2023 Environmental Protection Natural Gas Regulations 
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 17, 2023
On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure.
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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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin the final technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities is now available and effective. A copy of the related Comment and Response Document is also available.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
On September 18, Senators Steven Santasiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced they were introducing legislation to increase setback safety zones from shale natural gas drilling sites based on the latest science. Read more here.
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. billion cubic foot uncontrolled venting of natural gas in November 2022.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2023
The Grand Jury Report was released by then Attorney General Shapiro in June 2020 after what he said then was a two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 15, 2023
Equitrans appealed DEP’s actions because it said the Rager Mountain facility was an interstate facility regulated by the U.S. Pennsylvania has 48 active underground natural gas storage fields in 26 counties, most in the western half of the state. Wells serving these fields are regulated as conventional oil and gas wells by DEP.
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