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EPA Issues Final Rule On Reducing Emissions Of Harmful Ethylene Oxide Found At 5 Facilities In PA

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule that will reduce lifetime cancer risks for people living near commercial sterilization facilities across the country. Through the installation of proven and achievable air pollution controls, commercial sterilizers will reduce emissions by more than 90%.

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DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. The Department is committed to holding operators accountable, and we will continue monitoring the environmental impacts of this incident to ensure Pennsylvanians’ health and safety.”

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DEP, Keystone Landfill Sign Consent Order With $575,000 Penalty To Immediately Begin Mitigating Landfill Odors In Lackawanna County

PA Environment Daily

This money will be used to fund projects which substantially improve, protect, restore, or remediate the environment, or improve, protect, or reduce risks to the public health or safety. Posted: April 1, 2024] PA Environment Digest Keystone must make those deposits within 30 days.

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EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 45 States, MSAs To Submit Priority Climate Action Plans As Part Of $5 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency announced a record 45 states , plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and dozens of Metropolitan Statistical Areas have now developed priority climate action plans through investments made possible by the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Investing in America program. On March 11, the U.S.

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In Celebration Of The Many Contributions Of John Dawes To Protecting And Restoring PA’s Environment, Foundations Create The R. John Dawes Clean Water Fund

PA Environment Daily

In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds. She has also held positions at Sierra Club, Trout Unlimited, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and holds a master’s degree in environmental pollution control.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 16

PA Environment Daily

facility, now the Shell Petrochemical plant: DEP issued a deficiency letter on February 6, 2024 on the Final Report demonstrating remediation of soil and groundwater contamination met Statewide Health and Site-Specific Standards for the facility located in Potter Township, Beaver County. Greene County. ( Philadelphia. ( Allegheny County. (

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 6

PA Environment Daily

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has disapproved an Act 2 Land Recycling Risk Assessment December 21 on remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at the American Refining Group, Inc.