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

July 24-- Agenda. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

-- Small Business Ombudsman, Environmental Management Assistance Program reports

-- Draft RACT rules for Major Sources of NOx and VOCs

-- Comments on Final Title V Fee Changes

-- Draft revisions to Air Quality Operating Permit Protocol

-- Improving Public Participation In Regulatory, Policy Development Processs- DEP CAC

-- Draft final Flexible Packaging Printing Presses

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July 24-- Agenda. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

-- Public Participation Policy presentations

-- Presentation on potential Loyalsock State Forest drilling

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August 1-- Agenda. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15.

-- Draft final rule on flexible package printing emissions

-- EPA’s anticipated final 1-hour SO2 designations

-- DEP comments on EPA’s 1-hour SO2 modeling

-- Update on final permit exemption 38 related to oil and gas extraction

-- Draft Reading PM 2.5 designation/maintenance plan

-- Overview of implementation of 2008 EPA ozone standard

-- President Obama’s Climate Action Plan

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August 8-- CANCELED. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Next scheduled meeting September 26.

August 13-- State Board for the Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

August 13-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program holds a hearing on grant funding in FY 2013-14.  6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  (formal notice 

August 13-- Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission holds a hearing on revisions to pollution control standards related to mixing zones.  Airport Holiday Inn, 1717 Airport Exchange Blvd., Erlanger, KY.  4:30. (formal notice and background information)

August 14-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:30.

August 14-15-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board Act 13 drilling regulation update subcommittee meetings on public resource protection, pre-hydraulic fracturing assessment, waste management at well sites and water supply restoration standards. Nittany Room, Ramada Inn State College, 1450 South Atherton Street, State College.  10:00 August 14, 8:30 August 15. (formal notice)

August 15-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing on 2013 update of the basin comprehensive plan.  Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg. 3:00.  (formal notice)

August 20-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

August 21-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  10:00.

September 18-19-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board Act 13 drilling regulation update subcommittee meetings on public resource protection, pre-hydraulic fracturing assessment, waste management at well sites and water supply restoration standards.Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg.  10:00 September 18, 8:30 September 19. (formal notice)

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