The Department of Environmental Protection Monday announced it will webcast the October 28 Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force which starts at 1:00. Click Here to join the webcast during the meeting.

DEP also released an agenda for the meeting, which includes presentations on--

-- Integration/Coordination of Permitting Between Federal and State Agencies; Col. Edward Chamberlayne, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Lora Zimmerman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services; Domenic Rocco, Dept. of Environmental Protection; Doug McLearen, State Historical and Museum Commission; Heather Smiles, Fish and Boat Commission; John Taucher, Game Commission; Dan Devlin, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

-- Voluntary Best Practices: Managing Operational Risk and Protecting Significant Historic and Cultural Resources - Presentation by Leaders in Energy and Preservation (LEAP), Marion Werkheiser, Cultural Heritage Partners; and

--  Voluntary Practices for Facility Siting and Heritage Management - Marion Werkheiser, Leaders in Energy and Preservation.

Work groups for the Task Force are due to complete their individual reports on November 2 and the Task Force is set to review the reports at its next meeting on November 18.

DEP hopes to hold a public comment period on the draft report recommendations in December, finish drafting the final report at its January 13 meeting to submit the Task Force report to Gov. Wolf in February.

The Task Force meeting will take place a DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg starting at 1:00 p.m.

For more information, visit DEP’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force webpage.

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