PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Lara Fowler , chief sustainability officer at Penn State, director of Penn State Sustainability, and teaching professor of law, will give the talk, “Decarbonizing Penn State: How Does Law, Policy, and Financing Fit In?” at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Since 2016, ACCD has established more than 17 acres of riparian buffers, or young streamside forests of native trees and shrubs, across 11 municipalities to protect water resources, stabilize streambanks and provide wildlife habitat. These trees will help reduce flooding and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Improperly installed casing or ineffective cementing of wells will allow these liquids and chemicals to escape and damage well integrity, cause natural gas migration, groundwater and air contamination and create explosion hazards at wells and “frack-outs” in surrounding areas. PA Tract 8548H (2021) -- STL Resources LLC - Gallagher Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

On April 19, the PA Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning a Commonwealth Court decision that blocked the ability of the Department of Environmental Protection to protect public resources and playgrounds from the adverse impacts of unconventional shale gas well operations. In fact, Gov. Read more here. [In

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

As a matter of law, the Court also held the County improperly relied on the existing facilities exemption for the project. or if the public agency failed to give the notice required by law.” Existing Facilities Exemption Did Not Apply As A Matter of Law. Factual/Procedural Background. Applying the holding of Tomlinson v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Some go back to 2016, but the actual enforcement action took place in 2023. 2016 violations) [reports not available] -- ETUX 662-2 - Washington County, Nottingham Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,193 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. DEP issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022 (through February).

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 8, 2016

Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship. Columbia Law School. 6-27, 2016?. Annual Sabin Colloquium will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars and from each other. University of Utah College of Law. ?John

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

(NJ-7), Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-8) , and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19), highlighting the importance of investing in our critical natural resource, the Delaware River Watershed.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf in a formal statement published in the July 30 PA Bulletin and comes in the wake of the Governor allowing House Bill 2644 to become law without his signature. The evaluation was outlined by Gov. Read more here. Evidence on this count is discouraging. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Read more here. Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp.,

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v. United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Wolf signed House Bill 2528 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) into law that would set aside 20 percent of the new federal funding to plug conventional oil and gas wells for a new Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program. That law also makes clear only the General Assembly can increase that amount, not DEP by regulation. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

PJM Interconnection had identified grid congestion across the Pennsylvania-Maryland border and concluded that such congestion had led to approximately $800 million in costs from 2012 to 2016. PJM approved the project in 2016 and entered into an agreement with Transource’s parent company allocating responsibilities for the project.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

“The Coalition commends Senator Carper, Representative Blunt Rochester, and Representative Fitzpatrick for reintroducing the Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act to continue supporting the Basin through critical funding, bolstering our ability to protect and preserve this beloved natural resource for future generations.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2022

Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) said at the meeting the bill is designed to lock in place inadequate well bonding amounts that only the General Assembly can change in law, which they have never done. The EQB is empowered by law to make these changes. The vote was seven to four with all Republicans supporting, all Democrats opposed.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

16-30009, 2016 WL 6810728, at *1 (5th Cir. 17, 2016), a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently limited the effect of the collateral source rule in a maritime employee’s personal injury action against a non-employer. In DePerrodil v. Bozovic Marine, Inc. ,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 3091 ) -- Calpine Mid-Merit LLC - Natural Gas-fired Power Plant: DEP approved modifications to two Air Quality Permits for a project to increase the rated output of the facility from 760 MW to 830 MW located in Peach Bottom Twp., Bradford County. ( York County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. (

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

On September 30, 2016, Governor John Bel Edwards sued Attorney General Jeff Landry to compel him to approve several contracts between the Governor’s office and private legal counsel. On October 17, 2016, the presiding District Judge denied the Governor’s request and refused to force the Attorney General to approve the Governor’s contracts.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Of Labor Electric Vehicle Apprenticeship Program Coming To Pittsburgh Upcoming Events -- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: New Law Limits Grass Fertilizer In PA; Free Sept. 19 Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

2016) by adopting a new rule of construction: when an antiquated oil and gas conveyance contains double fractions that include one-eighth, a rebuttable presumption arises that the parties intended for “one-eighth” to reflect the entire mineral estate, though that presumption may only be rebutted by language present in the instrument itself.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Moreover, in July 2016, BSEE increased the maximum daily penalty rate from $40,000 to $42,017. [2] Wiegand, “INCs, Civil Penalties, and the Appeals Process,” 2016 NO. 7 (2016). [1] Wiegand, “INCs, Civil Penalties, and the Appeals Process,” 2016 NO. 7 (2016). [1] 1 RMMLF-INST PAPER NO. 1 RMMLF-INST PAPER NO.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2025

Unconventional oil and gas wastewater is now prohibited by 2016 DEP regulations from being dumped on roads. The bill would put that ban into law. House Bill 84 was referred to the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee. Read more here. Vitali serves as the Majority Chair of the Committee.

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The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

Texas, however, has enacted a state law expressly preempting local authority over a number of drilling activities. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P. City of Longmont v.

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The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2016

2016-N01, dated July 12, 2016, takes effect on September 12, 2016 and supersedes and replaces NTL No. 2016-N01, the NTL implementation timeline, and information regarding the BOEM workshops can be found at the links below. New BOEM NTL No. While NTL No. While NTL No. Under new NTL No. A copy of NTL No.

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Acoel

JANUARY 4, 2023

Madison established that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” At that time, the leading case on judicial review of agency interpretations of the law, Skidmore v. Is ambiguity too subjective, malleable, or amorphous to determine what the law is, and who decides?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

Existing Statutory Authority With respect to whether the Environmental Quality Board had authority under state law to promulgate the regulation-- ‘The Court cannot conclude that Petitioners’ argument in this regard presents a substantial legal question, let alone establishes a clear right to relief or a likelihood of prevailing on the merits.’

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Clearly, there is significant non-compliance with relevant laws in the conventional oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania. The bad news is that the resources and enforcement tools and techniques available to the Department have not made an appreciable dent in compliance rates and numbers over the past five years.” Why The Assessment?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council , provided an overview of a report issued by NRDC in July-- A Hot Fracking Mess: How Weak Regulation of Oil And Gas Production Leads to Radioactive Waste in our Water, Air, and Communities. According to a 2016 U.S. Our responsibility is to implement those laws.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Non-Compliance The Norm Non-compliance with regulations and the law is not an isolated event with conventional well owners. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

On May 3, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn visited Moraine State Park in Butler County to tour the park and to call attention to the park’s infrastructure need, also highlighting how pandemic recovery funds could be used to address outdated facilities and public safety preparedness across the state.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 6, 2016

12] Finally the Court stated that “[t]he legislature well may have intended to provide greater protections for landowners who typically are not as sophisticated as, or have the available resources of, individuals or entities that procure mineral leases.” [13] Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2012. [1] Hilcorp II. [14]

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

Wolf in a formal statement published in the July 30 PA Bulletin and comes in the wake of the Governor allowing House Bill 2644 to become law without his signature. From 2016 to 2021 DEP approved 721 waste disposal plans using “dusting” involving an estimated 70,000 tons of drill cuttings per 1,500 feet of hole [ Read more here.]

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MARCH 9, 2022

In 2016, the project was renewed and the City prepared a new initial study and then a draft environmental impact report (as well as recirculated draft EIR) before preparing the final EIR. The court found these to be sufficiently specific, detailed, and mandatory so as to be enforceable and lawful mitigation measures.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2017

Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2012. 2016-C-2181 (2017). [2] 9/28/2016), 2016 WL 5404650 [3] See id. [4] 2016 WL 1179206 (W.D. La 2016) (finding that only unleased mineral owners are entitled to 103.1 The Energy Law Blog (October 6, 2016), available at [link] [5] XXI Oil & Gas , at p.

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