0120-PM-PY0003a Rev. 5/2006 DEP/PHMC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HISTORY CODE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS May 2006 These DEP Permits are Exempt… …Unless these qualifying conditions apply. Permitted activities which may affect Historic Resources on the National Register of Historic Places are not exempt regardless of size. FOR ALL BUREAUS A. BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. Air Quality Plan Air Quality Operating Permit B. BUREAU OF WASTE MANAGEMENT Projects which do not involve earth disturbance Facilities operating under permit-by-rule provisions C. BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION Naturally Occurring and Accelerator Produced Radioactive Materials (NARM) Licenses D. BUREAU OF OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT Individual Well Permits (normally only ½ to 1½ acre in size) DEP contracts for plugging wells Well registration Pillar Permits Underground Injection Control Permit NGPA Gas Well Classification Determinations Clean Streams Law Part II Permits for disposal wells and treatment facilities Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. -1- 0120-PM-PY0003a Rev. 5/2006 DEP/PHMC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HISTORY CODE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS May 2006 These DEP Permits are Exempt… …Unless these qualifying conditions apply. The following Water Management permits are exempt unless the project also requires a NPDES Individual Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activities (NPDES Construction Permit) and the earth disturbance is greater than 10 acres. FOR ALL WATER MANAGEMENT BUREAUS E. BUREAU OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT I. Division of Waterways, Wetlands and Stormwater Management 1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter 105 Emergency Permit Chapter 105 General Permit NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activities (NPDES Construction Permit) NPDES Individual Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activities (NPDES Construction Permit) Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. II. Division of Water Use Planning 1. Water Allocation Permit III. Division of Conservation Districts and Nutrient Management 1. F. CAFOs BUREAU OF WATER STANDARDS AND FACILITY REGULATION I. Division of Planning and Permits 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for Sewage Discharge Water Quality Management (Permit Sewage Treatment Plants, Pump Stations or Sewer Extensions) General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for Industrial Wastewater General Water Quality Management Permits. Water Quality Management Permit (Industrial Wastewater) -2- 0120-PM-PY0003a Rev. 5/2006 These DEP Permits are Exempt… 7. …Unless these qualifying conditions apply. Planning Approval Under the Sewage Facilities Act a. b. c. d. e. Component 1 – Exception to the Requirement to Revise the Official Plan Component 2 – Individual and Community Onlot Disposal of Sewage Component 3 – Sewage Collection and Treatment Facilities Component 3s – Small Flow Treatment Facilities Exemption from Sewage Facilities Planning Exempt unless more than 10 acres of each disturbance. Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. II. Division of Operations Monitoring and Training G. 1. Public Water Supply Permits that do not involve any earth moving activity 2. Public Water Supply Permits for wells 3. Other Public Water Supply Permits BUREAU OF WATERWAYS ENGINEERING I. Division of Dam Safety 1. H. Exempt unless more than 10 acres of earth disturbance. Limited Power Permit – Major Water Power Project BUREAU OF MINING AND RECLAMATION Permit Renewals/Transfers Permits for Small Non-Coal Mining (<2,000 tons per year) Permits for Non-Coal Mining <10,000 tons per year Coal/Non-Coal Exploration Notices Deep Mine Provisions Bonding authorizations within an approved Surface Mining Permit Strip mine reclamation using on-site previously disturbed material Portals without permanent linings or facings Exploratory drilling or well drilling Abandoned mine refuse pile grading or fire extinguishment Drainage control work in previously disturbed areas Abandoned coal refuse piles -3- 0120-PM-PY0003a Rev. 5/2006 These DEP Permits are Exempt… I. …Unless these qualifying conditions apply. BUREAU OF ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION (March 31, 1993 memo between Bureau and BHP of PHMC) Strip mine reclamation using on-site previously disturbed material Backfilling or flushing deep mines Backfilling or capping vertical mine openings Portals without permanent linings or facings Exploratory drilling or well drilling Abandoned mine refuse pile grading or fire extinguishment Abandoned deep mine dangerous gas venting projects Drainage control work in previously disturbed areas Abandoned coal refuse piles -4- 0120-PM-PY0003a Rev. 5/2006 PHMC’S TIME FRAMES Applicant Submits Notice PHMC Determination In 15 days. Significant Yes. Survey Completed No. End PHMC Survey (Phase 1 & 2) 90 days in December, January and February, 60 days in other months. PHMC Determination in 15 days. Phase 3 Needed? No. End PHMC Field Investigation (Phase 3) Yes. In 120 days in December, January and February. In 90 days in other months, unless applicant agrees to time extension. End -5-