DEP Secretary Richard Negrin introduced Bevin Ann Buchheister, Esq. as the new Acting Deputy Secretary for Water Programs at the July 11 Environmental Quality Board meeting.

As Deputy, she is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Office of Water Programs, including the bureaus of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, Safe Drinking Water, and Clean Water, Compacts and Commissions Office and Planning and Conservation Division, and oversees the Chesapeake Bay Office.

Buchheister served as head of the National Governors Association Water Policy Learning Network which provides information to Governors’ water policy advisors on best practices, policies and programs being developed and implemented across the country.

She also managed the NGA’s Federal Facilities Task Force, working with the US Department of Energy and states on cleanup of nuclear waste created by cold war weapons production.

Before joining NGA, she served for six years as the Maryland director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative commission where she developed and worked to pass legislation to remove phosphorus from maintenance lawn fertilizer, prevent over application of chicken litter as fertilizer to reduce runoff of excess phosphorus, ban microbeads in personal care products, add a fuel source to the renewable portfolio standard and protect funds for land conservation.

Before working for the Commission, she was the chief of staff to the Chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee in the Maryland House of Delegates and worked as a staff attorney for the YWCA representing clients seeking protective orders.

Her Pennsylvania roots include growing up in Delaware County.

NewsClips:

-- Federal Court Settlement Between CBF, Other Groups And EPA Over Requiring Pennsylvania To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Requirements Now Final

-- PA Capital-Star: Settlement Finalized In Lawsuit Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Federal Lawsuit Over PA’s Role In Chesapeake Cleanup Comes To Settlement

-- EPA Region 3: Statement By Adam Ortiz On Final Chesapeake Bay Settlement

-- Warren Times: Western PA Conservancy Honored For Work In Allegheny National Forest

-- Central Penn Business Journal: York County Community Foundation Awards Land, Watershed Grants

-- Triblive: Shaler Township Commissioners Approved Girty’s Run Stream Restoration Project In Allegheny County 

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay July Update: Tree Planter’s Worst (Cutest) Enemy; Red Maples; Upcoming Tree Maintenance Days; More!

-- NRCS-PA: How To Protect Livestock From Harmful Algal Blooms

-- Rodale Institute Blog: Nurturing Nature’s Filter - Soil Health And Its Influence On Water Quality

-- Standard-Journal: Life Along The Susquehanna River Focus Of Documentary

Related Articles:

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Recognizes PA Master Watershed Steward Jodi Sulpizio, Jodi Rose, Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake, As Watershed Champions  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Jayné Park-Martinez Sparks Conservation Efforts  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards, Master Gardeners Hold July 26 Webinar On How To Participate In Native Tree & Shrub Sale/Fundraiser, Tips On Planting, More!  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Asks PA Supreme Court To Reverse A Commonwealth Court Decision Saying West Chester Stormwater Fee Is A Tax  [PaEN]

-- Watershed Alliance Of York Accepting Applications For Riparian Forest Buffer Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Secretary Introduces Bevin Ann Buchheister As New Acting Deputy Secretary For Water Programs  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posts Draft Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis; Will Discuss At Agricultural Advisory Board Meeting July 18  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit (PAG-04) For Discharges From Small Flow Treatment Facilities

-- PennFuture Releases Model Municipal Warehouse Facility Zoning Ordinance To Help Manage Impacts  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Highlights Stream Surveys; Restoring Rivers; Juniata Flood Risk; Meeting Over Mussels; More  [PaEN]

-- DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’  [PaEN]

[Posted: July 11, 2023]

7/17/2023