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.

Reminder: All announced meetings of DEP advisory committees are now included in the PA Environment Digest Upcoming Events calendar.

April 2-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

April 8-- Location Added. 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. Room 8E-B East Wing. Noon.

April 10-- NEW. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment in Mines.  Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown.  10:00.

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 11-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Next scheduled meeting is June 13. (formal notice)

April 16-- NEW. State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

April 17-- NEW. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  10:00.

April 20-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meeting. Agenda to be announced. Room B-31. 9:30.

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)

April 23-- CANCELED. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown.  10:00.  (formal notice)

April 24-- NEW. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

April 25-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

May 6-- Environmental Issues Forum by the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee. Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway will offer a presentation entitled “Fish and Boat Commission Fiscal Slope: Spending Reallocation Plan and Revenue Generating Options.” The presentation will focus on the agency’s need to reduce operating costs, and to fund infrastructure needs. Among potential revenue generating options to be discussed is a proposed fee for consumptive use and degradation of water. LTBD. Noon.

May 7-- Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee holds a hearing on utility storm response.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:30.

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

-- June 17-- Environmental Issues Forum by the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.  Dr. David J. Nowak, Ph.D, project leader for the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, will discuss the agency’s innovative “i-Tree” program. Nowak was the driving force behind development of i-Tree’s suite of software tools that helps users assess and manage urban tree populations to make for effective urban forest management and better understanding of the ecosystem services provided by community trees. LTBC. Noon.

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

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

4/1/2013