2022 Meetings

Meetings of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) are held on the third Tuesday of every month (unless otherwise noted). Meetings will only be held when there is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. All meetings will convene at 9:00 a.m. and will be held in-person as well as having a remote participation option.

The meeting dates are as follows:

January 18, 2022 - Canceled

February 15, 2022

March 15, 2022

April 19, 2022 - Canceled

May 18, 2022 (Wednesday)

June 14, 2022 (second Tuesday)

July 12, 2022 (second Tuesday)

August 9, 2022 (second Tuesday)

September 13, 2022 - Canceled

October 12, 2022 (second Wednesday)

November 15, 2022

November 30, 2022 (Wednesday)

December 20, 2022 - Canceled

Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA, 17105-8477, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277

Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts

November 30, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of November 15, 2022 (PDF)
Final-Omitted Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Sources (25 Pa. Code Chapter 129)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
  - Commentator List (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
- Emergency Certification (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2634 579 7250

November 15, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of October 12, 2022 (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Radiation Safety Requirements for Non-Healing Arts Radiation Producing Devices (25 Pa. Code Chapters 225, 227, 227a and 228)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Schedules of Compliance (25 Pa. Code Chapters 92a)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
Rulemaking Petition: Brodhead Creek (25 Pa. Code § 93.9c)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Petition (PDF)
  - Letters of Support (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2630 554 2405

October 12, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (Updated October 7, 2022) (PDF)
Minutes of August 9, 2022 (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: VOC RACT Requirements for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coatings, Large Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities and Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry Processes for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
  - Commentator List (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  - TAC Comment Letter (PDF)
  - Lab PFAS Survey Responses (PDF)
  - PFAS Treatment Survey (PDF)
  - Drexel 2022 Report (PDF)
  - NJ MCL PFOS PFOA (PDF)
  - NY PFAS MCL Rule (PDF)
  - Drexel 2021 PFAS Report (PDF)
  - Drexel 2021 PFAS Workbook (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Sources (25 Pa. Code Chapter 129)

Commentator List (PDF)

Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2634 514 1644

August 9, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of July 12, 2022 (PDF)

EPA Sanctions Letter May 23, 2022 (PDF)

Final Rulemaking: Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of NOx and for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS VOCs (25 Pa. Code Chapter 121 and 129)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  - Technical Support Document (PDF)
  - Technical Support Document Appendices (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards for Manganese and Implementation (25 Pa. Code Chapters 93 and 96)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
  - Commentator List (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  - Rationale Document (PDF)
  - Penn State Report (PDF)
  - Drexel Report (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2633 385 0042

July 12, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of June 14, 2022 (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapters 271 and 279)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
Presentation of Regulatory Fee Report: Erosion and Sediment Control Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 102)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Fee Report (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2632 354 6676

June 14, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of May 18, 2022 (PDF)
Proposed Rulemaking: Radiological Health Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 218)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  - Fee Report (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas Sources (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
  - Commentator List (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2634 493 4499

May 18, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of March 15, 2022 (PDF)
Proposed Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program Vanadium MSC Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Coal Refuse Disposal Revisions (25 Pa. Code Chapters 88 and 90)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 18, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2634 794 8610

March 15, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of February 15, 2022 (PDF)
Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Sources (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Executive Summary (PDF)
- Preamble (PDF)
- Annex A (PDF)
- Comment Response Document (PDF)
  - Commentator List (PDF)
- Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2631 584 0728

February 15, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

Agenda (PDF)
Minutes of November 16, 2021 (PDF)
Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report: Radiation Protection Program
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Fee Report (PDF)
Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report: Oil and Gas Program
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Fee Report (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 9:00 am EDT
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 2631 136 3901