DEP Sets 4 Webinars on March 10, 11 On New Act 162 Stream Buffer Requirements

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a series of four webinars on the implementation of new stream buffer requirements as a result of Act 162—

— March 10: Riparian Buffer Equivalency.  10:00.

— March 10: Riparian Buffer Offsets. 1:00.

— March 11: Riparian Buffer Equivalency.  10:00.

— March 11: Riparian Buffer Offsets. 1:00.

Click on the webinar title to register for these events.

February 18 is the deadline for commenting on DEP’s interim policy for implementing the new buffer requirements in Act 162.  Two more guidance documents for implementing Act 162 are expected to published for public comment in the near future.

For more information, visit DEP’s Act 162 webpage.

(Reprinted from Feb. 5 DEP News.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)