Conservation District Comment Period on Proposed DGLVR Policy Updates
As you have hopefully heard, the SCC and Center have been working with the DGLVR Advisory Workgroup over the past year to propose some significant policy changes to the DGLVR Program. The advisory workgroup completed discussion on the initial proposed changes in August, and a review was completed with PA Department of Agriculture legal staff. The comment period for CDs is now open, through the end of 2025. Please see below for details about the review process. Please don’t hesitate to contact the SCC to discuss any comments or issues directly as well.
- CD Comment Form (23 KB): Please submit comments to Justin Challenger. Please use excel form provided at this link for comments. This will allow us to paste comments into one excel sheet, sort by section and line number, and review all comments in order at once.
Documents for Comment:
- DGLVR Administrative Manual (2.78 MB): Provided in “track changes”, showing all proposed changes from current (2022) version.
- Manual with Proposed Changes Accepted (2.14 MB): This version of the manual has the proposed changes accepted for easier reading. Note it has not been reformatted and fixed regarding the outline numbering. Also note that line numbers for commenting are NOT included in this version, only in the “track changes” version (since they would not match up).
- Contract and Attachments:
- Contract (126 KB): Provided in track changes.
- Grant Application (439 KMB): Old and proposed new version provided.
- General Contract Provisions (118 KB): Provided in track changes.
- Schedule of Payments (111 KB): Provided in track changes.
- Prevailing Wage Notification Letter (135 KB): Provided in track changes.
- Additional Documents:
- Contract Amendment Form (143 KB): Provided in track changes.
- Project Completion Report and Scope of Work (634 KB): Old and proposed new version provided.
- Stream Crossing Design and Replacement Standard (380 KB): Provided in track changes.
Recorded Webinar: This webinar from November provides an overview of the most significant proposed policy changes.
- Webinar Download (86.2 MB): MP4 format (~57 minutes)
- Presentation Downloads:
- Adobe PDF (1.97 MB)
- MS Powerpoint (2.65 MB)
Proposed Timeline Moving Forward:
- 12/31/25: CD Comments Due
- January: Review of comments, advisory workgroup meeting(s)
- February: Finalizing edits, comment response document, legal review of any changes
- March or May: Potential SCC approval for July 1, 2026, effective date.
