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.

November 12-- NEW. Agenda Released. State Conservation Commission meeting.  Room 309 Agriculture Building. 1:00.

November 13-- NEW. House Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider House Bill 1576 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) fundamentally changing the way threatened and endangered species are listed and protected.  Room 60 East Wing.  9:30.

November 13-- CANCELED. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1699 (Ross-R-Chester) regulating backup generators used in demand response programs-- summary. Rescheduled for November 20.

November 13-- Agenda Released. Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed water withdrawal requests.  Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg.  2:30.  (formal notice)

November 13-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. There are no further meetings scheduled in 2013.  (formal notice)

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

November 13-- Agenda Released. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

November 15-- NEW. DEP webinar to introduce the public to its new online Public Participation Center.  Register Here . 9:30.

November 18-- Location Added. Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will hear a presentation by Dr. Martin Plishka, a principal of the firm ECO-FRAC, on mitigating the risks of water contamination by using aquatically non-toxic solvents for hydraulic fracturing. Room 205 Ryan Building. Noon.

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

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

November 20-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1699 (Ross-R-Chester) regulating backup generators used in demand response programs-- summary.  Room B31 Main Capitol. 9:00.

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

December 3-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

December 4-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building 10:00.

December 9-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will hear a presentation by Eric Jesperson, an analyst and researcher, on PA Water Data-Retrospective and Forward on the history of water data planning in Pennsylvania.  LTBA. Noon.

December 10-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Mine Rescue Training Facility, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg.  10:00.

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

December 11-- DEP Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

December 12-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15.

December 12-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

December 17-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

December 18-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  10:00.

Visit DEP’s new Public Participation Center for information on how you can Be Informed! and Get Involved! in DEP regulation and guidance development process.

Click Here for links to DEP’s Advisory Committee webpages.

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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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