DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 10 To Hear Presentations From The Evangelical Environmental Network, Susquehanna River Basin Commission

The DEP Citizens Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on June 10 to hear presentations from the Evangelical Environmental Network and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission on their environmental initiatives.

The agenda also includes an update from DEP on agency activities.

DEP also provided a written update to Council on agency activities.

Evangelical Environmental Network

The Evangelical Environmental Network is a ministry whose mission is to inspire, equip, educate, and mobilize evangelical Christians to love God and others by rediscovering and reclaiming the Biblical mandate to care for creation and working toward a stable climate and a healthy, pollution-free world.

Recently, the Network has been involved in issues like--

-- US House-Passed Budget Bill Raises Costs, Increases Health Risks; Eliminates PA’s MERP Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding

-- ENN Celebrates House Passage Of Community Solar Energy Legislation In PA

-- EPA Announces Plan To Put Pollution Before Our Health

-- Proposed Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act Reintroduced In Congress To Identify, Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells

-- Congress Repeals Cost-Effective Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Program Safeguarding Children's Health

-- FERC Approval Of PJM Fast Track Power Plant Plan Favors Natural Gas, Leaves Clean, Abundant Energy Behind For Pennsylvania

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission was established in 1970 by New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the federal government to guide water resource management in the  Susquehanna watershed.

Recently, SRBC--

-- Awarded $6.1 Million To Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects; 400+ Million Gallons Of Water Savings Expected Annually

-- SRBC Announces Award Of $155,000+ To Support 34 Local Watershed Improvement Projects

-- SRBC Awards More Than $11 Million For Pay-For-Success Nitrogen Reduction Projects

-- SRBC Invites 2nd Round Of Nutrient Pollution Reduction Proposals As Part Of Conowingo Dam 'Pay-for-Success' Program; Webinar Set For Oct. 9

-- SRBC Highlights Updated Water Quality Maps; Natural Gas Water Use Report; Impact Of Federal Cuts

-- SRBC Approved 50 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In February

-- SRBC Approved 58 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In March; 142 In 2025

-- SRBC Newsletter Highlights Chesapeake Bay Report Card; Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment Project; eDNA; New Cooling Tower Tech

-- SRBC Newsletter Highlights New Studies On Harmful Algal Blooms, Eels, Dam Removal; Grants

Public Comment Period

Individuals interested in providing public comment during the meeting must sign up 24-hours in advance of the meeting by contacting Ian Irvin at iirvin@pa.gov.  

Commenters are asked to limit comments to 3 minutes to accommodate other commenters and the rest of the agenda.  Read more here.

Joining The Meeting

The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building starting at 12:30 p.m.  

Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams [Meeting ID: 294 074 298 872, Passcode: SE7Z728B]  or Call-in: +1 267-332-8737, Conference ID #: 320 494 978#

For more information and copies of available handouts, visit DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council webpage.  Questions should be directed to: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171

[Posted: May 27, 2025]  PA Environment Digest