Members of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) encourage Ponca City residents to attend a public forum scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2016. The public forum will be held following the regular business meeting of the Board. There is no way to estimate how long the business meeting will last, so there is no exact time for the start of the public forum. Both the meeting and public forum will be held at the Carolyn Renfro Event Center, 445 Fairview Avenue in Ponca City. The regular business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. The Environmental Quality Board is the rulemaking authority for DEQ.

The Board welcomes input from those concerned about Oklahoma’s environment and the regulations governing their protection. The Board’s role at the forum is to listen to citizens. While the Board cannot speak about pending permits or enforcement actions, it is important to learn about citizen issues of concern.

The meeting and public forum are open to everyone. To learn more about the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, https://www.deq.ok.gov. For more information regarding this event, contact Quiana Fields at (405) 702-7100.

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