PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 17 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed Air Quality State Implementation Plan amendment incorporating RACT III requirements for the PEI Power Corp natural gas-fired power plant located in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County. ( Cambria County. (

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

30 Abandoned Conventional Wells On October 18 and 19, 2023 , DEP inspected 30 conventional wells operated by John B. In addition, the report said a production wastewater tank was heavily corroded and “What appeared to be holes were forming in the tank wall.” Drill cuttings were placed in a lined pit onsite.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

On July 12, DEP inspected a conventional gas well operated by Diversified Prod LLC known as Miller 49 in Dunkard Township, Greene County and found a severely corroded production wastewater tank with holes. 2 and 6 conventional gas wells operated by Fairman Corp. Another attempt will be made to stop the gas leak.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

Sustainable Pittsburgh evaluates the workplace across a range of categories and actions including carbon reduction; diversity, equity, and inclusion; resource conservation; responsible sourcing; and product design. Workplaces are recognized with one of four levels of designation ranging from Bronze to Platinum.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

One operator-- John B. DEP inspection report ] -- Dannic Energy Corp: Administrative Orders-- (2022 violations) -- Cupec 1 - Butler County, Fairview Twp. [ DEP inspection report ] -- EQT Production Co.: DEP inspection report ] -- EQT Production Co.: Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Susquehanna County issued DEP Air Quality Permit for 6 engines, emergency generator dehydrator with reboiler 4 condensate tanks ( PA Bulletin, page 6416 ) -- Diversified Productions, LLC - Silvis Compressor Station in Hempfield Twp., Griffiths Pad 1 Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel-based drilling mud in Rush Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

On the downside, L & B Energy LLP was issued a notice of violation for failure to plug a well it abandoned in Beaver Township, Crawford County. DEP noted these were continuing violations from January 22. Inspection Report ) Conventional Operator Plugging Its Wells DEP inspections found Timberline Energy Inc. Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2638 ) -- EQT Corp - Pale Ale Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with aluminum, barium, boron, chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and zinc for the facility located in Jackson Twp., Greene County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2640 ) -- Ceriani Transport, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- SWN Production Company, LLC - WR 64 Fiondi Well Pad: DEP received a Notice of Intent to cleanup soil and groundwater contaminated by the release of servicing flued use in the well cleanout process at the well pad located in Middletown Twp., Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - O’Dowd SUS Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater at the pad located in Auburn Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3894 ) NPDES Stormwater Permits -- National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. Susquehanna County. (

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Litel was a “legacy” lawsuit brought by a Jefferson Davis Parish landowner for alleged property contamination against defendant oil and gas companies, including Mobil Oil Exploration & Production Southeast, Inc. MOEPSI”), Apache Corporation (“Apache”), and BP America Production Company (“BP”). 1915(B)(1). 17-1144 (La.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just one conventional operator-- John B. The fire occurred at three 5,880 gallon tanks containing crude oil and a subsurface production wastewater tank. Read more here. Best -- was issued 64 notices of violation for abandoning conventional wells. Best has 166 conventional wells registered in his name. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

On January 30, 2024 , DEP did a follow-up inspection of the OTT 1 conventional gas well operated by Rice Drilling B LLC [EQT] in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County and found the operator stopped the gas leak, but the well remains abandoned and not plugged. and found the operator took no actions to correct the violations at the site.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 1828 ) -- SWN Production Company, LLC: DEP approved application for WMGR123 General Permit for oil and gas liquid waste processing facility in Herrick Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1858 ) -- EQT ARO, LLC - Elbow Pad B Compressor Station: DEP approved Air Quality Plan Approval for compressor station in Cogan House Twp.,

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

N:FAR 19.1303(a)-(b) (“Status as a HUBZone small business concern is determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in accordance with 13 C.F.R. § 121.406(b)(5).[[N: This means that the prime contractor must “supply the product of a domestic small business manufacturer or processer.”[[N:

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Litel was a “legacy” lawsuit brought by a Jefferson Davis Parish landowner for alleged property contamination against defendant oil and gas companies, including Mobil Oil Exploration & Production Southeast, Inc. MOEPSI”), Apache Corporation (“Apache”), and BP America Production Company (“BP”). 1915(B)(1). 17-1144 (La.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2023

[DEP inspection report + photos for WA Stewart 1; DEP inspection report + photos for Hillis 3] 4 Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells On October 3, 2023, DEP inspected a series of 19 conventional wells serving the Wellendorf Underground Gas Storage Reservoir operated by National Fuel Gas Supply Corp in Sergeant Township, McKean County.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 15, 2023

and Sony Music Entertainment Inc.), (b) active in California or New York, or (c) U.S. An Opportunity for SEC Leadership The SEC’s rulemaking authority rests on the powers granted to it under sections 7, 10, 19(a), and 28 of the Securities Act, and sections 3(b), 12, 13, 15, 23(a), and 36 of the Exchange Act.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

& Svc Consultants, Go Energy, H&M Wells, Horizontal Explorating, Martin B. Conventional companies with the most violations continued to be-- Chesapeake Appalachia, Diversified Production, Empire Energy and Rice Drilling. Reel Resources, Ryan Farm, STK Investments, Suchko Andrew and Timberline Energy.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

WeWork applied the test and held that privilege was destroyed where two employees of Sprint, a company then 84% owned by SoftBank Group Corp. In re Teleglobe Communications Corp.[[N:493 Delaware Rule of Evidence 502 governs the attorney-client privilege in Delaware. 3d 345 (3d Cir. ”[[N: Id.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

The court noted while Sojitz had already paid ATP its estimated share of the cost of decommissioning when it reassigned its interest back to ATP, UNOCAL had not paid any amount of the decommissioning costs though it received royalties during the entire production period, including after Sojitz was released. 611 (Bankr.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

McKean) - $1,000 -- Chestnut Ridge Energy of PA (Jefferson) - $1,000 -- D&S Energy Corp - $500 -- Enervest OPR, LLC (Mercer, Venango) - $3,500 -- John H. Ball & Son (Butler) - $300 -- Otter Exploration, Inc. McKean) - $2,700 -- Rockdale Marcellus, LLC - $20,000 -- Sally & Thomas Pellegrino - $16,500 -- Seagull Dev.,

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Earth 911

APRIL 28, 2023

Vertical farming, the emerging indoor approach to growing greens and other vegetables, has begun to. The post Earth911 Podcast: AeroFarms’ Marc Oshima on Growing the Vertical Farming Opportunity appeared first on Earth911.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The Violation In March 2012, BSEE conducted an inspection of ATP’s floating production platform facility, known as the ATP Innovator, while it was moored to the sea floor about 45 nautical miles offshore of southeastern Louisiana (about 125 miles south of New Orleans) and engaged in the production of oil and natural gas. 955 F.Supp.2d

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That risk assessment focused largely on worker exposure, although it also considered public exposure to 1,4 dioxane in consumer products and surface water. Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act. In July 2023, U.S. EPA released a Draft Revised Risk Determination for 1,4 dioxane for public comment. EPA and the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2007

Exxon Corp., Exxon Corp. Exxon committed waste on “property or production” in which the royalty owners “owned an interest”; 2. 5 million for (a) the cost to drill new wells, (b) the value of the minerals that could not be recovered, and (c) the loss of bonus payments; 2. $10 Emerald Oil & Gas v. Corpus Christi Jan.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

These actions concerned alleged misstatements made to investors during roadshow meetings and in proxy materials relating to Ability's supposed ownership of a "game-changing" cellular interception product, as well as its existing backlog and potential pipeline of purchase orders, which resulted in a net loss of approximately $60 million.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit further concluded that Section 307(d)(7)(B) expressly linked EPA’s power to stay to regulatory provisions meeting the requirements for “mandatory reconsideration”—that it was “impracticable to raise” an objection during the public comment period and that the objection was “of central relevance to the outcome of the rule.”

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The conventional oil and gas operator with the most violations was Diversified Production LLC with 28 of the 149 violations. percent of unconventional shale gas wells lose structural integrity during their early production [ Read more here ] and a higher percentage will fail over 20 years [ Read more here ]. Ridgebury Twp.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

SmithKline Beecham Corp. The direct purchasers asserted that but for this illegal "reverse payment agreement," both GSK and Teva would have launched generic products sooner, resulting in lower prices for lamotrigine.[[N: Comcast Corp. N:Complaint, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., 2:12-cv-00995 (D.N.J. 17, 2012).]] at *9-10.]].

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Onya

JULY 19, 2017

Centres for Disease Control, nearly 93 percent of people tested positive for BPA (a potentially harmful chemical present in plastic products). We put together this list of eco friendly products to show you just how easy it can be to replace some of the plastic products you buy and support those making products out of recycled plastic.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

2003) (finding that the production of an electronic newsletter qualified as an interactive computer service). 3d 592, 603 (SDNY 2020) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. Metrosplash.com, Inc., 3d 1119 (9th Cir. Smith, 333 F.3d 3d 1018 (9th Cir. Vimeo, Inc., 433 F.Supp.3d Twombly, 550 U.S. 554, 570 (2007)) (emphases added). Twitter, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just one conventional operator-- John B. Conventional operators with 10 or more NOVs for abandoning wells include-- Best, John B. [64 64 NOVs]; Diversified Prod LLC [36 NOVs]; Apollo Resources LLC [31 NOVs]; The Production Co. Bialy Gas Production LLC [17 NOVs] BV Gas LLC Bear Lake Prop LLC Bemorich, Inc. Best, John B. [64

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Just one conventional operator-- John B. Other conventional operators with 10 or more NOVs for abandoning wells include-- Diversified Prod LLC [32 NOVs]; Dannic Energy Corp [19 NOVs]; Apollo Resources LLC [24 NOVs]; The Production Co. Best, John B. [64 Cobra Resources LLC Dannic Energy Corp [19 NOVs] Dev Well, Inc.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 11, 2023

a)(3)(A)(ii), (b), (d)(3).) The Court also rejected petitioner’s argument that the EIR’s hazardous materials description and the related Health Risk Assessment (HRA) were deficient for failing to discuss the presence of “hydrocarbon oxidation products” (HOPs). Resources Code, § 21168.6.7(a)(3)(A)(ii),

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The violations at the site go back at least to April 27, 2022 and the operator was given a notice of violation for failing to submit monthly production and waste disposal reports on September 2, 2020. conventional well; Abandoned well production wastewater tanks operated by Diamond Energy Partners LLC ; Robert P.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chesapeake contacted Waste Management to decontaminate the production tank and remove it from the site after decon on July 3. According to the DEP inspection report , “The initial spill occurred when a cast iron gate valve failed as the operator was pumping production water to a stimulation [fracking] operation on the E09-U pad.

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