PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2024

On March 25, DEP said 89% of conventional oil and gas well owners failed to comply with the most basic requirement of the state Oil and Gas Act-- submitting a 2023 annual well integrity report for each of the wells they own to assure they are not contaminating groundwater, surface water or venting gas into the atmosphere. Read more here.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023, most of the state received rainfall exceeding historic averages, with some areas experiencing 200%, or even 300% of average levels. This blog post summarizes key actions taken by state and federal officials in 2023 with respect to California’s water supply and provides an outlook for 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold an October 30 public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware), a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). When she announced the legislation in July, Rep. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 was a rough year for clean water. Since water makes a wetland, the primary federal law governing wetland protection is the Clean Water Act, which was enacted in 1972 to restore and maintain the “Nation’s waters” ( 33 U.S.C. For example, some state laws protect wetlands within their borders. million acres of wetlands.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2023

Read the full story at Waste Dive. Four states enacted extended producer responsibility for packaging laws in the past two years, though 2023 may not see similar activity.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. ( Read more here.

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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. Read more here. Read more here. Fayette County.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. Photography by J.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

December 19, 2023. The previous post covered significant water quality legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2023. This post briefly summarizes other 2023 environmental legislation. Doing so would have implications under state personnel law that have not yet been discussed. AIR QUALITY.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

On May 7, Reworld ™, in partnership with Goodwill Keystone Area , unveiled a new initiative to provide free electronic waste recycling across 22 central and southeast Pennsylvania counties. This program reduces waste, reuses items that are still good, and recycles the ones that aren't."

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On September 29, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas operations in Pennsylvania sent 138,336 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to the Waste Control Specialists low-level radioactive waste facility in Texas for disposal. Click Here for DEP table on TENORM waste. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

in civil penalties for air quality violations occurring after the May 24, 2023 consent order. b of the May 24, 2023 order [ page 25 ], Shell agreed to the assessment of civil penalties for future violations of 12-month air emission limitations occurring after April 2023 and before January 2024. on June 20, 2023 -- $1,046,766.94

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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. Read more here (2017-2021). Read more here (2022).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a public notice on January 28 banning the sale of electronic devices made by AWOW Tech because they are not complying with the state’s electronics recycling law. ( Under state law, manufacturers of new covered devices-- such as televisions, laptop and desktop computers, tablets, etc.--

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 17, 2023

On March 28, 2023, the Federal Executive presented a bill (the Bill) to the House of Representatives that would amend various provisions of the Mining Law, the National Waters Law, the Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection, and the General Law for the Prevention and Management of Waste with regard to mining and water concessions. (..)

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

May 30, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. In Minnesota , stricter penalties for water overuse are signed into state law. “We I’m begging the band to just act.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

However, like any energy source, there are unintended consequences like waste that needs to be safely disposed of when solar panels reach their end of life. By 2030, the United States is expected to have as much as one million total tons of solar panel waste. By 2050, the U.S. By 2050, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

The two states engaged with Carson Consulting to review existing state litter laws and interview key stakeholders to evaluate the strength of the states’ current litter enforcement tools and systems. This study helps to support and identify what is most effective from a law enforcement and judicial perspective.”

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Arizona, newly elected leaders wasted no time in tackling the state’s urgent water problems. After a week in office, Hobbs established an expert council to recommend updates to the state’s groundwater laws. The post What’s Up With Water – January 17, 2023 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

violated the state Solid Waste Management Act during a demolition of two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale Borough on June 2, 2023. The remaining $17,500 will go to the Commonwealth’s Solid Waste Abatement Fund. “As and Grant Mackay Company, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

The DEP Waste Management Program announced in DEP’s Regulatory Agenda it is developing proposed changes to the Coproduct Determination process under the Residual Waste Regulations that allow a material, that would otherwise be regulated as a waste, to be used as a commercial product without any restrictions or upfront review or approval by DEP.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 13, 2023

June 13, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. A decision to allow a relief sewer, which would drain raw waste into the Detroit River during rainstorms, is being met with pushback. “If

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E2 Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

On March 28, 2023, Mexico’s President presented to the Chamber of Representatives an initiative to amend several provisions of the Mining Law, the National Water Law, the General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection, and the General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste regarding mining and water concessions (..)

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

This post from UC Berkeley and UCLA Law puts together the pieces by listing the 30 most consequential Biden actions, by date and subject matter. April 21, 2023. 2, 2023. March 31, 2023. December 2, 2023. It includes only completed actions, not proposed regulations. ” November 22, 2022. March 6, 2024.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2023

Flush with Cash, State Lawmakers Consider Water Risks — Water is poised for prominence this year in state law and policy. The post The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

in civil penalties for air quality violations occurring after the May 24, 2023 consent order. b of the May 24, 2023 order [ page 25 ], Shell agreed to the assessment of civil penalties for future violations of 12-month air emission limitations occurring after April 2023 and before January 2024. on June 1, 2023 -- $521,549.62

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

COG also entered into surface use compensation agreements and right-of-way agreements to facilitate its use of the surface when it transported products and waste from the property. 08-22-00037-CV, 2023 WL 4846861 (Tex. El Paso July 28, 2023, no pet. In its opinion in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC , No.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

because they are not complying with the state’s electronics recycling law. ( Under state law, manufacturers of new covered devices-- such as televisions, laptop and desktop computers, tablets, etc.-- For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage. PA Bulletin, page 6009 ).

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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. The weekly reports posted during 2023 are below. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2024

Two other wells by the same owner-- McCord Vineyards 3 and Design 1 were also inspected in North East Township and found to be in violation of multiple regulations including failure to restore the drilling site, failure to submit annual production, well integrity and waste generation reports and failure to notify DEP of defective equipment.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. more than in 2021 and 26.6% more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

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SPR Law

JULY 24, 2023

Almost five years after publishing the first substantial revisions to its solid waste management regulations, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) published a new set of final revisions to the regulations, which became effective on July 22, 2023.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

. — Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor Recent WaterNews from Circle of Blue Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters — Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses. Businesses do the same with their raw sewage. Not only are animals dying along this waterway.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Beacon Blog: Consider It Briefed Environmental Justice in 2023: Equal Funding for All? Spurred by the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to inclusivity, economic security, and climate resilience, 2023 brings historic federal funding in the fight against climate inequities. Designed to expedite investments through the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

On March 28, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Cashman’s Hardware Store in Adams County to promote Pennsylvania’s updated fertilizer law and educate consumers on best practices to manage their lawn care in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way. The revisions to the Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law, signed by Gov.

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