PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 20, the Clean Air Council , Moms Clean Air Force and Earthworks will host a webinar on federal waste emission charges to be assessed on the oil and gas industry from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed its Waste Emissions Charge for oil and gas operators as required by federal law.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for the Portland Power, LLC Power Plant at a public hearing set for July 10 for the facility located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. ( Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On November 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced that $21,600 of the $39,100 civil penalty arising from the former Cheswick coal-fired power plant demolition project in June will benefit Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, LLC, Controlled Demolition, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it collected $62,475 from Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, LLC to address violations of Pennsylvania’s Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

. — Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new law in Wisconsin will fund more sustainable, watershed friendly farming methods. Ohio residents, fearing their drinking water will be contaminated by increasing amounts of fracking waste, are standing up to oil companies and injection-well owners.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, because the Ontario government now has no effective assessment or safeguards of its own that cover key environmental and social necessities, a declaration that the current language of the Impact Assessment Act is invalid could, theoretically, create a temporary gap in the law.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

trillion litres of toxic industrial waste to accumulate for over five decades, but now wants us to believe a steering committee with no decision-making power can resolve the issue. Environmental protection laws must be enforced in response to incidents like last year’s major spill and leak from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the December 16 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice of 2024 meetings of its advisory committees, boards and commissions and contact persons for each group in the December 16 PA Bulletin. All through its eNotice system.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

Randomly selected individual on-site drill cutting and wastewater disposal plans submitted by conventional oil and gas drillers call for drilling wastes to be “dispersed directly to the environment,” according to a review by PA Environment Digest. Ph and conductivity will be tested and reported according to regulations.”

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. In the meantime, the Environmental Protection Agency remains the primary enforcement authority for Class VI wells. 1, issue 1, sagetech.org.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water. The township does have a law requiring a septic system inspection when a house sells. water systems are aging. But it was too much.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

In remarks before DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council , Tom Pike, an Environmental Policy Advocate with Protect PT, said -- “ProtectPT is requesting that the PA Department of Environmental Protection revise its rules on road spreading of gas industry waste. “We Read more here. These actions remain valid today.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million litres of industrial waste into the environment. Despite this, a year later, Imperial Oil has not faced charges or penalties under the Fisheries Act or provincial environmental protection laws. “It million litres of industrial waste. One of the incidents spilled 5.3

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2024

Waste Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the waste permit renewal for the Kelly Run Landfill in Forward Township, Allegheny County. You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Wyoming County. (

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Pearce , and Guy Jack Mathews The Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) mandates a two-part “corrective action” regime: Permits for any “solid waste management unit” (SWMU) at a “treatment, storage or disposal facility” (TSDF) must require “corrective action” for all releases of “hazardous waste” or “hazardous constituents,” “regardless of (..)

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2023

The proposal to regulate PFAS as a class of chemicals allows the government to more effectively address the human health and environmental harms associated with these thousands of chemicals in products. PFAS are a group of thousands of chemicals that are linked with adverse human and environmental health effects.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

8, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ ANPRM Notice ”) addressing possible future regulation of pyrolysis and gasification units under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The EPA set Nov. 8, 2021, as the deadline to submit public comments.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In the 1970s, as concerns about hazardous waste management were growing, several responsible companies asked what is now the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection what they should do with their waste. CERCLA case law says yes. My favorite example remains the Cannons Engineering Corporation sites.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1121 ) Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act consent order and agreements related to the Topton Site in the Borough of Topton, Berks County. ( Read more here. All through its eNotice system.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Clearly, there is significant non-compliance with relevant laws in the conventional oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania. Why The Assessment? DEP’s assessment was promised by Gov. Read more here. “The Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

Klapkowski said DEP will be reviewing its regulations and requirements in the first two categories to strengthen them and do a financial evaluation for the third program in an attempt to qualify for these grants, however, DEP is still waiting for U.S. “It Read More Here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 8 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its intent to issue a Title V Air Quality permit for the Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5205 ) -- 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. ( Montgomery County.

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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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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. The claims that Pennsylvania has the toughest oil and gas regulations in the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. The proposed regulations clearly adhere to that framework, fully comporting with a plain reading of the text. From March 25 to March 27, 2024, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

Tophole water could still be land applied at the well drilling site, according to DEP’s regulations. Attempts To Regulate Road Dumping Failed “There have been attempts to regulate the road dumping of conventional wastewater before to reduce its environmental and health impacts. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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Acoel

JUNE 5, 2024

Because of a well-publicized breach of CCR dikes at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee in December 2008, USEPA started to focus on federal CCR regulation. Utility Solid Waste Activities Group v. The final regulations confirmed a broad scope under the defined term “CCR Management Unit.” EPA, 901 F. 3d 414, (D.C. 89 FR 38950.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The agenda for the December 1 DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting includes updates on Chapter 78 regulation changes, the new federal abandoned well plugging program and more. The second draft of the second package-- dealing primarily with waste disposal, handling and similar requirements-- also was not completed.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I've directed the Department of Environmental Protection to take any and all necessary enforcement actions against these companies to be able to recover what we can from them to support this important work. “We Stronger State Laws Needed In response to a question from the media, Gov. Click Here to watch a video of the event.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As of February 17, the Department of Environmental Protection reported 4,425 owners of 61,655 conventional oil and gas wells-- 57.5 percent of all conventional wells-- failed to submit their annual production and waste generation and disposal reports. Where did it go?

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Law of the Lands

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE RURAL VOICE : Section 156(1) of Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act (“EPA”) authorizes a provincial officer, without a warrant or court order, to inspect any location in which or from which a contaminant “is being, has been or may be discharged in to the natural environment.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. Approximately 2,100 to 4,200 gallons of heavy brine were released onto the ground and into conveyance channels and wetlands near the site, violating the Solid Waste Management Act.

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