| July 2008 |
The five counties making up the Region first met to begin discussion of the Plan development concept |
| 1/22/2010 |
A Request for Proposals from qualified consulting firms was issued |
| 2/4/2010 |
A mandatory pre-proposal meeting was held to discuss the effort with interested bidders |
| 2/26/2010 |
Bids were received from consultants |
| 3/24/2010 |
Shortlist interviews were conducted with selected consultants |
| 4/29/2010 |
A formal contract was signed with L.R. Kimball as a representative of the successful Consulting Team |
| 5/13/2010 |
Steering Committee Meeting #1 was held with county and consultant representatives in Lycoming County |
| 6/22-24/2010 |
Public kickoff meeting held in each county |
| 6/29-7/1/2010 |
Stakeholder Meetings #1 |
| 7/13/2010 |
Steering Committee Meeting #2 in Montour County |
| 8/24-26/2010 |
Stakeholder Committee Meetings #2 |
| 9/1/2010 |
Effective date of Regional Solid Waste Plan Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement |
| 9/28/2010 |
Steering Committee Meeting #3 in Union County |
| 10/6/2010 |
Special Haulers Stakeholder Committee Meeting #3 in Union County |
| 10/21/2010 |
Steering Committee Meeting #4 in Snyder County |
| 10/25/2010 |
Draft Plan narrative submitted to Stakeholder Committee Members |
| 2/4/2011 |
Draft Plan submittal to PADEP |
| 2/8-10/2011 |
Stakeholder Committee Meetings #3 (#4 for Haulers Committee) |
| 3/28/2011 |
Steering Committee met with PADEP to discuss DEP comments |
| 8/11/2011 |
Meeting with PADEP to discuss the final version of the Solicitation of Interest (SOI) |
| 9/19/2011 |
Advertisement of SOI placed locally and in Waste Age Magazine |
| 10/2/2011 |
Notification of SOI to landfills who have accepted waste from the Region in past five years |
| 10/24/2011 |
Addendum to SOI issued |
| 11/18/2011 |
Responses to SOI received |
| 12/6/2011 |
Steering Committee Meeting #5 in Union County |
| 2/22/2012 |
Steering Committee Meeting #6 in Columbia County |
| 3/30/2012 |
Revisions completed and Final Draft version submitted to DEP |
| 4/16/2012 |
Five counties posted notification of 90-day public review period |
| 6/17/2012 - 6/18/2012 |
Public meetings held in all five counties |
| 6/28/2012 |
PADEP issued comment letter recommending edits to Draft Plan |
| 8/20/2012 |
Requested edits submitted to PADEP |
| 8/31/2012 |
PADEP issued comment letter recommending further edits to Draft Plan |
| 9/4/2012 |
Steering Committee Meeting #7 in Union County |
| 9/21/2012 |
Requested edits submitted to PADEP |
| September 2012 |
Commissioners of five counties voted to adopt Final Draft Plan |
| 9/24/2012 |
90-day municipal ratification period began; municipal adoption requirements were met by early December 2012 |
| 12/11/2012 |
Steering Committee Meeting #8 in Lycoming County; Committee voted to approve plan and submit to DEP |
| 12/20/2012 |
Final Draft Plan submitted to PADEP |
| February 2013 |
PADEP requested further edits; revised Final Draft Plan submitted |
| 2/26/2013 |
DEP formally accepted plan; one-year implementation period began |
| 6/4/2013 |
Steering Committee met in Union County to reorganize committee and initiate implementation activities |