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 23 – NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 266 (Erickson-R-Delaware) requiring DEP to inventory greenhouse gases and create a climate change action plan, Senate Bill 1100 (M.White-R-Venango) providing funding for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program (not online yet). Room 8E-B East Wing. 10:30.

· October 23 – NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meeting to consider House Bill 934 (Scavello-R-Monroe) authorizing a county solid waste management fee and Special Session House Bill 5 (M.Smith-D-Allegheny) creating a tax credit for high performance green buildings. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00.

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

· October 24 – NEW. Senate Communications and Technology Committee meets to consider House Bill 221 (Tangretti-D-Westmoreland) establishing a Historic Preservation Incentive Grant Program. Hearing Room 1, North Office. 9:30.

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

· October 24 – CANCELLED. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is January 23.

· 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 – CANCELLED. 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. (Rescheduled to November 15.)

· 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.

· November 15 – NEW. 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.

· 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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