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

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

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

March 3-- 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-- 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--House Commerce Committee hearing on economic development in a recession. PA Convention Center, Philadelphia. 1:30.

March 6-- 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-- 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--NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission meeting/hearing. Trenton, NJ. 10:30.(formal notice)

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

March 12--NEW. House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy hearing on Carbon Sequestration. Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia. 10:00.

March 12--CANCELED. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is June 11.

March 12--NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. Hilton Scranton Conference Center, Scranton. 1:00. (formal notice)

March 13--NEW. Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition For Environmental Studies. Geisinger Center for Health Research, Danville. 12:00.

March 25--NEW. House Consumer Protection Committee informational meeting with the natural gas industry. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00.

March 26--NEW. House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Economic Impact and Infrastructure hearing on Rebuild PA and Federal Infrastructure Stimulus. Room 140. 1:00.

March 27--NEW. House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy hearing on Marcellus Shale severance tax issues. Room 418. 10:00.

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)

July 13-16-- PA Statewide Conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

DEP Calendar of Events

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.

2/27/2009