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County clerk posts Title V and Chapter 105 permit notices for public comment
Summary
Elk County recorded a Title V permit renewal notice from Mersen for a St. Marys facility and a Chapter 105 temporary road-crossing permit application from EQT (Will Thurby #7) affecting 4.241 acres in Benezette Township; both notices invoke Act 14 public-comment procedures.
During correspondence the county clerk presented two public-notice items that open state-level public-comment opportunities.
Mersen provided notice of intent to submit a Title V operating-permit renewal to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for its facility at 1032 Trout Run Rd., St. Marys; Title V Operating Permit #2400083 is recorded as expiring Dec. 31, 2026. The notice was presented "in accordance with Municipal notification requirements in 25 PA Code Section 127.413 and by Section 1905-A of the Administrative Code, as amended by Act 14," as recorded in the minutes.
Beran Environmental, on behalf of EQT Production Company, submitted notice of intent to apply to PA DEP for a Chapter 105 Waterway Obstruction and Encroachment Permit for one GP-8 temporary road crossing as part of plugging an existing shallow natural gas well and reclaiming the associated well pad. The project is named "Will Thurby #7" in Benezette Township; the minutes list the total disturbance area as 4.241 acres and note a 30-day public-comment period under the cited administrative code.
Why it matters: these notices begin statutory public-comment periods for environmental permitting that can affect local waterways, land use and operations of industrial facilities. Interested parties may contact the county commissioner's office or the submitting applicants to review the applications and comment within the referenced public-notice windows.
Next steps: the items were filed in correspondence and are available in the commissioners' office for further review; the public-comment periods are governed by PA DEP and Act 14 procedures.
