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Final Operator Certification Regulations Go To EQB
PWEA Comment Letter-Chapter 92a Regs
The PWEA submitted comments concerning the Proposed Chapter 92a Regulations
PWEA Comment Letter-Operator Regs
The PWEA has submitted final comments on Proposed Title 25, Chapter 302
TDS Proposed Discharge Limits - Final Comment Deadline: 2/12/10
Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board Proposed Amendments to Regulations on Wastewater Treatment Requirements - Plain Language Summary
Operator Cert Regs - Final Comment Deadline: 2/26/10
As a result of the numerous comments received from PWEA and its members on the "Draft" Operator Certification Regulations, the PA DEP has completed a "Comment/Response Document" and made further revisions to the Operator Certification Regulations.
PA DEP Revises Draft Operator Certification Regulations
Draft Operator Certification Regulations Comment and Response Documents issued by the PA DEP.
EQB Publishes Proposed Rulemaking
The Environmental Quality (EQB) published a proposed rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin titled “Wastewater Treatment Requirements.”
IRRC Submits Comments on Proposed Operator Certification Regs
Today, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission submitted its comments to the Environmental Quality Board on Proposed Regulation No. 7-433 "Administration of the Water and Wastewater Systems Operators' Certification Program."
Government Relations Alert
On August 18, 2009 the PA Environmental Quality Board (PA DEP’s rulemaking body) voted to approve the PA DEP’s proposed regulation changes for discharges of municipal and industrial wastewaters containing high levels of total dissolved solids (TDS), sulfates (SO4) and chlorides (Cl).
PWEA Letter to Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
The PWEA has significant concerns with PA House Bill 1341.The PA DEP currently has an effective site inspection and sampling program for biosolids land application. Wastewater treatment plants and farms receiving biosolids are routinely tested and to date, the results have not revealed violations of the biosolids quality standards.