The Environmental Quality Board will meet on October 17 to consider a final mercury emissions reduction rule and several other regulations. Here’s the rundown…

The rulemaking package the EQB will consider on mercury includes not only the usual comment/response document, but also a special record of decision requested by members of DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council to provide the technical justification for the rule.

A petition to redesignate Shermans Creek, Perry County, postponed from last month’s meeting, will also be considered along with a new petition to redesignate Grinnage Run in Greene County and a final rulemaking package making changes to stream designations in Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Fayette, Lancaster and Warren counties.

Also on the agenda is a proposed regulation dealing with locating waste facilities close to airports drafted in response to a Department of Defense rulemaking petition.

Handouts on each agenda item are available online.

10/7/2006