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.

NOTE: It's June, so watch for lots of last minute Senate, House Committee meetings!

June 23-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 1052 (Freeman-D-Lehigh) further authorizes uses for local recreation fees.  Rules Room. Off the Floor.

June 24-- Agenda Released. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

June 25-- NEW. House Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1255 (Erickson-R-Delaware) further providing for stormwater facility funding.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:15.

June 25-- UPDATED. NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meeting to consider House Bill 2354 (Snyder-D-Fayette) requiring the approval of the General Assembly of any plan submitted by DEP to comply with EPA greenhouse emission reduction requirements- sponsor summary, House Bill 2350 (Causer-R-Cameron) setting different environmental and operational standards for conventional oil and gas wells to the agenda-- sponsor summary.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  9:00.

June 25-- UPDATED. NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will meet to consider Senate Bill 1378 (Scarnati-R- Jefferson) that would set different environmental standards for conventional oil and gas wells- sponsor summary, Senate Bill 1310 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) creating the PA Grade Crude (Oil) Development Advisory Council within DEP- sponsor summary, Senate Bill 1443 (White-R-Indiana) amending the Indigenous mineral resources development act to authorized state agencies to release surface and subsurface land and mineral rights.  Room 8E-B East Wing. 10:00.

June 25-- Agenda Released. DEP State Board for Certification Of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

June 26-- Agenda Released. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting to review summary of comments DEP received on the proposed changes to Chapter 78 regulations.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

June 26-- DEP hearing on chemical contamination cleanup in O'Hara Township, Allegheny County. Aspinwall Borough building, 217 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall. 6:30. (formal notice)

June 26-- DEP Open House on Permitting Activities In Streams, Wetlands.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (formal notice)

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

June 27-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold a hearing on EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas reduction requirements for existing power plants.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 11:00.

July 8-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the PA American Water Norristown Water Treatment Plant. West Norriton Twp. Building, 1630 W. Marshall St., Jeffersonville.  11:00.

July 9-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

July 9-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting.  Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown.  10:00.

July 15-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

July 15-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

July 16-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

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

July 30-- DCNR Natural Gas Advisory Committee meeting. LTBA.

July 23-25-- PROP Recycling and Organics Conference.  Double Tree-Pittsburgh Meadow Lands, Washington, PA.

August 5-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

August 7-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

August 12-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

August 20-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

September 9-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.

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

October 15-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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.

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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6/23/2014