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.

NOTE: The Department of Environmental Protection published its schedule of advisory committee and board meetings for 2016 in the December 19 PA Bulletin (page 7230).  The next and first meetings of each advisory committee or board has been added to this section.

January 4-- DEP meeting/hearing on draft NPDES permit for discharge from Jessup natural gas-fired power plant in Lackawanna County.  Valley View High School, 1 Columbus Dr., Archbald.  6 to 9 p.m. Contact: 570-826-2511.   (Nov. 21 PA Bulletin, page 6752)

January 5-- NEW. Ceremonial beginning of the 2016 session of the General Assembly.

January 7-- 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.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Contact: Bonnie Herbert, DEP, 724-769-1100.  (PA Bulletin, page 6858).

January 9-16-- 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show.  Harrisburg

January 12-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  The next regular meeting is March 8.  DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3429, mbrojakows@pa.gov.

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-- Rescheduled To Jan. 20. 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-- Agenda Posted. DEP Conventional Oil and Gas Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. DEP Contact: Kurt Klapkowski, Office of Oil and Gas Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-2199, kklapkowsk@pa.gov.

-- Review of Forms Required To Implement Chapter 78

-- Review of Technical Guidance To Implement Chapter 78

-- DCNR Presentation On PA Natural Diversity Inventory Review System

-- Presentation on EPA Clean Power Climate Plan Requirements

-- Well Completion, Waste Reporting, Drilling/Coal Mining Coordination

-- Click Here for available handouts.

January 13-- [Agenda Not Posted] DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Stacey Box, Interstate Waters Office, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-5622, sbox@pa.gov. 

January 13-- [Agenda Not Posted] DEP Technical Advisory Committee on Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, Bureau of Mine Safety, Department of Environmental Protection, New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-404-3147, agaida@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.

January 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas (Marcellus) Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kurt Klapkowski, Office of Oil and Gas Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-2199, kklapkowsk@pa.gov.

-- Review of Forms Required To Implement Chapter 78

-- Review of Technical Guidance To Implement Chapter 78

-- DCNR Presentation On PA Natural Diversity Inventory Review System

-- Presentation on EPA Clean Power Climate Plan Requirements

-- Well Completion, Waste Reporting, Drilling/Coal Mining Coordination

-- Click Here for available handouts.

January 14-- [Agenda Not Posted] DEP Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Lawrence Ruane, Bureau of Mining Programs, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-783-9590, lruane@pa.gov.

January 19-- U.S. EPA Green & Healthy Schools Webinar On Schools And Outdoor Air Quality.  3:00.

January 20-- DEP Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force meeting.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00. Contact: RA-EPPITF@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

January 20-- DEP, Penn State Energy Asset Score Tool Workshop. DEP’s Southwest Regional Office, 500 Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh. 10:00.

January 21-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  2nd Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, Bureau of Mining Programs, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-5103, dsnowden@pa.gov.

January 21-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Keith Ashley, Bureau of Waste Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2553, riashley@pa.gov.

January 21-- NEW. DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Webinar.  10:00 a.m.

January 23-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Day.  Click Here for other Bald Eagle viewing opportunities with the Conservancy.

January 23-- NEW. Brodhead Creek Watershed Association West End Hike.  Brodheadsville, Monroe County.

January 27-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Susan Foster, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-7019, sufoster@pa.gov.

January 28-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-2189, dhissner@pa.gov.

February 2-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30. DEP Contact: Carl Jones, Office of Environmental Justice, 2 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19401, 484-250-5818, caejone@pa.gov.

February 3-- Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.

-- Final Chapter 78 & 78A Drilling Regulations

-- Click Here for available handouts.

February 3-- DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. 2nd Floor Training Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden, Bureau of Mining Programs, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-5103, dsnowden@pa.gov.

February 4-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building 10:00.  DEP Contact: Katie Hetherington Cunfer, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, khethering@pa.gov.

February 9-- NEW-Tentative. Gov. Wolf’s Second Budget Address.

February 10-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Sean Gimbel, Office of Water Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-783-4693, sgimbel@pa.gov.

February 10-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Cheri Sansoni, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, Operator Certification, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-5158, csansoni@pa.gov.

February 11-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.  DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, Bureau of Air Quality, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-783-9269, nherb@pa.gov.

Febinary 11-- NEW. DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Webinar.  10:00 a.m.

February 24-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Mike Maddigan, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3609, mmaddigan@pa.gov.

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

March 8-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Charles M. Swokel, Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-5806 or (800) 428-2657 ((800) 42-TANKS) within the Commonwealth, cswokel@pa.gov.

March 8-- DEP Board of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Rd., Ebensburg.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, Bureau of Mine Safety, Department of Environmental Protection, New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-404-3147, agaida@pa.gov.

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

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

March 16-- State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting.  Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kristen Szwajkowski, Bureau of Point Non-Point Source Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-2186, kszwajkows@pa.gov.

March 22-- DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105  Rachel Carson Building. 10:30.  DEP Contact: John Diehl, Bureau of Point and Non-Point Source Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-783-2941, jdiehl@pa.gov.

March 22-- DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Room 206, DEP Bureau of Laboratories Building, 2575 Interstate Dr., Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Aaren Alger, Bureau of Laboratories, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110, 717-346-7200, aaalger@pa.gov.

April 7-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic, Bureau of Radiation Protection, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-783-9730, jmelnic@pa.gov.

April 13-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee On Diesel-Powered Equipment meeting. DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00.  Contact: Allison Gaida, agaida@pa.gov.

April 14-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. Contact: Nancy Herb, nherb@pa.gov.

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

April 19-- DEP Mine Families First Response & Communications Advisory Council meeting.  DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Rd., New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, Bureau of Mine Safety, Department of Environmental Protection, New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton, PA 15672, 724-404-3147, agaida@pa.gov.

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

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

May 13-15-- NEW.  PA Outdoor Writers Association Spring Conference. Sayre, Bradford County.  Conference details are coming together.  Contact Nick Sisley by email to: nicksisley@hotmail.com with any questions.

June 3-5-- Registration Open. PA Environmental Council Environment Ride.  Philadelphia to Bethlehem back to Philadelphia.

September 22-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Keith Ashley, Bureau of Waste Management, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2553, riashley@pa.gov.

October 7-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Rich Janati, Bureau of Radiation Protection, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-787-2147, rjanati@pa.gov.

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

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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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