Upcoming conferences, meetings, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted. Go To: PA Environment Digest Calendar Page

· May 8-12 – “Show Me the Money” Grant Workshop. Lewisburg.

· March 27 – Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 2317 (Feese-R-Lycoming) 2005-2006 Capital Budget for flood control, Keystone Recreation, Environmental Stewardship projects. Rules Committee Room. Off the Floor.

· March 28 – Joint House Consumer Affairs & Health and Human Services Committee informational meeting on Low Income Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP) and customer assistance programs. Room 205 Ryan Building. 1:00.

· March 28 – DEP Critical Water Planning Area Subcommittee of Act 220 State Water Plan Statewide Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· March 29 – House Consumer Affairs Committee informational meeting on House Bill 2257 (Haluska-D-Cambria) providing retirement credit for certain mine inspectors.

· March 29 – CANCELLED - House Republican Policy Committee hearing on DEP Regulatory Process and Economic Development. Room 140 Main Capitol. 1:00.

· March 30 – Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee special meeting to discuss draft regulations limiting mercury emissions from power plants (draft rule posted online). Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

· March 31 – Pennsylvania State Planning Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· March 31 – DEP Workshop on Wetlands, Stream Impacts, Permitting for Local Officials and Developers in Mercer and Venango Counties. Mercer.

· April 3 – Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Environmental Issues Forum – PA CleanWays update on rural dumping in Pennsylvania. Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· April 5 – Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on gasoline additives and their impact on the environment and fuel supplies (MTBE, ethanol). Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:00.

· April 13 – DEP Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Steering Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 2:00 to 5:00.

· April 18-19 - Chamber Environmental Conference and Trade Show. Camp Hill (near Harrisburg).

· April 28-29 – PA Land Conservation Conference. State College.

· May 5 – Forestry Task Force meeting (Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee). Penn Stater Conference Center. State College. 10:00.

· May 18-19 – 2006 Pennsylvania Heritage Partnerships Conference. Preservation PA. Franklin, Venango County.

· May 26 - DEP Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Steering Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 to 1:00.

· June 12 – Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Environmental Issues Forum – Jim MacKenzie, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery “Going Native – Opportunities for Using Native Plants in Pennsylvania.” Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· October 31-November 5 – National Historic Preservation Conference. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Pittsburgh.

DEP Calendar of Events

Watershed Events

(courtesy PA Organizations for Watersheds & Rivers)

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calendar

(courtesy PA Center for Environmental Education)

Senate Committee Schedule

House Committee Schedule

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