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.

March 4-- CANCELED. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting is on June 3. (formal notice)

March 4-- Ohio River Watershed Celebration Benefit Dinner.  Mad Mex Shadyside, Pittsburgh.  7:00.

March 5-- House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee holds a hearing on public safety and emergency preparedness surrounding the rail transportation of crude oil.  Eddystone Fire Company, 1112 E. 7th St., Eddystone, Delaware County.  9:30.

March 5-- CANCELED. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting is April 2.

March 5-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grants Program webinar.  10:00. (formal notice)  Click Here to register.

March 6-- Agenda Released. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

March 6-- Agenda Released. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

March 6-- Agenda Released. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building, Harrisburg.  8:30.  (formal notice)

March 10-- NEW. House Insurance Committee meets to consider House Resolution 648 (Millard-R-Columbia) urging Congress to reconsider flood insurance policy increases-- sponsor summary. B-31 Main Capitol.  11:30.

March 11-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1684 (Everett-R-Lycoming) relating to minimum oil and gas well royalties- sponsor summary.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00.

March 11-12-- Agenda Released. Delaware River Basin Commission hearing and meeting.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  (formal notice)

March 11-- Agenda Released. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg.  10:00.

March 15-- Schuylkill Watershed Congress. Montgomery County Community College Pottstown campus.

March 18-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

March 18-- Time Change. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

March 19-- House Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on deer management.  Room B-31 Main Capitol. 9:00.

March 19-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 

March 19-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

March 19-- State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. 11th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

March 20-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on variable-rate electricity price contracts.  Room 140 Main Capitol.  9:30.

March 27-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  The next scheduled meeting is June 26.  (formal notice)

March 31 Susquehanna Land And Water Conservation Summit.  Penn State University campus in Harrisburg.

April 2-- NEW. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

April 10-11-- West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Symposium. Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center, State College

May 7-- NEW. House Professional Licensure Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 997 (Petri-R-Bucks) establishing a licensing program for soil scientists-- sponsor summary.  Room 60 East Wing. 9:30.

June 26-27-- Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference. Ramada Inn and Conference Center, State College.

September 25-- Penn State Extension Youth Water Educator’s Summit. The Central Hotel and Conference Center, Harrisburg.

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.

DEP Calendar of Events

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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