PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) sent in 2021. From 2017 to 2022, shale gas operators sent a total of 911,006 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal. Click Here for DEP table on TENORM waste.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The magazine noted the legislation was developed in response to a report published by the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021 that linked synthetic food dyes to hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral effects in children. This legislation mandates the removal of regulated PFAS chemicals from menstrual products.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Lawsuit Challenging ORES’s Regulations In March 2021, ORES promulgated regulations to implement the new siting process, as required by statute.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code for public and private building. The Maryland Department of Labor is expected to publish the Notice of Proposed Action on January 13, 2023. The backstory is important.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Water regulators investigate nearly 1000 reports of violations to the Water Management Act in New South Wales. More than 150 landholders in New South Wales were penalized last quarter by the National Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) for breaching state water laws. Hunger and drought will likely persist in Iraq , a new survey says.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We then drafted state legislation to require disclosure of climate change-related financial risks, which was introduced by California State Senator Henry Stern as SB 449 (Stern) in the 2021-2022 session.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Surface water diversions by those who divert water from state waterways to use on adjacent (“riparian”) lands don’t need to obtain prior approval from state water regulators to do so. The working group issued a report in February 2022 identifying 11 specific proposals to revise and improve state water law.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

As a handy reference for litigators, regulators, investors, and all who are affected by climate change, below is an A to Z of fossil fuel industry denial, deception and delay tactics. It’s déjà vu all over again in 2023, with BP rolling back its climate pledges after record-breaking 2022 profits since Russia’s unjust war on Ukraine.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law on November 15, 2021, amended Section 40307 of the Outer Continental Shelfs Act (OCSLA) to provide authority to the U.S. However, the DOI’s proposed implementing regulations authorized by the IIJA have yet to be issued for public comment.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Citi’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Val Smith, responded to the scientists’ letter in July, outlining the bank’s support for the transition to a low-carbon economy and sharing its 2023 Climate Report. C above pre-industrial levels.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2024

DEP originally issued violations for these infractions on February 13, 2023 and the owner did nothing. The original well abandonment violations were issued on October 4, 2023. DEP issued the original violations for faulty casing and cementing and venting gas on November 18, 2021. McMurtrie 1 -- Allegheny County, Crescent Twp.:

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

In December 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released new regulations to address fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas well sites and centralized production facilities. The regulations, for the first time, embrace recent advances in new methane detection technologies. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EPA granted primacy to Louisiana on December 28, 2023, for Class VI wells, effective February 5, 2024. CO2 sequestration projects inject CO2 into the subsurface and are subject to these EPA regulations. EPA’s Class VI regulations for CCS projects cover the entire lifecycle, from planning to post-closure to safeguarding USDWs.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2023

The 2021 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report issued by DEP in December shows conventional oil and gas operators received a record 610 notices of violation for abandoning wells without plugging them and unconventional shale gas operators received 27 NOVs. Click Here for DEP’s summary of violations for 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2021

On September 24, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order (176 FERC ¶ 61,207) approving tariff revisions to amend the California ISO’s (CAISO) interconnection procedures for its current queue cluster (Cluster 14). September 15, 2022. January 11, 2022. January 13, 2023. April 25, 2022.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

By Joshua Bledsoe , Nick Cox , and Jennifer Garlock On December 14, 2023, a US federal judge rejected claims that federal law preempts the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD or the District) adoption of Rule 2305 (Rule), upholding the first-in-the-nation Rule [1] that regulates trucking emissions from warehouses.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

2022- 003-R]. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 29 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 29 PA Bulletin of an NPDES Water Quality Permit appeal final settlement regarding the U.S.

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On October 27, 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice proposing changes to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings” regulations for “short-form” warnings (Notice).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin soliciting applications to extend vouchers for Driving PA Forward Onroad Cleaner Diesel Vehicle Program projects issued in 2021-2022 to allow for the completion of those projects. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Illinois utilities Ameren and Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) are preparing distribution grid plans for the first time under new requirements established by the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) , which the Illinois Legislature passed in September 2021. The ICC will review the plans and issue a decision by end of 2023. billion to $2.2

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Customer Use Heating Oil Tanks Exempt The 1989 state Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act does not regulate tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises, unless they are specifically regulated by Federal law. Click Here for information on aboveground storage tanks regulated by DEP.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

The co-product category was questioned by the Coalition because DEP has not approved any request from conventional oil and gas well owners to use the industry's wastewater under the co-product provisions of the Residual Waste Regulations. regulation with Co-product determination. I know this is hard to believe because D.E.P.

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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. to 4:00 p.m.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The agenda for the December 1 DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting includes updates on Chapter 78 regulation changes, the new federal abandoned well plugging program and more. The last draft of the waste handling regulation update was posted by DEP in September, 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on February 24, 2023 -- Many state lawmakers long ago abandoned their constitutional duty to preserve the environment by instead representing the natural gas industry. Now, a report by the state Department of Environmental Protection reflects that legislative malpractice. Former Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The EHB opinion says Olympus Energy drilled, fracked and completed the wells between August 22, 2023 and October 13, 2023. On October 20, 2023, Olympus Energy filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. One of the Environmental Hearing Board’s new judges-- MaryAnne Wesdock-- wrote the opinion and signed the order.

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Nanotech

MAY 4, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 3, 2023, that it has filed a color additive petition (CAP 3C0325), submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), the Center for Food Safety (CFS), the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. The EU presents the NDC as one Party ( Regulation (EU) 2018/842 ). Under Annex 1 of the EU Regulation, by 2030, Spain must have reduced its GHG emissions by 37.7% compared to 2005.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

And, of course, the work of environmental and energy lawyers is increased and made more challenging by the growing number and stringency of climate-related regulations, statutes, and directives. presidential envoy on climate change, summarized all of this in a speech to the ABA’s 2021 annual meeting. “You John Kerry, then U.S.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Vermont Law & Graduate School and Articles Editor, Production Coordinator, and Personal Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review October 1, 2023 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry noted that “most people in the United States have one or more specific PFAS in their blood, especially PFOS and PFOA.” (1)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

From February 18 through 24, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 309 inspection reports that resulted in reporting 26 violations of environmental regulations-- 13 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 13 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. NOCK 1 -- Ohio Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The ad specified the salt brine must not be “regulated by Pa DEP” and must be “at least 25% chlorides.” In May 2022, DEP wrote letters to more than a dozen municipalities to advise them that the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal. Read more here. Read more here.

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