PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. within one-half mile). Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper in August of 2021 on the issue of requiring natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Spoiler-- the answer is-- no.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the October 29 PA Bulletin that it has leased 176 acres of Susquehanna River streambed to SWN Natural Gas Production Company in Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County for $704,000.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2022

mile pipeline that starts in Butler County, and is routed through Beaver and Allegheny counties, and connects to a natural gas processing plant in Washington County. Today we’re upholding our oath to our constitution and holding Energy Transfer accountable for their crimes against our natural resources.” Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On September 27, Bryn Hammarstrom, from the Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group , expressed concerns with locating a Seneca Resources shale gas well pad on State Forest Land to accommodate taking natural gas from private land in Tioga County. But State Forest land does not exist in isolation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

NewsClip: -- AP: Attorney General’s Staff Meets With Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Indicating Movement On Criminal Case Against Shale Gas Driller Related Articles: -- EQB To Meet Nov. It’s Up To The Feds - By Mark Szybist , Natural Resources Defense Council [PaEN] [Posted: November 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 14 to 20 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. The deadline for applications is April 5.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On November 22, the FracTracker Alliance announced the seven winners of the 2022 Community Sentinel Award For Environmental Stewardship. NewsClip: -- AP: Attorney General’s Staff Meets With Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Indicating Movement On Criminal Case Against Shale Gas Driller Related Articles This Week: -- EQB To Meet Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

On September 9, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined the Friends of Delaware Canal to celebrate the Delaware Canal State Park Towpath as Pennsylvania’s 2022 Trail of the Year. “We 9 & 16 [PaEN] [Posted: September 9, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Natural Resources Defense Council released a new report illustrating how the PJM Interconnection plans to speed up the queue for new generation projects will likely be insufficient for states committed to renewable portfolio standard requirements. They include solar, wind or energy storage facilities. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hamm, Flick Address Concerns In Legislature, Including Extending Safety Zones Around Natural Gas Infrastructure -- Williamsport Sun: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 27, the Department of Environmental Protection reported it has so far issued two formal notices of violations for water pollution discharges occurring at the Pennsylvania General Energy Loyalsock/Shawnee natural gas pipeline and water withdrawal construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Lycoming County. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

As an environmental organization, we have accepted the ‘fact’ of our state’s natural gas leases, but have worked for the past 15 years to minimize the disruption and damage caused to our state forest by Seneca’s industrial-scale footprint. Photo: Example of Pine Creek Watershed shale gas drilling industry impacts, FracTracker Alliance.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

An October 13 inspection by the Department of Environmental Protection again found multiple violations of the state Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act at the PA General Energy Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

The Pennsylvania Department of Health chose the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to undertake the studies The data collection for these studies concluded in September 2022. The University of Pittsburgh's public-facing website for the studies has not been updated since then. Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1

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Energy & the Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The effective date is January 1, 2022. SB1259 hoses (can’t think of a dignified term) royalty owners by amending Natural Resources Code §91.402 to deny a common-law cause of action for breach of contract against a payor who withholds payments for a title dispute. It amends the Property Code, Water Code and Occupations Code.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2023

In 2022, a team representing Pennsylvania from Penncrest High School placed 10th in the international competition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read more here. Contact the Penncrest school for more information about team members and advisors.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Read more here (2022). Penalties For Abandoning Wells The six operators penalized $215,690 in 2023 for well abandonment were-- -- Allegheny Natural Resources Inc.: DEP inspection report ] -- Dannic Energy Corp: Administrative Orders-- (2022 violations) -- Cupec 1 - Butler County, Fairview Twp. [

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Today, Pennsylvania is now facing the consequences of this corporate greed, of this legacy, of an industry that made a buck off of our natural resources and got away with abandoning gas wells without properly plugging them. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. Some of the wells were leaking natural gas. DEP originally issued a notice of violation on October 25, 2023 for venting “gas to the atmosphere that produced a hazard to the public health and safety” as well as for defective casing and cementing.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

On September 26, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced hunters and outdoors enthusiasts heading into Pennsylvania’s state-owned woodlands this autumn will find additional roads open in 18 of the 20 state forest districts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Wolf’s administration allocated $3 million for studies to explore the potential health effects of the shale gas industry, taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of childhood cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state. Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance System reports conventional oil and gas drillers were issued 77 notices of violation for attempting to abandon wells without plugging them in the first three months of 2022. The companies included Catalyst Energy, Frontier National Resources, Mieka LLC, Pin Oak Energy and Range Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

When we first started Eyes On Shell in early 2022, there was more concern about lighting than anything else,” said Terrie Baumgardner, Outreach Coordinator in Beaver County for the Clean Air Council. The emergency flaring of natural gas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

. -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the October 29 PA Bulletin that it has leased 176 acres of Susquehanna River submerged lands to SWN Natural Gas Production Company in Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County for $704,000.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by natural gas drillers. In 2022, CFA invested $18.2 The deadline for applications is May 31. million in 130 projects. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the U.S.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a “supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking,” calling for comments on air pollution standards for control of methane emissions from new and existing facilities in the oil and natural gas industry. See 87 Fed. 74,702 (Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On November 23, the FracTracker Alliance released its fourth watershed oil and gas drilling impact analysis in the Susquehanna River Basin, this one for the Towanda and Schrader Creek watersheds. The teams also documented natural gas leaks from the Taylor Compressor Station in Bradford County. Williams, Esq.,

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

9/20/2022). Specifically, the defendants argued that neither the Natural Gas Act nor any regulation or regulatory policy, such as the Shipper-Must-Have-Title policy, creates a private right of action. The Court’s analysis began by explaining the history that led to Congress passing the Natural Gas Act in 1938.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On December 6, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell announced the Commonwealth has reached a settlement with Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., ?that NewsClips: -- PA Cap-Star: Sunoco To Pay $4.3

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

DEP issued the most penalties against EQT Corporation and related companies-- $1,120,135; followed by Equitrans -related companies-- $419,740; CNX -related companies-- $385,403; Range Resources Appalachia - $182,900; and Diversified Production- related companies-- $89,100. Butler County; -- Roulette Oil & Gas, Inc.:

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

And earlier this year, a group of natural gas, petrochemical, and steel companies announced a hydrogen hub project here in the Ohio River Valley. Natural gas contains methane, which can be used to produce hydrogen energy.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

PA Bulletin, page 7302 ) Waste Permits -- SWN Production Company - Colwell West Water Transfer Facility: DEP invites comments on WMGR123 General Permit application for processing, transfer and use of oil and gas liquid waste in New Milford Twp., PA Bulletin, page 7309 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. - Butler County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

21 Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Weekly Summary From November 19 through 25, DEP inspections resulted in reporting 63 violations of environmental regulations-- 24 major violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 14 major violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. conventional - Erie County; EQT Prod Co. Williams, Esq.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

9 & 16 [PaEN] [Posted: September 9, 2022] PA Environment Digest 3 Statewide Grant Workshop For Recreation & Conservation Projects; Special Fall Grant Round [PaEN] -- WeConservePA Hosts 2-Part Grant Writing Workshop Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by natural gas drillers. Million [Posted: January 27, 2022] PA Environment Digest [Note: New grant guidelines for the Act 13 Programs were approved by the CFA on January 26, so read them carefully.] Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the U.S.

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