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

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

-- Draft Rulemaking for Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials

-- Draft Rulemaking for Industrial Cleaning Solvents

-- Draft Rulemaking for Miscellaneous Metal Parts Surface Coating Processes

-- Draft Rulemaking for Automobile and Light-duty Truck Assembly Coating Operations

-- Update on Air Quality Rulemakings

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

April 24-- CANCELED. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  The meeting has been rescheduled for June 12. (formal notice)

May 6-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. City of Chester City Hall, Chester.  5:00 p.m. (formal notice)

May 7-- NEW. Agenda Released. DEP Chesapeake Bay Management Team meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:30. (formal notice)

-- Presentation on how to reduce costs - Jim Shortle

-- EPA Updates

-- Progress Run Watershed update

-- Milestones Update

-- New Watershed Agreement Update

-- Next Steps

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May 7-- DEP hearing session on Hilcorp Energy Gas Well Spacing Units application. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 10:00 a.m.

May 8-- DEP hearing sessions on Hilcorp Energy Gas Well Spacing Units application. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

May 8-- DEP holds a hearing on a air quality redesignation request for the Allentown Maintenance Area. DEP Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 1:00.  (formal notice)

May 8-- NEW. Agenda Released. Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a public hearing on water withdrawal requests.  Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg. 2:30.  (formal notice)

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

May 21-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

May 21-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

May 27-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board holds a hearing on proposed changes to Chapters 121 & 129 - RACT requirements for major sources of NOx and VOCs.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh. 1:00.  (formal notice)

May 28-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board holds a hearing on proposed changes to Chapters 121 & 129 - RACT requirements for major sources of NOx and VOCs.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main St., Norristown. 1:00.  (formal notice)

May 29-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board holds a hearing on proposed changes to Chapters 121 & 129 - RACT requirements for major sources of NOx and VOCs.  DEP Office, Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

June 12-- NEW. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  (formal notice)

June 26-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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