PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On September 29, the Department of Environmental Protection terminated the air quality permit for the proposed Beech Hollow natural gas-fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County at the request of the company. said nearby resident and Clean Air Council member Cathy “Cat” Lodge.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

. - Diaz Family Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with hydraulic fluid to the Statewide Health Standards for the pad located in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Montour County. If requested, a hearing will be held June 18. ( Clearfield County. Clearfield County. Tioga County. (

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a November 14 hearing on a proposed RACT III Air Quality Permit for the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal in Delaware County. PA Bulletin, page 6523 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the December 2 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 7434 ] Waste Permits -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Yonker George Tank Pad: DEP issued a WMGR123 General Permit for processing oil and gas wastewater at the facility located in Mount Pleasant Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the November 11 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 7073 ) Waste Permits -- Mon River Dock Company - Karen Dock Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facility : DEP revoked the WMGR123 General Permit for the facility located in East Bethlehem Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

On July 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the Environmental Mitigation Community Fund steering committee has finalized the protocol to allocate $5 million in penalty funding for community projects in Beaver County as a result of Shell Petrochemical Plant air pollution violations.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

By Russell Zerbo, Clean Air Council This guest essay first appeared on the TribLive.com website September 22, 2023 -- Pennsylvania has an opportunity to receive $33,695,097 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to plug small, conventionally drilled oil and gas wells with known owners.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin the final technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities is now available and effective.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold its last three hearings on its Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy before the November 30 end of the public comment period. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Of course, we had all these smells last week, and now people are beginning to realize that the air is a big, serious problem too,” said Baumgardner. The emergency flaring of natural gas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem. What Happens With Study Results?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

On July 15, the Department of Environmental Protection published a formal notice that it had disapproved a Risk Assessment submitted by the American Refinery Group saying it did not prove the cleanup of chemicals polluting soil and groundwater at ARG’s Bradford petroleum refinery in McKean County met a safe cleanup standard.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

An April 5 webinar hosted by Truthdig will feature a panel discussion on Radioactivity and Oil and Gas Development from Noon to 2:00 p.m. Limpert works on issues of Stormwater Management for Maryland’s National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection. on YouTube.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

The following DEP notices were published in the March 16 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 74 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 74 oil and gas facility site cleanups. PA Bulletin, page 1412 ).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Shapiro directed the Department of Environmental Protection to draw down as much federal funding as possible to cap and plug the orphaned and abandoned wells that dot Pennsylvania. “By PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled three more hearings on its Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy before the November 30 end of the public comment period. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These trucks, which move shipping containers and goods from ports and railyards, are among the dirtiest on the road and are a primary source of air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities. pollution from vehicles. A battery-electric waste truck operated by Recology, which services multiple cities on the West Coast.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Overview Of Non-Compliance DEP reports between 2017 through 2021, the agency did 63,026 inspections of wells belonging to 1,512 conventional oil and gas well owners operating 34,812 wells. Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 13 PA Bulletin it 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 213 ) Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2023

Conventional Well Plugging Notice The Department of Environmental Protection gave notice in the June 3 PA Bulletin it is taking action to enforce an order against Michael Harju and Economy Natural Gas, Inc. for their failure to plug four conventional natural gas wells leaking methane in Scott Township, Allegheny County.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

On April 13, House Bill 170 (Otten-D-Chester) was introduced to expand safety zones around oil and gas wells and related natural gas infrastructure to help reduce their adverse impacts on public health and the environment. The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan released proposed standards for the chemical manufacturing sector to protect people from the hazardous air pollution emitted by more than 200 of the largest, most toxic chemical and plastic manufacturing facilities in the country with at least three located in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 20 PA Environment Digest 75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Shapiro Administration Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

R.Warriner Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received Final Report on remediation of groundwater contaminated with diesel-based drilling mud at the facility located in Dimock Twp, Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page 6103 ) Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 6076 ) Read more here. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled three more hearings on its Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy before the November 30 end of the public comment period. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the July 8 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 3600 ) -- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC: DEP invites comments on an application to modify the Radiation Action Plan under General Permit WMGR123 for a waste handling facility located in Jackson Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

Voluntary Reductions The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which collaborated in the project, was thrilled by the reactions they received when they took the results to the sources of the highest emissions. She reported the pollution to both the gas company and DEP. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency announced the final Good Neighbor Plan , a rule that will significantly cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states. On March 15, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the September 16 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 5809 ) Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 5813 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Erie County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 6 Webinar On New Model Ordinance To Mitigate The Environmental Impacts Of Warehouse Facilities [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc. in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

16 to 22 - 2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? On Reporting Unauthorized Spills, Releases PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 23 PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed $100,000 Penalty Settlement With Mifflin Energy Corp. Lehigh County Register Now! Lehigh County Register Now!

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

If you get the impression that nothing is going to be done to address a spill, contact the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) [800-541-2050]. Aging underground storage tank (UST) systems are critical to our infrastructure but can pose a serious environmental risk as they age and deteriorate.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the August 19 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Air Quality Permits -- Hazleton Generation LLC - Electric Generation Facility: DEP invites comments on intent to renew Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Hazle Twp., Luzerne County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted air pollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

Awarded $50,000 to organize a three-day educational film festival focused on environmental issues and solutions in the heart of Beaver Falls. New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp., Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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