PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

These units are currently not regulated at the federal level — a gap that a federal court directed EPA to address in 2018. Photo: Little Blue Run coal waste disposal impoundment in Beaver County which is under a DEP agreement to close. For more information, visit this EPA webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2023

The DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 25 to discuss a variety of issues including well plugging, proposed waste management regulations, methane emission court challenge, road dumping drilling wastewater and more.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

million gallons of toxic, radioactive drilling waste on unpaved roads in the Commonwealth. Feridun’s attempt to use the Oil and Gas Division’s Oil and Gas Reporting Electronic (OGRE) system to track where the waste has gone revealed many problems with the system’s design and entries that should set off alarms but don’t.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 14, 2021

WRAP and IGD launched the ground-breaking Roadmap in September 2018, with a scope thatencompassed the entire supply chain from field to fork, and with a call for businesses to committo implementing a strategy of Target, Measure, Act. Download the document. This report outlines progress made in the third year of the Roadmap.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection’s Current List Of Oil And Gas Waste Facilities identifies 84 municipalities in 13 counties where conventional oil and gas wastewater is disposed of by road spreading. These reports show how liquid and solid waste is disposed of in general terms and where. in the Residual Waste Regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

These are specific reactions to oil and gas waste, and it's painful. Historically, pre-2018, the industry and the townships had a rule of thumb, do not brine dirt roads from late fall to late spring because of soft road conditions and do not brine tar and chip ever. My skin burns, my mouth burns, my eyes burn.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 28, 2018

July 28, 2018. 14 of House Bill 374 (2018 Regulatory Reform Act) directs the Environmental Management Commission to study delegated local stormwater programs to identify: 1. Swine waste management. The 2018 Farm Act, Senate Bill 711 greatly limits nuisance lawsuits against swine operations.

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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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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 31, 2023

Read the full story at Waste Today. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Excess Food Opportunities Map, first released in 2018, displays facility specific information for potential generators and recipients of excess food in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors, including estimates of excess food for most generators.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2022

Because this would seem to suggest that we would have to tie waste reports to the specific facility, which as we said in our comments, wow, that would be an extreme change to our production, reuse and disposal reporting in a way that your forms wouldn't even accommodate.” said Stewart. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 21, 2023

It will reduce its fleet’s CO2 footprint by 40% in Europe by 2030 from the base year of 2018. Volkswagen aims to be carbon neutral by 2050. That goal considers the whole lifecycle, from the supply chain to production to the use phase and recycling.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2022

DEP put a moratorium on spreading conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater on unpaved roads in 2018. The Better Path Coalition will host a January 12 webinar on Road Spreading Drilling Wastewater, Why Hasn't It Stopped? Starting at 7:00 p.m. Why hasn't the moratorium stopped drillers from spreading more than 2.2

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

DEP’s eFACTS database file for the Mohr A and B well pads includes DEP approvals for “alternative waste management practices” for land application of drilling waste on the Mohr A and B well pad site dated April, May and October 2011 which match the drilling dates of seven out of the eight wells. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2024

Instead of passing a new food and farm bill for the first time since 2018, Congress instead approved a one-year extension last fall and punted the task of crafting an updated bill to the new year. There’s no time to waste.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

Justin Mackey, the lead investigator on the project, said “The drilling boom in Appalachia created large volumes of produced water that is considered a waste. This is a waste stream, and we're looking at a beneficial use of that waste." Then it's shipped to China, where it's processed. but Mackey said. This is different.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

Stop the wasteful environmental assessment, deny the licensing and transform these lands into conservation areas for all Ontarians to enjoy. ACTION Milton was formed in 2018 when James Dick Construction applied for a quarry licence and boasted they would be up and running within a year. Ask them to send it on.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“One of your first acts when you take office must be a ban on road spreading of ALL drilling waste.” Pennfield has obtained a Co-Product status instead of Waste with our brine. Additionally, that same company routinely lists the same amount of waste spread for each of its entries in a county. Click Here to sign petition.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

The EPA orders Baltimore to protect its drinking water reservoirs from animal waste. Hydropower Grows by Going Small Baltimore Drinking Water The EPA ordered Baltimore to take steps to protect its drinking water from bacteria and parasites in animal waste. Federal agencies update their seasonal wildfire outlook.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

LLC to plug the Nancy 13 conventional gas well in Deerfield Township, Warren County that was found to be leaking brine and gas since at least December 20, 2018 -- continues. The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On December 12, the Better Path Coalition delivered signatures from 65 organizations , institutions, and businesses, and more than 2,700 individuals on a letter and petition calling on Governor-Elect Shapiro to ban road spreading of conventional drilling waste. Pennfield has obtained a Co-Product status instead of Waste with our brine.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The purpose of World Cleanup Day is to unite millions of volunteers, governments, and organizations in 197 countries and territories to tackle the global mismanaged waste crisis and help create a new, more sustainable work.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

The planning document, titled Potomac Basin Comprehensive Water Resources Plan, was originally published in 2018. According to Nardolilli, milestones from the initial 2018 plan are mostly complete. According to Nardolilli, most of the residents in the watershed rely on the Potomac River or its tributaries for drinking water.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 18, 2022

Federal nuclear regulators intend to issue a license for an interim nuclear waste storage facility in southeastern New Mexico. 1 Million Acre-Feet : Loss of storage capacity in Lake Powell between 1986 and 2018 due to sediment buildup, according to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Storage in New Mexico. By the Numbers. Geological Survey.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

These solids, along with animal waste, further deplete oxygen in waterways and introduce pathogens like E. Recent research by the Environmental Integrity Project on slaughterhouses that paid little to no fines for their illegal water pollution between 2016 and 2018 concluded that “penalties and enforcements are rare.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Struggle To Plug Tatonka Oil Co.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting comments on the proposed renewal of an NPDES Industrial Waste Discharge Permit for the Energy Harbor Generation LLC Little Blue Run Coal Ash Disposal Area (former Bruce Mansfield Power Plant) in Shippingport Borough, Beaver County. ( Related Article: -- [2018] - DEP: Nov.

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. based Environmental Working Group identified 775 CAFOs in the western Lake Erie basin in 2018, 230 more than in 2005. million tons of manure on farmland in 2018, 1.6 The total number of acres and location of manifested waste is not known.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

This brings the total of untreated wastewater reported spread on roads by conventional operators from 2018 through 2021 to 3,259,405 gallons. Fracking waste is fracking waste. Under the Coproduct Determination program, owners of waste can determine whether or not their waste is equivalent to a commercial product.

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The judge also ordered the processor/supplier to provide annual hazardous waste training to all employees at the facility with hazardous waste management responsibilities. 10/25/2018. An EPA administrative law judge ordered a leather processor/supplier to pay $48,000 for RCRA violations at its facility in Hartland, Maine.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 originally bailed out—reported in a 2018 bankruptcy filing that it lost $12 million annually due to its stake in OVEC, and Ohio legislative analysts discovered that Ohio utilities paid $94 million over market prices for OVEC’s electricity in 2018. In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Background As recently as September 20, DEP told the Citizens Advisory Council road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater still does not meet the state’s residual waste regulations and remains illegal. 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

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By Global Green | March 26, 2018. Non-profit, Global Green announced March 23 it will select two Southern California cities as partners to participate in a new food waste recycling program, using an Eco-Ambassador resident outreach model. Global Green resource recovery experts have nearly a decade of expertise in waste and biogas.

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An EPA administrative law judge ordered an oil company to pay $180,000 for allegedly failing to comply with RCRA and hazardous waste regulations at its terminals. RCRA-02-2018-7101. The judge also ordered the company to complete a supplemental environmental project, the total expenditure of which must be no less than $110,000.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Conventional oil and gas operators just filed annual reports with DEP documenting their disposal of over 580,000 gallons of drilling wastewater by dumping it on dirt and gravel roads during 2021, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database. million gallons from 2018 to 2021. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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