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

· August 28 – NEW. DEP Critical Water Planning Area Subcommittee, State Water Plan Statewide Committee meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· August 29 – House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee hearing on House Bill 1304 (Fairchild-R-Union) establishing a PA Geospatial Coordinating Council. Room 140. 12:00.

· August 29 – House Republican Policy Committee hearing on the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program. La Roche College, College Center, Pittsburgh. 11:00.

· August 29 – DEP Delaware Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. Lake Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, Route 6. (Notice)

· August 30 – House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee public hearing on House Bill 1735 (Yewcic-D-Cambria) related to the rights of surface property rights owners related to drilling for coal bed methane. Living-Learning Center, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. 1:00.

· August 30 – House Republican Policy Committee informational meeting on electric energy issues, alternative energy sources and energy efficiency. Montgomery County Community College, Science Center, Blue Bell. 12:00.

· August 30 – House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting on Delaware River Basin Flooding. Room 60, East Wing. 10:00.

· September 5 – NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing on electricity procurement, rate caps and electric price mitigation strategies. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:30.

· September 5 – DEP Chesapeake Bay Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

· September 6 – NEW. PA Environmental Council “Climate Change Policy in PA and Around the Nation.” Harrisburg Hilton. 10:30. Contact: 717-230-8044 x21.

· September 13 – NEW. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee and Solid Waste Advisory Committee special meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.

· September 19 – Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee public hearing on proposed alternative fuels mandate included in House Bill 1202 (Gerber-D-Montgomery) and Senate Bill 789 (Dinniman-D-Chester). Hearing Room 1, Capitol North Office Building. 9:00 or 717-633-7959.

· Septmeber 19 – NEW. Capital Region Water Board Planning Committee meeting. Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 1721 N. Front St., Harrisburg. 10:00. Contact: Cindy Rock at: cindy.l.rock@comcast.net or 717-633-7959.

· Septmeber 19 – NEW. Capital Region Water Board meeting. Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 1721 N. Front St., Harrisburg. 1:00. Contact: Cindy Rock at: cindy.l.rock@comcast.net .

· September 25 – Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee public hearing on proposed alternative fuels mandate included in House Bill 1202 (Gerber-D-Montgomery) and Senate Bill 789 (Dinniman-D-Chester). Room 8 E-B, Capitol East Wing. 9:30.

· October 13 – Schuylkill River Festival. Pottstown. Contact: Carolyn Brunschwyler, Montgomery County Community College, 610-718-1847, or send email to: cbrunsch@mc3.edu

· October 23 – DEP Nonpoint Source Liaison Workshop meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00. Contact: Steven Lathrop, 717-772-5618 or send email to: slathrop@state.pa.us .

· October 10-11 – NEW. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting on on October 10 from 7-9 p.m. and October 11 from 9:30 to 12 p.m. at the Best Western Inn.

· October 16 – CANCELLED. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting on October 16 was cancelled in favor of a regional meeting in Bedford on October 10 from 7-9 p.m. and October 11 from 9:30 to 12 p.m. at the Best Western Inn.

· October 25 – NEW LOCATION. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. DEP Cambria District Mining Office, Ebensburg.

· October 27 – Global Warming: Rising to the Challenge by Acting Locally. Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Montgomery County. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

· November 1 –DEP Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· February 22-23 – 2008 Keystone Coldwater Conference. State College.

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

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