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

· No Cost Internet Based Training Courses for October-November

· October 16 – Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee public hearing on funding for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund. Room 8E-B East Wing. 11:30.

· October 16 – Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1232 (Piccola-R-Dauphin) establishing an historic preservation grant program, House Bill 854 (Rubley-R-Chester) establishing the Terrorism Infrastructure Disclosure Protection Act prohibiting the release of certain infrastructure records. Rules Room. Off the Floor.

· October 16 – House Consumer Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 2658 (Rubley-R-Chester) prohibiting the sale and restricting the disposal of mercury thermostats and House Bill 2954 (Evans-R-Erie) prohibiting revenue decoupling in setting rates for the sale of natural gas. Room 60 East Wing. 12:00.

· October 16 – Joint Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Environmental Issues Forum featuring a presentation by Alison Shuler, Coordinator of the Environmental Training Center at Penn State’s Middletown Campus which houses DEP’s Small Public Water Systems Technology Center. Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· October 17 –RESCHEDULED to a Conference Call. State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators.

· October 18 – House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2832 (Bunt-R-Montgomery) removing Project 70 restrictions from certain land. Room G-5- Irvis Building. 9:00.

· October 18 – House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1209 (Waugh-R-York) Healthy Foods, Healthy Schools. Room 148 Capitol. 10:00.

· October 19 – RESCHEDULED. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting was changed to this date from November 2. Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. Contact: Ayanna King, 717-783-5630.

· October 19 – Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Forestry Task Force meeting. Penn Stater Hotel, State College. 10:00.

· October 23 – DCNR Carbon Management Advisory Committee. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· October 25 – DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Weaber, Inc., Lebanon Valley Business Park, 25 Keystone Dr., Lebanon. 12:30.

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

· November 2 - Joint Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee public hearing on the Kilbuck landslide in Pittsburgh. Sewickley Country Inn. 9:00.

· November 20 – Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring J. Kent Crawford, USGS, to discuss the emerging contaminants project. Room 205 Ryan Building. Noon.

· December 12 – CANCELLED. Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board meeting.

· December 14 – Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Board meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.

DEP Calendar of Events

Watershed Events (courtesy PA Organization for Watersheds & Rivers)

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calendar

(courtesy PA Center for Environmental Education)

Senate Committee Schedule

House Committee Schedule

10/13/2006