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.

May 6-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1047 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) repeal the sunset provisions on Chapter 14 related to utility termination and reconnection, House Bill 1188 (Payne-R- Dauphin) providing for adjustments to the cost of natural gas. Room 60.  11:00.

May 6-- Location Added. 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. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 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.

May 7-- CANCELED. House Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1188 (Payne-R-Dauphin) providing for adjustments to the cost of natural gas. Room B-31.  9:15.

May 7-- Agenda Released. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  (formal notice)

May 7-- Agenda Released. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Delaware Room 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

May 7-8-- Delaware River Basin Commission public hearing/meeting.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, Washington Crossing, Pa.  (agenda-formal notice)

May 8-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is August 14. (formal notice)

May 16-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

May 21-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

May 22-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting is June 18.  (formal notice)

May 22-- Time Change. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

May 23-- NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on proposed actions related to water withdrawal requests.  Agenda. Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg. 2:30.  (formal notice)

June 5-- DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

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

June 11-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

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

June 13-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

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.

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5/6/2013