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

NOTE: Many budget hearings will be carried on the PA Cable Network on cable and online. The Senate Appropriations Committee starts its budget hearings next week. The Senate will webcast their hearings live on the regular Senate webpage.

Notice: 2009 Meeting Schedule for DEP Sewage Advisory Committee

February 23- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Department of Health - 1:00. Room 140.

February 23-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee electricity Subcommittee conference call. 1:00-3:00.

February 24--CANCELED. House Commerce Committee economic development roundtable. Room 60 East Wing. 9:30.

February 24- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Department of Environmental Protection - 9:00; Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - 10:00; Department of Agriculture - 11:00. Room 140.

February 25-- House Consumer Affairs Committee informational meeting on the natural gas industry. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00.

February 25-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting to consider a proposed permit-by-rule for erosion control and stormwater. Susquehanna Room, DEP Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00. (formal notice)

February 25- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Public Utility Commission - 1:00; Office of Consumer Advocate and Small Business Advocate - 2:00. Room 140.

February 25-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings:10:00 - Department of Agriculture,2:30 - Department of Environmental Protection. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

February 25-- DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

February 26- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: PA Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security - 1:00. Room 140.

February 26-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: 1:00 - Governor's Office, Office of Administration. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

February 26-- DEP Solar Working Group meeting. Second Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

February 26-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting on EQB Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards Regulation. 14th Floor Conference Room, 333 Market St. 10:30.

February 27-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 2nd Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

March 2-House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Department of Education - 10:00. Room 140.

March 3--NEW. Joint Conservation Committee legislative breakfast sponsored by the PA Recycling Markets Center. Room 60. 7:30.

March 3--NEW. Pennsylvania's Early Oil Pioneers, Oil 150 Celebration Reception. Capitol East Wing Rotunda. 1:30.

March 3-House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Office of the Governor/Executive Offices - 1:00. Room 140.

March 3--Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: 10:00 - Department of Education - K-12,1:00 - Department of Education - Higher Education. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 4--Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings:10:00 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2:30 - Department of Transportation. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 4--NEW. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

March 5--Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: 1:00 - Department of Community & Economic Development. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 6--NEW. House Commerce Committee hearing on economic development in a recession. PA Convention Center, Philadelphia. 1:30.

March 6--NEW. DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers special meeting. 6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

March 7-- Schuylkill Watershed Congress. Montgomery County Community College West Campus, Pottstown.

March 10--Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee hearing on PUC budget request. Hearing Room 1, North Office. 10:00.

March 10--NEW. Senate Game and Fisheries Committee meeting to hear a presentation of the Game Commission annual report. Room 8E-A East Wing. 12:00.

March 11--CANCELED.DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Next meeting April 22.(formal notice)

April 1--Sustainable Landscapes Conference. Milton S. Hershey School, Founders Hall, Hershey.

April 22-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30. (formal notice)

DEP Calendar of Events

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calenda r(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.

2/20/2009