PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it collected $62,475 from Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, LLC to address violations of Pennsylvania’s Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

Randomly selected individual on-site drill cutting and wastewater disposal plans submitted by conventional oil and gas drillers call for drilling wastes to be “dispersed directly to the environment,” according to a review by PA Environment Digest. Ph and conductivity will be tested and reported according to regulations.”

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Elder Vogel (R-Beaver) at the March 22 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on DEP’s budget request , the Department of Environmental Protection said it is projecting a $1,581,000 deficit in funding for the Oil and Gas Regulation Program. In calendar year 2022, DEP received 731 unconventional shale gas permits.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water. Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 4, 2022. . The idea of how to deal with human waste has evolved over the decades. .

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. It is currently anticipated that primacy for Louisiana will be granted in late 2022 or early 2023. Regulatory approval for CCUS falls under two broad categories.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 26, the Governor’s Office published an updated agency-by-agency agenda of regulations in development and an estimated schedule for future actions. ( Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

4 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 4 PA Bulletin announcing the opening of the application period for reimbursements under the Host Municipality Waste Facility Inspectors Program for calendar year 2022. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2022

On April 13, the Department of Environmental Protection advised 18 municipalities in four counties the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal. DEP said coproduct determinations submitted by CRS Energy, LLC, DJR Well Services, Energy Resources of America, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. Since November 2022, DEP has been working around the clock to keep Pennsylvanians safe and hold Equitrans accountable for the uncontrolled release of natural gas at Rager Mountain.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Read more here.] [ Note: The new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program provided DEP with funding to plug 277 conventional oil and gas wells in 2022-23. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has authorized an Air Quality Plan Approval to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, located in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. Click Here for more.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. The ethanol plant AltEn had been producing massive amounts of toxic waste for years before it was shut down. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

20, 2022 - PA Bulletin, page 5133 ] Hearing -- The Department of Environmental Protection invites public comments at a hearing October 4 on the NPDES Water Quality Permit renewal for the Modern Landfill in Windsor and Lower Windsor Townships, York County authorizing a discharge into Kreutz Creek. ( Contact: ​​Daniel E.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2022

On December 15, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has executed a $600,000 consent assessment of civil penalty (CACP) with John A. Joseph will pay a civil penalty of $600,000 to the Solid Waste Abatement Fund. - Oct. Use It Here - First’ [PaEN] [Posted: December 15, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right to Know request shows DEP took major enforcement actions against 26 shale gas drilling and pipeline companies in 2023, including imposing $2,290,849 in penalties for violations going back to 2018.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In the 1970s, as concerns about hazardous waste management were growing, several responsible companies asked what is now the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection what they should do with their waste. My favorite example remains the Cannons Engineering Corporation sites. I think not.

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Brag

MAY 26, 2022

.’s (B&C ® ) May 18, 2022, webinar “Domestic Chemical Regulation and Achieving Circularity” is now available for on-demand viewing. During this one-hour webinar, Lynn L.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

In late April, California air regulators are poised to pass one of the most meaningful regulations to reduce pollution from commercial trucks, vans, and buses. The current draft of the ACF rule was released in late March and made several changes to the version that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) heard back in October 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA Residents of Clara Township in Potter County and environmental advocates are calling on the Department of Environmental Protection to provide them with an opportunity to weigh in on an injection well planned for their community.

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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 second draft of the second package-- dealing primarily with waste disposal, handling and similar requirements-- also was not completed.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the March 11 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 11 PA Bulletin an update to its Non-Regulatory Agenda showing the status of technical guidance in development is now available. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing July 25 to accept public comments on the proposed Roulette oil and gas wastewater injection well in Clara Township, Potter County. To learn more about how DEP regulates injection wells, visit DEP’s Underground Injection Control Wells webpage. at the F.W.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

PA Bulletin - October 15, 2022 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 46 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the October 15 PA Bulletin - pages 6462 to 6508. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 14 PA Bulletin -- -- The Environmental Quality Board published notice in the January 14 PA Bulletin of final regulations setting a maximum contaminant level for PFOA/PFOS in drinking water. -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the December 3 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 3 PA Bulletin it is now accepting applications for Food Recovery Infrastructure Grants. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the latest PA Bulletin-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 3 PA Bulletin it has renewed the Municipal Waste WMGM042 General Permit for anaerobic digestion facilities. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the September 17 PA Bulletin -- The Department of Environmental Protection issued a public notice on September 17 banning the sale of electronic devices made by Linsay Digital, Azulle Tech, Gigabyte Technology and Evervue USA, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 6009 ). Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 29 PA Bulletin inviting comments on stream redesignation evaluations for four streams in Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

The Rundown The EPA wants to expand the number of coal ash facilities regulated to protect water bodies from contaminants. The EPA orders Baltimore to protect its drinking water reservoirs from animal waste. The Bureau of Reclamation reports on consumptive water use in the Colorado River basin in 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

Klapkowski said DEP will be reviewing its regulations and requirements in the first two categories to strengthen them and do a financial evaluation for the third program in an attempt to qualify for these grants, however, DEP is still waiting for U.S. “It Read More Here. Read More Here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

PA Bulletin, page 6606 ) Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 22 PA Bulletin that it is allowing the sale of electronic devices from Visual Land Inc., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here (2022). Read more here.

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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. Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. That’s 25% more than in 2021.

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