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.

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

May 14-- PA Horticultural Society Meadowbrook Farm Open House & Plant Sale. Jenkintown, Montgomery County.

May 15-- NEW. 3 Rivers Wet Weather Better Backyards For Healthy Streams Landowner Workshop.  Ross Community Center, 1000 Ross Municipal Dr., Pittsburgh. 2:00.

May 15-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Student Canoe Classic.  Susquehanna Outfitters, Wormleysburg near Harrisburg.

May 16-- 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-- NEW. Senate Democratic Policy Committee holds a roundtable discussion on the public health effects of lead exposure.  CHOP, Karabots Pediatric Care Center, 4865 Market St., Philadelphia. 11:00.

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

-- Proposed Rulemaking Increasing Laboratory Accreditation Fees

-- Final Rulemaking Setting Remining Requirements

-- Click Here for available handouts

May 17-- Agenda Posted.  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.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting by webinar.

-- Presentation On Impact Of DEP Budget Cuts On Bureau Of Laboratories Operations;

-- Presentation On DEP’s Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant Program;

-- Presentation On DCNR’s new Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative; and

-- Update On DEP’s Workforce Planning and Civil Service Reforms.

-- DEP’s May Report To CAC

-- Click Here for available handouts.

May 17-- Agenda Posted. 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)

-- DCNR’s Climate Change Paper Presentation

-- DEP’s Legacy Well Emissions Study

-- Discussion Of House Bill 2030 (Santarsiero-D-Bucks) Setting Emission Reduction Goal

-- Review/Discussion Of Final Climate Change Action Plan

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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-- NEW. Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 1241 (R.Brown-R-Monroe) exempting resorts offering water and sewage services from definition of public utility (House Fiscal Note and summary).  Room 461. 10:30. 

May 18-- NEW. Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 141 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) amending the Real Estate Seller Disclosure Law to require disclosure of a property’s flood history (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 142 (Greenleaf-R- Montgomery) amending the Landlord and Tenant Act to require disclosure of a property’s flood history (sponsor summary).  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

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. PA League Of Women Voters Sustainable Energy & Jobs Symposium.  Pittsburgh.

May 19-- 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-- Brodhead Watershed Association Thunder Swamp Hike.  Pike County.

May 23-- NEW. House Transportation Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1057 (Ellis-R-Butler) amending the Alternative Fuels Tax Act relating to taxes imposed on electric and other alternative-fueled vehicles (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building.  11:30.

May 24-- NEW. 3 Rivers Wet Weather Green Infrastructure: Build It Right The First Time  Municipal Workshop.  Green Tree Municipal Building, Pittsburgh. 9:00-11:00 a.m.

May 24-25-- 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-- Brodhead Watershed Association Annual Native Plant Sale. Tannersville, Monroe County.

June 4-- NEW. Grey Towers Heritage Assn. Summer Lecture Series: The Means Of Seeing: Conservationism And The Nature Essays Of John Burroughs. Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.  5:30 p.m.

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

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

June 4-- NEW. Grey Towers’ Historic Landscape Walk.  Grey Towers National Historic Site. Pike 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 14 or 15-- DEP MS4 Stormwater Workshops. Uniontown.

June 15-- 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 15-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission informational meeting on proposed changes to project review fee structure.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, Bucks County. 2:00-4:00 p.m.

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 16-- NEW. 3 Rivers Wet Weather Green Infrastructure Ground Truthing: Monitoring Results Case Studies From Across The Country Municipal Workshop.  Green Tree Municipal Building, Pittsburgh. 9:00-11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

June 18-25-- Delaware River Sojourn.

June 20-- NEW. DEP Public Meeting, Hearing On Changes To Air Permit For Lackawanna Energy Center, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Jessup Borough, Lackawanna County. Valley View High School, Archbald, Lackawanna County.  6:00 to 9:30 p.m.

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 21 or 22-- DEP MS4 Stormwater Workshops.  Scranton.

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

June 23-- 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 24-25-- NEW. Youghiogheny River Symposium.  Penn State University-Fayette.  Uniontown.

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

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

June 28 or 29-- DEP MS4 Stormwater Workshops. Wyomissing.

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 16-- NEW. Grey Towers Heritage Assn. Summer Lecture Series: Jervis McEntee, The Pinchot Family And The Hudson River School Of Art.  Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.  5:30 p.m.

July 19 or 20-- DEP MS4 Stormwater Workshops. Lewisburg.

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-- 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 13-- Lacawac Sanctuary 50th Anniversary Farm To Plate Dinner. Wayne County.

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.

August 27-- NEW. Grey Towers Heritage Assn. Summer Lecture Series: The Spirituality Of Gifford Pinchot. Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.  5:30 p.m.

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

September 17-- NEW. Grey Towers Heritage Assn. Summer Lecture Series: The Clearest Way Into The Universe: Nature’s Meaning In The Photographs Of Ansel Adams.  Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.  5:30 p.m.

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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