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.

September 3-- DEP hearing on proposed attainment demonstration for Lower Beaver Valley Nonattainment Area for 2008 lead standard. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh.  1:00.  (formal notice)

September 3-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  Radisson Hotel Corning, Finger Lakes Ballroom, 125 Denison Parkway East, Corning, NY. 8:30. (formal notice)

September 9-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 2030 (Snyder-D-Fayette) establishing the Coal Fired Electric Generation Deactivation Commission to investigate the economic, electric reliability and environmental impacts associated with deactivating coal fired power plants- sponsor summary. Stover Building, Stover Lecture Room, 51 West College St., Waynesburg. 12:00.

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

September 9-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 9-10-- Delaware River Basin Commission hearing, meeting. Washington Crossing Park, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  (formal notice)

September 10-- Agenda Released. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  Marion Center Mine Rescue Station, 21 Griffith Dr., Home, PA 1:00. (formal notice)

September 10-- CANCELED. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30. (formal notice)

September 10-- Agenda Released. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  Marion Center Mine Rescue Station, 21 Griffith Dr., Home, PA 1:00.

September 11-- NEW. Senate Game and Fisheries Committee holds a public hearing on the elk herd in PA and the Elk Program.  Keystone Elk County Alliance, 134 Homestead Rd., Benezette. 2:00.

September 16-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

September 16-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 16-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice) 

September 17-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

September 17-- PA Environmental Council Environmental Policy Conference.  Hilton Hotel, Harrisburg.  9:00.

September 18-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory and Solid Waste Advisory Committees joint meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 22-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Conservation Committee.  Pennsylvania’s abandoned Turnpike, a 13-mile stretch of the original Turnpike in Bedford and Fulton counties and plans to turn it into a scenic, recreational biking trail.  Room 8E-A East Wing.  11:00. (Note time.)

September 22-- NEW. DEP webinar on 3rd Round of Natural Gas Vehicle Grants.  2:00.

September 22—DEP, DCNR Meeting, Hearing On Gun Club Shooting Range In Centre County. Rush Township municipal building, 150 North Richard St. in Philipsburg.   Meeting—6:30, Hearing – 7:30.

September 23-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 24-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 24--DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00. (formal notice)

September 25-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

October 2-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 6-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Conservation Committee. Keep PA Beautiful will present its recommendations for significantly reducing illegal dumping in Pennsylvania. Room 8E-A East Wing.  Noon. (Note time.)

October 8-- CANCELED. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment for deep mining. Fayette County Health Center, Uniontown. 10:00.  (formal notice)

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

October 15-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

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

October 15-- NEW. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment for deep mining. DEP Office, 131 Broadview Rd, New Stanton. 10:00.  (formal notice)

October 16-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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

October 21-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

October 21-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 22-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 23-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 27-- NEW. Senate Game and Fisheries Committee holds a public hearing on Lyme disease, Geisinger Medication Take Back Program, Great Lakes Fishery microbead ban, round goby impact on PA waterways.  Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Dr., Erie.  9:00.

October 27-- CANCELED. DEP hearing on Hilcorp Energy gas pooling requests in Lawrence, Mercer counties. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 10:00.

October 28-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 28-- CANCELED. DEP hearing on Hilcorp Energy gas pooling requests in Lawrence, Mercer counties. Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle. 9:00.

November 5-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

November 5-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

November 12-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

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

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

December 2-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 9-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

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

December 11-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

December 17-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.

December 18-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 22-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Operators meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 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.

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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