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. They also got “certificates of thermal destruction” from Cannons, confirming that their wastes had been incinerated.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2022

DEP Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management Scott Perry said DEP intends to move a draft regulation to the Environmental Quality Board for proposed rulemaking which sets general standards for conventional oil and gas drilling and related issues this year. It could be as early as April.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

The penalties were typically assessed for violations that occurred between 2018 and 2022. Industrial Waste Discharge, Erosion & Sedimentation BMP Failure (2019) [ DEP Inspection Report ] -- Civil Penalty - $15,263 - Mor29 Gathering Pipeline - Greene County, Morris Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

On July 12, Environmental Quality Board approved a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and heard a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program recommending a fee increase. Click Here for a summary of the final regulation.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

On April 26, 15 projects by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state were recognized with the 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Winning Projects The 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence were awarded to: -- Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Read the full story at Waste Dive. Bottlers must use at least 15% postconsumer resin in plastic containers by 2022, and more from there, but a recent CalRecycle report shows many haven’t yet hit the mark. Read more →

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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 12, 2022

The government finally posted draft regulations to ban six single-use plastics over the holidays. As written, the regulations wouldn’t rid Canada of the harmful products until sometime in 2024 at the earliest, an absurd timeline that undermines the government’s own promises to reign in plastic pollution. Unfortunately there’s a catch.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2022

Existing regulations require a permit for activities that involve earth disturbance of five acres or more over the life of the project. Note: PA Resources Council, partners announced a plan last week to modernize recycling in Pennsylvania. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

Click Here for more photos & maps Recent DEP Inspections DEP’s eFACTS database file for the Mohr A and B lists the sites as “active” and the last onsite inspection was conducted on September 8, 2022. In addition, the report said, “The reclaimed area where impoundments were previously located looked vegetated and stable. Read more here.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Biological recycling, or biorecycling, is an emerging technology that uses microbes, such as bacteria or fungi, to break down plastic into its basic components for reuse. Emerging recycling methods could help mitigate the negative health effects of incinerating plastic waste; and.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Contixo and Linsay Digital because they are now in compliance with the state’s electronics waste recycling Covered Device Recycling Act. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community?

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. 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

APRIL 13, 2023

The inspector recommended Chesapeake pursue an Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup of the site based on the contaminated fluid and the unknown volume of fluid impacting the unprotected well pad surface. Chesapeake said they would be doing further characterization of the site and pursue an Act 2 Land Recycling Program clean up.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

billion gallons of drilling wastewater generated every year in Pennsylvania-- where it does for disposal or recycling, waste injection well development, problems with the conventional and shale gas wastewater reporting system, road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater and much more. Click Here to read the entire article.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2022, consistent with the CLCPA’s intent, the Legislature sought to modify the environmental review and permitting standards for projects with the potential to disproportionately impact DACs. However, a challenge for both applicants and the regulator will be determining what, precisely, constitutes a “disproportionate impact” on a DAC.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Penn State research released in October 2022 found PFAS chemicals typically persist through public wastewater treatment systems at levels that may impact the long-term feasibility of beneficial reuse of treated wastewater. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Read more here. Read more here.

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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

MAY 8, 2023

Of Environmental Services 2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy Gov.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2022

Groups defend federal government’s authority to regulate single-use plastics. More than two dozen plastic manufacturers have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court challenging the new regulations. Recycling addresses a measly eight per cent of our country’s plastic waste. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ECOJUSTIC, OCEANA CANADA.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Conventional and unconventional oil and gas drillers have notified DEP they are in the process of cleaning up soil and water contaminated with carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic and other chemicals harmful to human health and aquatic life found in drilling wastewater and other waste at 272 locations across Pennsylvania. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets. What most people don't understand is most car washes recycle their own water.” “So PA DEP banned the road spreading of unconventional shale gas wastewater in regulations adopted in 2016. They're not even required to tell you. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

On September 28, 2022 DEP issued notices of violations related to standing water and numerous puddles of wastewater on the site sampling shows contained elevated levels of strontium, aluminum and iron. [ DEP also noted Seneca had not responded to the requirement in the original NOVs to submit a written report by October 12, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

because they are not complying with the state’s electronics recycling law. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? PA Bulletin, page 6009 ). PA Bulletin, page 6008 ) -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2023

Of Health Establishes Community-Based Health Resource Network To Provide Long-Term Assistance To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 25 to 31; More Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; Spring Walk Yields Hissing Gas Well On State Game Lands [PaEN] -- PA (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The storage area vented natural gas uncontrolled into the atmosphere from Sunday, November 6, 2022, until the evening of Saturday, November 19, 2022 when it was temporarily plugged. On December 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has issued three orders to Equitrans L.P.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- EQT Corporation - Master Splinter Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with chloride, aluminum, barium, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, boron, zinc, and iron for the pad located in Somerset Twp., PA Bulletin, page 6496 ) Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2023

On the heels of the first phase of the ban coming into effect last month, environmental and health organizations are sounding the alarm that current federal actions to reduce waste and pollution fail to meet the scope and urgency of the growing crisis. Dozens of groups agree it’s time to expand the ban.”

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet July 12 on a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and to hear a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program. Click Here for a summary of the final regulation.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Seth Jaffe. 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. Here’s what really caught my eye about the opposition. I think not.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the Government of Canada announced that draft regulations prohibiting certain single-use plastics have been published for public comment. It is the Government’s intention to finalize these Regulations and bring the ban into force as quickly as possible and as early as late 2022 after reviewing and considering comments received.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

On December 21, 2023, an onsite inspection showed plugging contractors have started making preparations-- dug a waste pit and lined it, but will not start drilling until after the Christmas holiday. [ Read prior history here.] None of them were in compliance either. LLC’s Nancy 13 conventional well venting gas since 2018; Robert P.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

30 To Consider Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits For Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities EDF Blog: What A Catastrophic Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Means For Our Climate And Health Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

Elected President of PRC in 1956, Cynthia led a successful battle to enact PA’s first billboard control law as well as legislation to control strip mines, regulate junkyards, and preserve open space. Like Hilda and Cynthia, she is a passionate advocate for waste reduction, recycling, and the preservation of a quality environment.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Penn State research released in October 2022 found PFAS chemicals typically persist through public wastewater treatment systems at levels that may impact the long-term feasibility of beneficial reuse of treated wastewater. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Blackhill Energy, LLC - Kingsley E 6H Well Site: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater in Springfield Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Corbett when that Deputate was formed to focus more attention on regulating unconventional (shale) gas drilling in Pennsylvania. He promoted policies like recycling hydrofracking water that reduced the need for fresh water in drilling by hundreds of millions of gallons. No replacement has yet been named. Read more here.] Million, 17.6%

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