PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In July 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility reported PFAS chemicals were used by Chevron in fracking unconventional shale gas wells between 2012 and 2020. Radiation Testing DEP did not test anywhere on the Latkanich property for radiation or radon gas, in spite of multiple requests, according to Johnson. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

more than in 2021 and 26.6% DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Annual Report said 5,416 notices of violation were issued to conventional operators in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 and in 2015, DEP issued just 1,024 violations to conventional operators. more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

The decay chain of radium involves the release of radiation. Exposure to radiation has been linked to causing various types of cancers , such as lymphomas, leukemia, and bone cancer. And if it has to come to Yukon, it needs to be stored safely and properly regulated.” This is where fracking comes to die. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

On January 8, 2024, the Environmental Hearing Board issued an adjudication denying the 2021 appeal of a DEP permit for the Tri-County Landfill in Mercer County brought by Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area. The landfill is required to monitor each incoming load of waste for radiation." "The

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2021

Brine has even been used in commercial products sold at hardware stores and is spread on local roads as a de-icer.” Click Here to register for this special program.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

When your neighbor’s property is contaminated, the environmental regulators may want access to your property to investigate whether the contamination has affected your property. But in the last days of 2021, the federal district court in White Plains, New York decided such a case under the federal Superfund statute.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP approved 752 plans for the permanent disposal of drill cuttings at oil and gas well drilling sites through the decades-old practice of “dusting”-- forcefully blowing drill cuttings on the ground around their drilling sites, according to DEP’s response to a Right To Know request. Read more here. Read more here.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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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. DEP’s Oil and Gas Program banned the practice of disposing of unconventional (shale) drilling wastewater by road spreading in regulations adopted in 2016. DEP regulations at 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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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. In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping. Kids put everything in their mouth. Read more here.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2021

Since the study was published, DEP has taken steps to address radiation concerns, including requiring Radiation Protection Action Plans for unconventional oil and gas operations that generate TENORM and updating limitations, as well as applying enhanced tracking efforts for the landfill disposal of TENORM-containing waste.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

The plans are authorized under DEP’s existing oil and gas regulations and approved by the agency. Ph and conductivity will be tested and reported according to regulations.” Any dust leaving the well site would be considered a violation under DEP’s Air Quality regulations,” specifically of 25 Pa Code Chapter 123, DEP said.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

That’s 25% more than in 2021. DEP reported it had issued conventional oil and gas operators 4,514 notices of violation in 2021 in the 2021 Oil and Gas Annual Report. Read more here. Read more here. Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. Culture Of Non-Compliance’ On December 29, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Sunoco redacted information about the maximum distance from the pipeline that would be impacted by "thermal radiation," i.e. an explosion. Sunoco had been using a 660 foot distance from either side of the pipeline, but PHMSA requested that be increased to 1,000 feet. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2022

A previous 2021 study , also conducted by Penn State researchers, indicated otherwise. This new study, partly funded by the DEP, reinforced those conclusions in the 2021 study, while also finding that the rain runoff from roads treated by any dust suppression method contained contaminants that could pollute nearby water sources.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

A previous 2021 study , also conducted by Penn State researchers, indicated otherwise. This new study, partly funded by the DEP, reinforced those conclusions in the 2021 study, while also finding that the rain runoff from roads treated by any dust suppression method contained contaminants that could pollute nearby water sources.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

A previous 2021 study , also conducted by Penn State researchers, indicated otherwise. This new study, partly funded by the DEP, reinforced those conclusions in the 2021 study, while also finding that the rain runoff from roads treated by any dust suppression method contained contaminants that could pollute nearby water sources.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

. -- Auditor General DeFoor should audit DEP’s management of oil and gas wastewater and the OGRE waste reporting data system - In 2014, Auditor General DePasquale concluded that the DEP was “woefully unprepared" to monitor and regulate the shale gas boom after his office’s audit of the agency. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also on the agenda is a discussion of the Council’s comments on DEP’s draft proposed regulations updating environmental standards covering conventional oil and gas wells; well plugging provisions of the Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Act and DEP’s related contractor survey and other items.

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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

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

In December 2021, the Township found the shale gas well pad proposed by Olympus failed to meet their zoning ordinance setback requirements of at least 650 feet from preexisting buildings. The EHB opinion says Olympus Energy drilled, fracked and completed the wells between August 22, 2023 and October 13, 2023. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2021

Herrin To Discuss Rebuilding PA’s Energy Infrastructure, Helping Communities Transition To Clean Energy In July 28 Webinar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Launches Master Watershed Steward Program In Adams And Franklin Counties [PaEN] -- Register Now For 2021 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Virtual Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 184 ) -- Columbia Gas Transmission - Conventional Gas Well: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 application for a project to retrieve tools and replace head valve on the gas well impacting wetlands and a regulated floodway located in Donegal Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But, as noted in a 2021 National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report , key questions remain about their efficacy, benefits, and risks. Parties to those instruments are set to meet in London next week—from October 2 to 6—to discuss the regulation of so-called “marine geoengineering activities” (among other things).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $26.63

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Acoel

MAY 19, 2022

Originating in the cold war area, the term was originally used to identify areas made uninhabitable by nuclear experiments conducted by the United States, the Soviet Union, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with permanent high levels of radiation.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research 2021 virtual conference is free to attend and runs from 15 to 19 November. Now it’s a necessity.”.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Using the wastewater for dust control and deicing of roads is another disposal method that introduces radiation and other dangerous elements into our environment. This not only threatens our water table, but has also resulted in earthquakes. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

But as I showed in my 2013 and 2021 reports, the hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown, and my conclusions remain valid today. In any event, regulators are loosening safety and security requirements for SMRs in ways which could cancel out any safety benefits from passive features.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

State and federal regulators knew the mill was polluting groundwater almost immediately after it started operating, but years passed before they informed residents and demanded fixes. After missing that target, the company told regulators it would complete the job around 2006, then by 2013. Credit© Mauricio Rodríguez Pons/ProPublica.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? After Extensive Winter Storm Disruptions -- WSJ: In America’s Biggest Oil/Gas Field, The Ground Is Swelling And Buckling [Posted: May 4, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board is scheduled to have a meeting September 9 with several critical issues on the agenda, including road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater, radiation monitoring of drilling and other wastes, and review of draft conventional drilling regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Mandated By Law A provision requiring DEP to publish the general permit was included in the Administrative Code bill that passed along with the budget in 2021 with no prior warning or consideration by any committee or in any legislation publicly available in the General Assembly.

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