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PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh

PA Environment Daily

This historic announcement shows that we will not sit by while illegal air pollution rains down on nearby communities and the Pennsylvanians who live in them." The settlement also includes approximately $37 million worth of pollution control and plant reliability upgrades to prevent future breakdowns of essential pollution control systems.

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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

The total civil penalty assessments include $350,000 for air quality violations, which is the maximum civil penalty assessment allowable under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, and $764,000 pursuant to Pennsylvania’s oil and gas and solid waste laws. Related Articles - Rager Mountain: -- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1

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Save the date: 24th International Conference on Environmental Indicators

Environmental News Bits

June 9-12, 2024, Edwardsville, IL (St. Louis, MO metropolitan area)Conference website (registration deadline May 1) The conference welcomes presentations on any topics of Environmental Indicators.

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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

During complaint investigations and regular and after-hours odor patrols, from November 2022 through February 2024, there were at least 70 occasions where representatives of the Department detected landfill gas and/or leachate odors offsite and were able to attribute them to Keystone. Posted: April 1, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

While the agency has failed to update the rule as required under the Clean Air Act, last year, EPA identified 23 “elevated cancer risk” commercial sterilizers and is currently working to inform communities and work with state regulators and the facilities to decrease emissions. But much more is needed. And what about cumulative impacts?

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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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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

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Priority Plan is available online. Visit DEP’s Priority Climate Action Plan webpage for more information.