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.

Note: House and Senate Committees can meet with little or no notice as we go through the last 6 days of voting session for the year.

October 15-- PA Association of Sustainable Agriculture Farmer-To-Farmer Education Event - Productive Riparian Buffers.  Happy Hollow Farm, 2486 Orwig Road in Stewartstown, York County.  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

October 15-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Fall Walks. 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, Pike County.  10:00.

October 15-- Brodhead Watershed Association Get Outdoors Poconos Hike Shuman Point Natural Area, Lake Wallenpaupack.  Hawley, Pike County.

October 16-- Lacawac Sanctuary 3rd Annual Lake To Lake 8K Run & 5K Wag.  Lake Ariel, Wayne County.

October 17-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1737 (Maher-R-Allegheny) further providing for the safe destruction of unwanted or unused prescription and other drugs (House Fiscal Note and summary).  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

October 17-- NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1280 (Farry-R-Bucks) prohibit a plastic bag ban, tax or fee (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 881 (Blake-D-Lackawanna) exempting from the definition of public utility a resort offering water or sewer service to private homes within a resort (sponsor summary).  Room 60 East Wing.  11:00.

October 17-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Economic Development Workshop.  Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, 100 Shawnee Inn Drive, Shawnee on Delaware, PA.  6-8 p.m.

October 17-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay & Partners Financing Your Stormwater Management Project Workshop. Lemoyne Borough Office Building, 510 Herman Ave., Lemoyne, Cumberland County. 10:00 a.m.

October 17-- NEW. Get Outdoors PA Webinar: Learn How To Develop A Successful Birding Program.  2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

October 18-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee hold a joint hearing on Pennsylvania’s strategy for meeting Chesapeake Bay Watershed cleanup requirements. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch the hearing live online. Click Here for more information.

October 18-- 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 repeal of the low-RVP gasoline requirement in the 7-county Pittsburgh Region

-- Proposed update of Radiological Health regulations.

-- Consideration of a rulemaking petition to upgrade the stream classification of Whetstone Run in Delaware County

-- Click Here for available handouts

October 18-- 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 draft 2016 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- Overview of the 2015 Climate Change Action Plan Update.

-- Report By Acting DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- DEP’s Monthly Report To Council

-- Click Here for available handouts

October 18-- NEW. NRCS PA State Technical Committee meeting.  USDA State Office,  359 East Park Drive, Harrisburg. 1:00 p.m.

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-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Economic Development Workshop.  Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY.  6-8 p.m.

October 19-- Stroud Water Research Center/Axalta Seminar On Delaware River Health. Union League of Philadelphia. 5:30 p.m.

October 20-- NEW. Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, DEP, at 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov.  Also available by conference call: 1-650-479-3208, Access Code: 643 964 729, Password: Geo*Ecology50 .

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 20-- Public Utility Commission Be Utility Wise, Learn Whether You Qualify For Heating Assistance Event.  Mohegan Sun, 1280 Highway 315, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

October 20, 21 & 28-- Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners 3-Day Green Stormwater Infrastructure Course. Temple University’s Center City Campus in Philadelphia.

October 21-- Pennsylvania Wilds Fall Biking Seminar. Allegheny Grille, Foxburg, Clarion County.

October 22-- NEW. PA Resources Council, PA American Water Drug Take-Back Events In Allegheny County-- Green Tree, Mt. Lebanon and Robinson.  10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

October 22-- Natural Lands Trust ChesLen Chase For Open Space. Chester County.

October 22-- NEW. Gifford Pinchot Grey Towers Cemetery Tour. 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, Pike County.  10:00.

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 25-- NEW. PA Environmental Council, DEP Northwest PA Watershed Workshop.  Bossard Nature Center at Woodcock Lake in Saegertown, Crawford County. 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

October 25-- WHYY: The Politics Of Pennsylvania’s Energy Future Panel Discussion.  WHYY Studios, 150 North 6th Street, Philadelphia. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  No future meetings are scheduled at this time.  DEP Contact: Lee McDonnell, 717-787-5017 or send email to: lmcdonnell@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

October 26-- 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. (formal notice PA Bulletin page 6043)

October 26-- NEW. Department of Labor & Industry Uniform Construction Code Review And Advisory Council meeting.  651 Boas St., Room 1710, 17th Floor, Harrisburg.  10:00.  (formal notice)

October 26-- NEW. DEP & DCNR Host Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Richard Alley On Effects Of Climate Change On Pennsylvania.  Auditorium of the Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 12:30 p.m.

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)

October 28-- Public Utility Commission Be Utility Wise, Learn Whether You Qualify For Heating Assistance Event. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA 15904. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

October 29-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Autumn Lecture Series - Artist Dierdre Murphy.  Visitor Center, Berks County.  5:30.

October 29-- NEW. Gifford Pinchot Grey Towers Halloween Dramatic Reading - A Night With Poe. 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, Pike County.  8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

October 31-- Public Utility Commission Be Utility Wise, Learn Whether You Qualify For Heating Assistance Event. DoubleTree by Hilton, 701 Penn Street, Reading, PA  19601. 8:30  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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 2-- DEP hearing on the renewal of the NPDES permit for the Scranton Sewer Authority wastewater treatment plant at Cedar Ave. & Breck Street. Council Chambers, Scranton City Hall, 340 N. Washington Ave., Scranton.  6:00 to 9:00 p.m.  (formal notice, PA Bulletin, page 6182)  Click Here for more information.

November 2-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m.

November 2-- PAAWWA, PWEA & PMAA Joint PA Water Utility Asset Management Summit.  The Penn Stater, State College.

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-- NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed water withdrawal requests.  Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg. 2:00.  Click Here for more information.  (formal notice)

November 3-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Giant Food Store Community Room, Camp Hill, Cumberland County. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m.

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 8-- Election Day! (As If You Could Forget!)

November 9-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Water Resource Management Considerations for Public Water Supply Managers.  SRBC Conference Center located at 4423 N. Front St., Harrisburg.  8:15 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

November 9-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m.

November 10-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Penn State Hotel & Convention Center, State College, Centre County. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 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 14-- 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)

November 15-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board joint meeting with DEP Citizens Advisory Council.  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-- Updated Agenda. Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council and DEP’s Environmental Justice Advisory Board 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 15-- Public Utility Commission Be Utility Wise, Learn Whether You Qualify For Heating Assistance Event. Red Lion Inn, 4751 Lindle Rd., Harrisburg PA 17111. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

November 16-- House & Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committees hold a joint hearing to review emergency preparedness and response measures for natural gas and petroleum pipeline infrastructure.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.  9:00.

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 16-- DEP hearing on the proposed transfer of volatile organic compound emission credits to the Perdue AgriBusiness soybean processing facility in Conoy Township, Lancaster County.  Bainbridge Fire Hall, 34 South 2nd Street, Bainbridge.  6:30 to 8:30 p.m.  DEP Contact: Brenda Esterline 717-705-4704.  Click Here for more information.  (formal notice, page 6352)

November 16-- League Of Women Voters 2016 Shale & Public Health Conference.  University of Pittsburgh University Club, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh.  8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

November 16-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Park Inn Radisson Hotel, Clarion. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m.

November 17-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m..  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic, Bureau of Radiation Protection, 717-783-9730 or send email to: jmelnic@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 17-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Workshop. Upper St. Clair Community Center, Upper St. Clair, Allegheny County. 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m.

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 1-- Westminster College/Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment.  Westminster College, New Wilmington, Lawrence County.

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 8-- NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West Street, Annapolis, MD. 9:00.

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.

January 11-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Writing Webinar. 10:00.

January 19-- NEW. Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Training Program In Berks County. Berks County Ag Center, 1238 County Welfare Road in Leesport.  6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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.

Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community?  Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?  All through its eNotice system.  Click Here to sign up.

Check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania.

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

July 2016 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, page 3731

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 (July 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

DEP Facebook Page     DEP Twitter Feed         DEP YouTube Channel

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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