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

September 3-- DEP hearing on proposed attainment demonstration for Lower Beaver Valley Nonattainment Area for 2008 lead standard. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh.  1:00.  (formal notice)

September 3-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  Radisson Hotel Corning, Finger Lakes Ballroom, 125 Denison Parkway East, Corning, NY. 8:30. (formal notice)

-- Informational presentation on the Corning area

-- Release of proposed rulemaking for comment

-- Rescission of unneeded or outdated policies

-- Regulatory compliance matters related to Southwestern Energy, other companies

-- Regulatory Program Projects.

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September 9-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 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 9-10-- Delaware River Basin Commission hearing, meeting. Washington Crossing Park, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  (formal notice)

— Directing the Executive Director to prepare Stage 2 total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for polychlorinated biphenyls for the Delaware River Estuary and Bay and to furnish these to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) so that the EPA may establish the Stage 2 TMDLs;

— Authorizing the Executive Director to enter into an agreement with New York University Medical Center for studies on the effects of PCBs and dissolved oxygen on Atlantic Sturgeon;

— Water projects for DRBC approval.

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

September 10-- Agenda Released. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  Marion Center Mine Rescue Station, 21 Griffith Dr., Home, PA 1:00.  (formal notice)

-- Bureau of Mine Safety Report

-- Mental Health Issues in a Mine Disaster

-- How The Council Can Support The Family Liaisons

-- Election of Chair

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September 16-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

September 16-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 16-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

September 17-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

September 18-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory and Solid Waste Advisory Committees joint meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 22—DEP, DCNR Meeting, Hearing On Gun Club Shooting Range In Centre County. Rush Township municipal building, 150 North Richard St. in Philipsburg.   Meeting—6:30, Hearing – 7:30.

September 23-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

September 24-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 25-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 2-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 8-- CANCELED. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment for deep mining. Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown. 10:00.  (formal notice)

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

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

October 15-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

October 15-- NEW. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment for deep mining. DEP Office, 131 Broadview Rd, New Stanton. 10:00.  (formal notice)

October 16-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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

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

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

October 22-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 23-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 27-- CANCELED. DEP hearing on Hilcorp Energy gas pooling requests in Lawrence, Mercer counties. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 10:00.

October 28-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 28-- CANCELED. DEP hearing on Hilcorp Energy gas pooling requests in Lawrence, Mercer counties. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 9:00.

November 5-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

November 5-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

November 12-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

November 18-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

November 18-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 2-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 9-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

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

December 11-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

December 17-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

December 18-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 22-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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