PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 15 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Agriculture published notice in the April 15 PA Bulletin it is now accepting applications for Agriculture Research Grants on a variety of research areas. The deadline to apply is May 15.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 2, 2023

On July 28, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing how federal agencies review the environmental effects of major federal projects. We analyze the key provisions in the proposed NEPA reforms below.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Gray: This is really about a distinction between regulated compliance markets and voluntary carbon markets. Regulated compliance markets, like California’s or Quebec’s Cap-and-Trade Programs or the European Union’s Emissions Trading System, place a legal requirement on emitting companies. Q: What do you make of findings like these?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 20, 2024

I wrote previously about the general categories of where zero-emission electric trucks charge —home base and, for some, public and shared private chargers. Together, we advocate for policies to achieve 100 percent zero emission truck sales by 2035. The strategy is yet another piece of the federal electric vehicle vision coming to fruition.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Green Drop Report for 2022 – an audit of all wastewater treatment works in the country for the period July 2020 to June 2021 – Standerton wastewater treatment works is 164% over capacity, achieving an overall score of just 17%, which puts it into the ‘critical risk category.’

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On December 7, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area that Louisiana set forth in response to EPA’s 2015 SIP Call rule. EPA reasoned that the work practice standards were replacements for automatic waivers during SSM periods.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These parts have three high-level impacts: Increasing electric truck purchase requirements for large commercial, federal, state, and municipal fleets, beginning as early as 2024 and ramping up to a 100-percent zero-emission fleet requirement in 2042, based on vehicle category. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

AB 32 authorized CARB to adopt a market-based compliance mechanism with “declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gas emissions” through 2020. The market-based compliance mechanism deigned by CARB went into effect in 2012 in the form of the California Cap-and-Trade Program.

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Legal Planet

MAY 20, 2021

It also invited courts to review EPA’s compliance with these requirements. Many make cost a secondary factor compared to a regulation’s environmental benefits. These provisions were essentially an effort to straitjacket the agency’s decision making process.

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Capaccio

APRIL 19, 2022

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) recently updated the Administrative Rule Env-A 1400: Regulated Toxic Air Pollutants (RTAPs). Applicable facilities will need to show compliance within 90 days of the revision to the list (by May 3, 2022). . The most recent changes were adopted on February 3, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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Capaccio

AUGUST 23, 2023

There are many types of AI with capabilities often classified under two main categories: Strong AI, which is still theoretical but aims to match or even go beyond human intelligence, and Narrow AI, which performs specific tasks, such as voice assistants and search engines. While generative AI is very useful, it also has its limitations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

The National Steering Committee of Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs and Small Business Ombudsmen has recognized the Pennsylvania Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) of Widener University with the 2022 Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Excellence Award.

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Brag

MARCH 24, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted the justification for its fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriation estimates for the Committee on Appropriations (Congressional Justification (CJ)). EPA certifies and allows use of the Safer Choice label on products containing ingredients that meet stringent health and environmental criteria.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This record of non-compliance will require DEP to further develop and refine its techniques for deterring violations and encouraging compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory provisions. The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 through 2021. Why The Assessment?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Conventional oil and gas companies were issued over 4,270 notices of violation for abandoning oil and gas wells without plugging them in the last six years, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Conventional oil and gas operators racked up 4,386 violations of environmental regulations in calendar year 2021 alone.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. The Environmental Integrity Project is trying to change that. Don't ignore them. It means something new each time.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pre-Shale Gas Drilling Data Dr. Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. The research began in 2022 and is ongoing. Read more here. [In Read more here.]

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The breadth of the state regulations related to PFAS in consumer products shows that the focus on exposures to such chemicals is not just limited environmental exposures. This certification can often take the form of a “certificate of compliance” that must be maintained by the manufacturer. 1817 and does not contain any regulated PFAS.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (MassDEP’s) Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) regulations have reports due in March and July of 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Joint ISO/RTOs also addressed the potential impact on investment: “The Joint ISOs/RTOs are also concerned about the chilling impact of the Proposed Rule on investment required to retain and maintain existing units that are needed to provide key attributes and grid services before the compliance date required by the rule.”

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This post was co-authored by the Sabin Center’s Romany Webb and Stephanie Jones and Michael Panfil of Environmental Defense Fund. Second, since the changing weather and environmental conditions brought by climate change might impact an action and alter its environmental effects, they too must be considered.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To get a better sense of where the court may be heading, I spoke with Sean Donahue , an environmental lawyer who argued one of the cases and was there for the other two oral arguments. EPA , I’m on a team representing the Environmental Defense Fund, as part of a broad coalition supporting the challenged federal rules. In Texas v.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

The September 5 incident resulted in a heavy sediment plume in the Loyalsock Creek that ran for several miles downstream impacting aquatic life and the habitat of the rare Eastern Hellbender salamander in what DEP classifies as an Exceptional Value stream, the highest stream classification category. Read more here. Read more here. 31 to Jan.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards. Under the N.C.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing October 30 on House Bill 170 (Otten-D-Chester) increasing setback safety zones from shale natural gas drilling sites and infrastructure from 500 to 2,500 feet or more, based on the latest science. When she announced the legislation in March , Rep.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

And some question if one state, California, despite its street cred as having enacted the nation’s first air pollution law in 1947, should control environmental policy in the other 49 states? We anticipate that we will be providing the law’s required third party verification for businesses in a host of sectors.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance System reports conventional oil and gas drillers were issued 77 notices of violation for attempting to abandon wells without plugging them in the first three months of 2022. Unconventional shale gas drillers were issued 8 NOVs for attempting to abandon wells without plugging them during the same time period.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

You can find the complete list of federal supports announced in 2020 in the report, but here are the major categories we were able to track. In addition, we already have regulations in place to achieve methane reductions, so we are essentially subsidizing compliance with existing rules. How did we get to ~$18 billion?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

Klapkowski said DEP will be reviewing its regulations and requirements in the first two categories to strengthen them and do a financial evaluation for the third program in an attempt to qualify for these grants, however, DEP is still waiting for U.S. Department of Interior details on how to qualify. Read More Here. Read More Here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Diversity Awards To Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager Of Lancaster, And Twin Sisters Keisha & Tarsha Scovens Off Lancaster & Philadelphia; Forestry Assn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

The rule also bases its emissions disclosure standards on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which classifies emissions in three categories. Since the GHG Protocol is also used around the world, using its definitions will help minimize compliance costs while enabling investors to evaluate whether companies are living up to their promises.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

On February 7, the Department of Environmental Protection announced conventional oil and gas drillers with unresolved environmental violations will not be awarded contracts to plug conventional wells under the new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law oil and gas well plugging program. Read more here.]]

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Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: At Crossroads with NEPA and Environmental Justice By Yasmin Perez Ortiz , Vermont Law School Alumna '20 July 6, 2022 "It is up to individuals and the states to demand and promote environmental justice regulations." THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT 1.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

To date, the IACtHR has offered the most progressive jurisprudence on extraterritoriality, with its 2017 advisory opinion on climate recognizing that in cases of environmental harm, a State’s human rights obligations under the American Convention are not limited to their territorial space ( paras 101-104 ).

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Montrose

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

IRVINE, CA (September 4, 2020) —Environmental Business Journal®* (EBJ), a business research publication which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry*, has honored Montrose Environmental Group (Montrose) with an award for Business Achievement in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019. “In

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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