Upcoming conferences, meetings, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted. NEW indicates new from last week. Go To: PA Environment Digest Calendar Page

· August 28—DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting. DEP Mine Rescue Station, 286 Industrial Park Rd, Ebensburg. 10:00.

· September 3—Governor’s Sustainable Water Infrastructure Task Force meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

· September 4—DEP Solar Work Group meeting. Second Floor Auditorium, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00. Contact: Libby Dodson, 717-772-8907 or send email to: ldodson@state.pa.us.

· September 4— DEP Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board meeting. 8th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· September 5—DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. Contact Steve Wilson, 717-783-8411 or send email to: stewilson@state.pa.us .

· September 9-10—DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Best Western Grand Victorian Inn, Sayre.

· September 10—NEW. Joint House Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on deer farming. Mountain Ridge Whitetails, 1115 Dartmouth Rd., Hummelstown, Pa. 12:30.

· September 11—NEW. House Local Government Committee hearing on House Bill 1753 (Argall-R-Schuylkill) providing for grants to encourage inter-municipal cooperation. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00.

· September 11- Location Change. State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators will now meet on the 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· September 17— Joint Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on nutrient credit trading (Senate Bill 1493 (Vance-R-Cumberland). Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:15.

· September 18—CANCELLED. Joint Conservation Committee Sewage Management and Treatment Task Force. Penn Stater Conference Center, State College. 10:00.

· September 19—CANCELLED. DEP Potomac Water Resources Regional Committee meeting. (See Act 220 Participation webpage).

· September 22—NEW. Environmental Issues Forum presentation by U.S.G.S on emerging contaminants in PA Streams sponsored by the Joint Conservation Committee. Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· September 23—Governor’s Sustainable Water Infrastructure Task Force meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

· September 23—NEW. Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee meeting on Senate Resolution 195 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) related to a review of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program. Hearing Room 3, North Office Building. 10:00.

· September 24— Location Change. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational meeting on carbon sequestration. Room 8E-A, East Wing. 9:15.

· October 2— DEP Solar Work Group meeting. Room 105, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00. Contact: Libby Dodson, 717-772-8907 or send email to: ldodson@state.pa.us.

· October 18—Joint Conservation Committee Sewage Management and Treatment Task Force. Penn Stater Conference Center, State College. 10:00.

· October 23—Joint Conservation Committee Legislative Forestry Task Force. Penn Stater Conference Center, State College. 10:00.

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calendar

(courtesy PA Center for Environmental Education)

Senate Committee Schedule

House Committee Schedule

You can watch the Senate Floor Session and House Floor Session live online.

8/22/2008