EQB Meeting Schedule 2014

Meetings of the Environmental Quality Board will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market St., Harrisburg, and will begin at 9:00 a.m. Meetings will only be held when there are a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. The meeting dates are as follows:

January 21, 2014

February 18, 2014

March 18, 2014

April 15, 2014 - CANCELLED

May 21, 2014 (Wednesday due to PA Primary Election on May 20, 2014)

June 17, 2014 - CANCELLED

July 15, 2014

August 19, 2014

September 16, 2014 - CANCELLED

October 21, 2014

November 18, 2014 - CANCELLED

December 16, 2014 - CANCELLED

Contact: Laura Edinger, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA, 17105-8477, 717-787-4526, or email ledinger@pa.gov .

Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts

October 21, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of August 19, 2014 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Miscellaneous Metal Parts Surface Coating Processes, Miscellaneous Plastic Parts Surface Coating Processes and Pleasure Craft Surface Coating (25 Pa. Code Chapter 129)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• AQTAC Letter (PDF)
• CAC Letter (PDF)
• SBCAC Letter (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Security Rule for Radioactive Material (25 Pa. Code Chapter 215)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• RPAC Letter (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petitions: Ban on Water Fluoridation and Additional Bottled Water Labeling Requirements for Fluoride Content (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Petition - Ban on Water Fluoridation (PDF)
• Petition - Additional Bottled Water Labeling Requirements for Fluoride Content (PDF)
• Water System Fluoridation Technical Guidance (PDF)
• Three-Year Fee Report: Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report; Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Control and Stormwater Management Permits Fees Report
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Three-Year Report (PDF)

August 19, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of July 15, 2014 (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Ashley Funk - Petition to Establish Regulations to Reduce Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• DEP Recommendation (PDF)
• Petition - Exhibit 1 (PDF)
• April 15 DEP Report - Exhibit 2 (PDF)
• Petitioner Reply - Exhibit 3 (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Beaver Creek; Delaware County (25 Pa. Code Section 93.9g)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Cover Letter (PDF)
• EQB Petition Form (PDF)
• List of Municipalities and Contacts (PDF)
• Report - Natural Resource Concerns (PDF)
• Letter - Comment on 2014 Report (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Upper Paradise Creek; Monroe County (25 Pa. Code Section 93.9c)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Petition (PDF)
• Three-Year Fee Report: Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report; Radiation Protection Program
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Three-Year Report (PDF)

July 15, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 21, 2014 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Land Reclamation Financial Guarantees and Bioenergy Crop Bonding (25 Pa. Code Chapters 77, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 211)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board Letter (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Regulated Medical and Chemotherapeutic Waste (25 Pa. Code Chapters 271, 272, 273, 284, 285, 287, 288, 299)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Solid Waste Advisory Committee Letter (PDF)
• One Page Summary of Comments - Warren Glass (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Science Update: Ionic Composition of Pennsylvania's Surface Waters and Chloride and Sulfade Toxicity Testing
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

May 21, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of March 18, 2014 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials (25 Pa. Code Chapter 129)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter (PDF)
• Citizens Advisory Council Letter (PDF)
• Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petitions: Clearfield Creek Watershed Association, Cambria County: Killbuck Run, Wyerough Run, and Beaverdam Run (25 Pa. Code Section 93.9l)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Clearfield Creek Watershed Association Petition Cover Letter (PDF)
• Killbuck Run (PDF)
• Wyerough Run (PDF)
• Beaverdam Run (PDF)

March 18, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of February 18, 2014 (PDF)
• Presentation of Findings: Perkiomen Creek Petition (25 Pa Code §93.9f)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Perkiomen Creek Report (PDF) 
• Comment and Response Document (PDF) 
• Perkiomen Creek Petition (PDF) 

February 18, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of January 21, 2014 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Flexible Packaging Printing Presses, Offset Lithographic Printing Presses, and Letterpress Printing Presses; and Adhesives, Sealants, Primers, and Solvents (25 Pa. Code Chapter 121, 129, and 130)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• AQTAC Letter (PDF)
• SBCAC Letter - (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• CSSAB Letter (PDF)
• STAC Letter - (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Table 1 (PDF)
• Table 2 (PDF)
• Table 3a (PDF)
• Table 3b (PDF)
• Table 4a (PDF)
• Table 4b (PDF)
• Table 5a (PDF)
• Table 5b (PDF)
• Table 6 (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Stony Run Watershed (25 Pa. Code Section 93.9v)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Part 1 (PDF)
• Part 2 (PDF)
• Part 3 (PDF)
• Part 4 (PDF)
• Part 5 (PDF)
• Three-Year Fee Report (25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Three-Year Report (PDF)

January 21, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of November 19, 2013 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Oil and Gas Well Permit Fee (25 Pa. Code Chapter 78)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• COGENT One-Page Summary of Comments (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Three Year Report (PDF)
• Attachment 1 - CFS without Fee Increase (PDF)
• Attachment 2 - CFS with Increased Permit Fee Addl Staff and IT (PDF)