Friday, October 20, 2017

DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Toxics Strategy Changes

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 21 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a revised Chapter 16 Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy and giving notice of three public hearings on the changes.
The hearings will be held starting at 1:00 at these locations--
-- December 6: DEP Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre;
-- December 8: DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg; and
-- December 14: DEP Southwest Regional office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh.
[Note: This is an EQB-corrected list of hearing locations from the notice published.]
Persons wishing to present testimony at the Chapter 16 hearings are requested to contact Thomas A. Barron at 717-787-9637 or send email to: tbarron@pa.gov at least 1 week in advance of a hearing to reserve a time to present testimony.
Oral testimony is limited to 5 minutes for each witness. Witnesses are requested to submit three written copies of their oral testimony to the hearing chairperson. Organizations are limited to designating one witness to present testimony on their behalf at each hearing.
The deadline for comments is December 29.  Comments will be accepted through DEP’s eComment webpage where you can also find a copy of the proposed changes, by email to: ecomment@pa.gov or by mail to Department of Environmental Protection, Policy Office, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063.
Click Here for the full notice, a summary of the changes and other information.
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