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.

October 15-- CANCELED.  Environmental Quality Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting is November 19. (formal notice)

October 15-- Agenda Released. Time Changed. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice of time change)

October 16-- Time Change. Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee holds a hearing on the PA Downtown Location Act.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.  10:15.

October 16-- Agenda Released. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

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

October 17-- CANCELED. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is December 12. (formal notice) 

October 17-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety Subcommittee meeting.  Cambria District Mining Office, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg.  10:00. (formal notice)

October 18-- CANCELED. Senate and House Game and Fisheries Committees hold a joint hearing on use of Lake Erie permit funds and Fish and Boat Commission fee expansions.  Erie Yacht Club, 1 Ravine Drive, Erie. 9:00.

October 21-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will feature Pennsylvania hydro-geologist Bruce Leavitt will discuss his “back to the future” technology – known as “trompe” technology, dating back to the 16th century - that he has rediscovered and is using to remediate acid mine drainage in an energy saving, cost-efficient and effective way. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon.

October 23-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 23-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 

October 24-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel carson Building. 10:00.

October 24-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed amendments to the Commission’s water quality regulations, water code and comprehensive plan  to update stream quality objectives for pH in the interstate tidal and non-tidal reaches of the main stem of the Delaware.  Agenda and background. 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ. 2:00.  (formal notice)

October 25-- Time Change. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on rooftop solar installations and fire safety.  Montgomery County Fire Academy, 1175 Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken.  9:00.

November 6-- NEW. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:30.

November 7-- NEW. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory & Solid Waste Advisory Committees joint meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

November 13-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Susquehanna Room B, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:30.  (formal notice)

November 13-- NEW. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building.  8:30.

November 19-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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

November 20-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting has been rescheduled for November 13.  (formal notice)

DEP Calendar of Events  [Visit DEP’s new and improved Calendar]

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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10/14/2013