June 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The June 10 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Restore PA Infrastructure Initiative Introduced With Enough Co-Sponsors To Nearly Pass House, Senate

Republican Senators Introduce Restore PA-Lite Proposal Funded By More Drilling On State Forest Land

Bay Journal: 40 Percent Of All Pennsylvania Rivers, Streams Violate Water Quality Standards

Senate Environmental Committee Reports Out Bills Making Fundamental Changes To The Definition Of Water Pollution, Setting Up Costly Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Program

Costly Taxpayer Funded Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Procurement Bill To Be Considered June 10 In Senate Appropriations

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Ideas On 3rd Party DEP Permit Reviews, Including A Special Licensing Program For Consultants

Analysis: Is Attacking DEP’s Staff The Right Way To Improve Permit Review Times?

Environmental Quality Board To Hear Update On Climate Cap-And-Trade, PFOA Petitions + 2 New Rulemaking Petitions June 18

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Presentations On DEP Climate Plan, Cap-And-Trade Petition, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fee June 18

Senate Confirms Patrick McDonnell As Secretary Of DEP

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

New Senate Bill Would Require End Of Life Pipeline Studies To Spot Corrosion, Damage Issues To Prevent Catastrophic Failures

Sen. Costa To Introduce Bill Cutting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants By 90% By 2040 Thru Cap-And-Invest Program

Bill Proposing Change In Standard For Reviewing DEP Permit Decisions On Appeal Will Add Time, Cost To Permit Reviews, Narrow Grounds For Citizen Appeal

Senate, House Legislation Coming To Create New Law To Regulate Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drilling

Senate, House Resolutions Designate June 2-8 Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week In PA

Sen. Yaw Receives Public Official Of Year Award From PA Water Environment Association

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Farm Conservation, Noxious Weed, Other Bills

House Agriculture Committee Reports Out Farm Conservation Bills

House Committee Sends Bill On Enforcing Safety Warnings For Low-Head Dams To Full House

House Committee Meets June 11 To Consider Bills Limiting Plastic Straw Use, Require Bisphenol A-Free Containers

House Environmental Committee Meets June 11 On Temporary Cessation Of Coal Refuse Disposal Site Operations

House Finance Committee Meets June 11 On 2 Energize PA Natural Gas Use Subsidy Bills

House Committee Holds Info Meeting June 12 On Bill Exempting Religious Facilities, Schools, Camps From Need To Meet Safe Drinking Water Standards

[ The Feds ]

EPA Issues New Guidance On State Use Of Section 401 Water Quality Certifications For Pipelines, Energy Projects

EPA Awards 9 Brownfields Grants Totaling $3.9 Million To PA Communities

USDA NRCS Now Accepting National Conservation Innovation Grant Applications

EPA, USDA Host June 12 Webinar On Grants, Funding Options To Support Nutrient Reduction Projects

[ Water [

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: How Restoring The Health Of PA's Waters Helps The Hellbender And The Chesapeake Bay!

AG Shapiro Makes Arrest In Case Of Falsified Water Sample Lab Results In Berks, Lancaster Counties

Pike Conservation District: Benefits Of Riparian Buffers, Trapping 300,000 Pounds Of Sediment Per Buffer Acre, Per Year

Call For Proposals: PA Assn. For Sustainable Agriculture 2020 Conference Feb. 5-8 In Lancaster

July 17 DEP Hearing Set On Bailey Central Mine Complex Coal Refuse Disposal Area NPDES Permit, Greene County

[ Summer Interns - Education ]

Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Blog: A Trout Triumph! Cheltenham Elementary Students Release Trout They Raised In Their Classroom

Interns: Introducing Pike Conservation District Summer Intern Anton Adams

Interns: Sarah Sharp - From Intern To Brandywine Conservancy’s New Assistant Planner

Interns Wanted: PA Forestry Assn. Forest Heritage Discovery Center Franklin County

Wildlife Leadership Academy NEXTGEN Blog - Find Out What Student Alumni Are Saying About Conservation Issues

Flock To Hawk Mountain Sanctuary This Summer To Enjoy Great Summer Events

Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Students Tag Cigarette Litter

[ Litter - Recycling ]

Construction Junction Hosts June 12 Residential, Business Better Recycling Workshops By City Of Pittsburgh

PA Resources Council Schedules 9 More Pop Up Glass Recycling Collection Events In Allegheny County

June 15 & 29 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County Hosted By PA Resources Council

PA Resources Council Holds June 22 Household Chemical Collection Event In Fayette County

Volunteers Needed For June 15 River Sweep Cleanup In Western PA

KPB: Voting Begins June 17 On Facebook For Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Winners

[ Air ]

DEP To Hold July 15 Hearing [If Requested] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Haysite Reinforced Plastics, Erie County

[ Sustainability - Energy ]

Conservation Consultants, Inc. Presents Achieving Green & Healthy Homes Program June 20 At Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh

Construction Code Review & Advisory Council Invites Comments On Latest International Building Codes; Seeks Stakeholders

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts June 12 Webinar On PA Nuclear Power Plants' 2018 Safety Performance

[ Environmental Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available

[ Invasive Species - Biodiversity ]

Updated List Of Penn State Extension Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

Fort Indiantown Gap To Offer Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In July, Lebanon County

[ Farms - Forests - Recreation ]

PRPS Celebrates First Ever Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19 Across Pennsylvania

EXTENDED: PA Horticultural Society 2019 Gardening Contest Nominations

PA Chapter-The American Chestnut Foundation Seeks Citizen Science Volunteers To Work with Chestnut Seedlings June 20-21 At Penn State Arboretum

Living Landscape Observer Offers Resources In The Emerging Field Of Large Landscape Conservation, Sustainable Communities

DCNR Seeks Proposals For Engineering Services Related To Dams, Other Projects

[ Land Conservation ]

Registration Now Open For 2019 National Natural Areas Conference Oct. 8-10 In Pittsburgh; PA Practitioner Scholarships Available

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Asking Public To Submit Comments To Permanently Protect Land Around Kinzua Dam/Allegheny Reservoir As Wilderness

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