PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For the first time since the Department of Environmental Protection’s 2018 moratorium on road spreading, the Bureau of Waste Management asked 17 drillers to provide determinations they were supposed to conduct before continuing road spreading using a loophole called Coproduct Determination. Click Here for a copy of the report.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

which outlines the evaluations needed for a waste to qualify as a product-- or “coproduct” as defined in DEP’s Residual Waste regulations. From 2018 to 2020, all conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 54,327 barrels (nearly 2.3 Failing to meet DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8 Enervest OPR LLC, G&G Gas, Inc.,

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

These fluids were stored in onsite pits for over nine months after the completion of drilling, in violation of site restoration regulations,” according to the 2017 consent order and agreement with Greylock. million because the company paid the penalty in full before January 31, 2018. Read more here. Read more here.

2011

Physics World

MARCH 2, 2022

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 with a mission to learn more about the solar corona and how heat moves through it. These electromagnetic waves help regulate the way heat flows from the corona, and they also play an important role in the Van Allen radiation belts that surround the Earth. Corona heating.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2023

The state ordered the company to pay $30 million dollars in fines for an explosion at its Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County in 2018, and $20 million for more than 100 violations for leaks in its Mariner East pipeline, which polluted wetlands and private wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

Regulators may be close to issuing a permit to Roulette Oil & Gas LLC for a Class II-D injection well in Clara Township despite the fact that the public has not had an opportunity to comment on the project or even review the application for the project. Similar projects are listed on DEP’s Underground Injection Control Wells webpage.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

Not Allowed Under Oil & Gas Regulations, But They Still Can Klapkowski explained road dumping is “not allowed under our [Oil & Gas Regulations], and we don’t have any plans to allow it under our regulations, as far as I’m aware of, as of this date.” million gallons from 2018 to 2021. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

Rick Krajewski (D-Philadelphia) and Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny)-- said in announcing the bill -- “The 2020 Attorney General [Grand Jury] Report called for the Department of Health (DOH) to have an active and defined role in regulating the fracking industry to protect the health and safety of Pennsylvanians above all else.” Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. . -- Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2018 Natural Gas Home Explosion: On November 1, 2023 Attorney General Michelle Henry announced criminal charges against Equitrans, L.P. Read more here. The weekly reports posted during 2023 are below.

2023

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.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. .” -- “Routine” Venting Of Conventional Gas Wells: DEP’s inspection reports document the fact venting natural gas to the atmosphere is a “routine” part of conventional well drilling, in spite of recently passed Air Quality regulations that limit methane emissions from conventional wells.

2023

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

times above the standard). -- Manganese: The DEP Regulated Substances in Groundwater Standard for manganese is 0.3 This new proposed regulation could address the issue of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater like the ban on road dumping wastewater from unconventional shale gas wells. million gallons from 2018 to 2021.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2022

times above the standard). -- Manganese: The DEP Regulated Substances in Groundwater Standard for manganese is 0.3 This new proposed regulation could address the issue of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater like the ban on road dumping wastewater from unconventional shale gas wells. million gallons from 2018 to 2021.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

times above the standard). -- Manganese: The DEP Regulated Substances in Groundwater Standard for manganese is 0.3 This new proposed regulation could address the issue of road dumping conventional oil and gas wastewater like the ban on road dumping wastewater from unconventional shale gas wells. million gallons from 2018 to 2021.

Waste

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. Conventional Owner Failed To Respond Spill Violations For 5+ Years On April 30, 2024 , DEP did a follow-up inspection at the Buhl Farm 1 conventional well in Economy Borough, Beaver County owned by Edward W.

2024

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

14 Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board [PaEN] -- House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts [PaEN] -- Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The groups got a printout from DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database showing between February 21, 2018 and March 11, 2022 showing 601 instances of non-compliance (unique Violation IDs) reported for 13 unique DEP permits (unique Site Names) associated with Olympus as the Operator. Read more here. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Read more here. -- Radiation Levels In Storage Tank Prompt Decontamination: On June 28, DEP inspected the Sensinger shale gas well pad operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC in Franklin Township, Bradford County in response to a notification that over 800 gallons of production wastewater was released over a 10 day period on the well pad.

2023

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

percent deficit-- in FY 2022-23 funding needed to support the Oil and Gas Program that regulates both conventional and unconventional wells. The revenue projections done for the unconventional fee regulation were based on DEP receiving 2,600 permits a year and a staff complement of 226, according to the fee report. million-- 17.6

2020

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Yet in spite of the 2018 explosion of a brand new Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County, we’ve done little to change our laws or protect people. It is difficult to discuss the accident and the Commonwealth’s response to it without reviewing the attitudes of the public, the press, the nuclear industry, the regulators and the technical world.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In fact, the researchers acknowledge that it could have been air, water, noise, light, stress, radiation—or combinations of these or other factors—that were responsible for the study results. Shapiro’s Administration would allow any industry operator to self-regulate its activities. 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

Conservation

HumanNature

MAY 22, 2024

9 These changes are in part due to char, the blackened debris from burned trees, which lands on the snowpack surface and increases how much solar radiation the snowpack absorbs. Groups such as Protect our Winters 12 and The Sierra Club 13 advocate for environmental regulations that could help reduce climate impacts from industry.

Climate Change

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

Government

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Shouldn’t someone regulate that? Note: DEP has prohibited the road “spreading” of unconventional drilling wastewater on roads by regulation since 2016.] “In The options range from banning the practice to tightly regulating it. Read more here. Read more here. “At Here’s the recent science, and there’s more saying the same things.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

of DEP’s regulations. Unconventional (shale) oil and gas drilling companies are prohibited by DEP’s regulations from disposing of their drilling wastewater on dirt and gravel roads, even though conventional wastewater is very similar and comes from the same source-- deep underground rock formations. From 1991 to 2017 over 240.4

Radiation

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Several new regulations controlling methane emissions have been adopted recently, including two new rules for the US oil and gas sector announced last week. One 2018 study combined on-site and aircraft measurements to estimate US oil and gas sector emissions about 60 percent higher than in the official emissions inventory.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This is a blatant example of how poorly our captured environmental regulators are serving the public’s interests. Our environmental regulators are only now starting to assess how much waste is being spread on our roads, and has been since 2018, and our public health officials don’t know about any of it.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Read more here ] [Note: DEP changed its regulations to ban the road spreading of unconventional shale gas drilling wastewater on roads in 2016, but conventional oil and gas drillers are not included in the ban.] of the Residual Waste Management Regulations. This program falls under Chapter 287.8 2] According to Chapter 287.8

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. Operators reported road dumping a total of 3,259,405 gallons of their wastewater from 2018 through 2021. Kids put everything in their mouth. It's too cold in your garage.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

On September 10, 2018, the brand new Energy Transfer Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County exploded sounding like a meteor or airplane hit the ground. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal regulator of the facility, had not yet arrived on site and even after they arrived, little new information was forthcoming. Read more here.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A legal challenge led the state to ban the practice in 2018. In 2018, Duke researchers discovered a buildup of radioactivity in three sites downstream of a treatment plant that handled wastewater from these conventional oil and gas wells. A legal challenge led the state to ban the practice in 2018. Read more here.]

2018

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- Radiation Levels In Storage Tank Prompt Decontamination: On June 28, DEP inspected the Sensinger shale gas well pad operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC in Franklin Township, Bradford County in response to a notification that over 800 gallons of production wastewater was released over a 10 day period on the well pad.

2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“I had a certain expectation that my water wouldn't be damaged, my house wouldn't be damaged, that this gross negligence wouldn't go on, that they wouldn't get fines from the DEP, that I wouldn't be exposed to radiation, I wouldn't be exposed to chemicals,” said Latkanich. I didn't want that,” said Latkanich. “So So I suffer with the pain.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2021

House To Vote Next Week On Expanding PFAS Regulation Impacting PA, Other States -- Utility Dive: Clean Electricity Standard Lands Spot In $3.5 Does PA Have Murder Hornets? 3 Summer Bug Faces To Know National/International -- PA Cap-Star: U.S.

Solar Power

Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

That was the provocative question posed by David Coley, a physicist at the University of Bath , UK, to an audience at the headquarters of the Institute of Physics (IOP) shortly before it relocated to its environmentally sound premises at King’s Cross, London, in 2018.

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