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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Elects 2009-10 Officers, EQB Representatives
Richard Manfredi of Hilltown, Bucks County, and Joyce Hatala of Fleetville, Lackawanna County, were re-elected chair and vice chair of the DEP Citizens Advisory Council for the coming year.

Manfredi, principal in Manfredi, LLC, a management and public affairs consulting company, has served on Council since 2002. He currently serves on the Administrative Oversight and Water committees and represents Council on the EQB.

Hatala operates Joyce Hatala Associates, which specializes in environmental grant writing and projects. She has been on Council since 2005 and serves on the Environmental Standards, Integrated Projects and Water committees.

The five incumbents serving on the Environmental Quality Board were also re-elected: Jolene Chinchilli (Elizabethtown, Lancaster County), Walter Heine (Newville, Cumberland County), Bernie Hoffnar (Six Mile Run, Bedford County), Richard Manfredi (Hilltown, Bucks County) and Dave Strong (Brockway, Jefferson County). The EQB is a 20-member independent board that adopts all of DEP’s regulations. Council’s representatives serve as the only citizen/non-governmental voices on DEP’s rulemaking body.

Officers and EQB representatives serve one-year terms.

The Council is a nonpartisan group of 18 citizen volunteers appointed by the Governor, Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The Secretary of DEP also serves as a member. The Council is legislatively charged with reviewing all environmental legislation, regulations and policies affecting the Commonwealth, and also reviewing the work of DEP and making recommendations.

For more information, visit the Citizens Advisory Council webpage.

8/31/2009

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