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

· September 9— House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on the removal of electric rate caps. City Hall, Council Chambers, Philadelphia. 1:00.

· September 9—CANCELLED. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is set for December 9.

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

· September 10— 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 10—CANCELLED. DEP Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is set for December 18.

· September 11— 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— Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on several water resources projects. Bucknell University, Elaine Langone Center, Lewisburg. 1:00.

· September 11- 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 13— 2008 Wild Resources Festival. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Presque Isle, Erie. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

· 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— 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— 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—NEW. Senate Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on powers and duties of deputy wildlife conservation officers with the Game Commission. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:30.

· September 24— 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 2— PROP Organics Committee meeting. Tillotson Room, Tippie Alumni Center, Allegheny College. Meadville. 9:30.

· 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.

9/5/2008