PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here. [

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

The following blog post By Tina Curry-Bashioum was posted on the Environmental Health Project website providing a detailed look at the MAX Environmental Yukon Facility hazardous waste disposal site that accepts shale gas drilling waste in Westmoreland County. The decay chain of radium involves the release of radiation.

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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. Read more here.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Act 14 requires applicants to submit notices to municipalities and counties for air quality, water obstruction (Chapter 105), any permit issued under the Cleans Streams Law (including Chapter 102, stormwater, NPDES, many more), any solid waste and hazardous waste, land recycling and water allocation permits. Montgomery County.

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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

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

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 30, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas fracking operations in Pennsylvania sent nearly 236,00 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to out-of-state low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal, more volume than all the industries combined in the four-state Appalachian Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

trillion litres of toxic industrial waste to accumulate for over five decades, but now wants us to believe a steering committee with no decision-making power can resolve the issue. per cent of the oil sands have received a formal reclamation certificate from the provincial regulator (AER). The Alberta government has allowed 1.4

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The law mandates availability of protective equipment during poor air quality events, and directs Cal/OSHA, the state’s labor regulator, to consider additional high heat protections. SB 1205 protects water access by requiring the state to develop regulations considering climate change effects on water availability for water rights permits.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2022

July 12, 2022. The state agency moved to renew the plant’s permit, allowing 1 milligram per liter of effluent waste per month. The post FRESH, July 12, 2022: Michigan Agency Launches Mercury Monitoring Program appeared first on Circle of Blue. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board is inviting public comments on two proposed regulations-- -- NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule (January 15 PA Bulletin, page 361 ). See October EQB meeting for more background. -- Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule (January 15 PA Bulletin page 363 ). Public comments due March 1.

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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.] Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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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

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

APRIL 9, 2024

for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field and George L Reade 1 storage well in November 2022. The well was brought under control on November 19, and a cement plug was installed on November 20, 2022. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Joseph – individually and doing business as Joseph Contracting, John Joseph Contracting, and Perry Stone Supply LLC – to settle violations of the Solid Waste Management Act and Pennsylvania regulations that occurred between 2012 and 2015 in Dunbar, Perry, and South Union Townships, Fayette County.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Permian Basin oil and gas developments are among the state’s biggest industrial consumers of fresh water, and largest disposers of waste water. Pfizer has asked Michigan state regulators to increase the amount of groundwater it withdrawals from wells at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility near the city of Kalamazoo. On the Radar.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Minister Freeland lied, giving Big Oil exactly what they want When Minister Freeland first talked about the CCUS tax credit back in 2021 and 2022, she explicitly stated that projects planning to use captured carbon for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) would not qualify for the tax break. But those rules are very, very, very delayed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

[This is one of a series of actions DEP has taken related to leachate generated in part by shale gas drilling waste deposited in the landfill and the refusal of the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority to accept the leachate for treatment because the leachate was “upsetting” the wastewater treatment process. Click Here for more.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

On April 25, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting DEP Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, told the DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board he hopes to have a draft rulemaking covering conventional oil and gas waste processing and disposal ready for public review by the Board’s meeting on July 18. said Dr. Brantley. Absolutely.

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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

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. Disposal of waste without approval from DEP is unlawful conduct under the Solid Waste Management Act, Act of July 7, 1980, P.L.

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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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Environmental News Bits

MAY 24, 2022

June 30, 2022, 1 pm CDTRegister here. Abandoned … Continue reading Webinar: Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty through Waste Management Codes and Ordinances?. Abandoned … Continue reading Webinar: Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty through Waste Management Codes and Ordinances?.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

Additionally, the agency exceeded their workload capacity long ago and has not been able to enforce regulations in a manner that is protective of the environment. The agency received the application to convert the well into an injection well in August of 2022. Clara 20 is currently an active gas well with storage tanks nearby. [In

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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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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. said Stewart.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Imperial Oil disaster highlights the ongoing failure of oil companies to responsibly manage their waste and the danger it poses to ecosystems and human health. This was the first time local Indigenous nations, the federal government, the Northwest Territories government and the public were informed about the ongoing leak and the spill.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

Klapkowski said the waste issue was being discussed, because of, “the scale and scope of the program, things that weren't really talked about much because maybe you can deal with it as a one-off because we were plugging 10 or 20 wells a year. There are some options for waste management that involve on-site disposal. said Klapkowski.

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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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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EPA’s Class VI Regulations Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act mandates that EPA establish Underground Injection Control (UIC) program regulations to protect underground sources of drinking water (USDW) from risks associated with underground fluid injections.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Regulations to ban single-use plastics in Canada are welcome, but improvements are needed . The draft regulations require strengthening before they are finalized in the new year, but are an important step in addressing the crisis of plastic pollution. That means Canadian companies can continue to make these harmful products for export.

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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.” Triumph Township has been listed by DEP as one of 84 municipalities considered “waste facilities” because they accepted wastewater from conventional oil and gas operators for dumping on its dirt and gravel roads as a dust suppressant.

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

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