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 the 2018 meeting schedules for its advisory committees and boards.

July 28-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Bin Distribution Event In Pittsburgh. Point Breeze Distribution Event, URA’s Parking Lot on Meade Street.  8:00 to 2:00. Click Here to register.

July 28-- Audubon Society of Western PA. Backyard Habitat Gardening for Pollinators and Butterflies Workshop. Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

July 28-- Celebrate The Prairie Bloom. Jennings Environmental Ed Center, 2951 Prospect Road, Slippery Rock, Butler County. 9:00 to 6:00

August 1-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Michael Maddigan, 717-772-3609,  mmaddigan@pa.gov.

-- Update on Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFAS)

August 2-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15:  DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436, kdalal@pa.gov.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting by webinar.  A call-in option is also being provided: Call in Number 1-650-479-3208, Access Code/Event Number (if necessary) 643 126 832, Event Password (if necessary) GaQnvE@7.

-- Draft Changes to Chapters 121 & 127 On Fine Particulate Matter, New Source Review to regulate volatile organic compounds and ammonia as precursors to PM2.5 for the first time in Allegheny, Delaware and Lebanon Counties.

August 2-- NEW. DEP Weathering The Storm Workshop For Teachers. Beaver County Conservation District Office, 156 Cowpath Rd, Aliquippa, Beaver County. 8:30 to 3:30.

August 2-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Michaux State Forest District, Mont Alto Fire Company, 517 S. Main St, Mont Alto, Franklin County. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click Here for more.

August 2-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed water withdrawal requests to be considered at its September 7 business meeting.  Room 8E-B East Wing, Capitol Building, Harrisburg. 2:30.  SRBC Contact: Gwyn Rowland, 717-238-0423 ext. 1316. Click Here for more.

August 4-- Sewickley Creek Watershed Association. 2nd Annual Family Field Day.   Lowber Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Project, Herminie-Lowber Road near Lowber, Westmoreland County.  10:00 to 2:00

August 4-5-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers. 14th Annual Festival Of Wood. Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.

August 5-- Brodhead Watershed Association. Ramble In Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge.  Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, 2138 Croasdale Road, Stroudsburg, Monroe County.

August 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, 717-783-9438, twallace@pa.gov.

August 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Pennsy Supply, Thomasville Quarry Office, 55 South Biesecker Road, Thomasville, York County. 10:00. DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, 717-787-5103, dsnowden@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

August 8-- NEW. Speaker Turzai Prescription Drug Take Back & Paper Shredding Event. McKnight Elementary School/North Allegheny Intermediate parking lots at 500 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh. 4:00 to 6:00

August 9-- DEP Hearing On Cumberland Mine Coal Refuse Disposal Facility NPDES Water Quality Permit, Monongahela and Whiteley townships, Greene County.  Greensboro VFD/Church Building, 384 Stoney Hill Road, Greensboro. 1:00 to 3:00.  (July 7 PA Bulletin 4015)

August 9-- NEW. Dept. of Health Potassium Iodide Distribution Around 5 Nuclear Power Plants.

August 11-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Bin Distribution Event In Pittsburgh. Fairywood Distribution Event, B Keppel Trucking, 100 Beechnut Drive, Pittsburgh. 8:00 to 2:00. Click Here to register.

August 11-- NEW. Lacawac Sanctuary Farm To Plate Awards Dinner. Watres Lodge, Lacawac Sanctuary, 94 Sanctuary Road, Lake Ariel, Wayne County.

August 14-16-- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Ag Progress Days. Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, 9 miles southwest of State College on Route 45 in Huntingdon County.

August 15-- Joint House and Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committees informational meeting on agriculture industry at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days.  Larson Agricultural Research Center, Theatre Area of the College Exhibits Building, 2710 W. Pine Grove Road (Route 45), Pennsylvania Furnace, PA, Huntingdon County.  10:00.

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

August 15-- Agenda Posted. DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Edgar Chescattie, 717-772-2814, eshescattie@pa.gov.

August 15-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Gallitzin State Forest District, Holiday Inn Express, 1440 Scalp Ave., Johnstown, Cambria County. 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Click Here for more.

August 16-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds an informational meeting on Senate Bill 799 which makes significant changes to the Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Funding Programs.  The bill would require programs previously funded through the General Fund or other agencies, plus add several new initiatives that would draw money out of the Environmental Stewardship Fund without providing any more money. Click Here for more. Room 140 Main Capitol. 9:00.  Committee meetings are typically webcast through the PA House Republican Caucus webpage.

August 16-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Ag Progress Days, 2710 West Pine Grove Road, Furnace, Huntingdon County. 10:30. DEP Contact: Jay Braund, 717-772-5636, jbraund@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 16-- NEW. Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge Workshop: Engaging Employees & Community For Lasting Change. Energy Innovation Center, Room 115, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh. 8:30 to 11:30.

August 18-19-- Western PA Conservancy.  2018 Wild & Scenic Clarion River Sojourn.  Elk and Clarion Counties.

August 20-23-- U.S. Biochar Initiatives Conference. Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware.

August 21-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.

August 21-- Penn State Extension. Planning, Implementing A Municipal Leaf Compost Facility Webinar.  Noon to 1:00.

August 22-- Location Added. DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Forbes State Forest District. Loyalhanna Watershed Association Conference Room, 6 Old Lincoln Highway West, Ligonier, Westmoreland County.  6:30 to 8:30. Click Here for more.

August 22-- NEW. Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University. Exploring Urban Ecology With The Academy. The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.  6:00 to 8:00

August 23-26-- PA Assn. Of Hazardous Materials Technicians.  2018 PA Hazmat Training Education Conference. Seven Springs Resort, Somerset County.

August 25-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Century III Mall, West Mifflin, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

August 25-- Registration Open. Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA. Veterans On The River Kayak Fishing Event. Shank's Mare Outfitters in Wrightsville, York County.

August 28-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: John Krueger, 717-783-9264, jkrueger@pa.gov.

August 28-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program FY 2018-19 Grant Applications meeting.  Commissioner Conference Room, Game Commission, 2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.  DCNR Contact: Jennifer Girton, 717-787-3212 or send email to: jgirton@pa.gov or Greg Czarnecki, 717-783-1337 or send email to: gczarnecki@pa.gov. (formal notice)  Click Here for more.

September 4-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kris Shiffer 717-772-5809 or send email to: kshiffer@pa.gov.

September 4-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloske 724-404-3143 or send email to: mscheloske@pa.gov.

September 6-9-- Registration Open. Delaware Highlands Conservancy. Educational Retreat For Women Forest Landowners. Highlights Workshop Facility in Boyd’s Mill, Milanville, Wayne County.

September 7-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission business meeting.  Binghamton, New York. 9:00.  Click Here for more.

September 8-- NEW. French Creek Valley Conservancy. French Creek Watershed Cleanup. Cochranton County Fair Grounds, 125 Pearl Street, Cochranton, Crawford County.

September 12-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Tiadaghton State Forest District, Wheeland Center, 1201 Locust St., Jersey Shore, Lycoming County.  6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Click Here for more.

September 17-19-- 11th Eastern Native Grass Symposium.  Erie Bayfront Convention Center.

September 18-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

September 18-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Neil Bakshi, DEP Policy Office, nebakshi@pa.gov.

September 18-19-- NEW. PA Association Of State Floodplain Managers Annual Conference.  Central Hotel & Conference Center, Harrisburg.

September 18-20-- Mid-Atlantic Chapter International Erosion Control Association. 25th Annual Conference, Workshop and Trade Show.  Radisson Hotel, Camp Hill, Cumberland County.

September 19- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730, diawilson@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

September 20-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee & Recycling Funding Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry 717-772-5713 or send email to: lahenry@pa.gov.

September 22-- Joint meeting of DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee and Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Laura Henry, 717-772-5713, lahenry@pa.gov.

September 23-- Audubon Society of Western PA. Backyard Habitat Trees and Shrubs, Supporting Wildlife In Winter Workshop. Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

September 25-26-- Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed. 2018 Delaware River Watershed Forum.  Cape May, NJ.

September 26-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: William Penn Forest District [ LTBD ] Southeast PA. Click Here for more.

September 28-- DEP Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee meeting Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Rich Janati, 717-787-2147, rjanati@pa.gov.

October 1-3-- Engineers’ Society of Western PA. PA Brownfield Conference. Sands Bethlehem Casino, Bethlehem.

October 3-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In Harrisburg.

October 6-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Settlers Cabin Park, Robinson Township, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

October 10-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee On Diesel Powered (Mining) Equipment. DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloski, 724-404-3143 or mscheloske@pa.gov.

October 17-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Buchanan State Forest District, District Office, 25185 Great Cove Road, McConnellsburg, Fulton County.  6:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Click Here for more.

October 17-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In Mars, Butler County.

October 17-21-- Passive House Western PA. North American Passive House Network 2018 Conference. David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

October 18-- CANCELED. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting rescheduled to November 15.  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic 717-783-9730 or send email to: jmelnic@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 24-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Clear Creek State Forest District [LTBD ] Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango counties.  Click Here for more.

October 30-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In King of Prussia.

October 30-31-- NEW. Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conference.  Sheraton Hartford South Hotel, Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

November 1-2-- PA Water And Wastewater Technology Summit. Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College.

November 8-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Rothrock State Forest District, Shaver’s Creek CFD Community Building, 8707 Firemans Park Ln, Petersburg, Huntingdon County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.  Click Here for more.

November 8-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Weiser State Forest District, District Office, 16 Weiser Lane, Aristes, Columbia County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click Here for more.

November 15--  DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic 717-783-9730 or send email to: jmelnic@pa.gov. (formal notice)

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7/30/2018