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.

March 11-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds an information meeting on Nutrient Trading Program- PennVEST and giving wastewater treatment plants alternatives to meeting nutrient requirements-DEP. 205 Ryan Building. 11:00.

March 12-- NEW. Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 177 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) establishing a task force on Lyme Disease and related diseases.  Room 461. 10:30.

March 12-- NEW. Agenda. State Conservation Commission meeting.  Room 309 Agriculture Building. 1:00.

March 13-- NEW. Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 351 (Erickson-R-Delaware) authorizing the formation of stormwater management municipal authorities.  Room 8E-A East Wing.  10:00.

March 13-- House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on natural gas distribution service. Room 60 East Wing. 9:15.

March 18-- Environmental Issues Forum by Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.  Presentation by PA Association of Conservation Districts on natural resource management and preservation services and the Dirt and Gravel Road Program. Room 8E-B East Wing.  Noon.

March 19-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on Senate Bill 258 (Yaw-R-Bradford) related to quieting titles involving mineral rights.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:30.

March 19-- NEW. House State Government Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 211 (Grove-R-Lancaster) requiring the review of regulations every five years and House Bill 549 (Scavello-R-Monroe) authorizing the review of regulations every two years instead of three years. Room 60 East Wing. 9:00.

March 19-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting of the Board is April 16.  (formal notice)

March 19-- Agenda. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 11:00.

March 19-- NEW. State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room A, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (2013 meeting schedule)

March 21-- NEW. House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on Fish and Boat Commission fiscal slope. Room 418 Capitol Building. 10:00 

March 21-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting to continue discussion of  Chapter 78 drilling regulation changes.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

March 21-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building, Harrisburg. 8:30. (formal notice & agenda)

March 22-- Senate Games and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on Fish and Boat Commission fiscal slope. Erie Yacht Club, Erie. 2:00.

March 26-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  Bureau of Mine Safety Rescue Training Facility, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  (2013 meeting schedule)

April 2-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

April 8-- Environmental Issues Forum by Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.  Presentation on new water treatment technology by PA American Water, Westmoreland County Authority, Rentricity.  Location TBD. Noon.

April 11-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  (2013 meeting dates)

April 11-- Change- cancels second day April 12. No agenda yet. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. (formal notice)

April 23-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting to continue discussion of  Chapter 78 drilling regulation changes.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

June 12-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

DEP Calendar of Events  [DEP No Longer Publishes a single Calendar of agency meetings]

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.

Senate Committee Schedule                House Committee Schedule

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3/11/2013