1422 Pennsylvania's Climate Change Advisory Committee; meeting

Pennsylvania's Climate Change Advisory Committee; Meeting

[38 Pa.B. 4154]
[Saturday, August 2, 2008]

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) announces that the first meeting of Pennsylvania's Climate Change Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) will convene on Friday, September 5, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The advisory committee meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

   The Advisory Committee is required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 (P. L.      , No. 70) effective July 9, 2008, for purposes of advising the Department on implementation of the Act 70. These activities include, but are not limited to: designating a voluntary greenhouse gas registry, delivering a greenhouse gas inventory report, creating an impacts assessment and developing a climate change action plan.

   The Advisory Committee will be composed of residents of this Commonwealth, selected based on their interest, knowledge and expertise regarding climate changes issues. Appointees will be selected to reflect a diversity of viewpoints on climate change issues from the scientific, business and industry, transportation, environmental, social outdoor and sporting, labor and other affected communities. Eighteen members will be appointed; six by the Governor, four by the Senate Majority Leader, four by the House of Representatives Majority Leader, two by the Senate Minority Leader and two by the House of Representatives Minority Leader. Ex Officio voting members will include the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Chair of the Public Utilities Commission.

   Questions concerning this meeting should be directed to Steve Wilson, Office of Energy and Technology Deployment, P. O. Box 8772, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8772, [phone], [e-mail].

   Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Steve Wilson at [phone] or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone] (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

JOSEPH R. POWERS,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-1422. Filed for public inspection August 1, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]