PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

EPA orders Lockheed Martin, Honeywell to clean contaminated Valley water Daily News PaulaR Mon, 09/18/2023 - 19:51 Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Read more Brenda Gazzar The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Act 54 Report The Council has been working on comments on DEP’s 2013-2018 Act 54 Report detailing environmental and property impacts of underground coal mining since the report was first available in December 2021. DEP is now working to gather data for the 2018-2022 Act 54 report. Posted: May 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2023

United States Environmental Protection Agency , No. July 5, 2023), the Honorable Scott M. Sinclair asked EPA in two separate emails to return the RINs that it had submitted for calendar year 2018. 22-9530 (10th Cir. Matheson, Jr. Matheson, Jr.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since it was discovered in July 2018 as a result of a complaint investigation, the Department of Environmental Protection has not been able to get a conventional oil well owner to clean up multiple spills and releases at the well site. Read more here. Wellhead remains covered in production fluid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. But the current rules, which were enacted two decades ago, are woefully inadequate at curbing the environmental and human impacts of this dirty water deluge.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. The violations occurred between 2018 and 2021 in Chester, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Perry, and York Counties. million penalty to DEP for the 2018 Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explosion in Beaver County.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The initial stage of the project began in 2018 before facing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and easement issues. Jamie Barton (R-Schuylkill), and other federal and local officials shared remarks about the importance of this bridge to the trail and to the economies of both Berks and Schuylkill Counties. Interested in visiting?

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On February 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells along Scrubgrass Road in Scott Township, Allegheny County. A follow up inspection on March 14, 2018 and found the well abandoned and leaking gas. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

On August 5, the Department of Environmental Protection published the final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis technical guidance related to projects impacting waterways and wetlands in Pennsylvania [DEP ID:  310-2100-002 ]. Posted: August 4, 2023] PA Environment Digest Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Spring seeps and unmanaged stormwater caused a significant landslide on Haverhill Street in 2018 and released a substantial amount of sediment on the roadway. Posted: March 13, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Brag

AUGUST 10, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a webinar series in collaboration with the PETA Science Consortium International (PSCI), Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR). The first webinar in the series will take place on August 23, 2023, from 11:00 a.m.-12:30

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection conducted an inspection of DAMA’s facility in 2017 and discovered that there was an unpermitted and uncontrolled Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurring. The Office of Attorney General assumed jurisdiction over this case as a referral from the Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Registration is now open for the 2023 PA Statewide Watershed Conference to be held October 29-30 at the Altoona Grand hotel in Altoona. Posted: August 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest The theme of the Conference is -- Watershed Connections: Engaging Communities And Restoring Our Watersheds Together.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 213 ) According to Equitrans, CONSOL has plans to mine coal above and around the Equitrans Hunters Cave and Swarts Natural Gas Storage Fields over the next several decades. Related Articles - Equitrans: -- DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County. Some listings include links to permit applications.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

On December 19, 2019 the Department of Environmental Protection released the 2013-2018 Act 54 Assessment Report, the fifth in a series of reports required by Act 54 documenting the impacts of underground coal mining on surface structures, water supplies, streams, land damage, groundwater and wetlands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

The Sunday after Thanksgiving is usually quiet, but for those who live along Route 9 in New Castle, Delaware, it’s hard to forget the harrowing events that unfolded in November 2018. It is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) responsibility to regulate chemical facilities appropriately.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Those that could stop the brine dumping, the Department of Environmental Protection and township officials, turned a deaf ear to residents. In 2018, road spreading was halted in many areas of Pennsylvania as a result of a settlement of an Environmental Hearing Board appeal with DEP’s Oil and Gas Program. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 53 ) The report is intended to document remediation of the site to meet statewide health standards. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023, most of the state received rainfall exceeding historic averages, with some areas experiencing 200%, or even 300% of average levels. This blog post summarizes key actions taken by state and federal officials in 2023 with respect to California’s water supply and provides an outlook for 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 10, the Environmental Hearing Board denied a motion by Olympus Energy, supported by the Department of Environmental Protection , to declare an appeal of two shale gas permits in Westmoreland County filed by Protect PT as moot because the wells have already been drilled and fracked. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

Baltimore has not done that for two such reservoirs, despite agreeing to do so by the end of 2018. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to protect water bodies from contamination by coal waste at legacy sites. The application deadline is August 16, 2023. coli counts in drinking water. government water policy.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has disapproved an Act 2 Land Recycling Risk Assessment December 21 on remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at the American Refining Group, Inc. Refinery in the City of Bradford, McKean County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

The following editorial first appeared in the Citizens Voice on May 17, 2023 -- Breathe easy. The state constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment is not a gratuitous statement. Josh Shapiro should implement recommendations by a state grand jury that he empaneled as attorney general in 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency announced a new proposed rule for comment that would hold companies accountable for controlling and cleaning up now inactive impoundments and historical coal ash disposal sites created by the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash), which can cause serious public health risks and leak into groundwater.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection gave notice in the June 3 PA Bulletin it is taking action to enforce an order against Michael Harju and Economy Natural Gas, Inc. June 3, 2023 PA Bulletin, page 3031 ) DEP is retaining a contractor to plug the four abandoned wells-- Economy Natural Gas, Inc.: Code § 1021.38

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But in 2023 the script has been flipped and the good news keeps on coming. It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is the same company that in 2018 blew up a house near its Revolution pipeline in Beaver County. Environmental hazards include spills, fires and explosions leading to polluting streams and drinking water. Comments are due by January 7, 2023. There was no notice to the public of the explosion. Read more here.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district, was recognized for his commitment to environmental stewardship, science-based environmental protection and natural resource management. 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana Representative Walter “Walt” J. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency and The Hershey Company announced the joint commitment of $2 million to support local dairy farmers. will use funds to promote the adoption of practices that support local and regional environmental goals with dairy farmers in Land O’Lakes’ eastern region milk shed. On August 22, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency released new regulations to address fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas well sites and centralized production facilities. Ravikumar began this research as an Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering at Harrisburg University and the Center for Environment, Energy, and Economy in September 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin the final technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities is now available and effective. A copy of the related Comment and Response Document is also available.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On October 7, the Department of Environmental Protection partnered with local leaders in Luzerne Borough in a litter cleanup on Toby Creek and called on all Pennsylvanians to join in the “ Pick Up Pennsylvania ” statewide fall campaign to clean up streams, rivers, and lakes in their community.

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