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.

March 18-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Blueberry Hill Park. 10:30 to Noon.

March 18-- Trout Unlimited Pipeline Construction Monitoring Training Workshop.  Carbon County.

March 18-- Brodhead Watershed Association Get Outdoors Poconos Bruce Lake Natural Area Hike. Wayne County.

March 20-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 162 (Maloney-R-Barks) requiring the publication of Pennsylvania specific code manuals (sponsor summary), House Bill 177 (Pickett-R-Susquehanna) exempting maple sugar houses from the state construction code (sponsor summary), House Bill 298 (Delozier-R-Cumberland) creating a building code official trainee program (sponsor summary).  Room 140 Main Capitol.  Off the Floor.

March 20-- NEW. Senate Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on annual reports from the Game and Fish and Boat Commissions. Room 8E-B East Wing. 10:30.  Click Here to watch the hearing live online.

March 20-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Conservation Committee to hear a presentation from representatives of the Anthracite Region Independent Power Plant Association. Room 8E-A East Wing. Noon.  (Click Here for more information.)

March 21-- NEW. House State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 410 (Warner-R-Fayette) establishing a Performance-Based Budget Board and performance-based budgeting process (sponsor summary). [Note: The Senate passed its version of performance-based budgeting-- Senate Bill 181 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) on February 6 that went to the House Appropriations Committee.]  Room B-31 Main Capitol. Off the Floor.

March 21-- 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 Rule To Control VOC’s From Industrial Cleaning Solvents, Aerospace Manufacturing and Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of VOCs and Nitrogen Oxides

-- Rulemaking Petition to consider upgrade to Marsh Creek, A tributary to Brandywine Creek in Chester County, to Exceptional Value.

-- Click Here for copies of available handouts

March 21-- Agenda Posted. 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.  Click Here to join the meeting via Webex.

-- Update on DEP’s Safe Drinking Water Program

-- Presentation on Chesapeake Bay-PA In The Balance Conference Report

-- Click Here for a copy of DEP’s Monthly Report to the Council

-- Click Here for copies of available handouts

March 22-- NEW. House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 266 (Harper-R-Montgomery) making changes to the state Construction Code Appeals Board (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:30.

March 22-- NEW.  House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Resolution 84 (Ryan-R-Lebanon) congratulating the PA National Guard’s environmental office on winning first place in the Sustainability Team in the 2016 Army National Guard Environmental Awards Contest (sponsor summary).  Room B-31 Main Capitol. Off the Floor.

March 22-- DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.  DCNR Contact: Gretchen Leslie 717-772-9084 or send email to: gleslie@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

March 22-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Phipps Garden Center, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

March 23-- Agenda Posted. 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-- PA Resources Council Rain Barrel Workshop.  Morton Borough Hall, 500 Highland Ave., Morton, Delaware County. 6:30 p.m.

March 23-- NEW. Globalcon Energy Conference. Philadelphia.

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 25-- Fish and Boat Commission Mentored Youth Trout Days.

March 25-- NEW. Schuylkill Scrub Stony Creek Anglers Cleanup. Montgomery County.

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

March 27-- NEW. PennTAP Facility Operations Workshop On Energy Efficiency. State College.

March 28-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on proposed regulation repealing the low-RVP gasoline requirement in the Pittsburgh Region.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, Conference Rooms A & B, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 1:00.

March 29-- 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.  (formal notice)

March 29-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on proposed regulation repealing the low-RVP gasoline requirement in the Pittsburgh Region. DEP Southeast Regional Office, Delaware & Schuylkill Conference Rooms, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 1:00.

March 30-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on proposed regulation repealing the low-RVP gasoline requirement in the Pittsburgh Region. DEP Headquarters Building,  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 1:00.

March 30-- NEW. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board Regulatory, Legislative and Technical Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

March 31-- 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 1-- Penn State Extension, DCNR Woods In Your Backyard Workshop. Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Lehman, Luzerne County. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

April 4-- Center for Watershed Protection 2017 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference.  Online and regional hub locations closest to PA: Temple University’s Ambler Campus, 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler, Montgomery County [register here] or in Baltimore [register here].

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

April 6-- 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.  (formal notice)

April 6-- 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 7-- PennFuture, National Wildlife Federation 3rd Annual Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards.  Keystone College, Evans Hall, in La Plume, Lackawanna County. 6:30.

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

April 8-- Penn State Extension, DCNR Woods In Your Backyard Workshop. Penn State Beaver, SUB Lodge, Monaca, Beaver County. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

April 8-- Fish and Boat Commission Mentored Youth Trout Days.

April 9-- NEW. Clean Air Council Run For Clean Air Earth Day Celebration. Philadelphia.

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

April 12-- 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-- 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-- 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.  Click Here to participate via WebEx.  (formal notice)

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

April 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. 

April 18-- 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-- NEW. DEP Mine Families First Response and Communication Advisory Council meeting. DEP New Stanton Office, Fayette Room, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, 724-404-3147 or send email to: agaida@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

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

April 19-- DEP public meeting/hearing on proposed Air Quality Plan Approval for an emergency generator at a Transco natural gas pipeline compressor station in Mifflin Township, Lycoming County.   Salladasburg Elementary School, 3490 State Route 287, Jersey Shore.  6:00-- meeting, 7:15-- hearing. Contact: Muhammad Zaman, DEP Williamsport Office, 570-327-3648.  (formal notice PA Bulletin page 1536)

April 20-- 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-- CANCELED. 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.  (formal notice)

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 22-23-- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship Days.  Warren County.

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

April 26-- 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-- 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.

April 29-- NEW. Manada Conservancy’s Spring Native Plant Sale. Hummelstown, Dauphin County.

May 3-- House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee informational meeting on the forest products industry.  University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, 300 Campus Drive, Bradford. 9:00.

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

May 4-- 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.  (formal notice)

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

May 6-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Ross Twp. Community Center, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

May 6-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy. Dinner & Live, Silent Auctions.  Silver Birches Waterfront in Hawley, Pike County.

May 9-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, mbrojakows@pa.gov or 717-772-3429.  (formal notice)

May 9-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Carnegie Municipal Building, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

May 10-- 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-- 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 10-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Fern Hollow, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

May 16-- Primary Election Day.

May 16-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  North Park-Rose Barn, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

May 17-- 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-- 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 18-- 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.  (formal notice)

May 18-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Boyce Park-Activity Center, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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.

May 20-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  Lauri ann West Community Center, 10:30 to Noon

May 20-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation. Highmark Walk For A Healthy Community.  Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg.

May 24-- PA Green & Healthy Schools Partnership. PA Green & Healthy Schools Forum with PA Envirothon.  University of Pittsburgh Campus-Johnstown .

May 24-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop.  South Park-Buffalo Inn, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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-- 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 7-- DCNR PA Trails Advisory Committee Public Forum.  Murrysville Community Center, 3091 Carson Ave, Murrysville, Westmoreland County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

June 8-- PA Resources Council Allegheny County Backyard Composting Workshop. Phipps Garden Center, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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

June 21-22-- PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference. Best Western Plus Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, Wilkes-Barre.  Click Here for more information.

September 21-- 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.

September 23-26-- Statewide Greenways & Trails Summit. DoubleTree Hotel in Reading, Berks County.

October 4-- 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.

February 7-10-- NEW. PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture Annual Conference. State College.

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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

February 2017 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, Page 740

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. 2017) - 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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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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