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.

April 29-30-- NEW. Centre County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.  Bellefonte.

April 30-- PA Resources Council Pharmaceutical Collection Events In Allegheny County.  4 Locations.  10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

April 30-- Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Dinner. Hawley, Wayne County.

April 30-- Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Streams Cleanup Day.  Chester and Delaware Counties.

April 30-- Wissahickon Creek Watershed Cleanup.  Montgomery, Philadelphia Counties.

April 30-- PA Environmental Council Old Mining Site Tree Planting In Weiser State Forest.  Columbia County.

April 30-- Activate Phoenixville Prescribe-A-Trail Event. Schuylkill River Trail, Chester County.

April 30-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Rachel Carson Homestead Presentation. Berks County.

May 3-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider a response to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission April 21 approval of DEP’s final Chapter 78 (conventional) and 78a (unconventional, Marcellus Shale) drilling regulations drilling regulations.  Room 140 Capitol.  10:15.

May 3-- NEW. House State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1934 (Truitt-R-Chester) authorizing DGS to convey to Aqua Pennsylvania an existing water tower and utility easement at West Chester University.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:00.

May 3-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meets.  Rescheduled for May 17.  DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3429, mbrojakows@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

May 3-- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University What’s In Our Water Discussion.  Philadelphia.

May 4-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing.  East Hanover Township Municipal Building, 8848 Jonestown Road, Grantville, Dauphin County. 7:00 p.m. SRBC Contact: Jason Oyler, General Counsel, 717-238-0423 x 1312.  (formal notice & agenda)

-- Proposed Guidance For Expiring Project Approvals

-- Proposed Guidance For Terminating Review Of Project Applications

-- Proposed Amendments To Regulatory Program Fee Schedule

-- Comprehensive Plan For The Water Resources Of The Susquehanna River Basin

-- Individual Water Withdrawal Requests

-- Click Here to go to SRBC’s Public Participation Center for more details.

May 4-- PA Groundwater Symposium.   Ramada Inn Conference Center, State College.

May 5-- Location Added. Senate Democratic Policy Committee holds a roundtable discussion on natural gas extraction in the Lake Erie Watershed.  H.O. Hirt Auditorium, Blasco Library, 160 E. Front St., Erie.  10:00.

May 6-- Agenda Posted.  DEP Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board meeting.  5th Floor Conference Room A, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Lawrence Ruane, DEP Bureau of Mining Programs, Harrisburg, 717-783-9586 or send email to: lruane@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Claim and Refund Payment Resolution

-- Click Here for available handouts.

May 6-8-- Kettle Creek Watershed Association Disabled/Recovering Veterans Fly Fishing Event.  Tioga, Potter and Clinton counties.

May 7-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event.  Allegheny County, North Park Swimming Pool.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

 May 7-- Manada Conservancy’s Annual Spring Native Plant Sale. Dauphin County.

May 7-- Capital Region Water Consider The Source Litter Cleanup & Drinking Water Tour.  Harrisburg.

May 7-- Gifford Pinchot Grey Towers Fly Fishing Event.  Milford, Pike County.

May 10-- Wildlife for Everyone Governor Tom Ridge Wetlands Thru The Camera Lens Student Program.  Centre County.

May 10-12-- PA American Water Works Association Annual Conference. Bethlehem Sands Hotel and Casino, Bethlehem.

May 11-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. “The next meeting will be rescheduled in June.”  DEP Contact: Lee McDonnell, 717-787-5017 or lmcdonnell@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

May 11-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission holds a hearing on water withdrawal requests and adopting guidelines for certain determinations made under the Commission’s water quality regulations.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  1:30.  (formal notice)

May 11-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2016 Awards Banquet.  Camp Hill, Cumberland County.

May 11-13-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference.  State College.

May 12-- Westmoreland Land Trust Celebrating Addition To Cedar Creek Park.  Westmoreland County.

May 13-15-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Spring Conference. Sayre, Bradford County.  Conference details are coming together.  Contact Nick Sisley by email to: nicksisley@hotmail.com with any questions.

May 13-15-- Susquehanna Greenway: Susquehanna River Sojourn Sayer to Sugar Run.

May 14-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Frazer Township, Allegheny County.

May 14-- Foundation for Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests. Corry, Erie County.

May 14-- NEW. Pinchot’s Grey Towers Heritage Walk.  Milford, Pike County.

May 16-- NEW. Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Legislative Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring a presentation on chronic wasting disease in deer.  Room 8E-A East Wing Capitol.  Noon.

May 17-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.

May 17-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Katie Hetherington Cunfer, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, khethering@pa.gov.

May 17-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meets.  16th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3429, mbrojakows@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

May 17-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Developing Aquifer Testing Plans & Groundwater Withdrawal Applications Workshop.  Commission’s Conference Center located at 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, PA.  Day-Long.

May 18-- CANCELED. DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting. Rescheduled to June 23 at a joint meeting with the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.

May 18-19-- PA Urban & Community Forestry Council Key To Long Term Urban Tree Survival Workshop. Allentown.

May 19-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Rescheduled to June 23 at a joint meeting with the Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee. DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.

May 19-- NEW. Penn State Webinar On Monitoring Seismic Activity In PA. 1:00.

May 19-- Friends Of The Wissahickon Lessons Benefits Of Park, Garden Ecosystems. Montgomery County.

May 21-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event. Cambria County, Concurrent Technologies Corp. ETF Facility, Johnstown.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

May 21-- NEW. Brodhead Watershed Association Thunder Swamp Hike.  Pike County.

May 24-25-- NEW. PA Envirothon Competition.  Susquehanna University, Camp Mount Luther in Selinsgrove.

June 1-- CANCELED. DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Meeting rescheduled to June 23.  DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, DEP Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 717-772-2189 or dhissner@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

June 3-- Appalachian Trail Museum Hall Of Fame Banquet.  Allenberry Resort, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County.

June 3-5-- PA Environmental Council Environment Ride.  Philadelphia to Bethlehem back to Philadelphia.

June 3-4-- NEW. Brodhead Watershed Association Annual Native Plant Sale. Tannersville, Monroe County.

June 4-- NEW. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Art Tour & Sale.  Berks County.

June 4-- NEW. Salvation Army.  River & Wind Challenge Great Allegheny Passage Trail.  Somerset County.

June 4-10-- 18th Annual Schuylkill River Sojourn.

June 4-12-- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Awareness Week

June 7-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Charles M. Swokel, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-5806 or (800) 428-2657 ((800) 42-TANKS) within the Commonwealth, cswokel@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

June 9-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. Contact: Nancy Herb, nherb@pa.gov.

June 12-17-- Susquehanna Greenway: Susquehanna River Sojourn Laceyville to Shickshinny.

June 14-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, Bureau of Mine Safety, Department of Environmental Protection, New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-404-3147, agaida@pa.gov.

June 15-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission holds a business meeting on water withdrawal requests and adopting guidelines for certain determinations made under the Commission’s water quality regulations.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  10:30.  (formal notice)

June 16-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Cheri Sansoni, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, Operator Certification, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-5158, csansoni@pa.gov.

June 17-19-- Susquehanna Greenway: Susquehanna River Sojourn Shickshinny To Sunbury.

June 18-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County ReuseFest.  Mt. Lebanon.

June 18-- NEW. Berks County Conservation District CREP Maintenance Field Day.  Wernersville.

June 18-25-- Delaware River Sojourn.

June 21-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.

June 21-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Katie Hetherington Cunfer, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, khethering@pa.gov.

June 22-23-- 2016 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference.  Indiana University of PA, Indiana.

June 23-- NEW. Joint meeting of the Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee and Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board. DEP Moshannon District Office, 186 Enterprise Dr., Philipsburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov. 

June 23-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Susquehanna Room, Fish & Boat Commission Building, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  9:00. DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, DEP Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 717-772-2189 or dhissner@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

June 24-29-- NEW. Wildlands Conservancy Lehigh River Sojourn.

June 25-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. LTBA, Allegheny County.

June 29-- State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. 11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kristen Szwajkowski, Bureau of Point Non-Point Source Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-2186, kszwajkows@pa.gov.

June 30-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Keith Ashley, Bureau of Waste Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2553, riashley@pa.gov.

July 9-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event. Washington County, Washington County Fairgrounds.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

July 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Cambria District Mining Office, 286 Industrial park Road, Ebensburg.  10:00. DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, Bureau of Mining Programs, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-5103, dsnowden@pa.gov.

July 25-29-- The Sustainable Energy Fund Energypath Renewable Energy Conference, Student Energy Camps, Science Fair. Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, State College.

July 27-29-- NEW. PROP Recycling & Organics Conference.  Harrisburg.

August 13-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event.  Allegheny County, Boyce Park Four Seasons Ski Lodge parking lot.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

August 20-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. West Mifflin, Allegheny County.

August 24-- CANCELED. DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting. DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.

August 25-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.

September 15-18-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Women and Their Woods Educational Retreat.  Milanville, Wayne County.

September 17-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event.  Allegheny County, South Park Wave Pool parking lot.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

September 22-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Keith Ashley, Bureau of Waste Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2553, riashley@pa.gov.

September 22-- Penn State Extension Dive Deeper III Water Educator Summit. The Central Hotel & Conference Center, Harrisburg.

October 1-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Robinson  Township, Allegheny County.

October 7-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Rich Janati, Bureau of Radiation Protection, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2147, rjanati@pa.gov.

October 8-- PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event. Beaver County, Bradys Run Park Recycling Center.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

October 26-28-- Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference.  Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster.

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DEP Regulations In Process

Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage

Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage

DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage

Feb. 27 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, page 1123

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda (Feb. 1, 2016) - DEP webpage

Other DEP Proposals For Public Review

Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage

Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

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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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