The latest on proposed and final regulations and the Environmental Quality Board Agenda.

The Independent Regulatory Review Commission met on July 29 and approved a final Environmental Quality Board regulation to exclude extraction of coal incidental to government-financed highway construction or reclamation projects from the coal mining requirements of Chapters 86, 87 and 88. See the June 15 EQB agenda packet for a copy of the rule.

August 17 - Environmental Quality Board meeting agenda will include: Final - Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards; Proposed - Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Final - Small NOx, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines and Cement Kilns. Agenda and meeting packet items will be posted on the EQB meeting page shortly.

Pennsylvania Bulletin – July 31, 2004

Comment Deadlines Open

Copies of Proposed Regulations

Status of Regulations, 6-Month Calendar

7/30/2004