This section lists House and Senate Committee meetings, DEP and other public hearings and meetings and other interesting environmental events.

NEW means new from last week. [Agenda Not Posted] means not posted within 2 weeks of the advisory committee meeting.  Go to the online Calendar webpage for updates.

November 9-- FirstEnergy, DEP LED Street Lights Workshop. Cabela's Conference Center, 100 Cabela Drive, Hamburg.  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

November 9-- Trail Town Program Trip Planning and Marketing Workshop in Emlenton, Venango County.  1:00 to 4:30.

November 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. Contact: Daniel Snowden, DEP, 717-783-8846 or dsnowden@pa.gov. (formal notice)

-- Updates On Technical Guidance, Regulations, Permits, More

-- Use of Reclamation Fill Technical Guidance Report

-- Non-Coal Mining Fees

-- Presentation on EPA Clean Power Climate Plan

-- Click Here for available handouts.

November 10-- DCNR public meeting to review draft State Forest Management Plan. Carlisle, Comfort Suites.  6:30.

November 10-- Commonwealth Financing Authority. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building. 10:30.

November 10-- Delaware River Basin Commission holds a hearing on proposed water withdrawal and discharges requests. [Additional details will be posted on this webpage.] Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA.  1:30.  (formal notice & agenda)

November 10-- Manada Conservancy Forest Insect Pests Of PA Workshop. Hummelstown, Dauphin County.

November 12-- PA Resources Council Annual Awards Dinner. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

November 12-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program Workshop. Luzerne County Community College, Building 10, Educational Conference Center, 1333 South Prospect St., Nanticoke. 9:30 to 12:30.

November 12-- DCNR public meeting to review draft State Forest Management Plan. Williamsport, Genetti Hotel-Terrace Room.  6:30.

November 12-- NEW. DCNR South Mountain Speakers Series Scott Weidensaul on the Northern Saw-Whet Owl. Memorial Auditorium, Shippensburg University. 7:00 p.m.

November 12-- Recycling Markets Development Center Electronics Waste Summit.  Hilton Garden Inn, Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

November 13-14-- 10th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium.  Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Union County.

November 15-- NEW. Help Celebrate America Recycles Day.

November 15-- Brodhead Watershed Association Autumn Wander, Paradise Price Preserve.  Monroe County.

November 16-- CANCELED. House Labor and Industry Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 635 (Evankovich-R-Allegheny) changing the procedures for adoption of the Uniform Construction Code (sponsor summary).  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00. 

November 16-- Environmental Issues Forum, Joint Conservation Committee.  Presentation by PA Sustainable Forestry Initiative.  Room 8E-A of the East Wing Capitol Building.  Noon.

November 16-- Trail Town Program Bikes, Kayaks and More and Running A Sustainable Business Workshop.  Ohiopyle, Fayette County.  10:30 to 3:30.

November 16-20-- U.S. Forest Service Stream Simulation Design Approach for Providing Aquatic Organism Passage at Road-Stream Crossings Workshop.  State College.

November 17-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

-- Final RACT Air Pollution Control Regulation

-- Proposed Disinfection Requirements Rule For Drinking Water Systems

-- Proposed Class A Wild Trout Stream Redesignations

-- Click Here for available handouts.

November 17--  Agenda Posted. Webcast Meeting. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 10:00.  Click Here to register for the webcast.

-- Presentation On EPA’s Clean Power Plan

-- Presentation on EPA’s Oil and Gas Methane Emission Controls Rule

-- Presentation on EPA’s New Ozone Pollution Standards

-- Presentation on final Chapter 78 & 78A Drilling Regulations

-- Click Here for a copy of DEP’s November Report To Council

-- Click Here for a copy of DEP’s October Report To Council

-- Click Here for available handouts.

November 17-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program Workshop. The Historic Aldie Mansion, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown. 9:30 to 12:30.

November 17-- PA Resources Council Backyard Composting Workshop. National Aviary, Allegheny County. 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

November 17-- PA Waste Industries Assn. & Recycling Markets Development Center PA Recycling Industries Congress. East Wing Rotunda, Capitol Building, Harrisburg.  8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

November 17-- Recycling Markets Development Center Social Media and Environmental Sustainability Webinar. 1:30 to 2:45.

November 17-- NEW. DEP hearing on proposed interim response for a Hazardous Waste Site in Bucks County.  Warwick Township Building, 1775 Township Green Rd., Jamison.  6:30.  Contact: Ragesh Patel 484-250-5719 or send email to: rapetel@pa.gov.  (PA Bulletin, page 5845)

November 17-- NEW. Green Schools-Blue Waters PA Farms To Schools Program webinar.  3:00.

November 18-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Conference Room, Susquehanna River Basin Commission offices, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg. 9:30.  Contact: Sean Gimbel, 717-783-4693  or send email to: sgimbel@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards

-- Draft NPDES General Permit For Industrial Activity (PAG-13

-- Click Here for available handouts

November 18-- DCNR public meeting to review draft State Forest Management Plan. Harrisburg, Rachel Carson Building.  1:30.

November 18-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Susquehanna Conference Rooms, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00.  (formal notice)

November 18-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program Workshop. The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., State College. 9:30 to 12:30.

November 18-- Fish & Boat Commission meeting on Kettle Creek Watershed regulation changes, Potter, Tioga counties.  The Wildlife Center at Sinnemahoning State Park, located at 4843 Park Road, Austin, PA. 6:30 p.m.

November 19-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee meets on Senate Bill 282 (Vulakovich-R-Allegheny) establishing a waterfront development tax credit (sponsor summary).  Holy Family University, Philadelphia. 11:00.

November 24-- NEW. Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Monitoring Workshop. Kane Fire Hall, Kane, McKean County. 6:30.

November 20-- Wildlands Conservancy's Annual Green Gala. DeSales University campus in Center Valley, Lehigh County.

November 28-- NEW. Allen Dieterich-Ward, Author of Beyond Rust-Pittsburgh Rebirth, Presentation, Book Signing.  Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. 2:00.

November 30-- PA Resources Council Vermicomposting Workshop in Allegheny County. Castle Shannon Library. 7:00 p.m.

December 3-- NEW. Westminster College, Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium on the Environment. McKelvey Campus Center, Witherspoon Rooms and the Mueller Theater, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Lawrence County.

December 4-- POSTPONED. DEP hearing on the Matt Canestrale Contracting, Inc. NPDES for 9 outfalls located in Luzerne Township, Fayette County and Bethlehem Township, Washington County.  LaBelle Volunteer Fire Department, 1101 LaBelle Road, LaBelle, Fayette County.  1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Contact: Bonnie Herbert, DEP, 724-769-1100.   (PA Bulletin, page 6331).  (Postponement: PA Bulletin, page 6554)

December 5-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Training Day. Lackawaxen, Pike County.

December 8-- House Labor and Industry Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 635 (Evankovich-R-Allegheny) changing the process for adopting the Uniform Construction Code updates (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building. 8:30.

December 8-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 8-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg. 10:00.

December 9-- Delaware River Basin Commission holds a business meeting on proposed water withdrawal and discharges requests. [Additional details will be posted on this webpage.] Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA. (formal notice & agenda)

December 10-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.

December 10-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 15-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.

December 16-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. (formal notice)

December 16-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

December 17-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.

January 12-- Southwest PA Planning Commission MS4 Stormwater Workshop - Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control, Post-Construction Stormwater Management for New Development and Redevelopment. Blairsville Community Center, 101 East North Lane, Blairsville, PA, 9:00 a.m. to Noon. 

January 13-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  Dixon University Center, 2986 N. Second St., Harrisburg. 1:00.   (formal notice) Contact: RA-EPPITF@pa.gov.

January 13-- Southwest PA Planning Commission MS4 Stormwater Workshop - Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control, Post-Construction Stormwater Management for New Development and Redevelopment. Cranberry Township Municipal Center, 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.

February 26-27— 2016 Keystone Coldwater Conference. State College.

March 10-- Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Land Ethics Symposium. Delaware Valley University, Doylestown.

March 14-16-- PA Association of Environmental Educators Annual Conference. The Inn at Pocono Manor, Pocono Manor, Monroe County.

April 14-15-- West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Symposium.  Toftrees Resort and Conference Center, State College 

May 4-- PA Groundwater Symposium.   Ramada Inn Conference Center, State College.

May 11-13-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference.  State College.

Visit DEP’s Public Participation Center for public participation opportunities.  Click Here to sign up for DEP News a biweekly newsletter from the Department.

DEP Regulations In Process

Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s new Environmental Comment System

Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage

Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage

DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s new Environmental Comment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Other DEP Proposals For Public Review

Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s new Environmental Comment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage

Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

DEP Facebook Page     DEP Twitter Feed         DEP YouTube Channel

Click Here for links to DEP’s Advisory Committee webpages.

DEP Calendar of Events        DCNR Calendar of Events

Note: The Environmental Education Workshop Calendar is no longer available from the PA Center for Environmental Education because funding for the Center was eliminated in the FY 2011-12 state budget.  The PCEE website was also shutdown, but some content was moved to the PA Association of Environmental Educators' website.

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11/9/2015