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.

Note: This is budget season.  House and Senate committees can add and cancel meetings with little notice.

June 17-- NEW. ORSANCO Ohio River Sweep In Western Pennsylvania.

June 17-- NEW. Call For Clean Water Funding At Susquehanna River Rally.  City Island, Harrisburg.  11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

June 19-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1333 (Gabler-R-Clearfield) eliminate the current DEP limit on how long surface mine operators can temporarily cease mining operations from 180 days to the federal standard of what could be years (Click Here for more), House Bill 1341 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) providing for the certification of bituminous coal mine emergency medical responders (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 624 (Scarnati-R-Jefferson) retroactively rolling back protections for streams from deep coal mining (Click Here for more).  Room 205 Ryan Building.  Off the Floor.

June 19--  NEW.  Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 334 (Fontana-D-Allegheny) authorizing a municipality or authority to include private lateral rehabilitation or replacement of sewer lines in PennVEST funding applications - no funding source identified (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 639 (Fontana-D-Allegheny) authorizing a municipality or authority to include private lateral rehabilitation or replacement of water lines in PennVEST funding applications - no funding source identified (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 692 (Blake-D-Lackawanna) amends to Sewage Facilities Act to increase what a local agency may charge from $25 to $100 (sponsor summary); House Bill 290 (Metzgar-R-Bedford) providing for legislative appointments to the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board (House Fiscal Note and summary). Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

June 19-- NEW. Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 656 (Fontana-D-Allegheny) authorize local governments to make funds available to repair or replace lateral water lines contaminated with lead (sponsor summary).  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

June 19-- House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee holds an informational meeting to discuss the use of micro grids to provide reliable energy distribution, especially during disaster emergencies.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00.

June 19-22-- Jennings Environmental Education Center Experiencing Your Environment Through Conservation Youth Camp - Grades 10 to 12. Butler County.

June 20-- House State Government Committee holds a hearing on state regulations: potential solutions to improving oversight and relieving regulatory burdens.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00.

June 20-- NEW. House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1518 (Causer-R-Cameron) further providing for the appointment of members to the Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board (sponsor summary), House Bill 1550 (Klunk-R-York) amend the Agricultural Area Security Law allowing for the voluntary relinquish the right to construct a residence (sponsor summary). Room 140 Main Capitol.  9:15.

June 20-- NEW. Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 187 (Sonney-R-Erie) further authorize wind energy facilities on preserved farmland (House Fiscal Note and summary), House Bill 790 (Pashinski-D-Luzerne) establishing the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (House Fiscal Note and summary).  Room 461 Main Capitol.  11:00.

June 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.

-- Final Regulation increasing Radiological Health and Radon Program fees by $2.1 million;

-- 3 Year Fee Report For Chapter 105 Dam Safety and Encroachments Program- Projected $5.9 million deficit, not asking for fee increase at this time.  DEP notes: “staffing resources are not sufficient to address all current [Water Obstruction & Encroachments] program responsibilities;”  and

-- 3 Year Fee Report For Water and Wastewater Operators’ Certification Program- Fees are adequate at this time.

-- Final regulation amending the Class A Streams Designations for streams in Berks, Blair, Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Columbia, Cumberland, Forest, Huntingdon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Potter, Schuylkill, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Venango, Wayne, Westmoreland and Wyoming counties.

-- Click Here for available handouts

June 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting online via WebEx.

-- Presentation on proposed Volkswagen Settlement

-- Presentation on proposed changes to the radiological health regulations

-- Report by DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- Legislative and budget update from Sarah Clark, Director of Legislative Affairs for DEP.

-- Click Here for a copy of DEP’s written monthly report to Council.

-- Click Here for available handouts

June 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Cheri Sansoni, 717-772-5158, csansoni@pa.gov.

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

June 22-- NEW. House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Bill 1412 (Barrar-R-Delaware) establishing the Energy Resiliency & Emergency Preparedness Act to deploy new technologies to deal with electric system outages (sponsor summary).  Room B-31 Main Capitol.  10:00.

June 22-- DEP Listening Session On Proposed Uses Of Volkswagen Settlement Fund To Reduce Air Pollution. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut St., Meadville.  10:00 to Noon.

June 22-- DEP Hearings On A Proposed State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment for RACT II controls on nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emissions for 4 facilities: Blommer Chocolate Company in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County-- hearing starts at 9:00 a.m.; Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County-- hearing starts at 11:00 a.m.; Braskem America, Inc. in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County-- hearing starts at 1:00 p.m.;  Exelon Generation, Falls Township, Bucks County-- hearing starts at 3:00 p.m.. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. To pre-register to speak at the the hearing contact: Virginia Cain, DEP environmental Community Relations Specialist, 484-250-5808.   DEP Program Contact: James Beach, DEP Southeast Regional Office, 484-250-5920. (formal notice, PA Bulletin beginning on page 2939)

June 23-- DEP Listening Session On Proposed Uses Of Volkswagen Settlement Fund To Reduce Air Pollution. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh.  10:00 to Noon.

June 24-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, Allegheny County.

June 24-- Brodhead Watershed Association Get Outdoors Poconos Mount Nebo Hike.  Monroe County.

June 26-- House State Government Committee holds a hearing on the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and concerns about regulatory overreach.. Shrewsbury Borough Municipal Building, 35 West Railroad Ave., Shrewsbury, York County. 9:00.

June 26-- NEW. Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee meets to release a report on PA’s Program For Beneficial Use Of Biosolids (Sewage Sludge).  Room 8E-B, East Wing. 10:00.

June 28-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Michael Maddigan at 717-783-9480 or send email to: mmaddigan@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

June 28-- PennVEST, DEP Public Meeting On Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs 2017 Intended Use Plans.  2nd Floor Auditorium, Rachel Carson Building. 1:30.  (formal notice)

June 29-- DEP Water, Wastewater Resilience Planning Workshop. DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

July 5-- DEP Hearing On RACT II Air Pollution Controls For Wood-Mode, Inc. in Middlecreek Township, Snyder County. DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street Williamsport. 10:00.

July 5-- DEP Hearing On RACT II Air Pollution Controls For Resilite Sports Products, Inc. in Northumberland County. DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street in Williamsport. 10:00.

July 8-- NEW. Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Farm To Table, Explore the Landscape Event. Grey Towers, Milford, Pike County.  4:00 p.m.

July 11-- 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)

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

July 12-- DEP Hearing On RACT II Air Quality Control Plans For First Quality Tissue, LLC in Castanea Township, Clinton County. DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101 in Williamsport. 10:00. (Click Here for more.)

July 12-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Plan Approval For Natural Gas-Fired Beech Hollow Power Plant In Washington County. Fort Cherry Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium at 110 Fort Cherry Road, McDonald.  Meeting- 6:00 p.m., Hearing- 7:00 p.m. (formal notice, PA Bulletin page 3242)  (Click Here for more.)

July 12-- SRBC, DEP Water Loss Management Training For Drinking Water Systems: Metering and Billing Operations.  SRBC, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg.  8:30 to 3:30.

July 13-- 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)

July 13-- DEP Hearing On RACT II Air Quality Control Plans For Fairless Energy, LLC, Falls Township, Bucks County, The Boeing Company in Ridley Township, Delaware County, Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminal, LP, Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County,  Global Advanced Metals USA, Inc. in Douglass Township Montgomery County.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, Montgomery County starting at 9:00 a.m. for Fairless Energy, LLC, 11:00 a.m. Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminal, LP,  1:30 p.m. for The Boeing Company, 3:30 p.m. for Global Advanced Metals.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, Montgomery County. (Click Here for more.)

July 14-- Penn State Extension Community Tree Management Workshop. Milford Township Building, 2100 Krammes Road,  Quakertown, Bucks County. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

July 15-- Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event. Westmoreland CleanWays Recycling Center, 113 Innovative Lane in Latrobe. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

July 15-- Penn State Extension Community Tree Management Workshop. Penn State University Lehigh Valley Campus, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley, Lehigh County. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

July 15-- Food Guy Adventures, Sustainable Pittsburgh A Taste Of Sustainability: Cultural District Restaurant Tour.  Pittsburgh.

July 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.

July 18--  CANCELED. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.

July 18-- NEW. DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- NEW. DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- NEW. DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter. DEP, Room 105, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 1:00.

July 19-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 1:00.

July 19-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision Setting The Base Year Inventory For The Lebanon County Nonattainment Area For 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standard.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg.  10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 20-- NEW. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Knox District Mining Office, 310 Best Lane, Knox. 9:00.  DEP Contact Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.

July 20-- NEW. Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP, Room 105, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 1:00.

July 20-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Proposed Transfer Of Emission Reduction Credits To Perdue AgriBusiness, Lancaster County. Bainbridge Fire Hall, 34 South 2nd Street, Bainbridge. 6:30 to 8:30.  Contact Brenda Esterline at 717-705-4704 to testify.  (June 17 PA Bulletin, page 3392)

July 22-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Consol Energy Park, Washington County.

July 24-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Draft NPDES Water Quality Permit for the Brunner Island Power Station, York County.  Union Fire Company, 201 York Street, Manchester.  6:30 to 8:30.  Those who wish to present testimony during the hearing are asked to register in advance by contacting John Repetz in the Southcentral Regional Office, 717-705-4904 or send email to: jrepetz@pa.gov.  (June 17 PA Bulletin, page 3432)

July 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.

July 29-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. La Roche College, McCandless, Allegheny County.

August 1-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.  DEP Contact: Carl Jones, caejone@pa.gov or 484-250-5818.

August 2-- NEW. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Hampton Inn, 202 Fairview Drive, Monaca, Beaver County. 10:00. DEP Contact Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.

August 9-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730 or diawilson@pa.gov.

August 12-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Century III Mall, West Mifflin, Allegheny County.

August 12-- Food Guy Adventures, Sustainable Pittsburgh A Taste Of Sustainability: Cultural District Restaurant Tour.  Pittsburgh.

August 14-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council Field Visit Meeting.  Location TBD. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.

August 15-- 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.

August 16-- SRBC, DEP Water Loss Management Training For Drinking Water Systems: Fundamentals of Leakage and Pressure Management.  SRBC, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg.  8:30 to 3:30.

August 17-- CANCELED. Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 17-- PA Grade Crude Development Advisory Council meeting.  Location TBD.  1:00.

August 19-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Boyce Park, Allegheny County.

August 23-- Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

September 13-- 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.  (formal notice)

September 13-- PA Section of the American Water Works Association. Small Water System Rates & Finance Workshop. PA American Water, 2736 Ellwood Road in New Castle, Lawrence County.  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

September 16-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. South Park, Allegheny County.

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.

September 24-26- PA Recreation and Parks Society PA Greenways and Trails Summit.  Reading, Berks County.

October 4-- CANCELED. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting rescheduled to October 10. DEP Contact: Molly Adams, 717-787-2480, moadams@pa.gov..

October 5-- DCNR Snowmobile and ATV Advisory Council meeting. Promised Land State Park, 100 Lower Lake Road, Greentown, Pike County. 10:00.  DCNR Contact: Jennie Shade, 717-772-9084. (formal notice)

October 5-- PA Section of the American Water Works Association. Small Water System Improving Drinking Water Quality Workshop. Lehigh County Authority, 1053 Spruce Street, Wescosville, Lehigh County.  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

October 7-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Settlers Cabin Park, Allegheny County.

October 10-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Molly Adams, 717-787-2480, moadams@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 14-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Bradys Run Park, Beaver County.

November 1-- Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 14-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 16th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.  DEP Contact: Carl Jones, caejone@pa.gov or 484-250-5818.

November 16-- CANCELED. Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 16-- PA Grade Crude Development Advisory Council meeting.  Location TBD.  1:00.

December 5-7-- National Brownfields Conference - Sustainable Communities Start Here.  LEED-certified David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

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

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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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