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

· October 15 –Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· October 15 – Governor’s Renewable Ag Energy Council meeting. Room 309 Agriculture Building. 1:00.

· October 15 –Environmental Issues Forum by Joint Legislative Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee to hear a presentation by Brian Hill, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, on its stakeholder-driven Climate Roadmap for Pennsylvania. Room 205 Ryan Building. Noon.

· October 16 – Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 305 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) amending the Solid Waste Management Act relating to repeat violations, Senate Bill 1017 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) removing the exemption for dishwasher detergent in the Phosphate Detergent Act; Senate Bill 1068 (M.White-R-Venango) requiring fines and penalties to be deposited in the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, Senate Bill 1069 (M.White-R-Venango) requiring an annual report on the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund, Senate Bill 1086 (Regola-R-Westmoreland) amending the Flood Control Law to further provide for contracts and acquisition or property, House Bill 43 (Rubley-R-Chester) providing for uniform environmental covenants for brownfields projects. Room 461. 11:00.

· October 16 – NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 410 (DeWeese-D-Greene) that designates December 19 as Coal Miner’s Day in Pennsylvania. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:15.

· October 16 – NEW. House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1787 (McIlvaine Smith-D-Montgomery) further providing for curative amendments. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30.

· October 16 – Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee hearing on nuclear issues. Room 461. 11:00.

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

· October 16 – Capital Region Water Board Planning Committee meeting. Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 1721 N. Front St., Harrisburg. 1:00. Contact: Cindy.L.Rock@comcast.net .

· October 18 – House Republican Policy Committee hearing on transportation infrastructure. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00.

· October 18 – NEW. DCNR Snowmobile and ATV Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

· October 19 – CANCELLED. DEP Certification Program Advisory Committee and State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators board meetings are cancelled. The Board will still have a conference call meeting on October 19 at 11:30 in Conference Room 9B, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.

· 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 23 – DEP, PennVEST public meeting on proposed FY 2007 Intended Use Plans for drinking water, wastewater treatment and pollution abatement under federal Drinking Water and Clean Water Revolving Fund. Auditorium, Rachel Carson Building. 1:00.

· October 24 – NEW. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· October 25 –Sewage Task Force, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee. Penn Stater Conference Hotel, State College. 10:00.

· 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.

· November 2 – House State Government Committee hearing on House Bill 397 (Petri-R-Bucks) providing for development impact fees. (LTA). 10:00.

· November 8 – House Health and Human Services Committee hearing on House Bill 798 (Phillips-R-Northumberland) creating a Lyme Disease Task Force. Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:30.

· November 15 – NEW. House Commerce Committee hearing on House Bill 1742 (Pashinski-D-Luzerne) requiring scrap and recycling facility operators to collect information on scrap material. City Hall Counsel Chambers, Wilkes-Barre. 10:30.

· December 4 – NEW. Delaware River Basin Commission hearing on numeric values for existing water quality in the Lower Delaware River. 25 State Police Dr., West Trenton, NJ. 2:30.

· 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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