environmental advisory council

Members: Adam Sager (chairman), Jay Kline, Fred Winter, Bill Cannon, Pat Andrian

Chris Washburn (Open Space Review Board liaison)
Pat Washburn (Planning Commission liaison)

responsibilities

Environmental Advisory Councils are officially constituted municipal boards created to advise local governments on environmental issues and policies. Any municipality or group of municipalities in Pennsylvania can create an EAC by ordinance. In 1973, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 148 authorizing any municipality or group of municipalities to establish, by ordinance, an environmental advisory council to advise the local planning commission, park and recreation board, and elected officials on matters dealing with the protection, conservation, management, promotion, and use of natural resources located within the municipality’s territorial limits.

Act 148 empowers environmental advisory councils to:

Identify environmental problems and recommend plans and programs to the appropriate municipal agencies for the promotion and conservation of natural resources and for the protection and improvement of the quality of the environment within its municipal boundaries;

Promote a community environmental program;

Keep an index of all open space, publicly and privately owned, including flood-prone areas, swamps, and other unique natural areas, for the purpose of obtaining information on the proper use of such areas;

Make recommendations for the possible use of open land areas;

project updates

THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY

Introduction
What is an Environmental Resource Inventory?
Legal Authority for the Environmental Resource Inventory
What are the Components of an Environmental Resource Inventory?
What resources should be mapped for an Environmental Resource Inventory?
What are the Sources of Information for an Environmental Resource Inventory?
Why Invest in an Environmental Resource Inventory?
Who Uses an Environmental Resource Inventory?
How is an Environmental Resource Inventory Developed?



The EAC meets at 7pm on the third Monday of the month at the township building. Residents are always welcome.



The EAC Network
Department of Environmental Protection
More Environmental Links

FACT SHEETS
Recycling Paint and Varnish
Grasscycling Fact Sheet
Household Hazards
Recycling Works
Office Paper Recycling