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 8-- CANCELED. 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 9-- NEW. House Finance Committee meets to consider bills related to the House Republican Marcellus Works Initiative-- House Bill 301 (Saylor-R-York) providing for a natural gas vehicle fleet tax credit, House Bill 305 (Denlinger-R-Lancaster) providing for a natural gas corridor tax credit, House Bill 309 (Grove-R-York) providing for a natural gas vehicle tax credit.  Room 60 East Wing.  9:45.

April 10-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider bills related to the House Republican Marcellus Works Initiative-- House Bill 302 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert small mass transit bus fleets to natural gas, House Bill 303 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert large mass transit fleets to natural gas, House Bill 306 (Pickett-R- Bradford) redirecting the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund to create the Keystone Fuel Incentive Program to fund conversions of vehicles to natural gas, House Bill 307 (Evankovich-R- Armstrong) amending the Air Pollution Control Act to eliminate duplication of certification for natural gas vehicles, House Bill 308 (Saylor-R-York) redirecting $6 million annually from the Clean Air Fund to finance vehicle conversions to natural gas.  Room 60 East Wing.  9:00.

April 10-- Agenda Released. 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-- Agenda Released. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

April 16--Agenda Released. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  11:00.

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

April 17-- NEW. House Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 770 (Adolph-R- Delaware) authorizing an Appalachian Trail vehicle license plate.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:30.

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

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

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

April 25-- NEW. House Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on deer management.  Coudersport Volunteer Fire Department, Coudersport. 6:00 p.m.

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

April 29-- NEW. Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee holds a hearing on PA Natural Diversity Inventory.  Room G-50 Irvis building. 9:00.

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 6-- NEW. House Democratic Policy Committee informational briefing on Fish and Boat Commission fiscal slope. Room 418. 10:00.

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

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4/8/2013