The Department of Environmental Protection published an update to its Non-Regulatory Agenda which shows the technical guidance documents the department is working on and a scheduled for their consideration. (formal notice)

Among the technical guidance being developed are--

Public Participation

-- Policy for Development Of Technical Guidance - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Policy for Development of Regulation - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Policy on Public Participation of Regulations & Technical Guidance - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Advisory Committee Guidelines - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

Coal Mining

-- Surface Water Protection From Underground Mining - Draft 4th Quarter 2018

-- Civil Penalty Assessments - Draft 3rd Quarter 2018

Oil & Gas

-- Public Resources Impact Screening - Draft 3rd Quarter 2018

-- Implementing Area of Review Regulatory Requirement - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Replacement or Restoration of Private Water Supplies - Final 1st Quarter 2018

-- Best Practices For Noise Control At Unconventional Wells - Draft 4th Quarter 2018

-- Induced Seismicity/Area Of Alternative Methods - Draft 4th Quarter 2018

-- Civil Penalty Assessment Informal Hearing Procedures - Draft 3rd Quarter 2018

Erosion & Sedimentation

-- Agricultural Soil Erosion Sedimentation Control Manual - Draft 4th Quarter 2018

Chapter 105

-- Compensation Requirements For Mitigation - Interim-Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Riparian Buffer Equivalency Demonstration/Offset - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

Drinking Water

-- Lead And Copper Rule Working Guide - Draft 3rd Quarter 2018

-- Drinking Water Field-Related Compliance - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Revised total Coliform Rule Guidance - Final 3rd Quarter 2018

-- Noncommunity & Community Design Standards - 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Water Allocation Permit Applications - 3rd Quarter 2018

On-Lot Septic Systems

-- Implementation Plan For Act 162 Alternative Systems - Final 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Site Suitability and Alternatives Analysis - Draft 1st Quarter 2018

-- Design Standards for Domestic Wastewater Facilities - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Note: See full list of on-lot policies are being worked on

Land Recycling

-- Land Recycling Technical Manual - Final 3rd Quarter 2018

-- Clean Fill - Draft 3rd Quarter 2018

Radiation Protection

-- Radon Mitigation Standards - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Monitoring Radioactivity at Solid Waste Facilities - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

Air Quality

-- Air Quality Permit Review Protocol - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

-- Air Quality Permit Exemptions - Draft 2nd Quarter 2018

This agenda was developed in response to a recommendation from DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council as a tool to increase public participation and transparency and is similar to the Regulatory Agenda last updated in October by DEP.

[Posted: Feb. 16, 2018]

2/19/2018