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.

November 18-- NEW. Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 596 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) encouraging the development of clean transportation infrastructure. Rules Room.  Off the Floor. Click Here for more. 

November 18-- NEW. Senate Rules & Executive Nominations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 147 (Laughlin-R- Erie) providing for Sunday hunting on concurrence from the House.  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.

November 18-- DEP Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan, Bucks County. Lenape Middle School, 313 W. State St., Doylestown.  6:30.

November 18-- DEP Webinar On Applying For Environmental Education Grants. 1:00.

November 19-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 679 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) directs the Environmental Quality Board to develop regulations that authorize counties to adopt a program for “stream cleaning” and maintenance and the removal of obstructions and flood-related hazards from our local waterways (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 766 (Leach-D-Montgomery) increases the matching grants available for household hazardous waste collection events rom $100,000 to $250,000 per county per fiscal year (sponsor summary); House Bill 476 (Mako-R-Northampton) requires municipalities be notified of state and federal waste law violations (House Fiscal Note & Summary). Room 461 Main Capitol. 9:30.  Click Here to watch the meeting live.  Click Here for more on agenda.

November 19-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  Questions should be directed to Laura Edinger by calling 717-772-3277 or send email to: ledinger@pa.gov. (formal notice)

November 19-- Agenda Posted. Joint Meeting: DEP Citizens Advisory Council & Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Questions should be directed to Keith Salador, Executive Director, by calling 717-787-8171 or send email to: ksalador@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

November 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board.  16th Floor Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  Contact: Glenda Davidson, gldavidson@pa.gov or Allison Acevedo, 484-250-5942.

November 19-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Application Workshop. Wexford, AlleghenyCounty.  9:00 to Noon.

November 19-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting. Mt. Airy United Fellowship Church, 701 W. Johnston Street, Philadelphia. 7:00 to 8:00.

November 20-- NEW. House Children & Youth Committee meets to consider House Bill 79 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) requiring the testing of lead for children age 1 and 2 (sponsor summary).  Room B-31 Main Capitol. 9:30.  Click Here to watch live.

November 20-- House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will hold an informational meeting on conservation district operations and activities.  Room 140.  9:00.  Click Here to watch live.

November 20-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Boyertown Foundry, Berks County. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

November 20-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.   Contact: Gretchen Leslie, 717-772-9084, gleslie@pa.gov.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more on the agenda.

November 20-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Application Workshop.  Clarion, Clarion County.  9:00 to Noon.

November 20-- PennFuture: A Call For Climate Action Educational Forum, Harrisburg.  Dixon University Center, 2986 N. 2nd Street, Harrisburg. 6:00 to 9:00.

November 21-- NEW. House Urban Affairs Committee meets to consider House Bill 1737 (A.Davis-D-Allegheny) providing an exemption for land banks under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediations Standards Act (Act 2) (sponsor summary).  Room B-31 Main Capitol.  9:00. Click Here to watch live.

November 21-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Webinar On Stream Redesignation Evaluations & Water Quality Designations. Noon to 1:00.

November 21-- NEW. Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Deer Forest Health & Hunting Program. Boalsburg Fire Hall, 113 E Pine Street, Centre County. 6:00 to 8:00.

November 21-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Entrepreneurship Ecosystem At Penn State Webinar. Noon to 1:00.

November 22-- DEP Hearing On Proposed State Air Quality Implementation Plan Revision & 2nd Maintenance Plan For The Clearfield/Indiana Area Related To Ozone Attainment.  Moshannon District Office, 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg. 10:00.  (formal notice)

November 22-- PA Municipal League, DEP Webinar On Community Resilience - Role Of The Building Energy Code. 1:00 to 2:00.

November 22-- Central PA Conservancy Cave Hill Park & Nature Preserve Cleanup/ Invasive Species Removal, Cumberland County.

November 23-24-- Capital Area Greenbelt Restoration Area Trail Maintenance, Dauphin County.

November 26-- DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grant Application Workshop.  State College, Centre County.  9:00 to Noon.

December 3-- CANCELED. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  Contact: Margaret Scheloske, mscheloske@pa.gov ,or 724-404-3143. (formal notice)

December 3-- NEW. South Mountain Partnership: Tri-County Watershed Association meeting for Adams, Cumberland, Franklin & York county residents.  Anthony F. Ceddia Union Building (CUB) at Shippensburg University. 6:00 to 8:30.

December 3-- NEW. DEP Workshop On Performance Excellence In Electricity Rating Program For Green Buildings. PA Emergency Management Agency, 1310 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:30 to 3:30.

December 4-- DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: Kris Shiffer, 717-772-5809, kshiffer@pa.gov.

December 4-- DEP State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers meeting. Conference Room 11B, Rachel Carson Building. Harrisburg.  10:00. Contact: Amy Forney, aforney@pa.gov or 717-772-2186.

December 4-- DEP State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Operators meeting. 10th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: Ed Chescattie, echescattie@pa.gov or 717-787-5236.

December 4-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On International Metals Reclamation Company RACT II Air Quality Plan, Lawrence County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00.

December 4-- DEP Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Water Quality Permit, Carbon County. Panther Valley High School Auditorium, 912 Coal Region Way, Lansford.  6:00.

December 4-- NEW. Pike Conservation District Workshop On Spotted Lanternfly Permits For Business.  Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, 126 PPL Drive, Hawley. 9:30 to 10:30.

December 5-- CANCELED. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. Contact: Laura Henry, 717-772-5713, lahenry@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

December 5-- NEW. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting.  SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg. 9:00.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more on the agenda.

December 5-- Westminster College/Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment.  Westminster College, Wilmington, Lawrence County.

December 5-6-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference.  Harrisburg.

December 6-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Altoona Air Quality Maintenance Plan For Ozone.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

December 7-- NEW. Tree Pittsburgh Tree Tender Training.

December 7-8-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Dickens’ Christmas Carol Program.  Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pike County.

December 9-10-- NEW. PA Conservative Energy Forum Clean & Renewable Energy Symposium. Harrisburg Hilton.

December 10-- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: Lindsay Byron 717-772-8951, lbyron@pa.gov.

December 10-- NEW. DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety meeting.  DEP Cambria Office, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg. 10:00.  Contact: Margaret Scheloske, mscheloske@pa.gov ,or 724-404-3143. (formal notice)

December 10-- Governor’s Invasive Species Council meeting.  Room 309 Agriculture Building, 2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg. 10:00.  Contact: Kristopher Abell, 717-787-2227 or krabell@pa.gov.

December 10-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting. Albright College, 1621 North 13th Street, Reading, Berks County. 9:30. to 3:30.

December 10-11-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training.  Lancaster.

December 11-- Delaware River Basin Commission business meeting.  Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, Bucks County. 10:30.  (formal notice)

December 12-- DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15.  Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalal@pa.gov or 717-772-3436.

December 12-- DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.  Bureau of Laboratories, Room 206, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg. 9:00.  Contact: Aaren Alger, 717-346-8212 or send email to: aaalger@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

December 12-- Penn State Extension Landscape & Green Infrastructure Analysis & Planning Workshop. Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. 9:00 to Noon.

December 13-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Erie County Ozone Reduction Maintenance Plan.  DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00.

December 13-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Franklin County Ozone Reduction Maintenance Plan.  DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

December 13-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Greene County Ozone Reduction Maintenance Plan.  DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

December 16-- House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on bipartisan Anti-SLAPP-- Citizen Intimidation-- Lawsuit Legislation.  Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30.  Click Here to watch live.

December 17-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00.  Questions should be directed to Laura Edinger by calling 717-772-3277 or send email to: ledinger@pa.gov. (formal notice)

December 17-- DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless RACT II Air Quality Plan, Beaver County. DEP Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. 10:00.

December 17-- DEP Hearing [If Needed} On RACT II Air Quality Plan For General Carbide Corp, Westmoreland County. DEP’s Southwest Regional Office, 400 Waterfront Drive,  Pittsburgh. 10:00.

December 18-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00. Contact: Todd Wallace, twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-9438.  (formal notice)

December 18-- DEP Hearing On Allen Road TCE Hazardous Waste Site Interim Response, Cumberland County. Cumberland County Service Center, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle. 7:00.

December 18-- PA Women’s Agricultural Network Symposium. Temple University, Philadelphia. 8:30 to 5:00.

December 19-- DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg.  9:30.  Contact: Jay Braund 717-772-5636 or jbraund@pa.gov.

December 20-- NEW.  DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Ozone Attainment Maintenance Plan.  DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg. 10:00.

January 8-- NEW. DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Truck Accessories Group, Northumberland County. DEP’s Northcentral Regional Office, 208 West Third Street, Williamsport. 10:00.

January 9-- DEP Coal & Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.  Contact: James Charowsky, 717-787-7007 or jcharowsky@pa.gov

January 9-- NEW. South Mountain Partnership: South Mountain Water Workshop: Municipalities and Watershed Groups Working Together for Greater Impact. Stern Great Room of Dickinson College, Carlisle. 2:00 to 6:00.

January 14-- NEW. Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program, Cumberland County. Cumberland County Services Center, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle.  7:00.

January 25-- NEW. PA Horticultural Society Tree Tender Training. Philadelphia.

January 28-- NEW. Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program, Cumberland County. Cumberland County Services Center, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle.  7:00.

January 29-March 11-- NEW. Penn State Extension Online Tree Tender Training, Wednesdays.  Noon.

January 29-March 25-- NEW. Penn State Extension Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series,   Wednesdays. January 29, February 5, February 12, February 19, February 26, March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25.  7:00 to 8:00.

February 1-- NEW. PA Horticultural Society Tree Tender Training. Philadelphia.

February 23-16-- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration MineXChange Annual Conference & Expo.  Phoenix, Arizona.

February 28-29-- Keystone Coldwater Conference.

March 9-11-- Engineers’ Society of Western PA, DEP Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference. State College

March 11-12-- 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit.

March 17-20-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators/PA Recreation & Parks Society Joint Conference. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Somerset County.

March 27-- NEW. South Mountain Partnership: PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Regional Water Workshop. Trees & Trails Environmental Education Center, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County. 8:30 to 3:30

April 1-3-- PA Land Trust Association Land Conservation Conference.  Gettysburg.

May 6-8-- PA Association of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference.  State College.

July 29-31-- Professional Recyclers of PA 2020 Recycling & Organics Conference.  Gettysburg.

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