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.

NEW:  DEP published the 2020 schedules of its advisory committees, councils and board meetings in the December  21 PA Bulletin.

January 3-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Proposed Johnstown Area Ozone Attainment Maintenance Plan. DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

January 8-- NEW.  Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee briefing On Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations. PA Farm Show Crossroads Conference Center, Erie Room, 2300 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg. 9:00. (Click Here for more on the agenda.)

January 8-- NEW. House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee informational meeting on priorities of statewide farm organizations.  Farm Show Complex, Allegheny Room, 2300 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg. 9:00.

January 8-- NEW. DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment (Underground Coal Mining) meeting. DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00. DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloske, 724-404-3143 or mscheloske@pa.gov.

January 8-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Truck Accessories Group, Northumberland County. DEP’s Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport. 10:00.

January 8-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Info Meeting, Lebanon County.

January 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Coal & Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: James Charowsky, 717-787-7007 or jcharowsky@pa.gov.

January 9-- NEW. U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Public Meeting On Francis E. Walter Dame Reservoir Reevaluation Study, Luzerne County.  e Mountain Laurel Resort, 81 Treetops Circle, White Haven.  6:00 to 8:00.

January 9-- South Mountain Partnership: South Mountain Water Workshop: Municipalities and Watershed Groups Working Together for Greater Impact. Stern Great Room of Dickinson College, Carlisle. 2:00 to 6:00.

January 10-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Ozone Air Pollution Maintenance Plan For Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  DEP Northeast Regional Office, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00.

January 10-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Ozone Air Pollution Maintenance Plan For State College.  DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport. 10:00. 

January 10-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Ozone Air Pollution Maintenance Plan For Tioga County.  DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Suite 101, Williamsport. 1:00.

January 14-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Delaware Water Resources Regional Committee meeting. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov.

January 14-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On ArcelorMittal RACT II Air Quality Plan Dauphin County.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

January 14-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For American Refining Group, McKean County.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00.

January 14-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Anvil International, Lancaster County. DEP Central Office, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg. 10:00.

January 14-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Info. Meeting, Cumberland County. Cumberland County Services Center, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle.  7:00.

January 14-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Info Meeting, Dauphin County.

January 14-- NEW. Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Stream Bank Restoration Workshop.  Findlay Township Activity Center, 310 Main Street, Imperial, Allegheny County. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

January 15-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. Contact: Todd Wallace, twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-9438. Register at the Board webpage to attend the meeting via Skype.  (formal notice)

January 15-- NEW. DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Stacey Box, 717-772-5622 or sbox@pa.gov.

January 15-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Chestnut Ridge Foam, Westmoreland County. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Driver, Pittsburgh.  10:00.

January 15-- NEW. Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Stream Bank Restoration Workshop. Community and Rec Center At Boyce Mayview Park, 1551 Mayview Road, Upper St. Clair, Allegheny County. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

January 16-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Potomac Water Resources Regional Committee meeting. Adams County Ag Center, 670 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg. 1:00.  DEP Contact: DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov.

January 16-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Gravel Hill Enterprises Composting/ Mulching Facility, Northampton County. Lower Mount Bethel Township Centerfield Building, 6984 S. Delaware Drive, Martins Creek. 6:00 to 9:00.

January 17-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On York/Adams County Ozone Pollution Maintenance Plan.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg.  10:00.

January 17-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Youngstown - Warren - Sharon OH-PA Interstate Ozone Pollution Maintenance Plan.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 11:00.

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

January 21-- NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council Conference Call Meeting.  10:00.  Contact: Keith Salador, Executive Director, 717-787-8171 or ksalador@pa.gov.

January 21-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Info Meeting, Lancaster County.

January 22-- NEW. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Lucas Hershey, 717-787-7019 or luchershey@pa.gov.

January 22-- DEP Hearing [If Needed} On RACT II Air Quality Plan For NLMK PA Farrell Plant, Mercer County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville.  10:00.

January 22-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Carpenter Metals, Westmoreland County.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 1:00.

January 23-- NEW. DEP Mining And Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, 717-787-5103 or dsnowden@pa.gov.

January 23-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Upper/Middle Susquehanna Water Resources Regional Committee meeting. Ferguson Township Building, 3147 Research Drive, State College. 1:00. DEP Contact: DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov. 

January 24-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Franklin County Ozone Maintenance Plan. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

January 25-- PA Horticultural Society Tree Tender Training. Philadelphia.

January 27-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg.  9:30.  Contact: Jay Braund 717-772-5636 or jbraund@pa.gov. (formal notice)

January 27-- NEW. Philadelphia Air Management Services Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Philly Shipyard, Inc., Philadelphia. Spelman Building, 321 University Avenue, 1st Floor Conference Room, Philadelphia. 6:30.

January 28-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Ohio Water Resources Regional Committee meeting.  Westmoreland County Conservation District, 218 Donohoe Road, Greensburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov.

January 28-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] on RACT II Air Quality Plan for MarkWest Liberty Bluestone Plant, Butler County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street,  Meadville. 10:00.

January 28-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program, Cumberland County. Cumberland County Services Center, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle.  7:00.

January 29-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Great Lakes Water Resources Regional Committee meeting.  Erie County Conservation District, 1927 Wager Road, Erie. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov.

January 29-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] on RACT II Air Quality Plan for AK Steel Corp., Butler County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street,  Meadville. 10:00.

January 29-- DCNR Webinar On Apply For Recreation & Conservation Grants. 10:00 to 11:30.

January 29-March 11-- Penn State Extension Online Tree Tender Training, Wednesdays.  Noon.

January 29-March 25-- Penn State Extension Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series,   Wednesdays. January 29, February 5, February 12, February 19, February 26, March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25.  7:00 to 8:00.

January 30-- NEW. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730 or diawilson@pa.gov.

January 31-- South Mountain Partnership 9th Annual Power Of The Partnership Celebration.  Liberty Mountain Resort located at 78 Country Club Trail, Fairfield, Adams County. 7:30 to 10.30 a.m.

February 1-- PA Horticultural Society Tree Tender Training. Philadelphia.

February 4-- NEW. Governor's Budget Address.  High Noon.

February 5-- NEW. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, 717-787-5103, dsnowden@pa.gov.

February 5-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II air Quality Plan For IPSCO Koppel Tubulars Corp, Beaver County. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 11:00.

February 5-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II air Quality Plan For OMNOVA Solutions LLC, Westmoreland County. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 9:30.

February 5-8-- Registration Open. PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Conference.  Lancaster.

February 6-- NEW. DEP State Water Plan Lower Susquehanna Water Resources Regional Committee meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: DEP Contact: DEP Contact: Mark Matlock, 717-783-2285 or marmatlock@pa.gov.

February 6-7-- Registration Open. American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting. Juniata College in Huntingdon County.

February 12-- NEW. DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting.  11th Floor Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Amy Forney, 717-772-2186 or aforney@pa.gov.

February 12-- NEW. DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Laura Chambers, 717-772-5158 or lchambers@pa.gov,

February 13-- NEW. DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436 or kdalal@pa.gov.

February 18-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 10:00 - Independent Fiscal Office; 1:00 - Dept. of Revenue/Lottery. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

February 18-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Dept. of Revenue/Lottery; 1:00 - Independent Fiscal Office. Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

February 19-- DCNR Webinar On Apply For Recreation & Conservation Grants. 10:00 to 11:30.

February 20-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 3:00 - Attorney General. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

February 20-- NEW. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  16th Floor Delaware Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  8:30.  DEP Contact: Allison Acevedo,  484-250-5818 or alacevedo@pa.gov.

February 23-16-- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration MineXChange Annual Conference & Expo.  Phoenix, Arizona.

February 24-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Auditor General. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online. 

February 24-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings:10:00 - Dept. of Environmental Protection; 1:00 - Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources; 3:00 - Dept. of Health, Dept. of Drug & Alcohol Programs.    Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

February 25-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Dept. of Transportation; 3:00 - State Treasurer. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

February 25-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Dept. of Transportation. Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

February 25-- NEW. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron, 717-772-8951 or lbyron@pa.gov.

February 26-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 3:00 - Dept. of Health. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

February 26-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Dept. of Community & Economic Development; 1:00 - Dept. of Agriculture.  Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

February 26-- NEW. DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, 717-772-2189 or dhissner@pa.gov.

February 27-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 10:00 - Dept. of Education; 3:00 - Dept. of Community & Economic Development. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

February 27-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: Weather Make-Up.     Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

February 27-- NEW. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Mike Maddigan, 717-772-3609 or mmaddigan@pa.gov.

February 28-29-- Keystone Coldwater Conference.

March 2-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 10:00 - Dept. of Agriculture; 3:00 Penn State Agricultural Research & Extension. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

March 2-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:00 - Dept. of Education.  Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

March 3-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

March 3-- NEW. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Kris A. Shiffer, 717-772-5809 or kshiffer@pa.gov.

March 3-- NEW. Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Building Energy Re-Tuning & Operations Conference.  Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Parke Avenue, State College. 8:00  to 4:00 .

March 4-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 10:00 - Dept. of Environmental Protection; 3:00 Governor’s Budget Secretary. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

March 5-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing Weather Make-up Day. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

March 5-- NEW. House Appropriations Committee budget hearings: 10:30 - Budget Secretary/Governor’s Executive Offices.  Room 140 Main Capitol.  Click Here to watch online.

March 9-11-- Engineers’ Society of Western PA, DEP Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference. State College

March 10-- NEW. 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  mscheloske@pa.gov.

March 11-- NEW. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.  DEP Contact: Janice Vollero, 717-772-5157 or jvollero@pa.gov. 

March 11-12-- 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit.

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

March 17-20-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators/PA Recreation & Parks Society Joint Conference. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Somerset County.

March 18- NEW. Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center MS4 - Smart Green Corridors. Peters Township Municipal Building, 200 Municipal Drive, McMurray, Washington County. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

March 19-- NEW. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: John Chippo,717-783-9730  or jchippo@pa.gov.

March 19-- NEW. Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center MS4 Stormwater Refresher. North Fayette Municipal Building, 400 North Branch Road, Oakdale, Allegheny County. 9:00 to Noon.

March 27-- South Mountain Partnership: PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Regional Water Workshop. Trees & Trails Environmental Education Center, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. 8:30 to 3:30

April 1-3-- PA Land Trust Association Land Conservation Conference.  Gettysburg.

April 2-- NEW. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 206, DEP Bureau Of Laboratories Building, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Martina McGarvey, 717-346-7200 or eplabaccredit@pa.gov.

April 3-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Pennsylvania Wildlife Gala.  Nittany Lion Inn, State College.

April 7-- NEW. DEP Mine Families First Response & Communications Advisory Council meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloske, 724-404-3143 or mscheloske@pa.gov.

April 20-21-- Northeast Recycling Council Spring Conference. Connecticut.

May 6-8-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference.  State College.

May 11-12-- NEW. Penn State Extension PA Groundwater Symposium. State College

July 29-31-- Professional Recyclers of PA 2020 Recycling & Organics Conference.  Gettysburg.

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

October 2-- NEW. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Rich Janati, 717-787-2147 or rjanati@pa.gov. 

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