2017 Meetings

Meetings of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) are held on the third Tuesday of every month (unless otherwise noted). All meetings are held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market St., Harrisburg, and convene 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:

February 21, 2017 - CANCELED

March 21, 2017

April 18, 2017

May 17, 2017 (Wednesday due to primary election on May 16, 2017)

June 20, 2017

July 18, 2017 - CANCELED

August 15, 2017

September 19, 2017 - CANCELED

October 17, 2017

November 14, 2017 (second Tuesday of the month) - CANCELED

December 12, 2017 (second Tuesday of the month)

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

Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts

December 12, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of October 17, 2017 (PDF)
• Final-Omitted Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board Letter September 25, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Gasoline Volatility Requirements (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 126)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Citizens Advisory Committee Letter September 19, 2017 (PDF)
• Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter July 26, 2017 (PDF)
• Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter June 15, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Disinfection Requirements Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Sample Siting Plan (PDF)
• Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Advisory Board Letter August 25, 2017 (PDF)

October 17, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of August 15, 2017 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Noncoal Mining Program Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 77)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble – Revised October 16 (PDF)
• Preamble – Revised with tracked changes October 16 (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Administration of the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 245)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Draft New Forms (PDF)
• Draft Revised Existing Forms (PDF)
• Storage Tank Advisory Committee Letter March 15, 2017 (PDF)

August 15, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 20, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Sobers Run et. al. Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• PennFuture One Page Summary (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Sobers Run Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Mill Creek Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Silver Creek Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Swiftwater Creek Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Stream Evaluation Reports: No Change Recommendations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93):
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Pickering Creek Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Dwarfs Kill Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Little Sewickley Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Maximum Contaminant Level for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Petition (PDF)

June 20, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 17, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Radiological Health and Radon Certification Fees; and Pennsylvania Radon Mitigation System Fee (25 Pa. Code, Chapters 218 and 240)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Form (PDF)
• Radiation Protection Advisory Committee Letter December 1, 2016 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Class A Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment and Response
• Commentator List (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Addendum (PDF)
• Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report: Dam Safety and Waterway Management (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 105)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Report (PDF)
• Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report: Administration of the Water and Wastewater Systems Operators' Certification Program (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 302)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Report (PDF)

May 17, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of April 18, 2017 (PDF)
• PFBC Testimony as provided to the Delaware River Basin Commission (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Safe Drinking Water General Update and Fees (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 109)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Forms (PDF)
• References (Question 28) (PDF)
• EPA Letter_December 30, 2016 (PDF)
• DEP Response Letter February 24, 2017 (PDF)
• Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board Letter January 23, 2017 (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Delaware River (25 Pa. Code § 93.9e)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Petition (PDF)
• Attachment 1 (PDF)
• Attachment 2 (PDF)
• Attachment 3 (PDF)
• Attachment 4 (PDF)
• Attachment 5 (PDF)
• Attachment 6 (PDF)

April 18, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of March 21, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Environmental Laboratory Accreditation (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 252)
• PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Order (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Forms (PDF)
• Comment/Response Document (PDF)
• Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee Letter_January 12, 2017 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 93)
• PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Ammonia Rationale (PDF)
• Bacteria Rationale (PDF)
• Human Health Rationale (PDF)
• Statement of Policy: Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy (25 Pa. Code Chapter 16)
• PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Notice (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Fiscal Sheet (PDF)

March 21, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of October 18, 2016 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Industrial Cleaning Solvents; General Provisions; Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework; and Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of NOx and VOCs (25 Pa. Code, Chapters 121 and 129)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter_February 11, 2016 (PDF)
• Citizens Advisory Council_March 18, 2016 (PDF)
• Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee_April 27, 2016 (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Marsh Creek (25 Pa. Code § 93.9g)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Petition (PDF)