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

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, 2022

He pointed out there are a number of entities “moving through the co-product determination process in DEP’s Waste Management Program that allows road dumping under the Residual Waste Regulations. But, so far none of those entities have met the requirements of DEP’s Residual Waste co-product determination process. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018. Three occupants of the home, a couple and their four-year-old son, sustained severe burns after the house at 161 Bowser Road exploded and caught fire on October 31, 2018. Read more here. Read more here.

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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.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That means much less waste and a better deal for the environment. That’s why gas-powered cars need complex and expensive radiator systems with their associated belts, pipes, and heat exchangers. In 2018, eighty-two dams were removed. In 2018, about four percent of the total electric energy generated came from solar panels.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

The requirements in the bill cover oil and natural gas facilities, including wells, pipelines, pumping stations, compressor stations, power plants, natural gas processing plants or plants processing waste streams from oil and gas operations. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Of Health Awards $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Background On Road Dumping From Penn State’s new study -- Using oil and gas wastewater from conventional wells to control dust was considered a beneficial use of the residual waste on the state’s 25,000 miles of dirt and gravel roads, since it was thought to have a chemical composition and behavior similar to commercial dust suppression products.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2022

Background On Road Dumping From Penn State’s new study -- Using oil and gas wastewater from conventional wells to control dust was considered a beneficial use of the residual waste on the state’s 25,000 miles of dirt and gravel roads, since it was thought to have a chemical composition and behavior similar to commercial dust suppression products.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

Using oil and gas wastewater from conventional wells to control dust was considered a beneficial use of the residual waste on the state’s 25,000 miles of dirt and gravel roads, since it was thought to have a chemical composition and behavior similar to commercial dust suppression products. million gallons from 2018 to 2021.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The particular use of a medical radionuclide depends on its physical characteristics, such as its radioactive half-life and the type of radiation it emits. Courtesy: ©CERN 2018-2021). However, higher energy machines are needed to produce novel radionuclides that are currently not available.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 9 to 15; First Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

Related Articles - Equitrans: -- DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 30 to Jan. 27 Hearing On Helix Ironwood Gas-Fired Power Plant Air Quality Permit Renewal, Lebanon County [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Cold Weather Advisory For Western Region Jan.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

DEP’s inspection report also includes violations for failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports. The original spill violations were issued on July 18, 2018-- nearly 6 years ago-- with no action by the well owner. The original violation for venting was issued on February 26, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Read more here. Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. Culture Of Non-Compliance’ On December 29, 2022. Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] 28 to Nov. 30 to Oct. 28 to Nov. 30 to Oct. 11 to 17 [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 28 to Feb.

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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.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We may spot artificial surface constituents; dense orbiting satellite constellations; waste heat from megastructures such as Dyson spheres; and even odd or fading objects observed as they transit their star. Cody is currently working to automate searches through TESS light curves for rare events such as substantial fading or brightening.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

1 [PaEN] -- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN] -- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] 28 to Nov. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

million from ETC Northeast Pipeline for the 2018 explosion of the Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County that was deposited into the Fund supporting the Oil and Gas Management Program. Also on the EQB agenda is a fee report for Radiation Protection Programs. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Decommissioning of both units will require the disposal of both high level and low-level radioactive waste and the safe, permanent storage of the nuclear fuel used by both units that is still on Three Mile Island. Our information from the radiation protection staff on the island indicated otherwise. Read more here. Read more here.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] 30 to Jan. 23 to 29 - Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Wastewater Releases; Conventional Wells Venting Gas [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 25 to Dec. 28 to Nov. 30 to Oct. 28 to Feb. 31 to Jan.

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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 And The Shale Gas Company CNX [5.2.24] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Despite the 2018 EHB decision [a settlement with DEPs Oil & Gas Program saying they would not approve more road dumping without developing a formal permit] road dumping is still pervasive on the more rural dirt roads, said Lawson. Read more here. The bill was reported out of Committee by a party-line vote, but went no further.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection is now reviewing 17 conventional oil and gas drilling operators for their compliance with a self-certification program that allows the road dumping of drilling wastewater, according to Ali Tarquino Morris, Director of DEP’s Bureau Of Waste Management. of DEP’s regulations. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The letter comes in the wake of concerning comments made by DEP representatives at a recent PA Grade Crude Development Advisory Council meeting indicating that the agency is seeking data to support the reinstatement of the road spreading of toxic, radioactive drilling waste.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The 2010 DCNR study also found "radium values are high enough that a possible radiation hazard exists, especially where radium could be adsorbed on iron oxides and accumulate in brine tanks." [ Read more here.] “The Read more here. The release of [radioactive] radium, a known carcinogen, is a potential threat to human health. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Background From FracTracker Though a 2018 legal win against unauthorized brine spreading signaled the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to enact a statewide ban on the practice, brine spreading continues in our communities. of the Residual Waste Management Regulations. This program falls under Chapter 287.8

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of that human-source share , about 35% comes from fossil-fuel production, processing and use (oil and gas 23%, coal mining 12%); 40% comes from agriculture (livestock 32%, flooded rice fields 8%), and 20% comes from waste, mostly landfills (because they are packed so tight that air can’t get in) and wastewater. W/m 2 from elevated CO 2.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets. 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. They're not even required to tell you. Kids put everything in their mouth.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And no one should be surprised when workers and residents who are exposed to fracking’s toxic chemicals and radioactive waste start getting sick with a variety of sometimes common, sometimes weird, and sometimes, often debilitating and deadly illnesses. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals aren't surprised.

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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.]

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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.

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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.

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