New GIF Forms in Pennsylvania

On May 10, 2012 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) edited the General Information Form (GIF) – Authorization Application package located in the Department’s eLibrary.   The most recent version of the GIF package must be completed and returned with any program-specific application being submitted to the Department.

What changed?  Not much.  The only obvious changes I could find appear to be formatting.  I have not been able to find any information to explain why the changes were made.

The current version of the GIF package contains Form Summary ID 1300-PM-BIT0001, which is different than the previous version.  The new forms can be found here.  

To avoid potential PADEP rejection of applications, I urge everyone to use the current version of these forms for your projects in Pennsylvania.