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US DOT Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Announces Proposed Rules To Reduce Risk Of Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions

PA Environment Daily

Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan and President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, PHMSA is also directing funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) to modernize municipally- and community-owned natural gas distribution pipes.

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PUC Approves 2 Penalty Settlements With Columbia Gas Totaling $1.525 Million For A House Explosion In Washington County, 2 Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents In Franklin, Clarion Counties

PA Environment Daily

The Public Utility Commission recently approved two penalty settlements with Columbia Gas totaling $1,525,000 for a house explosion in Washington County and two natural gas pipeline over-pressurization incidents in Franklin and Clarion counties. Click Here for the complete announcement. Photo: Washington County home explosion.)

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DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec. 8, On Medical Leave; Jessica Shirley Named Interim Acting Secretary

PA Environment Daily

She joined the DEP Policy Office in 2011 and worked as the Policy Director and most recently served as the Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator for programs related to the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

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PUC Adopts Final Regulations Strengthening Operation, Construction Requirements For Intrastate Hazardous Liquids Pipelines

PA Environment Daily

The PUC’s amendments to Chapter 59 of Title 52 of Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Code do not apply to pipelines covered under Act 127 of 2011, the Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Act. However, the operations and maintenance, accident reporting, and public awareness regulations do apply to existing hazardous liquid pipeline facilities.

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2011, in AEP v. CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. 410 (2011). Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20. That description of the holding in AEP v.

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PUC Distributes $234 Million In Revenue From Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee

PA Environment Daily

On June 17, the Public Utility Commission posted detailed information about the distribution of 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee revenue from unconventional shale natural gas producers – totaling $234,437,575 – on the PUC’s Act 13 website. Since 2011, the Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee has resulted in total revenues of $2.258 billion.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.20.23

PA Environment Daily

Million Plan To Clean Up American Biodiesel Site Gutted In 2011 Fire -- Register Now! 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill [PaEN] -- Erie Times: DEP Launching Taxpayer-Funded $1.3 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill [PaEN] -- Erie Times: DEP Launching Taxpayer-Funded $1.3 PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct.