Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events
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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. 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 17-- Stroud Water Research Center. Webinar: Slimy Leaves For Healthy Streams, Leaf Pack Experiment Stream Ecology Kit. 9:30, 3:30. September 17-- Brandywine Conservancy Bike The Brandywine. Chester County. September 17-- 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-- Schuylkill County Sweet Arrow Lake Fall Bird Walk. Pine Grove. September 17-18-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Fall Native Plant Sale. Berks County. September 19-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Forum. Erie County Conservation District, 1927 Wager Road in Erie. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. September 19-20-- Registration Open. 4th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum. Normandy Farm Hotel & Conference Center, Blue Bell, Montgomery County. September 20-- House Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1166 (Stefano-R-Fayette) authorizing hunting license changes by Game Commission (Senate Fiscal Note and summary), Senate Bill 1168 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) authorizing fishing license changes by Fish & Boat Commission (Senate Fiscal Note and summary). Room 60 East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30. September 20-- House State Government Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 2083 (Maloney-R-Berks) would return wildlife management to the maximum sustained yield method of deer management and create a Wildlife Advisory Council (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 8:30. September 20-- House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 2303 (Causer-R-Forest) amending the Administrative Code to make changes on payments from the PA Horse Breeding Fund (sponsor summary). Room 60 East Wing. 9:00. September 20-- NEW. Joint Senate Appropriations and Republican Policy Committee hearing on Senate Bill 1341 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) which calls for performance-based budgeting (sponsor summary). Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 1:00. September 20-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov. -- Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards -- Presentation Of Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy Policy -- Click Here for available handouts. September 20-- 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 for the webcast of this meeting. -- Presentation On 2016 Integrated Water Quality Report -- Presentation On Penn State Chesapeake Bay Farmer Survey -- Presentation On 2015 Climate Change Action Plan Update -- DEP’s Monthly Report To Council On Agency Activities -- Click Here for available handouts September 20- Laurel Highlands Trail Summit. Meyersdale, Somerset County. September 20-- PA Chapter of the American Water Works Association Small Water System Workshop On Improving Water Quality. PA American Water Offices, 852 Wesley Dr., Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. 8:30 to 4:30. September 20-- Brodhead Watershed Association Green Infrastructure Workshop In Stroudsburg Area, Monroe County. Historic Dansbury Depot, 5 S. Kistler St., East Stroudsburg. 7 p.m. September 20-- Game Commission State Game Lands Open House. Game Commission Southwest Region Office, 4820 Route 711, Bolivar, Westmoreland County 15923. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. September 20-- PA Recycling Markets Center Webinar On Glass Recycling. 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. September 20-- Lacawac Sanctuary & Field Station 2016 Women In Science Symposium. The Heritage Nightclub at Woodloch Resort in Hawley, Pike County. September 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meets. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30. DEP Contact: Lee McDonnell, 717-787-5017 or send email to: lmcdonnell@pa.gov. (formal notice) -- Aquatic Resource Functional Assessment Protocols -- Proposed Fee Increases For NPDES, Water Quality Management Permits -- Click Here for available handouts. September 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP 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, 717-772-2186 or send email to: kszwajkows@pa.gov. -- Certification Of New SEOs -- Exam Dates For 2017 -- Click Here for available handouts. September 21-- DEP Hearing On Proposed NPDES Water Quality Permit For Consol Coal Company for the Bailey Coal Refuse Disposal Areas No. 1 and 2. Morris Township Community Center, Nineveh, Greene County. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Copies of the draft NPDES permit are on file for public review, by appointment, at the Department of Environmental Protection, District Mining Operations, 25 Technology Drive, California Technology Park, Coal Center, PA 15423, Phone: 724-769-1100. Click Here for more information. (formal notice Aug. 13 PA Bulletin, page 5024) September 21-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Elk Country Campus Outdoors Building, Elk Country Visitors Center, 950 Winslow Hill Road, Benezette, PA 15821. 10:00. DCNR Contact: Gretchen Leslie 717-772-9084 or send email to: gleslie@pa.gov. Click Here for more information. (formal notice) -- Presentation on the PA Wilds nature and heritage tourism industry -- Presentation on protecting working forests -- Presentation on DCNR’s efforts to support local communities through state park improvements -- Click Here for available handouts September 21-- NEW. Nature Abounds PA Senior Environment Corps Water Quality Monitoring Training. Fern Hollow Nature Center in Sewickley near Pittsburgh. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. September 21-22-- Shale Insight Conference. Pittsburgh. September 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory & Solid Waste Advisory Committees 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. -- Review Of FY 2015 Recycling Fund Expenditures, Public Education, Technical Assistance -- FY 20116-17 Recycling Fund Spending Plan -- Update On Recycling Economic Impact Study -- Update On Dept. of General Services/DEP Recycling Memorandum -- PennDOT Strategic Recycling Program -- Update On Act 101 Section 904 Recycling Performance Grant Program -- Click Here for available handouts. September 22-- CANCELED. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Bureau of Laboratories Building, Room 206, 2575 Interstate Dr., Harrisburg. DEP Contact: Aaren Alger at 717-346-822 or send email to: aaalger@pa.gov. (formal notice) September 22-- NEW. Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board Regulatory, Legislative and Technical Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. The meeting will be available by conference call: 1-650-479-3208, Meeting Access Code: 648 297 350 Password: EnviroEd$600 . DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov. (formal notice) -- Discussion Of Revised Coal Permit Review Fee Proposal September 22-- Registration Open. Penn State Extension Dive Deeper III Water Educator Summit. The Central Hotel & Conference Center, Harrisburg. September 22-- Game Commission State Game Lands Open House. Game Commission Northeast Region Office, 3917 Memorial Highway, Dallas, Luzerne County 18612. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. September 22-- NEW. Solarize Allegheny Churchill, Wilkins and Chalfant Project Launch. Edgewood Country Club at 100 Churchill Road in Pittsburgh. 6:00 p.m. September 24-- Registration Open. Schuylkill River Heritage Area Ride The Schuylkill River Trail From Reading To Pottstown. September 24-- Brodhead Watershed Association Get Outdoors Poconos Hike On Sherwood Forest Road, Monroe County. September 24-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towners Hosts National Public Lands Day, Community Day. Pike County. September 24-- NEW. Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Centralia Cleanup. Centralia, Columbia County. 9:00. September 27-- Game Commission State Game Lands Open House. Game Commission Southeast Region Office, 253 Snyder Road, Reading, Berks County. 19605. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. September 27-28-- DEP Chapter 78a Unconventional Drilling Regulations Training. Ramada Inn, 1170 West Chestnut St., Washington. September 28-- DEP Aggregate Advisory Board Regulatory, Legislative and Technical Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov. (formal notice) September 28-- Brodhead Watershed Association Green Infrastructure Workshop In Stroudsburg Area, Monroe County. Stroudsburg Municipal Building, 700 Sarah St., Stroudsburg. 7 p.m. September 29-- Legislative Forestry Task Force, Joint Legislative Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee. Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College. 10:00. September 29-- Brandywine Conservancy Bat Conservation, Why It Matters, What You Can Do. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Route 1, Chadds Ford, Chester County. 6:30 p.m. September 30-- Brodhead Watershed Association Members & Friends Celebration. Northampton Community College’s Pocono Hall in Tannersville, Monroe County. October 1-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Robinson Township, Allegheny County. October 1-- Pittsburgh Solar Tour. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. October 1-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Movable Feast: Pinchot Family & Milford Historic Walking Tour. Milford, Pike County. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. October 6-- Delaware Estuary Partnership Celebrates 20 Years Of Cleaner Water. Auletto Caterers in Deptford, New Jersey. 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. 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 7-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators supporting Fast Forward: The Future Of Environmental Education. Dupont Environmental Education Center,1400 Delmarva lane, Wilmington Delaware. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 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 8-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Woodland House Autumn Decorating Workshop. Hawley Silk Mill, 8 Silk Mill Drive, Hawley, Pike County. October 11-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:00. DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, DEP Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 717-772-2189 or dhissner@pa.gov. (formal notice) October 11-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program holds a hearing on grant applications. Fish & Boat Commission, Susquehanna Room, 1601 Elmerton Avenue in Harrisburg. 2:00 p.m. October 12-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee On Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting. DEP New Stanton Office, Westmoreland Room, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00. DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, Bureau of Mine Safety, 724-404-3147, agaida@pa.gov. October 12-- Stroud Water Research Center Webinar: Introduction To The Wiki Watershed Toolkit. 3:30. October 12-- Manada Conservancy Scott Weidensaul, Mountains Of The Heart Program. Derry Presbyterian Church, 248 East Derry Road in Hershey. 7:00 p.m. October 13-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, Bureau of Air Quality, 717-783-9269 or send email to: nherb@pa.gov. October 13-- 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. October 14-- Governor’s Office State Planning Board. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for more information. October 14-- Stroud Water Research Center Tree Planting. Coatesville, Chester County. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. October 17-- NEW. Delaware Highlands Conservancy Economic Development Workshop. Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, 100 Shawnee Inn Drive, Shawnee on Delaware, PA. 6-8 p.m. October 18-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov. October 18-- 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. October 18-- Energy Coordinating Agency Breakfast Briefings On The First Fuel: Energy Efficiency. Energy Coordinating Agency’s LEED certified Training Center at 106 W. Clearfield Street, Philadelphia. 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. October 18-- Stream Restoration, Inc. Datashed Online Stream Restoration Data Warehouse Training. Westmoreland County Conservation District Offices, Greensburg. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. October 18-- NEW. Delaware Highlands Conservancy Economic Development Workshop. Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY. 6-8 p.m. October 19-- NEW. Stroud Water Research Center/Axalta Seminar On Delaware River Health. Union League of Philadelphia. 5:30 p.m. October 20-- PennTAP Webinar: Save Money Through Energy Management Systems. Noon to 1:00. October 20-- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Awards Dinner. Woodlands Inn & Resort, Wilkes-Barre. October 21-- Pennsylvania Wilds Fall Biking Seminar. Allegheny Grille, Foxburg, Clarion County. October 22-- Natural Lands Trust ChesLen Chase For Open Space. Chester County. October 24-- Environmental Issues Forum of the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee feature a presentation on Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Action Plan by the Fish and Boat and Game Commissions. Room 8E-A East Wing of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. Noon. October 26-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, Bureau of Air Quality, 717-783-9269 or send email to: nherb@pa.gov. October 26-- NEW. DEP hearing on Archbald gas-fired power plant in Lackawanna County. Valley View High School, 1 Columbus Drive in Archbald. 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact DEP’s Northeast Regional Office by calling 570-826-2511. Click Here for more. October 26-28-- Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference. Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster. October 27-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Susquehanna Room A, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00. DEP Contact: Tom Juengst, Bureau of Clean Water, 717-783-7577 or send email to: tjuengt@pa.gov. (formal notice) November 1-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building 10:00. DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, Bureau of Air Quality, 717-772-3429 or send email to: mbrojakows@pa.gov. November 2-- DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting. Location To Be Announced. 10:00. DEP Contact: Kurt Klapkowski, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: kklapkowsk@pa.gov. November 3- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Location To Be Announced. 10:00. DEP Contact: Kurt Klapkowski, Oil and Gas Program, by calling 717-783-9438 or send email to: kklapkowsk@pa.gov. November 3-- Stream Restoration, Inc. Datashed Online Stream Restoration Data Warehouse Training. Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Ashley, Luzerne County. 5:30 p.m to ? November 4-- PA Environmental Council. Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition Summit. Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry Township, Butler County. November 4-- Stream Restoration, Inc. Datashed Online Stream Restoration Data Warehouse Training. Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Ashley, Luzerne County. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; November 10-- PA Resources Council Annual Awards Dinner. Villanova University Conference Center, Philadelphia. November 10-- Energy Coordinating Agency Breakfast Briefings On The First Fuel: Energy Efficiency. Energy Coordinating Agency’s LEED certified Training Center at 106 W. Clearfield Street, Philadelphia. 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. November 11-12-- 11th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Union County. November 15-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Delaware Conference Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30. DEP Contact: Carl Jones, Director, DEP’s Office of Environmental Justice, 484-250-5818 or send email to: caejone@pa.gov. November 15- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov. November 15-- 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. November 16-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Michael Maddigan, Land Recycling Program, 717-783-1566 or email: mmaddigan@pa.gov. November 17-- Energy Coordinating Agency Sustainable Energy Conference For A Self-Sufficient Energy Future. Temple University Student Faculty Center, 3340 North Broad Street, Philadelphia. November 17-- Stream Restoration, Inc. Datashed Online Stream Restoration Data Warehouse Training. Patton Township Building, State College, Centre County. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. November 19-- Stream Restoration, Inc. Datashed Online Stream Restoration Data Warehouse Training. St. Francis University, Loretto, Cambria County. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. December 6-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Charles Swokel, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, 717-772-5806 or send email to: cswokel@pa.gov. December 8-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, Bureau of Air Quality, 717-783-9269 or send email to: nherb@pa.gov. December 13-- 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, 724-404-3147, agaida@pa.gov. December 14-- 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. December 15-- PennTAP Webinar: E3 Overview: Economy-Energy-Environment. Noon to 1:00. December 20-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov. December 21-- DEP 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, 717-772-2186 or send email to: kszwajkows@pa.gov. February 16-- PennTAP Webinar: Pollution Prevention: Lean Manufacturing With A Focus On Food Manufacturing. Noon to 1:00. March 23-24-- Westmoreland County Conservation District 2017 Engineers’ Workshop. Fred Rogers Center, a LEED Gold Certified building at St. Vincent College, Latrobe. April 5-7-- PA Assn. of Environmental Professionals 32nd Annual Conference. State College. Visit DEP’s Public Participation Center for public participation opportunities. Click Here to sign up for DEP News a biweekly newsletter from the Department. 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