2024

April 17, 2024 – In-person and via Microsoft Teams (Click here to join the meeting or call in 1-267-332-8737, Conf. ID 910 815 656#)

• April 17, 2024 AAB Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft AAB Meeting Minutes – February 21, 2024 (PDF)
  • Pennsylvania’s 2023 Chesapeake Bay Progress Update (PDF)
  • Manure Management Manual Substantive Revision Update (PDF)
  • Draft Proposed Rulemaking – Water Quality Standards, Class A Redesignations (PDF)
  • Draft Final Rulemaking – Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards Slides (PDF)
  • Draft Final Rulemaking – Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards Annex (PDF)

• February 21, 2024 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft AAB Meeting Minutes-December 13, 2023 (PDF)
  • PAG-02 NPDES General Permit Reissuance (PDF)
  • Trenchless Technology Final Guidance Presentation (PDF)
  • Trenchless Technology Final TGD (PDF)
  • Chapter 102 Pilot Program (PDF)

2023

• December 13, 2023 AAB Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Approved AAB Meeting Minutes-October 19, 2023 (PDF)
  • Draft AAB Meeting Minutes-October 19, 2023 (PDF)
  • PAG-12 CAFO Permit Update (PDF)
  • Reasonable Potential Analysis (RPA) Tool Training (PDF)

• October 19, 2023 AAB Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Approved AAB/NMAB Joint Meeting Minutes-August 23, 2023 (PDF)
  • Draft AAB/NMAB Joint Meeting Minutes- August 23, 2023 (PDF)
  • DEP Environmental Justice (EJ) Policy Overview Presentation (PDF)
  • Aquatic Life Criteria for Copper Proposed Rulemaking Presentation (PDF) Updated 10-13-2023
  • Copper Proposed Rulemaking-Annex A (PDF)
  • Chapter 91.33-Incidents Causing/Threatening Pollution-Proposed Rulemaking Presentation (PDF)
  • Chapter 91.33 Draft Proposed Amendments-Annex (PDF)

• August 23, 2023 AAB/NMAB Joint Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Approved AAB Meeting Minutes-June 22, 2023 (PDF)
  • Draft AAB Meeting Minutes- June 22, 2023 (PDF)
  • Draft AAB Special Meeting Minutes-July 18, 2023 (PDF)

• July 18, 2023-Special Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance Presentation (PDF) and Guidance Document (PDF)
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) PAG-12 Permit Update Presentation (Updated 7-21-2023) (PDF)
  • PAG-12 NOI (PDF)
  • PAG-12 NOI Instructions (PDF)
  • PAG-12 NOI Checklist (PDF)
  • PAG-12 General Permit (PDF)
  • PAG-12 Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • PAG-12 Annual Report (PDF)
  • PAG-12 Annual Report Instructions (PDF)
  • PAG-12 Comment-Response (PDF)

• June 22, 2023 Agenda (PDF)
  • Approved AAB Meeting Minutes-March, 15, 2023 (PDF)
  • March 15, 2023 Draft Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • Manure Management Manual Revisions Presentation (PDF)
  • Manure Mgmt. Manual 361-0300-002 Draft Document (PDF)

• March 15, 2023 Agenda (PDF)
  • Approved AAB Meeting Minutes-December 8, 2022 (PDF)
  • December 8, 2022 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • Memo to Update SCC SOP (PDF)
  • CDFAP Statement of Policy (PDF)
  • Water Quality Standards Site-Specific Criteria and Development (PDF)
  • Water Quality Standards Site-Specific Criteria and Development - Annex (PDF)
  • PENNVEST Draft Guidance Clean Water Procurement Program 02-2023 (PDF)

2022

• December 8, 2022 Agenda (PDF)
  • October 20, 2022 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • August 18, 2022 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards (TR #10) (PDF)
  • TR 10 Proposed Annex A (PDF)
  • Annex A Chapter 16 (PDF)
  • Post-Construction Stormwater Management (PCSM) Manual (PDF)
  • PAG-11 NPDES General Permit Aquaculture Facilities (PDF)
  • Expanded Agricultural Inspection Program Annual Summary July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 (PDF)
  • PAG-12 Update NPDES General Permit for Operation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (PDF)
  • Manure Management Revisions (PDF)
  • Proposed 2023 Meeting Dates (PDF)

• October 20, 2022 Agenda (PDF)
  • July 18, 2022 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  • Draft Final-Form Rulemaking – Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards Dunbar et al. Stream Redesignation (PDF)

• August 18, 2022 Agricultural Advisory Board and PDA Nutrient Management Advisory Board Joint Meeting Agenda (PDF)
• Nutrient Management Advisory Board CAFO (PDF)

• July 18, 2022 Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes March 24, 2022 (PDF)
  • Draft Final TGD 383-4200-003 Guidance on Notification Requirements for Unauthorized Discharges to Waters of the Commonwealth Under Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law (PDF)
  • DEP Chesapeake Bay Program Update (PDF)

• March 24, 2022 Agenda (PDF)
  
• Meeting Minutes December 9, 2021 (PDF)
  
• Energy Grants and Rebates for Agriculture (PDF)
  
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (PDF)
  
• 2023 PAG-12 Update: NPDES General Permit for Operation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (PDF)
  
• Guidance on Notification Requirements for Spills, Discharges, and other Incidents of a Substance Causing or Threatening Pollution to Waters of the Commonwealth Under Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law (PDF)
  

2021

• December 9, 2021 Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes August 26, 2021 (PDF)
  • AAB 2022 Proposed Dates (PDF)
  • PA Climate Impacts Assessment and Action Plan 2021 (PDF)
  • Manganese Final Rule (PDF)
  • Manganese Final Annex A (PDF)
  • Integrated Report Storymap Narrative (PDF)

• August 26, 2021 Draft Agenda (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes June 10, 2021 (PDF)
• Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Inspection Program Discussion (PDF)
  

• June 10, 2021 Agenda
  • Meeting Minutes March 18, 2021 (PDF)
  • PA Climate Program (PDF)
  • Act 38 ODOR Management Program - Program guidance and Technical Manual Proposed Version 4.0 (PDF)
  • Summary of Comments Recieved Program Guidance and Tech Manual 4.0 (PDF)
  • Technical Guidance Manual Version 12.0 New Language (PDF)
  • Act 38 Nutrient Management Program and Chapter 91 Manure Management Manual Version 6.0 (PDF)
  • Draft Timber Harvest Field Guide (PDF)
  • DEP Agriculture Energy Initiative (PDF)

• March 18, 2021 Agenda (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes AAB December 17, 2020 (PDF)
  • PAG-12 and Biosolids Permits Update (PDF)
  • Manure Management Manual (MMM) Revision Process (PDF)
  • Act 38 Nutrient Management Program and Chapter 91 (PDF)
  • Nutrient Management and Manure Management Administrative Manual Version 6.0 Summary of Comments Received (PDF)
  • NM Technical Manual Version 12.0 Open Comment Period Summary of Comments Received (PDF)
  • Act 38 Nutrient Management Program Technical Guidance Manual Proposed Version 12.0 (PDF)
  • WIP Progress Report (PDF)

2020

• December 17, 2020 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes AAB October 22, 2020 (PDF)

• October 22, 2020 - Agenda (PDF)
  • 91 and 92a Fees (PDF)
  • Chesapeake Bay Update (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes NMAB and AAU Joint Meeting August 27, 2020 (PDF)
  • Media Release Conowingo WIP October 14, 2020 (PDF)

• August 27, 2020 NMAB and AAB Joint Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  • Chapter 102 ePermitting Update (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes AAB July 1, 2020 (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes AAB May 21, 2020 (PDF)
    
    
• July 1, 2020 - Agenda (PDF)
• AAB PAG-12 Permit Comments (PDF)
  
• Draft May 2020 PAG-12 Revisions for AAB Consultation (PDF)
  
• June 5 2020 Letter to Ag Advisory Board Members re Proposed Pre-Draft PAG-12 (PDF)
  
  
• May 21, 2020 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Meeting Minutes AAB January 27, 2020 (PDF)
  • CAFO PAG-12 Proposed Revisions (PDF)
  • Manure and Nutrient Planning Technical Team (MNPTT) (PDF)
  • Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Technical Guidance Document - Presentation (PDF)
  • Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Technical Guidance Document (PDF)
  • Draft Guidance on Trenchless Technology – Presentation (PDF)
  • Trenchless Technology Technical Guidance Document (PDF)
  • Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan (PDF)
    
    
• January 27, 2020 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes AAB November 7, 2019 (PDF)
  • Chapter 102 Fee Report (PDF)
  • 2020 AAB Proposed Meeting Dates (PDF)
  • AAB Meeting_CB Update_January 2020 (PDF)
  • Ch105_reg_proposed_AAB (PDF)
  • Chapter 105_rev_proposed_AAB_01-27-20 (PDF)
  • Chapters 91 and 92a Final Rulemaking - AAB (PDF)
  • Final 91-92a Annex (track changes from draft) (PDF)
  • Integrated Report Storymap (PDF)

2019

• November 7, 2019 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes AAB and NMAB August 29, 2019 (PDF)
  • Draft Guidance on Trenchless Technology (PDF)
  • Water Quality Standards Presentation (PDF)

• August 29, 2019 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Proposed Reissuance of PAG-02 NPDES General Permit (PDF)
  • Chapter 91/92a Fees Update (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes 6-20-19 (PDF)
  • Water Quality Standards for Manganese - Development of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF)

• June 20, 2019 - Agenda (PDF)
  • Draft Meeting Minutes 4-25-19 (PDF)
  • Agriculture E&S Manual (PDF)
  • Manganese (PDF)

• April 25, 2019 – Agenda (PDF)
  
• Draft Meeting Minutes 12-20-18 (PDF)
  
• ByLaws (PDF)
  
• Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards TR17 Updated Recommendations and Timeline (PDF)
  
• Pennsylvania's Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan (PDF)

2018

1. December 20, 2018 – Agenda (PDF)
   • Draft Meeting Minutes 2018-10-25 (PDF)
   • 2019 Proposed Dates (PDF)
   • MMP Survey Results (PDF)
   • Agriculture E&S Manual (PDF)

1. October 25, 2018 – Agenda (PDF)
   • AAB Meeting Draft Minutes 2018-8-16 (PDF)
   • Pennsylvania's Stream Redesignation Process (PDF)
   • Office of Environmental Justice (PDF)
   • Manganese in Surface Water: Proposed Change to Current Water Quality Standards (PDF) 
         
2. August 16, 2018 – Draft Agenda (PDF)
   • AAB Meeting Minutes 2018-4-26 (PDF)
   • Expanded Agricultural Inspection in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PDF)
   • Roles and Responsibilities - NMAB and the AAB (PDF)
   • Nutrient Management Advisory Board Meeting (PDF)
   • Directions to the Livestock Evaluation Center(PDF)
3. The June 28, 2018 meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be August 26, 2018.

1. April 26, 2018 – Draft Agenda (PDF)
   • AAB Meeting Minutes 2017-12-21 (PDF)
   • Agriculture Erosion and Sediment Control (PDF)
   • Agicultural Advisory Board Bylaws (PDF)
2. The February 22, 2018 meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be April 26, 2018.

2017

Meeting Dates - 2017 (PDF)

1. December 21, 2017 (PDF)
   • AAB Meeting Minutes 2017-10-26 (PDF)
   • Ag Advisory Board - 2018 IR Overview (PDF)
   • Eutrophication Cause Determination Protocol AG Advisory Board 2017-12-21 (PDF)
2. October 26, 2017 (PDF)
   • AAB Meeting Minutes 2017-6-22 (PDF)
   • Chapter 91 & 92a Fee Amendments: Proposed Rulemaking (PDF)
   • Improving the Chapter 102 Permitting Process (PDF)
   • Expanded Agricultural Inspections in Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Watershed: First Year Results (PDF)
   • Updates to the Regulatory, Technical Guidance, and Advisory Committees Policies (PDF)
3. The August 24, 2017 meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be October 26, 2017.
4. June 22, 2017 (PDF)
   • State Water Plan (PDF)
   • Phase 3 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) Process (PDF)
5. April 27, 2017 (PDF)
   • Meeting Minutes (PDF)
   • Agriculture Initial Inspections Update (PDF)
   • Standard Weights - Proposed Changes (PDF)
   • Standard Animal Weights Update (PDF)
   • Standard Animal Weights (PDF)
   • Comment and Response Document - Standard Animal Weights Update (PDF)
   • Nutrient Management Standard Animal Weights Update (PDF)
6. The February 23, 2017 meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be April 27, 2017

• December 18, 2013 (PDF)
• Draft October 16, 2013 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

• October 16, 2013 (PDF)
• Draft June 19, 2013 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
• Cumulative Water Use and Availability Study Presentation (PDF)
• Cumulative Water Use and Availability Study Information Sheet (PDF)
• Cumulative Water Use and Availability Study Webinar Announcement (PDF)
• Draft Estimated Irrigation Consumptive Water Use Procedure (PDF)
• Draft Estimated Livestock Consumptive Water Use Procedure (PDF)
• 2011 Nutrient and Suspended Sediment in the Susquehanna River Basin (PDF)
• 2012/2013 Roadside Cropland Transect Survey (PDF)
• Targeted Agricultural Compliance Pilot Project (PDF)
• DEP Update (PDF)

• June 19, 2013 (PDF)
• Draft February 20, 2013 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
• Draft October 17, 2012 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
• Draft June 20, 2012 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

• February 20, 2013 (PDF)
• Draft October 17, 2012 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
• Draft June 20, 2012 Meeting Minutes (PDF)
• Update - CAFO General Permit Renewal (PDF)
• Soft Run Initiative (PDF)