Archived Meetings

Meetings of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) are held on the third Tuesday of every month. Meetings will only be held when there is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. Until further notice, all meetings will be held as virtual and will convene at 9:00 a.m. The meeting dates are as follows:

February 16, 2021 - Canceled

March 16, 2021

April 20, 2021

May 18, 2021 - Rescheduled to Wednesday, May 19, 2021

June 15, 2021

July 13, 2021

August 17, 2021 - Canceled

September 21, 2021

October 19, 2021

November 16, 2021

December 21, 2021 - 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 16, 2021: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of October 19, 2021 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Gasoline Dispensing Facilities (Stage I and Stage II) (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)
    • Form (PDF)
    • Reports (PDF)
• Proposed 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)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • TAC Comment Letter (PDF)
    • Lab PFAS Survey Responses (PDF)
    • PFAS Treatment Survey (PDF)
• Petition for Rulemaking: Conventional Oil and Gas Well Bonding (25 Pa. Code § 78.302)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Petition with Attachments A & B (PDF)
    • Attachments C-F (PDF)
    • Attachment G (PDF)
    • Attachment H (PDF)
    • Attachment I (PDF)
• Petition for Rulemaking: Unconventional Gas Well Bonding (25 Pa. Code § 78a.302)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Petition with Attachments A & B (PDF)
    • Attachments C-F (PDF)
    • Attachment G (PDF)

October 19, 2021: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of September 21, 2021 (PDF) Revised
• Petition for Rulemaking: Saltlick Run (25 Pa. Code § 93.9l)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Petition (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Schedules of Compliance (25 Pa. Code § 92a.51)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

September 21, 2021: In-Person/WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of July 13, 2021 (PDF) Revised
• Petition for Rulemaking: Angelica Creek (25 Pa. Code § 93.9f)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Petition (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: VOC RACT Requirements for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating Operations, SOCMI Processes, and Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Exclusion for Identification and Listing Hazardous Waste at MAX Environmental Technologies, Inc. Bulger and Yukon Facilities (25 Pa. Code Chapter 261a)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Bulger Sampling and Analysis Plan (PDF)
    • Bulger Evaluation Report (PDF)
    • Yukon Sampling and Analysis Plan (PDF)
    • Yukon Evaluation Report (PDF)
  • DEP has developed a Community Information webpage to share information related to the MAX Bulger and Yukon Facilities proposed rulemaking, available here on the Southwest Regional Office’s Community Information webpage.

July 13, 2021: PACast Livestream Meeting (see below)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 15, 2021 (PDF)
• Consideration of Final Rulemaking: CO2 Budget Trading Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 145)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (Revised July 12, 2021) (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
    • Commentator List (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Forms (PDF)

Please note: This meeting was recorded and the video can be accessed at the link below.

Watch the PACast Livestream Recording

June 15, 2021: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 19, 2021 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Coal Refuse Disposal Revisions (25 Pa. Code Chapters 88 and 90)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Preamble (PDF)
• Annex A (PDF)
  • Appendix A Tables 1-7 (PDF)
• Comment and Response Document (PDF)
• Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition Recommendation: Maximum Contaminant Level for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • DEP Recommendation (PDF)
    • Appendix 1 – Drexel PFAS Report (PDF)
    • Appendix 2 – Drexel PFAS Workbook (PDF)
    • Appendix 3 – April 16 DEP Report (PDF)
  • Petition – Exhibit 1 (PDF)
  • Petitioner Reply – Exhibit 2 (PDF)

May 19, 2021: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of April 20, 2021 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Radiation Safety Requirements for Non-Healing Arts Radiation Generating Devices (25 Pa. Code Chapters 225, 227, 227a and 228)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Attachments (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of NOx and VOCs for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Technical Support Document (PDF)

April 20, 2021: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of March 16, 2021 (PDF)
• Proposed 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)
  • 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)
• Petition Report: Stream Redesignation Petition Unnamed Tributary to Whetstone Run
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • UNT Whetstone Run Report (PDF)

March 16, 2021: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of November 17, 2020 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Management (WQM) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Application Fees and Annual Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Forms (PDF)
• Regulatory Fee Report: Water and Wastewater Systems Operators’ Certification Program (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 302)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Fee Report (PDF)

Meetings of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) are held on the third Tuesday of every month. All meetings are held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA and convene at 9:00 a.m. Meetings will only be held when there is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. The meeting dates are as follows:

January 21, 2020

February 18, 2020 - Canceled

March 17, 2020 - Canceled

April 21, 2020 - Canceled

May 19, 2020

June 16, 2020

July 21, 2020

August 18, 2020 - Canceled

September 15, 2020

October 20, 2020 - Canceled

November 17, 2020

December 15, 2020 - 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 17, 2020: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
  
• Minutes of September 15, 2020 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards –Class A Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
    
  • Annex A (PDF)
    
  • Commenter List (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • • Streams Report (PDF)
      
    • Streams Report Addendum (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Water Supply Replacement for Surface Coal Mining
  (25 Pa. Code Chapters 87-90)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
    
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • • Forms (PDF)
      
• Proposed Rulemaking: Noncoal Mining Clarifications and Corrections (25 Pa. Code Chapter 77)  
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
    
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
    
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:00 am EDT 
Audio Conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 132 019 9717

September 15, 2020: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of July 21, 2020 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: CO2 Budget Trading Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 145, Subchapter E)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Forms
    • CO2 Budget Unit Application (PDF)
    • CO2 Budget Source Annual Cogeneration Application Form (PDF)
    • CO2 Budget Source Compliance Certification Form (PDF)
    • CO2 Budget Source Quarterly Reporting Form (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and time: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:00 am EDT
Audio conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 132 206 0861

July 21, 2020: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 16, 2020 (PDF)
  
• Petition for Rulemaking: Toms Creek (25 Pa. Code § 93.9z)
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Petition (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Dam Safety and Waterway Management (25 Pa. Code Chapter 105)
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Air Quality Fee Schedule Amendments (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 127)
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Forms (PDF)
    • Fee Analysis Report (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter December 12, 2019 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter January 21, 2020 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter January 22, 2020 (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and time: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 9:00 am EDT
Audio conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code 132 697 0286

June 16, 2020: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 19, 2020 (PDF)
• Petition Reports: Hazardous Waste Delisting Rulemaking Petitions
  • PowerPoint Presentation (will be available after meeting)
  • MAX Environmental Bulger Facility (PDF)
  • MAX Environmental Yukon Facility (PDF)

Webex Link (Register here)

Date and time: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:00 am EDT
Audio conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 795 015 418

May 19, 2020: WebEx Meeting

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of January 21, 2020 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Gasoline Dispensing Facilities (Stage I and Stage II) (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 129)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Notification Form (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter May 22, 2019 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter April 17, 2019 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter April 11, 2019 (PDF)

Webex Link

Date and time: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:00 am EDT
Audio conference: United States Toll 1-415-655-0003 Access code: 792 615 909

January 21, 2020

• Agenda (PDF)
  
• Minutes of December 17, 2019 (PDF)
  
• Final-Omitted Rulemaking: Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapters 261a – 265a)
  
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
    
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
    
  • Preamble (PDF)
    
  • Annex A (PDF)
    
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    
• Final Rulemaking: Revision of the Maximum Allowable Sulfur Content Limit for No.2 and Lighter Commercial Fuel Oil (25 Pa. Code Chapter 123)
  
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
    
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
    
  • Preamble (PDF)
    
  • Annex A (PDF)
    
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
    
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    
  • • Attachments (PDF)
      
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter October 17, 2019 (PDF)
    
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter October 23, 2019 (PDF)
    
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter November 20, 2019 (PDF)
    
• Final Rulemaking: Unconventional Well Permit Application Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 78a)
  
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
    
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
    
  • Preamble (PDF)
    
  • Annex A (PDF)
    
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
    
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    
  • • Attachment A (PDF)
      
    • Form (PDF)
      
  • Fee Report (PDF)
    

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 is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. The meeting dates are as follows:

February 19, 2019 - Canceled

March 19, 2019 - Canceled

April 16, 2019

May 22, 2019 - Canceled

June 18, 2019

July 16, 2019 - Canceled

August 20, 2019

September 17, 2019 - Canceled

October 15, 2019 - Canceled

November 19, 2019

December 17, 2019

Contact: Laura Edinger, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA, 17105-8477, ledinger@pa.gov, (717) 783-8727

Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts

December 17, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of November 19, 2019 (PDF)
• Proposed 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)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Human Health Rationale (PDF)
• Proposed 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)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter June 18, 2019 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter April 17, 2019 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter April 11, 2019 (PDF)

November 19, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of August 20, 2019 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
    • Appendix A Tables 1 – 7
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board Letter November 4, 2019
• Final Rulemaking: Federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) program Consistency (25 Pa. Code Chapters 86-90)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
    • Commenter List
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Addendum Question 12
  • 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)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Fiscal Sheet (PDF)

August 20, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 18, 2019 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Additional Requirements for Control of Fine Particulate Matter in the Nonattainment New Source Review Program (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 127)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Regulatory Fee Report: Uniform Environmental Covenants
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Fee Report (PDF)

June 18, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of April 16, 2019 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Water Supply Replacement for Surface Coal Mining (25 Pa. Code Chapters 87-90)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Draft Revised Form (PDF)
    • Draft New Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petitions: Hazardous Waste Delisting
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • MAX Bulger Petition (PDF)
  • MAX Yukon Petition (PDF)
• Regulatory Fee Report: Radiation Protection Program
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Fee Report (PDF)

April 16, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
  
• Minutes of December 18, 2018 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Revision of the Maximum Allowable Sulfur Content Limit for No.2 and Lighter Commercial Fuel Oil (25 Pa. Code 123.22)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter January 24,2018 (PDF)
    
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter February 8, 2018 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter February 20, 2018 (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Program to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Petition (PDF)
    
    
    

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 is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. The meeting dates are as follows:

January 16, 2018 - Canceled

February 20, 2018

March 20, 2018 - Canceled

April 17, 2018

May 16, 2018 (Wednesday due to primary election on May 15, 2018)

June 19, 2018

July 17, 2018 - Canceled

August 21, 2018

September 18, 2018 - Canceled

October 16, 2018 - Canceled

November 13, 2018 - Canceled

December 18, 2018

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 18, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of August 21, 2018 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking (Amended): Noncoal Mining Program Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 77)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Additional Requirements for Control of Fine Particulate Matter in the Nonattainment New Source Review Program (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 127)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter July 25, 2018 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter August 6, 2018 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter September 19, 2018 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Air Quality Fee Schedule Amendments (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 127)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Draft Forms (PDF)
    • Fee Analysis Report (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter June 14, 2018 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter July 17, 2018 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter July 25, 2018 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Class A Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Stream Evaluation Report (PDF)
    • Addendum (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Water Quality Management (WQM) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Application Fees and Annual Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapters 91 and 92a)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
    • Proposed Fee Comparison Table (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Draft Forms (PDF)

August 21, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 19, 2018 (PDF)
• Final-Omitted Rulemaking: Electronic Submission of Air Quality General Plan Approval and General Operation Permit Applications (25 Pa. Code Chapter 127)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter June 14, 2018 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter June 19, 2018 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter July 25, 2018 (PDF)
• Final 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)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
    • Draft Revised Existing Forms (PDF)
    • Draft New Forms (PDF)
  • Storage Tank Advisory Committee Letter May 17, 2018 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Noncoal Mining Program Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 77)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Regulatory Fee Reports: Water Quality Management (WQM) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) (25 Pa. Code, Chapters 91 and 92a)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • WQM (Chapter 91) Report (PDF)
  • NPDES (Chapter 92a) Report (PDF)

June 19, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 16, 2018 (PDF)
• Final-Omitted Rulemaking: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Consistency Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapters 215, 217, 230 and 232)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Radiological Health (25 Pa. Code Chapters 215-221, 223-228, 230, 232, and 240)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • • Forms (PDF)
  • Radiation Protection Advisory Committee Letter December 14, 2017 (PDF)

May 16, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of April 17, 2018 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Program Consistency Rule (25 Pa. Code Chapters 86, 87, 88, 89 and 90)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Unconventional Well Permit Application Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 78a)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • • Form

April 17, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of February 20, 2018 (PDF)
• Final 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)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter January 24, 2018 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter February 8, 2018 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter February 20, 2018 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Safe Drinking Water General Update and Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 109)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • • Forms (PDF)
    • References (Question 28) (PDF)
  • Correspondence
  • • EPA Letter_December 30, 2016 (PDF)
    • DEP Response Letter February 24, 2017 (PDF)
    • EPA Response Letter_April 12, 2017 (PDF)
    • DEP Quarterly Update to EPA_July 24, 2017 (PDF)
    • DEP Program Performance Update to EPA_January 18, 2018 (PDF)
  • Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board Letter December 22, 2017 (PDF)
• Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Program Cost Analysis Report: Oil and Gas Well Permit Fees (25 Pa. Code, Chapters 78 and 78a)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Report (PDF)

February 20, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of December 12, 2017 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Handling and Use of Explosives (25 Pa. Code Chapters 210 and 211)
• • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment and Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

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)

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 3, 2016

March 15, 2016 - CANCELED

April 19, 2016

May 17, 2016

June 21, 2016

July 19, 2016 - CANCELED

August 16, 2016 - CANCELED

September 20, 2016 - CANCELED

October 18, 2016

November 15, 2016 - CANCELED

December 20, 2016 - CANCELED

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

October 18, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of June 21, 2016 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Radiological Health (25 Pa. Code Chapters 215-221, 223, 225, 227, 228, 230, and 240)
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Radiation Protection Advisory Committee Letter_February 22, 2016 (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Repeal of Gasoline Volatility Requirements (25 Pa. Code Chapters 121-126)
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter_December 10, 2015 (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee_February 17, 2016 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council_March 15, 2016 (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Rulemaking Petition: Unnamed Tributary to Whetstone Run (25 Pa. Code § 93.9g)
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
  • Petition (PDF)

June 21, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of May 17, 2016 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Miscellaneous Metal Parts Surface Coating Processes, Miscellaneous Plastic Parts Surface Coating Processes, and Pleasure Craft Surface Coatings (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 129)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter – April 27, 2016 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter – March 18, 2016 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter – February 11, 2016 (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coating Operations and Heavier Vehicle Coating Operations (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 129)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee Letter – April 27, 2016 (PDF)
  • Citizens Advisory Council Letter – March 18, 2016 (PDF)
  • Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Letter – February 11, 2016 (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Revised Total Coliform Rule (25 Pa. Code, Chapter 109)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board Letter – March 25, 2016 (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • One Page Summaries
    • Aqua PA Summary
    • Chester Water Summary
    • Columbia Water Company Summary
    • Philadelphia Water Summary
    • Suez Water Summary
    • WWOAP Summary

May 17, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of February 3, 2016 Revised (PDF)
• Minutes of April 19, 2016 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Environmental Laboratory Accreditation (25 Pa. Code Chapter 252)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Laboratory Accreditation Program Fees Report (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Remining Requirements (25 Pa. Code Chapters 87, 88, and 90)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)

April 19, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes of February 3, 2016 (PDF)
• Proposed Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards – Sobers Run et al. Stream Redesignations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 93)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Stream Redesignation Evaluation Reports
    • Mill Creek
    • Silver Creek
    • Sobers Run
    • Swiftwater Creek
• Proposed Rulemaking: Radiological Health and Radon Certification Fees; and Pennsylvania Radon Mitigation System Tag (25 Pa. Code Chapters 218 and 240)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Radiation Protection Advisory Committee Letter – December 3, 2014 (PDF)
  • Preamble (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • Fee Report (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Administration of the Land Recycling Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 250)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board – December 17, 2014 (PDF)
  • Storage Tank Advisory Committee – March 4, 2015 (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (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)
    • Table 7 (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
• Three-Year Regulatory Fee and Cost Analysis Report: Laboratory Accreditation Fees
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
  • Laboratory Accreditation Program Fees Report (PDF)

February 3, 2016

• Agenda (PDF) Please note: this meeting was recorded and the video can be accessed at: https://youtu.be/fbNyTIWLvzY
• Minutes of November 17, 2015 (PDF)
• Final Rulemaking: Environmental Protection Performance Standards at Oil and Gas Well Sites (25 Pa. Code Chapters 78 and 78a)
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Order (PDF)
  • Annex A (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document Part 1 (PDF)
    • Commentator List for Comment/Response Document Part 1 (PDF)
    • Attachments for Comment/Response Document Part 1 (PDF)
  • Comment/Response Document Part 2 (PDF)
    • Commentator List for Comment/Response Document Part 2 (PDF)
    • Attachments for Comment/Response Document Part 2 (PDF)
  • One Page Summaries (PDF)
  • Regulatory Analysis Form (PDF)
  • COGAC Report (PDF)
  • TAB Report
  • Fact Sheet (PDF)