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Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

This section lists House and Senate Committee meetings, DEP and other public hearings and meetings and other interesting environmental events.

NEW means new from last week. [Agenda Not Posted] means not posted within 2 weeks of the advisory committee meeting.  Go to the online Calendar webpage for updates.

March 16-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 9:30- Governor’s Budget Office, 1:00- Independent Fiscal Office.  Hearing Room 1 North Office Building.

March 16-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:30- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Room 140 Main Capitol.

March 17-- CANCELED.  Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  The next scheduled meeting is April 21.  (formal notice)

March 17-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.

-- Report By Acting DEP Secretary John Quigley

-- Presentation On Proposed BY 2015-16 DEP Budget

-- Susquehanna River Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Update

-- Public Testimony on Act 54 Deep Coal Mining Impact Report

-- Click Here for a copy of DEP’s Monthly Report To The CAC

<> Click Here for available handouts.

March 17-- NEW. Agenda Posted. State Conservation Commission meeting. Room 309 Department of Agriculture Building. 1:00.

-- Hillandale Alternative Phosphorus Management Proposal

-- 2015 Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant Funding

-- Concepts for Revisions to the 2015-16 REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Guidelines

-- Dirt, Gravel and Low Volume Roads Program update

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March 18-- House Consumer Affairs Committee holds an information meeting on the, water and wastewater industries.  Room 60 East Wing. 9:30.

March 18-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting.  Room 11B Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

March 18-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

-- Work Plans For Heating Oil Conservation & Fuel Switching, Energy Codes, High performance Buildings, Semi-Truck Freight Transportation, Energy Efficiency Financing, Urban & Community Forestry

-- DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program’s Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Strategy

-- Other discussion of Act 70 Implementation.

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March 19-- CANCELED. DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  (formal notice)

March 19-- Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Rain Barrel Workshop. Four Mills Barn, 12 Morris Road, Ambler. 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

March 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

-- Review of revised final Chapter 78A unconventional drilling regulations

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March 22-25-- 68th Annual PA Parks and Recreation Society Conference. Lancaster Marriott & Convention Center. 25 South Queen St., Lancaster.

March 23-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 9:30- Public Utility Commission.  Hearing Room 1 North Office Building.

March 23-- House Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting to receive the Game Commission annual report.  Room 60 East Wing. 10:00.

March 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

-- Discussion of Geothermal Well Isolation Distances

-- Workgroup Comments On Draft Chapters 71, 72, 73

<> Click Here for available handouts.

March 25-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 9:30- Dept. of Environmental Protection. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building.

March 25-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 9:30- Emergency Management Agency.   Room 140 Main Capitol.

March 25-- NEW. Agenda PostedDCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

-- Acting DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn

-- Ash and Hemlock Conservation Plans

-- PA Natural Diversity Inventory Update

<> Click Here for available handouts.

March 25-- DEP hearing on Tullytown Landfill Permit Renewal. Falls Township Building, 188 Lincoln Highway, Suite 100, Fairless Hills, Bucks County.  6-9 p.m. Click Here for more information.

March 26-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 9:30- Budget Secretary-Office of the Governor, 1:00- House Member Testimony.  Room 140 Main Capitol.

March 26-- Agenda Posted. DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

-- Review Of Chapter 78 Conventional Well Drilling Regulations

<> Click Here for available handouts.

March 26-- DEP Peregrine Falcon Education Workshop. To register for the workshop, send email to Ann Devine, DEP, at adevine@pa.govClick Here for more information.

March 26-- Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Rain Garden Workshop. North Wales Library, 233 S. Swartley Street, North Wales. 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

March 27-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council hearing on the Act 54 2008-2013 Underground Coal Mining Impact Report. DEP’s California District Mining Office, Monongahela Conference Room, 25 Technology Drive, California Technology Park, Coal Center, PA.  1:00-3:00.  Click Here for more information.

March 28-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Quittapahill Wetland Preserve Tree Planting. Quittapahilla Educational Wetland Preserve, 170 Birch Road, Lebanon. 9:00 a.m. to Noon

March 31-- House Consumer Affairs Committee informational meeting to hear presentations from the electric and natural gas industries on priorities.  Room 60 East Wing. 9:15.

March 31--Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 3:00- Dept. of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building.

March 31-- DEP hearing on air quality permit for Perdue Grain and Oil Seed Facility in Lancaster County. Bainbridge Fire Hall, located at 34 South 2nd St., Bainbridge.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Click Here for more information.

April 1-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 11:00- Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building.

April 1-- House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee informational meeting to receive a presentation by the Secretary of Agriculture on his budget and other priorities. Room 140 Main Capitol.  9:00.

April 2-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

April 2-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

April 7-- PA League Of Women Voters Tribute To Franklin L. Kury. Colonial Ridge Country Club, 4901 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg.  7:00.

April 8-- CANCELED. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton.  10:00.  (formal notice)

April 12-- NEW. Environmental Rights Amendment Symposium. Market Square Presbyterian Church, 20 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg. 3:00.

April 13-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Conservation Committee to hear a presentation by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA on the economic benefits of cleaning up the Bay.  LTBA.  Noon.

April 15-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

April 15-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton.  10:00. (formal notice)

April 15-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00. (formal notice)

April 16-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

April 21-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

April 22-- Earth Day 2015.

April 22-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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

April 22-- Paddle Without Pollution REI Earth Day Event.  Pittsburgh’s South Side. Visit PWP’s Events webpage for more information.

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

April 23-- DEP public hearing on proposed PPL West Pocono-North Pocono 230kV electric transmission line in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. Thornhurst Township Volunteer Fire Company, 125 River Road, Thornhurst, Lackawanna County.   6:00.  (PA Bulletin page 1023)

April 27-- NEW. Wildlife For Everyone Students! Explore, Discover Wetlands Thru Your Camera. Gov. Tom Ridge Wetlands, Julian, Centre County.

April 28-- NEW. PEC Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards Dinner. Hilton, Harrisburg. 5:00.

April 29-- CANCELED. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  DEP Mining Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00.  (formal notice)

April 30-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. (formal notice)

May 6-- 2015 Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium. Ramada Inn Conference Center, State College.

May 6-- DEP Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council meeting.  DEP Mining Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00. (formal notice)

May 6-8-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals  Annual Conference. Toftrees Resort, State College.

May 7-9-- PA Land Trust Assn. PA Land & Water Conservation Conference.  Wyndham, Gettysburg.

May 13-15-- DEP and Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania 2015 Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference. Erie Bayfront Convention Center, Erie.

May 14-17-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Spring Conference. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Somerset.  Click Here for more information.

May 17-- Paddle Without Pollution North Park Lake, Allegheny County Cleanup. Visit PWP’s Events webpage for more information.

May 19-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.

May 28-- DEP Certification Program Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

June 3-- DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting.  10th Floor Conference, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.

June 9-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg. 10:00.

June 24-- DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee. Bureau of Laboratories Building, 2575 Interstate Dr., Harrisburg. 9:30.

July 22-- DEP Certification Program Advisory Committee for Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  14th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  (formal notice)

September 16-20-- National Trout Unlimited Meeting. Center City Hilton Hotel and Convention Center, Scranton.  Click Here for more information.

September 20-22-- 2015 Greenways and Trails Summit.  Holiday Inn and Allegheny Community Center, Warren.

September 24-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee & Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

October 28-30-- 2015 Partnership for Safe Water 2015 Water System Optimization Conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Section American Water Works Association.

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

DEP Regulations In Process

Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage

Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage

Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage

DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Other DEP Proposals For Public Review

Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage

Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

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

DEP Calendar of Events

DCNR 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.

Senate Committee Schedule                House Committee Schedule

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