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 14-- NEW. House Finance Committee meets to consider House Bill 1171 (Dunbar-R- Westmoreland) repealing provisions of the Alternative Energy Production Tax Credit Program. Room 60 East Wing. 9:45.

May 15-- NEW. House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1052 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) further providing for the use of recreational fees-- summary.  Room 140. 10:00.

May 15-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1325 (Maloney-R-Berks) amending Act 537 to provide that onlot septic systems approved by DEP meet anti-degradation requirements, reversing an Environmental Hearing Board decision-- summary, House Resolution 223 (Tallman-R-Adams) memorializing Congress to support H.R. 979 in Congress, the Forest Products Fairness Act-- summary, Senate Bill 196 (D.White-R- Indiana) authorizing PennVEST to fund stormwater and nonpoint source management facilities.  Room 39 East Wing. 9:00.

May 15--  NEW. Agenda Released. State Conservation Commission meeting.  Room 309 Agriculture Building, Harrisburg. 1:00.

May 16-- NEW. Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee holds a hearing on the future of the Main Street and Elm Street Programs. Carbon County Courthouse Annex, Jim Thorpe. 1:00.

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

May 21-- Agenda Released. 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-- Agenda Released.  Time Change. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

May 23-- 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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5/13/2013