NOTICES

INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION

Actions Taken by the Commission

[29 Pa.B. 4497]

   The Independent Regulatory Review Commission met publicly at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 5, 1999, and took the following actions:

Regulations Approved:

   Environmental Hearing Board #106-4: Practice and Procedure (amends 25 Pa. Code Chapter 1021).

Regulations Deemed Approved under Section 5(g) of the Regulatory Review Act--Effective August 4, 1999.

   Department of Public Welfare #14-421: Eligibility Provisions for the Healthy Horizons Program for the Elderly/Disabled; Medical Assistance Income (amends 55 Pa. Code §§ 140.291 and 181.31).

Commissioners Present:   Alvin C. Bush, Vice Chairperson; Arthur Coccodrilli; Robert J. Harbison, III; John F. Mizner

Public Meeting held
August 5, 1999

Environmental Hearing Board--Practice and Procedure; Regulation No. 106-4

Order

   On February 16, 1999, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) received this proposed regulation from the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB). This rulemaking amends 25 Pa. Code Chapter 1021. The authority for this regulation is contained in section 5(c) of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7515(c)). The proposed regulation was published in the February 27, 1999 Pennsylvania Bulletin, with a 60-day public comment period. The final-form regulation was submitted to the Commission on July 2, 1999.

   This rulemaking amends the EHB's practice and procedure rules. The EHB is responsible for hearing appeals relating to orders, permits, licenses or decisions of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

   The revisions amend a wide range of EHB procedures, clarify how the EHB currently operates, and repeal provisions that are no longer used. The amendments provide the regulated community, the DEP, and all other parties and persons with updated procedural rules relating to representing their interests before the EHB. The proposed changes are based on the recommendations of the EHB Rules Committee, a nine member advisory committee created by section 5 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act.

   We have reviewed this regulation and find it to be in the public interest. These amendments update and clarify the EHB's practice and procedure rules.

Therefore, It Is Ordered That:

   1.  Regulation No. 106-4 from the Environmental Hearing Board, as submitted to the Commission on July 2, 1999, is approved; and

   2.  The Commission will transmit a copy of this Order to the Legislative Reference Bureau.

August 5, 1999

Honorable Feather O. Houstoun, Secretary
Department of Public Welfare
333 Health & Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17105

Re:  IRRC Regulation #14-421 (#1872)
Department of Public Welfare
Eligibility Provisions for the Healthy Horizons Program for the Elderly/Disabled; Medical Assistance Income

Dear Secretary Houstoun:

   Since this proposal meets all of the criteria under Section 5b(3), your regulation is approved. A copy of this letter will be forwarded to the Legislative Reference Bureau.

   Any questions you or your staff may have, contact Robert E. Nyce, our Executive Director at 783-5506.

ALVIN C. BUSH,   
Vice Chairperson

JOHN R. MCGINLEY, Jr.,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1392. Filed for public inspection August 20, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]

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