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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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

million from the state Department of Natural Resources. million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans. In the News FISH STICKS: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources approved $1.7

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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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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We need governments to regulate industry. Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry.

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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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Klapkowski explained that for more than two years, DEP has been in the process of updating conventional oil and gas environmental protection and waste disposal and handling standards, after the last comprehensive update was “abrogated” by the General Assembly in 2016. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Follow-Up At Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Background As recently as September 20, DEP told the Citizens Advisory Council road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater still does not meet the state’s residual waste regulations and remains illegal. 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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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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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 last draft of the waste handling regulation update was posted by DEP in September, 2021. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

DEP prohibited the road dumping of shale gas drilling wastewater in 2016 regulations. DEP Updating Conventional Regulations In spite of the fact it is illegal to dump conventional oil and gas wastewater on roads, it is still happening unabated in conventional oil and gas drilling areas of the state, according to local citizen reports.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The study included test results for 17 different dust suppressants for dirt roads and winter road treatments, including five different sources of brine water pumped from conventional oil and gas wells-- three conventional well brine waters regulated by DEP and two sources of brine water pumped from played-out conventional wells.

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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., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2025

Road dumping of conventional oil and gas wastewater can now be allowed under DEPs Residual Waste Regulations as a co-product, but DEP has not approved any co-product determinations for this practice so it is illegal. Unconventional oil and gas wastewater is now prohibited by 2016 DEP regulations from being dumped on roads.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The new changes also include provisions prohibiting grants going to conventional oil and gas companies that have any unresolved violations of environmental laws and regulations, something missing entirely from the July statute. That law also makes clear only the General Assembly can increase that amount, not DEP by regulation.

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The Energy Law

MAY 12, 2016

On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2016

15-290, 2016 WL 3041052 (U.S. May 31, 2016). The Corps’ definition of whether property constitutes “waters of the United States” is significant because the Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into “the waters of the United States.” Army Corps of Engineers v. See , 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(7), (12).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

DEP has also taken the step of advising municipalities in writing that road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal-- since it doesn’t meet Residual Waste Regulation requirements. Read more here. Is it Useful? Read more here. No charges have been announced, yet.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 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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The Energy Law

AUGUST 18, 2016

Parts 192 and 195 (2016). There are a number of pipelines that were informally abandoned prior to the abandonment regulations taking effect. This clarification comes after a number of leaks in 2014 and 2015 from pipelines that were believed to be “abandoned.” PHMSA has recognized that some pipelines are exceptional.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Under the existing ESA regulations, FWS and NMFS are not required to designate critical habitat if such designation would not be beneficial to the species. The Court’s answer to that question – and in particular, its interpretation of “essential” – could have important implications for this portion of the ESA regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2022

million annual funding deficit, nearly half of the approximately $25 million it costs to regulate conventional and unconventional drilling. Prior 6 Years - Conventional From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,270 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. The Oil and Gas Program faces a $10.5

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2021

This additional requirement will improve public confidence that public drinking water and our precious natural resources are being appropriately protected.” “We take seriously our responsibility and duty as an environmental steward,” said Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

Various Senate Republicans also challenged the publication of the regulation in other court action. Unless appealed, the preliminary injunction will remain in place until the full case against the RGGI regulation can be heard this Fall. Read more here. throughout the Commonwealth.

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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. Read more here.] “The

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Elect Shapiro to ban road dumping conventional wastewater just like DEP did for unconventional shale gas drillers in 2016. In February of 2022, DEP reported to the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. Pennsylvania does not regulate the water quality of private well water.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

DEP has also taken the step of advising municipalities in writing that road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal-- since it doesn’t meet Residual Waste Regulation requirements. Read more here. Is It Useful? Read more here. In my view, all the numbers are suspect-- and low.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to regulate “ the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.” PJM approved the project in 2016 and entered into an agreement with Transource’s parent company allocating responsibilities for the project. FERC Order No.

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The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

In New York and Pennsylvania, anti-fracking groups have obtained a statewide ban on fracking and the allowance of local authority to regulate fracking, respectively. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. City of Longmont v.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Radiation monitoring of oil and gas wastes have resulted in unconventional shale gas operators sending nearly 236,000 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM [naturally occurring radioactive materials] to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal in 2021. Since 2016, 811,070 cubic feet have been sent to low-level disposal facilities.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 9, 2022

The PDP entailed two variations from the City’s usual regulations for the site to allow tandem parking and development within 10 feet of the 30+ percent slope. The question was whether the PDP approval process itself could allow for the variation, or if it also required action “pursuant to” the slope regulations.

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HumanNature

APRIL 26, 2021

Human exploitation of natural resources has resulted in accelerated climate change, ecological imbalance, and pest resistance & outbreaks that affect global food production (Deutsch et al., Therefore, researchers are turning to the wild plants to study their microbiome and understand its genetic regulation (Jaiswal et al.,

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Two of the proposed amendments could affect environmental and natural resource policy. An earlier post discusses the 2016 decision in McCrory v. The legislature rejected a floor amendment that would have added language allowing for public safety regulation of hunting and fishing. Appointments to boards and commissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

My mother inherited the shares and passed away in 2016. Graham Pad; Norah Pad; Potts Pad; Eisaman South Pad; and Wiseman South Pad DEP’s regulations-- 25 Pa. Apex may designate proprietary information, as allowed by regulation, but in that case, the chemical information, though under a confidential cover, must still be submitted.”

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