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

· November 27— NEW. Senate Special Session Committee on Energy Policies will meet to consider Special Session Senate Bill 4 (Browne-R-Lehigh) establishing alternative energy research and development tax credits; Special Session Senate Bill 6 (Erickson-R-Delaware) establishing a solar installation tax credit; Special Session Senate Bill 8 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) excluding insulation and other energy conservation materials from Sales Tax; Special Session Senate Bill 22 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) increasing the reimbursement for alternative vehicle fuels from five to ten cents per gallon; Special Session Senate Bill 25 (Waugh-R-York) adding “sugars, lignins” to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Special Session Senate Bill 26 (Wonderling-R-Montgomery) requiring state-owned vehicles to be fueled with biofuels; Special Session Senate Bill 31 (D.White-R-Indiana) adding a more specific definition of low-impact hydropower and Special Session Senate Bill 36 (MJ.White-R-Venango) Biodiesel Study and Production Incentive Act which will trigger mandates for the use of biodiesel based on biodiesel fuel production capacity for production sold to distributors in Pennsylvania. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 12:00.

· November 28—NEW. Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1020 (Wonderline-R-Montgomery) updating the Conservation District Law and Senate Bill 1168 (Brubaker-R-Lancaster) making land preserved through non-profit land trusts eligible for property tax freezes. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:00.

· November 29—NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on flooding issues. Bauerstown Volunteer Fire Department, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

· November 29 – DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting on the Alternative Bonding System. Delaware Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· December 4 –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.

· December 5— NEW. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· December 11— CANCELLED. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.

· December 12—NEW. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee will discuss proposed changes to Chapter 73. 2nd Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.

· December 13 – DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

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

· March 28—NEW. Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference and Shad Symposium. Holiday Inn, Fogelsville.

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calendar

(courtesy PA Center for Environmental Education)

Senate Committee Schedule

House Committee Schedule

11/23/2007