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Eastern PA Water Pollution Control Operators Association |
The Department of Environmental Protection maintains a roster of current and pending regulatory actions, technical guidance manual revisions, and rulemaking petitions on its website. To see the latest information available from DEP, click on the link below.
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/pubpartcenter/site/default.asp
IMPORTANT!!!!!!
Our response to Secretary
McGinty's letter has had an effect. Please see attached letter from
Representative George. If you have not seen the Secretary's
letter and our response, please visit the EPWPCOA website: epaops.org and
look under government affairs.
Randy Hurst has received a copy of letter from DEP and has issued a response. These letters appear below:
Hurst EPWPCOA Letter of 2-26-08
Representative Brutz Letter of 1-11-08
Representative George Letter 12-13-07
Randy's Letter to Representative George of 1-2-08
DEP Letter of November 1, 2007
Randy's Letter to Representative George of November 6, 2007
Randy also made the following comments:
"The third paragraph of
Secretary McGinty's letter represents a significant change in DEP
enforcement policy, which all operators should be aware of. DEP enforcement
staff can no longer threaten operators with personal monetary
penalties for minor violations as they have in the past; they must first
issue an Order, and the Order must then be violated before any penalty can
be imposed. Operators should also be aware that all Orders can be
appealed and DEP must prove that they are valid under "normal" rules of law:
strict liability does not apply to Orders."
PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW FOR INFORMATION FROM RANDY HURST REGARDING THE ISSUE OF OPERATOR LIABILITY..... YOUR ACTION IS REQUIRED TO ASSURE A MORE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION!!!!!
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR RANDY'S DOCUMENT.
If you have an issue that you would like the Committee to consider, please contact the chair, Randy Hurst, at rghurst@mette.com, or (717) 231-5215.
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