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Solid Waste Advisory Committee


Meeting Schedule - 2016

September 24, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting

  • Action Item: FY 2014-2015 Recycling Fund Spending Plan – Lawrence Holley, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning
  • Update: Recycling Convenience Center Grant Program - Todd Pejack, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, DEP
  • Update: Recycling Markets Development Center (RMC) - Bob Bylone, Recycling Markets Center
  • Update: Department of General Services/DEP MOU - Matt Blascovich, Warehouse Manager, DGS
  • Update: PennDOT Strategic Recycling Program (SRP) - Winnie O'Kello, Civil Engineer, PennDOT
  • Update: Act 101 Section 904 Recycling Performance Grant Program - Todd Pejack, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, DEP
  • Update: DEP's eComment Initiative and Policy for Development and Publication of Technical Guidance - Jessica Shirley, Executive Policy Specialist, DEP Policy Office

August 5, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Subcommittee Meeting

July 9, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Subcommittee Meeting

June 4, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting - Canceled

April 2, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting

  • Re-Trac - Joanne Yurcaba, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, DEP
  • Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), Program Status - Larry Holley, Chief, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, DEP
  • E-Scrap and CDRA, Overview and National Perspective – Jack Himes and Robert Bylone Jr., Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center
  • Review of TENORM Study – David Allard, Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection, DEP

January 15, 2015 - Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting

  • Election of Officers - Michele Nestor, Chair
  • Update: Management of Fill Policy Maximum Contaminant Levels - Steve Socash, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, DEP, and Troy Conrad, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, DEP
  • Settlement Accommodation - Jason Dunham, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, DEP
  • Water Recycling/Oil & Gas Waste - Mike Texter, Division of Reporting and Fee Collection, DEP
  • PA Illegal Dumping Report - Michele Nestor, Nestor Resources, Inc.
  • Update: EPA's Definition of Solid Waste - Tom Mellott, Division of Hazardous Waste, DEP

September 18, 2014 - Annual Recycling Fund Advisory Committee and Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting

  • Review of FY 2013-2014 Recycling Fund Expenditures – Lawrence Holley, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning
  • Action Item: FY 2014-2015 Recycling Fund Spending Plan – Lawrence Holley, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning
  • Update: Recycling Convenience Center Grant Program – Todd Pejack, Division of Waste Minimization and Planning, DEP
  • Update on the Recycling Markets Development Center (RMC) – Bob Bylone, Recycling Markets Center
  • Update: Department of General Services/DEP MOU – Matt Blascovich, Warehouse Manager, DGS
  • Update: PennDOT Strategic Recycling Program (SRP) – Winnie O’Kello, Civil Engineer, PennDOT
  • Update: Management of Fill Policy – Stephen Socash, Division of Municipal and Residual Waste, DEP

SWAC Membership List (pdf) Revised 1-1-15

For comments or questions contact Ali Tarquino Morris, Bureau of Waste Management.

SWAC Bylaws (Revised 5-27-10)

Previous Years' Agendas and Minutes