Mark your calendars! The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals will hold their annual conference on May 17-19 in State College and the theme this year is “Career Development for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Professionals.”

The conference features tracks for: Career Development, Regulatory Updates, Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency, and Endangered Species.

The Conference Keynote Speaker will be Edwin Pinero, President Bush's Federal Environmental Executive and the former Deputy for Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance for the Department of Environmental Protection.

A new feature of this year’s program will be "Traveling Workshops" that include site visits to the I-99 Acid Rock Drainage Remediation Site, a first hand look at the cutting edge stormwater BMPs in place at Penn State's new Visitor's Center, and a tour of the Penn State Nuclear Research Reactor.

For more information, visit the PAEP 2006 Conference webpage.

1/13/2006