2018 Radiation Recycling 
PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2025
Cleaning Up the Past: Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup One of DEP’s earliest and most impactful efforts was its Land Recycling Program (Act 2), passed in 1995—the first of its kind in the nation. Radiation Protection: Keeping Pennsylvanians Safe Few states have a radiological landscape as complex as Pennsylvania.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 27, 2025
Read more here ] -- 274 New Brownfield Sites In 2024: In 2024, DEP received or acted on 274 Act 2 Land Recycling Program notices and reports covering the cleanup of contamination at primarily shale gas facilities, meaning this industry is creating new brownfields wherever it works. 27 Released 1.1 27 to Feb. 28 to Feb. 31 to Jan. 26 To Dec.
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PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 2, 2024
Million Penalty/Consent Order On January 16, 2018, DEP announced it signed a consent order and agreement with Energy Corporation of America-- now Greylock-- that included a $1.7 million because the company paid the penalty in full before January 31, 2018. Read more here. Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the consent order.
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.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 2, 2023
2018) determined that between 2008 and 2014, spreading OGPW on roads in Pennsylvania released 4-times more radium than centralized treatment facilities and potentially 200-times more than accidental spill events.” Operators reported road dumping a total of 3,259,405 gallons of their wastewater from 2018 through 2021. Read more here.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
DEP also reported the percentage of wastewater recycled or reused in production and fracking at other natural gas wells dropped from 93% in 2021 to 88% in 2022. Read more here. -- Seneca Resources Co. LLC Ignored NOVs For Cleaning Up Spills On Well Pad On DCNR State Forest Land: According to a DEP inspection report, Seneca Resources Co.,
PA Environment Daily
MAY 5, 2024
The original spill violations were issued on July 18, 2018-- nearly 6 years ago-- with no action by the well owner. 2024 Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 114 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here.
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