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- PCPG....is the only statewide organization of firms employing
Professional Geologists.
- PCPG....has adopted, and operates under, a Code of Ethics and a
strict set of Bylaws.
- PCPG....drafted, lobbied for, and secured enactment of legislation
requiring the licensing of Professional Geologists in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (Act 151 of 1992).
- PCPG....lobbied for, and helped secure enactment of legislation
regarding the recycling of "Brownfields" sites in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Act 2 of 1995).
- PCPG....co-sponsored, with the PA DEP, a State-wide seminar on Risk
Management, for the benefit of the Science Advisory Board appointed
under the auspices of Act 2 of 1995.
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PCPG....has published the first ever Directory of Geologists
Licensed in Pennsylvania, for distribution to interested
professionals, regulators and the general public.
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PCPG....Governmental Affairs Committee monitors the introduction of,
and tracks the consideration of, all legislation and proposed
regulations potentially affecting the practice of geology.
- PCPG....Governmental Affairs Committee suggested new legislation to
long-time PCPG Friend Representative Carole Rubley (R. Chester
County). Rep. Rubley sponsored House Bill 924 which became law in
record time as Act 139 of 1997, repealing State Copyright requirements
for PA Geological Survey Publications, and making publication of
Survey reports easier and more cost-effective in the future. One
result of this legislation is publication by the Survey of Map 61 on
the Internet. Check out Map 61 at the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
Home Page.
- PCPG....has provided written commentary and verbal testimony at
hearings involving numerous pieces of legislation and sets of proposed
regulations.
- PCPG....publishes a semi-monthly newsletter, PA Geotech, which has
broad distribution to PCPG members, governmental and academic
institutions, and other professionals interested in the practice of
Geology.
- PCPG....maintains ongoing relationships with other geologic and
engineering associations
- PCPG....retains services of association management counsel to
perform all administrative tasks associated with the management of
PCPG activities.
- PCPG....has secured appointment of member firm representatives to a
broad range of State and Federal advisory committees. PCPG Member
Company geologists now serve on: the following PADEP Committees:
Citizen Advisory Council; Storage Tanks Advisory Committee; Solid
Waste Advisory Committee; Low Level Waste Advisory Committee; Water
Resources Advisory Committee; and the PADEP Science Advisory Board and
subcommittees (for implementation of Pennsylvania Act 2). PCPG member
Company Geologists also serve on the PADCNR Geological Survey Advisory
Committee, and the U.S. Department of the Interior's National
Geological Mapping Advisory Committee.
- PCPG....secured the appointments of two of its member
representatives to the State Board of Professional Engineers, Land
Surveyors and Geologists, the State Board which regulates the practice
of these professions.
- PCPG....is conducting an on-going program of statewide Training and
Seminars on current topics, such as: Pennsylvania's Land Recycling Act
(Act 2) Regulations; Ethics, Standards and Practices; and refresher
training for Geologists' Registration examinations.
- PCPG....has completed work with the Pennsylvania DEP to develop
policy on DEP's expected use of the Professional Geologist seal on
permit applications, professional reports, and other submissions in
the Commonwealth. The result is a PADEP Policy published in June of
1998 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, providing extensive guidelines
specifying professional tasks for which the PADEP expects use of the
professional geologist seal and use of the professional engineer seal.
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