Monday, June 5, 2023

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.5.23

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House holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) on environmental justice and permitting. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch onlineRead more here.

TODAY 10:00: House Transportation Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 115 (Stefano-R-Fayette) adopting a 100-hour diesel oil change requirement for underground coal mining equipment (Senate Fiscal Note & Summary). Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online

TODAY Off the Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 691 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) dropping ‘Protection’ from the name of the Department of Environmental Protection [Don’t Take The Bait].  Rules Room.  Off the Floor.  No video coverage.

TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia)  requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment  and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.  A hearing on the bill is set for June 5 by the Committee.  Read more here; House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D- Delaware) requires hydrogen producing companies to sequester a larger proportion of carbon emissions to receive a tax credit under state Act 108 (sponsor summary); House Bill 1282 (Vitali-D-Delaware) excluding cryptocurrency mining operations from state Computer Data Center Equipment Tax Credit (sponsor summary); House Bill 1172 (Daley-D-Montgomery) expanding the use of alkaline hydrolysis cremation (sponsor summary); House Resolution 119 (Krueger-D-Delaware) designating June 1, 2023 as “Skip The Straw Day” in Pennsylvania (sponsor summary);  House Resolution 131 (Steele-D-Allegheny) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to estimate how much revenue Pennsylvania could have collected by adopting a natural gas severance tax since February 2012 (sponsor summary). Room 140 Main Capitol. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch onlineRead more here.

TUESDAY 9:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 791 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) establishing measures to prevent the theft of vehicle catalytic converters (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online

TUESDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Join the meeting online via Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 263 297 138 720, Passcode: GHdMY2 or Conference Call: (267) 332-8737 Passcode: 604335681#.  Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-6395 or twallace@pa.gov.

TUESDAY 11:00:  Senate Health and Human Services Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 514 (Baker-R-Luzerne) requiring child testing for lead blood levels (sponsor summary). Room 8E-A East Wing. 11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

TUESDAY 12:30: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Cindy Adams Dunn to be Secretary of DCNR.  Room 8E-B East Wing.  12:30.  Click Here to watch online.

WEDNESDAY 9:30:  Tentative. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational briefing on carbon capture.  Room 8E-B East Wing.  9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


-- June 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - June 5  [PaEN]


-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: PA State Budget: Guide To What’s On The Table, What Comes Next, How To Follow Along


-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: It’s Crunch Time In Harrisburg As State Budget Season Goes Into Full Swing


-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]


-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells  [PaEN] 


-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline To Be Completed By End Of 2023


-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit


-- TribLive: Amid Dusty Cleanup, Springdale Residents Remain Unsettled In Wake Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosions


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Arconic Is Approaching Its Environmental And Social Goals


-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality? 


-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week 


-- Courier Times: Are The Feds Done Dumping Delaware River Dredge On Burlington Island?


-- Citizens Voice: Volunteer Has Advice For Keeping Roadways Clean - Recycle


-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Garbage, It’s Time To Pass A Bill That Gets Serious About Litter


-- WESA: Allegheny County To Start Mosquito Treatment Monday


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Nine Mile Run Watershed Assn. Organizes Petition Opposed To New Craft Apartment Project Near Frick Park


-- Republican Herald: - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23  


-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- AP: Saudi Arabia Slashing Oil Production Could Mean Higher Gasoline Prices For US Drivers  [Oil/Natural Gas Prices Set By Foreign Markets, Not U.S.]


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: PA State Budget: Guide To What’s On The Table, What Comes Next, How To Follow Along

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: It’s Crunch Time In Harrisburg As State Budget Season Goes Into Full Swing

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA’s Primary Election Revealed Two Democratic Parties

-- York Daily Record: Behind The Hold-Up Of Shapiro’s Nominee For Secretary Of State

-- Post-Gazette: New Report Finds Enrollment And State Funding Of PA Colleges Continues To Decline

-- TribLive: Idea For ‘Mister Rogers’ Themed Lego Set Winning Support

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[Posted:  June 5, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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