2018 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 is a sufficient number of agenda items for consideration. The meeting dates are as follows:

January 16, 2018 - CANCELLED

February 20, 2018

March 20, 2018 - CANCELLED

April 17, 2018

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

June 19, 2018

July 17, 2018 - CANCELLED

August 21, 2018

September 18, 2018 - CANCELLED

October 16, 2018 - CANCELLED

November 13, 2018 - CANCELLED

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)

Final Rulemaking: Radiological Health (25 Pa. Code Chapters 215-221, 223-228, 230, 232, and 240)

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)

Proposed Rulemaking: Unconventional Well Permit Application Fees (25 Pa. Code Chapter 78a)

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)

Forms (PDF)
References (Question 28) (PDF)

Correspondence

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)