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: DEP published its 2017 schedule of advisory committee and board meeting in the December 17 PA Bulletin, page 7896.

January 23-- Senate and House Come Back To Voting Session.

January 24-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 138 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) further providing for the calculation of proceeds paid to interest owners (sponsor summary); and  Senate Bill 139 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishes the Natural Gas Lease Anti-Retaliation Act (sponsor summary).  Room 461 Capitol Building. 10:30.  Click Here for more information.

January 24-- Agenda Posted. 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)

-- Discussion of Non-Coal Hydrology Document

-- Click Here for available handouts

January 24-- 10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Awards Program.  Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

January 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee (Air Quality) meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, nherb@pa.gov or 717-783-9269.

-- Environmental Management Assistance program

-- Small Business Ombudsman Report

-- Overview of Small Business Champion Network

-- Stage II Enforcement discretion

-- Overview of Volkswagen Consent Decree

-- Ozone Air Quality Update

-- Overview of 2014 Emission Inventory for Unconventional Wells & Other Industries

-- Click Here for available handouts

January 25-- DEP notice of informal conference on an Amerikohl Aggregates C&K Coal Mine Permit in Richland Township, Clarion County. DEP Knox District Mining Office, 310 Best Ave., Knox. 1:00 p.m.  DEP Contact: Knox District Mining Office 814-797-1191.  (PA Bulletin, page 71)

January 25-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: Gretchen Leslie 717-772-9084 or send email to: gleslie@pa.gov. (formal notice)

-- Update From DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn

-- DCNR’s Path To Sustainability, Mike Walsh, DCNR Deputy For Administration

-- ATV/Snowmobile Safety Programs

-- Click Here for available handouts

January 25-- DCNR Webinar: DCNR Grant Stewardship Responsibilities. 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

January 25-- Penn State Water Quality Team Webinar: Green Parking Lot Zoning & Design.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

January 26-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: The Shift To Sustainable Business Practices Workshop. YWCA Greater Pittsburgh, 305 Wood Street, Pittsburgh. 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

January 26-27-- PA Ground Water Association Annual Conference. Harrisburg/Hershey Holiday Inn Grantville, Dauphin County.

January 27-- NEW. Foundation For Sustainable Forests Woods & Waters Film Series. Green Fire - Aldo Leopold & A Land Ethic For Our Time. Douglas Conference Room, Economic Progress Alliance Building, 789 Bessemer St., Meadville. 7:00 p.m.

January 28-- NEW. Northwestern PA Forest Landowners Conference. Edinboro.

January 31-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Healthy Communities Workshop- Conservation Plan Update. John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, 8601 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia. 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

February 1-- DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.

February 1-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Healthy Habitats  Workshop- Conservation Plan Update.  Montgomery County Community College, 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell. 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

February 1-4-- PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture Farming For The Future Conference. State College.

February 2-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed water withdrawal requests.  Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building, Harrisburg.  2:30.  Contact:  Jason Oyler, General Counsel, 717-238-0423, Ext. 1312.  Click Here for more information.  (formal notice)

February 8-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, diawilson@pa.gov or 717-787-3730.

February 8-- Location Updated. DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  12th 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.

February 8-- DCNR Webinar: Applying For New Riparian Forest Buffer Grants. 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

February 8-- Widener University Commonwealth Law School Program On African American History In Our National Parks. Administration Building Room A180, Widener Law Commonwealth, 3737 Vartan Way, Harrisburg.  5:30 program, 6:30 reception.

February 11-- 3rd Annual GreenAllies Conference. Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. 

February 16-- CANCELED. DEP Oil And Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kurt Klapkowski, 717-783-9438 or send email to: kklapkowsk@pa.gov.  (Cancellation mentioned in DEP January Report To CAC)

February 16-- PennTAP Webinar: Pollution Prevention: Lean Manufacturing With A Focus On Food Manufacturing. Noon to 1:00.

February 21-- NEW. 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.

February 21-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 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.

February 22-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 3:00- Public Utility Commission .  Room 140.

February 23-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  9:00.  DEP Contact: Jay Braund, jbraund@pa.gov or 717-772-5636

February 23-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:15.  DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalal@pa.gov or 717-772-3436.

February 24-- NEW. Foundation For Sustainable Forests Woods & Waters Film Series. Selected Short Films - Forest Kindergarten, The Last Dragons and more!  Whole Foods Co-Op Community Center, 1341 W. 26 St., Erie. 6:30 p.m.

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection; 1:00- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  Room 140.

February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00- Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 1-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00- Department of Agriculture.  Room 140.

March 1-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 3:00- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 1-- NEW. DEP hearing on PennEast Pipeline compressor station in Kidder Township, Carbon County.  Split Rock Resort Lodge, 100 Moseywood Rd in Lake Harmony. 6:00 to 9 p.m. (PA Bulletin page 325)

March 5-6-- Registration Open. PA Environmental Council PA Statewide Watershed Conference. State College

March 7-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, agaida@pa.gov or 724-404-3147.

March 7-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Heimbach, 717-772-5599 or send email to: dheimbach@pa.gov.

March 7-- NEW. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building.  8:30. DEP Contact: Carl Jones, caejone@pa.gov or 484-250-5818.

March 8-- Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings:  10:00- Department of Environmental Protection. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

March 9-- NEW. DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, dhissner@pa.gov or 717-772-2189.

March 11-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop.  BlueBerry Hill-Franklin Park, Allegheny County.  10:30 a.m. to Noon.

March 11-- Registration Open. 20th Annual Schuylkill River Watershed Congress.  Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown.

March 14-- PennTAP-DEP Facility Operations Workshop On Energy Efficiency.  Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, State College.

March 14-- NEW. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, mbrojakows@pa.gov or 717-772-3429.

March 15-- NEW. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Mike Maddigan, mmaddigan@pa.gov or 717-772-3609.

March 15-- NEW. DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting.  Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kristen Szwajkowski, kszwajkows@pa.gov or 717-772-2186.

March 15-16-- Registration Open. PA Environmental Council: Achieving Deep Carbon Reductions: Paths For Pennsylvania’s Electricity Future Conference.  David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

March 16-- NEW. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry, lahenry@pa.gov or 717-772-5713.

March 21-- NEW. 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.

March 21-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 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.

March 23-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee (On-lot Systems) meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:30.  DEP Contact: Brian Schlauderaff, bschlauder@pa.gov or 717-772-5620.

March 23-24-- Westmoreland County Conservation District 2017 Engineers’ Workshop. Fred Rogers Center, a LEED Gold Certified building at St. Vincent College, Latrobe.

March 24-25-- Penn State Forest Landowners Conference. Altoona.

March 26-29-- Registration Open.  PA Recreation & Park Society 2017 Annual Conference. Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.

March 31-- NEW. Foundation For Sustainable Forests Woods & Waters Film Series. Selected Short Films - Chasing Water, A Forest Year and more!  Scot Cinema, Pogue Student Center, 405 Scotland Rd., Edinboro. 7:00 p.m.

April 5-7-- PA Assn. of Environmental Professionals 32nd Annual Conference. State College.

April 6-- NEW. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic, jmelnic@pa.gov or 717-783-9730.

April 8-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop.  Fern Park, Allegheny County.  10:30 a.m. to Noon.

April 11-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. North Park-Rose Barn, Allegheny County.  6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

April 12-- NEW. 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.

April 12-- NEW. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment (Deep Mining) meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloske, mscheloske@pa.gov or 724-404-3143.

April 12-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. Phipps Garden Center, Allegheny County. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

April 12-- PA Chamber Environmental Conference & Trade Show.  Best Western Premier Eden Resort & Suites, Lancaster.

April 13-- NEW. Society of Women Environmental Professionals - Capital Chapter Annual Conference.  Central Penn College’s Conference Center, Summerdale, Cumberland County.

April 18-- NEW. 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.

April 18-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  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.

April 18-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. Lauri Ann West Community Center, Allegheny County. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

April 20-- NEW. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:15.  DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalal@pa.gov or 717-772-3436.

April 20-- NEW. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  4th Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.

April 20-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. South Park-Buffalo Inn, Allegheny County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

April 21-22-- PEC, KPB Pinchot State Forest Earth Day Tree Planting.  Luzerne County.

April 22-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. Ross Township Community Center, Allegheny County.  Noon to 1:30 p.m.

April 25-27-- PA Section American Water Works Association Annual Conference.   The Hershey Lodge, Hershey.

April 26-- NEW. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, nherb@pa.gov or 717-783-9269.

April 27-- NEW. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  9:00.  DEP Contact: Jay Braund, jbraund@pa.gov or 717-772-5636.

April 27-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. Boyce Park-Activity Center, Allegheny County.  6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

May 3-- Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium.  Ramada Inn Conference Center, State College.

May 4-6-- Registration Open. PA Land Trust Association Land Conservation Conference & Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference.  Lancaster.

May 10-- NEW. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.

May 10-- NEW. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, diawilson@pa.gov or 717-787-3730.

May 16-- NEW. Primary Election Day.

May 17-- NEW. 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.

May 17-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 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 19-21-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Spring Conference. Harrisburg/Hershey Holiday Inn Grantville, Dauphin County.  Click Here for more information.

May 20-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Annual Conference.  Mercer County.

June 1-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop. Phipps Garden Center, Allegheny County. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

June 7-- DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30. DEP Contact: Stacey Box, 717-772-5622 or send email to: sbox@pa.gov.

June 7-- NEW. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 206, Bureau of Laboratories Building, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Aaren Alger, aaalger@pa.gov or 717-346-7200.

June 18-23-- Registration Open. Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp. Messiah College, Grantham, Cumberland County.

September 21-- NEW. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee/Solid Waste Advisory Committee joint meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry, lahenry@pa.gov or 717-772-5713.

October 4-- NEW. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Rich Janati, rjanati@pa.gov or 717-787-2147.

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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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 3713

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

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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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