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 9-- NEW. PA Environmental Council “Environmental Focus” TV Program on DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force.  Pennsylvania Cable Network, 4:00.

August 11-- NEW. DEP’s Office of Coastal Resources Management Office and the Erie County Department of Planning Coastal Zone Management Grant Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Dr., Erie. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Registration is required for the evening session, and staff will be available for individual appointments from 1 to 5 p.m., officials said.  Call 451-6018 or send email to: amurdock@eriecountygov.org for information, to register or to schedule an appointment.

August 12-- 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-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting by WebEx.  Click Here for a link to the online meeting. 11:00.  (formal notice)

-- Consideration of Energy Efficiency Finance in PA Work Plan

-- Click Here for available handouts

August 18-- 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 18-20-- NEW. Penn State Ag Progress Days. Russell E. Larson, Agricultural Research Center, 2710 West Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA.  Click Here for more information.

August 18-20-- NEW. Penn State Department of Entomology 2015 Great Insect Fair at Penn State Ag Progress Days. Russell E. Larson, Agricultural Research Center, 2710 West Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA. Click Here for more information.

August 19-- NEW. Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  PDA Livestock Evaluation Center, 1494 West Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA.  9:00.  [Held as part of Ag Progress Days] (formal notice)

-- EPA Evaluation of PA’s Chesapeake Bay Milestones

-- Manure Management Plan Self Reporting

-- 2015 Targeted Watersheds Update

-- Click Here for available handouts

August 20-- NEW. Manada Conservancy  Get To Know The Critters Of The Swatara Creek Program. Camp Catherine in Hershey, Dauphin County.  7:00.

August 22-- NEW. Sheppton Mine Disaster, Rescue Historic Marker Dedication.  Schoolhouse Road outside of Sheppton, Schuylkill County, with a reception to follow at the Sheppton Fire Hall.

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

August 26-- CANCELED.  DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. The next scheduled meeting is December 16. (formal notice) 

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) This meeting will also be conducted via webinar. Click Here to register for the morning session and Click Here to register for the afternoon session.

August 29-- 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 1-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Act 129 requirement for electric distribution companies to meet energy efficiency benchmarks.  Room 140. 1:00.

September 2-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1349 (Zimmerman-R-Lancaster) would allow any sized anaerobic digester to count toward the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (sponsor summary).  Room 140. 9:30.

September 2-- 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 8-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control of VOC Emissions from Automotive and Transportation Parts.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main St., Norristown. 10:00. Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

September 8-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control Of VOC Emissions from Vehicle Coating Operations. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main St., Norristown. 1:00. Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

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

September 9-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control of VOC Emissions from Automotive and Transportation Parts. DEP Office, Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00. Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

September 9-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control Of VOC Emissions from Vehicle Coating Operations. DEP Office, Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 1:00. Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

September 10-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control of VOC Emissions from Automotive and Transportation Parts. DEP Pittsburgh Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh. 10:00. Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

September 10-- NEW. EQB hearing on proposed changes to regulations on the Control Of VOC Emissions from Vehicle Coating Operations. DEP Pittsburgh Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh. 1:00.  Copies of the proposed regulations are available through DEP’s eComment webpage.

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 18-- 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 21-- NEW. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Climate Change: A New Dialogue Forum. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.  The Forum is free, but registration is required.  Click Here for more information.

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--  Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum. National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV.

September 30-October 2-- 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 14-15-- NEW. Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative Symposium.  Villanova University, Philadelphia.  Click Here for more information.

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 21—NEW. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00.

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

November 16-20-- 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)

December 16-- NEW.  DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  (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

Non-Regulatory Agenda published on June 27, 2015

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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