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Centre County Recycling Coordinator Joanne Shafer To Retire; Longest Serving Recycling Coordinator In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

On February 19, the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority announced Joanne Shafter, Deputy Executive Director and County Recycling Coordinator, will retire on February 29. According to Authority Chairman Dennis Hameister, “Joanne’s been the face of recycling in Centre County for over three decades.

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DEP Disapproves Land Recycling Risk Assessment For Dozens Of Chemicals At American Refining Group Refinery In Bradford, McKean County

PA Environment Daily

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. Visit DEP’s Land Recycling Program webpage to learn more about this program.

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CFA Approves $27 Million In Watershed, Recreation Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees; Fees Dropping $104 Million In 2024; New Grant Round Opening

PA Environment Daily

Fees To Drop In 2024 The Independent Fiscal Office, however, projects a $104.8 million drop in Act 13 fee revenue for fees due in 2024 to $174 million due to the way the fee is calculated. The Act 13 fees are based on the number of wells drilled and producing gas. 423 new unconventional shale gas wells were drilled in 2023.

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DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 11

PA Environment Daily

The following DEP notices were published in the May 11 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- T&T Compression, Inc. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Indiana County. ( Philadelphia. ( PA Bulletin, page 2575 ) -- Chesapeake Appalachia, Inc.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 20 to 26 - 2 Venting Shale Gas Wells; 16 More Conventional Abandoned Well Violations, 1 Shale Gas Well Abandonment

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s inspection report included violations for these failures and requested the owner to submit a written report by May 23, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance. DEP’s inspection report continued the violations and requested the owner to submit a written report by May 23, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s inspection report [Cunningham 6 example] requested a written report by February 2, 2024 on how the operator planned to bring the latest abandoned wells into compliance. DEP’s inspection reports [Murray 1 example] requested the operator to submit a written report by January 29, 2024 on how they plan to bring the wells into compliance.