2023 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:

February 14, 2023 - Canceled

March 15, 2023 (Wednesday) - Canceled

April 11, 2023

May 9, 2023 - Canceled

June 13, 2023 - Canceled

July 11, 2023

August 8, 2023 - Canceled

September 12, 2023 - Canceled

October 10, 2023 - Canceled

November 14, 2023

December 12, 2023

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

July 11, 2023: In-Person/Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of April 11, 2023 (PDF)
• Final 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)
  • Comment Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (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)
    • Human Health Criteria Rationale (PDF)
    • 1,4 Dioxane Rationale (PDF)
    • Cadmium Rationale (PDF)
    • Carbaryl Rationale (PDF)
    • Tributyltin 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)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Site-Specific Methylmercury Rationale (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition Recommendation: Conventional Oil and Gas Well Bonding (25 Pa. Code § 78.302)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • DEP Recommendation (PDF)
    • Exhibit 1 – Petition with Attachments A & B (PDF)
      • Attachments C-F (PDF)
      • Attachment G (PDF)
      • Attachment H (PDF)
      • Attachment I (PDF)
    • Exhibit 2 – April 21, 2023 DEP Report (PDF)
    • Exhibit 3 – Petitioner Reply (PDF)

Microsoft Teams meeting
Date and Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 9:00 am EDT

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 275 436 481 447
Passcode: 64RLoQ
Download Teams | Join on the web

Or call in (audio only)
+1 267-332-8737
Phone Conference ID: 791 536 124#

April 11, 2023: In-Person/Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of November 30, 2022 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Dunbar Creek et al. Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment Response Document (PDF)
• Commentator List (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Cranberry Creek Report (PDF)
• UNT Oley Creek Report (PDF)
• Bear Run Report (PDF)
• UNT SB Codorus Creek Report (PDF)
• Clyde Run Report (PDF)
• Two Lick Creek Report (PDF)
• Dunbar Creek Report (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Radiological Health Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 218)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Fee Report (PDF)
• Advisory Committee Letter (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Noncoal Mining Clarifications and Corrections (25 Pa. Code Chapter 77)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Comment Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Microsoft Teams meeting
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 9:00 am EDT

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 286 175 352 714
Passcode: LnsPa2
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Or call in (audio only)
+1 267-332-8737, 17973553#   
Phone Conference ID: 179 735 53#