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AMD Sampling for O&M; of Treatment Systems
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Record Sampling Data @
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Check out our Western PA Counterpart!!
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Eastern Coal Region Roundtable Website
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Visit the Eastern Coal Region Roundtable Website for large collection of grant opportunities.
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Mine Subsidence Insurance
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The Jeddo/Nescopeck Partnership will be hosting a "Wonders of Our Watershed" Forum
Saturday May 9th 2009
10AM to 5PM
Penn State Hazleton
Activities include:
Rain Garden / Compost Workshops
Local History / Heritage Displays
Children's Activities
Artisans and Crafters
Rain Barrel / Compost Bin Giveaways
Environmental Displays
Public Opinion / Question Section
Entertainment
Please see the flier for more information.
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Workshops: West Branch of the Susquehanna Restoration Symposium IV
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Date: Jul 18th & 19th, 2008 (Fri & Sat)
Location: Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA
This event serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas regarding AMD abatement in the region and provides an excellent opportunity for networking among volunteers, policy-makers, technical experts, students, and others interested in restoring land and water impacted by AMD - the largest source of pollution to the Commonwealth’s waterways.
View the Registration Brochure.
Contact Amy Wolfe at Trout Unlimited with any questions you may have regarding the Symposium or the West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Initiative. Amy can be reached at (570)726-3118 or [email protected].
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Workshops: Register for the 2007 AMD Conference!
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The 2007 PA Statewide Conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation will be held July 20 & 21, 2007 at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, State College, PA. Please visit www.TreatMineWater.com for more details.
This year's conference focuses on the following topics:
* Highlights of the SMCRA Reauthorization, Draft Regulations and Roundtable Discussions
* Operation, Maintenance and Replacement for AMD Treatment Systems Specifics
* Permitting Considerations for AML/AMD Projects
* Presentations from the Makers of New and Proven Treatment Technologies
The deadline to sign up is July 6th, but if you register and reserve your room before June 20th, you will be eligible for a discounted room rate!
Come and be a part of the the longest running annual statewide conference dealing with abandoned mine related issues Pennsylvania.
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Workshops: SMCRA Title 4 Roundtable Meetings Announced
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The Department of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Citizens Advisory Council and the Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board, is scheduling a series of public town hall meetings. The topic for the meetings is the recent re-authorization of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The new law provides for a significant increase in funds available to the Commonwealth for abandoned mine reclamation. It also offers the Commonwealth the opportunity to set aside up to 30% of these funds for abatement and treatment of abandoned mine drainage.
The intent of the meetings is to enable the public to provide input to help in the decision-making process for expenditure of these funds. The decision to set aside funds for mine drainage abatement and treatment, and the appropriate level, must be weighed against the need to restore sites that impact the health and safety of the Commonwealth’s citizens. The public is strongly encouraged to attend and will have the opportunity to provide comments during the town hall meeting. Written comments will also be accepted at the following address:
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Attn.: AML Comments
P.O. Box 8476
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8476.
The meetings will be held on the following dates in the following locations:
May 22 - EPCAMR Office, Shavertown, PA
May 23 - Schuylkill Conservation District Office, Pottsville, PA
May 24 - Hillside Rod & Gun Club, Blossburg, PA
May 30 - Robertsdale Fire Hall, Robertsdale, PA
May 31 - Department of Environmental Protection, Cambria Office, Ebensburg, PA
June 5 - Jennings Environmental Center, Slippery Rock, PA
June 6 - California University of PA, Morgan Hall, California, PA
June 7 - Penn State University, Dubois Campus, Hiller Auditorium, Dubois, PA
All meetings will follow the agenda below.
4:00 - 5:30 PM Educational videos and overview of recent legislative changes to SMCRA
5:30 - 6:30 PM Opportunity for the public to review PA’s Abandoned Mine Land inventory and maps (poster session)
6:30 - 8:30 PM Town hall meeting
Questions concerning the meetings can be directed to:
Sue Wilson, Citizens Advisory Council at 717-787-4527 or e-mail [email protected]
Rich Joyce, DEP BAMR Harrisburg at 717-783-7669 or e-mail [email protected]
Pam Milavec, DEP BAMR Cambria District Office at 814-472-1800 or e-mail [email protected]
Mike Ferko, DEP BAMR Wilkes-Barre District Office at 570-826-2371 or e-mail [email protected]
This notice and directions to the meeting locations can be found at: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bamr/bamr.htm.
Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act and interested in any of the meetings scheduled for May 22, May 23 or May 24, should contact Mike Ferko at the telephone number and e-mail address listed above. Individuals interested in attending any of the meetings scheduled for May 30, May 31, June 5, June 6 or June 7 should contact Pam Milavec at the telephone number or e-mail address listed above. You may also use the Pennsylvania AT&T; Relay Service at 1-800-654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate your needs
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Workshops: Confluence 2007 Conference: Preparing for the Storm
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Stormwater Solutions for Pennsylvania Communities
February 15-16, 2007
Penn Stater Conference Center
State College PA
What's being planned?
A one-and-a-half day technical workshop focused on implementation of Pennsylvania's new Stormwater BMP Manual that will build upon PADEP's BMP Manual training sessions.
Who should come?
Professional engineers and consultants developers, municipal officials, conservation professionals, and watershed stakeholders looking for the opportunity to examine the benefits and challenges of good stormwater management.
What will be covered?
Learn tools and strategies for incorporating stormwater management into site design and land use planning, and for meeting Act 167 NPDES Phase II permitting requirements to ensure protection of public health, property, and the future health of Pennsylvania rivers and streams.
Online registration will begin December 1, 2006. Visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Website Page for more information. Exhibitor space is available. Contact us at (717) 234-5550 or email if interested in exhibiting.
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Workshops: Schuylkill Watershed Congress Call for Presenters
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The Delaware Riverkeeper Network announces
the Call for Presenters (Concurrent and Poster Sessions)
for the 2007 Schuylkill Watershed Congress
Saturday, March 3rd, with Field Trips March 4th
Montgomery County Community College - West Campus, Pottstown, PA
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Submissions due by October 28th, 2006. Download the Call for Proposals Document
The Schuylkill Watershed Congress Organizers invite you to share your
knowledge with a presentation or poster session. Congress participants
are interested in the latest information on progressive watershed
planning, model projects, and innovative watershed protection.
Topics requested by participants include:
“State of the Schuylkill Watershed” updates • Plant ID • Nutrient tracking • Monitoring for beginners • Dam removal • Invasive species management • Fundraising and grant writing • Volunteer development • Fish populations in the watershed • Wetland restoration • Biological monitoring • Innovative community outreach • Stream re-designation • Legacy sediment • Waterborne disease • Rivers Conservation • TMDLs • Data on/reporting on benefits of retrofits/restoration • Stormwater BMP retrofits • Endocrine disruptors • Watershed education • Role of municipalities in watershed protection • GIS in conservation • Stream ecology primer • Wastewater recycling • Plant stewardship • Sojourn/recreational opportunities in the Schuylkill and Delaware watersheds • Terrestrial/aquatic relationships • Source water protection • Stream clean-ups
Field trips and hands-on, interactive presentations are encouraged.
All presentations must include a question and answer component.
Poster and concurrent sessions proposals should include:
* Presentation Title (please limit to 10 words)
* Presenter(s), Affiliation(s), Address(es)
* Email Address(es)
* Daytime Telephone Number(s)
* One Sentence Presentation Summary
* Level (e.g., Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced; Advanced sessions are encouraged)
* Abstract Body (should not exceed 200 words)
* Estimated Length of Presentation (Concurrent sessions limited to 50 minutes)
* Presenter Bio(s) (should not exceed 100 words)
* Specify concurrent session or poster session
Submit presentation proposals or questions about the Schuylkill
Watershed Congress via email to [email protected]
Please note: Submission of a proposal does not guarantee inclusion in the Congress program. The number of proposals received often exceeds the session availability. Following the proposal format provided will greatly aid the Congress Program Committee in the tough decision-making process. If you have any questions, please call 610-469-6005.
The Schuylkill Watershed Congress, a gathering of watershed citizens interested in understanding, protecting and restoring their local streams, is held annually on the first Saturday in March. The event features a diverse program with concurrent and poster sessions covering a broad range of watershed topics. The Congress audience, which has hailed from throughout the Schuylkill Watershed, across Pennsylvania and from as far away as Wilmington, Delaware; Ringoes, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; and Providence, Rhode Island, attends the Congress seeking new information on watershed protection.
Financial Supporters:
PA DCNR
Sea Grant of Pennsylvaina
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Schuylkill Programs
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
300 Pond Street, 2nd Floor
Bristol, PA 19007
Phone: 610-469-6005
Fax: 215-369-1181
Web site: www.delawareriverkeeper.org
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) is the only advocacy organization working throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed. The Delaware Riverkeeper is an individual who is the voice of the River, championing the rights of the River and its streams as members of our community. The Delaware Riverkeeper is assisted by seasoned professionals and a network of members, volunteers and supporters. Together they form DRN, and together they stand as vigilant protectors and defenders of the River, its tributaries and watershed. DRN is committed to restoring the watershed's natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists.
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Workshops: Time is Running out to Register for the AMD Conference
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This year's Pennsylvania Conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation is only six weeks away, but you have fewer than two weeks to register for very significant savings. And, as they say, when the deals are gone, they're gone!
First, about the conference itself: The conference's primary audience is watershed groups, particularly those who want or need some basic training or refreshers on subjects important to watershed groups. The theme is "Back to Basics" and will mostly be workshops on a whole bunch of timely subjects... surely something for everyone.
See www.treatminewater.com for the lineup and to register.
The conference will be at the Atherton Hotel Keith Pitzer and his wife Joan on Friday night. (Keith's day job is the executive director of the Friends of the Cheat, a very successful watershed group in northern West Virginia, but his talent most definitely extends to his music.)
Now for the savings: Anyone who knows State College can tell you that
$45 per night plus tax ($55 per night double occupancy) is a great rate for a State College hotel. That's what we've negotiated with the Atherton Hotel for the conference -- but that rate is good only if you register by July 28. We've also worked hard to keep the conference fee to a bare minimum: just $50 for both days which, includes your meals.
But if you tend to procrastinate (as I too often do) and wait to register after July 28, it's gonna cost you. You would pay the hotel's regular rate (considerably more), and conference registration increases to $75. Is that perverse procrastination pleasure really worth it?
This is 8th year for Pennsylvania's Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference. Every year it's a bit different from the year before, but always a very worthwhile event. Volunteers from around the state and from many organizations work hard to organize a conference providing relevant, useful information to those working to reclaim abandoned mine land and waters. So register today. Do it for the volunteers, do it for your organization, do it for yourself, do it for fish, but register today (online at www.treatminewater.com) for this year's Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference.
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Workshops: Free Municipal Planning Code Workshop coming to Luzerne County
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LOOK BEYOND THE FIELD YOU ARE STANDING IN:
THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING CODE AND IT’S IMPACT ON YOU
FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH at the Best Western East Mountain Inn & Suites, Wilkes Barre, PA
Help for Conservation District, NRCS, and Extension personnel to learn about the Municipal Planning Code, Zoning, Comprehensive Plans, Subdivision and Land Development Plans, and Stormwater. Also, increase understanding of the regulations that municipalities uphold to help clients such as farmers, engineers, and landowners when installing BMPs or completing E&S; controls. County Planning Commissions, County Commissioners, and Legislators are also welcome!
10:00 A.M.
Overview of the Municipal Planning Code – Take a tour of what is in the Municipal Planning Code and how it is used by townships.
Presented by: The Governor’s Center for Local Government Services
11:00 A.M.
Comprehensive Planning – A discussion on planning for development, industry, agriculture, infrastructure, etc., and how planning can mold a township and accomplish goals.
Presented by: Ronald Beam, Vice President of Rettew Associates, Assoc. Director on the Lancaster County Conservation District Board
11:30 A.M. – Lunch
12:30 P.M.
Zoning, Subdivision and Land Use Ordinances, and Stormwater – How do conservation practices and programs interrelate. How to assist townships with development of an ordinance. What is a 2nd class township and how are they governed? Where does nutrient trading, water resources planning and critical aquifer recharge areas enter into the picture?
Presented by: James Caldwell, Project Manager of Civil/Municipal Services at Rettew Associates. Formerly with the Lancaster Co. CD
2:00 P.M.
Outreach Efforts with Local Municipal Officials— Monroe County Conservation District has been very involved in working with municipal officials to accomplish many conservation related goals including Monroe County 2020- a comprehensive planning effort, Act 167 Stormwater Management planning, and ordinance development.
Presented by: Craig Todd, District Manager of the Monroe County Conservation District
2:30-2:45 P.M. – Questions and Wrap-up
*** The training session is free of charge, but please RSVP with the Pocono Northeast Resource Conservation & Development Council at (570) 282-8732 ext.4 or [email protected] no later than March 15th.
Coordination provided by the PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program and the Pocono Northeast Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D;) Council.
Funding provided by the PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program
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Workshops: 2006 PAEP Annual Meeting & Conference Planned
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2006 Annual Meeting & Conference
"Career Development for Pennsylvania's Environmental Professional"
May 17, 18, 19 at the Ramada Conference Center State College, PA
Mark your calendars!!
The 2006 PAEP conference site is the newly renovated and expanded Ramada Inn and Conference Center in State College. The new conference center will serve as a wonderful venue for our conference, and the overnight room rate will be a reasonable $70.00/night.
With "career development" as our theme, our goal is to provide you with a track of topics at the 2006 Conference that will either give you some new tools to apply towards your work, or help you improve some of your existing skill sets; furthermore, we want a majority of these topics to have a universal appeal, regardless of which niche of the environmental profession you happen to work.
As a result of the recent decision by the Northeastern Pollution Prevention Roundtable to join PAEP as the "Pollution Prevention / Energy Efficiency (P2E2) Roundtable", this conference will feature a "Pollution Prevention /Energy Efficiency" track. This new topical element will infuse new people and topics to the event, which will only serve to further enrich the PAEP conference experience for its members. For more info on the new partnership between NEPPRT and PAEP, go to http://www.paep.org/.
In addition to the sessions, the conference will feature a keynote speaker of worth, social / networking opportunities, tours of environmentally relevant sites in State College, vendor displays, and our Karl Mason Awards Banquet. The other attraction is, of course, State College itself!
If you have any specific suggestions regarding topics / speakers, or Karl Mason Award nominees, now is the time to share them as the Conference Committee will be determining the speaker list and finalizing the conference schedule over the next 2 months. Feel free to share your ideas / suggestions with any of the Conference Committee members listed below.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing all of you at the 2006 PAEP Conference!
Sincerely,
Eric Buncher Jerrold McCormick
PAEP President 2006 Conference Committee Chairperson
2006 Conference Committee Members
Amy Altimare, ASC Group, Inc.
John Burglund, Wallace & Pancher, Inc.
Ted Fridirici, Buchart Horn, Inc.
Jennie Granger, McCormick Taylor, Inc.
Deb Henson, KCI Technologies, Inc.
Shannon Miller, Greenhorne @ O’Mara, Inc
Jason Minnich, PaDEP
Joseph F. Musil, Jr., Urban Engineers, Inc.
Camille Otto, McCormick Taylor, Inc.
Brian Pancher, Wallace & Pancher, Inc
Jeffrey M. Prawdzik, Shaw Environmental, Inc.
Jim Ruth, PennDOT District 5-0
Tim Tuttle, Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
Elaine Farrell, Farrell Associates LLC
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Workshops: Free GIS Mapping Support to AML Impacted Local Governments
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The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation has approved an award of $40,000 in federal funds under the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program supported by the Office of Surface Mining to the Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation to support our public outreach efforts to local governments in the Coal Region of Northeastern PA and to provide FREE GIS Mapping that is focused on abandoned mine land reclamation, watershed restoration, economic redevelopment, and AMD remediation.
The Luzerne Conservation District is providing matching funds in terms of space and housing for the EPCAMR created position of a Municipal GIS Technician for the 1 year grant funded position under the grant. A brand new 44” wide color plotter was requested under the grant and has been purchased by EPCAMR and will be heavily used during the course of the project for producing professionally colored maps for local governments that will show various layers of land use, abandoned mine land acreage, stream miles impacted by abandoned mine drainage (AMD), watershed boundaries, and other thematic areas of interest to the local municipalities.
Rob Lavelle, a May 2005 graduate from The Pennsylvania State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Geography with a considerable amount of GIS experience, who is originally from Jeannette, PA, a southwestern coalfield community in PA’s Bituminous Region, jumped at the opportunity to get a job a few months after graduating, to gain some real world practical experience in GIS with a leading non-profit organization in the field of abandoned mine reclamation, in EPCAMR, and at one of the most pro-active Conservation District’s in Northeastern PA. His salary will be $22,000 that is allowable under the grant. Rob will be making the transition from the soft coal region to the hard coal region in the coming months and EPCAMR and the LCD are hoping to introduce him to the Wyoming Valley and the surrounding coal field communities over the next year.
20 workshops are going to be conducted over the course of the year that will showcase some of the available data, information, layered themes, and land use data, that will be especially important to appointed officials that are in charge of Planning, Land Development, and Comprehensive Land Use Planning, Regional Planning, and Watershed Restoration, especially the Planning Commissions. EPCAMR will be looking for Host Municipalities that must have a considerable amount of abandoned mine lands and waterways impacted by AMD to allow 2 hour workshops that are currently being developed by EPCAMR. Those municipalities will be given first priority on the production of the FREE GIS Maps. Contact Rob Lavelle, EPCAMR GIS Municipal Outreach Technician for details at 570-674-3409. More details of the scope of work for the project can be found on the EPCAMR Municipal GIS Website.
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OUR 11TH YEAR!
The Annual Pennsylvania Conference on Abandoned Mine Reclamation will be held on July 13-16, 2009 at the University of Pittsburgh Campus in Johnstown, PA. Visit www.TreatMinewater.com for more details and previous conferences
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Volunteer With Us or Jumpstart Your Career
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Postal Address...
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Luzerne Conservation District
485 Smith's Pond Road
Shavertown, PA 18708
Phone: 570-674-7991
Fax : 570-674-7989
Directions
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