PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

DEP said 1,230 wells (approximately 49%) appear to have been abandoned after January 1, 2017; 518 wells (approximately 21%) appear to have been abandoned prior to January 1, 2017; and 746 wells (approximately 30%) were identified after January 1, 2017 as having been abandoned, but the precise date of abandonment is unknown.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin - April 8, 2023 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 67 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the April 8 PA Bulletin - pages 1950 to 2017. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time. The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ No evidence of spills, stressed vegetation, or recent earth disturbance were observed.”

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The two bureaus stated their focus for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be on the development of regulations to address the IIJA requirement; accordingly, both BOEM and BSEE have budgeted funds for FY 2023 to develop such a framework. In the meantime, more questions than answers remain regarding the regulatory framework for offshore CCS.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on February 24, 2023 -- Many state lawmakers long ago abandoned their constitutional duty to preserve the environment by instead representing the natural gas industry. Now, a report by the state Department of Environmental Protection reflects that legislative malpractice. Former Gov.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

In 2017, AB 398 authorized the extension of the Program through 2030, instituted certain design changes, and set a new GHG reduction goal of 40 percent by 2030. Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. Participants are subject to holding limits.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

T he bill was introduced at the request of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation which was unhappy with an April 17, 2017 settlement with DEP over an appeal of a stormwater pollution prevention permit for its West Point, Montgomery County plant (Environmental Hearing Board Docket No. Posted: June 20, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 22, 2023

As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are busy working on their respective first drafts of the 2023 Farm Bill, farmers and advocates took an important opportunity to speak to Members of Congress about improved agriculture policy needs. Participants flew in from Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. The EU presents the NDC as one Party ( Regulation (EU) 2018/842 ). Under Annex 1 of the EU Regulation, by 2030, Spain must have reduced its GHG emissions by 37.7% compared to 2005. The Case Filing of Greenpeace v.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Several legislative hearings have documented the fact the state’s electronic waste recycling program just isn’t working, and that hasn’t changed since a 2017 Senate hearing. Read more here. In December 2021, DEP, in consultation with the agency’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee, released a white paper of what those changes in law should be.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

DEP issued notices of violation and gave the operator until November 12, 2023 to submit a written report on how they will bring the well back into compliance. [ Notices of violation were issued related to the spill and failing to contain regulated substances. and found they were both abandoned. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). In February 2023, the Tribunal of Cundinamarca decided the case. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

However, the deployment of MRE technologies can also have impacts on the environment in ABNJ which require to be considered and regulated in advance in order to guarantee that they are developed in a sustainable way. The BBNJ negotiations started in April 2018 and the new instrument was agreed on 4 March 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 8, 2023

In response to that case, BAAQMD put out new guidelines in 2017, but quickly determined those guidelines were out of date. In BAAQMD’s own words: “The 2017 revision did not address outdated references, analytical methodologies, or technical information improvements. of Supervisors (2017) 17 Cal.App.5th (2015) 62 Cal.4th

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Ivy Protocol

JULY 25, 2023

2023) , over 8,296 entities had joined the United Nations-backed ‘Race to Zero’ campaign by February 1st, 2023, and the Science Based Targets initiative has approved science-based targets for 2,217 companies. Regulations Rising: A Global Response In response, stricter regulations are taking shape across the globe.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

Additionally, the agency exceeded their workload capacity long ago and has not been able to enforce regulations in a manner that is protective of the environment. There are detailed inspection reports on file with the department for wells that were never drilled. Clara 20 is currently an active gas well with storage tanks nearby.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The pictures I took in 2017 show the orange, contaminant-filled respirable dust that is airborne when dirt roads are allowed to be brined. Six years later, the 2023 pictures show the same quantity of respirable dust, but the roads are not brined or treated. Photos: These are Farmington Township dirt roads in Warren County.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Indiana County Regulating Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well -- Utility Dive: Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Owner Nautilus Power Seeks FERC Protection From PJM Nonperformance Penalties During Winter Storm Elliot -- Utility Dive: Four More Power Plant Owners Seek FERC Protection From PJM Nonperformance Penalties For Winter Storm Elliott -- WTAE: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

This authorization meets or exceeds the air quality regulations and includes a number of safeguards and conditions to be protective of public health and the environment.” “DEP carefully and thoroughly reviewed the application while also considering feedback from the public ,” said DEP Southwest Regional Director Jim Miller.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

27 Released 1.1 Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DEP’s Water Resources Advisory Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation on DEP's new proposed regulation setting notification requirements for unauthorized discharges to waters of the Commonwealth at its meeting on September 21. Read more here.] 2015-011-L ). 2015-011-L ).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

see list below) [The Public Utility Commission and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission have imposed millions more in penalties of their own laws and regulations for this project. Million, DEP Allows Construction To Resume DEP Suspends Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Permits [PaEN] [Posted: July 26, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

DEP issued the original violation for abandonment on March 8, 2023. On April 24, 2023, DEP did a follow-up inspection of the Detwiler Unit 1 conventional well in Springfield Township, Fayette County owned by Oil & Gas Mgmt Inc. DEP issued the original violations for the spill on December 27, 2023. [

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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.” District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a decision on December 6, 2023 in Transource Pa. FERC Order No. Transource Pa. Defrank The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

The December report issued on conventional wells found between 2017 and 2021 conventional operators abandoned 2,246 wells without plugging them. Read more here. Unfortunately, DEP reports conventional operators continue to abandon wells faster than DEP can plug them. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2022

Unusually wet conditions lifted the lake to record levels in 2017 and 2019, damaging property and critical infrastructure across the St. Leaders expect funds to be disbursed starting in early 2023. Chuck Schumer is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency for more flood prevention funds for Lake Ontario towns, WHAM reports.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Homer City based its decision on several factors including the low price of natural gas, a dramatic spike in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. The current ownership group took over in April 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

From April 1 to 7, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 488 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 34 violations of environmental regulations-- 31 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 2 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. Read more here. Center Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

In response, Potter Township passed a resolution in 2017 requiring Shell to perform an exterior lighting study. Photos: Top- What Shell said the lighting would look like in 2017; Light scattering today at the Shell plan; Bottom: Orange glow from emergency flaring and close up of flaring glow.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Storage Tank Containment Permeability Variance: DEP issued a variance to replace one issued on August 19, 2023 related to excluding 13 aboveground storage tanks from certain emergency containment structure permeability requirements for the facility located in Bradford, McKean County. ( Fayette County. ( Bradford County. ( Allegheny County. (

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

To put the environmental impact of noncompliance with waste reporting into perspective, in 2017, approximately 44 percent of conventional operators reported generating 93,416,526 gallons of wastewater for disposal or treatment. It covered violations from 2017 through 2021.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Mather South, LLC, et al, Real Parties ) (2023) Cal.App.5 The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento, et al.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2023

DEP’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance Report issued in December reported between 2017 through 2021, the agency issued 3,123 notices of violation for abandoning wells without plugging them. 17 Webinar On Exploring Oil & Gas Industrialization Impacts On Watersheds [Posted: January 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Philadelphia The proposed regulation does not include the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County, according to Moms Clean Air Force. The Pennsylvania plants include-- -- Croda Inc., Mill Hall, Clinton County -- Montgomery Chem Ltd, Conshocken, Montgomery County -- AdvanSix, Inc.

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