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.

August 4-- CANCELED.  DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.  (formal cancellation notice)

August 4-5-- Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council Conference. Juniata College, Huntingdon County. Click Here for more information. 

August 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee Ad Hoc Convenience Center Subcommittee meeting.  14th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

-- Discussion of Feasibility of Establishing Recycling Convenience Centers in Rural Areas

-- Click Here for available handouts.

August 6-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

-- Revised Policy On Developing Technical Guidance

-- Update on PA’s 2015 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan

-- Acid Rain - A PA Perspective

-- Concepts For Proposed Air Quality Fee Increases

-- Proposed Attainment Demonstration For North Reading Lead Nonattainment

-- Overview Of Supreme Court Ruling On EPA’s Mercury, Air Toxics Standards

-- Regulatory Update/State Implementation Plan Revisions

-- Click Here for available handouts.

August 6-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission public hearing on proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan for the Water Resources of the Susquehanna River Basin and on individual water withdrawal projects.  East Hanover Township Municipal Building, 8848 Jonestown Rd., Grantville. 7:00 to 9:00.  (formal notice + agenda) (formal notice)

August 6-7-- 2015 PA Community Forestry Conference.  Penn State Erie.

August 7-8— Mid-Atlantic Volunteer Monitoring Conference. Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA.

August 8-- Digital Photo Art Exhibit By Jerry Hassinger.  Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, Millersburg, Dauphin County.  2:00 to 5:00 Reception.

August 12-- NEW. Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. 2nd Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

-- Feedback on Field Trip To Millard Quarry

-- Updates on a variety of DEP noncoal mining program elements

-- Non-Coal Permit Fees

-- Non-Coal Bond Rate Guidelines

-- Assistance for Abandoned Quarry Reclamation

-- Click Here for available handouts.

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

-- Presentation on eComment System, Policy For Development Of Guidance

-- Implementation of Act 162 Riparian Forest Buffer Requirements

-- Design Standards For Sequencing Batch Reactors

-- Membrane Bioreactor Standards

-- Ultraviolet Disinfection Standards

-- Impact of Chlorine on May flies, Stroud Water Research Center Study

-- Click Here for available handouts.

August 12-- Agenda Posted. DEP State Board For Certification Of Water And Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

-- Approval of New, Upgrades, Reciprocity Applications

-- Board Secretary’s Report

-- Click Here for available handouts.

August 12-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program hearing to comment on applications submitted for FY 2015-16 grant funding.  6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.  (formal notice)

August 18-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting is September 15.  9:00. (formal cancellation notice)

August 18-- CANCELED. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. The next scheduled meeting is September 15. 10:00.

August 18-- NEW. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting by WebEx (information to be posted) to discuss the Manufacturing Energy Technical Assistance Work Plan. 11:00.  (formal notice)

August 18-- NEW. West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund and the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Energy Workshop and Tour.  Phipps Center, Pittsburgh.  Click Here for more.

August 25-- CANCELED.  DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Next meeting is September 2. (formal notice)

August 26-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

August 26-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

August 27-- DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  (formal notice)

August 29-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA, Heroes On The Water, Trout Unlimited Paddling event. Wrightsville, York County. 3:00-7:00 p.m.  Click Here for more.

August 29— Brodhead Creek Watershed Assn. hosts 2 hikes in Monroe County.  Click Here for all the details.

September 1-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

September 2-- NEW.  DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

September 8-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg. 10:00.

September 9-- NEW. Commonwealth Financing Authority. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building. 10:30.

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

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

September 17-- DEP Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

September 17-- NEW. Rain Alert Information Network Source Water Protection Conference.  Western PA.  (more information available soon)

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

September 23-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

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

September 24-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

September 25-27-- NEW.  Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum. National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV.

September 30-October 2-- NEW. Duquesne University Presidential Conference on Climate Change. Pittsburgh.

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

October 8-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

October 13— PA Environmental Council 2nd Annual Environmental Policy Conference. Harrisburg.

October 14-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Mining Equipment meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00.

October 17-- Sen. Alloway, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Tree Planting.  Cumberland, Franklin Counties.  Click Here for more information or to volunteer.

October 20-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

October 20--  DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 22-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

October 27-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

October 28-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

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

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

October 29-- DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. (formal notice)

October 29-- DEP State Board For Certification Of Water And Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

November 10-- NEW. Commonwealth Financing Authority. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building. 10:30.

November 16-20-- NEW. U.S. Forest Service Stream Simulation Design Approach for Providing Aquatic Organism Passage at Road-Stream Crossings Workshop.  State College.

November 18-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

January 13-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.   (formal notice)

February 26-27— 2016 Keystone Coldwater Conference. State College.

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

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s new Environmental Policy Comment System

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

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s new Environmental Policy Comment System

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.

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8/3/2015