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.

August 5-- PA Resources Council Backyard Composting Workshop. Baldwin Borough Public Library, Allegheny County. 10:30.

August 5-6-- Gov. Pinchot’s Grey Towers 13th Annual Festival of Wood.  Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, Pike County.

August 6-- Brodhead Creek Watershed Association River Ramble. East Stroudsburg, Monroe County.

August 7-- Agenda Posted. 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)

-- First Draft Of 2017 PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory

-- Overview Of PA Electric Vehicle Coalition

-- Next Steps In 2018 PA Climate Change Action Plan Update

-- Click Here for available handouts

August 9-- NEW. House State Government Committee informational meeting to follow up on its June 12 and 16 hearings regarding the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.  Room G-50, Irvis Building. 10:00.

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 9-- PSU Agriculture and Environment Center and Chiques Creek Re-envisioned Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Chiques Creek Stomp. Mummau Park, 536 West High Street, Manheim, Lancaster County. 6:00 p.m.

August 9-- NEW. PA Sea Grant, Benedictine Sisters Sevenmile Creek Stream Restoration Workshop Walking Workshop. Glinodo Center located at 6270 East Lake Road in Harborcreek Township, Erie County.  5:00.

August 10-- NEW. Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association Rain Barrel Education For Businesses Workshop. Lower Paxton Township Municipal Building, 425 Prince Street, Harrisburg. 6:00.

August 11-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Premiere: Ned Smith Gone For The Day WITF Documentary. Ned Smith Center For Nature and Art, Millersburg, Dauphin County. 6:00.

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

August 12-- NEW. Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association Paxton Creek, Your Local Waterway Workshop. Susquehanna Township Municipal Building,1900 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg. 9:00 to 10:30.

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

August 12-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust ForEvergeen Nature Preserve 5K Run. Monroe County.

August 12-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Migration Hawk Watch Kick-Off Event. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Berks County.  9:00 to 3:00.

August 12-- NEW. Lacawac Sanctuary Farm To Plate Awards Dinner. Waters Lodge, Lake Ariel, Wayne County.

August 14-- CANCELED. 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 14-- DEP Hearing On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Air Quality Permit. Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. 6:30 to 9:30.

August 15-- 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.

-- Petition To Set Standard For Perfluorooctanoic

-- Final Regulation Changing Stream Designations For Certain Watersheds In Berks, Chester, Monroe, Northampton and Susquehanna Counties; and

-- Recommendation For No Change In Stream Designations For Certain Watersheds In Allegheny, Chester and Pike Counties.

-- Click Here for available handouts

August 15-- DEP Hearing on Proposed Attainment Demonstration for Sulfur Dioxide in the Beaver Nonattainment Area.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront A and B Rooms, 500 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00. Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

August 15-- NEW. Capital Region Water Public Meeting On Regional MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan. Lower Paxton Township Building. 425 Prince Street, Harrisburg. 6:00.

August 15-17-- Penn State Ag Progress Days. Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, Centre County.

August 16-- House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee informational meeting on Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (Ag Progress Days).  Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, 2710 West Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County. 9:30.

August 16-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 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 16-- NEW. Agenda Posted: Delaware River Basin Commission public hearing on water withdrawal requests and other items. Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, Bucks County. 1:30.  (formal notice)

August 16-- DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront A Conference Room, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh.  1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 16-- DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southeast Regional office, Schuylkill River Conference Room, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

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 17-- 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, 717-772-5158 or send email to: csansoni@pa.gov.

August 17-- DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Susquehanna Conference Room, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 17-- NEW. Fish & Boat Commission Public Meeting On Somerset Lake Dam. Somerset Daily American Press Room, located at 334 W. Main St., Somerset. 6:00.

August 25-26-- NEW. Capital RC&D Southcentral PA Grazing School. Lebanon County.

September 16-- NEW. Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association Watershed Decisions For Students & Their Families Workshop. Dauphin County Library - East Shore Library, 4501 Ethel Street, Harrisburg. 10:30 to 11:30.

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

August 19-- Brodhead Watershed Association Water Wiser Kids Program. Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Stroudsburg, Monroe County.  10:30.

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)

August 26-- Fish & Boat Commission Wild Trout Summit. Centre County Regional Office, 595 East Rolling Ridge Drive in Bellefonte, Centre County. 9:30.

August 26-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna. Shank’s Mare Outfitters, Wrightsville, York County.

August 31-- Penn State Energy & Environmental Sustainability Labs Open House.  Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lounge in State College, Centre County. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

September 5-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, 724-404-3147 or send email to: agaida@pa.gov.

September 5-- CANCELED. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is December 5.  DEP Contact: Dawn Heimbach, 717-772-5599  or send email to: dheimbach@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

September 6-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Webinar meeting. 9:15.  DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalal@pa.gov or 717-772-3436.  (formal notice)

September 6-- DEP hearing on RACT 11 Air Quality Plan For Trucks Accessories Group.  DEP Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport, Lycoming County. 10:00.

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-- NEW.  Agenda Posted. Delaware River Basin Commission business meeting. Linksz Pavilion, Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, Bucks County. 10:30.

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 14-- NEW. Sustainable Pittsburgh: Winning Playbook For Sustainable Practices In Your Business. Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh. 6:00.

September 15-16-- NEW. Central PA Green Building Council Regional Road To GreenBuild. Skytop Lodge, Skytop, Monroe County. 1:00 to 9:00.

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

September 19-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is August 15. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

September 19-- 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.  (formal notice)

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- Registration Open. 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 4-- NEW. Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association Greening Our Cities & Towns Workshop. Appalachian Brewing Company, 50 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg. 6:00 to 8:00.

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 11-12-- 3 Rivers Wet Weather Sewer Conference.  Monroeville Convention Center, Allegheny County.

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

October 14-- 2017 Pittsburgh Solar Tour.

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 9-- Sponsorships Available. PA Resources Council Annual Awards Celebration. Villanova University Hotel and Conference Center, Philadelphia.

November 10-11-- NEW. Bucknell University 12th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium.  Bucknell University Campus, Lewisburg, Union County.

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 or Glenda Davidson 717-=783-4759 or gldavidson@pa.gov.

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-- 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.   (formal notice)

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.

February 23-24-- NEW. Keystone Coldwater Conference. State College. (Note: PA Environment Digest is a Conference sponsor.)

April 17-19-- National Forum On Low-Zero Energy Buildings. Wyndam Grand Hotel, Pittsburgh.

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

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 (July 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

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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