PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 through 2021. Overview Of Non-Compliance DEP reports between 2017 through 2021, the agency did 63,026 inspections of wells belonging to 1,512 conventional oil and gas well owners operating 34,812 wells.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As of February 17, the Department of Environmental Protection reported 4,425 owners of 61,655 conventional oil and gas wells-- 57.5 percent of all conventional wells-- failed to submit their annual production and waste generation and disposal reports. It covered violations from 2017 through 2021. Where did it go?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of natural gas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines. Natural Gas Facility: DEP authorized de minimis increases in emissions from multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Spring Twp., Washington County. (

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the natural gas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides the Creek. Regardless of the size, neither FERC, PUC, nor PHMSA regulate gathering systems. miles up steep slopes up to a third leased tract on state forest land on the south side of the Creek.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2021

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper on the issue of requiring natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2281 ) -- Anegada Energy LLC - Drake Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued an Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources at the well pad located in Worth Twp., This is the only way you can get notified of when oil and gas-related permits are submitted to DEP. Butler County. ( Butler County. ( York County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“One of your first acts when you take office must be a ban on road spreading of ALL drilling waste.” Pennfield has obtained a Co-Product status instead of Waste with our brine. Additionally, that same company routinely lists the same amount of waste spread for each of its entries in a county. Click Here to sign petition.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

“The Department has determined that activities associated with your [Greylock’s] oil and gas activities, specifically the leak at the Mohr impoundment, has resulted in pollution of a private water supply.” Read more here. Read more here. The last active well completed fracking on May 2, 2012. Read more here. Read more here.

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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. PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb.

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

On April 13, House Bill 170 (Otten-D-Chester) was introduced to expand safety zones around oil and gas wells and related natural gas infrastructure to help reduce their adverse impacts on public health and the environment. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

The emergency flaring of natural gas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem. In response, Potter Township passed a resolution in 2017 requiring Shell to perform an exterior lighting study. When it snows, the light scatter is appalling. What Happens With Study Results?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP took higher level enforcement actions against 15 other conventional operators for violations, including issuing Field Orders, Administrative Orders and Compliance Orders and obtaining Court Orders, for spills, illegal disposal of waste, creating a health and safety hazards by venting gas and erosion and sedimentation BMP failures.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The operator, who accompanied DEP on the inspection, also failed to submit annual mechanical integrity and production and waste generation reports. Notices of violation were issued related to the spill and failing to contain regulated substances. DEP inspection report - Warren Hospital 2 ] Leaking Gas? No violations issued. [

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rice has paid a $147,250 civil penalty into the Oil and Gas Program Fund. DEP’s eFACTS database shows Rice Drilling B LLC received an “expedited” erosion and sedimentation stormwater general permit on January 31, 2017 and another on June 12, 2017 for the Mac well site.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) Waste Permits -- PennEnergy Resources, LLC - W58 Tank Pad: Permit application withdrawn for the installation of 1 tank for oil and gas liquid waste under WMGR123 in Winfield Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

-- TribLive: Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Pittsburgh Carrying Empty Steel Cars -- DEP Inspection Finds Two Repsol Oil & Gas Shale Gas Wells Venting Natural Gas To Atmosphere, Defective Well Casing/Cementing In Susquehanna County; Violations Continue From May 2017 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: DEP Sides With PA General Energy In Legal Challenge To (..)

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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. Weekly Oil & Gas Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. Read more here.

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

On April 22, 2024 , DEP inspected the Harry Shaw 1301 conventional well in Plum Borough, Allegheny County owned by Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC and found the well continues to be abandoned and not plugged. DEP noted the well is “plumbed for house gas use.” DEP issued the original violation for abandonment on March 8, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register.

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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. There is no time to waste in tackling this glaring injustice. The Pennsylvania plants include-- -- Croda Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

On average, there were about 36,000 wells, conventional oil and gas wells listed exactly but not reporting in that particular year,” he said. They] did not report production of hydrocarbons, waste [generated and how it was disposed] or minimum mechanical [oil and gas well] integrity that is required by the regulations,” said Klapkowski.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Julie Weatherington-Rice, a certified Professional Geologist and Soil Scientist, said research confirmed as early as the 1980s the oil and gas wastewater spread on roads in Ohio contained harmful chemicals like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2022

Klapkowski recently updated the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on DEP’s efforts to implement the program - Click Here to review [3:01:45] Visit DEP’s Abandoned and Orphan Well webpage for more information. Remote access options will be available thru WebEx and audio conference call: 1-415-655-0003 Conference ID#: 2633 675 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

According to DEP records, approximately 240 million gallons of drilling wastewater were spread on Pennsylvania roads from 1991–2017. DEP said it would host a presentation on the study’s results with its Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board and possibly propose new regulations on wastewater spreading by mid-July.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Other violations like failure to manage drilling wastewater safely, not notifying DEP of spills, failure to submit annual well integrity and waste disposal reports, failure to operate the wells to meet environmental protection standards and many more go along with NOVs for failure to plug wells. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. We discuss the need for better water use regulation across the country to lessen the strain on EQIP.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

With all her other bills, waste is a luxury she can’t afford. . Since the mid-1980s, water prices grew at a higher rate than garbage, electricity, and natural gas, as well as the broader Consumer Price Index, which is a national measure of inflation. . She receives a fixed income from disability payments. Circle Blue.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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