Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Read more here. Read more here.] Read more here.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. In July 2023, U.S.

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Brag

MAY 21, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a strategic plan for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) for fiscal years (FY) 2021-2023. Bergeson and Carla N. ” The strategic plan includes new vision, mission, and values statements for OPPT.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the July 1 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin soliciting applications to extend vouchers for Driving PA Forward Onroad Cleaner Diesel Vehicle Program projects issued in 2021-2022 to allow for the completion of those projects. Posted: June 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Brag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Under a November 20, 2023, final order of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), Ultium Cells LLC (Ultium) and General Motors Company (GM) have entered into a consent agreement with EPA concerning alleged violations of Section 5(a)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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Brag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On November 24, 2023, the U.S. In the proposed rule, EPA states that after receiving additional comments following the issuance of the The post EPA Proposes to Amend PBT Rules for decaBDE and PIP (3:1) appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection submitted a list of 27,230 abandoned and orphaned conventional oil and gas wells to the US Department of the Interior as part of the federally-funded conventional well plugging program. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocated $4.7

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a February 27 hearing on the Helix Ironwood gas-fired power plant Title V Air Quality Permit renewal for the facility located in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. ( PA Bulletin, page 176 ) The hearing will be held at the DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave.

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On November 2, 2023, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit) issued its decision in Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Ass’n v. 2023) regarding the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops (Decision). 22-1422 (8th Cir. The court concluded that the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 29 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 29 PA Bulletin of an NPDES Water Quality Permit appeal final settlement regarding the U.S. 2022- 003-R]. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Elder Vogel (R-Beaver) at the March 22 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on DEP’s budget request , the Department of Environmental Protection said it is projecting a $1,581,000 deficit in funding for the Oil and Gas Regulation Program. In response to questions from Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While the PUC was collecting and analyzing comments from 30 groups, the Department of Environmental Protection convened energy storage stakeholders on advancing energy storage more broadly in Pennsylvania. Photo: Eos Energy Storage , Pittsburgh) [Posted: September 15, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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E2 Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

In February, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that the Environmental Hearing Board could award attorneys’ fees and litigation costs to a prevailing third-party appellant under the Clean Streams Law. 73 MAP 2021 (Pa. Clean Air Council v. Prot’n , No. Click here to read the full article.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2023

The departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection would participate in the new program to provide veterans with apprenticeship training and the opportunity to enter the workforce in the sustainability sector. billion annually in economic activity. The economic activity figure includes $32.8

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. Read more here.] barrels of oil.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Act 54 Report The Council has been working on comments on DEP’s 2013-2018 Act 54 Report detailing environmental and property impacts of underground coal mining since the report was first available in December 2021. Posted: May 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest Read more here. Read more here. Department of Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Gas pipeline companies like Adelphia Gateway and the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line have argued, with the support of the Department of Environmental Protection which is defending permits it issued, the federal Natural Gas Act gives the federal Third Circuit Court exclusive jurisdiction in appeals of DEP permits for gas pipeline facilities.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Environmental groups are asking the federal appellate courts to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to grant Louisiana primacy over Class VI injection wells. The decision came after four public hearings between 2021 and 2023, and review of over 45,000 public comments.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the September 17 PA Bulletin -- The Department of Environmental Protection issued a public notice on September 17 banning the sale of electronic devices made by Linsay Digital, Azulle Tech, Gigabyte Technology and Evervue USA, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 6009 ). Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 19 PA Bulletin has banned the sale of electronic products by Proexpress Distribution, LLC in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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Nanotech

DECEMBER 22, 2021

On December 17, 2021, Canada published the Chemicals Management Plan implementation table for 2021- 2024. Continue to conduct assessments, including for titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, between 2021 and 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On February 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells along Scrubgrass Road in Scott Township, Allegheny County. DEP’s inspection report gave the operator until April 12, 2021 to submit a plan for bringing the well into compliance.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 213 ) According to Equitrans, CONSOL has plans to mine coal above and around the Equitrans Hunters Cave and Swarts Natural Gas Storage Fields over the next several decades. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on February 24, 2023 -- Many state lawmakers long ago abandoned their constitutional duty to preserve the environment by instead representing the natural gas industry. Now, a report by the state Department of Environmental Protection reflects that legislative malpractice.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 10, the Environmental Hearing Board denied a motion by Olympus Energy, supported by the Department of Environmental Protection , to declare an appeal of two shale gas permits in Westmoreland County filed by Protect PT as moot because the wells have already been drilled and fracked. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

Pennsylvania released the Litter Action Plan in 2021. PalmettoPride, South Carolina’s anti-litter organization, will release a litter study in 2023. This study was funded in part by the Department of Environmental Protection. The 2023 Pick Up Pennsylvania Initiative will be held March 1 thru May 31.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

A 2021 UCS study quantified the impact of nitrates—a by-product of nitrogen-based fertilizers—in drinking water in Iowa, a state heavily impacted by farm runoff. The results range from localized drinking water contamination to ecological and economic damage in water bodies far from the source of the pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21). A DEP research project in 2021 identified significant areas of Pennsylvania impacted by coal-mine methane emissions.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Half of all ARBOCs must provide direct environmental benefits to the state of California. These design features include: Doubling the annual cap decline from 2 to 4 percent from 2021 to 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

On January 25, Bob Donnan’s Blog reported the Department of Environmental Protection fined Valley Brook Country Club in Washington County $37,500 for a pesticide runoff discharge that killed The incident happened on July 14-15, 2021 and involved the fungicide Chlorothalonil that is known to be toxic to fish.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. On September 12, 2023, Equitrans began plugging the well. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad. There are 12 shale gas wells producing natural gas on the Kropp Well Pad.

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