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.  Go to the online Calendar webpage for updates.

November 3-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. Construction Junction, Point Breeze, Allegheny County. 11:00 to 12:30.

November 3-- Tree Pittsburgh.  Free Tree Give Away In Allegheny County.  North Park Ice Rink, 1200 Pearce Mill Road, Wexford. 10:00 to 2:00. Click Here to register.

November 3-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Golden Eagle, North America’s Largest Bird Of Prey Program.  Sanctuary's Outdoor Amphitheater, Berks County.  Noon and 2:00.

November 3-- Allegheny Land Trust. Project Wet 2.0 Healthy Water, Healthy People Facilitator Workshop.  Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College, Centre County.  8:00 to 4:00.

November 3-- Clinton County CleanScapes Stewards Run Creek Cleanup, Piatt Township, Lycoming County.  9:30 to 1:00.

November 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee/ Recycling Fund Advisory Committee Act 101 Workgroup meets.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Laura Henry, 717-772-5713 or send email to: lahenry@pa.gov. (formal notice)

-- Finalizing recommendations on Act 101  Click Here for more background.

November 5-- Penn State Extension Protect Your Springs, Wells, Septic Systems & Cisterns Workshops (2). Terre Hill Community Center, 131 West Main Street, Terre Hill, Lancaster County .  2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00

November 6-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. North Park Rose Barn, Allegheny County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

November 6-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals, Capital Chapter Society of Women Environmental Professionals. Workshop On Ways Projects Can Avoid Endangered Indiana Bats.  Radisson Hotel, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill (across the river from Harrisburg). 11:30 to 1:30.

November 7-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov.

November 7-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is March 21.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, 717-783-9438,  twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 7-- DEP Hearing (If Needed) on RACT II Air Quality Plan for a Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station In Howe Township, Forest County.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County.  9:00

November 7-- DEP Meeting/Hearing On Proposed NPDES Stormwater Permit For Slate Belt Heat Recovery Center LLC  Biosolids Processing Facility At The Grand Central Landfill In Plainfield Township, Northampton County.  Wind Gap Middle School, 1620 Teels Road, Pen Argyle. 6:00 to 9:30.  (Sept. 29 PA Bulletin, page 6335)

November 7-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Slate Belt Heat Recovery Center LLC Biosolids Processing Facility At The Grand Central Landfill In Plainfield Township, Northampton County. Wind Gap Middle School, 1620 Teels Road, Pen Argyle, Northampton County. 6:00 to 9:00. (Oct. 20 PA Bulletin, page 6671)

November 7-- DEP Informational Meeting On Swoyersville Culm Bank Removal Project In Luzerne County.  Swoyersville Hose Company No. 2, 299 Slocum Street, Swoyersville. 6:00 to 9:00.

November 7-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive Ext., State College, Centre County. 9:00 to Noon.  Click Here for more.

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 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner 717-787-9633 or send email to dhissner@pa.gov. (formal notice)

November 9-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee/DEP Local Officials Roundtable Discussion.  Cumberland County Conservation District, Conference Room B, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle. 7:30 to 9:00

November 9-- Schuylkill Action Network Celebrates 15 Years Of Action.  Albright College Campus Center, 1442 Bern Street, Reading, Berks County.

November 9-- NEW. Penn State Environment and Natural Resources Institute Water Insights Seminar: Who Signs Up For Free Rain Gardens?  Room 312 of the Ag and Bio Engineering Building on Penn State’s main campus in State College and is available online via Zoom.  Noon to 1:00.

November 10-- NEW. Brodhead Watershed Association. Water Wiser Kids Search For Stories Of The Forest Program.  Nothstein Preserve, Paradise Township, Monroe County. 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.

November 10-- NEW. Trout Unlimited. PennFuture. Clean Water Advocacy Workshop.  Wildwood Park, 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, Dauphin County. 9:30 to 3:30.

November 13-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is December 18. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 13-- Joint Meeting. DEP Citizens Advisory Council joint meeting with DEP’s Environmental Justice Advisory Board.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  Contact: Keith Saladar, Executive Director, ksalador@pa.gov or call 717-787-8171.  [Note: The last meeting of 2018] (formal notice)

November 13-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Pinchot State Forest District.  District Office, 1841 Abington Road, North Abington Township, Lackawanna County.  6:00 to 8:00.  Click Here for more.

November 13-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop.  Trinity Point Church of God, 180 W. Trinity Drive, Clarion, Clarion County.  9:00 to Noon. Click Here  for more.

November 14-- CANCELED. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Rescheduled to November 29.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730, diawilson@pa.gov. (formal notice)

November 14-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee/DEP Local Officials Roundtable Discussion. Schuylkill County Extension Office (Lower Level), Agricultural Center, 1202 Ag Center Drive, Pottsville. 4:30 to 6:00.

November 14-- NEW.  Delaware River Basin Commission holds a hearing to take comments on a series of 25 water withdrawal requests. Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA. 1:30.  Click Here for an agenda and how to comment.  (formal notice)

November 14-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. South Park Buffalo Inn, Allegheny County. 6:30 to 8:00.

November 14-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop.  Collier township Community Center, 5 Lobaugh Street, Oakdale, Allegheny County . 9:00 to Noon.  Click Here for more.

November 15--  Agenda Posted. 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)

November 15-- NEW. DEP Webinar On How To Apply For Environmental Education Grants.  Noon to 1:00.

November 15-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee/DEP Local Officials Roundtable Discussion. Northumberland County Conservation District, 441 Plum Creek Road, Sunbury. 4:30 to 6:00.

November 15-- America Recycles Day.

November 15-- Penn State Extension Agricultural Production & Shale Gas Development Webinar. 1:00 to 2:00.

November 15-16-- PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Penn State. Northeast Cover Crops Council Conference. Ramada Hotel and Conference Center, State College.

November 16-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee/DEP Local Officials Roundtable Discussion.  Derry Township Municipal Complex, 600 Clearwater Road, Hershey, Dauphin County.  Noon to 1:30.

November 16-- PA State Assn. Of Township Supervisors. PA Stormwater Conference [Eastern].  Montgomery County.

November 16-- NEW. Trout Unlimited Webinar On Ecological Impacts Of Delaware River Basin Natural Gas Pipelines & New Interactive Map Tool.  Noon to 1:00.

November 17-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Day.  Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, Hawley, Wayne County.

November 18-- NEW. Brodhead Watershed Association. Leavitt Branch Dry Dam Walk-And-Talk Tour.  Monroe County. 10:00.

November 20-- PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee meeting.  Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.  Click Here to pre-register to join the meeting by webcast.  Participants will also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE 643 952 548.

November 20-- South Mountain Partnership Trails Workshop - Building Strong Community Connections.  Shippensburg University, Cumberland County. 8:30 to 5:00.

November 26-- DEP Hearing On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Pipeline Compressor Station In Jefferson Township, Mercer County. DEP’s Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County. 10:00.

November 28-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Karns City Refining RACT II Air Quality Plan, Butler County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County. 9:00

November 28-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Lord Corporation RACT II Air Quality Plan, Crawford County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County. 10:00

November 28-- DEP Hearing On Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Little Blue Run Waste Impoundment NPDES Discharge Permit. South Side Area School District Middle/High School Auditorium, 4949 PA State Route 151, Hookstown, Beaver County. 6:00.  (Oct. 27 PA Bulletin page 6927)

November 29-- 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)

November 29-- Stroud Water Research Center Water’s Edge Gala - Freshwater Excellence Award Celebration.  Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Delaware.

November 29-- Academy Of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Delaware Watershed Research Conference. Academy Offices in Philadelphia.

November 30-- Gov. Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Public Meeting. LTBA.

December 1-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Day.  Inn At Lackawaxen, 188 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Wayne County.  9:00 to 1:00.

December 4-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron, 717-772-8951, lbyron@pa.gov. (formal notice)

December 4-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Ebensburg Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Margaret Scheloske, 724-404-3143, mscheloske@pa.gov.

December 4-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For East Penn Manufacturing, Berks County. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg. 10:00.

December 4-- NEW. DEP Hearing On New Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Station, Bucks County. West Rockhill Township Municipal Building, 1028 Ridge Road, Sellersville, Bucks County. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

December 4-- NEW. DEP Hearing On New Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Station, Delaware County. Lower Chichester Township Municipal Building, 1410 Market Street, Linwood, Montgomery County. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

December 5-- 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. (formal notice)

December 5-- DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. DEP Laboratory Building, 2575 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Aaren Alger, 717-346-8212 or send email to: aaalger@pa.gov. (formal notice)

December 6-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Michael Maddigan, 717-772-3609,  mmaddigan@pa.gov.

December 6-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission business meeting on proposed water withdrawal permits and other actions (Click Here for agenda). Location To Be Announced.. SRBC Contact: Ava Stoops, 717-238-0423. (formal notice)  Click Here for more.

December 6-- NEW. Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment. Westminster College, McKelvey Campus Center, New Wilmington, Lawrence County.  5:30 to 9:00.

December 6-- 10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Awards Dinner.  ArtsQuest, Bethlehem.

December 7-- Penn State Extension Understanding Dairy Business For Conservation Professionals Workshop. Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster.  10:00 to 2:00

December 11-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Monroe Energy Facility, Delaware County. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 10:00.

December 11-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Exelon Croydon Power Plant, Bucks County. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 2:00.

December 11-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Arcelormittal Plate Company, Montgomery County. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 8:00 a.m.

December 12-- 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.

December 12-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee & Recycling Fund Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry, 717-772-5713, lahenry@pa.gov.

December 12-- DCNR State Forest District Management Plan Meetings -  Bald Eagle State Forest, District Office, 18865 Old Turnpike Road, Millmont, Union County. 6:00 to 8:00.

December 12-- NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission business meeting. Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.10:30.  Click Here for an agenda.  (formal notice)

December 13-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436 or send email to: kdalal@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Draft regulations setting methane emission limits for oil and gas operations

December 17-- PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  1:00.  Click Here to register to join the meeting by webinar.  Participants also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE 644 895 237.

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

January 12-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Bus Tour.  10:00 to 1:00, Click Here for more.

January 26-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Bus Tour.  Noon to 1:00. Click Here for more.

January 27-30-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary. 2019 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit.  Cape May, NJ.

February 2-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Bus Tour.  10:00 to 1:00. Click Here for more.

February 12-13-- Advanced Watershed Educator Workshops For Non-Formal Educators. Dauphin County Agriculture & Natural Resources Center, 1451 Peters Mountain Road, Dauphin, Dauphin County. Click Here to register.

March 2-- PA Wilds. Retailers, Producers, Public 3rd Annual PA Wilds Buyer’s Market.  Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, Clarion University.

March 9-- 2019 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River.  Montgomery County Community College campus in Pottstown.

March 21-- 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.  (formal notice)

March 27-28-- Advanced Watershed Educator Workshops For Non-Formal Educators. Jennings Environmental Education Center, 2951 Prospect Road, Slippery Rock, Butler County. Click Here to register.

April 7-9-- NEW. CMU Mascaro Center For Sustainable Innovation. 2019 Engineering Sustainability Conference.  David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

April 29 to May 2-- Center for Watershed Protection. 2019 National Watershed and Stormwater Conference.  South Carolina.

May 8-10-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals. 2019 Annual Conference - Growth Through Collaboration.  State College.

May 16-18-- PA Land Trust Association. Land Conservation Conference.  Monroe County.

July 24-26-- Professional Recyclers Of PA. Annual Recycling & Organics Conference.  Harrisburg.

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11/5/2018