{"id":229222,"date":"2026-06-26T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229222\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:56:08","slug":"pa-environment-digest-blog-dep-invites-comments-on-permit-for-ppl-electric-wescosville-allentown-138-kv-transmission-line-project-in-south-whitehall-twp-lehigh-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229222\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Environment Digest Blog: DEP Invites Comments On Permit For PPL Electric Wescosville-Allentown 138 kV Transmission Line Project In South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\t     The project proposes the installation of fiber and replacement of thirteen (13) lattice towers and two (2) monopoles along an approximately 3-mile, existing electric transmission line and will disturb an area of about 32 acres.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\t     The project will impact Jordan Creek (High Quality) and Cedar Creek (High Quality).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">DEP is accepting comments until July 27&#8211; 30 days after this notice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;\">Comments should be direct to DEP Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 or by email to: <a href=\"http:\/\/paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com\/2026\/06\/mailto:RA-EPWW-NERO@pa.gov\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RA-EPWW-NERO@pa.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\t     Requests to review the permit application in-person should be sent to the File Review Coordinator at 570-826-5472 or by email to: <a href=\"http:\/\/paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com\/2026\/06\/mailto:RA-EPNPDES_NERO@pa.gov\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RA-EPNPDES_NERO@pa.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\t     For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dep.pa.gov\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEP\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dep\/report-incidents-and-complaints.html\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit Environmental Complaints<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/app.e2ma.net\/app2\/audience\/signup\/1844964\/1790186\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to sign up for DEP\u2019s newsletter; sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahs.dep.pa.gov\/eNOTICEWeb\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEP\u2019s eNotice<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PennsylvaniaDEP\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like DEP on Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pennsylvaniadep\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow DEP on Twitter<\/a> and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PennsylvaniaDEP\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEP\u2019s YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">[Posted: June 26, 2026]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paenvironmentdigest.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PA Environment Digest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project proposes the installation of fiber and replacement of thirteen (13) lattice towers and two (2) monopoles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-229222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}