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: DEP published its 2017 schedule of advisory committee and board meeting in the December 17 PA Bulletin, page 7896.

July 17-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Selling Stormwater Workshop. Londonderry Township Building, 783 S. Geyers Church Road in Middletown, Dauphin County.  8:00 to 3:00

July 17-- NEW. PA Urban & Community Forestry Council TreeVitalize Community Forestry Management Grants Webinar.  10:00 to Noon. Click Here to join.

July 18-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is August 15. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

July 18--  CANCELED. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. The next scheduled meeting is September 19. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

July 18-- DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter.  DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- DEP Hearing On State Implementation Plan Revision On Fine Particulate Matter. DEP, Room 105, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 18-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 1:00.

July 18-- Penn State Extension Community Forest Webinar Green Infrastructure - A Lesson In Change. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

July 19-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 1:00.

July 19-- DEP Hearing On Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision Setting The Base Year Inventory For The Lebanon County Nonattainment Area For 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standard.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg.  10:00.  Persons wishing to present testimony should contact Roma Monteiro, P.O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105 at 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov to reserve a time.  If no person has expressed an interest in testifying at the hearings before July 17, the hearings will be canceled.

July 19-- DEP informal public conference on expansion permit for the Baily underground coal mine in Greene County. Ryerson Station State Park Visitor Center, 361 Bristoria Road, Wind Ridge, Greene County. 1:00 to 3:00.

July 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Knox District Mining Office, 310 Best Lane, Knox. 9:00.  DEP Contact Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.  (formal notice)

July 20-- Environmental Quality Board hearing on VOC, NOx Emission Controls, RACT for Major Sources Proposed Regulation. DEP, Room 105, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 1:00.

July 20-- DEP Hearing On Proposed Transfer Of Emission Reduction Credits To Perdue AgriBusiness, Lancaster County. Bainbridge Fire Hall, 34 South 2nd Street, Bainbridge. 6:30 to 8:30.  Contact Brenda Esterline at 717-705-4704 to testify.  (June 17 PA Bulletin, page 3392)

July 20-- EPCAMR: The German Energy Transition Away From Coal: Perspectives For Pennsylvania.  Stark Learning Center, Room 101, at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

July 20-- PennTAP Energy Management Systems For Small To Mid-Sized Companies Webinar.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

July 20-- NEW. PA Urban & Community Forestry Council TreeVitalize General Overview, Open Question & Answer Webinar. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Click Here to join.

July 22-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Consol Energy Park, Washington County.

July 22-- NEW. Clinton County CleanScapes Bald Eagle Creek Cleanup.  Bald Eagle Township from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

July 22-- NEW. Lehigh Valley Greenways Partners 3rd Annual Lehigh Valley Get Outdoors PA Festival. South Whitehall Township’s Covered Bridge Park at the Athletic Fields near 4060 River Road in Allentown. 3:00 to 7:00.

July 22-- NEW. PSU Agriculture and Environment Center and Chiques Creek Re-envisioned Penn State Extension Summer Garden Experience. Southeast Ag Research & Education Center (SEAREC), 1446 Auction Road, Manheim from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

July 23-- NEW. DCNR Learn About Life In A PA CCC Camp.  Poe Valley State Park, Centre County.

July 24-- DEP Hearing On Draft NPDES Water Quality Permit for the Brunner Island Power Station, York County.  Union Fire Company, 201 York Street, Manchester.  6:30 to 8:30.  Those who wish to present testimony during the hearing are asked to register in advance by contacting John Repetz in the Southcentral Regional Office, 717-705-4904 or send email to: jrepetz@pa.gov.  (June 17 PA Bulletin, page 3432)

July 24-25-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Certification Training. City Hall, Lancaster.

July 25-- NEW. DEP Informal Public Conference On Rosebud Mining Company’s Application To Expand Coal Refuse Area. Portage Township Municipal Building, 4109 Portage Street, Portage, Cambria County. 1:00 to 3:00.

July 25-- NEW. PA Urban & Community Forestry Council TreeVitalize General Overview, Open Question & Answer Webinar. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Click Here to join.

July 26-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, nherb@pa.gov or 717-783-9269.

July 26-- NEW.  Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room  105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  Contact: Gretchen Leslie, 717-772-9084 or send email to:  gleslie@pa.gov. (formal notice)

-- Outline of Bureau of Forestry’s Strategic Planning Process

-- DCNR’s Dams - Status And Challenges

-- Pennsylvania’s Tourism - Pursue Your Happiness

-- Work Group Reports

July 27-- Small Business Development Centers Technology/Science Funding Workshop. Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Institute, 800 Lancaster Avenue  In Philadelphia. 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

July 28 and 29-- NEW. Wild Excellence Films Cook Forest Film Benefit Premiere.  Sawmill Center for the Arts in Cooksburg, Clarion County. 8:00 p.m.

July 28-30-- NEW. Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship and Cleanup Weekend.  Warren County.

July 29-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. La Roche College, McCandless, Allegheny County.

July 29-- 15th Anniversary Quecreek Mine Rescue Community Celebration.  Quecreek Mine Rescue Site, 140 Haupt Road, Somerset.  3:00 to 9:45 p.m.

August 1-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.  DEP Contact: Carl Jones, caejone@pa.gov or 484-250-5818.

August 2-- Call-In Added. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Hampton Inn, 202 Fairview Drive, Monaca, Beaver County. 10:00. The meeting will also be offered as a conference call: 1-650-479-3208, Meeting Number: 641 111 084, Password: Geo$cied543. DEP Contact Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-787-5103.  (formal notice)

August 2-- DEP hearing on proposed attainment demonstration for the Warren Nonattainment Area for Sulfur Dioxide.  DEP’s Warren Office, 321 North State Street in North Warren starting at 10:00 a.m.  Contact Roma Monteiro to reserve a time to testify-- 717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

August 2-- PA Resources Council Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshop. Baldwin Borough Public Library, Allegheny County.  6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

August 2-- NEW. PSU Agriculture and Environment Center and Chiques Creek Re-envisioned Penn State Extension Equine Pasture Walk. Elm Ridge Farm, 373 Elm Road, Lititz, Lancaster County. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

August 3-- DEP hearing on proposed Air Quality Permit for the installation of additional air pollution controls to meet RACT II nitrogen oxide reduction requirements at Homer City Power Plant, Black Lick and Center Townships, Indiana County.  Homer-Center High School Auditorium, 70 Wildcat Lane, Homer City, Indiana County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Contact: Alan Binder, P.E., Environmental Engineer Manager, 412-442-4168.  Click Here for more.  (formal notice July 1 PA Bulletin page 3608 and page 3611)

August 3-- NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal projects scheduled for action at the September 7 meeting.  PA State Capitol, Room 8E-B East Wing, Harrisburg. 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.  (formal notice and list of projects)

August 3-4-- Delaware Valley Green Building Conference: Climate Change And High Performance Affordable Housing. Temple University Science Education and Research Center in Philadelphia.

August 5-- PA Resources Council Backyard Composting Workshop. Baldwin Borough Public Library, Allegheny County. 10:30.

August 5-6-- NEW. Gov. Pinchot’s Grey Towers 13th Annual Festival of Wood.  Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, Pike County.

August 6-- NEW. Brodhead Creek Watershed Association River Ramble. East Stroudsburg, Monroe County.

August 7-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Mark Brojakowski, mbrojakows@pa.gov or 717-772-3429.  (formal notice)

August 9-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730 or diawilson@pa.gov.

August 9-- NEW. PSU Agriculture and Environment Center and Chiques Creek Re-envisioned Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Chiques Creek Stomp. Mummau Park, 536 West High Street, Manheim, Lancaster County. 6:00 p.m.

August 12-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Century III Mall, West Mifflin, Allegheny County.

August 12-- Food Guy Adventures, Sustainable Pittsburgh A Taste Of Sustainability: Cultural District Restaurant Tour.  Pittsburgh.

August 12-- NEW. Pocono Heritage Land Trust ForEvergeen Nature Preserve 5K Run. Monroe County.

August 14-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Field Visit Meeting.  Location TBD. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.

August 15-- 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.

August 15-- NEW. DEP Hearing on Proposed Attainment Demonstration for Sulfur Dioxide in the Beaver Nonattainment Area.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront A and B Rooms, 500 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00. Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

August 16-- SRBC, DEP Water Loss Management Training For Drinking Water Systems: Fundamentals of Leakage and Pressure Management.  SRBC, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg.  8:30 to 3:30.

August 16-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, Waterfront A Conference Room, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh.  1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 16-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southeast Regional office, Schuylkill River Conference Room, 2 East Main Street, Norristown. 1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 17-- CANCELED. Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 17-- PA Grade Crude Development Advisory Council meeting.  Location TBD.  1:00.

August 17-- NEW. DEP State Board For Certification Of Water And Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Cheri Sansoni, 717-772-5158 or send email to: csansoni@pa.gov.

August 17-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Proposed Certification of the State’s Emission Statement and Nonattainment New Source Review Program addresses the 2008 Federal Ozone Pollution Standard.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Susquehanna Conference Room, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 1:00.  Click Here for copies of documents and to provide comments. DEP Contact: Roma Monteiro at  717-787-9495 or send email to: rmonteiro@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 19-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Boyce Park, Allegheny County.

August 23-- Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

August 31-- NEW. Penn State Energy & Environmental Sustainability Labs Open House.  Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lounge in State College, Centre County. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

September 5-- NEW. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Allison Gaida, 724-404-3147 or send email to: agaida@pa.gov.

September 5-- NEW. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Heimbach, 717-772-5599  or send email to: dheimbach@pa.gov.

September 13-- DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 206, Bureau of Laboratories Building, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Aaren Alger, aaalger@pa.gov or 717-346-7200.  (formal notice)

September 13-- PA Section of the American Water Works Association. Small Water System Rates & Finance Workshop. PA American Water, 2736 Ellwood Road in New Castle, Lawrence County.  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

September 16-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. South Park, Allegheny County.

September 19-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting is August 15. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, Environmental Quality Board, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, 717-772-3277, edinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

September 19-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Lee Ann Murray, Citizens Advisory Council, P. O. Box 8459, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8459, 717-705-2693, LeeMurray@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

September 21-- DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee/Solid Waste Advisory Committee joint meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry, lahenry@pa.gov or 717-772-5713.

September 23-26-- Statewide Greenways & Trails Summit. DoubleTree Hotel in Reading, Berks County.

September 24-26- Registration Open. PA Recreation and Parks Society PA Greenways and Trails Summit.  Reading, Berks County.

October 4-- CANCELED. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting rescheduled to October 10. DEP Contact: Molly Adams, 717-787-2480, moadams@pa.gov..

October 5-- DCNR Snowmobile and ATV Advisory Council meeting. Promised Land State Park, 100 Lower Lake Road, Greentown, Pike County. 10:00.  DCNR Contact: Jennie Shade, 717-772-9084. (formal notice)

October 5-- PA Section of the American Water Works Association. Small Water System Improving Drinking Water Quality Workshop. Lehigh County Authority, 1053 Spruce Street, Wescosville, Lehigh County.  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

October 7-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Settlers Cabin Park, Allegheny County.

October 10-- DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Molly Adams, 717-787-2480, moadams@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 14-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Bradys Run Park, Beaver County.

October 14-- 2017 Pittsburgh Solar Tour.

November 1-- Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 14-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 16th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 8:30.  DEP Contact: Carl Jones, caejone@pa.gov or 484-250-5818.

November 16-- CANCELED. Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00. DEP Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-9438 or send email to: twallace@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 16-- PA Grade Crude Development Advisory Council meeting.  Location TBD.  1:00.

December 5-7-- National Brownfields Conference - Sustainable Communities Start Here.  LEED-certified David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

February 7-10-- PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture Annual Conference.  State College.

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DEP Regulations In Process

Proposed Regulations Open For Comment - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Proposed Regulations With Closed Comment Periods - DEP webpage

Recently Finalized Regulations - DEP webpage

DEP Regulatory Update - DEP webpage

February 2017 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, Page 740

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

Draft Technical Guidance Documents - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Comment Deadlines - DEP webpage

Submit Comments on Proposals Through DEP’s eComment System

Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

Copies of Final Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda (July 2017) - DEP webpage

Other DEP Proposals For Public Review

Other Proposals Open For Public Comment - DEP webpage

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Recently Closed Comment Periods For Other Proposals - DEP webpage

Other Proposals Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

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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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