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 the 2018 meeting schedules for its advisory committees and boards.

June 9-- NEW. Find Your Chesapeake GeoCaching GeoTour Launches.  Zimmerman Center for Heritage in Wrightsville, York County.  10:00.

June 11-- NEW.  Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1171 (Brooks-R-Crawford) replacing the Nutrient Management Advisory Board with the Farm Animal Advisory Board (sponsor summary). Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

June 11-- House State Government Committee holds a hearing on the Delaware River Basin Commission to hear from entities regulated and to investigate concerns about the impact of DRBC policies and actions on economic vitality and property rights.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00.   Committee meetings are typically webcast through the House Republican Caucus website.  Click Here for more.

June 11-- NEW. House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Resolution 948 (Causer-R-Cameron) requesting the Auditor General to do a financial audit of the PA Infrastructure Investment Authority nonpoint source water pollution control program (sponsor summary).  Room 60 East Wing. 12:15. Committee meetings are typically webcast through the House Republican Caucus website.  Click Here for more.

June 12-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2154 (Causer-R- Cameron), the Conventional Oil and Gas Act, which weakens environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas drilling and turns back the clock 34 years to the original 1984 Oil and Gas Act. Click Here for more; Senate Bill 1189 (Baker-R-Luzerne) that would declare, as a matter of law, an oil and gas fracking moratorium enacted by the Delaware River Basin Commission would constitute an act of eminent domain and a taking of property for which compensated would be required from DRBC. Click Here for more; Senate Resolution 373 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) would establish a 23-member Senate-House legislative Commission to Study Pipeline Construction and Operations and to recommend improvements for the safe transport of oil, natural gas and other hazardous liquids through pipelines. Click Here for more; Senate Bill 1027 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) setting additional notification requirements for residents impacted by pipeline construction (sponsor summary); Senate Resolution 375 (Bartolotta-R-Washington) urging Congress to support the development of an ethane storage hub in Pennsylvania (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 917 (Dinniman-R-Chester) amends Act 101 Municipal Waste Planning and Recycling Act to include spent mushroom compost under the definition of “compost materials to encourage its reuse (sponsor summary); House Bill 927 (Rader-R-Monroe) amends Act 101 Municipal Waste Planning and Recycling Act to eliminate the mandate on municipalities to have a leaf waste collection program (House Fiscal Note and summary); Senate Resolution 326 (Vogel-R-Beaver) encourage Congress to recognize the Eastern Legacy of the Lewis and Clark National Trail for its historic national significance (sponsor summary). Room 8E-B East Wing 9:30. Click Here to watch the meeting live online. Click Here for more.

June 12-- POSTPONED. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2304 (Fritz-R-Susquehanna) which would enact the oil and gas well permitting reforms proposed by Gov. Wolf in January. Room B-31 Main Capitol. 9:30. House committee meetings are typically webcast through the House Republican Caucus website.  Click Here for more.

June 12-- Penn State Center For Nutrient Solutions Presentation Of Research Results. Radisson Hotel Harrisburg, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, Cumberland County. 8:00 to 4:00.

June 12-- DEP Weathering The Storm Stormwater Education Workshop. Alumni Room of the Waldron Campus Center, Gannon University, 109 University Square, Erie.  8:30 to 3:30.

June 12-- PA Highlands Coalition. Multi-Functional Riparian Buffer Webinar.  10:30 to Noon.

June 12-- Sustainable Pittsburgh. Renewable Energy Procurement, Opportunities For PA Businesses, Institutions Webinar.  2:00 to 3:00.

June 12-- NEW DATE Time. House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 2468 (Kampf-R-Chester) limiting use of eminent domain on land with conservation easements for parks and open space purposes (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. Off the Floor. House committee meetings are typically webcast through the House Republican Caucus website.  Click Here for more.

June 13-- DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Edgar Chescattie, 717-772-2814 or eschescattie@pa.gov.

June 13-- DEP Weathering The Storm Stormwater Education Workshop. Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, Saint Vincent College, 744 Walzer Way, Latrobe, Westmoreland County.  8:30 to 3:30.

June 13-- Delaware River Basin Commission business meeting on a variety of policies and water withdrawal requests.  West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, NJ. 10:30.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more details.

June 13-- DCNR Elk State Forest District Public Meeting. Elk State Forest Resource Management Center, 258 Sizerville Road in Emporium, Cameron County. 6:00 to 8:30.

June 13-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center. Stream Stewardship Workshop Part 1.  Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy, Lancaster County.  6:30.  Part 2 is June 20.

June 13-- NEW. National Webinar On Federal RECLAIM Mine Reclamation Bill And How You Can Help.  1:00 and 7:00.

June 14-- House Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on Chronic Wasting Disease.  Room 60 East Wing. 10:00.  Committee meetings are typically webcast at the House Republican Caucus website.

June 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15. DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436, kdalal@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Proposed Air Quality Fee Increases

June 14-- PUC En Banc Hearing On Supplier Consolidated Billing By Electricity Suppliers. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg.  1:00.  Note: Second hearing on this topic July 12.

June 14-- DEP Pennsylvania’s Solar Future Stakeholder Meeting. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Fisher Fine Arts Building, 220 S. 34th, Philadelphia. 9:00 to 4:00.  Click Here to register.  Click Here to attend the meeting by Webinar.

June 15-- Location Added. Susquehanna River Basin Committee business meeting. Crowne Plaza Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor, Carroll Room, 105 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore. 9:00.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more.

June 15-- NEW. PA Wilds Community Development Committee. Knox & Kane Rail Trail Forum. Marienville Area Civic Association Building, 149 Maca Drive, Marienville, Forest County. 8:00 a.m.

June 16-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Bethel Park High School, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

June 16-- Brodhead Watershed Association. Water Wiser Kids Snorkeling In McMichael Creek.  Snydersville, Monroe County.  10:30 to Noon.

June 16-- Brodhead Watershed Association. Get Outdoors Poconos Van Buskirk Preserve Hike. Paradise Township, Monroe County.  10:00 to 11:30.

June 18-- House Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on competitive energy supplier sales and marketing practices.  Room B-31 Main Capitol. 11:00.  Committee meetings are typically webcast through the House Republican Caucus website.

June 19-- NEW.  Senate House Nuclear Energy Caucus meeting.  Room 8E-A East Wing.  8:00.  Click Here to watch the hearing live online.

June 19-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.

June 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Neil Bakshi, DEP Policy Office, nebakshi@pa.gov.  Call-In Option: Bridge #: 717-612-4788, Toll Free #: 855-734-4390, PIN #: 083399.

June 19-- PA Technical Assistance Program. Saving Energy Costs By Implementing An Energy Management System Workshop.  Penn State New Kensington Campus, The Corner, 701 Fifth Avenue, New Kensington, Westmoreland County.  9:00 to 3:00.

June 20-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center. Stream Stewardship Workshop Part 2. Little Chiques Park, 229 Park Ave., Mount Joy, Lancaster County.  6:30.  Part 1 is June 13.

June 20-- PA Environmental Council. PA Organization For Watersheds and Rivers. Regional Watershed Workshop. Dickinson College, Stern Great Room, 208 W. Louther St., Carlisle, Cumberland County. 9:45 to 3:00.

June 20-- NEW. Penn State Extension. Public Meeting On Spotted Lanternfly. Schuylkill County Agricultural Center, 1202 Ag Center Drive, Pottsville. 6:30.

June 20-21-- Registration Open. 20th Anniversary PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference.  Ramada Conference Center, State College.

June 21-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic, Shirley Township, Huntingdon County. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00. (PA Bulletin, page 2972)  Click Here for more.

June 22-- 3 Rivers Wet Weather. Stream Restoration Workshop. McFadden Hall, 1520 Butler Plank Road, Glenshaw, Shaler Township, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 3:00.

June 23-- Audubon Society of Western PA. Backyard Habitat Flowers And Feathers, The Connection Between Plants and Birds Workshop. Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

June 25-- NEW. Penn State Extension. Public Meeting On Spotted Lanternfly. The Friendly Community Center, 6683 Route 191, Mountainhome, Monroe County. 6:30.

June 26-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: John Krueger, 717-783-9264, jkrueger@pa.gov.

June 26-- NEW. Allegheny, Westmoreland Conservation Districts. Local Green Infrastructure Tour.  Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., Monroeville. 9:00 to 2:30.

June 27-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For DuPont Plant, North Towanda Township, Bradford County.  DEP Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport.  10:00.  (PA Bulletin, page 3009)  Click Here for more.

June 28-- PA Environmental Council. PA Organization For Watersheds and Rivers. Regional Watershed Workshop. Heritage Conservancy Aldie Mansion, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, Bucks County. 9:30 to 3:00

June 29-- PA National Guard Regal Fritillary Butterfly Tours.  Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County.

June 30-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

June 30-- PA National Guard Regal Fritillary Butterfly Tours.  Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County.

July 6-- PA National Guard Regal Fritillary Butterfly Tours.  Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County.

July 7-- Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring. Mountain Watershed Association. Volunteer Training For Shale Gas-Related Stream Monitoring. Blythedale Volunteer Fire Department, 1799 Blythedale Road, Buena Vista, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 3:30.

July 7-- PA National Guard Regal Fritillary Butterfly Tours.  Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County.

July 11-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30.  DEP Contact: Diane Wilson, 717-787-3730, diawilson@pa.gov.

July 11-- DEP Technical Advisory Committee On Diesel Powered (Mining) Equipment. DEP New Stanton Office, 131 Broadview Road, New Stanton. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloski, 724-404-3143 or mscheloske@pa.gov.

July 11-- DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Ridge Run PFAS, PFOS, PFOA Well Contamination Site In Bucks County.  West Rockhill Township Building, 1028 Ridge Road, Sellersville, PA. 6:30.

July 12-- PUC En Banc Hearing On Supplier Consolidated Billing By Electricity Suppliers. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg.  1:00.

July 17-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.

July 17-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Neil Bakshi, DEP Policy Office, nebakshi@pa.gov.

July 17-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Sonneborn Petrolia Facility In Butler County.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, Crawford County. 9:00 a.m.

July 18-- NEW. Penn State Extension. Public Meeting On Spotted Lanternfly. Schuylkill County Agricultural Center, 1202 Ag Center Drive, Pottsville. 6:30.

July 19-- DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Nockamixon TCE Well Contamination Site In Bucks County.  Nockamixon Township Municipal Building, 589 Lake Warren Road, Upper Black Eddy, PA. 7:00

July 25-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, 717-783-9269 or nherb@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

July 25-27-- Registration Open. Professional Recyclers of PA. 28th Annual Recycling & Organics Conference.  Best Western Premier Hotel, Harrisburg.

July 28-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Bin Distribution Event In Pittsburgh. Point Breeze Distribution Event, URA’s Parking Lot on Meade Street.  8:00 to 2:00. Click Here to register.

July 28-- Audubon Society of Western PA. Backyard Habitat Gardening for Pollinators and Butterflies Workshop. Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

August 1-- DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Michael Maddigan, 717-772-3609,  mmaddigan@pa.gov.

August 8-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Todd Wallace, 717-783-9438, twallace@pa.gov.

August 11-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Bin Distribution Event In Pittsburgh. Fairywood Distribution Event, B Keppel Trucking, 100 Beechnut Drive, Pittsburgh. 8:00 to 2:00. Click Here to register.

August 15-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. 11th Floor, Conference Room B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kristen Szwajkowski, 717-772-2186, kszwajkows@pa.gov.

August 15-- DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting. 10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Edgar Chescattie, 717-772-2814, eshescattie@pa.gov.

August 20-23-- U.S. Biochar Initiatives Conference. Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware.

August 21-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.

August 25-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Century III Mall, West Mifflin, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

August 28-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: John Krueger, 717-783-9264, jkrueger@pa.gov.

September 4-- DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Peggy Scheloske 724-404-3143 or send email to: mscheloske@pa.gov.

September 6-9-- Registration Open. Delaware Highlands Conservancy. Educational Retreat For Women Forest Landowners. Highlights Workshop Facility in Boyd’s Mill, Milanville, Wayne County.

September 18-20-- Mid-Atlantic Chapter International Erosion Control Association. 25th Annual Conference, Workshop and Trade Show.  Radisson Hotel, Camp Hill, Cumberland County.

September 20-- DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee & Recycling Funding Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  DEP Contact: Laura Henry 717-772-5713 or send email to: lahenry@pa.gov.

September 22-- Joint meeting of DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee and Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Laura Henry, 717-772-5713, lahenry@pa.gov.

September 23-- Audubon Society of Western PA. Backyard Habitat Trees and Shrubs, Supporting Wildlife In Winter Workshop. Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

September 28-- DEP Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee meeting Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Rich Janati, 717-787-2147, rjanati@pa.gov.

October 1-3-- Engineers’ Society of Western PA. PA Brownfield Conference. Sands Bethlehem Casino, Bethlehem.

October 6-- PA Resources Council. Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event. Settlers Cabin Park, Robinson Township, Allegheny County. 9:00 to 1:00.

October 17-21-- Passive House Western PA. North American Passive House Network 2018 Conference. David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.

October 18-- DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic 717-783-9730 or send email to: jmelnic@pa.gov.

November 1-2-- PA Water And Wastewater Technology Summit. Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College.

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DEP Regulations In Process

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March 3, 2018 DEP Regulatory Agenda - PA Bulletin, Page 1374

DEP Technical Guidance In Process

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Recently Closed Comment Periods For Technical Guidance - DEP webpage

Technical Guidance Recently Finalized - DEP webpage

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DEP Non-Regulatory/Technical Guidance Documents Agenda (February 2018) - DEP webpage

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