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

June 24-- Agenda Released. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

-- DEP comments on EPA’s proposed carbon emission reduction regulation

-- Work plan discussion: expanding Act 129, generation and non-generation subcommittee report

-- Draft schedule for producing the next Climate Change Impact Assessment, 2015 Climate Change Action Plan

-- 2012 natural gas emissions inventory overview

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June 25-- Agenda Released. DEP State Board for Certification Of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

-- SEO Board powers and duties presentation

-- Board member John Seamans term expiring

-- Certification of new SEOs

-- Update on PA Townships Assn. Pre-Certification Academy Soils Training

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

-- Summary of comments on Chapter 78 drilling regulation changes

-- Overview of draft changes to a new reg package in Chapter 78, Subchapters D, H relating to well drilling, operation, plugging and underground gas storage.

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June 26-- DEP hearing on chemical contamination cleanup in O'Hara Township, Allegheny County. Aspinwall Borough building, 217 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall. 6:30. (formal notice)

June 26-- DEP Open House on Permitting Activities In Streams, Wetlands.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (formal notice)

July 9-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

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

July 15-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

July 15-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

July 16-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

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

July 30-- DCNR Natural Gas Advisory Committee meeting. LTBA.

August 5-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

August 7-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

August 12-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

August 20-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

September 9-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.

October 15-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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