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 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. (formal notice of time change)

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

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Water Use Study- SRBC

-- Soft Run Watershed Review- DEP

-- 2013 Tillage Survey Report- Capital RC&D Area Council

-- DEP Update-- EPA CAFO assessment, Ag compliance

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

-- Action on reciprocity applications

-- 3 year regulatory fee, program cost analysis report

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

-- DEP 2011 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program Report

October 17-- 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.

October 24-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed amendments to the Commission’s water quality regulations, water code and comprehensive plan  to update stream quality objectives for pH in the interstate tidal and non-tidal reaches of the main stem of the Delaware.  25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ. 2:00.  (formal notice)

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November 6-- NEW. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:30.

November 7-- NEW. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory & Solid Waste Advisory Committees joint 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 13-- NEW. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building.  8:30.

November 19-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

November 19-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 11:00.

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

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