and will require nine utility line crossings and ten temporary road crossings of streams, floodways, and wetlands, as well as 24 resource crossings within streams and floodways, and two crossings of a single pole overhead power line.
The information for submitting comments is included with this story on our website.
The DEP notification:
DEP Invites Comments On Permit For Homer City Generation 5.8 Mile, 30-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline To Serve Proposed Data Center 4.5 GW Power Plant In Indiana County
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 7 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an Individual Stormwater Permit for a 5.8 mile, 30-inch natural gas pipeline to serve the proposed Homer City Generation LP data center 4.5 GW natural gas power plant in Indiana County (PA Bulletin, page 828)
The pipeline route will go through Black Lick, Burrell and Center Townships in Indiana County.
The project requires 9 utility line crossings (GP-5) and 10 temporary road crossings (GP 8) of streams, floodways, and wetlands and 24 resource crossings located within streams and floodways with drainage areas less than 100 acres (§ 105.12(a) Waiver 2) and 2 resource crossings of a single pole overhead electric powerline (§ 105.12(a) Waiver 3).
No hearing has been scheduled on this permit, but one may be requested.
Comments will be accepted for 30 days.
Comments should be sent to DEP’s Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335 or be email to: A-EPWW-NWRO@pa.gov.
To make an appointment to review the permit application, contact the DEP File Review Coordinator at 814-332-6078 or 814-332-6340.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (PA Bulletin, page 828)
Visit DEP’s Homer City Generation webpage for more information on permits related to this data center and power plant project.
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