Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.7.23

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House next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On PA General Energy Constructing 3 Shale Natural Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Now Accepting Comments On 2 Proposed Olympus Energy Water Withdrawal Structures At Beaver Run Reservoir To Support Shale Gas Development In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: At 16%, Westmoreland County Tops Local Population Loss Estimates  

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 7   [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 10 To Introduce New Executive Director Ian Irvin; Discuss DEP Issues Generally  [PaEN]

-- DEP Updates Location Of Scranton Public Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: DEP Lags In Sharing/Posting Recordings Of Environmental Justice Advisory Board Meetings

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP Secretary To Be Featured Speaker At Washington & Jefferson Hydrogen Seminar

-- US Small Business Administration To Provide Low-Interest Disaster Loans To Businesses, Homeowners As A Result Of July Flooding In Northampton County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Residents Of Eastwick Philadelphia Neighborhood Question Officials On Proposed Levee To Prevent Flooding

-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Greening Lower Susquehanna Program Seeks Volunteers For Nov. 4 Riparian Buffer Planting In Lancaster County 

-- Environmental Quality Board, DEP Invite Comments On Changes To Water Quality Standards & Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy; Hearing Nov. 14  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Murrysville Moves Ahead With Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Lyon Run Watershed

-- DEP Sets Nov. 13 Hearing On Water Permits For River Pointe Warehouse Project In Northampton County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Extends Comment Period For Valley Logistics Park Warehouse Project In Kutztown Borough, Berks County Thru Oct. 10  (PA Bulletin, page 6268) 

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- PA Meaningful Watershed Education Program 4-Part Facilitator Certification Training Starts Oct. 16 

-- Attorney General Henry Supports EPA Proposal To Strengthen Lead Hazard Standards

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Kaufer To Host Community Electronics Waste Recycling Event Oct. 26 In Luzerne County

-- Game Commission Works With Legislators, Stakeholders To Safeguard Federal Wildlife Funds; House Passes Budget Bill Without Game Fund Transfer  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Has Been Abnormally Dry, Warm, What Will That Mean For Fall Foliage?

-- Oct. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: New Office Of Outdoor Recreation Puts Focus On Industry

-- DCNR Plans Whitewater Release Into Tohickon Creek For Nov. 4-5 Boating Event In Bucks County

-- AP: Witnesses To FBI Hunt For Civil War Gold On DCNR State Forest Land Describe Heavily Loaded Armored Truck, Signs Of Night Dig

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.83; National- $3.72; Ohio- $3.30

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Same As Last Week - 20

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Column: Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal, The Myth Of Josh Shapiro Collapses

-- Warren Times Editorial: Shapiro Keeping Spirits High In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Republicans Need Better Candidates - By Matthew Brouillette

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[Posted: October 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest