Scrapbook Photo 04/15/24 - 66 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA: http://tinyurl.com/msuwtctm
Calendar Of Events

Upcoming legislative meetings, conferences, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted.  NEW means new from last week.  Go to the online Calendar webpage.

Click on Agenda Released on calendar entries to see the NEW meeting agendas published this week.

December 5-- NEWSenate Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 344 (Baker-R-Tioga) authorizing the PUC to regulate pipeline safety.  Room 461.  12:30.

December 6-- House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Bill 1701 (Cutler-R-Lancaster) establishing the State Geospatial Council. Room B-31. 9:15.

December 6-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1926 (Preston-D-Allegheny) prohibiting the use of eminent domain for natural gas gathering lines.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:00.

December 6-- Agenda Released. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. (formal notice)

December 6-- Agenda Released. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

December 7-- NEW.  House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 193 (Harper-R-Montgomery) requiring state-owned or leased buildings to meet certain green standards, House Bill 1813 (Tobash-R-Berks) amending the surface mining act to further providing for a reclamation financial guarantee, Senate Bill 995 (Baker-R-Luzerne) requiring Marcellus Shale gas wells to post certain 911 response information, House Resolution 438 (Cruz-D-Philadelphia) urging Philadelphia to establish a waste tire removal and disposal program.  Room 60 East Wing.  9:15.

December 7-- PUC Sustainable Energy Board meeting.  Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building.  10:00.

December 8-- House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1580 (Ross-R-Chester) increasing the solar mandate in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  10:00.
 
December 8-- Delaware River Basin Commission meeting.  West Trenton, NJ.  (formal notice)
 
December 12-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee, features a presentation by Nate Fice, PA Sustainable Forestry Initiative.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  Noon.

December 13-- Agenda Released. DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  Mining Technology and Training Center, Ruff Creek, PA.  10:00.

December 13-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

December 14-- NEW. House Human Services Committee meets to consider House Bill 272 (Hess-R-Blair) establish a Task Force On Lyme Disease.  Room 60 East Wing.  10:00.

December 14-- Agenda Released. DEP Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

December 15-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  Best Western East Mountain Inn, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.  8:30. (formal notice)

December 15-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  The next scheduled meeting is on February 9.  (formal notice)

December 16-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting for the purpose of reviewing draft Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards Triennial rulemaking.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:30.  (formal notice)

January 12-- DEP Southwest Regional Office Roundtable meeting. DEP Southwest Regional Office,  Waterfront A & B, 500 Waterfront Dr.  10:30.  Contact Holly Cairns at 412-442-4116 or send email to: hcairns@pa.gov(formal notice)


Note: The Environmental Education Workshop Calendar is no longer available from the PA Center for Environmental Education because funding for the Center was eliminated in the FY 2011-12 state budget.  The PCEE website was also shutdown, but some content was moved to the PA Association of Environmental Educators' website.


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

12/5/2011

Go To Preceding Article     Go To Next Article

Return to This PA Environment Digest's Main Page