2020 Meetings

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)