PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.] Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ No evidence of spills, stressed vegetation, or recent earth disturbance were observed.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The site is located on a 11-acres parcel with one partially demolished, collapsed, and fire-damaged building, abandoned waste including miscellaneous scrap, large numbers of tanks, totes, and drums in various stages of degradation, and bags of powder coating materials. Public comments will be accepted until November 10, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards Reminder! Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: July 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest 8-10 Registration Open! PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The results of the study-- Toxicity And Chemical Composition Of Commercial Road Palliatives Versus Oil and Gas Produced Waters -- were published in the Journal Environmental Pollution on July 13, 2023. The chemical contaminant levels generally exceeded the conventional well brine waters regulated by DEP, according to the study.

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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. So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. They're not even required to tell you. Kids put everything in their mouth.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Related Articles: -- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills [PaEN] -- DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., (..)

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Guest Post by Julieta Juncosa Calahorrano , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. cattle, sheep, goats), food waste, and soil emissions. It loves to absorb infrared radiation, the same kind that heats our planet, and it can absorb this radiation 235 times more efficiently than its friend, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The EHB opinion says Olympus Energy drilled, fracked and completed the wells between August 22, 2023 and October 13, 2023. On October 20, 2023, Olympus Energy filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. One of the Environmental Hearing Board’s new judges-- MaryAnne Wesdock-- wrote the opinion and signed the order. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

DEP requested a written report by July 26, 2023 on how the operator intends to bring these wells into compliance and notices of violation were issued. DEP’s inspection reports requested the operator to provide a written report by August 20, 2023 to explain how they plan to bring the wells into compliance and notices of violation were issued.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

The projects are intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next business meeting, tentatively scheduled for September 14, 2023 The shale gas development-related projects include-- -- Project Sponsor and Facility: BKV Operating, LLC (East Branch Wyalusing Creek), Jessup Township, Susquehanna County , PA. Lycoming County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 184 ) -- Columbia Gas Transmission - Conventional Gas Well: DEP invites comments on Chapter 105 application for a project to retrieve tools and replace head valve on the gas well impacting wetlands and a regulated floodway located in Donegal Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Among the issues raised by the appellants in their original appeal were-- concerns the landfill’s operation would attract birds and interfere with the operation of the nearby Grove City Airport; that the oil and gas drilling wastes the landfill was allowed to accept presented a radiation hazard; and the landfill’s compliance history.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3638 ) Waste Permits -- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC: DEP invites comments on an application to modify the Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency and Waste Acceptance Plans under General Permit WMGR123 for a waste handling facility located in Jackson Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste. In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

“So in an article I read recently from the New Yorker, it said the DOH [Department of Health] confirmed that this study would look at correlations between illnesses and their proximity to oil and gas infrastructure, but would not directly examine the dangers of radioactive waste. We wanted you to look into radiation, Dr. Levine said, "No." “We

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1124 ) -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Laurel Hill Shale Gas Well Pad 2023 Release: DEP approved the Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater to the Statewide Health and Background Standards at the pad located in Cogan House Twp., Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Lycoming County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Decommissioning of both units will require the disposal of both high level and low-level radioactive waste and the safe, permanent storage of the nuclear fuel used by both units that is still on Three Mile Island. Read more here. DEP's investigation is ongoing. Read more here. Read more here. Maybe folks think it won’t happen….

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. DEP arrived at the plant on January 3, 2023 to start its investigation.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Residual Waste General Permit WMGR163 , mandated by the General Assembly, allows “temporary” oil and gas liquid waste processing, storage and transfer facilities for unconventional oil and gas operations to “pop-up” within 300 feet of dwellings with no advanced public notice was published in the June 25 PA Bulletin as final.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

From June 24 to 30, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 435 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 23 violations of environmental regulations-- 8 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 15 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. It continued leaking for 10 days.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Committee revived the idea of having the industry submit a rulemaking petition to the Environmental Quality Board to have DEP regulate all dust suppressants and all winter road treatments, including conventional oil and gas wastewater. Arthur Stewart, Cameron Energy, said “I liken it to just Russian roulette. I'm going to take this back.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Revenue from the 2023 Act 13 impact was already down 25%-- $105 million-- from the year before. DEP’s inspection report also includes violations for failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports. Read more here. The fee is not based on gas production, but rather a per shale gas well fee.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

More recently, a trio of studies in Pennsylvania released in August 2023 show that children living near fracking wells have much worse asthma and five to seven times the risk of lymphoma, which is a type of cancer. And of course, regulations cannot stop air pollution. It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health have made videos of the panel discussions, presentations and Q/A sessions from the 2023 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference held on November 14. Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

2 Brown Bag Briefing On Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022 [PaEN] [Posted: October 25, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Million Settlement Of Chesapeake Energy Lawsuits Over Landowner Royalties -- Fox43: Lower Allen Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment ‘Stupid’ [PaEN] [Posted: November 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Changes In Fertilizer Law; Wildflower Seed Mixes; Creating A Stumpery -- Inquirer: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Is A PA Tourist Attraction; But You Can Spend The Night At His Lynn Hall In McKean County Public Participation -- DEP: New Location For (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News/The Allegheny Front: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In One Year; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Alison Steele, Executive Director of the Environmental Health Project , provided comments on the gaps in health and safety regulation to protect oil and gas industry workers and the public. Christopher Rabb (D-Philadelphia) and Rep. Danielle Friel Otten (D-Chester). Click Here to watch a video of the press briefing. They posted it up.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Posted: April 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The PA Environment Digest included 4,258 new stories in 2023 about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

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