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

October 8-- Agenda Released. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

-- The entire meeting will be a discussion of the sector work plan recommendations

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October 9-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting. Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown.  10:00.

October 10-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  the next scheduled meeting is December 12.  (formal notice)

October 15-- CANCELED.  Environmental Quality Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting is November 19. (formal notice)

October 15-- Agenda Released. Time Changed. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

-- a panel of agency, industry and environmental speakers who will discuss how threatened and endangered species are considered in environmental permit reviews and pending legislation-- House Bill 1576 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) and Senate Bill 1047 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson)-- which will fundamentally change this process.

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Update, Kelly Heffner, Deputy Secretary for Water Management; and

-- Act 54 Report, Longwall Mining Update, Tom Callaghan, Director Bureau of Mining Programs.

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October 16-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

October 16-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 17-- CANCELED. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is December 12. (formal notice)

October 17-- NEW. DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety Subcommittee meeting.  Cambria District Mining Office, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg.  10:00. (formal notice)

-- Standards for promulgation of a rulemaking concerning surface facilities associated with underground bituminous coal mines.

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October 23-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 23-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

October 24-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel carson Building. 10:00.

November 13--DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Susquehanna Room B, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:30.  (formal notice)

November 20-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting has been rescheduled for November 13.  (formal notice)

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