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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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

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

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

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

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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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

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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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

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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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Figure 2: Source breakdown and impact overview of black carbon from the climate and clean air coalition (Climate & Clean Air Coalition 2018). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 (6): 709–42. Compounds that can absorb energy are important because they alter the radiative balance of our Earth’s atmosphere.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Among the issues raised by the appellants in their original appeal were-- concerns the landfill’s operation would attract birds and interfere with the operation of the nearby Grove City Airport; that the oil and gas drilling wastes the landfill was allowed to accept presented a radiation hazard; and the landfill’s compliance history.

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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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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. CO 2 storage is not like that.”. But industrial negligence does happen.

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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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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

MARCH 22, 2023

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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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

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

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

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

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 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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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 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

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

JULY 16, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 27, 28, 29 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- July 24-28 Marks 19th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, July 16 In Southeast PA -- DEP: Public Water (..)

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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

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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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

MAY 21, 2023

LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 20 [PaEN] -- Heinz Endowments Awards Nearly $11.1

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

ICBMs certainly waste billions of dollars, but what makes them unique is the threat that they pose to all of humanity.” Acute radiation exposure alone would cause several million fatalities across the US—if people get advance warning and can shelter in place for at least four days.

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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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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Using a formula set forth in the 2018 TSCA Fees Rule, EPA calculated a fee increase of 18.9% over the fees set in the 2018 rule. The recommended actions fall under four categories: (1) ensure drinking water is safe; (2) manage environmental PFAS contamination; (3) reduce PFAS in products; and (4) understand and manage PFAS in waste.

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