PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for information on reviewing the permit and instructions on submitting comments. ( 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 14-17, Including Duquesne Light, West Penn Power, Penn Power [PaEN] [Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Radiation 76

Radiation 2023 Environmental Protection 2021 76

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

So far in 2023, DEP issued Repsol Oil and Gas 53 notices of violations at more than a dozen shale gas well pads, including several on DCNR State Forest drilling sites. The inspection reports note these violations at this location for these two wells have continued since they were first discovered on May 23, 2017.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas 2017 Atmosphere Radiation 98

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 201 ) Groundwater Contamination As recently as December 13, 2023, DEP conducted the latest in a series of inspections at the George Reade 1 well site and found Equitrans still has not resolved ground and surface water pollution issues related to plugging the well. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (

Natural Gas 101

Natural Gas 2023 Radiation 2018 101

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

30 to Jan. 27 Hearing On Helix Ironwood Gas-Fired Power Plant Air Quality Permit Renewal, Lebanon County [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Advisory For Western Region Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan. 14-17, Including Duquesne Light, West Penn Power, Penn Power [PaEN] [Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas 59

Natural Gas 2023 Radiation 2018 59

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The EHB opinion says Olympus Energy drilled, fracked and completed the wells between August 22, 2023 and October 13, 2023. On October 20, 2023, Olympus Energy filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. The motion was supported by a memorandum from DEP. Read more here. 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan.

2023 93

2023 2022 2021 Radiation 93

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets. So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. They're not even required to tell you. Kids put everything in their mouth.

Waste 84

Waste Radiation Regulations Recycling 84

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The results of the study-- Toxicity And Chemical Composition Of Commercial Road Palliatives Versus Oil and Gas Produced Waters -- were published in the Journal Environmental Pollution on July 13, 2023. PA Road Dumping Problem In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping.

Waste 98

Waste Regulations 2016 2018 98

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2024

Notices of violation were also issued for failure to restore the well site and failure to submit production and waste reports for 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Rimeer 4). In 2023, DEP issued more than 64 notices of violation to John B. and found them to be abandoned and not plugged. Allshouse, Jr., PA Bulletin, page 201 ) Read more here.

2024 64

2024 Natural Gas 2020 2023 64

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County [PaEN] -- DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb.

Air Pollution 102

Air Pollution Natural Gas 2023 Environmental Protection 102

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Among the issues raised by the appellants in their original appeal were-- concerns the landfill’s operation would attract birds and interfere with the operation of the nearby Grove City Airport; that the oil and gas drilling wastes the landfill was allowed to accept presented a radiation hazard; and the landfill’s compliance history.

2024 111

2024 Natural Gas 2023 Waste 111

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste DEP Sets Feb. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Conservation Natural Resources Fossil Fuels 80

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Phoenix Well Pad, Duncan Twp.,

2023 116

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 116

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. DEP issued 1,360 NOVs to unconventional shale gas well operators in 2022 and 1,323 NOVs in 2021, according to DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Hall Well Pad, Springfield Twp.,

2023 115

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 115

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Residual Waste General Permit WMGR163 , mandated by the General Assembly, allows “temporary” oil and gas liquid waste processing, storage and transfer facilities for unconventional oil and gas operations to “pop-up” within 300 feet of dwellings with no advanced public notice was published in the June 25 PA Bulletin as final.

Waste 95

Waste Radiation Natural Gas Regulations 95

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

2023 106

2023 Natural Gas Natural Resources Law 106

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 435 notices of violation to 87 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them so far in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

2023 118

2023 Natural Gas Natural Resources Law 118

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Revenue from the 2023 Act 13 impact was already down 25%-- $105 million-- from the year before. DEP’s inspection report also includes violations for failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports. The violation says Keystone failed to report selling water to EQT Corporation on two dates in 2021.

2024 107

2024 2020 Natural Gas Radiation 107

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Posted: July 23, 2023] PA Environment Digest When Do You Evacuate? Cumberland County Makes Switch To Solar Energy -- PA Solar Center Seeking Lodestar Award Nominations For Chester County [PaEN] -- Crop Exhibits, Solar Energy, Hay Contest Featured At Penn State Ag Progress Days Aug.

Natural Gas 65

Natural Gas Conservation Waste Natural Resources 65

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

More recently, a trio of studies in Pennsylvania released in August 2023 show that children living near fracking wells have much worse asthma and five to seven times the risk of lymphoma, which is a type of cancer. The deep earth is not just full of hydrocarbon vapors, but also full of radiation. They are also born smaller.

Natural Gas 115

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2002 2014 115

Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA and plaintiffs challenging the January 2021 TSCA risk management rule for the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decide) filed a joint motion in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to set a briefing schedule for the challenge.[[N:Alaska 21-70168 (9th Cir.)]] The proceedings had been stayed since April 2021 at EPA’s request.

2021 52

2021 Toxic Substances Control Act 2020 Regulations 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Posted: April 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

Earth Day 84

Earth Day Natural Gas Clean Energy Waste 84

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Radiation In Oil & Gas Wastewater A study released in May 2022 by Penn State University found conventional drilling wastewater spread on roads in Pennsylvania contains concentrations of barium, strontium, lithium, iron, manganese that exceed human-health based criteria and levels of radioactive radium that exceed industrial discharge standards.

Natural Gas 143

Natural Gas Radiation Waste Carbon Monoxide 143

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

When Do You Evacuate?

Conservation 91

Conservation Natural Gas Waste Electricity 91

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

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Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Renewable Energy Conservation Electricity 64

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The PA Environment Digest included 4,258 new stories in 2023 about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! 27 Released 1.1

Conservation 111

Conservation 2023 Natural Gas Waste 111

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In December 2021, nearly 700 scientists and engineers, including 21 Nobel laureates, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to consider eliminating the ICBMs because they create “the risk of a mistaken launch in response to a false warning” and “provide no military capability that is not provided by SLBMs at sea….”

2012 284

2012 2017 Politics 2020 284

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

In 2023, PJM implemented winter readiness measures beyond its annual Cold Weather Preparation Guideline and Checklist, seasonal fuel and emissions surveys, and other operations and planning steps.

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Electricity Conservation 2023 93

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

Conservation 107

Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 107