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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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

May 16, 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. Ohio residents, fearing their drinking water will be contaminated by increasing amounts of fracking waste, are standing up to oil companies and injection-well owners.

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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

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

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

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 16 PA Bulletin prohibiting the sale of electronic devices by Wiltronic Corp (IVIEW) as a result of violations of the Covered Device Recycling Act-- Pennsylvania’s electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

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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

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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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2023

Local authorities in Cameroon do not strictly enforce environmental regulations for mining companies, and nationwide legislation on the matter has not yet been completed. 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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Acoel

MAY 4, 2023

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Adam Kahn On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy in the United States. The fission reaction generates high-level long-lasting radioactive waste.

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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. The post Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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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

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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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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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The directive aims to reduce waste and bolster the repair sector. The directive was proposed in March 2023 by the European Commission [1] (Commission), seeking to deliver on environmental targets outlined in the European Green Deal, specifically regarding sustainable consumption and the circular economy. Davies , Michael D.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

The Delaware River Basin Commission has clarified regulations it adopted in December to regulate wastewater to make clear they ban the road spreading and disposal of fracking wastewater from conventional as well as unconventional shale gas drilling operations. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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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. to 4:00 p.m.

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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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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 8, 2023

If passed, California Senate Bill 707 would enact the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2023, which establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility program for … Continue reading Pending California bill would require apparel producers to establish waste recycling programs

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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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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

DECEMBER 6, 2023

On December 6, the Shapiro Administration announced it has capped and plugged 132 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells so far in 2023-- plugging more wells in the Governor’s first 11 months than in the previous eight years combined. Read more here. For too long, the Commonwealth had inadequate resources to address the problem.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

PA Bulletin - December 16, 2023 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 68 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the December 16 PA Bulletin - pages 7742 to 7810. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EPA granted primacy to Louisiana on December 28, 2023, for Class VI wells, effective February 5, 2024. CO2 sequestration projects inject CO2 into the subsurface and are subject to these EPA regulations. EPA’s Class VI regulations for CCS projects cover the entire lifecycle, from planning to post-closure to safeguarding USDWs.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million litres of industrial waste into the environment. The Alberta Energy Regulator has shown us over and over that it is willfully neglecting to keep us safe from toxic waste and pollution. million litres of industrial waste. One of the incidents spilled 5.3 The tar sands’ tailings “ponds” now contain over 1.4

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

Note: Just because EPA has not regulated these facilities does not mean that DEP does not.] These units are currently not regulated at the federal level — a gap that a federal court directed EPA to address in 2018. The Agency is proposing to apply certain protections in EPA’s coal ash regulations to these areas.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

On May 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a May 17 in-person public hearing regarding a plan approval application for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT III) requirements for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2324 ) Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 27 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the renewal of the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Stronghold Digital Mining Panther Creek coal waste-fired power plant in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County. ( Bucks County. ( Bucks County. (

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment. Waste-to-energy resource circularity – CAAS will work with stakeholders to determine if Changi Airport can accommodate an on-site waste-to-energy facility.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the July 22 PA Bulletin -- -- The Governor’s Office published notice in the July 22 PA Bulletin an updated Regulatory Agenda listing regulations under development by each state agency is now available. -- The Environmental Quality Board canceled the August 8 meeting. Click Here to sign up.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Cents/Gallon [ 2024 Rate ; 2023 Rate ] Meetings December 12-- CANCELED. Cents/Gallon [ 2024 Rate ; 2023 Rate ] Meetings December 12-- CANCELED. Cents/Gallon [ 2024 Rate ; 2023 Rate ] Meetings December 12-- CANCELED. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Indiana County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency to apply for primary to regulate underground injection wells. The other big classes that we see are the Class 2D, which are disposal of oil and gas waste wells and the Class 2R, which are oil and gas recovery wells.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

PA Bulletin - November 4, 2023 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 57 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 4 PA Bulletin - pages 6876 to 6933. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Deadline: Dec. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. Fortunately, at the end of 2023, the EPA proposed strengthening the current standards—though the old rules still apply while the proposed changes are being debated.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 9, 2023

In a March 27, 2023 post found here , we wrote about the Second District Court of Appeal’s (Div. 1) decision concerning the Water Code section 13389 CEQA exemption for Regional Water Quality Control Board (“RWQCB”) issuance of waste discharge permits, formerly published as Los Angeles Waterkeeper v.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2900 ) -- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 29 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Lancaster County Waste-to-Energy Facility, 1:00 p.m. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Hart Mine#66 Operation in Snowshoe and Burnside Townships, Centre County. (

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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. These communities are more vulnerable, having limited resources to defend against operators looking for destinations for the oil and gas industry's waste.

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