Your 2 Cents: Issues On Advisory Committee Agendas

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

-- Updates from Small Business Ombudsman, Environmental Management Assistance Program

-- Amended Plan Approval and Operating Permit Exemption

-- Permit Application Consultation Tool

-- Update on Air Quality Rulemakings

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

-- Land Recycling Program Update

-- Proposed changes to Chapter 250 Land Recycling Regulations

-- Discussion of vapor intrusion guidance

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

-- Meeting Acting DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo

-- Permit Decision Guarantee Update

-- NPDES Permitting Update

-- ABS Legacy Trust Account Update

-- Regulatory Update, Act 157 Implementation Progress, Bond Rate Guidelines Update

-- Abandoned Mine Reclamation State Report, AML Grant Funding Status

-- Discussion of Proposed Land Reclamation Financial Guarantee Regulations

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October 24-- 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-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:30.

November 7-- 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-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building.  8:30.

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

November 19-- 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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DEP Calendar of Events


10/21/2013

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