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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

Radiation

Radiation Waste 2019 2012

DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Joseph – individually and doing business as Joseph Contracting, John Joseph Contracting, and Perry Stone Supply LLC – to settle violations of the Solid Waste Management Act and Pennsylvania regulations that occurred between 2012 and 2015 in Dunbar, Perry, and South Union Townships, Fayette County.

Waste

Waste Natural Gas 2015 Radiation

DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

The last active well completed fracking on May 2, 2012. DEP’s investigation [also] revealed that ECA transferred drilling fluids from well site to well site long after the last well at these sites was completed, making these sites an unlawful waste transfer station.

2011

2011 2017 Waste Radiation

PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Robinson Center on Climate & Environmental Policy Related Article This Week: -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Infrastructure Based On Latest Science, Grand Jury Report [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: Nov.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Waste Radiation 2012

EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The site was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing in 2012 and has been inactive since 2017. The shale gas industry also shipped over 138,000 cubic feet of TENORM waste to secure low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in 2022 and over 911,000 cubic feet since 2017. Read more here.] [In

Natural Gas

Natural Gas 2017 Fossil Fuels Waste

Scott Perry No Longer DEP Deputy For Oil & Gas Management

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Perry and his team helped develop the first comprehensive state law-- Act 13 of 2012-- to regulate unconventional gas drilling and the first comprehensive regulations setting environmental protection standards for both conventional and unconventional drilling, although the conventional regulations were killed by the General Assembly.

Regulations

Regulations 2011 Environmental Protection Radiation

Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

The requirements in the bill cover oil and natural gas facilities, including wells, pipelines, pumping stations, compressor stations, power plants, natural gas processing plants or plants processing waste streams from oil and gas operations. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Commission.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Radiation Environmental Protection Regulations

17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection is now reviewing 17 conventional oil and gas drilling operators for their compliance with a self-certification program that allows the road dumping of drilling wastewater, according to Ali Tarquino Morris, Director of DEP’s Bureau Of Waste Management. of DEP’s regulations. Read more here.

Radiation

Radiation Waste Regulations Ocean

Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

Read more here ] Currently, shale gas facilities are permitted for air pollution emissions as stand-alone entities, but emissions from a new facility, when combined with other existing emission sources nearby, may result in dangerous exposure levels in the ambient air, which may cause adverse acute and chronic health impacts.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2025 Natural Gas

Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“I had a certain expectation that my water wouldn't be damaged, my house wouldn't be damaged, that this gross negligence wouldn't go on, that they wouldn't get fines from the DEP, that I wouldn't be exposed to radiation, I wouldn't be exposed to chemicals,” said Latkanich. So that's how we got off onto a bad footing,” said Latkanich.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas 2012 2013 Waste

2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- Radiation Levels In Storage Tank Prompt Decontamination: On June 28, DEP inspected the Sensinger shale gas well pad operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC in Franklin Township, Bradford County in response to a notification that over 800 gallons of production wastewater was released over a 10 day period on the well pad.

2023

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste

Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

2011), and the World Health Organization has recommended evaluating a separate health standard for black carbon exposure independent of other particle concentration measurements (World Health Organization 2012). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 (6): 709–42. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 (14): 8349–59.

Atmosphere

Atmosphere 2020 Carbon Emissions 2012

1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

-- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb. 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept.

Conservation

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change

The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

ICBMs certainly waste billions of dollars, but what makes them unique is the threat that they pose to all of humanity.” As far back as 2012, he recommended doing away with the ICBMs, taking US nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, and reducing the number of deployed US nuclear warheads—estimated at the time at 2,150 —to 900.

2012

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA inspectors found that the two companies failed to submit timely quadrennial reports regarding their imports of five chemical substances between 2012 and 2015 under the 2016 CDR Rule. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct. 6, 2021).]]

2021

2021 Toxic Substances Control Act 2020 2022

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County

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DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials

Scott Perry No Longer DEP Deputy For Oil & Gas Management

Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater

Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health

Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land

2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

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