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.  Go to the online Calendar webpage for updates.

Note: DEP published the 2018 meeting schedules for its advisory committees and boards.

Please Be Advised!  Committee Schedules Can Change Without Much Notice!

September 22-- PA Resources Council. Backyard Composting Workshop. Castle Shannon Library, Allegheny County. 10:30 to Noon.

September 22-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. South Park, Allegheny County.  9:00 to 1:00.

September 22-- Brandywine Conservancy Bike The Brandywine In Chester County To Benefit Clean Water Programs.  Chadds Ford Historical Society, 1736 N. Creek Road, Chadds Ford.

September 22-- Westmoreland Land Trust. 10th Anniversary Celebration - Wide Open Spaces Party. Land Trust’s barn headquarters, 218 Donohoe Road, Greensburg. 4:30 to 7:30.

September 22-- NEW. Independence Conservancy Community Tire Collection. Hookstown Fair Grounds, 1198 State Route 168, Hookstown, Beaver County.  9:00 to Noon.

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 23-- Brodhead Watershed Association. East Stroudsburg University Tree Museum Tour/Hike.  Monroe County.

September 24-- NEW. House Commerce Committee meets to consider House Bill 2638 (Stephens-R-Montgomery) establishes the Military Installation Remediation Authority to address cleanup costs at the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station funded by redirecting Sales Tax revenue from the redevelopment of the facility (sponsor summary). Room 60 East Wing. Noon.  Committee meetings are typically webcast on the House Republican Caucus website.

September 24-- NEW. House Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 2486 (Everett-R-Lycoming) providing a voluntary check off on drivers licenses and vehicle registrations for contributions to the Keystone Tree Fund (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building. Off the Floor.  Committee meetings are typically webcast on the House Republican Caucus website.

September 24-- NEW. Senate Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 86 (Lawrence-R-Chester) eliminating tailpipe emissions testing for 1992-1995 vehicles in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas (House Fiscal Note and summary), House Bill 2131 (Quigley-R-Montgomery) requiring PennDOT to plant native species of vegetation along highways (House Fiscal Note and summary). Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

September 25-- NEW. Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Charlton-R-Delaware) authorizing rate recovery for customer-owned lead water service lines (House Fiscal Note and summary). Room 461. Noon.

September 25-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2640 (Mako-R-Lehigh) requiring DEP to forward notices of noncompliance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violation of the Toxic Substances Control Act or state Solid Waste Management Act to the municipality where the violation occurred (sponsor summary), Senate Bill 652 (Regan-R-Cumberland), which would make it a felony to simply trespass on the right-of-way of pipelines, electric power lines, railroad tracks, refineries or on the property of any of 21 other “critical infrastructure facilities” outlined in the bill. (Click Here for more background).  Room B-31 Main Capitol. 9:00.  Committee meetings are typically webcast on the House Republican Caucus website.

September 25-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on foreign influence on natural gas development in PA. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. 10:00.  Click Here to watch live.  Click Here for more.

September 25-- NEW.  Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2154 (Causer-R-Cameron), which would weaken environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling, Senate Resolution 214 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) urging Pennsylvania natural gas producers to export gas to European countries in an effort to curtail the monopoly that Russia has on supply to that region (sponsor summary). Rules Room.  Off the Floor.  Click Here for more.

September 25-- NEW. Senate-House Nuclear Energy Caucus hearing on Impacts of Nuclear Power Plant Deactivations On Energy & National Security. Room 8-EB East Wing.  8:00.  Click Here to watch it live.

September 25-- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting On Extending Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant License For 20 Years.  Peach Bottom Inn, 6085 Delta Road, Delta, York County. 6:00 to 8:00

September 25-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Awareness Workshop. Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Allegheny County. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 25-26-- Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed. 2018 Delaware River Watershed Forum.  Cape May, NJ.

September 26-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: William Penn Forest District. French Creek State Park Conference Room, 843 Park Road, Elverson, Chester County. 6:00 to 8:00. Click Here for more.

September 26-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Moshannon State Forest District. Moshannon State Forest District Office, 3372 State Park Road, Penfield, Clearfield County. 6:00 to 8:00. Click Here for more.

September 27-- NEW. PA Grade Crude (Oil) Development Advisory Council meeting.  PA Turnpike Building, 700 S. Eisenhower Blvd., Middletown, Dauphin County.  10:00.  DCED Contact: Zach Reber 717-720-1451 or send email to: zreber@pa.gov. 

September 27-- NEW. Brandywine Conservancy Harvey Run Trail Walk: Finding Natural Wonders.  Brandywine River Museum Of Art, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford, Chester County.

September 27-- NEW. International Ocean Film Tour - Adventure, Action, Ocean Life.  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. 6:30.

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. 

September 28-- Brodhead Watershed Association. Members & Friends Celebration, Awards Dinner. Camelback Resort’s Aquatopia in Tannersville, Monroe County.

September 29-- PA Resources Council. Backyard Composting Workshop. Construction Junction, Point Breeze, Allegheny County. 11:00 to 12:30. 

September 29-- PA CleanWays, Vector Control Of Cumberland County Tire Collection Event.  East Pennsboro Township Public Works, 645 Tower Road in Enola. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  NOTE: Pre-registration, Prepayment are requested.

September 29-- NEW. Independence Conservancy Community Tire Collection. Brighton Township Road Department, 1250 Brighton Road, Beaver, Beaver County.  9:00 to Noon.

September 29-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers. Free Ice Cream, Magic & Open House. Milford, Pike County. 11:00 to 4:00.

September 29-- Penn State Extension Rain Barrel Workshops (3).  Hanover Township Community Center, 3660 Jacksonville Road, Bethlehem. 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. and from 11:30 to 12:30.

October 1-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Penneco Environmental Solutions Drilling Waste Injection Well In Allegheny County.  Plum Borough School District’s Oblock Junior High School Auditorium, 440 Presque Isle Drive, Pittsburgh. 6:00.

October 1-2-- 2018 Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit. SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way in Bethlehem.

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

October 3-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In Harrisburg.

October 4-- Joint House-Senate Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Roundtable Discussion on the status and future of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania.  LTBA. Coaldale, Schuylkill County.

October 5-- House Tourism & Recreation Development Committee Roundtable Discussion of tourism issues affecting the Laurel Highlands.  State Theatre For The Arts, 37 E. Main Street, Uniontown, Fayette County. 9:00.

October 5-- Berks Conservation District Farm Conservation Tour.  Deep Roots Valley Farm, 1047 Irish Creek Creek Road, Mohrsville. 11:00 to 2:30.

October 5-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay. 2nd Annual Sportsmen’s Forum.  Middle Creek Wildlife Area, Lebanon  County.  8:00 to 6:00.

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

October 6-- NEW. Independence Conservancy Community Tire Collection. Ambridge Borough Building, 600 11th Street, Ambridge, Beaver County.  9:00 to Noon.

October 6-- PA Forestry Association Annual Conference - Managing & Conserving Pennsylvania’s Forested Waters. Toftrees Resort, State College, Centre County.

October 6-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting. Richland Community Library, 111 East Main Street in Richland, Lebanon County. 10:00 to 11:00

October 7-- PA Resources Council. Backyard Composting Workshop. Blueberry Hill Park, Franklin Park, Allegheny County. 10:30 to Noon.

October 7-- NEW. Manada Conservancy. A Walk In Penn’s Woods At DeHart Dam, Dauphin County.  Participants will meet in the gravel parking lot at the DeHart Dam entrance, approximately 12 miles northeast of Dauphin PA and accessed from Rt. 325 (Clarks Valley Road).   Google Maps will identify the parking location as "Dehart Dam, Halifax, PA."  1:00.

October 9-11-- PA Association of Conservation Districts.  Annual Watershed Specialists Meeting. State College.

October 10-- 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.

October 10- DEP Hearing (If Needed) On Georgia Pacific Plant RACT II Air Quality Plan in Sergeant Township, McKean County.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville.  9:00.

October 10-- Western PA Conservancy.  Affordable Farmland Protection Strategies Workshop. Mattress Factory Museum, 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh. 9:30 to 5:00

October 10-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting. Park Street Complex, 648 West Park Street, Honesdale, Wayne County. 6:00 to 7:30

October 11-- CANCELED. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting is December 13. DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436 or send email to: kdalal@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

October 11-- NEW. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board Regulation, Legislation and Technical Committee conference call. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846 or send email to: dsnowden@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 11-- NEW. Stroud Water Research Center. Premiere Of Lay Of The Land: Healthy Soils, Healthy Waters Film.  Community Mennonite Church Of Lancaster, 328 West Orange Street, Lancaster 6:00.

October 11-- NEW. Pike County Conservation District Local Road Maintenance Workshop. Dingman Township Fire Hall, 680 Log Tavern Road, Milford. 9:00 to Noon.

October 13-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. Ross Township Community Center, Allegheny County.  12:30 to 2:00.

October 13-- PA Resources Council. Household Chemical Collection Event. Bradys Run Park, Beaver County. 9:00 to 1:00.

October 15-- NEW. Environmental Issues Forum by Joint House-Senate Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee on biogas and bioenergy.  Room 8E-A, East Wing Capitol Building. Noon.  Click Here for more.

October 16-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00. DEP Contact: Laura Edinger, 717-772-3277, ledinger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

October 16-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00.  Contact: Keith Saladar, Executive Director, ksalador@pa.gov or call 717-787-8171.

October 17-- DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  10th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Edgar Chescattle, echescattie@pa.gov.

October 17-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Buchanan State Forest District, District Office, 25185 Great Cove Road, McConnellsburg, Fulton County.  6:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Click Here for more.

October 17-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In Mars, Butler County.

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

October 18-- CANCELED. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting rescheduled to November 15.  DEP Contact: Joseph Melnic 717-783-9730 or send email to: jmelnic@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 18-- DEP Small Water Systems Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Susquehanna Room, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 9:00.  DEP Contact: Dawn Hissner 717-787-9633 or send email to dhissner@pa.gov. (formal notice)

October 18-- PA State Assn. Of Township Supervisors. PA Stormwater Conference [Western].  Butler County.

October 18-- PA Resources Council. Recycling Awareness Workshop. Sewickley Public Library, Allegheny County. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

October 18-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Small Water System Finances, Funding Preparing For Emergencies, Regulatory Updates Workshop.  SRBC offices, 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg. 8:40 to 3:15.

October 20-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation.  Fall Cleanup In Centralia, Columbia County.

October 20-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting. Lebanon Community Library, 125 North 7th Street, Lebanon, Lebanon County. 10:00 to 11:00

October 23-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting is December 4.  DEP Contact: John Krueger, 717-783-9264, jkrueger@pa.gov.

October 23-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop. Montgomery County Fire Academy, 1175 Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken. 9:00 to Noon. Click Here for more.

October 24-- PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  1:00.  Click Here to register to join the meeting by webinar.  Participants also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE 643 952 548.

October 24-- DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Nancy Herb, 717-783-9269,  nherb@pa.gov. 

October 24-- CANCELED. DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Clear Creek State Forest District.  Scheduled for October 30.

October 24-- Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Hosts Voting For The Environment Program.  Academy, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. 6:30 to 8:00.

October 24-25-- Penn State Extension: Biochar & Torrefied Biomass Short Course. Penn State University Agricultural Engineering Building, Shortlidge Road, University Park.

October 25-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop. Luzerne County Community College, Educational Conference Center (Building #10), 1333 South Prospect Street, Nanticoke. 9:00 to Noon. Click Here for more.

October 30-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Clear Creek State Forest District. District Office, 158 South Second Ave., Clarion, Clarion County. 6:30 to 8:00.  Click Here for more.

October 30-- PA Chamber Fall Regional Environmental Conference In King of Prussia.

October 30-31-- Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conference.  Sheraton Hartford South Hotel, Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

October 31-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. DEP Contact: Kristen Szwajkowski, 717-772-2186, kszwajkows@pa.gov.

November 1-- U.S. Green Building Council Central PA Chapter  Forever Green Awards Ceremony. Civic Club of Harrisburg.

November 1-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop. Giant Food Store Community Room, 3301 Trindle Road, Camp Hill, Cumberland County.  9:00 to Noon. Click Here for more.

November 1-- NEW. Pike County Conservation District Celebrates Natural Resources Annual Dinner.  The Waterfront Room at Silver Birches Resort, Lake Wallenpaupack. 6:00 to 8:00.

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

November 3-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. Construction Junction, Point Breeze, Allegheny County. 11:00 to 12:30.

November 5-- Penn State Extension Protect Your Springs, Wells, Septic Systems & Cisterns Workshops (2). Terre Hill Community Center, 131 West Main Street, Terre Hill, Lancaster County .  2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00

November 6-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. North Park Rose Barn, Allegheny County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

November 7-- 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.

November 7-- NEW. DEP Hearing (If Needed) on RACT II Air Quality Plan for a Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station In Howe Township, Forest County.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County.  9:00

November 7-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive Ext., State College, Centre County. 9:00 to Noon.  Click Here for more.

November 8-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Rothrock State Forest District, Shaver’s Creek CFD Community Building, 8707 Firemans Park Ln, Petersburg, Huntingdon County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.  Click Here for more.

November 8-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Weiser State Forest District, District Office, 16 Weiser Lane, Aristes, Columbia County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click Here for more.

November 13-- DCNR Public Meeting On Forest District Plans: Pinchot State Forest District.  District Office, 1841 Abington Road, North Abington Township, Lackawanna County.  6:00 to 8:00.  Click Here for more.

November 13-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop.  Trinity Point Church of God, 180 W. Trinity Drive, Clarion, Clarion County.  9:00 to Noon. Click Here  for more.

November 14-- PA Resources Council. Vermicomposting Workshop. South Park Buffalo Inn, Allegheny County. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

November 14-- PRPS, DCNR Community Conservation Grants Workshop.  Collier township Community Center, 5 Lobaugh Street, Oakdale, Allegheny County . 9:00 to Noon.  Click Here for more.

November 15--  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. (formal notice)

November 16-- PA State Assn. Of township Supervisors. PA Stormwater Conference [Eastern].  Montgomery County.

November 20-- South Mountain Partnership Trails Workshop - Building Strong Community Connections.  Shippensburg University, Cumberland County. 8:30 to 5:00.

November 29-- Academy Of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Delaware Watershed Research Conference. Academy Offices in Philadelphia.

December 4-- NEW. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: John Krueger, 717-783-9264, jkrueger@pa.gov.

December 5-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  DEP Contact: Kris Shiffer 717-772-5809 or send email to: kshiffer@pa.gov. (formal notice)

December 6-- 10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Awards Dinner.  ArtsQuest, Bethlehem.

December 13-- NEW. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15. DEP Contact: Kirit Dalal, 717-772-3436 or send email to: kdalal@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Draft regulations setting methane emission limits for oil and gas operations

December 17-- PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  1:00.  Click Here to register to join the meeting by webinar.  Participants also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE 644 895 237.

January 27-30-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary. 2019 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit.  Cape May, NJ.

April 29 to May 2-- Center for Watershed Protection. 2019 National Watershed and Stormwater Conference.  South Carolina.

May 8-10-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals. 2019 Annual Conference - Growth Through Collaboration.  State College.

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