This section gives you a continuously updated thumbnail sketch of issues to be considered in upcoming advisory committee meetings where the agendas have been released

September 12-- Agenda Released. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15.  (formal notice)

-- For Action: Final-form regulation to revise sulfur limits in commercial fuel oil

-- Briefing on the court decision involving EPA’s interstate air pollution rule

-- For Action: Proposed regulation changing emission fees

-- Enforcement discretion on Stage II vapor recovery systems

-- Implementing the Permit Decision Guarantee Executive Order

-- Reevaluation of Pittsburgh RVP gasoline standard

-- For Action: Proposed RACT requirements for major sources of Nitrogen Oxides, VOCs

-- Court decision vacating EPA’s source determination rule for natural gas facilities

-- Long-term air monitoring study in Southwest PA

-- Update on regulations, ozone air quality and standards

<> Handouts are available online.

September 13-- Agenda Released. DEP Solid Waste and Recycling Fund Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

-- Overview of PennDOT/DEP MOU

-- Overview of DEP/General Services MOU

-- Overview of DEP/Education MOU

-- Review of FY 2011-12 Recycling Fund Expenditures

-- Public Education and Technical Assistance Expenditures

-- For Action: FY 2012-13 Recycling Fund Spending Plan

-- Briefing on electronics recycling program

-- Implementing the Permit Decision Guarantee Executive Order

<> Handouts are available online.

September 17-- NEW. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

-- Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit 2

-- Oil and Gas Spill Policy, joint DEP-PEMA Act 9 emergency regulations

September 18-- Agenda Released. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  11:00.

-- Briefing: Rep. Ron Miller - HB 1855 Water Well Construction Standards Act

-- Briefing: Prof. Benjamin Stout -- Coal Region Headwaters Study

-- Discussion: Status of Act 54 Longwall Mining Impact Report

-- Discussion: Proposed Final Sulfur Limits For Heating Oil

-- Briefing: Rob Kime, DEP- Susquehanna River Issues Update

-- Briefing: Kelly Heffner, DEP- Chapter 105 Permit Fee Regulation

-- Briefing: Tim Schaeffer, Fish & Boat Commission, Asian Carp In The Ohio Basin

-- Discussion: Alisa Harris, DEP- DEP Permit Decision Guarantee Executive Order

-- DEP Update - Alisa Harris

-- CAC Committee Reports: Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Committee, Solid Waste Advisory Committee

<> Handouts will be posted shortly on this webpage.

September 26-- NEW. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

September 27-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

October 15-- NEW. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

-- Proposed revisions to Chapter 78 environmental protection performance standards

9/10/2012