PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

billion gallons of drilling wastewater generated every year in Pennsylvania-- where it does for disposal or recycling, waste injection well development, problems with the conventional and shale gas wastewater reporting system, road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater and much more. Click Here to read the entire article. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

A variety of studies have documented that radioactivity is brought to the surface with natural gas and oil production and travels through natural gas pipelines, oil refining systems, natural gas processing and liquid and solid waste disposal and treatment facilities.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

. -- Peoples Natural Gas - Roaring Run Compressor Station: DEP issued a State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution resources at the facility located in Kiskiminetas Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Armstrong County. ( Centre County. ( Bradford County. (

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Dario Piselli

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In recent years, and with growing intensity since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the concept of environmental health has emerged as a fundamental prism through which to analyse the complex interplay between global health and environmental law.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

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. Refinery: DEP extended its Air Quality Plan Approval to allow the facility to continue shakedown activities for the refinery located in Bradford, McKean County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

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. PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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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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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

PaEN] -- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment [PaEN] -- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

“That's what bothers me most of all,” said one neighbor of the Shell Plastics Plant in Potter Township, Beaver County. IDA encourages businesses and residential property owners to use only International Dark-Sky Association certified outdoor lighting fixtures. What Happens With Study Results?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Maria Collett (D-Montgomery) also announced legislation giving the state Attorney General original jurisdiction to prosecute environmental crimes under the Solid Waste Management Act, Clean Streams Law and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution. In rural Michigan , the environmental consequences of industrial waste reuse are coming to light. In the News.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. from Villanova University School of Law.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

As a matter of law, the Court also held the County improperly relied on the existing facilities exemption for the project. Other issues at play were the County’s history of regulatory violations at the landfills, its potential plans to begin accepting out-of-County waste, and its unknown intentions regarding use of the water rights.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. ( PaEN] -- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment [PaEN] -- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Vermont Law & Graduate School and Articles Editor, Production Coordinator, and Personal Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review October 1, 2023 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry noted that “most people in the United States have one or more specific PFAS in their blood, especially PFOS and PFOA.” (1)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

Neighbors Clifford Cole, Pamela West, Brian Weirback, Kathy Weirback, Todd Shelly, and Christine Shelly oppose the DEP permit, an air quality Plan Approval, which would allow Adelphia to emit hundreds of tons of air pollution into the community. Adelphia appealed that decision to the Third Circuit, resulting in today’s outcome.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov. Ohio regulators need to act. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you may have heard about H.B. But thanks to H.B. Mike DeWine.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

. - Greenridge Landfill Renewable Natural Gas Processing Facility: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in East Huntingdon Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Westmoreland County. ( Dauphin County. ( Greene County. ( Lycoming County.( Tioga County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

From July 8 to 14, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 672 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 52 violations (new and continuing) of environmental regulations-- 43 violation entries by the conventional oil and gas industry and 9 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. Additionally, direct and fugitive air emissions from oil and gas well sites can worsen local air quality and have the potential to increase health risks among residents living nearby (i.e., within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Yet the state law minimum “set-back” for well construction is only 500 feet. The recommendation said-- “Everything we’ve seen confirms that all the impacts of fracking activity are magnified by proximity. The closer you live to a gas well, compressor station or pipeline the more likely you are to suffer ill effects. That is dangerously close.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water – that’s why my Administration secured this record-breaking agreement with Shell to hold them accountable for violating the laws and regulations that protect our environment,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

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. They admitted they didn't follow the letter of the law when reviewing and approving this permit. And so this is not an outlier.

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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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Vermont Law

AUGUST 24, 2020

The existing space law regime is not sufficient to address the growing issues presented by the increasing creation of orbital debris. [8]. Under current international law, mitigation guidelines are voluntary and there is no enforcement mechanism preventing anti?satellite We cannot wait decades to act like we did with earth’s oceans. [22].

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7244 ) Air Quality Permits -- UGI Energy Services, LLC - Compressor Station/LNG Facility: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State-Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Washington Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

The DEP’s job is to oversee inspections and perform random site visits of facilities that use storage tanks to ensure that tanks are in good shape and safe for storing regulated substances, and to prevent releases from occurring in the first place.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN] -- DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and personnel tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Here, we might say something like, “Should we really trust any industry to regulate itself? Or a candidate might say, “The industry says shale gas development is safe, so it must be. Besides, the government has rules about emissions that protect people.” No industry has ever successfully done so.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. We discuss the need for better water use regulation across the country to lessen the strain on EQIP.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Now is not the time to set aside environmental laws and norms in the name of recovery, as we have seen done in some places.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If a PRP sent some amount of the hazardous waste found at the site, that party is liable. Waste management and wastewater treatment facilities. Joint and Severa l – Any one potentially responsible party (PRP) may be held liable for the entire cleanup of the site (when the harm caused by multiple parties cannot be separated).

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