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

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

· September 5 – NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on energy workforce development, environmentally friendly fossil fuels and energy efficiency. Singleton Room, Robert’s Hall, Carnegie Mellon Unitersity, Pittsburgh. 1:00.

· September 5 – RESCHEDULED to September 21. DEP Chesapeake Bay Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

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

· September 6 – NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on alternative energy sources, energy efficiency and conservation. Crawford County Extension Office, Meadville. 10:30.

· September 10 – NEW. DEP Great Lakes Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. Erie County Conservation District. 10:00. (This meeting was set for August 7.)

· September 11 – CANCELLED. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Rescheduled to October 16.

· September 12 – NEW. House Consumer Affairs Committee public hearing on the state of utility infrastructure in PA. Room 418. 9:30.

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

· September 14 – NEW. House Health and Human Services Committee hearing on House Bill 798 (Phillips-R-Northumberland) establishing a Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Education Program. Room 140. 1:00.

· September 14 – NEW. DEP Potomac Regional Water Resources Committee meeting. Franklin County Administrative Annex, Chambersburg. 10:00. (This meeting was set for August 17)

· 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 – 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 – 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 19 – CANCELLED. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is December 4.

· September 21 - NEW. DEP Chesapeake Bay Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

· 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 4 – NEW. Joint Legislative Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee hearing on electronic waste recycling. Room 8E-A, East Wing. 9:00.

· October 10-11 – 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 13 – Schuylkill River Festival. Pottstown. Contact: Carolyn Brunschwyler, Montgomery County Community College, 610-718-1847, or send email to: cbrunsch@mc3.edu

· 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 16 – NEW. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Room 206 Bureau of Laboratories building, 2575 Interstate Dr., Harrisburg. 10:00.

· 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 25 – 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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