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

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

-- Proposed land reclamation financial guarantee regulations

-- Final medical  and chemotherapeutic waste regulations

-- Hear a science update on chloride and sulfate toxicity testing in surface waters

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

-- Presentation on DCNR’s new endangered species permit review tool

-- Presentation on Gov. Corbett’s Executive Order authorizing non-impact drilling on State Park and Forest Land

-- Presentation by DEP Chief Counsel Dennis Whitaker on DEP’s review of the PA Supreme Court ruling in December that declared parts of the Act 13 drilling law unconstitutional.

-- June DEP Monthly Report

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July 16-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30. (formal notice)

July 17-- NEW. Agenda Released. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Moshannon District Mining Office, Philipsburg.  9:00. (formal notice)

-- Feedback on field visit to Avery Victoria, Pine Glen, Power Dugan AMD treatment facilities

-- Status reports on Permit Decision Guarantee Program, NPDES permitting, ABS Legacy Trust Account, reclamation fee operation and maintenance, bond rate guidelines

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

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

-- Overview of Office of Environmental Advocate, Office of Program Integration

-- Overview of State Air Quality Implementation Plan

-- Clean Power Plan Basics

-- Updated on Air Quality rulemakings

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July 23-- NEW. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

July 24-- Agenda Released. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  (formal notice)

-- Land Recycling Program update

-- Proposed Vapor Intrusion Guidance language

-- Separate phase liquids at storage tank corrective action sites

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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 5-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program hearing on funding applications.  6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

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-- CANCELED. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00. (formal notice)

September 10-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30. (formal notice)

September 24--DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00. (formal notice)

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

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